Pranab Mukherjee's calculated 'misdemeanour' gives me the perfect excuse, or news peg, to disclose a double favour granted to me by the RSS that my parents gratefully accepted.
Indira Gandhi, whose centenary birth anniversary falls this Sunday, was as complex a public figure as fascinating. Or a three-in-one leader in her different tenures.
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist,Barnala(Punjab)
Very amazing, amusing, rich and eye opening exposure while going through this spectacular and sublime piece of writing ! This article has many wonderful and exceptional morals for all sections of society to draw as well as learn !
But rising above petty and hollow considerations of various types to understand the deeper meanings and further layers within the layers of meanings here is quite imperative. The discourse in this article under question is not of micro level- sheer talking of ideologies, personalities, historical perspectives, right or wrong, good or bad,moral or immoral, powerful or weak and ordinary or extra-ordinary but of macro proportions !
The beauty of the write-up indeed lies in decoding and capturing the elegant, subtle nuances of the deep underlying philosophy
to usher India first and then all four directions of the world into a grand universe.
It has a unique message – every religion, every nation, every ideology, every personality and every philosophy any where in the world has something worthwhile in abundance for the mankind but sharp eyes, inquisitive mind are the pre-requisites to delve deep to draw and reach the apt conclusions !
Kudos to Shekhar Gupta Sahib for utilising ” childhood memory lane” upto the optimum extent for a hi-fi subject of high intellectual, spiritual, ethical and universal nature for the betterment and well-being of humanity at large !
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest, Barnala(Punjab)
I was six or seven when I attended the shakha whivh used to be held in the premises of junior Arya school at patiala punjab which was in the space provided by a Mandir.Now I am 65 but RSS is engraved in the mind and soul which can never be deleted.Those who never attended any sakha msy criticize RSS unjutifiably
so! intellectuals fear association with RSS! Why? Despite benefiting from it.
sorry! SG your veiled attack has failed miserably. You opened with as if Hinuds and Skhs (place being in Punjab) doing nothing at that time.
Whereas Muslims getting education and only Christians offering health services.
BTW, liberals might be thinking that Pranab shown mirror to RSS. In fact unwittingly he did expose the fallacies of the Constitution.
The basis of “The Constitutional Patriotism” as preached by Pranab can be questioned anytime. Especially when politics are run along the lines of regional, csate and religions line.
Well now it’s clear where the writer’s pro establishment and other viewpoints are drawn from. He is comparing himself to Pranab Mukherjee who has had along political career. There were always within the Indian National Congress and later Congress ( I) , persons with Hindu nationalists ideas and Pranab Mukerjee’s just got exposed, something that was hidden in his political life. That he could talk about Gandhi to people who supported Godse, or called RSS leader Hedgewar a patriot, or gave an RSS training program the opportunity to occupy prime time TV programs, can only help RSS/ BJP expand its political spaces
If elections are accepted by you to be the decisive verdict on the central government and the party policies, then you must be truly the epitome of ignorance to not see which party holds the trust of the people…
21/29 states in India are ruled by the same communal party which you despise…
Enough said
Good one! Nice reading, thank you Shekhar Gupta. The puzzle is to understand why the main-stream media, political parties, “intellectual” consider them “untouchables”. Why not take it easy, the way say Muslim league or Akali Dal or even Owaisi’s party is handled. They are patriots no doubt, they runs more schools across the country than the self styled moral watch-dog of the nation, the “left liberals”. Is it that RSS exposes them, their mask, their inner fears and insecurities. May be that is what our old man, Pranab Mukherjee is trying to do, telling the rest of us, take it easy.
The world has changed a lot since the columnist called on PM Shastri, the RSS and the Jan Sangh / BJP even more so. It is now the dominant political formation that rules India and many of its states. It needs to adapt to a globalised world, accept the challenge of moving India to the First World, lifting hundreds of millions of citizens out of poverty. Whether it is the embrace of modern, science and technology oriented education as the basic building block, the acceptance of the foundational values of secularism and equality of all citizens, as so eloquently spelt out by its guest, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, there is a lot of churn and change that is required in its world view. That would allow its governments to deliver su shasan and prosperity to all Indians.
