Vantage Point
How does it feel to shape the wind of your mill?
- I do not wish to control the wind; I just try to study it. I am the log in the river.
In one of my previous blog (Future as I see it | by Pankaj | Medium), I have observed that world order will change in next 40–60 years. At that time, I have neither checked it myself nor consulted people having good knowledge of our ancient sciences rather it was more of a casual scanning and understanding of the existing and evolving situation world over. This article/blog, is however, presenting the same picture but with reduced timelines and as per the changed timelines things will change quickly especially after May 2025. In this blog, I`ll also try to highlight the difficulties India will face in growing its stature especially with respect to woke culture that has pervaded the “degree” class.
What is the best way to beat your enemy? To my mind, the best way is not by knowing our strengths and enemy’s weaknesses. It is also not by reaching the battle field before your enemy (as Sun Tzu has said). I am not a war strategy expert but in this era of technology corrupting the technology of your enemy can be an effective way. However, each one has alternative systems in stand-by mode, thereby, that (corrupting the technology) will only be a surprise for some time, whereas I am looking for a more potent and more dangerous way which ensure 100% success.
To my mind, the best way is to let your enemy believe that you are on his side and this is what has made India’s task to become a strong nation, with much needed internal strength, much more difficult. We have too many insiders who do not believe in the strength we are gaining and who with their words and deeds try to diminish the image of India on any forum they are. I`ll come back to it.
When we were kids, the most refreshing and cost effective drink available in the market was that of Sugarcane juice (for some Banta (bottle with the marble) could be the answer). I remember that the glasses, at that time was so big (or we were small) that it was always difficult for me (at least) to finish my glass of sugar cane juice. Then slowly and steadily, more and more news started pouring in the newspaper about some sort of virus or bacteria is there in the sugarcane juice because of which some disease is spreading in some other part of India. At that time, there were no means available to us to cross check the claims made in the newspaper, so the obvious casualty is consumption of sugarcane juice.
And then swiftly (not slowly and steadily), the market is filled with aerated drinks and becomes as easily available on India’s road side as it was sugarcane juice earlier. It is now, after a few decades, I am again enjoying the sugarcane juice regularly, thanks to the people from Bihar/Bengal mainly, that the carts are available easily all around Gurugram where they extract fresh juice from sugarcanes. Health-wise, it is still far better than any aerated drink by big multi-national companies as it helps in developing your overall natural system and does not kill the immune system because of the aerated drinks saturated with carbon-di-oxide and sugar which one consumes.
You may laugh at the comparison, that a big MNC is fighting a big war against the small sugar cane juice cart puller. Forget about a cart puller, even a small/big Indian businessmen do not have the financial power and nor the ruthlessness of foreign companies. Yet this is a country which knows how to challenge a tough situation recent example being the case of Pune’s Burger King — Kudos to that company. Two examples to elaborate on the financial power and ruthlessness of big MNC’s.
First one is again that of an aerated drink companies whose 4–10 cargo airplanes was parked in the international airport of a South — East Asian country (Indonesia or Vietnam, not very sure) for a fortnight before the signing of an agreement with the Government for sale of that brand in the country and on the day of signing 4 more aircraft were continuously hovering over its skyline with each cargo aircraft fully stacked with the bottles of that brand. Within 10 minutes of signing of the agreement, that aerated drink was available on the roads outside the airport and within a week the supply chain was functioning smoothly all over the country.
Second example is there in the plain view and yet it is camouflaged beautifully. We all might have seen the video in which a world renowned football player pushes off the bottles of Coke from the table during a press conference and raises the bottle of water. He said a simple word “Aqua” and the share price of that aerated drink company plummet good 10–15% within a week. That’s the power of messaging. The message was correct for the health of population but definitely not for the financial health of the company which was disgraced by the Player. So, to avenge or to ensure that he did not remain a role model for generations, the “player” was unceremoniously taken off from a “Live” world cup match and then was benched for the entire world cup. Then his memes are all over the internet and social media showcasing him not as a legendary player but that of an “unemployed loser” or that of a “bad sportsperson” unwilling to take order. The character assassination of the player was complete and thorough.
One may say that it is the decision of the team manager but I am sure that some “behind the curtain” deals are there which made this happen. I definitely do not have any proof to prove that (just like having no proof that ACB might be instrumental in instating Chapell as coach for Indian Cricket team (My fellow Indians with Colonial Mindset | by Pankaj | Medium) but yet this is what I can see in the entire incident. This may come out in future when someone will write a memoir about this incident. Another argument that why a team manager will do that to his own team and country, well, Mir Jafar and Mir Qasim are there in every country. We, Bharatiye, know much more about that.
