Global World Is Not a Global Village

The very fast and effective means of travel and communication have turned the world into a global village. They have helped man in conquering time and space; nations of the world have come much closer to one another as a result of these wonderful achievements. Now the people of the world feel far more close to one another than in the past, however, separated by vast distances. These scientific and technological developments have almost revolutionised the life.

Let us have a look at what kind of global village it is. What similarities and dissimilarities does this new and technological global village have with a real village? In a village there are glaring inequalities. There are big, rich and powerful landlords on the one hand and the poor, helpless marginal farmers and labourers on the other. These have-nots are always at the mercy of these influential and rich landlords. The latter exploit the former as they will. At the world level also there exist extreme inequalities and disparities. The relationship between various nations of this so-called global village is marked with glaring economical, social and industrial inequalities and exploitation.

The Third World nations, comprising the majority of the world’s population, are underdeveloped and backward. In many of these countries there still exist autocratic, authoritarian regimes, fundamentalist dictatorships, feudal systems, and endless and appalling-poverty. The majority of the people in these countries do not have even basic amenities of life. These helpless people are never sure of the next dais’s food, let alone other basic amenities like shelter, clothing, medicine and educations. They are so occupied with the struggle for survival that for them the concept of the world as global village has no meaning.

Till recently most of these countries were slaves. They were ruled over by foreign colonial and imperialistic nations. The attainment of political freedom does not by any means indicate economic