Resistance to equality in India

Equality is the cherished dream of mankind. "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" was what led to the great French revolution. But the inherent nature of human being, the self interest and the individualistic aspect of human nature which has been glorified by the the western idea of rights would not let the equality come to all. It would remain only in theory and not in practice what F.W. Riggs called the formalism would continue to be the order of the society. The idea of equality is conditional. when a class, a group wants to be equal to a class/group which is higher than itself in the social or economic aspects but at the same time it wants to elude the people of the lower stature socially or economically to be equal to it. The so called middle caste Hindus fight for moving up in the social ladder and demands to be treated as equal by the caste Hindus in India's rural areas but they commit atrocities against the Dalits and underprivileged lower caste Hindus if the former assert their right to equality and life with dignity. How can we then call this a universal right may be it is a conditional one, something which one can assert when somebody claims to be superior and forget it while claiming their own superiority. This thinking is so much ingrained in our minds that our political and economic systems and even the education system propagates it and does not allow the equality to become a universal principle. Second important factor which is a nothing but a wrapper of cunning self interest is the consumerism, the so called material prosperity that has been gifted to us by the globalization. Capitalism by nature propagates the inequality. The sheer purpose to gain more and more profit leads to the exploitation of the masses, and those who benefit from it then by their economic power controls the political system of the country which makes such policies which increase this divide by benefiting the already rich and pushing the rest in the poverty. The example of tribal people in India shows that how a category of people are systematically displaced from their properties for the benefit of other classes. Be it between urban or rural, tribal or non-tribal the equality is  difficult to find while the differences of treatment are evident. In the name of development and facades of health and education facilities, employment the tribal are being pushed into non-skilled labor market and then exploited. The government who claims to represent all the people living in the territory of India is facilitating this gross injustice done to its own people. Here the idea of equality changes, and the people who have resided for ages in the forests and forced to sacrifice their livelihood for the people who lives in city for the progress of India which they are part of, but who does not care for them, who exploits them. More often than not they ask themselves and others are they the only one who has to sacrifice ? have city people living in Delhis and Mumbais ever sacrificed anything for them who becomes their countrymen only when they needs minerals ?