Modi Mania

I don' understand why there is so much fuss about Modi? I mean I admire him, he is one of the best Prine Minsters India had ever got - no doubt about that but why Indians especially Hindus have tendency to Godify everything??? Why it can not be looked at by human perspective meaning he is also a human being and have limitations every human has in one way or the other.

Hindus have traditionally to relate everything to phenomenon of God or some sort of superpower. Be it Prime Minster, some babaji, Guruji or whatever! The things I see now-a-days are very much unproportionate in terms of what he actually did i.e. discontinue the 500 and 1000 rupee bills. Don't get me wrong - whatever he did was a great thing and requires lot of courage for anyone and he deserves praises for that action however I think that by doing so he doesn't become a super human like Godly figure.

I think that's also something we did for Mahatma Gandhi. He was a great guy and better than average human being but the way he was portrayed was something I don't agree with. He was not a superman and I don't agree with certain things that he did like sleeping with girls to check for his celibacy, his role and stand during partition etc... That's what I'm trying to say that the person might have skills in certain things but that doesn't make him adroit in all fields. He might have limitation in other fields and he may be very inferior in certain fields.

We all experience that in one way or the other. We are better in something but have mediocre skills in other fields. Let's acknowledge that whatever Modi is doing is great but let's not glorify him as God!!! When such people depart, it creates a sense of vacuum and ordinary people will think what will happen now? Well the reality is nothing happens and people just move on with life. It is just anxiety that makes it look bigger than what it is in reality!

Hope it makes sense to you what I'm saying and you will agree with me.

What is Dharma?

Well, if somebody asks you this question you would naturally respond to it like Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Budhdhist, Muslim, Christian, Parsi or whatever. I'll say that dharma is not same as religion. The context the word has been used in sanatan dharma and Hindu scriptures is to say duty.

Yes, dharma is about duty and not religion. When Arjun asked the question to Shree Krishna at battlefield of Mahabharat, Lord Krishna gave him teachnings through Bhagwad-Gita. There he mentioned that it is Arjun's duty to fight this war against adharma. What does this mean? Has anyone really thought on it? In those days, there was only one dhrma - Sanatan - and that's it! The word Hindu came into prominence when other religions were created or flourished or proliferated.

This is in line with the duties assigned to a caste. Kshtriya's dharma is to fight, Brahmin's dharma is to give education, Vaishya's dharma is to do business and farming and Shudra's dharma is to engage into trades. The caste system was also created in this line as one can see now. I'm convinced there was no intention to say one caste is higher over another whoever formed it. Unfortunately and sadly that message was forgotten and we're here today!

Never mind, whatever happened happened in the past and we can't change it! But, now we all must make sure that we don't judge the other person based on his/her caste and religious affiliations. A human is a human and that's what matters!!!

Jai Hind!