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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Democracy - A beacon of hope.

An article titled “The American Century” appeared in LIFE (magazine) on 17th Feb, 1941and was penned by Mr. Henry R. Luce, the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine.

This oft-quoted, prophetic article was written before U.S.A entered Second World War and when the so-called isolationists in America were vehemently opposing such an entry. Mr. Henry Luce predicted that U.S.A would be forced to enter the war and sought to set at rest the confusion in the minds of Americans on this issue.

The following passage from the article, albeit written in a totally different context, reflects the reality of the current Indian political scene and if read in conjunction with the prevailing uncertainty gives the reader a clearer idea of the causes for the decline in public morality, the erosion of social values and the steady deterioration in the quality of political leadership.

“But, even beyond this necessity for living with our own misdeeds, there is another reason why there is no peace in our hearts. It is that we have not been honest with ourselves.


In this whole matter of War and Peace especially, we have been at various times and in various ways false to ourselves, false to each other, false to the facts of history and false to the future.


In this self-deceit our political leaders of all shades of opinion are deeply implicated. Yet we cannot shove the blame off on them. If our leaders have deceived us it is mainly because we ourselves have insisted on being deceived. Their deceitfulness has resulted from our own moral and intellectual confusion. In this confusion, our educators and churchmen and scientists are deeply implicated.


Journalists, too, of course, are implicated. But if Americans (read Indians) are confused it is not for lack of accurate and pertinent information. The American people are by far the best informed people in the history of the world.


The trouble is not with facts. The trouble is that clear and honest inferences have not been drawn from the facts, The day-to-day present is clear. The issues of tomorrow are befogged.”

How much of the blame the Indian public must share for the present situation is a moot point. The people of India are not the best informed people in the history of the world. The point is that when the most well-informed people could be misled by their leaders (the WMD hoax is a point to ponder upon) then not much can be expected of ill-informed people who continue to languish below the poverty line and whose lack of education and health the State refuses to acknowledge and address. Even the day-to-day present, let alone the issues of tomorrow, is befogged.

But there is hope! The greatest hope of Democracy. Power in the hands of people to throw the mighty and the powerful out of power. This power to change, the will to change and the need to change will change the life of the Indian people and deliver them from the morass they have sunk into. It is said that one has to know what is bad to understand what is good. We have seen what is bad and worse - the political chicanery, the thuggery, the bandits who are looting our nation of its natural wealth, the corrupt, the unscrupulous and the criminals masquerading as gentlemen...... When the good comes we will be able to understand, appreciate and enjoy it better.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Mankuthimmana Kagga transformed my life!

Recently, my friend Dr.S.Raghunath, a professor in BMSCE, said that he planned to spend the next two or three years in studying Dr.DVG’s “Mankuthimmana Kagga”. I could only appreciate Raghu’s interest in this literary master-piece acclaimed as “the modern Bhagavad Geeta” penned by the great Kannada poet “the Kannada Geetacharya”, Dr.D.V.Gundappa (17/03/1887 to 7/10/1975). Dr.DVG’s Kagga has mesmerized, humbled and inspired millions over the decades of it’s benevolent existence.
Mankuthimmana Kagga is a collection of 945 four-liner verses of profound intellectual content written by Dr.DVG. Kagga was written in verse form over a period of several years and finally published in 1943. Kagga has seen numerous re-prints, the maximum for any literary work in Kannada! There are numerous commentaries (in writing and as lecture series) on Kagga by learned men. Some scholarly commentaries include the ones by Shataavadhaani Dr.R.Ganesh, Chinmaya Mission, Prof.H.S. Lakshminarayana Bhatta, Dr.Gururaj Karajagi and many more. Prof.H.S. Lakshminarayana Bhatta has written a unique treatise titled “Thimmaguru Darshana” (or Gundopanishat). Srikanth has written a well researched reference manual called “Mankuthimmana Kagga - Thaatparya” with foreword by Sri.Nittur Srinivas Rao. Interestingly, Dr.DVG has dedicated Kagga to his close friends – Sri.T.S.Venkannaiah (01/10/1885 to 24/02/1939) and Sri.Mokshagundam Krishna Murthy (04/06/1884 to 02/03/1940).

