MAKING of gods / goddesses - An Indian Obsession
Narendra Modi is the present prime minister of India. His is a remarkable story. A man who rose from humble beginnings to great heights. One can learn a lot from him. He is remarkable. An inspiration to all. Especially to those who are in dire circumstances and want to make it in life. He is extraordinary . Many more superlatives are available in English and other languages to describe him.
So far so good.
But he is not a GOD. But some of his admirers have built a temple for him with an idol and all that forming part of a Hindu temple.
The glad news is that Modi disapproved of this foolish action saying that this is very much against the Hindu tradition. Rightly so. Anybody who achieves something which you and I can not is not a God. It is utter nonsense. Right sense prevailed on Modi !
It was Lord Chesterton who said
" PRAISE UNDESERVED IS SATIRE IN DISGUISE "
Deification of men/ women into gods/ goddesses is too much in India. There are instances of temples being built for film actors and actresses. Hero worship is stretched to ridiculous extremes in India. When a film actor and ex chief minister of a state in India died after prolonged illness , several people committed suicide by self immolation. When another former actress, ex chief minister of Tamilnadu was convicted for corruption, many of her admirers self immolated. Have you heard of this anywhere in this world ?
Such admirers mortgage their critical faculty in return for God only knows what!
Sayee Jayaraman
13/02/2015
Bangalore
Narendra Modi is the present prime minister of India. His is a remarkable story. A man who rose from humble beginnings to great heights. One can learn a lot from him. He is remarkable. An inspiration to all. Especially to those who are in dire circumstances and want to make it in life. He is extraordinary . Many more superlatives are available in English and other languages to describe him.
So far so good.
But he is not a GOD. But some of his admirers have built a temple for him with an idol and all that forming part of a Hindu temple.
The glad news is that Modi disapproved of this foolish action saying that this is very much against the Hindu tradition. Rightly so. Anybody who achieves something which you and I can not is not a God. It is utter nonsense. Right sense prevailed on Modi !
It was Lord Chesterton who said
" PRAISE UNDESERVED IS SATIRE IN DISGUISE "
Deification of men/ women into gods/ goddesses is too much in India. There are instances of temples being built for film actors and actresses. Hero worship is stretched to ridiculous extremes in India. When a film actor and ex chief minister of a state in India died after prolonged illness , several people committed suicide by self immolation. When another former actress, ex chief minister of Tamilnadu was convicted for corruption, many of her admirers self immolated. Have you heard of this anywhere in this world ?
Such admirers mortgage their critical faculty in return for God only knows what!
Sayee Jayaraman
13/02/2015
Bangalore
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