Wednesday, February 12, 2025

🧠āĻŽāύে āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āύি⧟āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϜাāύো 🧠

āύেāϞাāĻ—ে, āύেāĻĒা⧟ , āĻŦে⧟া āĻ•াāĻŽ , āĻĒাāĻĒ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি⧟ে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•িāĻŦা āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰ে āϜাāύো। āĻŦেāϞেāĻ—ে āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āĻ•āϞে āĻŦা āϞিāĻ–িāϞে āĻŦুāϞি⧟ে āφāĻŽি āĻŽাāύো āϜাāύো āĻŦা āĻŽাāύিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āϜাāύো। āĻ•ি⧟ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•āĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰াāϟো āωāϚিāϤ। āϧ⧰্āĻŽ āĻ—ুā§°ুā§ąে āĻšāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻŦা āĻŽāύোāĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύী⧟ে āĻšāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•ি⧟ āφāĻŽি āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āĻŦা āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰ো। āĻāϜāύāĻ• āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰া āĻŦা āĻāϟা āϧ⧰্āĻŽāĻ• āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰া āĻŽাāύেāχ āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻā§° āϏৃāώ্āϟি āύāĻšā§Ÿ āϜাāύো।

āχāωāϟিāωāĻŦā§° āĻ­াāĻ—ā§ąāϤ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻļুāĻŖিāϞো āĻŦোāϞে āϏেāύ্āĻĻুā§° āĻĻি⧟াāϜāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ে āĻŦেāϞেāĻ—āϞৈ āϚোā§ąাāϟো āĻ…āĻĒā§°াāϧ, āĻŦেāϞেāĻ—ā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύীāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাāϟো āĻĒাāĻĒ, āĻĻুāĻĒাāϤ্āϤাāĻ–āύ āύাāĻĨাāĻ•িāϞে āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āύাāĻĒাāϤ্āϤা āĻšৈ āϝা⧟ āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি.. āĻāχāĻŦিāϞাāĻ• āϏāĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āϕ⧰া āϕ⧰্āĻŽ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖেāĻšে āĻ•োāύোāĻŦাāχ āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦা āύাāĻĒা⧟ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•āĻŦ āϞāĻ—া āĻšৈāĻ›ে। 

āĻŽāχ āύিāϜāĻ•ে āĻļুāϧো āϝে āĻ­াāĻ—ā§ąāϤ⧰ āφāĻ–্āϝা āĻĻি , āĻ­āĻ—ā§ąাāύāĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖā§° āϭ⧟ āĻĻেāĻ–োā§ąাāχ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āϕ⧰্āĻŽ āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•āϞে āφāĻŽি āĻŽাāύিāĻŽ āϜাāύো ? āĻ­াā§ąāĻ•āϚোāύ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύāϜāύ āĻ­āĻ•āϤে āύাāĻŽāϘ⧰⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤে āϧāĻĒাāϤ āĻŽāϞী āĻ–া⧟। ā§°াāώ্āϟা⧟ে āϘাāϟে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ• āĻ•িāϞোāĻŽিāϟাā§°ে āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§° āĻŦা āύাāĻŽāϘ⧰ āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĒোā§ąা āϝা⧟ , āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāĻŽি āϜাāύো āύাāĻĒা⧟ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻ•াāϝ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻ›ো।

āϏāĻŽাāϜে āĻŦে⧟া āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­ā§ąা āĻĻূā§°্āύীāϤি, āĻŽāĻĻā§° āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ, āĻŦেāĻļ্āϝাāϞ⧟ āĻĻিāύāĻ• āĻĻিāύে āĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āĻ—ৈ āφāĻ›ে। āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύেāϞাāĻ—ে āϤাāĻ• āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰ি āϏেāχ āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝāĻ• āύāϕ⧰া āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াā§ąিāĻŦā§° āĻ•োāύো āĻĨāϞ āύাāχ । āĻāχ āĻ…āĻĒā§°াāϧ āĻŦা āĻĒাāĻĒ āĻŦা āĻ­āĻ—ā§ąাāύ āĻŦা āφāύāĻ•োāύো āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ⧟ে āφāĻŽাā§° āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āύি⧟āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰াāϤ āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āφāĻŽাā§° āĻŽāύ āĻŦিāϞাāĻ•ে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ­াāϞāĻ•ৈ āύাāĻ•āϤ āϧ⧰ি āϚাāĻ•āϤ āϘুā§°া⧟।

āĻ•ি⧟ āĻŽāύ āϝা⧟? āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āĻŦাāύ্āϧি āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āϜ⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āϝাāĻŦ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ে? āϧ⧰্āĻŽāϤ āĻŽāύāϟো āĻŦāύ্āϧাā§° āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āφāĻ›ে āϜাāύো? āĻļংāϕ⧰ āϏংāϘ⧰ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϟোāϤ āϏেāχ āĻļিāĻ•āϞীāĻĄাāϞ āφāĻ›ে āϜাāύো? āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āĻŦাāύ্āϧিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āϜাāύো?

