“May it please Your Honour” – Nathuram Godse on Why I Killed Gandhi
[On 8 November 1948, Nathuram Godse (19 May 1910-15 November 1949) rose to make his statement in court. Reading quietly from a typed manuscript, he sought to explain why he had killed Gandhi. His thesis covered ninety-pages, and he was on his feet for five hours. Godse's statement, excerpted below, should be read by citizens and scholars in its entirely, for it provides an insight into his personality and his understanding of the concept of Indian nationhood – Editor]
“Born in a devotional Brahmin family, I instinctively came to revere Hindu religion, Hindu history and Hindu culture. I had, therefore, been intensely proud of Hinduism as a whole. As I grew up I developed a tendency to free thinking unfettered by any superstitious allegiance to any isms, political or religious. That is why I worked actively for the eradication of untouchability and the caste system based on birth alone. I openly joined anti-caste movements and maintained that all Hindus are of equal status as to rights, social and religious, and should be considered high or low on merit alone and not through the accident of birth in a particular caste or profession.
I used publicly to take part in organized anti-caste dinners which thousands of Hindus, Brahmins, Vaishyas, Kshatriyas, Chamars and B—–s participated. We broke the caste rules and dined in the company of each other. I have read the speeches and writings of Dadabhai Naoroji, Vivekanand, Gokhale, Tilak, along with the books of ancient and modern history of India and some prominent countries like England, France, America and Russia. Moreover I studied the tenets of socialism and Marxism. But above all I studied very closely what Veer (brave) Savarkar and Gandhiji had written and spoken, as to my mind these two ideologies have contributed more to the moulding of the thought and action of the Indian people during the last thirty years or so, than any other factor has done.
All this thinking and reading led me to believe that it was my first duty to serve Hindudom and Hindus both as a patriot and as a world citizen. To secure the freedom and to safeguard the just interests of some thirty crores (three hundred million) of Hindus would automatically constitute the freedom and well-being of all India, one fifth of the human race. This conviction led me naturally to devote myself to the Hindu Sanatanist ideology and programme, which alone, I came to believe, could win and preserve the National Independence of Hindustan, my Motherland, and enable her to render true service to humanity as well. Since the year 1920, that is, after the demise of Lokmanya Tilak, Gandhi’s influence in the Congress first increased and then became supreme.
His activities for public awakening were phenomenal in their intensity and were reinforced by the slogan of truth and non-violence, which he paraded ostentatiously before the country. No sensible or enlightened person could object to these slogans. In fact there is nothing new or original in them. They are implicit in every constitutional public movement. But it is nothing but a dream if you imagine the bulk of mankind is, or can ever become, capable of scrupulous adherence to these lofty principles in its normal life from day to day. In fact, honour, duty and love of one’s own kith and kin and country might often compel us to disregard non-violence and to use force. I could never conceive that an armed resistance to an aggression is unjust.
I would consider it a religious and moral duty to resist and if possible, to overpower such an enemy by use of force. (In the Ramayana) Rama killed Ravana in a tumultuous fight and relieved Sita. (In the Mahabharata) Krishna killed Kansa to end his wickedness; and Arjuna had to fight and slay quite a number of his friends and relations, including the revered Bhishma, because the latter was on the side of the aggressor. It is my firm belief that in dubbing Rama, Krishna and Arjuna as guilty of violence, the Mahatma betrayed the total ignorance of the springs of human action. In more recent history, it was the heroic fight put up by Chhatrapati Shivaji that first checked and eventually destroyed the Muslim tyranny in India. It was absolutely essential for Shivaji to overpower and kill an aggressive Afzal Khan, failing which he would have lost his own life. In condemning history’s towering warriors like Shivaji, Rana Pratap and Guru Govind Singh as misguided patriots, Gandhi has merely exposed his self-conceit.
He was, paradoxical, as it may appear, a violent pacifist who brought untold calamities on the country in the name of truth and non-violence, while Rana Pratap, Shivaji and the Guru will remain enshrined in the hearts of their countrymen forever for the freedom they brought to them. The accumulating provocation of thirty-two years, culminating in his last pro-Muslim fast, at last goaded me to the conclusion that the existence of Gandhi should be brought to an end immediately. Gandhi had done very good work in South Africa to uphold the rights and well being of the Indian community there.
