12-11-2008, 05:21 AM
Date: Dec 10, 2008
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A forgotten national leader!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->By: B.R.Haran
Today is the <b>131st birth anniversary of Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, affectionately called as Rajaji. </b>He as a lawyer, writer and an intellectual and he was one of the great freedom fighters. He was the first and the last 'Indian' Governor General of Independent India. Later on he became the Chief Minister of Madras State between 1952 and 1954 and was awarded the most coveted 'Bharat Ratna' in the year 1954. Earlier before independence he served as the Chief Minister of Madras Province between 1937 and 1940.
Rajaji promulgated the 'Temple Entry Authorisation and Indemnity Act' in 1939 and facilitated the 'Dalits' to enter and worship inside the Temples. Vaidyanatha Iyer has also contributed for this noble cause. Rajaji had also introduced Prohibition policy and to compensate the revenue loss, he also introduced the 'sales tax' system. Later on, when he became the Chief Minister of Madras State, he introduced 'Vocational Courses' in schools in the afternoon periods with a motive of sustaining the 'traditional professions' . Unfortunately, this long-term beneficial policy was dubbed as 'casteist' by the casteist leaders of the Dravidian parties, eventually leading to Rajaji's resignation.
As a Member of Parliament, Rajaji was dead against the formation of 'states' along linguistic lines, but unfortunately he couldn't stop it. Though he got an opportunity to become the first President of Independent India, he magnanimously withdrew from the contest, as he didn't want the nation to witness an ugly factional fight within the Congress. As a Home Minister in Nehru's cabinet, Rajaji along with Patel, warned Nehru about the Machiavellian agenda of China.
As a great writer, he translated Ramayana and Mahabaratha in to Tamil and English from Sanskrit. He had also translated the Upanishads and Adi Sankara's Bajagovindham and Thiruvalluvar' s Thirukkural in English. He has also written many short stories and novels. As a staunch Hindu he wrote the book 'Hinduism-Doctrine and Way of Life', which won accolades from world over. He has also composed kirtanas for the world of Carnatic Music.
Rajaji
The Dravidian parties, which captured power on the plank of atheism and anti-Brahminism have been slowly and steadily attempting to removed him from the public's memory. Till the recent past the Dravidian governments used to observe his birth and death anniversaries, at least as 'formalities' , but today even that formality has not been observed. It is not a surprise that the Dravi-dian parties, which have made 'icons' of undeserving personalities, have not bothered to commemorate the birth anniversary of a 'Brahmin' and a true 'nationalist' .
Incidentally, or rather deliberately, the Chief Minister has stated just yesterday that he was not against Brahmins and listed a few Brahmin scholars, whom his government had felicitated. He has also audaciously said that he always had the quality of forgiving and forgetting anything, which is 'evil', as if the Brahmin community is evil! In a brazen tone, he has said that his government has given financial assistances to the families of those Brahmin scholars after their death. One wonders if he has done that on the basis of their contribution to the society or on the basis of their caste identity. His statement has clearly exposed the casteist mentality of the Dravidian parties and the leaders.
It is an irony that the Chief Minister, who has been a hardcore adversary of Brahmins and who has been criticising and abusing them till the day before yesterday, has made a u-turn yesterday and said that he was never against Brahmins! Apart from his claims of giving paltry 'financial' assistances to Brahmin scholars, can he show a single good thing, which he has done for the Brahmin community in the capacity of Chief Minister during his five terms? When he can introduce the '1 kg rice-1 Rupee' scheme on Anna's birth anniversary, why couldn't he introduce 'prohibition' on Rajaji's birth anniversary? If not prohibition, why not a few 'vocational' courses in schools?
