Day 112

 75^th Independence Day speech of Hon. Prime Minister

I have been a regular and keen viewer/listener  of the Independence Day speech of the PMs since 1970 or so either on Radio or TV. Yesterday also I had the fortune to watch  the speech of our Hon. PM.

·        Before coming to that I wish to cite an incident. While interacting with a Driver on the Independence day , he cited that the PM has done much but he could have done more. So, I casually asked him whether in his opinion any other leader of today would have done a better job. He categorically stated No and added that Modiji will come back to power in the next general election too !

·        What I mentioned this has relevance. In the last couple of days including today I got some detailed write up and poem on our achievements and of course on our major non-attainments.

·        They lament that millions go to sleep without food. This I have heard since seventies, when the population was 55.51 Crore and the country was at the mercy of PL 480.Our population is 139.51 Crore as of yesterday. ( internet)

·      Hence, the Nation could jointly produce another 84 Crore more mouths/persons to be fed. None since 1975 spoke about the word- Population Control…. Hence, we had uncontrolled population growth/EXPLOSION.  

·      84,00,00,000-(84 Crore) more population in less than FIFTY years!

·      ( In the same period the US population went up  from 20.51 Cr to 33.31 crore, a rise of mere 13 Crore). Stories of two biggest democracies.

·        And then liberals cried that such mouths/persons should be fed by the Government of India.(Then they will compare with Singapore or Hong Kong with population of a few millions !! A few will then even compare with China  timidly. But when someone points out their style of Governance ,the argument is hastily withdrawn)

·        Arm chair experts/Olympians focus on the empty cup often ignoring the harsh realities of the country. 

·        Since long our governments got involved in production of all items from condoms to War Carrier ships, so priorities got lost. Further there were constraints of resources too.

·         The public always felt that Government must feed all mouths/persons too apart from providing free shelter, medicine, of course, education etc.

Let us now get back to the speech. The speech lasted 130 plus minutes . I linked the time to the population of India today- 139 Crore.  The similarity could be coincidence, or is it?

·        I will not go into details of the speech, as it cannot be summarized in one or two blog pages. On the contrary any nation loving person must listen to it by investing 2 hours and ten minutes .

·         As a faculty of past, I was delighted by his presentation- both from the angle of contents and Vision. He was talking about the road map from 75 years now to 100 years. India of 2047.

·         He added that whoever will address the nation in that year will be talking about our achievements on areas now being discussed/emphasized by him.  What a vision, what a confidence in the Youth and ability of the nation!

He cited two visionaries of past viz. Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo, both predicted a great future for our Mother India. Such quotations will only come from persons who have mother land in their blood and heart. He articulated his vision for the country in specific and unmistakable terms. But how it will be achieved? Who will achieve it/ what is the time line? All these he hinted in the speech clearly and specifically.

Hence the importance of the speech.

·        But another thought flashed in my mind. How many would have listened to the speech or going to listen to the speech out of the 130 Crore abadi-population - we cite repeatedly and so proudly. I do not want to guess. But shouldn’t we start counting?

·        ( For example, if the employees don't listen to the vision , mission  laid down by the CMD/CEO/ Chairman of a company, how that company  will ever reach the goals? And  if the employees work at cross purposes , then what will happen to such  a company? All worth thinking. Here we are dealing with not a corporate entity but with an entire Nation).

·        If the people are not in it, not aware of the plan or blue print or road map so painstakingly sketched by the Hon. PM, when, where and who will achieve it? Will we achieve it at all? 

Being a fan of the term EXECUTION, I could see that the PM is not talking merely about plans- akin to 5-year plans of yester years. He was emphasizing on EXECUTION. Do we want it to be achieved? When? He said we don’t have decades to wait for that. We must reach sooner than later. But positively in the 100^th year of Independence. In order to realise the vision, he added one more dimension to his mantra of earlier years-

'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’ 

I liked the stress on Prayas throughout his speech. Execution calls for effort and effort of all the citizens. Armchair critics have no place in such a set up . Perform  through PRAYAS is  the  mantra to be adopted- Whether it is in studies, office work, sport or in nation building. 

Having achieved great strides in his Gujarat days as CM and even as PM so far, We have a PM, who not only project dream  for the Nation but also shows the path ahead to realize it, provided the Nation wants to listen appropriately and is ready to walk the talk.  

 The PM repeatedly lauded the great achievement of the Tokyo Olympics team from India. He added that the new generation is a CAN DO generation and they will show to the world that India can achieve its goal. He cited also our achievement of 54 Crore plus Covid preventing vaccination, the highest in the world!

 Hon. Prime  Minister deserves congratulations for articulating his Vision for the next quarter century.  May God help him in realizing the  grand dream  visualized /articulated  so that the citizens will benefit- today and tomorrow.

Be happy. Be safe.

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