850 Management Decision-making without reading files, and depending on Oral Explanations from Assistants

This is in continuation of post No. 849, at this blog. Click here to go to previous post 849. In that post, there is a reference to an article by renowned author Shri Aakar Patel's revelation about Shri Narendra Modi's tendency of not reading files, and depending on oral explanations and summarisations by Officers presenting the files. We shall recall that quote below:--

Courtesy above article of Shri Aakar Patel, from Deccan Chronicle:

Mr Modi also revealed that he was a “good listener” and was able to absorb what was being said to him well. When I heard him say this I thought it made him vulnerable to the bureaucrats he was trusting because he is dependent and can be fed as much or as little as the officer wants him to know. In the style of working as Mr Modi describes it, a complex matter that occupies dozens and perhaps hundreds of pages in files is reduced to an oral summary. It is possible that because of lack of time or because the issue is overly complex, the oral summary is simplistic.

"... On the basis of this summary, Mr Modi takes a decision and this is then executed through the administration. This style seems to have worked well for Mr Modi because he is thought of as being a good chief minister in his 12 years in Gujarat. These days, however, I have been again thinking about Mr Modi’s style of taking input in this form when taking decisions. That is because the Supreme Court is asking critical questions about the way in which the demonetisation policy was rolled out. The court wants to know if the policy was planned properly, or a decision was taken “just like that” when Mr Modi scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8. ..."

"...Another important thing he revealed was how he actually worked. Mr Modi said he doesn’t read files. This I found to be unusual in someone who is so decisive because one needs full control over the subject if one is eager to take big decisions. But Mr Modi says he cannot govern through “academics studies (sic)” and instead asks his officers to summarise all issues for him, and brief him orally. They are expected to go through the file and tell him, as he put it, “yeh masla hai kya”. He said he had the capacity to figure out the delicate contours of these issues without actually reading about them. He said this is because “mera itna grasping tha”. ..."

ybrao-a-donkey: TOP TEN ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ORAL EXPLANATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, SUBMISSIONS

1. Oral explanations, presentations, submissions, will not be on record. If the decision-maker also issues oral approvals / instructions / sanctions, there may not be problems for the approval-seekers and approval-makers, but the people who act on oral approvals / instructions / sanctions may end up in soup. This can happen both in Private Sector and Private Sector. This can happen not only in India, but can happen all over the world, wherever Management-decisions are taken, executed, monitored, controlled, and audited. In some organisations, there may be a practice of subordinates / peers who execute oral approval / instructions / sanctions communicating to such oral approval makers. The idea behind this post-facto communication may be, the executives who implement oral decisions may intend to save their skins. Even if the oral-instructor-sanctioner may choose to remain silent and abstain from saying categorically yes / no to the reporting executives, there may be an expectation that it will act as a sort of estoppel, with a ray of hope that instructor/approving/sanctioning authority cannot say that the matter has not come to its notice.

2. Wherever the approving / instructing / sanctioning authoritiy issues written approvals / instructions / sanctions, without reading files, on the basis of written explanations / presentations / submissions made by subordinates, in systems and sub-systems where the decision-maker is accountable to his/her bosses, it will not be a good defense for the decision-maker to take shelter of "not reading files under heavy work loads, and depending on oral explanations / presentations / submissions by subordinates".

In India, it may not be Shri Narendra Modi alone, who seems to have this tendency / compulsions of signing files without reading. As far as I can recollect, Mr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the deceased Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh, and who had a notoriety of earning Rs. one trillion for his son, too admitted that he signed some files without reading contents. It seems to be a common global custom.

Probable origin of this custom in India, after 1947: With the exception of Late Jawaharlal Nehru (first Prime Minister), Lal Bahadur Sastry (Second Prime Minister), Morarjee Desai (Fourth Prime Minister), to some extent Late P.V. Narasimha Rao (PM, 1991-96), other Prime Ministers and Union Cabinet Ministers, were / are likely to have this tendency / compulsion. For example, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, did not cross Senior Cambridge. Those who have the endurance / tolerance / aptitude / diligence to read long texts do not normally stop their education with Senior Cambridge or a single academic degree. Whether they pursue their higher University Education or not, reading texts will become their life-long habit. Indian Laws, and Sections of Acts, Government Notifications, Circulars, Letters tend to be long-winding, and circumlocutory. Comprehending them in a single reading, or with a cursory glance is not going to be easy.

