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A leader for the ages, he was ahead of the times

Published By : Admin | August 17, 2018 | 08:54 IST

In times of turbulence and disruption, a nation is blessed to have a leader who rises to become its moral compass and guiding spirit, providing vision, cohesion and direction to his people. And, in such a moment at the turn of the century, India found one in Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was gifted in spirit, heart and mind.

For those of us who knew him, he was, first, the rarest of human beings, who touched and inspired everyone he met. He was compassionate to the core, generous in spirit, warm beyond measure and kind to a fault. He was deeply respectful of others and gifted with a rare sense of humour that he often turned upon himself.

Orator without parallel, he could switch from disarming humour to a lofty vision with ease, with a rare ability to connect with people naturally, to stir them to self-belief and to a higher cause. Sharply perceptive, he could summarize the most complex issues and discussions in a single sentence or question.

Born into a family of modest means and high ideals, he hailed from a small town in MP. His youth was defined by academic excellence and quest for public service during the gathering momentum of freedom struggle. Starting as an ordinary Karyakarta in the Jana Sangh, he organized the only truly national-level party to be formed in independent India – the BJP – and helmed its organization work after the passing away of Shri Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.

Through the four decades of leadership in Parliament, the struggle against Emergency (who can forget that memorable rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan when his speech became the roar of the nation), the clarity to represent his party with passion but always speak for the nation, he defined the spirit of democracy in India. Firm in his political beliefs, but always accommodating and respectful of other points of view, he set the standards of debate in Parliament. In his simplicity and integrity, in his dignity and empathy, and a sense of personal non-attachment to the office, he became an inspiration for a nation of youth.

He rescued the economy from the morass of the mid-1990s, when political instability at home and an uncertain global environment had threatened to derail a still incipient economic reforms process. He sowed the seeds of much of the economic success that we have experienced over the past two decades. For him, growth was a means to empower the weakest and mainstream the marginalized. It’s that vision that continues to drive our government’s policy.

It was Atalji who prepared the foundations of an India that is ready to take on the mantle of global leadership in the 21st century. The futuristic economic policies and reforms of his government ensured prosperity for several Indians. His thrust on next-generation infrastructure particularly roads and telecom contributed to our country’s economic as well as social empowerment.

Atalji irreversibly changed India’s place in the world. He overcame the hesitation of our nation, the resistance of the world and threat of isolation to make India a nuclear weapons power. It was not a decision he took lightly, but one he knew was of paramount importance in the face of mounting challenges to India’s security. No longer would India’s security be vulnerable. At that moment of surge in national pride, his was a voice of restraint and responsibility. And, the world listened to the wisdom of the man of peace. Equally important, he then brought to bear his extraordinary understanding of world affairs and formidable diplomatic skills to gain global acceptance of new realities. Indeed, it is the combination of his legacies of creating strategic capabilities, promoting stronger economic growth, undertaking multi-directional diplomacy and harnessing of diaspora energies that is today the basis for the respect we command across the world.

He transformed five decades of estrangement with USA into an enduring strategic partnership in the course of five years. He also steered India to deep friendship with a new post-Soviet Russia through a strategic partnership in 2000. I had the privilege of accompanying him on a visit to Russia in November 2001 when we concluded a sister province agreement between Gujarat and Astrakhan.

With China, he made the boldest move for peace in an effort to overcome the burdens of a difficult past by establishing the mechanism of Special Representatives for boundary talks. Atal Ji’s conviction that these two ancient civilisations – which are rising powers – can work together to shape the global future continues to guide my thinking.

A person of grassroots, our neighbours were his priority. In many ways, he was the inspiration for, and even pioneer of, our Neighbourhood First policy. He was unwavering in his support as an opposition leader towards Bangladesh’s liberation. He went to Lahore in search of peace. With persistence and optimism that was his nature, he continued to search for peace and heal the wounds in J&K. But, he was resolute in winning the Kargil War. And, when our Parliament was struck, he made the world recognize the true nature and source of cross-border terrorism against India.

Personally, Atalji was an ideal, a guru, and role model who inspired me deeply. It was he who entrusted me with responsibilities both in Gujarat as well as at the national level. It was he who called me one evening in October 2001, and told me to go to Gujarat as the chief minister. When I told him that I had always worked in the organization, he said he was confident I would fulfill the people’s expectations. The faith he had in me was humbling.

Today, we are a self-assured nation, brimming with the energy of our youth and resolve of our people, eager for change and confident of achieving it, striving for clean and responsive governance, building future of inclusion and opportunity for all Indians. We engage the world as equals and in peace, and we speak for principles and support the aspirations of others. We are on the path that Atalji wanted us to take. He was ahead of the times, because he had a deep sense of history, and he could peer into the soul of India from his grasp of our civilizational ethos.

