Taking the Best of West and not the Waste of it

The West has given some of the finest technological and managerial wonders to the entire humanity. There is however a drive to restructure and reorient the entire world around them. This might be a justifiable objective of the thinkers, philosophers and leaders of the western civilization. All the intellectual skulduggery confined in the research and advocacy can be given a fair chance as well honoring the innate intrinsic right of every civilization to push through its very own values, visions and virtues.

Nevertheless, invoking the very same principle of reciprocity the other oriental and ancient civilizations of the east should have the right to exercise their very own choices as to what they consider worth accommodating, adopting and accepting. 

The thinkers, scholars and leaders of these civilizations should exercise their discretion in allowing only the best what west has to offer and avoid the waste which it's astute business minds tend to push onto the humble, civilized, self contained and non-aggressive people of the eastern worlds.

In the garb of hallowed but hollow skewed and monopolised concepts of globalization, technology, democracy and blind faith of evoking fairness in all human transactions by dint of freedom accorded to the market forces the indigenous individual rights of civilizations just can't be snatched away or at best duped in the name of people's choice brought about using the power of ruthless reckless unbridled media which adheres and pushes the worldview of its benefactors.

There is therefore a greater need to consolidate the indigenous experience and create an elaborate blue-print of what all to accept and what all to discard from the west. The power of technology shows be unleashed by independent voices to create a truly interconnected world and not dominated by one civilization in particular.

The mantra which need to get propounded and propagated is 'Accepting the best of West while avoiding the Waste of it.'

A decade of discovery

June 1st 2014 marks the end of a decade of discovery for a youthful me having a lot of dreams and determination graduating from IIT Kharagpur and stepping into the real world full of challenges and inequities. The 3650 days that have passed by have had a recokening of their own. 

The social beliefs got normalized, the spiritual realizations got strengthened, the political understanding got fine tuned, the intellectual worldview got widened, the emotional self got stratified.

The decade was full of tormenting losses as well as tantalizing gains. At the very start of this momentous journey I lost my beloved father, whose words of wisdom do guide and goad me to this date. The more I advance in life, the more grateful I become of my father and get filled with the awe and reverence to his grand intellect and grasp of the real state of affairs. And towards the close of this memorable decade got blessed with a lovely daughter who has been named by her grandma after the reigning deity of Braj Bhoomi Nikunjeshwary Srimati Radharani. 

The coming in of Surbhi in my life 3 years back started yet another chapter of deeply anchored stupendous success on all forefronts. I had the distinction of harbouring a set of good motives, loads of sincerity to accomplish the same but had somewhere gone dry and rough on the emotional plank. The coming in of Surbhi added that much needed dimension of all round love, acceptance and accommodation. Her day to day tips to handle both the mundane as well as the most meticulous and strategic professional challenges elevated her to the status of not just a wife but a constant friend, philosopher and guide. The care and control which she takes of me makes my mother greatly relieved that she has got the good fortune of passing on the baton to a worthy Bahu who easily fits into the cherished role of leading the family from the front.

The very first evidence of the same was displayed when Gaurav's matrimonial project was driven singly by Surbhi. It was on her behest and consistent effort that he could get his soulmate well in time.

These 10 years were a reckoning on the family forefront whereby I witnessed the increasing hollowness, hypocrisy and helplessness of family relationships both on the paternal as well as the maternal side. After getting married the same scenario was witnessed amidst the paternal and maternal sides of my spouse as well. This somewhere certified the much widespread decay which has engulfed our personal bondings whose bindings have gone utterly materialistic, contracted & constricted to the nearest nuclear concept of a family. This might be giving a sense of fulfillment in the immediate run but is severely weakening the social structure not just in the longer run but also in the medium one. 

Got the biggest emotional trauma of my life when I tried to stand upto my belief of a family and the sense of duty towards the extended family comprising of my Mamaji over the issue of marrying his daughter and our beloved cousin sister. The severe abrogation of trust in a relationship which was forged at birth and the sheer hypocrisy & silence of the entire set of relatives ever-ready to burn their time and money on family festivities was mind blowing and hooked me off in its entirety from the business of family relationships. This cost me severely on the professional front as well as it led to the momentary closure of the version 1 of my media enterprise. The blow was momentary but reckoning on multiple counts. It blew me apart for a while, but then I recovered and restored my personal belief all over again and committed myself to make a dent in the space by my own exemplary conduct as well as through the creation of a larger advocacy and sensitization framework.

While being in college, I was deeply drawn to the exhortation boldly engraved on the main building 'Dedicated to the service of nation'. The impression got so severe that I couldn't contain myself on a well paying and self-serving career in the IT industry. My explorations for a meaningful platform to channelize my ethos and energies took me to the land of Braj whereby a larger movement to restore the pristine glory and grandeur of the fabled land inspired by Sri Ramesh Babaji and spearheaded by the noted investigative jounalist Sri Vineet Narain was building on. The inner conviction of creating a meaningful difference somewhere hooked me instantly to this open ended challenging but worth trying project. I started with utmost commitment and dedication and contributed towards the building of a global Braj restoration movement on all forefronts. 

As it happens with all loosely held socio-spiritual movements, people with all motivations and denominations do come and engage in an innate power struggle to exploit the best out of the drive. 

An overdose of idealism compounded with a blind belief in the infallibility and absence of human frugality of the top preceptor and spiritual leader, made me inflexible and created undue hurdles of ego clashes. I tend to make inadvertent attacks on silent but dominant aspirations of a many in the establishment an thereby became unpopular despite immense hard work and results on ground. The political side of even a so called sacred social movement driven by spiritual sensibilities was my biggest realization. This could however come only at the cost of a severe death threat heralded by the strongmen of the very high headed, noble and pious institution which I considered my inspiration and soul keeper. 

My foray into creating an enterprise of my own in the educational Infomedia space also brought their own share of learning. Over reliance in the goodness of people, the inherent motivations and diverse temptations, the power equations and a whole lot of other worldly dynamics got further transparent. 

The life journey however goes on and every day is a new discovery. However the decade gone by was noteworthy as it mapped quite closely with national events. I graduated in the year when Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost the India Shining Appeal. I moved on to create my own educational media enterprise after serving the Braj Bhoomi for 5 long years in the year when India elected UPA-II. I am closing this memoir in an year when the country has ascended Narendra Bhai Modi to usher an era of good days. 

After all these ups and downs; coronations and criticisms; failures and successes, the convictions and beliefs with which I had started this fantastic journey stand much more amplified and strong. However a lot of worldly wisdom has dawned into handling the day-to-day imperfections. The flight of fancy and dominance of romanticism over reason still rule the roost, as it continues to the innate intrinsic DNA of mine, life really goes on and on. 

Swadharme Nidhanam Shreyah; Pardharmo Bhayavah goes the saying. It's better to pursue one's own convictions and beliefs rather than to retort to those of others. 

I could withstand with this ideal so far amidst all tormentations and hope to continue the same even in the next decade which unfolds with all its tribulations. 

The tryst with destiny continues.