Many Central Ministers, Chief Ministers of States, Ministers in States, either have a landlord background or an trader/industrialist background. In both the backgrounds, there will be no need for them to "read texts", which is supposed to be a dirty work of clerks, Secretaries, Managers, Accountants, Lawyers. They bring the files, and the owners of swathes of land / Corporate glamor businesses / industrial group companies / Multi-Nationals and their Indian Joint-Venture-Subsidiaries, just add their autographs in style, to the files to smudge some grace and gloss to them. These signing ceremonies can be held even in Five Star Hotel Swimming Pools, Clubs, anywhere. We can even make wild guesses about where the files / papers may be signed. For example, in what locale / environment, Mr. Vijay Mallya, the fugitive Indian businessman taking shelter in London, might have signed his KingFisher and United Breweries files / papers? When the papers are kept on the thighs of girls, on a pleasure yacht?

3. WHAT IS THE OBJECT OF BRINGING TRUSTED BUREAUCRATS INTO KEY POSITIONS? It is a common practice not only among Politicians / Senior Bureaucrats GLOBALLY to bring their trusted persons into key positions. In the background, will be a blind belief that trusted persons are not going to breach the trust imposed in them. And this blind trust, will lead to "blind signing" of documents / orders, on the basis of oral explanations. Few years back, when Mr. Ratan Tata brought in Cyrus Mistry to lead Tata Companies, what were Mr. Tata's expectations? And by 2016, why those expectations got evaporated?

4. PARADOXES OF DELEGATING WHERE DELEGATION IS NOT NECESSARY, AND NOT DELEGATING WHERE IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. . This is a peculiar, but crucial question/ situation which many top Decision-makers, be they politicians, bureaucrats, CEOs, Chair Persons, Board Persons tend to ignore. We know, whether it is Business Administration / Management, Political Administration / Management, or some other Administration / Management, Centralisation of decision-making, makes the DECISION-MAKER an extremely powerful person in organisations / systems. But at the same time, such excessive centralisations can make the TOP DECISION MAKERS prisoners of their own gold-platinum-diamond cages. Excess Centralisation makes both the TOP DECISION MAKERS and the ORGANISATIONS / SYSTEMS vulnerable, when workloads go beyond endurance levels of single individuals. Consequently, decision-makers, develop a habit of not reading files (anyway it is a dirty task to be done by clerks, lower managers / administrators.), and asking questions like “yeh masla hai kya” and “mera itna grasping tha”.

I could cover only 4 out of 10 issues. The remaining six questions will be dealt with in the next blog post.

TAIL PIECE धूम केतु తోక చుక్క

There are FOUR anecdotes, associated with the fond inspire-er of our beloved Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The inspire-ator was Swami Vivekananda. 1) First anecdote: Swami Vivekananda is credited with eidetic-photographic memory by his staunch admirers and his cult-clan followers. Location Meerut. Year 1890. A librarian doubted Swamiji's capability to read one book per day. Swamiji was said to have answered all questions asked by the librarian and convinced him about his photographic memory.

2. 1891. Ajit Singh, Raja of Khetri, who gave Swami Vivekananda, his name "Vivekananda". Swami Vivekananda showed his photographic memory to the Ruler of Khetri.

3. Haripada Mitra, Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of Belgaum. Swami Vivekananda demonstrated his photographic memory of Pickwick Papers.

4. Year 1901. Vivekananda returned from his second trip of US and Europe. He was staying at Belur Math, resting on a couch. To Saratchandra Chakravarti (Swamiji's disciple), Swamiji demonstrated his photographic memory of reading 10 volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica, by answering questions which Shri Chakravarti was reported to have asked.

So, is there any wonder if Mr. Narendra Modi has a 56" chest, and if he asks "mErA itnA grasp thA?" (I have so much understanding?)

To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.

