The construction of India's new parliament building has been done recently.
After its construction lots of questions have been raised,
like, "Is it really necessary to spend so much money on a building?"
Central Vista project, what's the necessity of wasting 20,000 crore rupees,
especially, in such a critical time,
when the country is going through the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
GDP growth rate is at minus 10, minus 20 percent, unemployment is alot.
In the middle of a pandemic, luxurious Central Vista project
which is worth more than 20,000 crores, is proceeding further.
Even if a common man is starving to death or loses his job,
Mungeri Lal's dreams must come true.
And see it's not just parliament building,
Indian government is undertaking alot of big architectural,
infrastructural, and reclamation projects.
Like turning Raj Padh to Kartavya padh,
putting Subhash Chandra Bose's status on King George canopy.
And putting a new national emblem on our parliament building.
At this point, even hill station Dalhousie might be thinking
they'll change our name to Daler Mehendi Nagar.
So, why are the names of so many places and architectures being changed?
See, in India, there's a trend going on right now.
Which decolonizing themselves, and boosting India's cultural self-confidence.
But, our parliament building and the decolonization process
can't be discussed until two questions are answered.
First question, what's the need of decolonization?
And the second, what's the need of developing
new architecture and project in a country which is still struggling with poverty?
Now that we've asked the question, let's answer it.
So, this Republic day, India's new parliament has been inaugurated.
This building will replace our old parliament building,
which was built by British Government in 1927.
So, our old building is almost a 100 years old.
And the new parliament building was not a charity from the English.
The New Parliament has been built by Indian people with their own hands.
And it is inspired from the Indian culture.
The Lok Sabha hall in the parliament building
is built on the theme of our national bird, Peacock.
And it has an accommodation of 888 people to sit.
And the capacity of Rajya Sabha has also been increased
in which 384 members can sit.
And this has been built on the theme of our national flower, Lotus.
The central hall of the new parliament building,
it has been built on the theme of Banyan tree.
In this new parliament building, all the safety norms will be followed.
It will be having Z+ security and it's gonna be a green building
which will save 30% extra electricity.
According to the people who've built it,
this building can easily last for more than 200 years.
All the equipment in this building has been updated,
and majority of things have been shifted to digital platforms.
The parliament office will be containing digital interface and modern luxury.
There will be Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha halls.
High quality audio, video.
And every desk will be having electronic gadgets.
Apart from this there is constitution hall showcasing India's splendid inheritance,
library, committee hall and dining room.
Also, this new parliament building
is fully accessible for the people with disabilities.
And on this new parliament building is our new updated national emblem.
Which showcases new confident India.
See, I know it's a fair question that a country which still has so much poverty,
why are we spending so much money on a new parliament building?
Come, let's answer that question.
See, first of all, the old parliament building
doesn't have enough space for our MPs.
Old building could fit only upto 543 MPs and 245 Rajya Sabha MPs.
And this number of MPs were chosen on the basis of 1951.
Today, India's population compared to 1951 is very high.
And because of that we need to increase the number of MPs.
And it is being said that in the new delimitation exercise,
the number of MPs is going to increase from 545 to 848.
So, clearly we need a bigger space.
The second thing, in the old parliament building,
proper modern facilities are not available
like meeting rooms, press rooms, security features,
and all the electric fittings have gotten old.
This building was constructed in such a time
when there was no such thing as fire safety.
So, this building doesn't have proper fire certification.
Suppose there's a fire at old parliament building
we'll be getting 445 Kebabs, basically.
Also, it is important to remember that Delhi used to be an earthquake 2 zone.
Today, Delhi is an Earthquake 4 zone.
And it has the potential to reach to Earthquake 5 zone.
Old building is not earthquake proof, but new building is earthquake proof.
See dola re dola song only suits Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit,
not on our parliament.
Hopefully, you are now clear why are we in dire need of parliament building.
And the second thing, because the new parliament
takes inspiration from our culture,
along with being an important economic and architectural project,
our new parliament building is a part of decolonization trend
which has been going on in India.
Like the more India's economy and cultural confidence is growing,
the more we are getting projects like this.