But when he finally returned to India, he developed a subjective mentality under which he alone was to be the final judge of what was right or wrong. If the country wanted his leadership, it had to accept his infallibility; if it did not, he would stand aloof from the Congress and carry on in his own way. Against such an attitude there can be no halfway house. Either Congress had to surrender its will to his and had to be content with playing second fiddle to all his eccentricity, whimsicality, metaphysics and primitive vision, or it had to carry on without him. He alone was the judge of everyone and everything; he was the master brain guiding the Civil Disobedience movement; no other could know the technique of that movement. He alone knew when to begin it and when to withdraw it. The movement might succeed or fail, but that could make no difference to the Mahatma’s infallibility. ‘A Satyagrahi can never fail’ was his formula for his own infallibility and nobody except himself knew what a Satyagrahi is.
Thus the Mahatma became the judge and the jury in his own case. These childish insanities and obstinacies, coupled with a most severe austerity of life, ceaseless work and lofty character made Gandhi formidable and irresistible. Many people thought that his policies were irrational, but they had either to withdraw from the Congress or place their intelligence at his feet to do with as he liked. In a position of such absolute irresponsibility, Gandhi was guilty of blunder after blunder, failure after failure, and disaster after disaster. Gandhi’s pro-Muslim policy is blatantly illustrated in his perverse attitude on the question of the national language of India. It is quite obvious that Hindi has the most prior claim to be accepted as the premier language.
In the beginning of his career in India, Gandhi gave a great impetus to Hindi, but as he found that the Muslims did not like it, he became a champion of what is called Hindustani. Everybody in India knows that there is no language in India called Hindustani; it has no grammar; it has no vocabulary. It is a mere dialect; it is spoken, not written. It is a tongue and a crossbreed between Hindi and Urdu, and not even the Mahatma’s sophistry could make it popular. But in his desire to please the Muslims he insisted that Hindustani alone should be the national language of India. His blind followers, of course, supported him and the so-called hybrid language began to be used. The charm and the purity of the Hindi language were to be prostituted to please the Muslims. All his experiments were at the expense of the Hindus.
From August 1946 onwards, the private armies of the Muslim League began a massacre of Hindus. The then Viceroy, Lord Wavell, though distressed at what was happening, would not use his powers under the Government of India Act of 1935 to prevent the rape, murder and arson. The Hindu blood began to flow from Bengal to Karachi with little retaliation by the Hindus. The Interim Government formed in September was sabotaged by its Muslim League members right from its inception, but the more they became disloyal and treasonable to the government of which they were a part, the greater was Gandhi’s infatuation for them.
Lord Wavell had to resign as he could not bring about a settlement and was succeeded by Lord Mountbatten. King Stork followed King Log. The Congress, which had boasted of its nationalism and secularism, secretly accepted Pakistan literally at the point of the bayonet and abjectly surrendered to Jinnah. India was vivisected and one-third of the Indian Territory became foreign land to us from 15 August 1947. Lord Mountbatten came to be described in the Congress circles as the greatest Viceroy and Governor-General this country ever had.
The official date for the handing over of power was fixed for June 30, 1948, but Mountbatten with his ruthless surgery gave us a gift of vivisected India ten months in advance. This is what Gandhi had achieved after thirty years of undisputed dictatorship and this is what the Congress party calls ‘freedom’ and ‘peaceful transfer of power’. The Hindu-Muslim unity bubble was finally burst and a theocratic state was established with the consent of Nehru and his crowd and they have called it ‘freedom won by them with sacrifice’ – whose sacrifice? When top leaders of Congress, with the consent of Gandhi, divided and tore the country – which we considered a deity of worship – my mind was filled with direful anger.
One of the conditions imposed by Gandhi for his breaking of the fast related to the mosques in Delhi occupied by the Hindu refugees. But when Hindus in Pakistan were subjected to violent attacks he did not so much as utter a single word to protest and censure the Pakistan Government or the Muslims concerned. Gandhi was shrewd enough to know that while undertaking a fast unto death, had he imposed some conditions on the Muslims in Pakistan, there would have been found hardly any Muslims who could have shown some grief if the fast had ended in his death. It was for this reason that he purposely avoided imposing any conditions on the Muslims.