I asked Dr.DVG’s pupil, Sri.S.R.Ramaswamy (who is now managing the functioning of Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs which was set up by Dr.DVG himself) as to why Kagga contained only 945 verses – neither more nor less. Sri.Ramaswamy stated that the number had no significance. It just so happened that out of the numerous verses that Dr.DVG had penned, these 945 stanzas were selected by Dr.DVG for publication. The charm of these four-lined verses lies in the vastness of insight and understanding of the God, universe, world, life, humans and their materialistic compulsions, morality etc. The simplicity of the last line in each verse carrying an intrinsic moral message while enshrining the essence of the whole verse makes every verse a treasure-trove of wisdom. The most-quoted verses (apart from those of Sarvajna and Basavanna) by everybody in any speech or writing are from Mankuthimmana Kagga! Kagga has also been translated into English, a stupendous task considering the complicated hybrid words coined by Dr.DVG. My favorite translation of Kagga has been “THUS SANG MANKUTHIMMA” by Sri.A.Narasimha Bhat of Kasargod. This work has retained the lyrical quality, the ingrained message and the character of the original Kannada version although some compromises are inevitable in a complicated translation of this nature.

DVG himself was a great thinker and a multi-faceted personality. He is described as a poet, philosopher, social worker, journalist, politician and a philanthropist. His writings show him as a man of immense knowledge and wisdom gained through hard work, dedication, determination and conviction. On the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary (1987) of this great literary icon, the Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka brought out a 11 volume compilation of all of Dr.DVG’s published works called “DVG Kriti Shreni” which is surely a collector’s item! Unfortunately, only some of these volumes are available.

Mankuthimmana Kagga (and Dr.S.L Bhyrappa’s autobiography “Bhitti”) changed my thinking, outlook and my view of life and has made me a better human being!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

NOVEMBER KANNADIGAS!!!!

Is there something in the blood of Kannadigas that they remember "Kannada" and "Karnataka" only as November closes in and the "Kannadiga" pride swells up and overflows?
Can we be 24x7 Kannadigas ever?

Its no great surprise that Kannadigas are outnumbered in their own land...... just go to City Market, SJP Road, SP Road and you will feel as if you are in an alien land...... you can manage even if u don't know Kannada...but you need to necessarily know Hindi, Tamil or Urdu!!!!
And same is the case with all Central Govt offices. The Trilingual formula exists only on paper.... it is only Tamil or Malayalam or Hindi that moves the paper mountains here.... I went to a Public Sector Bank in a remote rural area and all the challans, banners, notices were in Hindi and English. Oh....God save the poor ignorant illiterate Karnataka villagers!

And Hindi is accorded top priority despite the rule making it mandatory that the local language (Kannada) should be given primary status. And no wonder that when you enter a central government office you will feel like an outsider... and the way they treat you..if you are a localite turns the knife in your gut.

Less said the better about IT companies. They just want to enjoy the government-sponsored largesse of  subsidised lands, tax holidays, incentives but do not care to employ local Kannadigas. These companies that the lands originally belonged to poor farmers. But, when these localites seek jobs, merit comes to the forefront to deny them jobs. The pious protestations and bland justifications of IT companies fall flat when you analyse that merit can be the criteria for middle level and top level positions. At lower levels....localites should be given priority. This is not charity... the benefits and incentives these IT companies enjoy should be reciprocated and this is a social obligation. These companies are legally bound by a clause in their land allotment agreement on this issue of employing localites.

I have wondered why things have come to such a pass in Karnataka...and more so in Bangalore. The sole reason is that Kannadigas have no self respect.... they allow anybody and everybody to trample on them.....they crawl when they are required to just bow..... I am ashamed to say this... but Kannadigas are lazy.... lethargic.... and the "adjust madkolli" attitude is deeply ingrained in them.... they avoid risk taking and would let somebody hold the dirty end of the stick!

Fortunately, we had Dr. Raj, an icon who was an inspiration for the cause of Kannada! Now,  Vatal Nagaraj or a Sa Ra Govindu or Karnataka Rakshana Vedike or Muthappa Rai dictate the Kannada agenda... but do these so called leaders and organisations have their own axes to grind?

And the less said the better about the Kannada Development Authority.....Kannada Sahitya Parishat.....etc.

Kannadigas need a mighty jolt to invigorate them...to drive some sense.... a re-awakening like what happened during the Gokak agitation.....

Will it ever come????