Brexit has clearly shaken the world in a way we could not imagine before. Looks like brakes have been pulled very hard to stop the global movement of globalisation and unification. This is evident in the TED talk by Alexender Bretts on Brexit.(link attached below)
If you look at the major reasons why the British citizens decided to opt out of the European Union, one would find that the development in the UK though rapid had been non-inclusive development. By non inclusive development one means that though London and other financial districts if the UK embraced free trade and Globalization to develop as the financial capital of the World the North UK had been left untouched by the wave of Globalization, so much that people in those region started fearing the rise of industry and free trade as a threat to their everyday life and means to earn. These people started to feel more insecure when none of the political parties represented their fear on the national dais. This series of events lead to the Scotland Referendum and then Brexit.
(Why do we still have different cricket teams for England, Ireland and Scotland and not the UK cricket team?)
This situation is similiar to what Gujarat or even UP might face in the future. All that is adored in Gujarat model is either situated in Ahemdabad , Rajkot , Surat or Gandhinagar. Have you ever heard about Panchmahal , Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Dang or even Patan recently, except in geography books? Never have I heard of a new development scheme in these districts that could revolutionize these districts.Even better placed districts like Vadodara and Bhavnagar are facing insecurity and Development Ghettoism. Recent Gujarat budget was a indicative as to how strongly the Urbans of these districts have been demanding their fair share. Car rally in Bhavnagar and into some extent the Patidar quota stir show similiar kind of insecurity visible across society. This fear of globaliztion has crept so deep in the Rural Residents of these districts that they have been actively opposing industrialization, development thinking it as a threat to their daily life as evident by the opositon for NIRMA cement factory and Mithivirdi Nuclear power plant.
The Striking similiarity between the factors that lead to Brexit and that now prevelant in Gujarat forces me to draw analogies and predict a Saurashtra and kutch exit from Gujarat.(
some People in ahemdabad and other places still like to tag us kathiwadi rather than fellow Gujarati!!)https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_betts_why_brexit_happened_and_what_to_do_next
-Neel Vadodaria
If you look at the major reasons why the British citizens decided to opt out of the European Union, one would find that the development in the UK though rapid had been non-inclusive development. By non inclusive development one means that though London and other financial districts if the UK embraced free trade and Globalization to develop as the financial capital of the World the North UK had been left untouched by the wave of Globalization, so much that people in those region started fearing the rise of industry and free trade as a threat to their everyday life and means to earn. These people started to feel more insecure when none of the political parties represented their fear on the national dais. This series of events lead to the Scotland Referendum and then Brexit.
(Why do we still have different cricket teams for England, Ireland and Scotland and not the UK cricket team?)
This situation is similiar to what Gujarat or even UP might face in the future. All that is adored in Gujarat model is either situated in Ahemdabad , Rajkot , Surat or Gandhinagar. Have you ever heard about Panchmahal , Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Dang or even Patan recently, except in geography books? Never have I heard of a new development scheme in these districts that could revolutionize these districts.Even better placed districts like Vadodara and Bhavnagar are facing insecurity and Development Ghettoism. Recent Gujarat budget was a indicative as to how strongly the Urbans of these districts have been demanding their fair share. Car rally in Bhavnagar and into some extent the Patidar quota stir show similiar kind of insecurity visible across society. This fear of globaliztion has crept so deep in the Rural Residents of these districts that they have been actively opposing industrialization, development thinking it as a threat to their daily life as evident by the opositon for NIRMA cement factory and Mithivirdi Nuclear power plant.
The Striking similiarity between the factors that lead to Brexit and that now prevelant in Gujarat forces me to draw analogies and predict a Saurashtra and kutch exit from Gujarat.(
some People in ahemdabad and other places still like to tag us kathiwadi rather than fellow Gujarati!!)https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_betts_why_brexit_happened_and_what_to_do_next
-Neel Vadodaria
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