Mahatma Gandhi is one of those most respect persons in my life. No doubt that he was one person who united the entire Indian mass to stand against British through a non-violence protest. He preached non-violence and practiced it too to an extent that even if the enemy hits, he never retaliated. Isse uske svabhaav main parivartan aata tha aur vo apni galti ko samajh kar khud hi sudhaar leta tha (With this it brought a change in his nature and he himself rectified his mistakes). Quite true and that's what we all witnessed in Gandhigiri too. But where's the catch?
Let me compare Mr. Gandhi to our Indian Cricket team. If anybody who could be compared to our Father of the Nation, it has to be undoubtedly Rahul Dravid. He is a personified form of 'Cricket is a gentleman's game'. He never indulge into sledging with anybody to an extent that he never retaliates even when he is at the receiving end. And so had been the case with other former / current Indian cricketers too viz. Azhar, Kumble, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar etc. And they all had been at the receiving end at one time or the other be it from Mc. Grath, Allan Donald, Akram, Imraan Khan or ICC. The result? We protested silently (Gandhigiri) and then eventually we cried only to learn that it is falling in deaf ears. In the end, justice was not done.
Then came other set of players like MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Virendra Sehwag, Harbhajan and all who changed the face of the Indian cricket. They, like their senior pros, remained nice and fair on field but gave it back if someone tries to be smart. From there started the dominance of Indian cricket in world and no longer the Indian players were feared of Pakistanis or sledging from Aussies and English fellows. The young team under Dhoni is a fearless bunch who are nice untill you are nice to them.
So the catch is time. Times have changed and so has the definition of Gandhigiri. It no longer has the clause of not hitting back but it still preaches to be nice and fair. But are we learning anything out of it? By looking at the current Indian government by Congress, I don't think so. Probably that's why we are going back to those early 1990's after a great economic boom under BJP / NDA in late 90's and early 00's.
Firstly I don't think I can compare Congress to Gandhigiri except for the fact that they belong to a Gandhi family. Underneath lies huge politics ... be it Sonia Gandhi stepping aside from PM's post, caste based reservation system, their so called aam-aadmi (common man) centric policies which are mainly for vote bank, security issues in the country and finally the much talked about Nuclear Deal.
Before the country went for an election everybody knew Sonia Gandhi is the PM candidate for Congress. They won the election and when the time came to take right and bold steps, she crumbled to the opposition pressure. What she did not realize is that the country would have backed her and that's what probably mattered. Or probably what she did realize is that it's the best way to project Rahul Gandhi. Whatever, that was I guess the first blow the party faced and first signal that this government will not stand for the right. This thought was further strengthened by Arjun Singh's caste based reservation system. 50% reservation in all sectors for 64% of population and leaving nothing for 36% General category. I wonder who is in minority here. World's most qualified Prime Minister, a PhD., once again did not stand for what is right. Instead what followed was beating of college students who were putting forward a peaceful protest (Gandhigiri?).
I don't think I even need to talk about our security issues in the country (Congress' Peace call sounds more like Please) which are at all time low and economic problems with inflation level at 11%. I guess we are heading backwards. And the mightiest of all our PM's favorite on N Deal. Once again to save the government he did not do what is supposed to be right. After all doing the right thing for the country is not everything about the government. Which is quite different from their predecessors NDA. Agreed, they were corrupt and they had their own political issues, but I don't India ever shined this before. After economy opened in 1991, the first time India tasted the fruit was during NDA regime. First time India realized its potential was through Pokharan, once again during NDA regime. Indian economy boomed like anything under them and world started recognizing our country's dominance in various fields. Even our neighbors, who often made the best out of the loopholes in our border, stood and watched as they get defeated again and again be it with infiltration or Kargil war.
Well, the choice is in our hands once again. In cricket we have made the choice, Rahul Dravid has made way to Dhoni and we won the World Cup, beaten Aussies right at their backyard. But what about our Government? Time has come to implement the new definition of Gandhigiri. Are we ready? Well, time will come but when, it depends on Left.
Let me compare Mr. Gandhi to our Indian Cricket team. If anybody who could be compared to our Father of the Nation, it has to be undoubtedly Rahul Dravid. He is a personified form of 'Cricket is a gentleman's game'. He never indulge into sledging with anybody to an extent that he never retaliates even when he is at the receiving end. And so had been the case with other former / current Indian cricketers too viz. Azhar, Kumble, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar etc. And they all had been at the receiving end at one time or the other be it from Mc. Grath, Allan Donald, Akram, Imraan Khan or ICC. The result? We protested silently (Gandhigiri) and then eventually we cried only to learn that it is falling in deaf ears. In the end, justice was not done.
Then came other set of players like MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Virendra Sehwag, Harbhajan and all who changed the face of the Indian cricket. They, like their senior pros, remained nice and fair on field but gave it back if someone tries to be smart. From there started the dominance of Indian cricket in world and no longer the Indian players were feared of Pakistanis or sledging from Aussies and English fellows. The young team under Dhoni is a fearless bunch who are nice untill you are nice to them.
So the catch is time. Times have changed and so has the definition of Gandhigiri. It no longer has the clause of not hitting back but it still preaches to be nice and fair. But are we learning anything out of it? By looking at the current Indian government by Congress, I don't think so. Probably that's why we are going back to those early 1990's after a great economic boom under BJP / NDA in late 90's and early 00's.
Firstly I don't think I can compare Congress to Gandhigiri except for the fact that they belong to a Gandhi family. Underneath lies huge politics ... be it Sonia Gandhi stepping aside from PM's post, caste based reservation system, their so called aam-aadmi (common man) centric policies which are mainly for vote bank, security issues in the country and finally the much talked about Nuclear Deal.
Before the country went for an election everybody knew Sonia Gandhi is the PM candidate for Congress. They won the election and when the time came to take right and bold steps, she crumbled to the opposition pressure. What she did not realize is that the country would have backed her and that's what probably mattered. Or probably what she did realize is that it's the best way to project Rahul Gandhi. Whatever, that was I guess the first blow the party faced and first signal that this government will not stand for the right. This thought was further strengthened by Arjun Singh's caste based reservation system. 50% reservation in all sectors for 64% of population and leaving nothing for 36% General category. I wonder who is in minority here. World's most qualified Prime Minister, a PhD., once again did not stand for what is right. Instead what followed was beating of college students who were putting forward a peaceful protest (Gandhigiri?).
I don't think I even need to talk about our security issues in the country (Congress' Peace call sounds more like Please) which are at all time low and economic problems with inflation level at 11%. I guess we are heading backwards. And the mightiest of all our PM's favorite on N Deal. Once again to save the government he did not do what is supposed to be right. After all doing the right thing for the country is not everything about the government. Which is quite different from their predecessors NDA. Agreed, they were corrupt and they had their own political issues, but I don't India ever shined this before. After economy opened in 1991, the first time India tasted the fruit was during NDA regime. First time India realized its potential was through Pokharan, once again during NDA regime. Indian economy boomed like anything under them and world started recognizing our country's dominance in various fields. Even our neighbors, who often made the best out of the loopholes in our border, stood and watched as they get defeated again and again be it with infiltration or Kargil war.
Well, the choice is in our hands once again. In cricket we have made the choice, Rahul Dravid has made way to Dhoni and we won the World Cup, beaten Aussies right at their backyard. But what about our Government? Time has come to implement the new definition of Gandhigiri. Are we ready? Well, time will come but when, it depends on Left.