He was fully aware from past experience that Jinnah was not at all perturbed or influenced by his fast and the Muslim League hardly attached any value to the inner voice of Gandhi. Gandhi is being referred to as the Father of the Nation. But if that is so, he has failed in his paternal duty inasmuch he has acted very treacherously to the nation by his consenting to the partitioning of it. I stoutly maintain that Gandhi has failed in his duty. He has proved to be the Father of Pakistan. His inner-voice, his spiritual power, his doctrine of non-violence of which so much is made of, all crumbled against Jinnah’s iron will and proved to be powerless.
Briefly speaking, I thought to myself and foresaw that I shall be totally ruined, and the only thing I could expect from the people would be nothing but hatred and that I shall have lost all my honour, even more valuable than my life, if I were to kill Gandhiji. But at the same time I thought that the Indian politics in the absence of Gandhiji would surely be practical, able to retaliate and would be powerful with the armed forces. No doubt, my own future would be totally ruined, but the nation would be saved from the inroads of Pakistan. People may even call me or dub me as devoid of any sense or foolish, but the nation would be free to follow the course founded on the reason, which I consider necessary for sound nation-building.
After having fully considered the question, I took the final decision in the matter, but I did not speak about it to anyone whatsoever. I took courage in both my hands and I did fire the shots at Gandhiji on 30th January 1948, on the prayer-grounds in Birla House. I do say that my shots were fired at the person whose policy and action had brought rack and ruin and destruction to millions of Hindus. There was no legal machinery by which such an offender could be brought to book and for this reason I fired those fatal shots. I bear no ill will towards anyone individually, but I do say that I had no respect for the present government owing to their policy, which was unfairly favourable towards the Muslims. But at the same time I could clearly see that the policy was entirely due to the presence of Gandhi.
I have to say with great regret that Prime Minister Nehru quite forgets that his preaching and deeds are at times at variance with each other when he talks about India as a secular state in season and out of season, because it is significant to note that Nehru has played a leading role in the theocratic state of Pakistan, and his job was made easier by Gandhi’s persistent policy of appeasement towards the Muslims. I now stand before the court to accept the full share of my responsibility for what I have done and the judge would, of course, pass against me such orders of sentence as may be considered proper. But I would like to add that I do not desire any mercy to be shown to me, nor do I wish that anyone should beg for mercy on my behalf.
My confidence about the moral side of my action has not been shaken even by the criticism levelled against it on all sides. I have no doubt that honest writers of history will weigh my act and find the true value thereof someday in future.”
Nathuram Godse was hanged a year later, on 15 November 1949; as per his last wishes, his family and followers have preserved his ashes for immersion in the Indus River of a re-united India.
Source : http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=365 & http://smileosmile.com/celebrities/why-i-killed-gandhi-nathuram-godses-final-address-to-the-court/
कबीर के दोहे
चाह मिटी, चिंता मिटी मनवा बेपरवाह ।
जिसको कुछ नहीं चाहिए वह शहनशाह॥
माटी कहे कुम्हार से, तु क्या रौंदे मोय ।
एक दिन ऐसा आएगा, मैं रौंदूगी तोय ॥
माला फेरत जुग भया, फिरा न मन का फेर ।
कर का मन का डार दे, मन का मनका फेर ॥
तिनका कबहुँ ना निंदये, जो पाँव तले होय ।
कबहुँ उड़ आँखो पड़े, पीर घानेरी होय ॥
गुरु गोविंद दोनों खड़े, काके लागूं पाँय ।
बलिहारी गुरु आपनो, गोविंद दियो मिलाय ॥
सुख मे सुमिरन ना किया, दु:ख में करते याद ।
कह कबीर ता दास की, कौन सुने फरियाद ॥
साईं इतना दीजिये, जा मे कुटुम समाय ।
मैं भी भूखा न रहूँ, साधु ना भूखा जाय ॥
धीरे-धीरे रे मना, धीरे सब कुछ होय ।
माली सींचे सौ घड़ा, ॠतु आए फल होय ॥
कबीरा ते नर अँध है, गुरु को कहते और ।
हरि रूठे गुरु ठौर है, गुरु रूठे नहीं ठौर ॥
माया मरी न मन मरा, मर-मर गए शरीर ।
आशा तृष्णा न मरी, कह गए दास कबीर ॥
रात गंवाई सोय के, दिवस गंवाया खाय ।
हीरा जन्म अमोल था, कोड़ी बदले जाय ॥
दुःख में सुमिरन सब करे सुख में करै न कोय।
जो सुख में सुमिरन करे दुःख काहे को होय ॥
बडा हुआ तो क्या हुआ जैसे पेड़ खजूर।
पंथी को छाया नही फल लागे अति दूर ॥
साधु ऐसा चाहिए जैसा सूप सुभाय।
सार-सार को गहि रहै थोथा देई उडाय॥
साँई इतना दीजिए जामें कुटुंब समाय ।
