मैं और मेरा देश

Do we ever bother to ask ourselves, what we have done for our country till now? We try to defend ourselves by saying what can we do for our country, after all we are not politicians, policy makers, warriors, or not even a promoter of a company to make an impact. To help get an answer for us, I would like to refer to my favourite Hindi writer, कनिह्या लाल मिश्र ‘प्रभाकर’.

No work and no one is big or small; in a match, not just players but the audiences who are cheering the players have an importance. Making a habit, to check that we are always leading a life on the principle that every act of ours is in the favour of the nation is very important. But for this we need to understand the internal condition of the country very well and always keep it in front of us.

Our country at the first place needs two important things- “Sense of Power” and “Sense of Beauty”. To make it clearer; how many times it happens that sitting in groups, in trains, buses, clubs etc. we talk about the poor infrastructure of the country, problems existing in the country, poor quality of education, and the things that are not happening; and we compare and belittle India in front of other countries, in fact prove that other countries are better than our country? We often do this, we can’t deny it. This is how we hurt country’s “Sense of Power”. Here power which is being talked about is the mental power, the inner strength of our country.

How many times it happens that we eat something and throw the wrappers on the street, we throw garbage outside our house, spit anywhere we feel like, scratch old monuments, and keep public places, trains, buses untidy? Again, we can’t deny this fact. This is how we hurt the country’s “Sense of Beauty” by making it look untidy and destroying its cultural heritage.

Then the question arises, can there be a principle made which judges country’s highness or lowness on the basis of its people? Yes, there is a principle and that is election. A country whose citizens understand whom they should vote for is at height and a country whose citizen vote for wrong persons under wrong impressions is not a great country. Therefore, this is duty of every citizen to vote for a right person and this is our right to see that without taking our vote, nobody takes the seat, no matter how big, best or great that person might be.