759 Dr. Kancha Ilaiah and Swami Vivekananda, some similarities.

Dr. Kancha Ilaiah, Professor of Political Science at Maulana Azad Urdu University, Hyderabad, may please study Indian Economic Problems in depth, before he continues to advise people vigorously that they should eat more and more beef and goat-heads. India is a poor country with 130 million population, bulk of whom are unable to earn two square meals a day. He seems to be suffering from an obsession of hating Brahmins. He cannot equate 21st Century Brahmins with 2000 BC Aryan Brahmins, 1000 BC Aryan Brahmins, 0 AD Aryan Brahmins, 1000 AD Medieval Brahmins. He has to do lot of homework, to appreciate the evolution of socio-economic environment in India.

"...Vegetarianism is anti-nationalism. ..." (at Lucknow, on 15th Apr. 2016. Context: His speech on the subject of Dr BR Ambedkar's political empowerment in a function held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, to celebrate 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar.).

"For me, my nation starts with eating beef. Unfortunately, we gave up eating beef and our brains are not growing now. There is no enough protein..."

"... Though I am not very tall and strong but my brain is working because I ate a lot of goat brain in my childhood. ..."

"... Vegetarianism will destroy the brain capacity. You cannot compete with vegetarian nationalism with China, Korea, Japan and America who are full scale `beefarians', `porkians', fisharians and even `frogarians'. Whatever is now poison they are eating, there brain is growing. ..."

"The whole steel industry is collapsing from here to England because China is producing steel in such a manner that all our economists are in doldrums, nothing is being understood by Indian economists. This is because, the Chinese brain has gone so sharp, our economists vegetarians brains are not working."

"... At times, the PM sweeps the road. I said when you were a shudra you were doing that. What are you doing now. Ask Arun Jaitely or Arun Shourie to sweep the roads. I am very happy to know that PM is learning English. At least a Shudra is trying. The only problem is vegetarianism doesn't have a quick learning. He should eat good food ..."

"... At a time when Socrates and Plato were writing about justice and republic, scholars here were busy writing about Kamasutras. ..." "... Do we need to write a book about that (kamasutras)? Animals know how to live a sexual life, why are you teaching it at 1st century AD ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

1. We have to respect the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression of Dr. Ilaiah. At the sametime, sometimes, he appears to cross his limits of 'Freedom of Speech' granted by our Constitution. Then, in India, many others (probably including myself) may be crossing these limits, unintentionally or deliberately. Anyway, I appeal to Dr. Ilaiah to tone down his hatred towards 21st Century Brahmins who are different from 2000 BC Aryan Brahmins, 1000 BC Brahmins, 0 AD Brahmins, 1000 AD Brahmins. Just as Dalits, Upper Sudras, Lower Sudras have changed during these 4000 years of Indian History, Brahmins too have changed. Our Education, our learning has to make us better citizens. There is nothing wrong in speaking or writing truth. But while speaking or writing bitter truths, it will be better to occasionally caution the listeners / readers that it will be better they abstain from listening or reading if their sentiments are likely to be hurt. Dr. Ilaiah may not like Sanskrit maxims, but here is one Sanskrit maxim:

priyam brUyAt
satyam brUyAt
na bruyAt satyam apriyam.

Approximate English: Say what will be liked by the listener. Tell truth. But do not tell truth which is likely to hurt the listener.

This maxim seems to have certain limitations. The speaker/writer cannot withhold truth for unlimited periods, simply because it hurts the listener / reader. Someday or other the truth has to come out. Appropriateness of place and time may have to be kept in mind.

Like sugar coated pills, even unpleasant things can be communicated in carefully worded language, and also by pre-warning the listener / reader.

Dr. Ilaiah has to keep in mind that because some injustice has taken place to Dalits in gone-bye Centuries, it does not mean that he can throw rubbish on 21st Century Brahmins. Besides, he cannot prove with the available evidence that Ancient Brahimins alone were responsible for all the injustices that had taken place to Dalits, and Lower Sudras. Whatever injustices took place, they happened at the commands of Rulers, whether they were Kshatriyas (warrior caste by birth), or by Upper Sudras who were Rulers throughout these 4000 years. Very rarely, ancient and medieval Brahmins ruled India, such as Maratha rule, Pushya Mitra Sringa's rule. Most of the times, Brahmins were only Accountants. Upper Sudras were Kings, and Heads of Regions, Heads of Villages.

