The best way to empower the youth is through enlightenment...

 

The #guru - trying to work as a lighthouse for his disciples

Today i would like to narrate my yesterday’s experience in one of the largest public sector banks of #Bharat. 

As, sometimes, i make many comments, a little loudly ( so that people around me cannot say we are deaf and blind - we have not heard anything - so please think of us as Gandhiji’s bandar - with all the external senses blunted ), maybe sometimes mixed with a little bit of sarcasm, sometimes a bit of scathing remarks, sometimes a bit of lewd words, sometimes a little bit of physical aggressive vulgar gesture (this experimentation i have started recently), just to get a vibe of the modern society of #Bharat- are we really capable of handling different situations with grace, keeping our eyes and ears open to see if there is any validity of the behaviour of any arbitrary guy  in the public domain is at all acceptable norms of behaviour - from all angles - without any conditioned mindset - and if this is not acceptable - then why not - or rather - who am i to decide what is an acceptable behaviour and what is not - or is it okay to judge anybody at all - and in case the person whom we are observing suddenly starts specific behaviour to understand how the observer behaves - then what - are we really capable enough to withstand such a behaviour - and if not - then what should be done?

So i was trying to listen to the various conversations, the young employees of the banks were making - openly - in Bengali (that is okay, that is not at all a problem) , the tone they use, is it friendly, or is it authoritarian, the verbal words they speak out - and i got the feelings that - okay - in general, the atmosphere of a public sector bank is exactly like the core sector of the society - the middle class of the society - unlike a centrally ac, glass building with all security cameras in place - and everyone kind of showing their busyness as a form of business - like the corporate power corridor - foreign bank - maybe like (u guess)...

Next, i asked a lady employee of the bank, is this an everyday norms, that u ladies use so many paper works signing here and there, passing bunch of papers, then verifying with human eyes - just to understand her POV that at the end of the day - when she just goes back to her home - and then if she thinks how she spent the whole day - was it worth - or did she feel empowered - or is there any scope of improvement - or am i capable of asking questions against it - or rather am i feeling that i am an empowered youth to contribute to the growth of the nation - and if not how can i change the system - or chalo yaar - why waste the evening TV serial - let me forget - let me have a cup of garam tea made by my Mom and have dinner and wait for the next day same story - and this way - after the retirement - i won’t really have enough story to enlighten my younger generations - and then i would suggest - yaar - zindgi to bilkul time pass hai - zyada serious hone ka zarrorat nahi hain - and this way train my next generations to spend their lives just as time-pass - doing absolutely bakwas - just as a time pass.

She answered vaguely, yes sir. eta to kortey hobe. na hole cholbe ki kore?

And exactly that kind of answer shocked me.

Why?

Kano eybhabey korte hobe?

Can’t we use the Aadhaar API system to reduce all the paper works  and utilise all these young generations to more creative works - the works of a thinker - and not exactly of a kalur balad - the oilman’s bullock - blinded - purposeless - and obviously thinking - subah kab hogi - and then never got back the answer from the other side.

And I came to a conclusion.

That we need #guru everywhere - for everybody - just to enlighten them to become capable enough to ask the system - not exactly with a zhanda - street fight - but with an uncluttered mind - not exactly showing a trait of an aberrant behaviour - but just as a norms of a society where we encourage constructive debates on any subjects - unlike the previous - gala dawanewali  system - where nobody dared to ask anything against the norms - the authorities - but rather  in a way to improve upon our daily routine and then at the end of the day sleeping on an ordinary cot with hope - that aab sayed subah ho jayegi 

The morning sun will rise again for #bharatmata - and we are here to make it possible

And then enjoy the sweet dream in the deep sleep and go back to the workplace the following day with more vigour and courage and in fact with an attitude -

yaar aaj kuch karke dikhana hai…

Life is not a time pass….

Human of #bharat - wake-up now - know the real history of #bharat - find out the Gaddar from inside the team...

