Bharat Ratan for Ratan!
Hello friends, my heartiest and warm greetings to you all on the occasion of Makaar Sankranti, Onam, Pongal, Bihu and wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.This day, is widely celebrated as a festival of harvest, and rightly so. You name it any, but essentially it is the festival of harvest. After days of labor, patience, investment and prayers for a good yield- we all celebrate this day. When our efforts bear fruits and we become a little more prosperous thus happy. Isn’t it?
In corollary to above, it can be deduced that yield is directly proportionate to the efforts, skills put in- and may be a bit of luck too, and we get what we sowed.Good harvest naturally, mean prosperity and prosperity brings us happiness. Or why would anybody have celebrated this, ‘Festival of Harvest’? A Good yield mean good prospects and good prospects means happiness. Simply put, we celebrate the
‘harvest’ season because we expect ‘Prosperity’.
Ok, I deliberately avoided posting a post until now as, I did not want to start new year, with a political post…had enough last year…and since this year too, we expect many more, so I wanted a break. And glad, am I not that I kept away! Indeed. I am, and so do my family too, as we had a year ‘beginning’ holiday/bash. We all enjoyed.
Now, coming back to ‘harvesting’ and ‘sowing’- if you may please. The day coincides with two events, which could be ‘watershed’ events in some real immediate future.
Now, harping back on ‘Harvesting’ and sowing thing, and both these two events are related with ‘harvesting’ alone albeit in different fields though.
I am bewildered by two media obsessions these days.
One is about the ‘clamor’ to secure Bharat Ratana award for their respective party leaders and /or for the ones they swore by, but long abandoned (Kansi Ram, Karporri Thakur, Jehadi secularism to name few- as they were/are three major ‘ideologues’)- I do wonder no body proposed JP’s name so far- but, that is an aside.
I can understand the name of any Congress Queen or Prince –as it is their divine right, and a Puppet Prime Minister too is at the so called ‘helms’ of skirts oops affairs (Oh Really!) so may be Rahul Baba, deserves the cake oops award. Come on see his ‘awe inspiring’ performance in UP then in Gujarat and finally in Himachal! Come on!
If, Congress so believe that it is a pan Indian party (Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!), confer it to Shri P V Narmismaha Rao (dispute me in his achievements). But then, they did not allow even his dead body to enter Congress HQ. And in any case Nehru, Indira and Rajiv (only a one time PM) were and are ‘Ratanas’!
Even MDKC Gandhi is not ‘Bharat Ratan’ so far and Neta Ji, though was conferred upon, posthumously by the Congress Govt. but were forced to withdraw in the wake of wide opposition. As Congress always wanted the nation to accept the ‘theory’ of Neta Ji’s death in some ‘alleged air crash’, nation refused to believe it.
Lal Krishna Advani (LKA) might have started it but in any case Mr. Vajpaee, in my humble opinion - though is the most deserving - yet he should refuse with humbleness and this would only increase his stature in the eyes of public. He certainly needs no certificate from this ‘Italian Style Mafioso Run’ well supported by all ‘secularists’ forces of Chinese and Jehadi loving Government, much as it is imposed upon us. He, Mr Vajpaee stands tallest as a leader of stature or as an Opposition leader, with out Congress credentials (what ever they are) with a universal acceptance and appeal, deserves this but Should not accept it – at least from Madame ‘Maino’, or from any of stogies at anywhere.
May Atal Ji be ‘atal’ and refuse even if it is conferred upon him. You are a ‘Ratan’ and will always be remembered as, so you need no certificate from these people.
Now, to another contenders…seeing Jyoti Babu and Mulyam Singh and their ‘ilk’ in the ever-increasing list, put me off. Really. No comments.
Come what may this year this would be a ‘watershed’ event in the course of the Indian political spectrum.
Second is the Launch of ‘NANO’.
Much of what happen next is unpredictable, but the year has definitely started at a very positive note. Thursday, Jan 10th will be written in golden letters.
This Prudent Indian advances the name of Ratan Tata as the man deserving to be a Bharat Ratan, for all the right reasons.
Time is for nano (Technology). And for that alone Ratan Tata deserves to be the ‘Bharat Ratan’.
Much same as what happened in 1857 (The first Bugle of Revolt against ‘Oppressors’, then English, now "tormentors" are our own people, under stewardship of Romans, Alas!), as in 1947 (when we got our long over due independence. British would have given it any way by then but for some whims and fancies of some over ambitious leaders got a part of nation amputed, sucks!), as in 1971 when Indira did what she did, but not with-out due credit to our Brave Indian armed forces, as in 80s when Maruti came and changed the life (Thanks Sanjay, where ever you are), as in 90s when PV Narsimharao took over and changed the ‘economics’ from a patronizing and constricted one to consumer
friendly, thanks to Dhirubhai Ambani (Kar Lo Duniya Muthi Mein) a telecom
revolution- the world shrunk , and this year just as it has begun- NANO has made us proud. Ratan Tata has proved it that with Determination, Discipline and Dedication we can and we will win. But for some ‘professional’ critiques and some ‘new bleeding heart environmentalist’ …at least, I hold them in the contempt they deserve…it is a watershed in the history of ‘Developing’ India, its techonology, its resilience, its commitment and not only me; but each and every Indian who is a ‘Prudent’ one should feel proud of Narayan Morthi, Azim Prem Ji, Dhiru Bhai Ambani and many more (truly Indian entrepreneurs).
For once, can we just name one of some one among many of true ‘Bharat Ratans’ for this year,than the ones ‘willed’ by our "wily political masters’?
Just for this reason alone, my vote for this year goes to Ratan ‘NANO’ Tata.
Prudent Indian.