2. As long as people do not get misled by the utterances of great pundits of all hues (includes not only Dr. Kancha Ilaiah, Shri Katti Padma Rao, -- but also our pravachana kartas in Temples who have fancy titles such as 'ratnAkara (Ocean, treasure of gems)', 'cakravarti (Emperor)', gnAna putra (son of Supreme-awareness) etc., we can laugh, examine each statement separately and decide whether to accept them or not.

If Dr. Ilaiah is obsessed with finding fault with some castes for the ills done to Lower Sudras and Dalits, he should ask the ancient-medieval upper sudras, why they did that. The 21st Century Upper Sudras who happen to be landlords in our villages, business persons and industrialists in our cities, seem to be continuing THOSE OPPRESSIVE ACTIVITIES on dalits and lower SUdrAs even now.

For example, the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are being ruled by just four LANDED CASTES. Naming them will not be appropriate. Dr. Kancha Ilaiah can go and ask the Telangana State Chief Minister K. Chandra Sekhara Rao, and Residual Andhra Pradesh State Chief Minister, Mr. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu, "which are those four landed castes", and why they alone are occupying all the important posts, and ruling these two States. Dr. Ilaiah can also ask them why the personal differences between Mr. KCR and Mr. Naidu, led to an unjust bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh.

3. About Vegetarianism: Swami Vivekananda too seemed to have had views similar to Dr. Kancha Ilaiah. While Dr. Ilaiaih believes that India had started as a beef eating Nation, this ybrao-a-donkey believes that humans having evolved from vegetarian monkeys, Ancient Indians might have started as vegetarians, and later shifted to different types of non-vegetarian foods under influences from foreign invaders and migrants. I wrote at one of my blogposts here, that ancient Indians might have learnt beef eating from Aryan migrants from North Europe.

4. One letter by Swami Vivekananda to Raja Ajit Singh, Ruler of Khetri, arguing that vegetarians should eat grass is worth quoting here. Probably for this wisdom, Khetri Ruler might have given the name of 'Swami Vivekananda' to our Swamiji who earlier had different names, apart from his parent-given name of Narendranath Datta. As a reward for reading his mind, Raja of Khetri might have provided funds to send Vivekananda to Chicago Parliament of Religions. Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ajit Singh on 22nd May 1893, before going to the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

"...If our digestive apparatus is exactly like that of a cow — we ought and must be able to eat and digest grass. In that case poor Indians are fools to die of starvation in famine times while their natural food, grass, is so abundant, and your Highness' servants are fools to serve you while they have only to get up the nearest hillock and get a bellyful of grass instead of undergoing all the trouble of serving others!!! Grand American discovery indeed!!! Only I hope the holy dungs of such human cows may become of great use to the wonderful American author and his Indian disciple. Amen. So much for the cow-human theory. ..."

5. Vivekananda wants us to eat grass, whereas we eat rice and wheat which are nothing but different forms of grass seeds. Are we not surviving healthily with some minor ailments whereas Vivekananda concluded that he should eat nothing but meat and not drink water for combating his illnesses? In spite of eating all types of meat , Swami Vivekananda suffered numerous diseases, searched for 'karakkAya (myrobalan)' as a cure in his last days, and died at an early age of 39?

6. Even from the point of view of Indian Poverty and Indian Economics, it will be cheaper to produce 1 kg. of wheat, when compared to the cost of producing 1 kg. of goat's meat or beef. Our 130 million Indians are unable to get 2 square meals of vegetarian food every day. Where can we get beef and mutton? A pair of idlis cost Rs. 15/- today. How much will a goat-head-curry cost? In University Hostels, it may be cheap.

7. Dr. Ilaiah, like Swami Vivekananda seems to be suffering from an illusion that only non-vegetarians, particularly beef-eaters alone, will be physically strong, & can invent great things, and contribute to production and growth. Numerous factors contribute to growth of Nations. Dr. Ilaiah can, if he wants to help Indians sincerely, conduct research into those numerous factors, instead of harping on the merits of beef eating.