āĻŽāύāϟোā§° āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āφāĻŽি āύুāĻŦুāϜিāϞে āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āϜ⧟ āϕ⧰া āĻ…āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ą । āĻĻুā§°্āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝāĻŦāĻļāϤঃ āĻŽāχ āϜাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āϧ⧰্āĻŽāĻŦোā§°ে āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āĻŦুāϜাāϤ āϏāĻ•্ā§°ি⧟ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝāĻ•্āώ āĻ­াā§ąে āϏāĻšা⧟ āύāϕ⧰ে। āύি⧟āĻŽ-āύীāϤি āĻŦিāϧিā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āφāϚāϞ āϏāϤ্āϝāϟো āϞোāĻ•াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ি āϝা⧟।

āĻŽāĻĻāĻ­াāĻ—ā§ąāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ—ীāϤাāϤ āϏāϤ্āϝāĻ• āĻŦাā§°ে āĻŦাā§°ে āωāύুāĻ•ি⧟াāχ āĻĻি⧟া āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāĻŽি āĻĒāĻĸ়ো āϜাāύো? ā§°াāχāϜে ā§°াāϏ, āύৃāϤ্āϝ, āĻ­াāĻ“āĻŖা āφāĻĻিāϤāĻšে āĻŽāύ āĻĻি⧟ে । āĻ­āĻ—ā§ąাāύ ā§°াāĻŽ āϤ āĻ•ে āĻ…ā§°ুāĻŖ āĻ—োāĻ­িāϞāĻ•āĻšে āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒা⧟! āĻŽāύāϟোā§ąে āϝি āĻĢাāϞে āύি⧟ে āφāĻŽি āϏেāχ āĻĢাāϞেāĻšে āϝাāĻŽ। āĻŽāύāϟোāĻ• āφāĻŽি āϏ⧰্āĻŦāĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ  āĻŦুāϞি āύেāĻ­াā§ąো āϜাāύো? āĻŽāύāϟোā§ąেāχ āĻŽāχ āĻŦুāϞি āύেāĻ­াā§ąো āϜাāύো?

āĻŽāύāϟোāύো āĻ•ি āĻšā§Ÿ?

𒀚āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽাāύে āĻ•ি đ’ĩ

āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽাāύে āĻ•ি? āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻ­াāĻ— āϚিā§°āϝুāĻ—āĻŽী⧟া। āĻŽোā§° āĻŽāύāϞৈāĻ“ āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻ­াāĻ— āφāĻŦিā§°্āĻ­াā§ą āĻšোā§ąা āύিāϚিāύাāĻ•ৈ āĻāĻĻিāύ āφāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻŽাāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻেā§ą āĻŦিā§°āϚিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāĻŖা, ‘āĻŦ্ā§°āĻš্āĻŽা āφāĻĻিāϕ⧰ি āϜীā§ą āϝāϤ’āϤ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āĻĨāĻ•া - ‘āĻ•াāϞāϏ⧰্āĻĒে āĻĻংāĻļে āĻšā§°াāχāϞ āϚেāϤāύ āϤাā§°’ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽোā§° āĻŽāύāϞৈ āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāχ āĻ—āϤি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

