Nation is as good as citizens are.
To be a great nation its citizens must be developed and progressive. Citizens must get rid of slave mentality as first thing in this direction.
Nation was under occupation of invaders for centuries. Unfortunately even after attaining freedom people have not attained true freedom. One must attain freedom of mindset first. We still get easily slaved. This slavery is even more dangerous because we do not even realize. We feel we are free but not. Mahatma Gandhi fought for mental freedom much more. All his agitations were towards making people free, selfless and fearless.
- Political Slavery
We become mentally slave to our favorite political party. There is nothing wrong in having a particular ideology. Democracy has place for all ideologies. But to have loyalty to a party more than loyalty to nation and humanity is no less slavery. We support our favorite party even if they do wrong and oppose others even if they are right. Just like people, no party can be always wrong or always right. We must have wisdom and courage to clearly see right and wrong keeping nation and humanity in mind. In fact the best state of democracy does not need any political party. If we see political parties have done more harm than good. They divide society on political communal caste region and other such lines, creates bitterness for opposing them, protect own corrupt and wrong doers, promotes nepotism and more. Why do we need political parties. What we need is to send good representatives to parliament, assemblies and other such bodies. Electing sincere, honest and capable independent candidates will do much better work. We need to have candidates who will be
Rahega - Be present in constituency
Milega - Must meet common people
Samjhega - Must understand people's needs and problems
Karega - Must make best sincere efforts to remove problems and improve conditions
- Media and Social Media Slavery
Nothing can be worse than this. Technology should help people in becoming wise and free. This is happening just opposite. It is amazing how they take moral high ground and act just contrary. People believe anything that is shown or written. There is no accountability, no authenticity. Fake and false information spreads like wild fire. Media and Social Media gets manipulated to serve vested interests. Even News Channels show clear inclination to serve political interests. The fairness, objectivity and service to nation and humanity is found lacking. They promote one particular party and denounce others. Social media is one step further. Fake information, manipulation, contempt even abuses are common. Where is loyalty to nation and humanity? This question is probably no more relevant for people. Then we try to put down each other on nationalism and patriotism.
- Slavery to greed and self interest
There is difference between becoming successful and being successful irrespective of means and methods. In pursuit of success, people forget that we are part of nation and humanity. All our actions have impact on condition of both nation and humanity. One may realize this or not, may get challenged or caught or not, the truth is we are shaping our own destiny. This slavery to greed and self interest pushes us to evil designs. In the process we create injustice & disharmony leading to crimes, unrest and division. This is the root cause of slavery to community, caste and region based interests.
We must understand merely throwing out external invaders is not sufficient. We need to have a free mindset which is wise, open, progressive, rational and fair. Only then we can say that we have attained freedom.
To be a great nation its citizens must be developed and progressive. Citizens must get rid of slave mentality as first thing in this direction.
Nation was under occupation of invaders for centuries. Unfortunately even after attaining freedom people have not attained true freedom. One must attain freedom of mindset first. We still get easily slaved. This slavery is even more dangerous because we do not even realize. We feel we are free but not. Mahatma Gandhi fought for mental freedom much more. All his agitations were towards making people free, selfless and fearless.
- Political Slavery
We become mentally slave to our favorite political party. There is nothing wrong in having a particular ideology. Democracy has place for all ideologies. But to have loyalty to a party more than loyalty to nation and humanity is no less slavery. We support our favorite party even if they do wrong and oppose others even if they are right. Just like people, no party can be always wrong or always right. We must have wisdom and courage to clearly see right and wrong keeping nation and humanity in mind. In fact the best state of democracy does not need any political party. If we see political parties have done more harm than good. They divide society on political communal caste region and other such lines, creates bitterness for opposing them, protect own corrupt and wrong doers, promotes nepotism and more. Why do we need political parties. What we need is to send good representatives to parliament, assemblies and other such bodies. Electing sincere, honest and capable independent candidates will do much better work. We need to have candidates who will be
Rahega - Be present in constituency
Milega - Must meet common people
Samjhega - Must understand people's needs and problems
Karega - Must make best sincere efforts to remove problems and improve conditions
- Media and Social Media Slavery
Nothing can be worse than this. Technology should help people in becoming wise and free. This is happening just opposite. It is amazing how they take moral high ground and act just contrary. People believe anything that is shown or written. There is no accountability, no authenticity. Fake and false information spreads like wild fire. Media and Social Media gets manipulated to serve vested interests. Even News Channels show clear inclination to serve political interests. The fairness, objectivity and service to nation and humanity is found lacking. They promote one particular party and denounce others. Social media is one step further. Fake information, manipulation, contempt even abuses are common. Where is loyalty to nation and humanity? This question is probably no more relevant for people. Then we try to put down each other on nationalism and patriotism.
- Slavery to greed and self interest
There is difference between becoming successful and being successful irrespective of means and methods. In pursuit of success, people forget that we are part of nation and humanity. All our actions have impact on condition of both nation and humanity. One may realize this or not, may get challenged or caught or not, the truth is we are shaping our own destiny. This slavery to greed and self interest pushes us to evil designs. In the process we create injustice & disharmony leading to crimes, unrest and division. This is the root cause of slavery to community, caste and region based interests.
We must understand merely throwing out external invaders is not sufficient. We need to have a free mindset which is wise, open, progressive, rational and fair. Only then we can say that we have attained freedom.
