On Sunday when our beloved prime minister during his 'Man Ki Baat' talk proffousely begged pardon from the countrymen, especially of labourers, the destitutes and other marginalized sections of the society for the hardship caused due to the declaration of twenty one days countrywide lockdown.
The act of the prime minister set me on deep thought that for whose sake he has to take such an unprecedented measure and still himself apologizing to the countrymen with folded hands!! What a great human being and what a demonstration of outstanding leadership in the face of colossal adversity. In the last two weeks, his communication with the countrymen with such precise words, tone, diction and clarity and his concern for the safety of each individual Indian is unparalleled.
Spare a thought, so called advanced countries in the world with superior men and material have come a cropper to face the challenge posed by the CORONA virus. What would have been our country's fate like in the past if any disempowerd prime minister at the helm at this situation? Simply UN-imaginable would have been our plight and it would have set cat among the pigeons.
Leading a diverse country like India with so many internal foibles coupled with illiteracy in most of it's rural pockets makes it even harder for a leader to reach out with his message to bring in semblance of order in the crisis of grave nature like the one country is experiencing that of Corona pandemic.
After a week's confinement, stepped out today to bring in essentials, on the way, overheard a conversation of two teenaged boys discussing pros and cons of the current lockdown situation and saying, " India is lucky to have such dedicated prime minister to steer the country in this hour of crisis."
While in home confinement also read cross section of people commenting on the actions of the prime minister, some for and some against but one comment was particularly striking that it hailed the prime minister as ' Man of the Century. ' It may sound too early to judge so, but the manner in which he handled the on going crisis would give an indication that he has all the qualities of one in the making.
Suddenly a thought occurred in mind that turned my attention on Gandhiji, who has been hailed worldwide as a man of the 20th century, fought against the British without weapons, epochal Sardar Patelji whose action of unification of states especially his action of annexation of Hyderabad under Agent General K M Munshiji and now Modiji leading from the front a war against Corona made me to think- There is Something Special in the Soil of Gujarat.
The act of the prime minister set me on deep thought that for whose sake he has to take such an unprecedented measure and still himself apologizing to the countrymen with folded hands!! What a great human being and what a demonstration of outstanding leadership in the face of colossal adversity. In the last two weeks, his communication with the countrymen with such precise words, tone, diction and clarity and his concern for the safety of each individual Indian is unparalleled.
Spare a thought, so called advanced countries in the world with superior men and material have come a cropper to face the challenge posed by the CORONA virus. What would have been our country's fate like in the past if any disempowerd prime minister at the helm at this situation? Simply UN-imaginable would have been our plight and it would have set cat among the pigeons.
Leading a diverse country like India with so many internal foibles coupled with illiteracy in most of it's rural pockets makes it even harder for a leader to reach out with his message to bring in semblance of order in the crisis of grave nature like the one country is experiencing that of Corona pandemic.
After a week's confinement, stepped out today to bring in essentials, on the way, overheard a conversation of two teenaged boys discussing pros and cons of the current lockdown situation and saying, " India is lucky to have such dedicated prime minister to steer the country in this hour of crisis."
While in home confinement also read cross section of people commenting on the actions of the prime minister, some for and some against but one comment was particularly striking that it hailed the prime minister as ' Man of the Century. ' It may sound too early to judge so, but the manner in which he handled the on going crisis would give an indication that he has all the qualities of one in the making.
Suddenly a thought occurred in mind that turned my attention on Gandhiji, who has been hailed worldwide as a man of the 20th century, fought against the British without weapons, epochal Sardar Patelji whose action of unification of states especially his action of annexation of Hyderabad under Agent General K M Munshiji and now Modiji leading from the front a war against Corona made me to think- There is Something Special in the Soil of Gujarat.
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