Haryana Veer and Shahidi Diwas

“Thousands laid down their lives so that our country can have a free breathe today…let’s don’t forget their sacrifice. Let’s salute them on Haryana Veer and Shahidi Diwas” 

I got this SMS from one of my friend Kuldeep Chhikara, otherwise I would have forgotten the day despite trying to remember the same, since the beginning of this month. 

'Haryana Veer and Shahidi Diwas’ is observed every year in the memory of those who had sacrificed their lives for the pride of Haryanavis’ and for the sake of our motherland at large. On this day one of the greatest freedom fighter of 1857 uprising Rao Raja Tula Singh Bahadur (aka Rao Tula Ram) breathed his last in Kabul, Afghanistan. 

At times I really wonder as from where these great sons of Bharat Mata would get this inspiration and how they were motivated by their inner energy to fight against the odds of enemy. Every soldier who fought for us be it in 1857 or in wars against China & Pakistan is alive in our memories. 

I hope in future also we will provide the great sons to our motherland from this soil, a part of which is called as ‘nursery of soldiers’. Let’s pledge on this auspicious day of sacrifice and pride that we wouldn’t let our ancestors down and will serve this great nation till our last breathe. 

Vande Matram

Is this the Austerity or a jokeon us???

Austerity - extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance.
Although there is no need to provide dictionary meaning of this word here but may God give our politician that much of knowledge so that they can understand it.
Some hundred years back Swami Vivekananda had defined the way of life of Indians by putting it in a phrase as ‘simple living and high thinking’. These politicians are not only making fun of this phrase said by swami Vivekananda but the common citizen of this nation who can’t afford this extravagant life is also feeling poorer. When more than 70% of our population is getting only Rs.20 in a day how could 60% of our elected representatives are crorepatis.
The shocking reality which published in a newspaper report is that the increase in their wealth in the last five years is from 100% to 9100%! In the most recent past when the congress people were talking about this austerity drive, Rahul Gandhi’s one day expenditure while he was on Tamilnadu tour was around Rs.10,000,000/-. There are many more stories of this so called austerity drive but I wouldn’t discuss those stories. The point which I would like to discuss over here is the Indian way of life and austerity drive.
Does austerity only means traveling in economy class by air or AC coaches in train. Then what about those who are traveling in overcrowded general trains and local buses. If eating in a 3 star or 1 star or non star hotel for that matter what about those 200 million people who go to bed partially hungry every night. And moreover what about those 40% kids of this country who are malnourished and their condition is only better than their sub-Saharan African counterparts.
This all is happening in this country for the past 62 years where these austerity drives were there. The situation in Vidarbha, Telangana and Bundelkhand regions is worse for so many years what did these elected representatives have done for them.
There are some good men among them like Mr. P. Chidambaram who travel with minimum people also if required he drives his own car. But he never made a hue and cry about that. Country is under severe drought crisis and here we are getting drama from the ruling class. This is a sheer show off only thing to see is its duration, because they are too away from the Indian life style that it would be very difficult for them to show this showoff for along time.

“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable.”
Swami Vivekananda

62 years of an administratively failed state

About sixty years ago when on August 15, 1947 India got her so called freedom from British rule, 300 million citizen of the nation got an assurance from their political leaders that their fate is going to change. Our ancestors who fought for this freedom from one generation to other were busy in celebrating the freedom for some initial years. But soon the idea of a ‘welfare’ state failed and various reasons were suggested.
No body realized and accepted the fact that the administrative setup designed by Britishers was for forcefully rule the country. In that administrative setup emphasis was on the ruling elite’s welfare rather than on the general public. That setup was to exploit the masses with little scope for humanity and welfare of the fellow citizens.
Now after 62 years of transfer of power (not independence) from Britishers to some influential Indians, nothing actually changed except those who are the caretaker of this setup. The bureaucratic setup was so complex to be understood by common people of our country

Defining Hindutva – A national political approach

After thousands of years of this great Sanathan philosophy it is strange to see that a body supposed to give its ruling on law & order has defined Hindutva (1995 Supreme Court of India). Most strange part of the story is that still the so called intellectuals define Hindutva according to their own convenience and benefits, be it political or religious. I think the time has come that either we do an introspection of this journey of thousands of years and come with true Vedic / Sanathan philosophy or stop boasting about our association with this culture. Reason for this need of introspection is simple, what we see in today’s Hindu culture (not about other religion) is not what has been suggested in our Vedic culture. Once we come close to that Sanathan culture then political, social and cultural unity will become more achievable. Current day Hindutva which allows hundreds of worship methods with their own variations with an intrinsic nature to accept every variation as a way to reach God, should either accept other religious methods also in its fold or move towards the true Vedic philosophy. I think this strength of Hinduism has become its weakness because in order to accommodate every one we have been stretching Hinduism for so many years. This extreme level of accommodation without really judging its validity and authenticity has started doing harm to the oldest civilization, which was there before the beginning of any civilization.

Once we’ll start moving towards the unification in our religious practices, the unification in our cultural, political and social sphere will follow.