“When defeat comes,
accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and
set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Life is to be
lived, not controlled; and a game is won by continuing to play in face of certain
defeat.”
― Ralph Ellison.
Napoleon Hill & Ralph Ellison, both are well known American writers & though they both are from different era with a gap of nearly six decades between them yet what they wrote about life & defeat is so much in-sync as well perfect fit for my sharing that I wasn’t able which to choose, so used both quotes! As the heading goes, with the Tsunami of votes (not my word but of political leaders) in State (Maharashtra, which else) today’s morning i.e. next day of vote counting, most of the people have yet to wake up from the shock of the outcome of the results! Maha Yuti guys with sweet surprise & MaViAa guys with bitter surprise shock & Aam Janata must be smiling about the power of vote! This you can understand as assembly elections are not everyday things but what’s its relation with Team India (well, cricket team) is many people must be thinking but before that few clarifications! Maha Yuti is an alliance of three parties led by BJP of which Mr Devendra Fadanavis was the leader or say captain. And Maviaa is an alliance of opposition parties with Congress, Shivsena (Udhhav) & NCP (Sharad Pawar) together, & these two were contesting for power-game in our State through assembly elections. At the same time team India started paying its first test match with Jasprit Bumrah as captain vs their biggest rival i.e. Australia in their home & both these teams which has emerged as winner i.e. Mahyuti & team India (till now) have a lot more in common as well worth learning for us, this is the subject of my sharing!
The similarity doesn’t end just for the captain’s i.e. Devendra & Juspreet’s roles or situation but their respective team’s situation & morals too, before the match started, & overcoming that situation both these captains marched towards the victory, which is worth studying (and adoption) is subject of my sharing! First about team India, we all know the team recently got whitewashed by a much weaker team & on own home grounds which is more humiliating! And you are visiting a team which are stronger, professional & tough opponents. Your senior players are being doubted about the form, even the regular captain’s form is poor & suddenly you are no more deputy captain but captain & entire team is looking at you for leading them in roughest waters! And on day one your team is all out at a very low score in the first innings of the series & critics are smiling just the way vultures start circling over the heads of tired warriors on the battle ground! But as a captain you take charge, bowl out the Australian team with your contribution of five wickets, giving lead to your team & then your entire team responds & suddenly Australian team is on backfoot & defending themselves, something which no visiting team has done to them in the recent past! Though the match result is two days away, what Jasprit & his team has delivered in the first three days of the series will be remembered for their courage & overcoming the defeats of the past! In the lunch break Ex ace batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was sharing his view about this achievement of team India saying it’s about living in the moment & not allowing your past to rule you (read as demoralize) at the same time not getting carried away with the future, just be in the moment & give your best! I think Pujara nailed the success of Team India in Australia in those words & that’s exactly what Devendra & his Mahyuti team did in the State Assembly election!
Well, from cricket to politics, a disclaimer, I am not a political analyst, neither I understand it nor I ever tried yet in our country, three things anybody can (read as a must) speak on with authority & they are, Movies, Cricket & Politics, so forgive me for any foolish comment! Disclaimer two, I am not a follower/ supporter of any political party (not even of “party with difference”) but I followed this election’s proceedings & tried to learn from it. Many says politics is dirty game & what good can come out of it, my reply is, its like ocean churning in our mythology (please google), out of which poison has come out as well Amrit (potion which makes you immortal) also, its up to us what we should consume, right? Same like team India, the team Mahayuti was wounded/ humiliated while approaching the State assembly election as in Lok Sabha elections, they have taken heavy beating from Maviaa & on all fronts of society! Yet the masses voted to such an extent to Mahayuti that this victory is the largest ever till now, how this was possible in mere five months’ time, is worth studying! Because, in everybody’s life there comes a phase when we get defeated & so badly that we feel like giving up & we get targeted, cornered, felt like left alone & yet we have to face the next battle, what should one do at such times? Well, look at team India & Team Mahayuti. See what Jasprit & Devendra did & who knows you also can turn the tide; my sharing is for this aspect of these two incidents!