This blog post has Part 2. I shall try to write shortly.

Subject to corrections and deletions. A lot more is to be added. To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.

706 Part 2/10 Nationalism and Patriotism of Swami Vivekananda - A discussion on a speech of Shri V.V. Lakshmi Narayana, JD, CBI

Recapitulation: This is in continuation of our blog-post No. Link: 704 , wherein we have started discussing about a talk given by Shri V.V. Lakshmi Narayana, Former Joint Director, CBI, For Joint Commissioner, Thane, and 2016 Additional D.G.P., Maharashtra, to Indian Youth. Unfortunately, in 704 we had to dedicate entire space to explain the triggers which have led to this ten post series. In that particular post, I expressed an anxiety (a personal opinion, not intended to be a comment on Indian Judicial System), that the disproportionate assets case of Shri Chandra Babu Naidu, 9 + 2+ years Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, was not given adequate investigation by the Joint Director, CBI, Hyderabad, as A.P. High Court was under pressure to dispose off a Writ filed by Shri Naidu and 11 others, including Reliance, in Supreme Court. About the 'more than hour-long' speech delivered by our JD,CBI at Shri Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, for a Vibrant India, we could not discuss. Though we need a thousand pages to write about the issues which have come up in the speech, we planned to take up some of them for discussion, without any malice towards anybody. Our beloved Lakshmi Narayana gAru wants every house in India to produce Vivekanandas.

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

I personally view that, instead of having role models for emulations, it will be better if child Indians are allowed to grow up in a neutral (neither too "ethical" nor too "unethical") environment. Blind emulation of somebody who has been glorified by others, without knowing into facts and truths, may lead to skewnesses in growth patterns of children. For example, there are at least 100 unknown near-facts about Swami Vivekananda, which needed deeper investigation. Not that everything about Swami Vivekananda is shady or shaky. He had his own great moments of glory inasmuch as gray areas of groping in ignorance and superstition. In my previous blog posts, I have expressed an anxiety that our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, and our Urban Development Minister Shri Venkaiah Naidu have not APPARENTLY DEEPLY studied the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. But, then, they are just ordinary politicians. In this country, we do not expect much from politicians.

Our learned Shri V.V. Lakshmi Narayana garu is an I.A.S. topper. What wondered me very much when I was viewing the re-telecast of his speech, on Siti News Channel (For those who wish to download its mp3 file I repeat the link here again: Click), is as a learned I.A.S. Topper, how he could not have thought of going deeply into the HAGIOGRAPHIC NATURE of the preachings, quotes, reminiscences, stories, things, utopias etc. woven around Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, and Swami Vivekananda, before making up his mind, to produce Vivekanandas on a large scale. I hope at least, he will do it now, as unduly glorifying people can be as unfruitful as maligning people.

What we shall try to take up now, for the benefit of those who do not know about the HAGIOGRAPHIC NATURE of the writings about Swami Vivekananda, together with proof, from his Complete Works.

GRAY AREA NO. 1: Was Swami Vivekananda a great Nationalist and Patriot?

All of us are aware that, today, Nationalism and Patriotism are burning topics today. What constitutes Nationalism, and Patriotism, there are no definitions. It may be sufficient for us to say "Bharat mAtA ki jai" to circulate ourselves as great Nationalists and Patriots.

Common belief among Indians is Swami Vivekananda was a great Nationalist and Patriot. Whether this is a right conception or a misconception, I am neither qualified nor do I have an intention to pass value judgements. Readers can decide for themselves. As a sample workout for minds, I furnish below a quote from Swami Vivekananda (Our beloved Lakshmi Narayana garu has asked us in his speech, to open our days, remembering quotes of Swami Vivekananda).

In 1897, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was held in London. Raja of Khetri wanted Swami Vivekananda to accompany him to London, for the Golden Jubilee. Swamiji was also eager to go to London and attend the Golden Jubilee, but his Doctors did not allow him, because he was suffering from diabetes.

