I wrote and sent this last week September 23rd 2024
The idea of Slow-Pedalling, Measured Growth, Sanskrit and Islam
by
www.pvkrishnan.com
Dear Sir,
Good morning.
How are you? I hope everything is fine with you and today has been good thus far.
I am writing in continuation to the many emails that I have sent to you. At this time, I do not know anymore which is the single point of contact to send my thoughts for Bharat and its development. Since this is the case, I am emailing you. Hmm.. who am I and are my thoughts so relevant to Bharat? There are thousands more working for our country’s development. True. I am just another average citizen hidden amongst the millions that throng the streets and gullies of Bharat. But I am also reasonably well educated, you will notice this if you read through this document fully.
From 2013-14 time frame, I have been emailing the Tamilnadu BJP email id my thoughts. At that time, I was in Singapore and therefore, my ideas revolved around the fundamentals on which singapore was built. I had emailed about how
A. 99% of Singaporeans have their own house or apartment in the government controlled HDB (Housing Development Board) and
B. how every citizen is covered by a solid health cover which meant very little outgoing from the pocket of the citizens in case of medical problems.
C. In addition to this is the enormously strong contributory CPF (Central Provident Fund) system which holds the citizens older aged years in great fiscal security.
D. Finally the automatic army enrollment after finishing school for male children. This built a great moral character and a patriotic thought process when the singaporean children were still kids.
I had noticed that these four were the building blocks of a strong and visionary country like Singapore because this makes their citizens to not need ‘Money’ per se. As all their needs for a roof above their heads, medical support and expenses as also financial freedom in their senior years are satisfied. They do not have the need for going after and saving more money. Thereby killing the need for taking bribes which in turn kills corruption in society. The army training instils patriotism and an upright character.
Now, we have in Bharat, under the aegis of Shri Modi,
A. PMAY – Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for housing for Indian Citizens.
B. Ayushman Bharat – for medical insurance
C. Agniveer Scheme
It is interesting to note that during the Cold war years, both Russia and America guarded their scientific research and secrets with all their might. But still both Russian and American Scientists made the same or similar scientific discoveries at around the same time even though they never knew about each others research work. We only know of the english peoples names and their scientific discoveries because of the prevalence of English language in most parts of the world. This would lead us to the thought process that intelligent people think alike and proceed alike even though they are in completely separate environments and do not know each other. I take it that in a similar fashion, the nation building team of our government may or may not have had access to my thoughts and emails but have proceeded in much the same direction as my thoughts. But the end result is that our nation is benefitted.
Now I have a further thought which I submit to the better echelons of power so they might act on it at their discretion. Thus as a humble devotee silently reciting a prayer to the lord, I write this..
An urgent point to note :
This point is urgent from my perspective, I request you to please do pay attention. As noted earlier, the PMAY, Ayushman Bharat and Agniveer are really great schemes. These will benefit our people in the long run and you will see people becoming more independent of money and the urge to take bribes. But I want to most humbly point out that this will take time. It will be atleast one generation before which all the seeds we have planted today can germinate and flower as responsible citizens of tomorrow. Till that next generation comes, we still need to be in power for some time to control the weeds like Pappu who go and bad mouth Bharat in foreign countries.
Given the above, I request the Indian government and the thinking branches to consider slowing their push into international waters and international policies till the water we have poured on our plants feet reaches the roots and the roots become invigorated. We have been growing at a tremendous break-neck rate in the last 10 years and are on our way to becoming the Vishwa-guru. But we must remember that no graph keeps growing and going up all the time. There will be a correction and negative motion at some point to bring balance to the system. It is very important that we in the thinking spaces of the government realise this and plan to accommodate a correction in our growth. In this regard, I must say, I am a bit happy with us securing only 240 seats this election season. This itself is a correction to our superb growth trajectory. But let us please try and plan a correction instead of the correction and negative growth taking control of us in a rude manner. I request the government and powers-that-be in the senior echelons to consider a conscious effort to slow pedal for a bit. Concentrate a tiny little bit more on sharpening the PMAY, Agniveer and Ayushman Bharat Schemes, make sure that the schemes reach our grass-roots.
Please do not get into Gaza or Ukraine at this time. If we do this, we are entering uncharted territory before we have a strong base. Let us please grow our muscles some more. We still need to grow in the microprocessor and chip industry space, we also need to become more of an economic giant. ‘Peace’ is dictated by the man with the biggest stick. Please remember this. Give it some more time so that the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members also speak sanskrit and talk about artha shastra. They need not become sanskrit scholars or experts on commentaries by chanakya. But the soil has to attain a certain level of moisture and wetness before we can grow on it. Similarly, please think about the idea of giving sometime for the organic manure that we have so painstakingly created and distributed to take effect.
Again, I am but a humble devotee, an average citizen putting my thoughts and my prayers before the learned people running the government.