A life is to be judged not just by the extent of grief that follows when its light goes out. It is also to be measured by the lasting impact on the lives of people and the course of time. For that reason, Atalji was a true Ratna of Bharat. His spirit will continue to guide us as we build the New India of his dreams.

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Da u Myntri Rangbah duh, Narendra Modi

Ka Mahakumbh ka la kut ha ka nongbah ba kyntang jong ka Prayagraj. La pyndep ia ka Mahayajna jong ka jingiatylli. Haba ka jingsngewthuh jong ka ri ka don, haba ka lait na ki jingiateh ha ka rukom pyrkhat kiba rim, ka ring mynsiem laitluid ha ka bor kaba la pynthymmai. La sakhi ia kane ha ka Ekta Ka Mahakumbh (Mahakumbh jong ka jingiatylli) ha Prayagraj naduh ka 13 tarik Kyllalyngkot

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Ha ka 22 tarik Kyllalyngkot, 2024 ha ka Pran Pratishtha jong ka Ram Mandir ha Ayodhya, nga la kren shaphang ka Devbhakti bad Deshbhakti – ka jingaiti sha ka bor ba kyntang bad sha ka ri. Ha ka Mahakumbh ha Prayagraj, ki Blei bad ki riewkhuid, ki longkmie, ki khynnah, ki samla, ki riewtymmen bad ki briew na baroh ki bynta jong ka jingim ki la iawanlang. Ngi la sakhi ia ka jingkhie ka jingsngew jong ka ri. Kane kadei ka Ekta Ka Mahakumbh, ha kaba la pyniasoh ia ki jingsngew jong 140 klur ki briew jong ka ri ha kajuh ka jaka, ha kajuh ka por, na ka bynta kane ka jingialang ba kyntang.

Ha kane ka thain ba kyntang jong ka Prayagraj ha Shringverpur, ka jaka ba kyntang jong ka jingiatylli, ka shongsuk shongsain bad ka jingieid, kaba u Prabhu Shri Ram bad Nishadraj ki iakynduh. Ka jingiakynduh jong ki ka pyni ia ka jingiakynduh ka jingaiti bad ka jingsngew jan ia kiwei. Wat mynta, ka Prayagraj ka ai mynsiem ia ngi da kane kajuh ka jingngeit

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Haduh 45 sngi, nga la sakhi da ki klur ngut ki briew na man ki kyndong kynshrot jong ka ri ki leit sha ka Sangam. Ki jingsngew ba khlain ha kane ka jingiakynduh ka la kiew bha. Man u riewngeit u wan bad kawei ka thong- ban ioh ngam ha ka Sangam. Ka jingiakynduh ba kyntang jong ka Ganga, Yamuna, bad Saraswati ka pyndap ia man u pilkrim da ka mynsiem shitrhem, ka bor bad ka jingngeit skhem.

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Kane ka Mahakumbh ha Prayadraj kadei ka phang jong ka jingpule na ka bynta kito kiba pyntbit ha ka jingpyniaid kam, ka jingpynkhreh kam bad ki riewshemphang ha ka polisi. Ym don ha kano kano ka bynta jong ka pyrthei ka nuksa kaba kum kane.

Ka pyrthei ka peit da ka jingsngewlyngngoh kumno da ki klur ngut ki briew ki ialumlang ha Prayagraj ha ki rud jong ki wah ba iakynduhlang. Kine ki briew kim don kano kano ka jingshah khot sngewbha, kim don jingtip lypa halor lano ban leit. Hynrei da ki klur ngut ki briew ki mih ban leit sha Mahakumbh da la ka jong ka bor bad sngewthuh ia ka jingsuk mynsiem hadien ba ki la dep sum ha kane ka um kaba kyntang.

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Ngam lah ban klet ia kito ki durkhmat ba dap da ka jingkmen ba khraw bad ka jinghun hadien ka jingngam ba kyntang. Ki longkmie, ki riew rangbah, ki para jong ngi kiba don jing duna ha ki dkhot met – baroh ki ioh ka lad ban poi sha ka Sangam.

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ki samla jong ka ri. Ka jingdon jong ki samla ha ka Mahakumbh ka long ka khubor ba ki samla jong ka ri kin long ki dei kiba rah shakhmat ia ka deiriti bad ka dustur ba khraw jong ngi. Ki sngewthuh ia ka jingbahkhlieh jong ki ban pynneh pynsah ia ka bad ki kut jingmut ban rah ia ka shakhmat.

