Heroes, Politics and Indians

Each nation have their bunch of heroes and India too have, in fact more than any nation in the world. The two great epics which graced this divine land have depicted the greatest two heroes Sri Krishna and Sri Rama. They prevail and permeate the life of my people in one way or another. Its ironical that though we worship and regard Krishna as the greatest influence in our lives, we follow the footsteps of Sri Rama in our actions for the simple reason he is the perfect embodiment of a human being. And when I say perfect, yes absolutely perfect in all the roles he had in his life. Krishna had many wives but the ideal man Rama was only for Sita (Manifestation of the Goddess). Sri Rama has been the moral benchmark for an Indian man for time immemorial. Similarly anything and everything with regards to moralities, the reference point is and always the epics. The great Mahatma Gandhi's inclination towards ' Rama Rajya', conceptualised referring to Rama's governance was neither a theory nor a hypothetical subject. It is a reality in pursuit and Indians can accomplish his dream.

Though politics takes front page of several newspapers across the nation, it doesn't take the centre stage of an Indian family. If anyone asks Why, the answer is India is,was and never a political nation. Life moved smoothly irrespective of who ruled. Therefore the policy makers are mere debating subjects in India. Foreign invasions created havoc at different times, but the people resurged from its suppressions to go normal in spite of the repeated atrocities done by various empires. India still continued to assimilate as usual what was good. I would say if there is anything which hurts India, it is the erosion of Moral Consiousness in a samaj(society). This moralities unites the diversified demography and sustains the samaj strong.  I believe its' unfair to utter even the word, 'Self Restraint Indian'. Because the Indian mind represent the vast ocean where all rivers flows and in process get purified.


I have not seen too many countries and too many of other civilisations. Since am born with the identity of from the oldest living civilisation which has assimilated and adopted the entire mankind traits, I know the rest of the world is just a replica of what I had seen in my people. Paying tribute to the great author Sage Ved Vyas, the learned  says anything and everything in this material world is mentioned in the great Indian epic Mahabharata. Great American Author, Mark Twain has rightly said,''India is the mother of traditions and culture''. Here religions and philosophies flourished and was elevated to a higher level where all got ingrained in the life cycle of each individual in the course of centuries. And yet this evolution is not over, Mother India and her children are still evolving grabbing the best of life.

Billion People – One Voice

Following the resolution passed in the parliament of India, which is the ultimate law making body of the nation, India has shown a tremendous model of people’s will reflecting in the process of nation building. Evidently the successive governments failing to pass a bill for 42 years since it was first tabled in the parliament, the people came out in support of Team Anna and forced the belligerent political class to adopt the points put forward by Shri Anna Hazare and their team. Irrespective of the hues and cries by many of the liberal intelligentsia of the countries, the common man supported recommendations of JAN LOKPAL (the version of lokpal drafted by Team Anna). Consensus in the Parliament and that too 100 percentage was unheard except in matter of National Security. But today all the parliamentarians unanimously supported the three sticky points and passed a resolution in favour of the anti corruption movement. I was proud to see my political class acting in accordance with the minds of the AAM ADMI; perhaps they missed in the last forty odd years. Even though we have lost many precious years in the course of nation building, that day I was proud to say I am an Indian. And why I’ll come to it.

Functioning as the largest democracy in the world, it has never been able to fulfil the basic needs of all the 120 million people. I have often thought the lack of commitment from the politicians resulting in lapse of grabbing opportunities. There have been leaders with vision to constructively engage the resources for development but the political systems never rose to the levels of expectations of the people. Keeping all these flaws aside, How India drew attention of the minds across the globe is by an unprecedented saga of actions resulting in a perfect precedent for the coming generations. Without any bloodshed, riots, suppressing actions from the government the will of the people reflected in the exact manner where it matter the most. Unlike the youth of England who resorted to hooliganism and robbery to show their discomfort to the state authorities, Unlike the Libyan dictatorship who turned their ear drums against the call of the nation to step down or to change. India responded optimistically within the doors of the constitutional and moral framework with an ideal beginning for an anti- corruption bill.  Role of an ordinary man Anna Hazare, cannot be overlooked, history books will hail his contribution as vital and generations will read and might replicate his moral ideals for reforming the process when it is required. Ultimately India alone can show such resilience and spirit for the reason that she is the mother of civilisations and humanity. Born in such a heritage can we alienate ourselves from this way of life?