मैं भी भूखा ना रहूँ साधु न भुखा जाय॥
जो तोको काँटा बुवै ताहि बोव तू फूल।
तोहि फूल को फूल है वाको है तिरसुल॥
उठा बगुला प्रेम का तिनका चढ़ा अकास।
तिनका तिनके से मिला तिन का तिन के पास॥
सात समंदर की मसि करौं लेखनि सब बनराइ।
धरती सब कागद करौं हरि गुण लिखा न जाइ॥
साधू गाँठ न बाँधई उदर समाता लेय।
आगे पाछे हरी खड़े जब माँगे तब देय॥
The true hero I look at – Rahul Dravid
I was only 17 years old when I saw the persona of Rahul Dravid on TV Screen and I recall, it was his debut match and he was playing along with Vinod Rathore. They both looked amazing on screen, young and ready to fire. That image is still engrossed in my memory and will never fade away.
While Rahul continued to make a mark in international cricket, Vinod Rathore couldn’t doo much; he admitted later “”Some batsmen like Rahul Dravid are technically correct. But if you are not technically sound, you have to have the conviction and trust yourself.”
“I think that is where I made a mistake. When I did not get runs, I started doubting myself.” (Source : Rediff.com)
3 April 1996: ODI debut versus Sri Lanka at The Padang, Singapore. He scored three runs.
For me Rahul is just not an inspirational but godly figure, when I look at him I see peace within and everywhere, that’s what the persona of Rahul Dravid is. He reflects the true Indian which is lost somewhere. Resilient, Talented, Down to Earth, Brilliance, Charismatic, flamboyant yet humble! Salute to the master of masters!
He may not be aggressive and flamboyant enough to get everyone’s attention but every time he came to bat, you can be rest assured we may not win but we will make it difficult for opponent to win. He never got enough applauds or media glare in comparison to super stars but for me, I see my idle in him.
When you grow up looking like at people like Rahul Dravid, you are bound to develop something within you, which becomes part of your icons characteristic, which I see within me.
I don’t have enough words or linguistically capable enough to write about him, have capture some quotes from excellent writers/bloggers below.
Sidin brilliantly puts it across as “Rahul Dravid, you can’t help but feel, is the Hawker Hurricane of Indian cricket.”
“In the days leading up to that match, and in the days after, much has been written about this unsung stalwart of the Indian cricket team. An omnipresent theme in all of the coverage has been that Mr. Dravid never has, and probably never will, get the credit due to him”
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/dravid-the-hurricane-man/?src=tp
From blogger Sidvee “Cricket is a team sport but it’s players who turn into building blocks for the narratives. Teams win matches but it’s the individual brilliance that sticks in the memory. Throw up any game from the past and you will usually find an individual performance sticking out. Dravid in ODIs is usually not the one who leaps off the headlines, instead he’s often the focus of the second or third paragraph.”
http://sidveeblogs.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/rahul-dravid-and-the-eternal-lament/
Last time in blue for Dravid
The unwanted comparison JP Movement Vs Anna Movement
While country is caught in imagination due Anna movement on JanLokPal, its imperative to look at JP’s movement and see what changes have these revolutions bring in.
Anna’s protest has been peaceful and focused around Jan LokPal Bill, JP’s movement was more into changing political class and corruption in government (same), and as per TIME this revolution was little violent.
If the agitation succeeds, it will engulf the whole nation within a year. This is a revolution. A total revolution.
—Jayaprakash Narayan, July 1974
Critics saw him as an irresponsible rabble-rouser out to destroy democratic government. To his admirers, he was the champion of the downtrodden, a political savior who has emerged from retirement to save them from what they see as despotic rule. The independent-minded son of a minor Bihar state official, Narayan at the age of 19 used a $600 wedding gift to set off alone to the U.S., where he studied at Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin and became a convert to Communism. Returning to India, he became deeply involved with Gandhi and Nehru in the independence movement. Still, he was not an advocate of Gandhi’s principles of nonviolence and organized a guerrilla force to disrupt rails and communications and foment strikes and riots
Here is the complete article from TIME http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,917628-1,00.html
The positive news on Indian Grand Prix, sponsors and ticketing!