PROOF

Swami Vivekananda, wrote from Almora, to Ms. Joe Joe (Josephine Macleod) on July 10, 1897:

"... I have taken to the Himalayas, tired of lecturing and orating. I am so sorry the doctors would not allow my going over with the Raja of Khetri to England, and that has made Sturdy mad. ..."

PROOF 2

Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ramakrishnanda from Kashmir, on Sept. 30, 1897. By this time, Raja of Khetri went to London, attended Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and was returning back to India, at Gateway of India, Bombay. Vivekananda wanted the Chennai Math in-charge, and his Brother disciple Swami Ramakrishnanda to go to Mumbai and receive the Raja.

" ... PS. The Maharaja of Khetri is reaching Bombay on the 10th October. Don't forget to present him an address of welcome. ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

During the period in question, there was plague all over India. Sitting in Himalayas (Almora a cool centre), Swamiji was directing plague relief work. But Swamiji's mind was in London, about the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, to which he could not accompany Khetri and attend. In this eagerness for Queen Victoria, where is the place for Nationalism, Patriotism, and Longing for Freedom for the country?

The ruler of Khetri was returning from London after attending the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria after paying tributes to the British Royalty.

Why should Ramakrishnananda go from Madras to Mumbai for welcoming Khetri?

Was it a monk's job?

Who would pay Ramakrishnanda's travelling expenses from Madras to Bombay?

Swami Vivekananda was not willing to help the Madras Math, by sparing surplus from his Reception lecture funds.

Should Vivekananda's loyalty and subservience to the Khetri (Khetri was paying a monthly allowance of Rs. 100/- to Swami Vivekananda), extend to Ramakrishnananda also?


In the next blog post, we shall take up "Indians are Lazy Rogues" opinion of Swamiji.

Subject to substantial Revision, additions and deletions. To continue and revise this, with more proof.. सशेष. సశేషం.

120 Don't take water, eat meat only నీళ్ళు తాగద్దు, మాంసం మాత్రమే తినాలి

120 Vivekananda's respect towards cows & vegetarianism

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చర్చనీయాంశాలు: స్వామి వివేకానంద

స్వామి వివేకానంద గారికి శాకాహారం అన్నా, ఆవులు అన్నా ఎంత గౌరవం ఉండేదో ప్రతి వివేకానంద అభిమాని, గోరక్ష అభిమాని తెలుసుకోటానికి ప్రయత్నించటం అవసరం.

స్వామీజీ భారతీయులకు, 3బీ లు ఉండాలని బోధించేవారు. 1. భగవద్ గీత 2. బైసెప్స్ (కండలు) 3. బీఫ్ (ఆవు మాంసం).

భారతీయులు కండలు లేక పోవటం వల్లనే యుధ్ధాల్లో ఓడిపోయారని, దౌర్బల్యం వల్ల పలు రంగాల్లో వెనుకబడ్డారని, కాబట్టి భారతీయులకి కండ బలం అవసరమని, ఆ కండబలం కావాలంటే బైసెప్స్ వ్యాయామం, మాంససేవనం ఉండాలని స్వామీజీ దృఢనమ్మకం. భారతీయులు తమ పొట్టలను బియ్యంతో నింపటం వల్ల సకల వ్యాధులకు గురి అవుతున్నారని స్వామీజీ బోధన. తన నమ్మకానికి అనుగుణంగా ఆయన షాడ్ చేపలు, తాబేళ్లు, చికెన్, మటన్, వగైరాలు భుజిస్తూ అవి లేనప్పుడు కొంత అసౌకర్యానికి గురి అవుతుండేవారు. వీటికి సాక్ష్యాలు కావలసినవారు స్వామి వివేకానంద జీవిత చరిత్రలను, సంపూర్ణరచనలను కూలంకషంగా పరిశీలించుకోవచ్చు.

ఇక్కడ ఒకే వ్యాసంలో అన్నిటినీ పరిశీలించటం సాధ్యంకాదు, అప్పుడప్పుడు వీలుచిక్కినపుడు చర్చిద్దాం. ఈరోజుకు మచ్చుకు ఒకటి.

