On the eve of Bapus bday, [when in recent yrs the spirit n symbolism of Gandhi has been commercialized by our dear old bollywood] I sat appalled viewing the musical chair of politics unfold infront of my eye in Karnataka…there was only a single chair with both parties fighting over an otherwise amicable coalition…but haven't we seen this happen before, when power hungry politicians have fought tooth n nail for the same kursi in other states, eventually leading upto another election…one of the parties involved even went on record to say, 'all political parties are ready for an election at any given time', I was disgusted at the casual description of one's exercise towards freedom of governance.
We are a proud country with proud individuals, we feel happy writing blogs on nationalistic spirit, reemergence of Indian hockey, Indian cricket, Indian tennis etc…all 'cause a movie ran successfully n we felt the bond as a Nation..but when would the real spirit of nationalism emerge as the cause and purpose of a political party? [other than during the empty n oft repeated promises during election time]…where would all the progress go to if we didn't hav the right representatives? r v collectively responsible for this rigmarole, do we even pause to wonder if v r proud of the ppl in the kursis who make all decisions related to the PnL n annual reports of the Nation? the taxes we pay, the various govt promoted schemes, is there a convergence of cause n effect?
My views though seemingly sarcastic have also resulted in what every one of us posess- a 'sense of hope' n seeing god in each of us. This happened when I watched a movie [as i wanted to avoid the news on TV]called 'Chariots of fire' based on two Olympic legends – Harrold Abrahams, a jew whose father ws a banker n who had the privilege of being educated at Cambridge, but who ran as he felt that he had to outrun every white man for the disrespect n disregard shown to a jew…Eric Liddel, a missionary who ran because God gave him speed, he likened running to following ones faith….. a moving real life depiction which had beautiful music by the legendary composer Vangelis Papathanassiou, n produced by Dodi Fayed.
This movie touched me, and re - iterated my belief that no matter the nature of our pursuit, if we have a sense of single minded purpose, strength of conviction n willingness to look beyond the ordinary, we could become legends [mayb even in politics], passion, perseverance, n respect for our fellow beings will take us a long way in overcoming the little disappointments n miseries we may face on a transactional basis in real day to day terms…
I had a terrible accident this moring, the axle broke, the front of my car hit the neighbours wall n is all smashed up..but somehw I aint feeling ny heaviness of the heart/guilt, I am unusually calm n I am typing away my thoughts like lightning, I am only glad that I didn't hurt nyone else, n god saved me, I don't hav a scratch on me xcept for the steep bill I may hav to foot, my parents didn't shout at me n that's wot made me start writing this, it seems more like by writing it to all of u, I feel its actual happening as passé n I look ahead to the day when I wont have ny more accidents n this day wud b a learning, as my bro says, we learn from our mistakes, I still cant recollect how things happened as it all happened so quickily that the sequence is not falling in place, my bro put the handbreak n the car skidded to a hault, I had no control of the break or accelerator n I had just taken a steep turn…god! ppl all ur prayers n my parents patience has made me see light today n probably amidst all the instability n uncertainty, the strength of my mind is allowing me to do something so perfectly normal as writing to u all….
Think abt most thngs I have written prior to the preceeding para, all of us have the potential to be change agents, in creating wealth n multiplying its effect through the power it bestows on us... lets atleast try to change things around us, which may eventually lead to our forgiveness of the incompetence shown by a few of our reps, n try to replace tm with more competitive individuals. If we were to elect reps for a board of a co whose shares we hold, we follow it more seriously than our election for governance, do we not take board meetings more seriously, as it is linked to our direct earnings, our investment n our growth, then in the larger context should we pause to think of our system n mechanism of governance…
Happy gandhigiri [nw tat sounds real fimi]
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