Rahul Gandhi has spoken, once again – for us,
for you, for me, for everyone 'concerned' (and not 'concerned').
And, ‘we, the stupid Indians’, fail to
understand him once again.
And, ‘we, the stupid Indians’, rush to criticise
him once again.
And, ‘we, the stupid Indians’, miss the opportunity
to get our lives levitated once again.
Silly, miserable, creatures we are!
We do not want to come out of the shackles of
poverty and ignorance no matter how hard our dear politicians toil.
Here come some golden words, once again, showing
the intent and the efforts, from one of our future prime-ministerial nominees –
the scion of the ‘crowned first political family’ of India and the only hope (if at all) of the grand old party of
India, Congress, Mr. Rahul Gandhi, who believes in speaking out selectively (obviously, to hit the target more
precisely).
Let’s see what his selectivity has brought us
this time. During an event in Allahabad, Rahul Gandhi reportedly said (as put
in the words of the organizers of the event - as the media reports say):
“Poverty
is just a state of mind. It does not mean the scarcity of food, money or
material things. If one possesses self-confidence, then one can overcome
poverty.”
So philosophical, so proverbial, so poetic, isn’t
it?
And so metaphorical, the Rahul Gandhi way! O
Beehive! O Beehive!
And bravo! If it is indeed true, if Rahul
proposed so, it solves the problems of hundreds of millions of Indians struggling
daily to make the ends meet (and could be effectively extended to the billions
of the poor living in different pockets of the world).
So simply, so subtly, he is giving us the
solution to one of the most pressing problems of Indians (not of India) – POVERTY!
Just follow Mr. Gandhi and start believing that
you are not poor and see the miracle happening, like we have been believing in
voting for this or that politician from the same set of political formation in
India hoping (against the hope like running
after a mirage) that the next fellow would work for why he was voted in the
office.
No doubt then we have policymakers like Montek Singh
Ahluwalia and a prime minister like Manmohan Singh in this government who ‘work’
to make us ‘confident’ when they proclaim the UPA government has reduced
poverty by this or that many million headcounts by sighting Poverty Line
figures hovering around Rs. 30 a day.
No doubt that driven by such a luminous thought
process the Congress party spokespersons are already on the job, taking pain to
reduce the pangs of poverty by making millions below the Poverty Line
self-confident that they are not poor.
We rush to criticise a Rashid Masood or a Raj
Babbar for saying that one can have a one-time meal in Rs. 5 or Rs. 12 but we
fail to see the underlying philosophy and the wisdom behind such statements.
Poor us! They are taking so much of pain in
making us self-aware and self-confident by telling us to change our mindset.
Mindset change, the toughest quest to have! And
our dear politicians are putting their sincere efforts in this hard-work.
Hearing is Believing! Shouldn’t we follow that!
So enlightening has become the overall political
atmosphere of the country that irrespective of party (ideology is long dead) affiliations, every politician looks to
follow the similarly placed sentiments on solutions to the miseries of ‘we, the
Indians’.
Yes, India, being a diverse country with many
cultures, dialects and languages, the expressions may vary and may sound culturally
rude for some, but we should understand such a ‘learned’ and ‘practical’ philosophy
attached with the words of our dear politicians.
If there is some problem, a pressing need, try and
forget it and try to move on. If someone is hungry and has no means to buy a
meal the person should believe he is not hungry and slowly his hunger will fade
away.
Change mindset folks, mindset!
But pity us! We are, yet again, criticising
Rahul Gandhi (and so, deterring our other caring politicians spread across the different
political parties.)
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
