Gurgaon (converted into Gurugram): Ongoing Horrors

[Sukla Sen]

A Report from Ground Zero:

<https://youtu.be/90H5E3d2YD4>

What happens when you drive away the "termites"???

You come to realise that they are not "termites". 

Suddenly wake up to the fact that it's "they" who help in a very big way to live your lives the way you're living.

Humans from time immemorial used to migrate. In order to live on. In search of better lives. 

There were no "borders" then, other than topographical.

Even now they do. Some permanently, some temporarily or even seasonally. Some within "borders", some across.

At times, we find paranoia. Unreasoned hatred against the new immigrants. From within "border" and across "border".

At times this paranoia is orchestrated by evil forces with fiendish political motives.

Panic and aggression follows.

India is, however, far from unique.

Right at this moment, a very similar script is being played out in the US.

The saner ones act differently though.

I/IV.

"Wir schaffen das" — "We can do it." Those were the now-famous words that German Chancellor Angela Merkel used in 2015 to indicate that Germany was prepared and able to take in a large number of refugees — ultimately around 1 million — many from majority-Muslim countries in the Near and Middle East.

...

According to the study, there are between 5.3 and 5.6 million Muslims with a "migration background," around 900,000 more than in 2015. This makes up between 6.4 and 6.7% of Germany's entire population. "Migration background" is a term used in German to describe first-generation migrants or the offspring of migrants.

(Ref.: <https://www.dw.com/en/muslims-in-germany-religion-not-a-good-gauge-of-integration/a-57365668>.)

II. The share of immigrant population in France rose from around 5% in the mid-forties to over 10% now. 

(Ref.: <https://www.statista.com/statistics/947474/immigrant-population-in-france/>.)

III. In Britain, very recently, the UK had one with Indian roots as its Prime Minister. The Mayor of its capital London is one with roots in Pakistan.

IV. Even America was pretty much different till very recently. (Ref.: 'Why American Cities Are Fighting to Attract Immigrants' at <https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/us-cities-immigrants-economy/398987/>.)

[Not to miss that what had started off as a drive against "illegal immigrants" is now covering even "legal" immigrants with valid visa. And, not only that, it threatens to escalate to target even While Anglo-Saxon Protestants, there for generations -- far more selectively though (ref.: <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/politics/trump-rosie-odonnell-citizenship.html>). 

That's how it evolves.]

 

Peace Is Doable