I read
the article and found something
frustrating about it, that was "No
comments so far" at the bottom. A
beautiful piece of writing, Mr
Rajesh! Often, admiration is silent
and criticism is cacophonous.
I request the author to write more
often, if time permits. "No
comments" does not necessarily mean
"No comments!". This means the
article deserves some positive words
of appreciation, which are not in
our dictionary. - Kumod Jha -
Feb. 5, 2006
I
was curious to know if Mr Rajesh
Anand is new to this forum. I
searched through the archives, and
found he is not. In past, he has
written some excellent articles,
which did not draw any comments. And
then I found one article of him,
with 12 comments, posted on June 18,
2005. I was not surprised by the
response, when I saw the title-
'Back to Shastras to Resolve Some of
Our Problems'. I do not want to
re-open the box of worms. But, for
once, I will compromise with my
principle of not discussing religion
in public. I did not get a chance to
comment to his article, as I was not
a reader of PD then.
Mr Rajesh was explaining in his
article that no one is a Brahman by
birth, but the comments from the
opposition was 'Wrong! One IS by
birth, and you are trying to justify
that'. With due respect to Mr
Rajesh, I would like to point his
mistake (other than mentioning of
shashtras in a public forum). He
gave more emphasis on the need of
Brahmans in society, but ignored the
importance of Kshatriyas, Vaishyas,
and Shudras. Like Mr Rajesh, when I
say Brahman or Shudra, I do not mean
the Hindu castes, but the elements
inside us.
I remember my childhood, when my
father would take a spade and go to
the back side of the government
quarter to clean the sewage, or work
in the small field, where he planted
vegetables and flowers, and would
admire to see them grow. Some of the
hospital staff and us kids would be
embarrassed, and would offer to take
the spade from the 'Doctor saheb'
and 'Papa'. But, he would not allow
anyone, he would ask us to fetch
water or do something else.
I wonder if people of Patna, instead
of blaming PMC for the garbage, take
brooms and come out of their houses
to clean their locality, how great
impact it would have. Not only will
they live in a clean environment,
but the media will highlight this
and Patna will become a model for
other places as well. That explains
the need to be Shudras. I do not
want NGOs to do this, the initiative
should come from us, the common
people.
I read the news of a barbaric mob
killing the couple which married
against the tradition. Where were
the Kshatriyas? Instead of blaming
police for the poor law and order,
would it not have been great if
someone had stood up to take the
risk of saving the ill-fated couple?
Are we a bunch of impotents? This
explains the need to be Kshatriyas.
I need not explain why we should be
Vaishyas.
I know this is not advisable to use
these words 'Brahmans, Khastriyas...'
in this discussion. Even after all
explanations, these words still have
the notion of castes. I request
people to not start a new discussion
over this. The government has its
duties and it is obvious for the
public to have expectations. But, as
citizens, we also have some duties,
which we should not forget. Enough
of preaching and dreaming! Change
the channel! - Kumod Jha - Feb.
5, 2006
Thanks Mr. Rajesh for a wonderful
and positive article. I love to read
PatnaDaily just because of articles
like this. I am a great admirer of
people who write positive things
because if nothing else it spreads
positive feelings and forces people
to think positively. I am not saying
we should not write about negative
things but we provide some positive
twist to even negative articles.
I would like people to write more on
educational stuff also so that our
youth get some insight on what is
happening around the world and how
to shape their future.
Keep writing! - Roshan Kumar -
Feb. 6, 2006
Thanks a lot Rajesh Anand ji for
this excellent article. About Bihar
even we share the same feeling as
that of you. One major thing you
forget to mention is presence of
cellular companies such as Reliance,
Airtel in villages and people are
using mobile to communicate with
distant relatives although there is
no sign of electricity. They used to
charge mobile using Generator or
Solar System. The latest good news
is availability of FM Radio Mirchi
in Patna.
Although it is slow but Bihar’s fate
is changing due to participation of
Private parties. We should salute
these private investors for their
participation in Bihar irrespective
of corrupt/lethargic political
resistances. - Tarakeswar Dubey -
Feb. 6, 2006 |