 

चेतावनी

 थे अंश हमारे पर कभी हुए ना हमारे

छोड़ साथ हमारा सिक्कों के पीछे भागे

दंभ भरने के लिए ताकत की

मां के आंचल को भी फा‌‌ड़ा

फिर भी अतृप्त रही तुम्हारी पिपासा…

मां को टुकड़ों में ही बांट डाला?

ऐसी क्या खु़मार चढ़ी थी

इंसानियत को ही बली चढ़ा दी

काटा लूटा इंसानों को

दरिंदगी की नई मिसाल बना दी

जो मिला था उसे संवार ना‌ सके

और, हमारी हस्ती मिटाने को

नए हथियार जुटाने लगे?

हम वहीं हैं वहीं रहेंगे

देखना,

कहीं तुम मिट्टी में ना मिल जाना

अभी चाहे जितना भी मुस्कुराओ

आखरी हंसी हमारी होगी

सोचो और घबराओ।

By #reema

Explanation from #reema - the poetess

1st 2 lines conversion of Hindus

3rd and 4th divisions of Bengal

5th-6th Partition of India

7th-10th Hindu holocaust during the division of Bengal and partition

11th their economic and developmental downfall

12th and 13th terrorism, attacks on India, our soldiers, and aid from China

The #truth - the real story of Gaddari - from the era of Bangabhanga days during the British period

R C Majumdar - the #truth behind Banga Bhanga aandolon

The character of the agitation and its universality deeply impressed even Lord Morley, the Secretary of State for India from 1906, and he flatly contradicted the great Pro-Consul Lord Curzon and his apologists when he admitted that the agitation against the Partition was not "the work of political wire-pullers and political agitators," but was the result of genuine feelings in the minds of the people "that they were going to suffer a great wrong and inconvenience."" Morley had also the candor to admit that the measure went solely and decisively against the wishes of most of the people concerned.

There is, however, no doubt that the solidarity of opposing the Partition was gradually weakened. 

Lord Curzon won over Salimullah, the Nawab of Dacca, partly by advancing a loan at a very low rate of interest, and partly by holding out the hope that the interests of the Muslims will dominate the administration of the new Province, and the Nawab, as their leader, will occupy a unique, position there, with Dacca, his own home, raised to the status of a great capital city of an opulent Province. The Nawab gradually became a great supporter of the Partition and gathered a section of Muslims around him. The new administration, in its actual operation, openly favored the Muslims, and the first Lieutenant Governor, Fuller, said with reference to the two main sections of the population, the Musalmans, and Hindus, that they were like his two queens of Indian legends, the first being the #suo (favored) and the second, #duo (neglected) 

No wonder the followers of Salimullah would gain in strength

When the partition led to the Swadeshi, i.c.the movement for the use of indigenous and boycott of English goods, the Englishmen gradually became hostile to anti-partition agitation and withdrew their support from it. Injury to material interests proved a much stronger force than sympathy for a just cause.

My transformation story - from a broken soldier to a daring warrior...

 

let me admit it openly...

in 2002, when I got married, I was almost kind of a broken soldier -  physically, emotionally, financially, knowledge-wise

my wife #reema probably sensed it and roared 

ok... I got ur back...

we went to #bangalore

in the first one or two months, #reema gifted me 

#Gita

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

I took it very seriously

I started listening to it - kind of imbibed it 

and started thinking me just like #arjun - absolutely confused - perplexed - no idea what to do next - helplessly looking for his #Sakha - #lordkrishna

and it went for many years - the dreaded long period of struggle

then, one day, suddenly started watching the training of the commandos of the Indian Army - and I remembered my childhood version of myself - the fighter - the real player in the competition - the never-say-die attitude - the young version of me with a cool head but an agile body...

and believe me - I started walking backward - towards the roots - from where I started...

and I got back myself - my true self

gradually got back my power

got back my voice

and the real #aham - my true self - came out - under many layers of conditional false societal norms

and today i am playing one of the most important roles of my life

#fatherhood 

as the 

#guru 

of my young son

#ridit

weaponizing him with knowledge and wisdom

to fight the battle of life

just like a warrior

and not as a feeble person

so I highly recommend #gita 

for all those broken soldiers who are trying to find out a solution to come back with even greater force to reckon with-to serve the human society

and obviously- 

#Gita is for the people who are at the prime time of their energy - who think they can move the mountain - and surely should not be taken as post-retirement time pass

A strong family unit - the need of the hour for modern #Hindu society

 

When I saw the #twitter trend #swamysamarth is moving towards north, I felt really jubilant. And I requested my wife #reema to find out an equivalent phrase to be trended by the husbands of the #hindu society.

