Kanan Jaswal's Thoughts for the Days of April 2021

 01 Apr:     There would be times when you will find yourself falling short of your own standards; don't fret, just come back with doubled resolve.  

02 Apr:     The end of the tunnel may not be insight but we should not forget that every step forward is taking us nearer.

03 Apr:     By exaggerating the achievements of our ancestors, we actually belittle them.

04 Apr:     Every day, half an hour exclusively for thinking, part of it focused, could easily be the most productive use of our time.

05 Apr:     If only by suspending universal franchise, we can save our nation and our civilisation, we should not shy away from it.

06 Apr:     We have to get the better of the narrative of the so-called liberal intellectuals because they are nothing if not a force-multiplier of Islamo-Leftism afflicting the world's great democracies.

07 Apr:     Even debacle after debacle for more than 1300 years have not taught us Indians to know better the intentions, strategies, tactics, and technologies of our enemies, which is crucial for countering them effectively.

08 Apr:     Kanan Jaswal's Thought for Now and for Ever:
We must contribute whatever we can to increasing India's comprehensive national power, after all the nation is as much our responsibility as the government's.

09 Apr: Increased self-confidence and success feed on each other; they form a virtuous cycle we must strive to enter. 

10 Apr: Premature publicity weakens our national resolve, something we can ill afford surrounded by enemies as we are.

11 Apr: Inviting foreign governments to interfere in our internal affairs is not much different from sedition.

12 Apr: Never give up without giving a final push with everything you have got and many a time you will find what seemed like sure failure turning into a sweet success.

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13 Apr: A democracy is doomed when it starts flouting meritocracy at every point.

14 Apr: Why should we ever feel alone or abandoned when we always have our own company?

15 Apr: Besides COVID-appropriate behaviour and vaccination, our equanimity and resilience are going to protect us from this marauding pandemic.

16 Apr: When its UK, Brazilian, and South African strains can be called as such without any problem, why should the world feel diffident and squeamish in calling CoV-SARS-2 the Chinese virus?

17 Apr: With COVID-19 raging like a wild fire all around us, it is very difficult not to lose hope. But we must remember that with discipline and determination we can come out of this test much stronger than ever before.

18 Apr: Who could have imagined that the quality of life would be in such conflict with life itself as it has been for the past more than a year?

19 Apr: The new coronavirus may not be a Chinese laboratory construct, but China is still guilty of letting it spread to the rest of the world and cause unending havoc which can be compared to dropping millions of neutron bombs.

20 Apr: Those who think about and prepare themselves and others for a life beyond survival in these morbid times are the ones who would get to lead.

21 Apr: Anarchy in the name of exercising human and civil rights should be exposed as such and should be put down with the full force of the state.

22 Apr: Cambridge University's Centre for Risk Studies has projected, by consensus, a global loss of US$26.8 trillion over five years from 2020 due to COVID-19. Since China's culpability for this loss is beyond doubt, it should be sued for reparations. 23 Apr: How our emotions change with the times! On waking up this morning, I was happy simply finding myself in reasonably good health.

24 Apr: For the duration of this global pandemic, can we not make it a point to call every day a few friends, relatives, even acquaintances, just to enquire their welfare?

25 Apr: Not knowing your talents is pardonable but knowing them and yet not making efforts to develop them is not.

26 Apr: For once, China is right. India can really not depend on the U.S.! Countless military exercises together, but in our hour of desperate need, our "strategic ally" has adamantly and unabashedly refused to sell us raw materials for COVID-19 vaccines.

27 Apr: As individuals, we may forgive and forget the slights and gratuitous hurts suffered at the hands of others, but never as a nation.

28 Apr: Specially in these morbid times, find, even invent, a reason or two to have a couple of good laughs every day.

29 Apr: In this atmosphere of incompetence, misery and gloom, to keep our sanity going, we should try to become a part, howsoever small, of the solution. 30 Apr: One sure way to remain in a hopeless rut is through making the fudging of figures our national pastime.