A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS
is no doubt a very good and
great ideal, certainly ought to be acceptable to us Indians whose age-old broad
vision bases on the ‘Earth as one Family’ {“vasudhaiva kutumbakam”} precept from very ancient
times, but in the actual circumstances existing in the world today is it really
possible, let alone probable? – immediately relevant even if considered desirable? Many of us were very
much impressed by Lester R. Brown’s quintessential book, “World Without
Borders” published more than four decades ago, in which the “necessity of a unified
global society to solve the complex problems of the day” was stressed, as “... the changing economic, ecological, social,
technological relationships of the world have far reaching consequences for how
the world is organized to meet those, and the traditional international system
based on competition and conflict” was not thought to be a viable model and a system
based on cooperation and a sense of community, thinking less on national
interests and more on global interests, was the need of the day. However, Lester
Brown himself made it clear that he wouldn't say “the nation state is obsolete, it is still an
important political administrative unit, but the nation state as we have known
as very independent, sovereign, often strong minded political entity is a very
dated concept, and the notion of power as we knew traditionally is not well suited
to present [1970s’] circumstances”. Well, much waters have flown down the world rivers
in these four decades and more, but despite the rapid advances in science and
technology and march of globalization, we still see the nationalist ‘genie’ not
extinct but alive and kicking all over the world. Moreover, we watch even advanced
Western democracies and the U.S. falling back to protectionism on the one hand
and resorting to neo-imperialist aggressions and atrocities on the other. In
such conditions, no country can tolerate its borders being violated with
impunity by illegal immigrants barging into it without any requisite
permissions and settling therein, with often incompatible cultural and
religious traits and practices offensive to and detrimental to its national
interests. India is no exception and the entire NRC [National Register of Citizens] exercise going on today under the directions
and monitoring of the Apex Court and the attendant measures for deportation of identified
unauthorized immigrants is to be viewed and accepted in that perspective. §§§
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