On the eve of the 67th independence day of our India, I was occupied with a sense of low morale contemplating the unpleasant scenario in the entire country, be it in our polity, our economy or civil society for that matter. Everyday newspapers greet us with a plethora of obnoxious facts and mishaps, the outright apathy of our demagogues towards their duty, the growing delinquency in civil society and what not. To be a bit dramatic, at times I wondered if there is a hope for our nation to sustain owing to the degradation of ethical integrity in all spheres. The Prime minister's address from Red fort reflects nothing but a mere paperwork of his government's initiatives and condolences for the irreparable damages done. On the other hand the so called projected Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi did no more than mere criticism of every single line of the former's speech.Then I have gone through the speech of honourable President of India. It was indeed a good one highlighting the evils which are drawing us away from development. He quotes the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi which I would like to mention here - We have to avoid "politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience,knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity and worship without sacrifice." This is what is exactly happening in our society right now.
When I say society I am in no way apart from it nor those who are closely related to me. After some introspection , it dawned upon me that criticism of undesirable events , persons or our most favourite blame game will take us no where. In fact, it obscures the vision of our personal demerits and duties.Complacence has become an integral part of our lives that we even fail to observe that we are being complacent. Everyone of us wants a clean (garbage free) India like in foreign countries.But, I myself when throwing something on the road don't regret the action and indeed come up with an explanation that a bit of waste added to the existing one does not make a difference. Unfortunately, I am not the only person thinking in these lines to add up to the pile of waste. This is happening in all spheres of our lives while my example is a petty one to start with. We may think that we alone can't make any differences but as Mother Teresa says , "It may be a drop in the ocean yet the ocean will be less because of the missing drop ".
Great people are not only born but can be made. I believe this is possible only by adherence to some good principles throughout our life. We need to do more than mere appreciation of Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa or Swami Vivekananda or any great personality for that matter. A real tribute to them is observing their lives closely and understand the principles that made them what they are. When there is single black spot on a white paper, it is what we tend to observe on the first sight. Similarly, most of us take pleasure in highlighting and propagating the flaws of revered personalities like Gandhi or Nehru. We fail to realise that they are also normal human beings who are prone to commit mistakes. I happen to encounter many such posts on Facebook all the time.
I am personally fed up of going on and on about politicians being unethical or society being degraded. I realised to concentrate on my inner self first before pointing to someone else. If everyone does their duties without abstaining and stick to the norms and moral values it automatically leads to the greater good of the society. The entire universe works in unison. When we think of a good thought, our mind synchronizes with the thoughts of all such people in the world who do good deeds and the path you take further is good. It is the same in case of evil people who degrade further with their every action. One simple thing we all can do personally is to watch our own actions. It is simple in principle yet difficult in practice but that is the only way out of the deadly mire that pulls us towards peril. It is better to share good thoughts than to share the criticism which leads us no where. So, friends that is what my blog is going to be about from now on....
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