Has our nationhood and patriotism slept forever???

Does there anything like patriotism exit???

I often visit library and i hate reading course books and magazines too, because most of them relate themselves to science and technology and rest of them are boring. But there are few which I find a food for thoughts and thats the only thing that draws me to library. As usual today also I was glancing through the pages of my favourite magazine and for a moment a silence , a wave of still silence ran through my heart and mind. It was the cover story addressing tregedy of common farmers of agrarian vidharbh( south east maharashtra). It was more than enough to grab my attention that around 750 villagers living in vidharbh region have committed suicide in past 1 year!!!
It comes pathetic when one side Indian government declares high figures of the growth rate of our country, GDP, globalisation and on the other 'a part of US', is keeling over to death. It isnt just the case of this year , from 2001 around 3000 villagers have choosen death over life. Why they give so much preference to death than living , a normal urban indian normally does not do so??? Is life has become such an onus for them? The figures says that it has. There major crop cotton,which was called white gold at one time around 20 years ago, is no more profitable for them. What they grow in around 2500 Rs. a quintal, they have to sell the same around 1750 Rs. per quintal, 30 % LESS!!! how can one survive if he has to perpetually bear the same rate. Here comes the question why the prices have decreased so far and answer to which lies in the government policies. The global rates are far less than the rates needed by domestic farmers. The crisis has been intensified by the govenment policy of only 10% traffic for cotton while for other items the traffic is far more. It becomes profitable for the industrialists to imports cotton rather than buying from domestic market and to the same extent it intensifies the stress of farmers. The government policy of no subsidary put another axe on the farmers hewing the needs of his families and finally leaving no choice for ,again i say, 'a part of US'.
Somewhere it makes me realize is this lopsided growth such a slaughter? The PM of great India, Dr. Man Mohan Singh comes and announces a cow/buffalo(i dont remember what it was) of hybrid foreign quality to every choosen affected house of the region, did our respected PM think about how far such an animal can survive without fodder??? The region has been deprived of fodder which is the reason behind growing deaths of cattle in the region. People are selling their land, their goods, they are selling whatever they acquired over these years, not to save their life but for the lives of their family members, they are anyway committing suicide ### How far they can survive with their meagre crop and all time low prices. PM has definitely tried to provide relief but it seems to solve the problem temporily only. The root cause is still untouched and will keep the problem alive and brewing day by day.
The cause of the problem is fall in global prices which is bringing silence of grief to the villages of Vidharbh.Should we ,as an individual of India, keep our eyes closed and mouth shut in the silence of Vidharbh or our sanctum of mind compels us to come forward for the rights of "a part of US". Or patriotism arises when our neighbour nation attacks on us, invades us and carry out murders and bomblast, but assicianation of our people by the global prices does not pin into us thoughts. Should we do something about us, Should we support 10% traffic, Should we back no subsidary, should we appreciate the scheme of cattle in gift? Should we applause moneylender, due to whom the farmers possibly owe thousands of rupees on lesser interest rate than cooperative banks or should we boycott cooperative bank?? or should we really do anything ???? If your answer is supports "not doing anything in this case", then think about it again becoz stupendously suicide rate has gone far upto 3 suicides a day meaning one death in every 8 hours ! When solutions are possible they why cant we adopt them?? traffic can be increased upto 150%, subsidaries can be passed as a bill. Bank loan rates can be brought down, basic needs for healthy life can be addressed rather than providing buffalos, or Government can increase the purchase of cotton from domestic farmers on a rate which can make their life viable, should the government still prefer reservation for ST/SC/OBC over students bearing slappings of poverty? Is there nothing that can be done rather than sitting and watching the drama of destiny and the art of disaster ????? Because there exits nothing like patriotism , everybody worry about himself and people affecting him. How far this approach is good, it again leaves me with silence ......