Day 155

 Man’s search for meaning- 12

Modi bashers are aplenty in this country and even outside… yet….

•  I saw a video clip recently where a person from a minority community  so he is not an Andha Bhakta…was telling…that every one should keep the photo of the current PM next to  the photo/s of the God/s worshipped by them… 
• he gave some reasons in support of that… I am not going to those aspects… as the focus here is  something else…

The speaker, a senior citizen, stated that all humans primarily need the following in life.

1.    Air

2.    Water

3.    Food

4.    A place to evacuate what is eaten

He stated that all else is secondary…. Come to think of that … what he uttered makes eminent sense…

·       now comes the crux… he said in the last 75 years, except the current PM, no other PM ever referred to the need for toilets for all in the country….why?

·       he gave an excellent reason for that… when a person is born with a silver spoon, he/she will not be able to comprehend the importance of a toilet, bathroom, etc. in life….

·       for this one should have come from such backgrounds.

·       He went on to add that many pooh… poohed the PM for his initiatives on building toilets to the depraved… made even great fun of that…

He stated that the PM gave dignity to men and women in our lower strata of the society with those overdue initiatives… for this alone he will be remembered by the posterity, he added… and there are many other achievements to his credit.. for those who wish to see and acknowledge...

(I used to  travel between King's Circle and Bandra- Mumbai- for my studies during 1969-1973. The train has to pass through Mahim.. Both sides of Mahim station are full of slums, Dharavi is on one side... all the slum dwellers freely used the railway tracks for want of alternatives. Horrible stench one will never ever forget... This situation continued  later too.. ditto at Jogeswari, Mankhurd , Sewri, Govandi etc..)

I have seen all the 14 PMs of this country— albeit on  TV screen- and

•  have listened to most of  their glowing speeches from the Red Fort… 
• but none except the current PM ever talked on issues like cleanliness- Swatch Bharat, toilet, electricity, water, gas, houses for the poorest of the poor with such great fervor  and 
•  took concrete steps on those directions.

There are other aspects in the video which can have political undertones… but I am sure none will dispute the four areas cited by the speaker, especially the last….

Being born- as man, animal, bird or worms- is a matter of sheer accident… where …to whom… when.... Which country… which family… these are all sheer accident… after being born only man takes wing and color……

• Abraham Maslow’s first need is talked here with great conviction….
• Our country could have taken needed steps  much earlier…… much earlier… if only we had.....

Be happy. Be safe.

ॐ 

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