nsriram wrote:Das-ji, you raise some points from the viewpoint of one segment:
There in lies the fault. NAMO is not here to be act like a HINDU NATIONALIST and return HINDU honor and that would not have taken him to far. He is here to honor the constitution of India. He is here to make sure that no body is left behind and that law is same for all and that is what this huge response. All this SANATAN DHRAMA shit needs to be wiped out from your mind or VHP is a better bet for you. NAMO stands for only one thing NATIONALISM which includes all castes and religion and sections. And it is this stand which is gathering such a people momentum and he is like freedom figther liberating Indians from CONGRESS RULE.
Fine, maybe there is no the in-your-face Hindu nationalism (or what you mean it to be) that groups like VHP advance; they are just one group among many. Instead look at the 6 core points he is making. AFAICS, it is consistent with Dharma. That's the vision the founding fathers (of India) should have had but, instead, dropped the ball and gave us a mess. This is the clean-up phase. The reason why US has been so stable is in large part due their constitution which was based on their founding fathers understanding of their cultural/civilizational ethos and how they applied it to the new country. A lot easier than a similar project in India. To pretend that the Indian civilizational ethos is missing-in-action is what our leaders have done so far and cobbled up unsustainable fictions (e.g., sickularism).
Someone want to take a crack at translating the below into English (accurately?). My Hindi isn't good enough to get the nuances.
and a vision for 2022:
So what could India@75 look like by the year 2022 if even the son of a Tea Vendor can be a contender to be Prime Minister ?
India@75 – where we reverse the trajectory of the Rupee from touching the Finance Minister’s age to may be getting closer to the Congress Vice President’s age
India@75 – where our Youth don’t need “Rights” to settle for what the government gives, but our Youth have the Skills to aspire for more than what the Government can give and even more that the Govt cannot give
India@75 – where our women don’t have to worry about working late in the National Capital but where in every Town and City safety for Women comes before VIP Security
India@75 – where our Families don’t have to suffer shocks from frequent Petrol and LPG price hikes but a Energy Grid in our Cities and Towns gives comfort and peace of mind
India@75 – where our Children don’t have to be at the mercy of a Government controlled “Right to Education” Act, but where our Children benefit from a vast expansion of educational opportunities through Public-Private Partnerships
India@75 – where our Farmers don’t have to be at the mercy of the Rain God and Government Loan Waivers but where our Farmers have the support they need to produce Food, Export Cash Crops to the World and be Independent
India@75 – where the weak, the marginalized don’t have to be at the mercy of an Employment Act or a Food Act but where they can climb the Ladder of Opportunity unhindered by backwardness, become part of Neo-Middle Class
India@75 – where Minorities don’t cast a negative vote out of fear to be treated merely as vote banks but where Minorities cast a positive vote independently without fear for their Economic Progress
India@75 – where our Highways don’t have to suffer years of delays for expansion and repairs but a well-planned network of Highways boosts Growth and creates Jobs
India@75 – where our Businesses don’t have to fear Power Shortages and Blackouts but our states have a power surplus and even think of exporting Power to our neighbors
India@75 – where our Chief Ministers don’t have to beg in Delhi for special status but where States have the Freedom and the Autonomy to chart their own pace of growth and development without being held back by Delhi
India@75 – an Economy where Reforms and Growth have created Wealth for Hundred of Millions of Indians
India@75 – an Energy Independent Nation that innovatively harnesses Non-Renewable Energy
India@75 – an Open Country where Inland Infrastructure in the forms of Highways, Interlinked Waterways have economically Integrated States and Regions for all round growth
India@75 – a Model Society of Communal and Social Harmony that has shed the baggage of the last century and overcome the many Conflicts and blurred the many Fault Lines
India@75 – an Opportunity State where the Poor, the weak, the marginalized can climb the Ladder of Opportunity unhindered by backwardness
India@75 – an Ownership Society where Local Communities Take Responsibility for the Welfare of their own needy, caring for them and providing for them
India@75 – a Democracy where Electoral Reforms have eliminated Criminals from Politics
India@75 – a Republic where Judicial Reforms have ensured Courts deliver Verdicts in a Timely manner having cleared decades old backlogs
India@75 – a Federal Model of Governance where States have the Freedom and the Autonomy to chart their own pace of growth and development without being held back by Delhi
India@75 – a Revolution in Local Governance has ensured every Town, Village and Community can expect Civic Services to be responsive to the Public Needs
India@75 – a Rule of Law based Society where Police Reforms have ensured the Police Station serves the Local Community and is accountable to the Community for Law Enforcement
India@75 – a Sovereign State that has transformed its hostile borders into benign free trade zones by winning over its neighbors, engaging with the World from a position of a strength