āϏ⧰ু āϞ⧰া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āϚাāĻŦāϚোāύ, āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻāχ āϤাā§°িāĻ–, āĻŦাā§°, āϏāĻŽā§ŸāĻ• āĻ•েā§°েāĻĒেāχ āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻšৈ āϞাāĻšে āϞাāĻšে āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āĻļিāĻ•āϞীāĻĄাāϞ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒা⧟। āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒাāĻ›āϤো āφāĻŽাā§° āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻŦা āĻāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āĻšā§Ÿ āϝে āφāϜি āĻ•ি āĻŦাā§°, āĻ•ি āϤাā§°িāĻ– āĻāĻ•ো āĻŽāύāϤ āύāĻĒā§°ে।
āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŽāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϚোāύ, āϏāĻĻা⧟ āϚাāϕ⧰িāϞৈ āϝোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻāχ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ąāϟো āύাāĻšে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĻিāύ, āĻŦাā§°, āϤাā§°িāĻ–, āĻŦāύ্āϧ āφāĻĻি āĻ­াāϞāĻ•ৈ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āφāĻ•ৌ āϚাāĻŦāϚোāύ, āĻŦেāĻ›িāĻ•ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰ি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĻিāύ āĻŦাā§° āύেāĻĒাāĻšā§°ে।
āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻāϟা āϚিāύ্āϤা। āϘ⧰ীāϟোā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āύিāĻŽিāϞে। āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āϟিāĻ•āύি āφāĻ—āϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ⧰ āĻĒাāĻ›āϤ। āφ⧰ু āĻŦāĻšুāϤে āĻ•েā§°েāĻĒেāχ āύāϕ⧰ে।
āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻāϟা āϝাāϤ্ā§°া। āĻ…āϤীāϤāĻšৈ āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻĒাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻ­ā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤāϞৈ āϕ⧰া āĻāϟা āϝাāϤ্ā§°া। āĻŽোā§° āĻ•ি āφāĻ›ে (āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ) āφ⧰ু āĻŽোā§° āĻ•ি āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে (āĻ­ā§ąিāώ্āϝ), āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟা āĻŦিāύ্āĻĻুā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ। āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āϕ⧰্āĻŽāϤ, āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦাā§°্āĻĨāϤ, āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āωāĻĻেāĻļ্āϝāϤ, āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āχāϚ্āĻ›াāĻŦোā§°āϤ, āĻŦিāώ⧟āϏুāĻ–āϤ āφ⧰ু āĻĻুāĻ–āϤ।
“āĻ•াāϞ āϏ⧰্āĻĒে āĻĻংāĻļে āĻšā§°াāχāϞ āϚেāϤāύ āϤাā§°” āĻŦুāϞি āĻŽাāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻেā§ą āĻ—ুā§°ুāϜāύাāχ āĻ•ি⧟ āϞিāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ? āϏ⧰ুā§°ে āĻĒā§°া āφāĻŽাāĻ• āωāϚ্āϚাāĻ•াংāĻ•্āώা ā§°াāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻ•া⧟। āĻĒāĻĸ়াāϤ āĻ­াāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ, āĻŦেāϞেāĻ—āĻ• āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻĨৈ āύিāϜে āφāĻ— āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻĒাāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ। āωāĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻāϟা āĻĒাāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ āφ⧰ু āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ। āĻāχ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ•āϤাāϤ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āϟিāĻ•āύিāĻĄাāϞ āĻ…āϤিāĻŦ āĻĒ্⧰⧟োāϜāύ। āĻāχ āϕ⧰্āĻŽāĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤāϤা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āϚেāϤāύা āĻšেā§°াāχ āϝা⧟। āφāĻŽি āϝে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§°ে āĻ…ংāĻļ āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāϤāύা āύাāĻĨাāĻ•ে।
āĻŽোā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϝে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āĻ…ংāĻļ āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤি āĻŦা āĻāχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āφāĻŽাā§° āĻāϟা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ• āφāĻ›ে। āϏেāχ āϚেāϤāύা āφāĻŽি āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ“ঁ। āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϤাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ।
āϟ্ā§°েāĻŖ āĻāĻ–āύ āϧ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦা āĻ—াāĻĄ়ি āĻāĻ–āύ āϚāϞাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āĻĻā§°āĻ•াā§°। āϏেāχāϟো āĻ•োāύেāĻ“ āύুāχ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āύাāĻĨাāĻ•িāϞে āϜীā§ąāύ āύāϚāϞিāĻŦ āϏেāχāϟোā§ąো āϏāϤ্āϝ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻ­ৌāϤিāĻ• āφ⧰ু āφāϧ্āϝাāϤ্āĻŽিāĻ• āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāϟো āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒাāϞে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•āϟোā§ąো āφāĻŽি āύেāĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻŽ।
āϝেāύেāĻ•ে āĻļংāϕ⧰āĻĻেā§ą āĻ—ুā§°āϜāύাāχ āϕ⧰্āĻŽ āĻŽাā§°্āĻ—āϤ āĻ—āϤি āύাāχ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•āĻ“ঁāϤে āϕ⧰্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻŽুāĻ– āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•োā§ąা āύাāχ, āĻ িāĻ• āϤেāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻŽাāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻেā§ą āĻ—ুā§°ুāϜāύাāχ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāĻ• āϏ⧰্āĻĒ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•āĻ“ঁāϤে āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āĻĻā§°āĻ•াā§° āύাāχ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āύাāχ।
āĻŽāχ āϞিāĻ–া āĻ•āĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻšāϜে āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒোā§ąা āϝāĻĻি āĻšোā§ąা āύাāχ, āĻ•্āώāĻŽা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ। āĻŽāχ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻĻা⧟ āϏাāϜু।

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Why the 'Tour of Duty' Army recruitment model is an illiterate idea?

As per a report on Timesnownews, the Indian Army has announced a new recruitment model on a pilot basis that will allow civilians to serve within its ranks on a three year short service 'Tour of Duty'.

Here is the link to that article.

A day after the announcement, the Print has published an opinion piece by retired Major General B S Dhanoa where the model was criticized by the Major General as a 'harebrained idea'. It spoke about putting young minds in a serious situation of real shells and bullets without enough training, questioned the peer support of the regular soldiers that these tourist soldiers would receive, and the possibility of political tourists getting into the ranks of the Armed Forces polluting the apolitical nature of the Armed Forces.