Finaly some good news from the world of Formula 1 racing, Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it will be the title sponsor for the first Formula One sporting event in India on October 30. This title sponsorship is going to be big booster for Bharti Airtel amid its declining subscribers in India. Probably there acquisition of Zain Telecom will get a boost because of this brand building, along with it Airtel will have there reach spread across West Asia, Europe.
Airtel has not shared the price for this sponsorship but this is what Bharti airtel CEO – India and South Asia Sanjay Kapoor had to say “Such events do not come cheap. We see value in this in investment,”
“As part of its association with F1, brand airtel will offer Formula One enthusiasts a host of innovative offerings and initiatives, which will be rolled out and announced in weeks to come”, from Economic Times
In another exciting news, tickets for the event are available on Bookmyshow . Looking at the price of tickets, it clearly signifies of being an elite sports, ticket starts from 35,000, cheapest being of 2,500. Not sure if the popularity of the game would increase in India, the section which will buy tickets already has good exposure on Formula 1.
In my previous posts, I had raised the concerns of official site still indicating the event to be tentative but it has changed now, official Formula 1 website has also removed the * sign, let the game begin!
लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती, कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती – Surya Kant Tripathi “Nirala”
लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ।
नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,
चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है ।
मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,
चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है ।
आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ।
डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,
जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है ।
मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में,
बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में ।
मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ।
असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो,
क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो ।
जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,
संघर्ष का मैदान छोड़ कर मत भागो तुम ।
कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ।
Rashmirathi “Krishna Kee Chetavani” – Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Varsho tak van me ghoom-ghoom
Baadhaa vighno ko choom-choom
Sah dhoop gham pani patthar
Pandav aaye kuchh aur nikhar
Saubhaagya na sab din hota hai
Dekhe aage kya hota hai
Maitri ki raah dikhaane ko
Sab ko sumaarg pe laane ko
Duryodhan ko samjhaane ko
Bheeshan vidhwans bachaane ko
Bhagwan hastinapur aaye
Pandav ka sandesha laaye
Do nyay agar to aadha do
Par isme bhi yadi baadha ho
To de do kewal paach gram
Rakho apni dharti tamaam
Hum vahi khushi se khaayenge
Parijan pe asi na uthayenge
Duryodhan woh bhi de na saka
Aashish samaaj ki le na saka
Ulte hari ko baandhne chala
Jo tha asaadhya saadhne chala
Jab naash manuj par chhaata hai
Pehle vivek mar jata hai
Hari ne bheeshan hoonkaar kiya
Apna swaroop vistar kiya
Dagmag-Dagmag diggaj dole
Bhagwan kupit hokar bole
Janjeer badhaa ab saadh mujhe
Haan haan duryodhan baandh mujhe
Yeh dekh gagan mujhme lay hai
Yeh dekh pawan mujhme lay hai
Mujhme wilin jhankaar sakal
Mujhme lay hai sansaar sakal
Amaratva phoolta hai mujh mein
Sanhaar jhoolta hai mujh mein
Udayachal mere dipt bhaal
Bhu-mandal vaksh-sthal vishaal
Bhuj paridhi bandh ke ghere hain
Mainaak meru pag mere hain
Dipte jo grah nakshatra nikar
Sab hain mere mukh ke andar
Drig ho to drishya akaand dekh
Mujhme saara brahmaand dekh
Char-achar jeev, jag kshar akshar
Nashwar manushya, surjati amar
Shat koti surya, shat koti chandra
Shat koti sarit shat sindhu mandra
Shat koti brahma vishnu mahesh
Shat koti jalpati jishnu dhanesh
Shat koti rudra, shat koti kaal
Shat koti dand dhar lokpaal
Janjeer badhaa kar saadh inhe
Haan haan duryodhan baandh inhe
Bhutal atal paatal dekh
Gat aur anagat kaal dekh
Yeh dekh jagat ka aadi srijan
Yeh dekh mahabhaarat ka rann
Mritako se pati hui bhu hai
Pahchaan kahan isme tu hai?