1. Please do not enter foreign waters and negotiations at this time. Ukraine and Gaza and what-not can wait. No one came when our citizens were dying in Indo-Chinese and India-Pakistan wars. Why should we interfere in what is essentially a European and middle-east problem before concentrating on ourselves? Most importantly, we do not want to get into bed with the Americans. We dont want to become cozy with them. As can be seen as recently as this week’s Modi visit to the US for the QUAD summit in September 2024, the American Whitehouse had itself initiated a meeting with pro-Khalistan separatist leaders on the day our PM was to land in American soil. Please be wary.
2. Please concentrate on what more is needed to fertilize our own soil in a healthy manner. We already have PMAY, Agniveer and Ayushman Bharat. What more can we do for our citizens.. to strengthen them? We have the Agniveer scheme where every male citizen gets a few years at the Army after finishing high school. The current stringent rule of every school pass-out being in army for 2 years builds a strong moral character and orientation among the singaporean citizens and they cherish and fight to stand by their identity as Singaporeans even though most are chinese. They actually get angry if they are referred to as chinese and not singaporeans. Like- wise our citizens should also cherish and fight to stand by their identity as Bharathiya. What more can we do to instil this in our citizens. Shouldnt we give more time to ensure that every indian citizen – atleast 90% have their own homes under the PMAY scheme and atleast 90% are subscribed to Ayushman Bharat so more people are less inclined to take a bribe since their basic needs are satisfied. We have come to power and are going great guns with development for the past 10 years.. should we not sit down and concentrate on establishing a strong kingdom? Please think about slow pedalling and concentrating on strengthening the grass roots of our country for the upcoming five years.
Finally, Two more things which I request we concentrate on -
1. I had supported the IKS (Indian Knowledge Systems) but had also recommended the creation of a SRDO (Sanskrit Research and Development Organisation) on the lines of DRDO to employ sanskrit and vedic scholars who are currently primarily EWS Quota people and provide these people with Social status and financial security. I am not talking about so called brahmins in high positions and driving around in Hyundai cars but I am thinking about the actual EWS Quota people. Currently these people are unable to marry and produce progeny who will continue to read sanskrit. This is because no one will give their daughters in marriage to sanskrit scholars because they cannot earn their daily bread – forget feeding their children. So an attempt to give social status and financial support to this group is most important if we are going to look at saving our samskriti and look at a Hindu civilizational rennaissance. In this regard, I welcome Pawan Kalyan, the telugu politician’s, call for a central organisation for Sanatana Dharma Rakshana Board. This board could be build with pure sanskrit and vedic scholars who can take care of hindu temples from a national perspective thereby replacing the current state controlled HR&CE. They can also verify and advise the government on what are the correct sanatana dharma practices to follow and in turn enrich our samskriti and our nation. This board can have a research wing to understand more about our scriptures and the knowledge hidden in their verses. Best example for research is trying to understand how cyclones, rainfall and drought are predicted through pure mathematics using our age old panchangam instead of spending millions on acquiring, learning and using american made meteorological systems.
But there are some inherent risks to this attempt in helping what is essentially the EWS Quota people. Most EWS Quota people who read and practice vedas also vouch for the varna-asrama system which diametrically opposite to todays prevalent thought process of anyone can do anything. Thus, we are in danger of unwittingly returning to a period where certain people were not allowed into temples. This was the simple root cause of governmental control over temples which was supposed to be limited to economic and people management but which took an abhorrent shape to what it is today. Please think around this point.
The primary idea should be to give financial and social status to the EWS quota people without disturbing their practice of studying and practising the vedas. This will help our sanatana dharma to flourish in the long run but will not get you any votes in the shorter/nearer future. Somehow involving them with the sanatana rakshana board without granting them full control but have a veto power in all operations would help nourish the roots of our vedic system by giving a chance for future generations of EWS quota people study deeper about our vedic scriptures and share this with the government for the benefit of all Bharath.
2. The problem of Islam and others in Bharat - I believe that we have had it for 400 or so years now, we cannot just pull out the entire idea in a few years like pulling out a weed. Islam is in our system now, we dont want to pull out our flesh and bones in our zeal to root out separatism and terrorism. I request that all steps being currently taken in this regard be continued and should not be stopped at any cost. But do - Take a slow, measured and studied plan towards its eradication. Slowly close the tap which brings foreign radical islamists into india for preaching purposes. Then when we only have the bharathiya islamists, we should pursue an appropriate educational pursuit aimed at educating the islamic population about what is taught to their children by the Quran and Madrasas - whether they want their children to believe in it. Like Ghazwa-e-Hind, and the idea that there is only one god allah and those who do not believe are fakirs who should be killed. Gently push the middle class islamists to question their beliefs and somehow include the idea of Ghar-Wapsi in an educational setting. Maybe the educational curriculum can include a small section talking about how the invaders spread their poisonous religions and how the idea is to get back to the hindu fold by highlighting the problems with Islam as listed above. What we have with Islam and the missionaries is a case of a nice silk saree having fallen on a thorn bush. If we use brute force to get back the saree, it will only tear the saree and the loss is to us only – not the thorn bush. Please sit down and think about what is said in this point. This is multiple times more important than anything else. We have to somehow cut out foreign and radical influence on our country’s muslims and completely nullify the threat of madrasas, somehow kill the idea that madrasa is a place of education.
Thanks,
Krishnan
