Friends
Wish you all Very Very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Year 2011. This is the first blog post of this year and also the first of this second decade of Twenty first Century. Today Nikita went back to Bangalore to resume the college after 10 days' vacations. Hitisha still with us as she is undergoing internship with a leading newspaper.
Recently I was thinking about a plot in Mahabharat epic where:
"Raja Dhritrashtra, Bhishma Pitamah, Guru Dronacharya, Korava heir Duryodhan, Raja Karna and all other family members, dignitaries were sitting. The game of dias had just finished with Pandavas losing every thing including making themselves slaves and also losing Dropadi to Duryodhan. It was the time when Dushasan was ready to insult Dropadi. He dragged out Dropadi from other room to the main hall by hairs. She was crying and begging mercy from every one right from Korava brothers to Bhishma Pitamah. No one could dare to stop Dushasan and other 100 korava brothers from doing anything they wish to Dropadi. Every one had their own excuse like Dhritrashtra , convincing himself for his blindness and also logic that since pandavas have lost the game, he is helpless in this matter. Bhisma Pitamah was convinced that he is committed to Hastinapur kingdom and hence can't help any body else except hastinapur king i.e. Raja Dhritrashtra only. Guru Dronacharya, Korav Brothers, and all other were just followers of Bhishma Pitamaha or Raja Dhritrashtra and finding excuse of not interfering. When all this was happening, Pandavas were sitting in a corner with head down and hands tied up(as they could not see all this happening with Dropadi) and helpless. One Brother's deeds (Dharamraj yudishther's) had put every one in big problem".
In above situation Minister Vidur stood up and requested Bhishma Pitamah to do some thing to stop all this as the Dropadi was bahu of the family. He also requested to Raja Dhritrashtra, Guru Dronacharya and all but nothing moved. Finally he announced his resignation and said that "for every fault 50% responsibility is of person doing the crime, 25% of the person facing the crime and rest 25% of the person who is silent." With this he went out of the court.
Thus he made responsible for this crime all the elders sitting there and watching all this happening. Silence is also a crime, particularly by those who are powerful enough in stopping the crime happening. In present situation this applies to our honest politicians who may not be corrupt but have been mute spectator, it also applies to bureaucrats, our elders, our boss, and every other one who refuse to interfere and stop the injustice happening.
Above plot also leads to following conclusions:
1. You may be too powerful but don't try to push your self in a situation which is not in your control or else you may be in a big soup.
2. You can put yourself in any situation but you don't have right to drag others also who are dependent you like your spouse, brothers, kids, Parents, employees, friends etc.
3. Before jumping into unknown water please test it properly.
4. Don't trust blindly.
5. When you are powerful enough, any of your deed is acceptable.
5. No body is going to oppose your injustice till those around you are getting benefit from you.
6. We all are selfish and always work for our benefit at whatever cost or harm to any body else.
This epic/story is about 5000 years old, but the morals are same even today.
CP