In this month’s edition of the magazine VIVA GOA the flamboyant Advocate General of Goa AtmaramNadkarni who poses to have an abiding interest in spirituality has in his column entitled "What is the Purpose of Life" made certain observations leaving one to guess whether he ever practices what he preaches.
Atmaram Nadkarni begins his two paged article saying “While God is in absolute control of the Universe, prayer and good deeds help us shape our own destiny in our search for salvation”. After a long rambling on the Vedas, Atmaram Nadkarni goes on to further preach saying “Take for example the Biblical Commandments wherein the Lord has set for everyone the Ten Commandments. If everyone followed these Ten Commandments, the world would certainly be a nicer place to live in. Herein, God believes that just the Ten Commandments are good enough; but our governments believe in making tens of thousands of law; yet these very same laws are openly flouted and violated causing injustice to some and abuse by others.” Atmaram Nadkarni concludes his column claiming that “Every person born in this Universe has a destiny, a choice that is his own, to attain Moksaa or to come back in another form due to his actions and reactions which follow those actions”. After reading the article one fails to understand whether the Advocate General realizes the need in life to Walk the Talk. At over eight lakhs a month he is India’s highest paid public functionary pocketing over five times the salary of the President of India. How does this self ordained spiritual Guru justify this? He is no Asaram Bapu. About Atmaram Nadkarni’s conduct inside and outside the Court less said the better. From the Mining, Casino, to the builder lobby he has got his fertile eggs well stacked and hatched in all the baskets. While justifying the further hike in the Advocate General’s fees last year, the Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar had claimed that the Advocate General was facing very high inflation. May be my friend Manohar Parrikar was right because the grapevine reveals that on his trips to Delhi the Advocate General takes along bags loaded with his soiled clothes, so that they are washed, starched and pressed for free. What a free loader. We need to pray that Atmaram Nadkarni be bestowed the strength to stop mocking the Gods and realize that actions speak louder than words. That the Temples of Justice never end up as dens of chicanery and jugglery. We know from the Biblical saying that Jesus had warned that even the devil could quote the Bible! Rings true even centuries down the line. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372