Reposting my comments in another forum when the discussion veered towards us Indians.

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No , the fault does not lie with Indians so to speak. Basically we are resourceful , hardworking , resilient & good. It is lack of good ethical leaders & mentors to inspire the masses.

It is the outrageously corrupt establishment that has legitimised corruption at all levels that is guilty. Instead of being bombarded with intellect disabling movies , cricket , tv soaps , smutty compositions called songs & dessicated distorted old history as the only STIMULI , if only all of us are fed Srimad Bhagavatham , Thirukkural , Raamayanam , Upanishads right from our impressionable childhood we would not be in such a pathetically dwarfed state.

The policymakers & politicians would never allow as they are of dubious credentials. How can a country survive & sustain itself if wealth generation is exclusively through bollykollywood industry & cricket ?

That way I have unalloyed admiration for what Sri.Omkarananda (Theni) has been doing.

Instead of buying books & reading ourselves , it is immensely worthwhile to learn from someone like Swami Omkarananda.

Dissipation of one’s energy & time gets avoided. After finishing the courses offered , a student cannot but conduct himself/herself with adroit sang froid in the mainstream society.

Swami Dayananda also has similar schools & colleges in Manjakkudi village in Tamil Nadu. Swamiji is violently against separating children from their mothers and herding them in hostels. As that paves the way for all kinds of abuses.

Accordingly , he was importuning a truly enlightened Guru ( pity I am constrained to qualify so redundantly) to give him instant knowledge of Bhagavad Geetha in a few words.

The Guru pointed out ” Ma Sucha-ha” meaning “do not worry”.

Knowing very well he would be led to read the entire Geetha to know why & how not to worry !

Have been following your blog since long but never got down to leaving a comment. This post made me think & smile. Reading, i think, is the one activity which almost everybody would cite as their hobby. What & how of it is thought rarely by people.