I also observed a strange phenomenon over last few years, that the people who have left India “for good” are more concerned about what’s happening in India now. I do not know the channels which feed information to them but I can make out that most those channels definitely have anti- India stance. Also, I always maintain that the more we acquire “degrees”, more we are prone to showcase ourselves as free thinking person and for most people who have left India “free thinking” means anything which is derogatory towards Indian culture. Another reason is that for them to survive there, they have to showcase that they do not align themselves the policies of current government, as this may be viewed as Anti-Islamism or Anti- Christianism and anything which their foreign masters will consider “Anti-ism” will be detrimental for their growth in that land of physical gratification. They have to survive and for that they cannot be seen as Pro –Bharat, and they happily want to remain apologetic to be happy. You can easily find a Youtube video of an IAS officer telling his experience of foreign universities which will give you admission, if you showcase your Anti- India posturing.
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The same is slowly spreading within the erudite class within India, unless someone speaks up, what I have observed that people easily give the entire stage to someone who is continuously ranting against the country or the policies being followed. Most of my friends who call me separately acknowledge that they do not want to confront the tirade as then there will be an unnecessary tussle and I try to convince them that this tussle is necessary for the country considering that the other person might have an agenda.
Now with respect to, ruthlessness, the case is again from a South East Asian country where rabbit meat is considered a delicacy. Now, to ensure that they catch rabbit, from the cage in which it is kept, when the customer demands, the rabbit is usually skinned alive and then kept in the cage. India have a good percentage of non-vegetarian population, yet I do not think anyone will agree with such cruelty to the animal and most of the non-vegetarians, I know, prefer to have clean cut meat rather than in which the animal is slaughtered slowly. I don’t know whether the practice of blinding the chickens and breaking the sharp edge of their beaks has penetrated Indian poultry market or not but in foreign countries in order to prevent the in-fighting among the chickens is prevented by blinding them and by breaking their beaks.
I have cited the above examples to underscore the point that Indian players/agencies do not have that kind of money power and ruthlessness and I can, just for argument sake, project the same logic to Indian Government (that’s why we let go of 93,000 war criminals (it will be a travesty of justice to call them war prisoners)). We need to allocate resources and develop that kind of ruthlessness (for our enemies to be afraid of) and I am seeing the signs that we are working towards it but still we are not there and we will take a quite long time as there are people who wants us to believe that they are on our side.
Apart from these people, there are many who are just on standby mode or who just want to poke; for them the poem of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar is quite apt, although said very clearly in Gita as well
O Arjuna! Whence has this loathsome stupidity come upon you in this crisis? It (this attitude) is unworthy of a noble personage. It is a bar to heaven and a cause of much disrepute.
Dinkar’s words are equally easy to understand:
Samar shesh hai, nahi paap ka bhagi kewal Vyaadh,
Jo Tathasth hai, samay likhega unke bhi apraadh.
(War is on, and not only those who are fighting are culprits but also are the people who are neutral and Time will punish them as well)
The same is also written by Dan Brown in his book Inferno’s starting line (not that he has any standing in such matters but since he conveyed the same in this dark book):
“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis”
Equal culprits are those who just ridicule our ancient existing knowledge without making an attempt to understand it e.g. Astrology. Many would scoff at it as a charlatan’s way of making money but if you study it then you will find many gems in it. For the uninitiated, a horoscope chart can be defined as a Machine (Yantra) like Shree Yantra and many other and there is a proper procedure to understand it like wiring in a Machine (Tantra) and there are specific ways through which (a horoscope or part of) it can be energised for the benefit of the individual (Mantra). The 3 aspects combined together i.e. Yantra, Tantra and Mantra forms the way of worship (or achieving the end result). To comprehend it better, any Pooja (worship) is conducted in a particular way to a particular Diety along with its paraphernalia (Yantra), these are then placed or used in a certain way (Tantra) along with the steps to energize (Mantra) for the benefit of all who makes themselves available.
Take a simple Switch to “On” the light in your room. That Switch is the Yantra and the wiring inside it (can take just that or right up to the main line) is the Tantra and your switching it ON to get light is the Mantra (now- a -days you can simply say Lights or Illuminate etc. (remember Demolition Man or recently introduced Alexa). How powerful these horoscope charts are, can be imagined from the fact that the frequent earthquakes coming all over the world were predicted much before it being a reality.
Why I am writing this totally unrelated thing in this blog (not totally unrelated to my mind), is because 26th August 2024 onwards a new cosmic dance will unfold, slowly and steadily, as nature is on a different time scale than that of humans) and till December 2024, we will get to see the teaser of things to come. From December 2024 to May 2025, trailers of the movie will come and after May 2025 the movie will hit the Theatre called Earth. Again emphasizing that nature scale of time is different than that of humans, so nothing will happen overnight (or may happen overnight only). I have already told many friends, living abroad, that it is the time for them to come back to India as after May 2025 the door for that may shut down very quickly. And the upcoming 10 years will be a difficult time for the denizens of this world. This is what I can see from my Vantage Point.
