Kanan Jaswal's Thoughts for the Days of November 2021

01 Nov:     It is so tempting for a democratic government to ditch discipline in favour of mollycoddling and appeasement but then it should forget its plan to develop the country.

02 Nov:     It is the government's bounden duty to remove, through its consistently fair and impartial conduct, people's perception that it is in thrall to a couple of industrial groups.

03 Nov: Only by paying all their taxes, including GST, honestly, citizens really earn the right to hold politicians and bureaucrats accountable for their misdeeds and malfeasance.

04 Nov: Let us do something worthwhile everyday to prove to ourselves our own humanity.

05 Nov:     We can be alone but never lonely in a place where, we think, we belong.

06 Nov:     So long as political funding is not made absolutely transparent in India, nothing more than a dent can be made in the problem of across-the-board corruption.    

07 Nov:     From being inefficient and corrupt, India is on its way to become efficient and corrupt. But it has to march on and on until it becomes efficient and honest.

08 Nov:     Just as Dharma, India has to be first protected for it to protect us all.

09 Nov:     You have not lived this day if you have done nothing during it to further the purpose of your life. 

10 Nov:     With cool-headed planning and preparation, most problems can be solved.

11 Nov:     We should do to China what it has done to the United States. It is a very tall order but that does not mean that it is not doable.
 
12 Nov:     Those talking of fundamental rights will have better credibility if they also talk of fundamental duties.    

13 Nov:     Hinduttva is nothing but resurgent and more self-confident Hinduism. No surprise, therefore, that it is not liked by all those who, through their words and conduct, have proved themselves to be morbidly anti-Hindu.  

14 Nov:     Appeasement does not ever succeed and how can it when it is just a coward's way of finding temporary and costly peace?   

15 Nov:     Why should we mind a few falls if the will and the capacity to rise again are there?

16 Nov:     If you are having good intentions and are sure that you are doing the right thing, even an army of detractors will not be able to unnerve you.

17 Nov:    You are really fortunate if you know what you are uniquely suited to do and are doing that.

18 Nov:     India may have more than its normal share of anti-nationals but it is for us really Indians to effectively counter them and to make sure that the comprehensive national power of India keeps on rising.

19 Nov:     Once a while, it is acceptable to make a strategic retreat, but problem arises when it becomes the default option.

20 Nov:     Status-quoists might have won an important battle but the war will still be won by reformers.

21 Nov:     Putting any one particular profession on a pedestal can be counter-productive because by doing that you are effectively lowering all others.

22 Nov:     Don't you ever measure your success against anyone's else; that will either make you vainglorious or belittle you in your own eyes.

23 Nov: If for you your religion comes before the nation, your claims to be patriotic will always sound hollow.

24 Nov: Any political party or individual promising personal benefits in cash or kind to voters ought to be debarred from the electoral process for at least six years.

25 Nov: A day begun with a few minutes of stretching followed by seven Pranayams to awaken the body’s seven Chakras is a day well begun.

26 Nov: Terrorists and those giving them a safe harbour are India's enemies and all patriotic Indians, including those who think they constitute civil society, should help the security forces in defeating them.

27 Nov: Unless and until the human race turns entirely vegetarian, if not vegan, all the concern being expressed about global warming will remain only a lot of hot air (pun intended).

28 Nov: Keeping our body and mind optimally functional is our first and foremost duty.

29 Nov: If you do good to people, some of them will feel grateful but some others will feel and say that they were entitled to it and expect and demand more.

30 Nov: There should be no place in Parliament for persons not willing even to observe the normal etiquettes of a civilised society.  

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