I strongly feel, that once we are able to recreate the strong family bonding and trust among the #Hindus, many of the modern societal problems will be solved in #bharat. 

So, to start with, let us encourage the #husband of a family to praise even for a little bit of achievement by his wife in the global forum, and similarly, let the wife of our small family should take the initiative to praise her husbands’ achievements with a really open mind and hearts across the global forum.

Once this becomes viral and absolutely normal, the children will feel physically and emotionally secure inside the strong arms of their supportive parental units and once they become secure - they can utilize their raw creativity to really create beauty for human society.

And once they start showing their real creative talents, the responsibility of the strong parental units should be to promote them globally with an open mind and heart. Appreciate them wholeheartedly - in front of others. Let them feel important in society. And see the magic happens.

Now, in modern society, everybody actually focuses more on short-term physical health instead of long-term emotional and mental stamina - however, for a real champ or leader - it’s actually the second option that matters more.

So, my suggestions for the #Hindu family of #universe, if with age, when the physical stamina of you and your partners dwindle in a natural way, don’t make it as the mote point to break up - you better speak to one another and sort it out with the most suitable available solution - but don’t make it an issue to break a long term relationship which will ultimately hamper all of your next generations and it will continue generation after generation.

The result will be devastating.

Society will be fragmented.

And we will become inherently weak.

Just vulnerable enough to be gobbled up by external enemies.

And this is what our enemies want.

So, we better be careful and wise.

Here we go... My heart is singing today to express gratitude towards my family...

The English Translation...

Allow me to touch your feet,
Please, please do not step back.
Offering my life and death, my happiness and sorrow –
I shall embrace your feet with my chest.
How long should I carry along
My desires that are complete disarray –
Please do not scatter them all,
Reconstruct them in a garland.
Annihilate disappointments of my wishes
Undone and ever thirsty,
It must come out triumphant at last –
Defeated by you.
I can't bear anymore moving door to door
Exchanging my poverty,
I may belong to you, Please accept me,

Offering me your majestic welcome-garland.

And last but not the least - for the Hindus of the UNIVERSE - the dilemma of a Hindu NRI mom watching her own daughters deviating from the path of Dharma that she tried to instill among them from their early childhood.

Hindus of Bharat - wake up and reclaim #whoyouare

The Danger called wokism targetting the family...

Know the Real History of #bharat - read the R C Majumdar book here...

Karwa Saach - Bitter Truth - A Little History Behind Partition of Bengal...

Lord Curzon undertook a tour in East Bengal "ostensibly with the object of ascertaining public opinion, but really to overawe it." 

He was soon convinced of the strength and solidarity of public opposition to any scheme for partitioning Bengal. 

This evidently confirmed his views about the strength of Bengali nationalism and the danger it spelled to British rule in India. 

He, therefore, decided to remove this danger, before it was too late, by effectively destroying the solidarity of the Bengalis. He now conceived the much more comprehensive plan of dividing the Bengali-speaking area into two separate Provinces - the whole of Northern and Eastern Bengal with Assam forming the Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and. Western Bengal with Bihar and Orissa 'constituting the Province of Bengal. 

The motive behind it was quite clear. In East Bengal, the Muslims, politically less advanced and more loyal to the British than the Hindus, would be in a majority, while, in Bengal. the Bengalis would form a minority by the inclusion of Bihar and Orissa. 

Thus the Bengalis would be divided from their kith and kin; the Bengali Hindus hated and dreaded by Curzon for their advanced political ideas, would form a minority in both Provinces; and a thin wedge would be driven between the Hindus and Muslims of Bengal. 

 It was undoubtedly a master plan to destroy the nascent nationalism in Bengal.

Early childhood character building is essential for an individual aspiring to serve the nation...