ఈఫొటోలో ఉంది ఖేత్రీ సంస్థానానికి రాజు. ఈయన పేరు అజిత్ సింగ్. ఈఖేత్రీ రాజస్థాన్ రాష్ట్రంలో, ఝుంఝున్ను జిల్లాలో ఉన్నది. రాజస్థాన్ లో ఈప్రాంతాన్ని షేకావత్ ప్రాంతం అంటారు. స్వామీజీకి వివేకానందా అనే పేరు ఇచ్చింది ఖేత్రీరాజుగారే. స్వామీజీకి ప్రత్యేక కాషాయ తలపాగ, నడుముకి ప్రత్యేక బెల్టు ఇచ్చింది ఖేత్రీరాజుగారే. శ్రీఅజిత్ సింగ్ గారికి తనకు కలిగిన పుత్రసంతానం స్వామీజీ దయతో కలిగినదే అని నమ్మకం. వివేకానంద అసలు తల్లి భువనేశ్వరి దేవి గారికి నెలకు రూ. 100 భత్యం (ఆనాటి ధరలలో పెద్ద మొత్తమే) ఖేత్రీరాజుగారు ఏర్పాటు చేసారు. ఈఅజిత్ సింగ్ నే, స్వామీజీ 'ఈభూమిపై నాకున్న ఏకైక స్నేహితుడు' అని ప్రకటించారు. తెల్లవాళ్ళకి జపం చేసుకోటానికి, పులితోళ్ళు ఇచ్చి వారితో స్వామీజీ మైత్రి చేసుకోటానికి, ఖేత్రీరాజు గొప్పగా సహకరించేవాడు. ఈఖేత్రీరాజుగారికి చెన్నై ప్రాంత ఊటీనుండి శ్రీవివేకానంద గారు లేఖలు వ్రాశారు.
ఇది ఖేత్రీలో వివేకానంద శ్రీఅజిత్ సింగ్ గారినుండి ఆతిథ్యం పొందిన ప్రదేశ్ కావచ్చు

On our way we had the company of Mr.Ramnath, the charan headmaster of the Jeypore noble's school. He and I had a bout on my first coming out of Khetri years ago, about vegetarianism. He had in the meantime got hold of some American writers and pounced upon me with his arguments from them. His author, he said, has proved to his satisfaction that the human digestive organs including the teeth are exactly like those of the cow. Therefore, man is designed by nature to be a vegetarian animal. He is a very good and nice gentleman and I did not want to disturb his confidence in the American hobbyist but one thing was on the tip of my tongue. If our digestive apparatus is exactly like that of a cow, we ought and must be able to eat and digest grass. In that case poor Indians are fools to die of starvation in famine times while their natural food, grass, is so abundant, and your Highness' servants are fools to serve you while they have only to get up the nearest hillock and get a bellyful of grass instead of undergoing all the trouble of serving others!!! Grand American discovery indeed!!! Only I hope the holy dungs of such human cows may become of great use to the wonderful American author and his Indian disciple. Amen. So much for the cow-human theory.

వైబీరావుగాడిద అభిప్రాయాలు

ఆవు యొక్క దంత నిర్మాణం, మనిషి యొక్క దంతనిర్మాణంలో కొన్ని పోలికలు ఉన్నాయి కాబట్టి మనిషికి శాకాహారం మేలు అని అమెరికన్ లు, రామనాథ్ అనే ఆజైపూర్ నోబుల్ స్కూల్ హెడ్ మాస్టర్ గారు, పొరపాటు పడితే పడి ఉండవచ్చు.
ఇక్కడ ఖేత్రీగారి మెప్పు కోసం వివేకానంద గారు ఆహెడ్ మాస్టారిని ఘోరంగ ఎగతాళి చేయటం అన్యాయం.

కరువు వచ్చినప్పుడు గడ్డితింటే సరిపోదా అని వివేకానంద హేళన చేశారు.

