I don't remember who it was or even when it was but it doesn't bothers me cause if you continue to do what I do sooner or later it had to come to this when your memory serves you very crudely. It was probably just the other day when someone knocked me off my feet when he/she retorted with "Hawa nahi hai aandhi hai desh ka doosra Gandhi hai ". It wasn't the statement per se but the context which appalled me, the doosra Gandhi referred here is our own Modiji. Though the person, I'm still trying to remember who it was, only meant humour but I know there are folks out there who would buy it.
May be it has been that long, may be people have forgotten their lessons learnt in history. I'm sure there many people who now believe that Gandhi had something do with establishment of RBI or may be he was the first governor of the tiger and palm tree bank as his face is slapped over all the currency notes. The tendency of forgetfullness is probably most evident in us Indians and this a glaring example of our that propensity.
The statement seems to make an obvious connect between the two based on their native province but looking closely, one can easily make out that there are other similarities too. So in the spirit of rememberance I would like to point out that both have had exemplary careers in public life and due to thier incredible contribution in the Indian way of life they both have takers all over the world. Gandhi found his followers in Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Aung San Suu Kyi, etc. who made defining contributions in the evolution of their respective countries. Similarly, Modiji also have pupil from all over. Modiji's philosophy seems very infectious and that's why our neighbours were the first profiteer of it. Mahinda Rajapaksa seems to be an ardent supporter of our Modiji, he borrowed a leaf from Modi's life and slapped it over the Srilankan Tamils. I'm sure Mr. Rajapaksa is quite the vikas-purush(in Sinhalese if you prefer) for the rest of Srilankans. Pakistan nowadays is gearing up for an election and is quite pleased with what it has achieved so far. It finally had a democratically elected government which had completed its full term, it was the first government to do since country's independence. The incumbent's USP is that they were able to preserve democracy and persecution of minoroties shouldn't matter as it never mattered in Gujrat. The incumbent is likely to retain power in Pakistan as people of the subcontinent are plagued with chronic forgetfulness which is the only thing which seems to connect them despite the Radcliff line and the Palk Strait. Our own Mamta-di is quite influenced by Modiji. She showed a lot of promise when she was elected with her agenda of poriborton which everyone now knows what it meant. It meant no opposition, somewhere down the line she would probably be compared to Subhas Chandra Bose as they both hailed from the same state.
Not only similarity but if one ponders the differences between Gandhi and Modiji aplenty too. While Gandhi was convicted several times our Modiji uber-clean image in this regard. Also, Gandhi never could do much for people of Gujrat he just bulit few ashrams here and there whereas Modiji turned Gujrat into a rapidly developing state with booming industries and world class infrastructure.
Lastly, on a serious note, the road which is being built in Gujrat is not an Indian road its only a saffron road and I certainly won't be proud walking on such a road would you?
May be it has been that long, may be people have forgotten their lessons learnt in history. I'm sure there many people who now believe that Gandhi had something do with establishment of RBI or may be he was the first governor of the tiger and palm tree bank as his face is slapped over all the currency notes. The tendency of forgetfullness is probably most evident in us Indians and this a glaring example of our that propensity.
The statement seems to make an obvious connect between the two based on their native province but looking closely, one can easily make out that there are other similarities too. So in the spirit of rememberance I would like to point out that both have had exemplary careers in public life and due to thier incredible contribution in the Indian way of life they both have takers all over the world. Gandhi found his followers in Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Aung San Suu Kyi, etc. who made defining contributions in the evolution of their respective countries. Similarly, Modiji also have pupil from all over. Modiji's philosophy seems very infectious and that's why our neighbours were the first profiteer of it. Mahinda Rajapaksa seems to be an ardent supporter of our Modiji, he borrowed a leaf from Modi's life and slapped it over the Srilankan Tamils. I'm sure Mr. Rajapaksa is quite the vikas-purush(in Sinhalese if you prefer) for the rest of Srilankans. Pakistan nowadays is gearing up for an election and is quite pleased with what it has achieved so far. It finally had a democratically elected government which had completed its full term, it was the first government to do since country's independence. The incumbent's USP is that they were able to preserve democracy and persecution of minoroties shouldn't matter as it never mattered in Gujrat. The incumbent is likely to retain power in Pakistan as people of the subcontinent are plagued with chronic forgetfulness which is the only thing which seems to connect them despite the Radcliff line and the Palk Strait. Our own Mamta-di is quite influenced by Modiji. She showed a lot of promise when she was elected with her agenda of poriborton which everyone now knows what it meant. It meant no opposition, somewhere down the line she would probably be compared to Subhas Chandra Bose as they both hailed from the same state.
Not only similarity but if one ponders the differences between Gandhi and Modiji aplenty too. While Gandhi was convicted several times our Modiji uber-clean image in this regard. Also, Gandhi never could do much for people of Gujrat he just bulit few ashrams here and there whereas Modiji turned Gujrat into a rapidly developing state with booming industries and world class infrastructure.
Lastly, on a serious note, the road which is being built in Gujrat is not an Indian road its only a saffron road and I certainly won't be proud walking on such a road would you?
