Coronavirus Part 17, Reaching Full Efficiency, Cultural Reforms in India, Defeating Suicidal Tendencies

               I don’t know at what moment the thought strike my mind to write weekly, I have been drowned in endless thoughts without any gap since then. It has been a heavy duty to my brain thinking about the past posts, how the public receive them, thinking about future posts – churning a concept from a plethora of thoughts, ruminating on it and absorbing for genuineness, generating lot of intensity, withering pressures from intolerant public and everything else which puts burden on my head. There must have been no one who is as efficient in using the brain as me. I remember entering this kind of phase at the flag end of my foreign trip and getting disoriented. I escaped from the scene and returned to home nation which eased the burden. Now, I don’t see any escape route and going through it every week entrapped. I am going through it all for whatever reason but hope it won’t get much severe than this and cause damage. A good day-time sleep for couple of days might help which relieved on an earlier occasion. This is not a complaint but the cost of writing this free blog for a better person which is me and a better world.

               Nothing comes without pain and I am happy as long as I receive bearable struggles for immeasurable outcomes. I feel as a common man symbolising an average Indian, if I am as efficient and hardworking then the country has also reached its highest levels of efficiency and output. You cannot ask for more from me and India and we deserve more than what we get. This is with the assumption that India is there with me and travelling with me and not waiting for my travel to complete. If my assumption is wrong, then the country has to learn from me after watching me closely, imitate me and become efficient in the energies for a better India. Resources should not be wasted, body should not be wasted, brain should not be wasted, nothing should be wasted and we need to do full justice to the God-given possessions. Then we can reach our full potential and when we collectively reach our full potential, the nation reaches its full potential. The results will be tremendous when a giant nation, sleeping for centuries, awakes, stands up and runs full steam. I will be dreaming and waiting for that day to become a reality.

               As I think, there are few impediments for us to reach that goal. First and foremost is we are yet to embrace and incorporate our own culture and language. We imitate west, assimilate west, heavily depend on them and speak English. This is the story in all the cities and the norm for practical implementation on the ground. Hardly anyone dare to deviate from this reality. Yes, we lived in colonial era for centuries but that does not mean we should not come out of the colonial mindset and still be slaves of someone else. Remember, as long as we live with this slave mentality, doesn’t take pride in our rich heritage and culture, consider it as fashion to speak English and imitate west; we will not get benefitted, never help ourselves, never reach the pinnacle, never attain the supreme glory to our nation. We need to decide what really benefits us and start learning it, believing it and practising it. We need to encourage leaders who promise big reforms in these areas.

               Our education should be the starting point for these reforms. Our future generations must learn that which is truly our own and not be the slave kids inheriting colonial mindsets. We need to come out of the slavery and be the masters of our own craft. The private players need to invest in these areas. The government’s Sanskrit universities bill is a good step and many of these initiatives need to be taken. The best and the brightest minds need to be educated in these schools and colleges. All the future generations must be imparted Vedic knowledge. Further research, deliberations need to be taken up in these areas. The future stars of the country must be the flag-bearers of the rich culture and heritage. When we learn our own, build on top of our own and spread the goodness in it to the vastness of the world, we will earn respect for the positive contributions made to the humanity. This is the way to catapult the nation to its best version. What will be our contribution to the world when we are imitating someone else?  It is high time we break those shackles of bondage and liberate our souls to usher in a new era through the result of sweeping reforms. I am writing in English because I am a product of such a system, soon the system should change in such a way that someone like me should write in Sanskrit or Hindi for the appreciation of everyone. This is one of the many reference points for validation that our nation is moving in right direction.

               The lockdown has been a time of great depression with many people suffering from psychological problems. Even I am living on the medication since long time. For these issues, no one should take the extreme step and end the life. A responsible person acting in haste will trigger few more people to follow suit. This is a devastating pattern to watch and everyone must remain stronger in these tough times for the tendencies to suicide are the signs of weakness. The virus has robbed life out of many people with their aims, ambitions and dreams taking a severe hit. Many are already lifeless in their living and ending it seems to be natural consequence. This thought is itself very upsetting and makes me cry. There are no half measures and life is meant to be lived to the fullest. Everyone deserves it and I pray a day will come when the virus is ended and everyone enjoys the freedom from all their emotional impacts and problems. Life is not meant to be taken very seriously and you need to take it lightly and laugh it out. There are many jokers, a good joke is always round the corner and there is plenty of entertainment to seek for any psychological problem. Help yourself, laugh yourself and come out of the gloominess to fight another day.

               Coming to the pandemic statistics, there are a total of 162.26 lakh infected cases worldwide and 6.48 lakh people dead. In the past week, 18 lakh new cases came up and 43 thousand passed away. More than 18 lakh new cases have been registered which is the second highest surge in a single week so far. The number of infected persons per week is still very high. U.S.A, Brazil, India are the ongoing hotspots for the spread of the virus and contributing majorly worldwide. In India, the number of cases per day is still increasing with each successive day. Nothing can be said about the trend as the numbers are still very high and we are still lurching in the darkness with no sign of reprieve.

               Politicians seem to be rolling out namesake lockdowns and people seem to be following it out of pretension and which is why the virus is on a roll. There are half-hearted attempts from all stakeholders in these countries which is the reason for ever-increasing numbers. The one time, namesake nationwide lockdown in India is a big joke and the exit is a bigger joke. If it is seriously implemented and followed, the graph should be on descending trajectory and reached zero which has happened everywhere else. These lockdowns and other controlling measures should be iterative in nature, must travel along with the virus till it is conquered and not restricted to onetime implementation. The local bodies should have taken up the task but didn’t bother to do much. My residing state and home state did not even take any measures and silently watching in anxiety as the numbers peak.

               A sector which has been really affected by the pandemic is the film industry. They cannot make movies and people cannot go to cinema. This has been a great deprivation for creators and audience. I would like to be directed by some good director and act in a movie. This would shape and prepare me for greater challenges. There is no better platform than movie making to get into the groove. Many great public figures emerged out of movies who served the society vastly. People like Jayalalitha, NTR etc. went on to become CMs of the state. This pandemic must have temporarily suspended this activity. Nevertheless, there is an intelligent director who is still making controversial films in Telugu and releasing them in OTT platforms, seemingly making huge profits. This person makes semi-porn movies, parody films on great actors, highlights negatives, selects controversial subjects and makes short films during pandemic. He is regular in action and I always find a funny side in his tweets and movies. These serious persons should be taken lightly who provide some entertainment relief to the public when everyone is lying low.