For example, be it our parliament building,
be it our national emblem, statue of unity,
be it statue of Subhash Chandra Bose, and apart from the Government projects,
be it Ram Mandir, be it the corridor of Kashi Vishwanath,
be it Somnath, and even Uniform Civil Code,
Citizenship Amendment Act, and Article 370's abrogation
is also the part of the same decolonization trend.
But unfortunately there are a lot of people in our country,
who get irritated by this decolonization.
Altering the national symbol, they've asked that this new structure
is unnecessarily aggressive, insult to our national symbol.
On the right is Modi's version.
I think politics and pride are the major reasons this statue was built.
If the symbolism of building a temple over a mosque wasn't clear enough,
Modi's visit to Ayodhya coincides
with this crackdowns on Muslim majority Kashmir.
And serves as an affirmation that he sees India as a nation
that serves Hindus first.
Congress party's spokesperson Shama Mohammad has posted
a cryptic post on Twitter.
Mahatma Gandhi's favorite praise song has been removed
from this beating retreat ceremony.
This is another one of those BJP's attempts to erase Bapu's heritage.
But, according to me, the hate they have against Indian decolonization,
it is a kind of hypocrisy.
But to understand this hypocrisy,
we need to understand what decolonization is.
See, colonization is of two types.
One is physical colonization,
which means someone has occupied your land and now they are ruling over you.
The second colonization is of mind,
and ending this colonization is very difficult.
Because, like India you may be independent,
but still your mind can stay colonized.
Macaulay, who started English Education in India,
wanted to create such Indians who looked like Indians,
by intellect they should think European culture is better than Indian culture.
India has never produced anything good.
And all the good things in India has come from outside.
That's the reason we believe, speaking in English is good
and speaking in Hindi is so middle class, Monisha.
That's why we believe, listening to Ghazal is cultural,
but listening to devotional songs is so middle class, Monisha.
That's why we believe, Salsa and all is very high class,
but Bharatnatya is so middle class, Monisha.
And that's why when in America there were anti-gun protests,
South Bombay's Lavanya also started anti-gun protest in India,
in support of America.
Because if she gets a retweet from any America's social media handle,
so according to her, her status in the society will increase.
Decolonization tries to change this process and this mindset.
So, you gain self-confidence and feel pride within yourselves.
And the interesting thing is our country's intellectuals
who are getting angry at decolonization,
they support decolonization of foreign countries.
Because see, decolonization is also trending in western countries,
where Winston Churchill's statue has been removed in the name of decolonization.
Winston Churcill, his racism and the way he used his privilege,
power and influence to cause and untold misery
and atrocities on non-white nation.
Protestors in London also vandalized properties,
that they associated with racism, this included the statue of Winston Churchill.
In America, the news is that Christopher Columbus' statues should be removed.
And to cancel Columbus day holiday.
It wasn't until 1989 that South Dakota became the first state
to switch Columbus Day to Native Americans' Day,
celebrating it for the first time in 1990.
And so atleast from the first one,
we now have a several decades of this thing.
Yeah, absolutely, it's an important day to recognize
and to recognize it properly,
especially considering what we had before, you know, Columbus day.
He did discover America, and he didn't prove the Earth was round.
He just bounced around the Caribbean,
slaughtered a bunch of innocent people and died thinking he had made it to India.
At this moment, the news is that in America
racist American confederate statues will also be removed.
Because, the way the English people and Islamic intruders colonized India,
the same way the western countries
had colonized the indigenous population of Native Americans.
So, our intellectuals support this decolonization,
but they don't want to support Indian decolonization.
And on those same expected lines,
people are questioning India's parliament building.
So, how do we take your argument seriously,
when you support the same thing in America,
but you say in India, it's Hindu majority reignism.
What kind of justics is this, my lord?
So, hopefully, we've learnt in this video
that new parliament building is needed economically
and in architectural view,
the parliament building's physical capacity needs to be increased.
So, it's not a waste of money,
along with that it's a part of our cultural revival
that's taking place in India.
Cultural decolonization is necessary
because we should also be mentally independent not just physically.
Our country won't grow till we consider ourselves mentally inferior,
we'll always be slaves to foreigners.
And I want to ask you,
do you think new parliament building is a waste of money?
And the second thing, do you support decolonization in India or are against it?
Tell us in the comment section below.
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