Ambar ka kuntal jaal dekh
Pad ke niche paatal dekh
Mutthi mein tino kaal dekh
Mera swaroop vikraal dekh
Sab janm mujhi se paate hain
Phir laut mujhi mein aate hain
Jihwa se kadhti jwaal saghan
Saanso se paata janm pawan
Pad jati meri drishti jidhar
Hansne lagti hai srishti udhar
Mein jabhi moondta hoon lochan
Chha jata charo ore maran
Baandhne mujhe to aaya hai
Janjeer badi kya laaya hai?
Yadi mujhe baandhna chahe mann
Pehle tu baandh anant gagan
Sune ko saadh na sakta hai
Wo mujhe baandh kab sakta hai?
Hit wachan nahi tune maana
Maitri ka moolya na pahchana
To le ab main bhi jata hoon
Antim sankalp sunaata hoon
Yaachna nahi ab rann hoga
Jivan jai ya ki maran hoga
Takrayenge nakshatra nikar
Barsegi bhu par wahni prakhar
Phan sheshnaag ka dolega
Vikraal kaal mukh kholega
Duryodhan rann aisa hoga
Phir kabhi na waisa hoga
Bhai par bhai tootenge
Vish-baan boond-se chutenge
Saubhag manuj ke phootenge
Vaayas shrigaal sukh lootenge
Aakhir tu bhushayi hoga
Hinsa ka par, dayi hoga
Thi sabha sann, sab log dare
Chup the ya the behosh pade
Kewal do nar na aghate the
Dhrishtrashtra-Vidur sukh paate the
Kar jod khare pramudit nirbhay
Dono pukaarte the jai-jai..
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Love & hate affair with our neighbours – Part 2
Delayed this post for a week now, but the none the less its the right time to pickup the threads on the backdrop of India-Pak Foreign Secretaries to meet in Islamabad. What is really concerning from this meeting is agenda and the tantrum being thrown by Pakistan. If we go by the media reports, Pakistan does not wants to include 26/11 as an agenda but hell bound to include Kashmir.
Excerpts from IBNLive news:
“India wants to discuss fresh evidence from the 26/11 trial in Chicago, but Pakistan does not want to discuss terror at all, saying India is fixated on the issue. Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua on Friday said the agenda of the upcoming meeting would be limited to the Kashmir issue, peace and security and friendly exchanges.
Pakistan has said it will raise the core issue of Kashmir. There has been no headway on the Siachen and Sir Creek disputes either”
These topics are of the maximum interests for our country, and we are heeding to the dictations from Pakistan. I am not sure what else is on agenda, but without discussing 26/11 issue we shouldn’t be really pursuing any dialogue. Without addressing the actual problem of terrorism, we really cant have a cordial relationship.”
I recently conducted a poll on social media to understand the sentiments of the people and result was expected. The voting count may not be high but you can rationalize from it. Is GOI is really aware of the sentiments of common man, the expressions are always not emotional but well thought through. At times you really have to twist arms and follow a hard approach to fix a naughty neighbour, don’t we do that within our family ?
Out of 43 people voting, only 5% voted towards the opinion of continuing with the dialogue.
Coaching institute – Its all money honey!
Daily news papers continue to come with full page ads by all sorts of coaching institute, everyone claiming to get 100-200 candidates selected to IIT’s and at least 5-10 in top 50. Consider the amount being spent by these institutes in advertisement, they must have done cost & benefit analysis.
It continues to dismay me where exactly we are heading for, had raised some thoughts in previous post. ”Why cant we build world class products ?
What really troubles is the aspirations of these young IIT’ians. This piece of article published in TOI is really disturbing “State toppers roll in wealth” .
“Toppers in Andhra Pradesh net not only top scores but apparently also a fat bank balance. By the end of the result season, toppers of SSC, HSC, Inter, Eamcet and the all-important IIT-JEE are richer by Rs 1 lakh to Rs 20 lakh”
With IIT topper taking 20 lakh to get his name associated with any damn institute is in real bad taste. How can we expect them to build a stronger and prosperous India when money is the driving factor or well forget India, nothing sort of a global product with Indian mind. He will either take route of Administrative Services or get in top MNC with a really fat pay packet. Well we cant complain, everyone is after money and probably that gives us happiness. These boys have worked hard to get in IIT’s, must have sacrificed so they deserve a lot but yes I have had some special respect for IIT’s and its fading away gradually.