Similar to the Dravidian parties, the Congress party has also not bothered to celebrate Rajaji's birth anniversary. The days are not far off for this 'one-family' party to forget Gandhi too! If the present day political parties prefer to ignore the leaders of the past, then it will not demean those great leaders, but it means that these parties are only insulting themselves!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://newstodaynet.com/col.php?section=20&catid=29
A forgotten national leader!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->By: B.R.Haran
Today is the <b>131st birth anniversary of Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, affectionately called as Rajaji. </b>He as a lawyer, writer and an intellectual and he was one of the great freedom fighters. He was the first and the last 'Indian' Governor General of Independent India. Later on he became the Chief Minister of Madras State between 1952 and 1954 and was awarded the most coveted 'Bharat Ratna' in the year 1954. Earlier before independence he served as the Chief Minister of Madras Province between 1937 and 1940.
Rajaji promulgated the 'Temple Entry Authorisation and Indemnity Act' in 1939 and facilitated the 'Dalits' to enter and worship inside the Temples. Vaidyanatha Iyer has also contributed for this noble cause. Rajaji had also introduced Prohibition policy and to compensate the revenue loss, he also introduced the 'sales tax' system. Later on, when he became the Chief Minister of Madras State, he introduced 'Vocational Courses' in schools in the afternoon periods with a motive of sustaining the 'traditional professions' . Unfortunately, this long-term beneficial policy was dubbed as 'casteist' by the casteist leaders of the Dravidian parties, eventually leading to Rajaji's resignation.
As a Member of Parliament, Rajaji was dead against the formation of 'states' along linguistic lines, but unfortunately he couldn't stop it. Though he got an opportunity to become the first President of Independent India, he magnanimously withdrew from the contest, as he didn't want the nation to witness an ugly factional fight within the Congress. As a Home Minister in Nehru's cabinet, Rajaji along with Patel, warned Nehru about the Machiavellian agenda of China.
As a great writer, he translated Ramayana and Mahabaratha in to Tamil and English from Sanskrit. He had also translated the Upanishads and Adi Sankara's Bajagovindham and Thiruvalluvar' s Thirukkural in English. He has also written many short stories and novels. As a staunch Hindu he wrote the book 'Hinduism-Doctrine and Way of Life', which won accolades from world over. He has also composed kirtanas for the world of Carnatic Music.
Rajaji
The Dravidian parties, which captured power on the plank of atheism and anti-Brahminism have been slowly and steadily attempting to removed him from the public's memory. Till the recent past the Dravidian governments used to observe his birth and death anniversaries, at least as 'formalities' , but today even that formality has not been observed. It is not a surprise that the Dravi-dian parties, which have made 'icons' of undeserving personalities, have not bothered to commemorate the birth anniversary of a 'Brahmin' and a true 'nationalist' .
Incidentally, or rather deliberately, the Chief Minister has stated just yesterday that he was not against Brahmins and listed a few Brahmin scholars, whom his government had felicitated. He has also audaciously said that he always had the quality of forgiving and forgetting anything, which is 'evil', as if the Brahmin community is evil! In a brazen tone, he has said that his government has given financial assistances to the families of those Brahmin scholars after their death. One wonders if he has done that on the basis of their contribution to the society or on the basis of their caste identity. His statement has clearly exposed the casteist mentality of the Dravidian parties and the leaders.
It is an irony that the Chief Minister, who has been a hardcore adversary of Brahmins and who has been criticising and abusing them till the day before yesterday, has made a u-turn yesterday and said that he was never against Brahmins! Apart from his claims of giving paltry 'financial' assistances to Brahmin scholars, can he show a single good thing, which he has done for the Brahmin community in the capacity of Chief Minister during his five terms? When he can introduce the '1 kg rice-1 Rupee' scheme on Anna's birth anniversary, why couldn't he introduce 'prohibition' on Rajaji's birth anniversary? If not prohibition, why not a few 'vocational' courses in schools?
Similar to the Dravidian parties, the Congress party has also not bothered to celebrate Rajaji's birth anniversary. The days are not far off for this 'one-family' party to forget Gandhi too! If the present day political parties prefer to ignore the leaders of the past, then it will not demean those great leaders, but it means that these parties are only insulting themselves!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->