KK posted: " Today is Shaheed Diwas or Martyr's Day, which is celebrated every year on 30th January to honour the brave martyrs who have laid down their lives for the country. It also marks the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi who on this day in 1948 was assas"
Today is Shaheed Diwas or Martyr's Day, which is celebrated every year on 30th January to honour the brave martyrs who have laid down their lives for the country. It also marks the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi who on this day in 1948 was assassinated during his evening prayers.
How can we forget the contributions made by our forefathers who sacrificed their lives by joining the mainstream politics to secure freedom for India? They laid a solid foundation stone for a new India.
How can we forget the contributions made by scientist like APJ Abdul Kalam, philosopher like Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, and economist like Manmohan Singh, who became the President, Vice President and Prime Minister of India respectively in building up the nation?
We can name several people from art, science and literature who have in their own way contributed towards building up the strength of society and country by joining the politics.
There is no dearth of good men even now who join politics, with or without money or muscle power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi used to serve tea to customers of his father's tea stall at Vadnagar railway station during his childhood. His brothers are still either a lathe machine operator or a clerk or a kirana seller. No relative of his resides in the PM's house.
The Chief Minister of the largest state, Uttar Pradesh is Yogi Adityanath, a bare headed Sanyasi, who also comes from a very humble background. The picture shows how he looked then. His brother is a soldier in the Indian Army, while sister and brother-in-law sell tea as their livelihood. Yogi still wears saffron and sleep on the ground.
There are other leaders too, who are like Modi and Yogi and may be even better. There are some other good people in politics, who are literarians, lawyers and experts in different areas, but either they have not been recognised or they have hurriedly chosen a destination, not the correct path.
The point I wish to emphasise is that good people are still there around us, but not willing to join politics as career. We prefer to see our children as engineers, scientists, doctors, management or software experts, but not as politicians.
We have discarded politics as the cesspool and then condemn the present politics and politicians on social media or in drawing room. The sophisticated people don't even like to go out and stand in line to cast their votes.
If a doctor wants to make his children doctors and an engineer's son becomes an engineer, why a politician's son should not continue the legacy his father and grandfather have left? And then we blame them for political dynasty. Who votes and elects them?
If Gandhi, Patel and Nehru had not joined the politics and fought for freedom, what would have been the fate of India? I don't say that all right thinking people should join politics. We need them in other areas too.
My only humble submission is that we should not discard politics as a useless career for goons, criminals and bad elements. If we genuinely think that we can do something concrete for the society and nation, it would not be a bad idea to join politics or at least to vote actively. After all, politicians rule the country.
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