Ka jingdon jong ki briew kiba poi ha Prayagraj na ka bynta kane ka Mahakumbh khlem artatien ka la thaw ia ki rekod ba thymmai. Hynrei nalor kito kiba leit dalade, ki don ruh da ki klur ngut ki briew ki bym lah ban poi sha Prayagraj kiba iasoh ia kane ka kam lyngba ka ki jingsngew jong ki. Ka um ba kyntang ba rah da ki pilkrim kalong ka tyllong jong ka jingsuk mynsiem kaba kyntang ia ki million ngut. Bun kiba leitphai na ka Mahakumbh ki la ioh ka jingpdiang burom ha ki shnong jong ki, bad la pynkup burom da ka imlang sahlang

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ka la buh nongrim ia ki spah snem ban wan.

Ka jingpoi bun ki riewngeit ha Prayagraj kadei kaba ym shym la mutdur. Ki bor pyniaid ki la antad ia ka jingdon kiba wan katkum ki jingshem ha ki por ba la leit jong ka Kumbh.

Ki nongiashim bynta ha kane ka Ekta Ka Mahakumbh ki la jan tam arshah ia baroh ki briew kiba don ha United States.

Lada ki briew kiba pule shaphang ka jingngeit ki peit bniah ia ka jingiashim bynta shitrhem da ki klur ngut ki briew jong ka ri, kin lap ba ka India, ka sngewsarong ia ka pateng jong ka, mynta ka jam shaphrang sha ka bor ba thymmai. Nga ngeit ba kane kadei ka jingsdang jong ka juk ba thymmai, ka ban thoh ia ka lawei jong ka India kaba thymmai

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Da ki hajar snem, ka Mahakumbh ka la pynkhlain ia ka jingsngew jong ka ri. Ha man ka Purnakumbh la sakhi ia ka jingialum lang ki riewkhuid, ki riewshemphang kiba iakren shaphang ka jinglong ka imlang sahlang ha ki por jong ki. Ki jingshem jong ki ki dei kiba ai ka lynti ia ka ri bad ka imlang sahlang. Man ka hynriew snem, ha ka por jong ka Ardhkumbh, la peit biang ia kine ki jingshem. Hadien ki 12 tylli ki Purnakumbh kiba long ha ki 144 snem, ki rukom bym iahap shuh ki dei kiba la ieh noh, bad la pdiang ia ki jingmut kiba kham thymmai, bad ki rukom ba thymmai kiba la wanrah ki iaid shakhmat katkum ka por.

Hadien 144 snem, ha kane ka Mahakumbh, ki riewkhuid jong ngi sa shisien ki la ai ka khubor kaba thymmai na ka bynta ka jingiaid lynti ka India sha ka roi ka par. Kane ka khubor ka long Ka India kaba la Kiew Shaphrang – Viksit Bharat.

Ha kane ka Ekta Ka Mahakumbh, man u pilkrim, la u dei uba riewspah ne duk, la u dei na ki jaka nongkyndong ne ki jaka sor, na India ne nabar ka ri, na ka thain Mihngi ne Sepngi, ka thain shatei ne shathie, la u dei na kano kano ka bynta jong ka imlang sahlang ne kano kano ka rukom pyrkhat, ki la iawan lang. Kane ka dei ka dak jong ka jing thmu Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat kaba la ai ka jingskhem jingmut ia ki klur ngut ki briew. Mynta, ngi dei ban iawan lang ha kane ka juh ka rukom na ka bynta ka kam ban tei ia ka India kaba la kiew shaphrang.

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Nga kynmaw ia ka jingjia ha kaba u khynnah rit, Shri Krishna u la pyni ia ka dur jong baroh kawei ka jingthaw hapoh ka shyntur jong u sha ka kmie jong u ka Yashoda. Kumjuh, ha kane ka Mahakumbh, ki briew jong ka India bad ka pyrthei ki la sakhi ia ka lad kaba heh jong ka bor ba iatylli jong ka India. Mynta ngi dei ban iaid shakhmat da kane ka jingskhem jingmut bad aiti ialade na ka bynta ka jingtei ia ka India kaba la kiew shaphrang.

Ha ki por ba la dep, ki riewkhuid jong ka jingiakhih Bhakti ki la shem bad pynshlur ia ka bor jong ka jingiakut jingmut kaba tylli ha kylleng ka India. Naduh u Swami Vivekananda haduh u Sri Aurobindo, baroh ki riewshemphang kiba khraw ki pynkynmaw ia ngi shaphang ka bor jong ka jingiakut jingmut lang. Wat u Mahatma Gandhi ruh u la sakhi ia kane ha ka por jong ka jingiakhih na ka bynta ka jinglaitluid. Hadien ba la ioh jinglaitluid, lada kaba ka bor jong ka jingiatylli ka dei kaba la ithuh bad pyndonkam ban kyntiew ia ka bha ka miat jong baroh, kan la kylla sha ka bor kaba khlain na ka bynta ka ri kaba dang shu ioh jinglaitluid. Hynrei, ym shym la leh ia kane. Hynrei mynta, ng kmen ban sakhi ia ka rukom ba kane ka bor jong ka jingiatylli ki briew ka iawan lang na ka bynta ka India kaba la kiew shaphrang.

