Vision of Life; by Sanjay: Firse Leader No 1 !

“I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together”. …Queen Elizabeth II.

Hon. Dear Narendra Modi Sir & Team,

Well, she is second oldest currently-serving state leader by age i.e. she is Queen of England for now nearly 67 years & her age is 93 years & she has never been to any school or college but got tuitions at home only! She become Queen just four years after our great country got independence & become largest democracy on earth so in a way her regime & our country’s democracy are of same age nearly! And that’s why to describe your team’s victory in Loksabha election in our country, I thought her above quote is too perfect. And the quote shows that some times (well many will say many a times) education doesn’t define a person’s capacity or intelligence or wisdom, whatever you name it! As many people (read most) were hoping that this general election “firse” you won’t be in power & not surely the margin you won but then not many people in this country (read those who were contesting against you) are known for their vision or wisdom & indeed I too don’t count myself in that league but your victory was something like “writing on the wall”, which as usual most failed to read!

I am not writing this to praise you nor to get something from you as by now with second term in power you are a veteran to the power & praising words coming along with it (mostly hollow they are or even jealous too). And you already knew the flair of power for decades but to be a CM of some State & to be a PM of the largest democracy in the world, are two very different things, again something which not many in your league has understood. There was one lady who does understand it years back when we were school goers but after her the country needed someone who really knows what true leadership is! And even that lady perished unfortunately just because she became too confident of her leadership, is what I feel, though I am in no position to analyze her working greatness neither I was of that age. But today with fifty years put behind my name I am a bit able to analyze your success (will you consider this as success or not even this also I don’t know) in the eyes of others or say your opponents (not many are left by now)! As in 2014 it could have been considered as change wave which carried you & your team to the power but 2019 was real challenge. Just the way we lifted the ICC World Cup in 1983 for first time but it took nearly 28 years to repeat that thing, same way sometimes it’s easy to top first time but maintaining the top slot, is what differentiates champions from others!

Well again too much of praise but then such was the victory you & your team has got in general elections & to represent one twenty crore numbers, that too with so much diversity for second time & with no Gandhi before or after or anywhere in your name, indeed that is something special & it’s this something special I felt like analyzing! Because most people thought BJP will come in ruling but with lesser margins than 2014 term as well you will have to make lots of adjustment for claim to power. And in this “but” many hopeful contenders were there even from your party too as we all know how nasty can bargain for the power can become! But all “ifs & buts” were sent to retirement & what the country witnessed was real history & I doubt even you would have thought of winning by such huge margin & if you had then my admiration for you has grown way more that what it is right now!

Coming to the subject i.e. analysis & what lies ahead; here, many will think what’s need for analysis as in our country success needs no reasons or theory, it’s the failure which needs all such crutches! Exactly, this is what I know, you will be laughing at this attitude as in your mind 2019 win is history already & you must be preparing for 2024 for sure! And this is why I think analysis is most important as what has been gone wrong in last five years you won’t like to repeat it! First & foremost is many people thinks that Demonetization (“Note Bandi” sounds better & dearer) is your biggest failed step & later GST but by me “Note Bandi” was your “Bramhstra” (ultimate Weapon) actually as every class-four (read poor) or below that person was happy to see his rich Masters running around, baffled by the thought, what to do with their money which gone useless over night! I feel somewhere we the Indians (sorry guys, its human tendency I am referring to) are more happy when we see someone in more trouble than what we are facing & that’s why Salim-Javed ruled theaters with their scripts where “Aam Janata” was tired of seeing handful of rich & powerful men ruling millions of poor & helpless Janata & when one Angry Young Man alone giving all these rich men run for their money & power, taking it away from them; the same “Aam Janata” made him Super Star!! Don’t we find very much similarity here in the scripts & then “Note Bandi” was just one weapon, there are many which silently keeps making “Aam Janata” happy, may it be appealing middle class to surrender gas subsidy for the poor thus making them part of Garibi Hatao mission to depositing subsidy money directly in the bank accounts of beneficiaries of such subsidy, one by one the weapons kept on hitting on opposition parties which they never understood. It’s said that the best weapon is the one which enemy doesn’t see till it strikes but you went a step ahead, your best weapons neither the enemy (read opposition) could see nor could they feel even when they got hit! You & your team got alleged for using our Army as part of your campaign, some even went to extent of hinting that you only planted few of the terror attacks! Well, best part was you faced all such allegations bravely but the main focus got shifted from the development, unemployment, draught, irrigation, inflation type things, the weapon has worked though you even didn’t intend to use it! Even the movie on the subject of surgical strike collected over 300 crores, there only any sane man could have seen the outcome of the forthcoming general elections but sane men are the rarest specie in this country & more in politics! Best part is you were successful in making people believe in whatever you do, is for the common man & he or she is the voter ie your masters! This is something no person in recent wasn’t able to do & you did it single handedly. You have been alleged by using media, showmanship even your foreign trips were targeted but at the end what matters is what the voter thinks about what you are & not the opposition!