I know in this country two things will be always against you however hard you may try & I have no complaints about it; one is, being born in so called upper caste, sorry if I have offended many but I am born as Brahmin & that’s neither my fault nor my pride as its just nature’s creation, no hand of mine in it, lol! And second is, being wealthy in comparison to others, however legitimately that money has been earned yet you will be always treated with some difference or say reluctance as making money is taboo in our society! Leave apart wealthy part but Devendra got targeted for upper caste at the same time some of his eagerness immediately after the last assembly election for becoming CM which costed him a tag (mi punha yein) & it’s never easy to put away such tag & deliver, the burden of some failures is too heavy to throw it aside, yet Devendra did it! And the path which he followed to do so is worth learning, he kept low, focused on basics, avoided lime light, never counter argued the various attacks on his personal image but didn’t give up the path or say his eye sight from his own set target which was get back in power as a Party (team) & not as an individual! Sometimes he showed signs of fatigue, frustration but those are indications that he too is a human being & after the defeat in Loaksabha he micromanaged on the reasons why the party got defeated rather than targeting the opponents! Do mind, may it be game of cricket or of election, you can’t win targeting mistakes of opposition players but you win by focusing on your strengths & by being ready to improvise your weaknesses, that’s what team Devendra & Mahayuti & team Bumrah did & outcome is a victory! Agreed there may be factors which come like lucky strokes for e.g. Ladaki Bahin Scheme (please google), but do you think one scheme can make over ten crore people to change their vote in mere six months, that to such extent, No, is the answer! Real answer is, Mahayuti learned to live in the present moment, tried to reach to the roots of earlier defeat & was successful in making masses know that they understand people’s problems & will try to solve them that alleygating opposition’s uselessness!
For any team playing any game, the team must learn to use the favourable conditions in its favour & here the advantage was, now the Centre govt was on the side of Mahayuti which can be an important aspect while you rule the State & people are smart to understand this! You may wear skin of a tiger & make people think you are a tiger but at least once you will have to roar also & at that time you can’t fool them & I haven’t given this example referring to any party or any individual but to make readers know, the common-man isn’t that fool which we think he is! If a State govt assures sun & moon then the rocket to reach there will need fuel & Central Govt can provide that fuel, this people understands & Devendra succeeded in making this known to the voters, is also an important aspect of this victory & it needs focus as well patience! This is something worth learning for Maviaa instead blaming some machines or money factor in the elections as from both sides veteran & senior & powerful (in all aspect) candidates have lost, which were well versed in the game of elections, is a fact we can’t oversight! Simple fact is if we want to learn then first ask why are we learning something, only if we adopt & improve ourself for the game only then it’s called as learning or else it's just mugging up & Devendra studied & learned well his lessons of defeat, is my subject of sharing! In nutshell, team Mahayuti forgetting the past, lived in the present moment keeping any eye on the future while Maviaa relied on the past success dreaming about future!
To conclude, no election or game is last but if we want to last long then we must learn from every game, sometimes from defeat & sometimes from victory. Such a thumping victory is very dangerous, more for the winner than the loser as it may make you think that you are invincible & that's the first step of your next defeat! At the same time don’t forget, with great victory comes along great expectations (sorry Stan Lee) & I am sure team Devendra as well team Bumrah (provided it win 1st test) definitely knows this, & thanks to both of them for making me also think about it as well share with my younger genre as well staff team! Well, if Devendra or any leader eventually reads this (I doubt), not a single elected candidate which has won, was considerate or sensible enough to appeal or warn his/ her karyakartas for not to use DJ/ Dolby/ Loudspeakers whole day long & make life of your voters only, more miserable, as there are better ways to celebrate a victory, try it & next time it will fetch you some more votes, adios with this note & with best wishes! BTW, is it mere coincidence or destiny that the early morning oath taking for Cm with NCP which backfired on Devendra happened exactly to be on this date i.e. 23/11, which years later saw him breaking records about defeating opposition, this only the time will tell!
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Sanjay Deshpande
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