Here is the link to that article by B S Dhanoa.

Apart from the points mentioned in the article attached, , I would like to add a serious fallacy guiding this idea.The ‘tour of duty’ assumes a very flawed concept of ‘duty to the nation'. It assumes that army is the only duty worth for a true Indian. It indirectly signifies that farming, orphan care, old age care, teacher, professor, police duty, construction workers etc are not duties to the nation. It forgets that the pain of a death of a soldier is equal to the pain of a death of a farmer or a police officer. 
 
Do forgive me for selecting these duties among many others as examples, for I wanted to create an impact to bring home the point. The idea reeks of an appeal to the jingoistic hot young blood of the youths to fill the forces with low cost human resource.
 
The second point that I want to highlight is a bit shameful one, and a more serious one. One of the points put forward in support of the idea is that the army won’t have to pay them much. There will be no liability of pension and other benefits.Currently, the pension bill is almost 30% of the total defense budgets (I doubt it but that is the number the timesnow article quotes) and so this idea will save cost for the nation. This rationale given for the 'tour of duty' idea is a problem.

Firstly, a Govt that wins UP elections by taking help of the Army in their political hoardings and regularly invokes the prestige of the army for effect, is now being stingy to increase defense budgets for these young boys who would guard the real borders with real rifles facing real bullets. It only brings out the true 'bania' face of the Govt that it only increases its election budgets. All other budgets can be slashed even at the cost of real lives.
 
Secondly, if we want the young minds of India to taste the discipline of the forces for a time so that they can become better disciplined citizens then why are we not allocating extra budgets for such a novel idea. If the novel idea is to get cheap untrained army soldiers facing real bullets then it is indeed a very cunning self centered idea. It is against the cost of life of a citizen. It is against the citizens.
 
I would urge the Govt to consider defense decisions strategically from a long term point of view, with a clear vision to keep it as apolitical as possible. If we need more human resources, we need to either streamline operations and save operations cost, or increase budget to hire and train the additional human resources.

This Govt from 2014 has been very particularly visible in terms of taking thoughtless, knee jerk decisions. The worst was the PM saying ‘no Chinese inside India’, the worse was the ‘lock down in 4 hours’ killings 100s and bad was the sudden demonetization killing the entire economy to get it back to an even bigger cash economy!! Then you have the farm bills, removal of 370, breaking J&K into UTs, make in India ventilators, and the 21 day ultimatum to Covid 19 by the PM; and the list is endless.
 
I am just aghast at the number of stupidities that India has been so proudly executing in the last 6 years. Oh my India.

Saturday, September 05, 2020

Life

Life has been such a ride from the start go. Everyday there is so much to understand.

As a toddler, I am told that I was Utpatia. It means close to a naughty restless kid. Perhaps my first date with life happened then when I flexed my arm to look at a vessel kept above a height to keep me away from the contents. I had to flex the feet, arm and hand to reach the upper rim of the vessel and pull it towards me. 

It had chilly powder. Truth did hurt. I had a swollen bear face and I am told that a litre of milk was poured on my face to ease the hurt.

From then I think it was this urge of knowing that made me open every toy before I did what the toy was meant for. Play.

Slowly, I realised that playing the toy won’t have given me the joy that I used to find opening it.

Some of the most memorable vessels that I have overturned and  toys that I have unscrewed and tasted the joy and pain of truth would be woman (and man), poverty, greed, ambition, career, urbanisation, hometown blues and parenthood.

When I wrote wrong answers deliberately on my compulsory NDA exam, and then refused an engineering degree to study economics in Cotton, it was one of my best search. Quitting my Deutsche Bank career to a life of spiritual growth in Duliajan with my parents was my second best ‘overturning the vessel’ search. 

I am still opening up toys. Only difference is that the toys are adult boring stuff like books, meditation and prayers. You see knowledge gets boring for a lot of people when it gets higher in terms of enlightenment. That is the reason why so few people read books, meditate and pray in the real sense of the word. Among my books, I prefer history, philosophy and spiritual studies. Interestingly, science do not interest me as well. I think the reason may be that I love discovery more than inventions.

For the thirsty, knowledge however is never boring. Knowledge starts with information and data and slowly converge into truths and then finally into one absolute truth.

All these years of search have brought me closer to the absolute truth, the one and only beauty. The truth that is nothingness. A happy nothingness. Every philosopher and spiritual guru has spoken of this one-ness in different languages and manner of speaking. I see exactness in the writings of Gurujona Srimanta Sankardeva, the great disciple Shri Shri Madhavdeva, Plato and even Osho... and so many other intellectuals in search of truth and truth only.

The truth is so blissful that you slowly feel no need for money, material comfort and even moksha.