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A karmayogi’s last marathon

In the last lap of the marathon election campaign, two wisdom-filled books, both by Japanese authors, helped turn the focus of my thoughts inwards. In the din of the election battle, when much of my energy was taken up in arguments and counter-arguments, I regularly felt the need for moments of  ....Read more

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You are wasting INDIAN EXPRESS space.By: DR. PETROL PUMP CHOR | Wednesday , 20 May '09 21:34:34 PM Reply | Forward Kulkarni, whom do you think you are kidding? Advani is openly a liar and you are one of the first persons who happens to know this fact.Except talibanism, hawala, petrol pump scams etc. what is his contribution to my India? Babri?
LameBy: avinash mulye | Wednesday , 20 May '09 0:11:23 AM Reply | Forward What a lame article. Mr Kulkarni I did not understand why you are trying to bring some japanese philosophers in between ... and not making much of a point. Your arguments are hollow. Soul is like water ... crap.And I like the way you are resorting to pseudo-blaming in order to prove that Mr Advani is a G'Man. Spare me the crap.
Why running after the last marathonBy: Appu | Tuesday , 19 May '09 21:55:55 PM Reply | Forward If this was indeed the "last marathon" of a "karma-yogi", why run after that marathon? Why the drama of quitting as the leader of opposition and then coming back? Doesn't the Hindu philosophy advises "Sanyas-Yoga" after 75? Advani should retire from national politics. May be this time, for a change, he can contribute positively to Gandhinagar constituence which has been electing him for decades without any return.
Advani's Last RunBy: Dr. Ajay | Tuesday , 19 May '09 4:42:02 AM Reply | Forward I feel similarly as Major (Retd) Virendra Sharma says a few opinions below. BJP needs (a) Indian agenda over 'Hindutva', (b)internal democracy within party instead of veterans holding on to power,(c) get younger, credible leaders with fresh ideas in the age group of 35 to 50, (d) have well defined raod maps to solve problems.BJP really needs to integrate thanto polarize!
BJP is fast becoming just "another" partyBy: Jay | Tuesday , 19 May '09 0:50:13 AM Reply | Forward BJP has lost most of its moral high ground since it first came to power. Since then BJP is flooded with too many opportunist businessmen, industrialists, criminals and unemployed youth without any morality, ethics and vision for the country. And more unfortunately, many of them climbed the hierarchy ladder in that party. How many in BJP will accept that Hindus used to eat beef and beef eating is acknowledged in many ancient Hindu scripts? If anyone dares to tell this truth, BJP and its political and non-political allies will undertake a violent reprisal, just like Islamic jehadis. BJP also need to understand that it need to groom next generation leaders and there must be a system in the party to promote best available candidate for crucial positions, be it opposition leader or PM. One candidate must not be allowed to contest for such positions for more than 2-3 times and there should not be a glut of qualified leaders to achieve his/her political ambition.
well saidBy: siddharth | Monday , 18 May '09 23:51:11 PM Reply | Forward truly said...all the best to Advaniji..
Advani's grand contributionBy: Sandeep | Monday , 18 May '09 14:43:53 PM Reply | Forward can be summarized thus1) rath yatra2) babri masjid destruction3) support a killer like Modi4) dividing society for the sake of getting a particular community's vote.
LKA don't go in betweenBy: naveen bhartiya | Monday , 18 May '09 11:01:46 AM Reply | Forward There are many reasons for this defeat. BJP has to work more smartly than it did and there are miles to go. We have a lots of things to learn from Advani Ji's life. We have to build his dream of INDIA. This election is an eye opener about things to be corrected and march ahead...Leader's stature become taller with every defeact and he come out of ashes like pheonix. LKA should not leave his follower in middle as he has promiced to be with us and work with us for 2009-2014. He can't left us in between and it is Sudhendra Kulkarni and other's responsibility to keep him active in indian politics till 2014. As he is man of his words, so he has to keep earlier promice to make the india of his dream in next 5 Years... We won't say good bye to him before 2014...RegardsNaveen Bhartiya
INDIA needs Advani JiBy: naveen bhartiya | Monday , 18 May '09 10:51:48 AM Reply | Forward There are many reasons for this defeat. BJP has to work more smartly than it did and there are miles to go. We have a lots of things to learn from Advani Ji's life. We have to build his dream of INDIA. This election is an eye opener about things to be corrected and march ahead...Leader's stature become taller with every defeact and he come out of ashes like pheonix. LKA should not leave his follower in middle as he has promiced to be with us and work with us for 2009-2014. He can't left us in between and it is Sudhendra Kulkarni and other's responsibility to keep him active in indian politics till 2014. As he is man of his words, so he has to keep earlier promice to make the india of his dream in next 5 Years... We won't say good bye to him before 2014...RegardsNaveen Bhartiya
Advani's Self Inflicted Gunshot WoundBy: Rajendra K. Gupta | Monday , 18 May '09 8:04:31 AM Reply | Forward The deep tragedy of Advani’s life is that he ran, or limped, his last marathon with an albatross, Sudheendra Kulkarni, tied around his ankle. It was because of this albatross that Advani lost all credibility with the Hindutva cadre. In a monumental act of arrogance and stupidity, Advani failed to apologize, and make quick amends, for his disastrous pilgrimage to Pakistan where he praised Jinnah for ‘creating history’, i.e. Pakistan, and called him a ‘great man’, something that not even the rank pseudo secularist like Sonia or Manmohan Singh would do. Although the RSS was forced to take Advani back because of the TINA factor, the Hindutva cadre and voters could never muster any enthusiasm for Advani who had kicked them in the stomach, and whom they saw as a betrayer, and untrustworthy. Without an enthusiastic support of the Hindutva cadre, the BJP can only lose, and it did.
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