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Naduh ki Veda haduh u Vivekananda, naduh ki jingthoh ba hyndai haduh ki satellite ha kine ki por ba mynta, ki dustur ba khraw jong ka India ki la tei ia kane ka ri. Kum u briew jong kane ka ri, nga duwai ba ngin ioh mynsiem na ki jingkynmaw ia ki longshuwa bad ki riewkhuid. To ai ba kane ka Ekta Ka Mahakumbh kan iarap ia ngi ba ngin jam shakhmat da ki jingkut jingmut ba thymmai. To ngin pynlong ia ka jingtylli kum ka nuksa kaba ialam lynti ia ngi. To ngin trei da ka jingsngewthuh ba ka jingai jingshakri ia ka ri ka dei ka jingai jingshakri ia U Blei.

Ha ka por ialap elekshon jong nga ha Kashi, nga la ong, “Ka Maa Ganga ka la khot ia nga." Kane kam la dei tang ka jingsngew hynrei ka jingkhot na ka bynta ka jingbahkhlieh, na ka bynta ka jingkhuid jong ki wah ba kyntang jong ngi. Haba nga ieng ha ka jaka ba iakynduh ka Ganga, Yamuna, bad Saraswati ha Prayagraj, ka jingkut jingmut jong nga ka la kham khlain. Ka jingkhuid jong ki wah jong ngi ka don ka jingiadei kaba skhem bad ka jingim jong ngi. Ka dei ka jingbahkhlieh jong ngi ban ithuh ia ki wah jong ngi, la ki dei kiba heh ne rit, kum ki kmie kiba ai ka jingim. Kane ka Mahakumbh ka la ai mynsiem ia ngi ban bteng ka jingtrei na ka bynta ka jingkhuid jong ki wah jong ngi.

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Nga tip ba ka jingpynlong ia ka kam kaba heh haduh katne katne kam dei ka kam kaba suk. Nga duwai ia ka Maa Ganga, Maa Yamuna, bad Maa Saraswati ban map ia ngi lada ka la don kano kano ka jing duna ha ka jingngeit jong ngi. Nga iohi ia ki Janata Janardan, ki briew, kum ka dak jong ka jinglong kyntang. Lada ka la don kano kano ka jing duna ha ki jingpyrshang ban ai jingshakri ia ki, nga pan map na ki briew.

Da ki klur ngut ki briew ki la wan sha ka Mahakumbh da ka jingsngew kyntang. Ka jingai jingshakri ia ki ka la dei ka jingbahkhlieh ba la pyndep da kane ka juh ka jinglong kyntang. Kum u dkhot ka Parliament na Uttar Pradesh, nga lah ban ong ba hapoh ka jingialam jong u Yogi Ji, ki bor ba dei peit bad ki briew ki la iatrei lang ban wanrah jingjop ia kane ka Ekta Ka Mahakumbh. La ka dei ka Jylla ne ka Sorkar Pdeng, ym shym la don ki nongsynshar, hynrei baroh ki la long ki sevak. Ki nongtrei na ka bynta ka jingkhuid, ki pulit, ki nongking lieng, ki nongniah kali, ki briew kiba sam mar bam – baroh ki la trei shitom. Ka rukom ha kaba ki briew ka Prayagraj ki la pdiang burom ia ki pilkrim da ka mynsiem kaba kylluid watla ki la hap ban mad ia ki jingeh, ka dei kaba ai mynsiem bha. Nga ai ka jingsngewnguh ia ki bad ki briew jong ka Uttar Pradesh.

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Nga ju ngeit beit ha ka lawei kaba phyrnai ia ka ri jong ngi. Haba nga sakhi ia kane ka Mahakumbh, kane ka jingngeit jong nga ka la kiew bun bun shah.

Ka rukom ha kaba 140 klur ngut ki briew jong ka India ki la pynkylla ia ka Ekta Ka Mahakumbh kaba paw sha kylleng ka pyrthei ka dei kaba itynnad shisha. Da kaba ioh mynsiem na ka jingtrei shitom bad ka jingngeit kaba skhem jong ki briew jong ngi, shen ngan leit sha Shri Somnath, kaba nyngkong na ki 12 tylli ki Jyotirlinga, ban rah ia ki jingseisoh jong kine ki sienjam ba la iatreilang ha ka ri sha U bad duwai na ka bynta baroh ki briew jong ka ri.

Ka Mahakumbh ka dei kaba la dep ha ka Mahashivratri, hynrei kum ka jingtuid kaba shirta jong ka Ganga, ka jingkhlain ka jingngeit, ka jingsngew jong ka ri bad ka jingiatylli ba ka Mahakumbh ka la wanrah kan bteng ban ai mynsiem ia ngi ha kine ki por ban wan.