Towards Resurgent & Responsible India

Every day we find people talking about their rights, asking their due from their boss, their organization, their leader, their government, their family, their peers, their friends. It’s nice to be aware about one’s right and also be conscious about what one rightfully deserves. The most common phrase that you might listen in day to day life is “I want”, “I deserve”, “I should get”, “They can’t deny”, “We must fight”, “Let’s agitate”.   It means we are a very conscious society about our rights; it’s good for a democracy, but as in any transaction if there is debit, there got to be credit somewhere, if someone is giving someone got to be receiving, there got to be contra entry for every transaction. So, for every right, there is a duty associated, for every demand there is a service associated, for every take away there is a contribution. Somehow in our race for our rights, we have ignored our duties, but it doesn’t mean we have forgotten the concept of duty altogether, its only we ...

Greatness is commonplace, one need to be a little more observant. Commonplace greatness was responsible for the success of our independence movement led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The success was not because of Gandhi, but because of millions of common people who sacrificed their jobs, their comfortable life, left the comfort of their homes, burnt clothes which they purchased from their hard earned money. Though the world always remembers and appreciates one individual who initiates or motivates, but no initiation would work if it is not continued, no motivation would work if one doesn’t get people who are motivated. No, it’s not true that a person can be motivated; motivation is an internal state, which can only be brought out, it cannot be created or manufactured in a person’s heart and mind. The intention to get motivated always stays there in dormant mode, in hibernation. The right environment only helps it blossom and come out. Independence movement happened around 70 years ...