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist,Barnala(Punjab)
Very amazing, amusing, rich and eye opening exposure while going through this spectacular and sublime piece of writing ! This article has many wonderful and exceptional morals for all sections of society to draw as well as learn !
But rising above petty and hollow considerations of various types to understand the deeper meanings and further layers within the layers of meanings here is quite imperative. The discourse in this article under question is not of micro level- sheer talking of ideologies, personalities, historical perspectives, right or wrong, good or bad,moral or immoral, powerful or weak and ordinary or extra-ordinary but of macro proportions !
The beauty of the write-up indeed lies in decoding and capturing the elegant, subtle nuances of the deep underlying philosophy
to usher India first and then all four directions of the world into a grand universe.
It has a unique message – every religion, every nation, every ideology, every personality and every philosophy any where in the world has something worthwhile in abundance for the mankind but sharp eyes, inquisitive mind are the pre-requisites to delve deep to draw and reach the apt conclusions !
Kudos to Shekhar Gupta Sahib for utilising ” childhood memory lane” upto the optimum extent for a hi-fi subject of high intellectual, spiritual, ethical and universal nature for the betterment and well-being of humanity at large !
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest, Barnala(Punjab)
I was six or seven when I attended the shakha whivh used to be held in the premises of junior Arya school at patiala punjab which was in the space provided by a Mandir.Now I am 65 but RSS is engraved in the mind and soul which can never be deleted.Those who never attended any sakha msy criticize RSS unjutifiably
so! intellectuals fear association with RSS! Why? Despite benefiting from it.
sorry! SG your veiled attack has failed miserably. You opened with as if Hinuds and Skhs (place being in Punjab) doing nothing at that time.
Whereas Muslims getting education and only Christians offering health services.
BTW, liberals might be thinking that Pranab shown mirror to RSS. In fact unwittingly he did expose the fallacies of the Constitution.
The basis of “The Constitutional Patriotism” as preached by Pranab can be questioned anytime. Especially when politics are run along the lines of regional, csate and religions line.
Well now it’s clear where the writer’s pro establishment and other viewpoints are drawn from. He is comparing himself to Pranab Mukherjee who has had along political career. There were always within the Indian National Congress and later Congress ( I) , persons with Hindu nationalists ideas and Pranab Mukerjee’s just got exposed, something that was hidden in his political life. That he could talk about Gandhi to people who supported Godse, or called RSS leader Hedgewar a patriot, or gave an RSS training program the opportunity to occupy prime time TV programs, can only help RSS/ BJP expand its political spaces
If elections are accepted by you to be the decisive verdict on the central government and the party policies, then you must be truly the epitome of ignorance to not see which party holds the trust of the people…
21/29 states in India are ruled by the same communal party which you despise…
Enough said
Kudos,
this article (walking through your memory lane) gave a rare insight of RSS..suresh reddy
Good one! Nice reading, thank you Shekhar Gupta. The puzzle is to understand why the main-stream media, political parties, “intellectual” consider them “untouchables”. Why not take it easy, the way say Muslim league or Akali Dal or even Owaisi’s party is handled. They are patriots no doubt, they runs more schools across the country than the self styled moral watch-dog of the nation, the “left liberals”. Is it that RSS exposes them, their mask, their inner fears and insecurities. May be that is what our old man, Pranab Mukherjee is trying to do, telling the rest of us, take it easy.
You were afraid of girls! There is a big gap between you and the girls next to you..also the boy in front. But on the right there is no such gap.
The world has changed a lot since the columnist called on PM Shastri, the RSS and the Jan Sangh / BJP even more so. It is now the dominant political formation that rules India and many of its states. It needs to adapt to a globalised world, accept the challenge of moving India to the First World, lifting hundreds of millions of citizens out of poverty. Whether it is the embrace of modern, science and technology oriented education as the basic building block, the acceptance of the foundational values of secularism and equality of all citizens, as so eloquently spelt out by its guest, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, there is a lot of churn and change that is required in its world view. That would allow its governments to deliver su shasan and prosperity to all Indians.