ఒకసారి పెద్దతుఫాను వచ్చి ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో పంటలన్ని తుడిచిపెట్టుకుపోయాయి. పొలాల్లో గడ్డి భారీగ ఉండటంతో, పాడి, పాలు, పెరుగు దొరికేవిట. కాని ధాన్యం లేకపోటంతో తిండి కరువయ్యిందిట. అపుడు జనం రేగడి మట్టిలో పెరుగు కలుపుకొని తిన్నారట. మన పెద్దలు చెప్తూ ఉంటారు. బియ్యం, గోధుమలు, మొక్కజొన్న, సజ్జ, ఇవన్నీ గడ్డిజాతులే.

మొదట మనిషి శరీర జీర్ణ వ్యవస్థ మాంసాహారానికి అనువుగా రూపొందినప్పటికి, కాలగమనంలో మాంసాహారానికి కొరత వచ్చిగానీ, ఇతర కారణాల వల్లగానీ, శాకాహారానికి అనువుగా జీర్ణవ్యవస్థ పరిణామం పొందటం మొదలయింది. ఇంకా పూర్తికాలేదు. ఇపుడు మనిషి ఆమ్నీవోరస్ అంటే అన్నీ తింటాడు. కార్నీవోరస్ మాత్రమే కాదు. హెర్బీవోరస్ మాత్రమేకాదు.

ఓ మహారాజా, మీ సేవకులు ఇతరులకి సేవకులుగా పడిఉండేకన్నా కొండమీదికెళ్ళి కడుపునిండా గడ్డి తెచ్చుకుంటే సరిపోతుంది కదా అని స్వామీజీ వ్రాయటం ఆయన అపరిపక్వ జ్ఞానాన్ని సూచిస్తుంది.

స్వామీజీ ఈలేఖ 1893లో వ్రాశారు. 1897కల్లా స్వామీజీగారి మధుమేహం (చక్కెర వ్యాధి డయాబెటిస్) బయటపడింది. ఇతర పలు రోగాలు కూడ బయట పడ్డాయి. తన వ్యాధి తగ్గాలంటే, ఇంక నీళ్ళు తాగకూడదని, మాంసాహారం మాత్రమే తీసుకోవాలని స్వామీజి దీక్షపట్టినట్లున్నారు. 26-3-1897 నాడు స్వామీజీ డార్జిలింగ్ నుండి, అమెరికాలోని మిసెస్. ఓల్ బుల్ గారికి వ్రాశారు.

The demonstrations and national jubilations over me are over — at least I had to cut them short, as my health broke completely down. The result of this steady work in the West and the tremendous work of a month in India upon the Bengalee constitution is "diabetes". It is a hereditary foe and is destined to carry me off, at best, in a few years' time. Eating only meat and drinking no water seems to be the only way to prolong life — and, above all, perfect rest for the brain. I am giving my brain the needed rest in Darjeeling, from where I am writing you now.

వైబీరావు గాడిద వ్యాఖ్య

నీతి ఏమిటి? మనకి ఏ జబ్బు వచ్చినా నీళ్ళు తాగకూడదు. మాంసం మాత్రమే తినాలి. కరువు వచ్చినా సరే గడ్డితో తయారయిన బియ్యం, గోధుమలు వంటివి తినకూడదు. ఐస్ క్రీం తినచ్చు.

కుతూహల ప్రశ్న: స్వామీజీ కలకత్తానుండి వ్రాయకుండా డార్జిలింగ్ నుండి ఎందుకు వ్రాస్తున్నారు?

జవాబు: ఓస్ అంతేగా. స్వామీజీకి కూలింగ్ సెంటర్లంటే మక్కువ. ఆల్మోరా, డార్జీలింగ్, ముస్సోరీ, కాశ్మీర్, ఊటీ, ఆల్ప్స్ పర్వతాలు వంటి చల్లటి ప్రదేశాలను మాత్రమే స్వామీజీ ఇష్టపడతారు. అప్పటి కింకా ఏ.సీ. లు రాలేదు. ఇప్పటి స్వామీజీలైతే ఎ.సీ. గదుల్లో సేద తీరుతారు. ఎ.సీ. కార్లలో తిరుగుతారు. మాయవతి ఆల్మోరాలో మంచి ఆశ్రమం నిర్మించుకోవాలని స్వామీజీ కోరిక, విదేశీ శిష్యులు సహకరించనందు వల్ల కుదరలేదు.