Dear Sir, Jai Maa.🌼 Today, I watched PM Modi’s address on the BJP’s Historic Victory in West Bengal, where he said Bengal has offered Shradhanjali to Rishi Bankim and Yogiraj Sri Aurobindo. Hearing Sri Aurobindo’s name was deeply heartening.
How do you interpret this Historic Bengal Victory? Also, in 2023, the son of Tamil Nadu’s CM said that Sanatana Dharma should be “eradicated,” comparing it to diseases like malaria, dengue, and COVID-19. Now, his party has lost the election and seems politically “eradicated.” At that time, you had remarked that “paap ka ghada bhar gaya hai aur ahankar ke karan yeh sab bol rahe hain” — which now appears to have come true.
The election results in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are quite heartening. It shows that people are beginning to discern and look at the larger picture rather than continue defining themselves by language and religion. Perhaps they are beginning to feel part of a larger national sentiment, at least in Bengal. It is a good sign for India. It is like Sri Aurobindo’s homecoming, if I may say so.
Hopefully, the new nationalist government will live up to its expectations, especially by sealing the border districts to stop intrusion and allowing development to reach the grassroots. Let us hope that the new dispensation rises to the occasion and ushers in the much-needed, long-pending changes.
The taste of victory is always a difficult test. If it brings humility and the spirit of true service, then prosperity and glory follow. But one should always be watchful against hubris, which opens doors to every downfall and nemesis, as happened in the case of the previous government. In humility and service is hidden the crown of true glory.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