This is exactly how I spent my childhood days...

And this is me, today, joining the dots backward...

My early childhood days were spent mostly with my grandfather - listening to stories from Mahabharat, Ramayana and the real history of #bharat - playing barefoot on the roads of #puruliya - flying kites in the hot summer sun, playing badminton during winter, playing kaccha and Gulli-danda with a bunch of absolute financially poor people of the locality, participating in top-rotating games - but at the same time reading books likes Dwitiyo Bishwajuddher Itihaas  by Vivekananda Mukhopadhyay, Jue Verns’ Stories like 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, lots of Indrajaal Comics, Haanda-Bhonda - Nante - Fonte, Bantul The Great, Sharadindu Omnibus, Bengali translations of best selling books like Notredum of Hunchback, Three Musketeers, Ami Subhash Bolchi , Bottishi Singhason, Arthur Conan Doyel - spending time in the cowsheds with the cows, and of course trying to memorize few stanzas from Ramayana or Mahabharata - because of high demand from my elder sisters to be recited at any moments.

But one thing was for sure, the almost regular advice from my grandfather - was not to run behind money at any point in time. 

In fact, one day, while traveling by bus, sitting beside a Ramakrishna Mission monk at a very early age, when I was reading loudly the basic instructions written inside the bus like “Smoking is injurious to health” and all such stuff, the monk was taken aback owing to my absolute ordinary, poor outlook. So when he asked me, why I didn’t take admission to Purulia Ramakrishna Mission, I told him, exactly what my grandfather told me …

”You make lots of money from each student and I am not okay with that”.

The monk, totally shocked, asked me,

“Who told you this?”

I replied …”My grandfather”

Later, my mom always used to say

“Khoka… do your duty. Tor peter bhater obhab hobe na” 

meaning carry on. God will take care to feed you.

Hence, salary negotiation could never become a part of an important discussion for me during any new job

rather

what would be the challenge in the job and where and how I fit over there.

And I am happy to say, that I am passing on the same message to my young son…

“don’t run behind money.

one does not have to earn a lot of money to lead a happy life.

rather live a purposeful life and always aim to create an  impact for others who will come in touch with your life”

For the Bengali-speaking and reading population of the #Universe, my awakening regarding the freedom struggle of Bharat was formed at a pretty early age when my Mom read out the book "Ami Subhash Bolchi".

Here we go...

Read...

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Individualism Vs Teamwork - my viewpoint that i wrote in 2008

 

If nobody comes along with you, you have to walk alone to establish #truth and #dharma

When I traveled and stayed in the two countries over the last two years, one thing I noticed that I would like to share. 

Both these countries are economic superpowers and have produced many great companies. 

One is Japan and the other is the USA.

I noticed that in Japan it's the team that comes first. Success and failure lie in teamwork. 

Whereas in the USA it's individualism that matters. 

Hence the USA can boast of people like Steve Jobs of the modern economy. 

Whereas Japan can boast of Toyota, Sony, Sharp, and so on. 

But these two countries are two extreme examples of 

individualism 

and 

teamwork

We, the people of #bharat, are in the middle. 

We have stopped producing iconic figures like Rama or Krishna of ancient days or Swami Vivekananda of modern days. 

At the same time, we can hardly boast of any world-class organizations. 

We lack individualism because we have already become famous as "Indian crabs"

and 

we lack great teams because of 

extreme factionalism 

and an 

inefficient system

If we want to become an economic superpower, we have to mend our ways and take any one of the extreme steps - 

individualism 

or 

team

The basic idea that all of us will produce the same amount of resources or contribute the same way to society itself is a devil's idea. We are all inherently unique - some people have tremendous positive gain, some people have negative gain - and hence there is no point in controlling the input level so that all of the people of the society create an equal amount of result - itself is wrong.

This idea of communism is not going to serve anyone or create anything marvelous for society

In Bharat, we must create a level playing ground for everyone and let the god-gifted gain produce the natural output - someone will offer tremendous gain, someone will moderate, and yet someone absolutely negative because we are inherently unique.

Enjoy my viewpoint on this...