Final blow was GST for the non-voters means the 10% elite class of the country which controls 90% people’s wealth & everybody though you have dug yours (as well your party’s) grave but then people forget that 10% rich persons may hold 90% people’s wealth but elections are won on the votes of the 90% class & those 10% who were unhappy over your decisions hardly bothers to vote as any govt they think is their govt! But not your govt, as you are working for 90% wala class is what the so called rich class never understood (or believed) & this 90% firmly stood behind you! But let’s not forget, we need business & we need margins on investment (read appreciation) as that’s what keeps any business running. One more unfortunate thing in this country is everybody likes to be rich but being rich is socially considered as crime here! Because such is the system around that everybody believes that behind every rich man or woman there is some crime & this is what you need to break. Like in USA all top five richest person has started from middle class but take our country & what you find? Mostly all the top rich people in our country has legacy of richness is the fact which differentiates us from USA! You will have to focus on creating a system that any common man can make his or her way to rich but in lawful way!

Now when your team (read you) in power again I think the real challenge is not from the opposition (there isn’t any actually) but to from the team itself as that’s problem for being number one team, every time people expect you to win only & on all fronts! And you are wise enough that “Aam Janata’s” memory is very short & “Janata Janardan” always in search of newer problems to throw on the leader. It’s said that you can make some people happy at some time but not all the people all the time & ours is a big country to make all happy at a time, this is the challenge ahead! Also wealth is important & so are the wealthy people as you can make rich people a bit poor & poor people a bit rich but the country runs on business, trade, innovations & these qualities has to be protected & conserved! The way your weapons silently attacked opposition, now your opposition may not be a political party but your voters itself! As silently somewhere there can be (is also) unrest in future which usually happens with any prolonged ruler in the masses& this is the weapon only! And as wise men has said, power is the most difficult thing to digest, so real challenge is to make your entire team understands (read digest) this success or victory in Lok Sabha so as they are able to keep their head on their shoulders & shoulders on the feet which will remain grounded firmly!

I feel the first big threat to this country which eventually is your biggest challenge too, is our population, which will surpass China in few decades. With nearly 120 crore (which will be 150 crore soon) mouths to feed & 240 crore hands demanding work & 120 crore minds to keep busy for productivity (read positivity) it’s a mammoth task! And any policy may it be related to housing or public health or agriculture or transportation or education will be a failure if we don’t curb this demon named population! We have limited land & we can create more homes & make them affordable for everybody by giving FSI or TDR but from where we will be getting water for these families, electricity for these homes & where we will be dumping garbage & sewage generated by these homes, is the question which you must be thinking on already! Its this population cancer which is making small farmers impossible to survive as in the race of demands from the ever increasing family with the production from the farming the demands always win & outcome we are seeing all over the country in the form of farmer’s suicides!

And the second threat to the country is we are actually sitting on volcano of unrest by virtue of most sensitive issue which no rulers in our history has dared to touch & that is, our so called secularism or in common language division in the society on the basis of caste as well religion! Such is the taboo in our minds that nobody dare to even speak openly on the subject of caste system ( reservation along) & joke is, in our country first thing when two unknown people gets introduced to each other, the first thing comes in their minds after knowing the names (read surnames) of each other’s is, “ye kaun jaatka hai ya hoga?” ie which caste this guy must be from & then depending up on this factor the further conversation takes place. Many readers wont accept my this observation, especially the young IT guys & they may be right in some cities that too in some circles but even in private sector or so called top class organization also this caste thing exists very much is a fact! That way we Indians are wonderful specie as we all want equality of our group (read caste) keeping ourselves special! And this specialty of all such groups is the problem we can’t never be really united & consider ourselves as one nation! Again many wont like or accept it but look at the way even all political parties give their tickets, may it be Loksabha or Grampanchayat, the first criteria of party ticket (well money power certainly is) is numbers of voters in the constituency of a particular caste or religion is what decides the candidates choice! I think these two will be biggest challenge even more than the corruption because if I start thinking every Indian as my religion or caste or family then I think most of our problems will be solved & I am sure this must be also on your agenda i.e. to make every Indian feel as one caste & community or religion whatever you call!

There are many more things this country (read common man) expects from you but then we always believed in God & thinks God can fulfill our every wish & that’s why we warship God in Temples, in Masjids, in Churches, that’s what we are, most lovable, emotional, sentimental, judgmental, allowing our heart to rule our brain most of times yes we are your voters, the Indians!

Sorry Modi Sir if I have overstepped while my sharing, but then every above aspect you must be knowing already so I wrote it not for you but all others who are still thinking about your victory! All best wishes not to make this country a Super Power but to make her as well others realize that India always been a Super Power, it’s time to show it!!

Jai Hind

Sanjay Deshpande

Sanjeevani Dev.

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