Patriotism and Politics

Today I am telling you 02 incidents that witnessed with my eyes. In the year 1967, when I started a job in New Power House, Jodhpur as a Junior Engineer, Stall Company Turbine was being installed there. Those turbines were imported from Sweden and a Swedish named Eberston was tasked to install them. An Indian erector was also attached with him, his name was Nayyar, so that in future he could take care of the turbine.

Those days I used to get a salary of 200 per month and a Swedish erector 200 per day. He was staying at the Umaid Bhawan Hotel at that time. Sometimes in the evening Nayyar also used to go to Umaid Bhawan to drink liquor with Swedes. One day Mr. Nayyar, intoxicated, uttered some unpleasant words about Swedish women in front of the Swedish erector. The erector went into the room, took out a loaded pistol from the briefcase and placed it near Nayyar’s ear. Nayyar broke into sweat and immediately grabbed the Swedish feet and apologized. The Swedish said, Nayyar you are my first friend in India, so I am not shooting, but next time no apologies. I cannot tolerate any wrong doing for my country. Such was the patriotism of the Swedish erector.

Secondly, in 1979-80, I was serving as Assistant Engineer in Barmer. A Seth (shopkeeper) had two sons in Barmer. The big boy is a hard worker in the BJP and the younger boy in the Congress party. At that time there was a BJP government, then Shri LK Advani’s political visit to Barmer took place and a program was made to weigh him with coins in the scales. At that time, Sethji’s elder son was present on the stage of this program as the main worker on the scales. Later the BJP government fell after two and a half years and the Congress party came back to power.

Similarly, during the Congress rule, the program of political tour of Mrs. Indira Gandhi was made in Barmer, she was also made a program to weigh coins in the scales from the Congress party of Barmer, then Sethji’s little boy was present on the stage near the scales as a diligent leader.

One day the same Sethji came to my office with some electricity problem. In the conversation, I mentioned both the above matters and asked him, one of your sons is a leader in BJP and the other son in Congress. How do you reconcile the two in your home?

Sethji replied, when the BJP party government is in power, the elder boy is relieved from the work of the shop, so that he can easily participate in the program of the BJP party. Similarly, when the Congress Party government is formed, the elder boy works with me in the shop, leaving the politics behind and frees the younger boy from the shop work to participate in the programs of the Congress party. There is no political discussion at home and both the brothers eat together on the same plate. I go to the shop everyday. When BJP is in power, BJP workers, leaders keep coming to the shop to do Rama-sama with me. Similarly, when the Congress party forms the government, then the Congress workers keep doing Rama-Sama at the shop. In this way, by the mercy of God, there is always a wave of Leela at home and shop.

After reading both the above accounts, the readers should tell whether they cannot create such a political environment in their group? Like the sons of Sethji, the companions create an atmosphere of peace in the house with love among themselves, without political hatred, and with the bat and ball of the institution of Sethji. Then why not put such an idea on WhatsApp so that the members of your group can learn some virtues of patriotism like Swedish Eberston Erector. Tarachand Jangid, Jodhpur The washer man does not have enmity with clothes, he beats clothes on stones, also beats them with sticks, dips them in hot water, after cleaning, hangs them in the hot sun to dry, then rotates the hot press to remove its folds and then hands it over to its owner. When the Satguru also gives names to a living entity, he also spares him service, simran, satsang, the soul suffers a little, but after purifying his soul, he takes him back to his real abode. Therefore, do not be afraid of little trouble, you are being cleaned, pay attention to service, simran, satsang.

 

-Er. Tarachand

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