Nationalism is a “feeling of love or pride for your own country; a feeling that your country is better than any other”
Pseudo means “ not genuine; false or pretended”
Pseudo nationalism means “fake nationalism”
Why I am using this term “Pseudo Nationalism” Because without understanding this term we cannot differentiate ourselves from this false nationalism for our country
Pseudo-Nationalism in society
i) people love’s country but on other hand hates country men on basis's of cast, colors, religion, creed etc
Although we say we love our country but if talk about people of nation then are still we recognize everyone with his last name, with religion or in religion we find caste, in caste we look for upper caste or lower caste. In short, people try to find religion in name. This type of nationalism is also Pseudo.
ii) people love’s country but don’t have love for country’s infrastructure like roads, public places, street
Although we say we love our country but when it is comes to protect or to keep clean our India ranked 168th out of 180 countries in Cleanliness 2020 EPI (Environment Performance Index), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, who say country faces serious environmental health risks, including poor air quality. This also Pseudo nationalism
iii) People love’s country but don’t have respect for traffic lights /traffic rules
We never hesitate to say I am a law-abiding citizen, but we all know how much everyone is abiding law in country, we only abide law due to possibility of penalty.
iv)people love’s cricket but hockey, tennis badminton & other games are lesser important.
Yes we all love cricket including me yes I am great fan of cricket but when we talk about other games we all feel lesser important because one who plays cricket for country he is billionaire for sure but in other games players who represented INDIA they're still struggling for their entity of livelihood. We are second most populated country, but in medal tallies our position below average. I find one of the reason is media houses who have lesser time stories for other games in television but for cricket even match canceled stories can be headlines for whole day
V)Politicians like’s votes not voters
Almost every state of INDIA is under debt / loans. And this debt is to be paid by each and every citizen of INDIA/ local of state in shape of taxes directly or indirectly at present Punjab’s financial crisis is set to worsen with the public debt likely to reach Rs 3.73 lakh crore by 2024-25, according to the latest report of the (CAG)Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
vi)patriotism is stuck somewhere in national Flags, national anthems & dates
There is no doubt that we are emotionally attached with our country but on special dates we filled up with patriotism/ nationalism we all got goosebumps while standing on nationalism on special dates, but it is the time show patriotism on each and every day by helping people of country in any manner we are capable.
The purpose of writing this blog is not to defame my country, but to face the facts and reality of the country. Hope never dies. Because we are the youngest country on the earth most of our population is young & youngsters are having power to lead this country from front in every field to prove that we are nationalist by choice.
