Ever since I found interest in History, I had been overwhelmingly baffled by the notion of a bright student leaving his career love and family for the welfare of the country and society. YES, this is true of Swami Vivekanda, Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Bose, Bhagat Singh and several others. This confusion drove me into reading History even more and I went a few centuries back in time and found two of India's most profound philosophers - Buddha and Mahavira. Their life and achievements further aggravated my confusion then I went outside the frontiers of my nation and came across men like Bismarck, Metternich, Cavour, Martin Luther, Lenin, Che Guevara and several others.
Then I came to a strange conclusion that there was something common among all these GREAT men. All of them had a firm faith in the intellect of a common man. Each of them set out of the 'comfort of well-being' into the future with no surety of success whatsoever. All they had with them was a thought and belief in themselves. Mind it, this is true of even JESUS ! Many had set foot on these sandy beaches of Social/ Political reforms, only a few succeeded, rest were either obliterated or thrown into obscurity. Then what is it that made them successful? After pondering a lot, I found that their greatest strength was their ability to use the right words and pick the right moment. The power of this ability is best illustrated in the life and achievements of Adolf Hitler - who motivated not just illiterate people but even the educated Germans.
What I intend to convey through this post is a lot simpler than what these men did. I just want to put forth that we should recognize the power of our 'words'. They are our 'messengers' and they must be 'handled with care'
Then I came to a strange conclusion that there was something common among all these GREAT men. All of them had a firm faith in the intellect of a common man. Each of them set out of the 'comfort of well-being' into the future with no surety of success whatsoever. All they had with them was a thought and belief in themselves. Mind it, this is true of even JESUS ! Many had set foot on these sandy beaches of Social/ Political reforms, only a few succeeded, rest were either obliterated or thrown into obscurity. Then what is it that made them successful? After pondering a lot, I found that their greatest strength was their ability to use the right words and pick the right moment. The power of this ability is best illustrated in the life and achievements of Adolf Hitler - who motivated not just illiterate people but even the educated Germans.
What I intend to convey through this post is a lot simpler than what these men did. I just want to put forth that we should recognize the power of our 'words'. They are our 'messengers' and they must be 'handled with care'
सही कहा दोस्त !! आपके शब्द ही वो उपकरण हैं, जो कभी संहारक हो जाते हैं तो उद्धारक भी बन जाते हैं. यह माना जाता है कि बड़े लोगों के छोटे शब्द भी बड़े ही होते हैं, और यह भी कि वे बड़े लोग तभी बड़े बनते हैं जब अपने शब्दों को बड़ा बनाते हैं.
ReplyDeleteIt is said - an arrow from a bow or a word from a mouth, once released can never be taken back. so 'handle with care' is the best principle in case of word-use.
ReplyDeleteYeah I think Uma you are right...we have to be careful....well I think you better understand all this more than us...and also you have live examples what is meant by "Power of words",,you are great Uma.......TC...Njoy
ReplyDeleteMy friend is very true about this....he is quite passionate about the Indian History...and he is master of that......blog was too good and undoubtedly we need to learn a lot from such great thinkers...
ReplyDeletewell said Uma. Let me add one beautiful poem to rejoice the power of words----
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Stronger, even, than the bond
that comes from having the
same mother
are the bonds we make
by sharing words....
ekhane mina mam ke chara ar kaukei chini na, sobar comment i bhalo laglo. ami hayto khub alada kichu bolbo na umada ba onneder theke, ekta dik sudhu tule dhorte chai, which would be in line with what you all said -- language or words have been given the prime importance here. In linguistics and Anthropology we come to know that Language is a skill which gives Man a better chance of survival, it has done so ever since. It was because of Man's thinking abilities, his Linguistic-communication skills which made him superior to animals, helped him progress, helped him surpass others. Now within our own species, a few Men are superior coz they do the right things at the right time and use language as a weapon and tool. what strikes me more here is that Umada has found out a common thread between political leaders on one hand and prophets or religious gurus on the other. the far-sightedness, perseverence, statesmanship, administrative qualities were the same in all these guys. they had a tremendous organizing capability and they could implement their visions into reality only through the proper use of cognitive and linguistics skills. so i appreciate Umada for placing these historical figures/idols on the same plane measuring them by the same parameter.
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