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Some Personal Thoughts:
Sitting in the American Armchair, we can
very comfortably detach ourselves from the reality in India and talk endlessly
about Singapore model, Taiwan Model or South Korean model and all the
models in the world for future of India. However in doing so we run two
risks. First, we may, in the process we may completely miss the forest because
of the trees. Second, we can escape from reality because we don't have to do
anything other than theoretical discussion.
If there is one person in Asia for whom I
feel pride as an Asian, he is Dalai Lama. I draw immense spirit and wisdom out
of his each and every word. The other day I was reading a book by Thich Nhat
Hanh, another Asian, for whom I feel proud as an Asian. The book, 'Peace in
Every Step' itself was very spiritual. And to my spiritual gratification,
I found that the Foreword to the book was written by none other than Dalai lama
himself. I was moved by the Foreword.
Dalai Lama started with the following
sentence:
"Although attempting to bring about world
peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the
only way....."
In another context and in another book,
Dalai Lama wrote about peace, freedom and world order and right type of
government:
He said, in a government,
We
may have Order without
Freedom
Or we may have Freedom without
Order
What we really need is Freedom with
Order.
While discussing about India, we may keep
the above in mind. I donot know about others, but if I am forced to choose out
of the 1st or 2nd of the above till we achieve the 3rd, I will always invariably
choose the 2nd ie Freedom without Order, which is what we may consider
India today at its worst.
Rajen Barua.
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