India is about to write another chapter in history. It is crucial for all of us to keep nation building on right path and do nothing to harm nation's foundation. No one should harm nation's fundamentals just to win elections.
The way to nation building is through keeping fundamentals right.
- Democracy
Democracy is soul of India. It resonates with India's diversity. It is the democracy which gives people freedom and dignity to live. Democracy survives only till people feel free in expressing themself. Democracy survives only till people question without fear. Recently there was debate about questioning the act of Air Force done in nation's security. We all have utmost respect for our defense forces. We are and will always be in debt to their courage and sacrifice. Our forces have proven best in the world in terms of bravery, skill as well as being most human. They are professional and will never hesitate in answering any query posed to them. It is not right to name those questioning as anti national. Let questions be there and there will be right answer. That is how democracy works. Ridicule of questioning will only harm democracy.
- Nationalism
It is unfortunate that people of India are chest thumping about self nationalism and questioning nationalism of others. Nation must remain alert about divide on such lines. Every citizen is nation loving citizen unless proven and convicted otherwise by court. No one has right to question other's love of nation. Did we ever see Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose or Bhagat Singh cursing others about nationalism or thumping own chest about nationalism. Those who love nation work in silence and with grace. They do not claim that.
- Security
Security of nation is our collective responsibility. We should not leave it entirely to defense services or police. They do more than ordinary human capability. We too have to play our role in this. Remember that war is no solution. Crossing LOC is a serious issue and doing that can harm India's interest in long run. India is a responsible nation. We have right to defend ourself. When any other nation harm us directly or indirectly by proxy war, we will for sure defend our nation. For this if war is necessary, we will fight. If it is war, it is war - open declared and to conclusion. But before that we must do everything to keep our nation safe. Correcting internal system is important. We must counter terrorism and naxalism by creating an effective system internally with good intelligence, tracing money in wrong hands, investigating suspicious people, checking internal network of such elements. No one should do politics on these issues.
- Secularism
India is a diverse nation. History is full of examples that whenever people have gone into conflict about religion, caste, language or any other such factor it has harmed nation. Sarv Dharm Sambhaav is soul of our constitution. No government or political party should be seen as taking side or leaning towards any religion. Such a division will be disaster for nation. Any such action will only help enemies.
- Corruption
We must never go easy on corruption. India has remained low in transparency and accountability index. Corruption is biggest enemy of nation. It is main reason behind poverty. We must work tirelessly to ensure transparency and accountability.
- Media
Media plays a big role in nation building. But sadly it has become partisan. Nothing can be a bigger anti national activity than this. It is not the job of media to judge or tell who is right who is wrong, who is good who is bad. Task of media is to report without prejudice. It is for people to judge.
- Core issues
We must remain focused on core issues like Development, Infrastructure, Economy and Jobs, Agriculture, Health, Education, Environment and others affecting people's life.
We, the people of India, have responsibility towards our nation. We should never do anything that can harm our nation even by slightest. Indeed it will be anti national if we do any such thing in selfish interest be it money, any favor, any advantage or winning election.
The way to nation building is through keeping fundamentals right.
- Democracy
Democracy is soul of India. It resonates with India's diversity. It is the democracy which gives people freedom and dignity to live. Democracy survives only till people feel free in expressing themself. Democracy survives only till people question without fear. Recently there was debate about questioning the act of Air Force done in nation's security. We all have utmost respect for our defense forces. We are and will always be in debt to their courage and sacrifice. Our forces have proven best in the world in terms of bravery, skill as well as being most human. They are professional and will never hesitate in answering any query posed to them. It is not right to name those questioning as anti national. Let questions be there and there will be right answer. That is how democracy works. Ridicule of questioning will only harm democracy.
- Nationalism
It is unfortunate that people of India are chest thumping about self nationalism and questioning nationalism of others. Nation must remain alert about divide on such lines. Every citizen is nation loving citizen unless proven and convicted otherwise by court. No one has right to question other's love of nation. Did we ever see Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose or Bhagat Singh cursing others about nationalism or thumping own chest about nationalism. Those who love nation work in silence and with grace. They do not claim that.
- Security
Security of nation is our collective responsibility. We should not leave it entirely to defense services or police. They do more than ordinary human capability. We too have to play our role in this. Remember that war is no solution. Crossing LOC is a serious issue and doing that can harm India's interest in long run. India is a responsible nation. We have right to defend ourself. When any other nation harm us directly or indirectly by proxy war, we will for sure defend our nation. For this if war is necessary, we will fight. If it is war, it is war - open declared and to conclusion. But before that we must do everything to keep our nation safe. Correcting internal system is important. We must counter terrorism and naxalism by creating an effective system internally with good intelligence, tracing money in wrong hands, investigating suspicious people, checking internal network of such elements. No one should do politics on these issues.
- Secularism
India is a diverse nation. History is full of examples that whenever people have gone into conflict about religion, caste, language or any other such factor it has harmed nation. Sarv Dharm Sambhaav is soul of our constitution. No government or political party should be seen as taking side or leaning towards any religion. Such a division will be disaster for nation. Any such action will only help enemies.
- Corruption
We must never go easy on corruption. India has remained low in transparency and accountability index. Corruption is biggest enemy of nation. It is main reason behind poverty. We must work tirelessly to ensure transparency and accountability.
- Media
Media plays a big role in nation building. But sadly it has become partisan. Nothing can be a bigger anti national activity than this. It is not the job of media to judge or tell who is right who is wrong, who is good who is bad. Task of media is to report without prejudice. It is for people to judge.
- Core issues
We must remain focused on core issues like Development, Infrastructure, Economy and Jobs, Agriculture, Health, Education, Environment and others affecting people's life.
We, the people of India, have responsibility towards our nation. We should never do anything that can harm our nation even by slightest. Indeed it will be anti national if we do any such thing in selfish interest be it money, any favor, any advantage or winning election.
