WE HAVE FORGOTTEN CHANAKYA NEETHI

                        WE HAVE FORGOTTEN CHANKYA NEETHI

                                          Dr K Prabhaakr Rao

        

         Chanakya also called Kautilya was the Prime Minister of  Magadha Kingdom during the time of Chandragupta Maurya. He is considered contemporary of Alexander the great who invaded Indian subcontinent long ago. He is famous for his book on Arthasastra a political treatise. He wrote:

 In a state where the ruler lives like a common man the citizens live like kings

And the state where the ruler lives like a king the citizens live like beggar

     How true he said! We have forgotten what he said. Unless  a ruler sacrifices his personal comfort  he can not make his people happy.But what is happening topday is opposite and this is happening now in India.  The great administrator and scholor Chanakya threw out Nanda dynasty that ruled at Pataliputra lock stock and barrel with the help of Chandraguta Maurya.They were the most powerful people in north India. Nandas were slain. There was bloodshed no doubt. Remember without bloodshed such revolutions can not succeed.If Chanakya went for non violence practices as taught by Buddha probably he would have been annihilated. It is also true that freedom gained without bloodshed will not be respected by people and they will not understand the value of it. Americans gained freedom by bloodshed. France gained it by blood shed. Russians threw our Czar by blood shed. Recently Egypt threw out Hoshni  Mubarak by blood shed. In Libya Gaddafi was out by blood shed. In recent times during WW II  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose said, Give me blood and I shall give you freedom. In India people are scared of giving blood for blood banks. What can be expected of them. In India, the people are suffering at the hands of elected rulers continuously and there is no end. There is no guarantee that the next govt can change things after 2014 elections Common man remains a sufferer and a victim of the pseudo economists. The recent  diesel and petrol and gas hikes will not effect the leaders. It affects common man. Even after fresh elections mould  would be same and castings have to be different. Can it happen? Chanakya stated that unless the rulers sacrificed their personal comforts they can not make people to live in comfort . Chankya was insulted by Nanda princes and he was thrown out by holding  his tuft.   He took an oath that he would destroy them soon and then only would take care of his tuft. In a forest he stepped ona thorn  andf  it pierced his foot. In anger Chanakya removed the thorn from his leg, burnt it to ashes mixed the ash in water and drank the water  in  vengeance. Sooon he found a man of his interest in Chandragupta and with his help he threwout Nada dynasty and Chandragupta was made the emperor of Magadha.

                   Today the rulers have forgotten their duty. They live in ivory towers and fleece people in different ways. It trickles  down to all levels. Just think of a district collector. At what pomp and show he lives!. Is it required and at whose cost he does? The attendees behave as if they are slaves. People still fall at feet of him at different meetings. The same is true for all central services guys. They are legally protected from prosecution. Nothing more is to be stated about our leaders. They are being treated as if they are specially born and brought up. They never identify themselves with common men. This trash buildsup up to the top to the highest level .Our President can not stay in a small house. He has to stay in the exGovernor Generals house in Delhi. There is no Indianization by Brown sahibs. Gandhi/s simplicity ( A good point of MKG) has been buried at Rajghat in 1948. Chanakya was very right. But we are now in Rakshasa Raj where devils rule. There is no Ram rajya.This is Ravana or Daitya Rajya.