Swami Ramdev and Bharat Ratna on Rishis Sanyasis - Opinion
Following is an opinion being prepared for posting across 'Slender Takes' post Swami Ramdev's concern on Bharat Ratna not having been conferred upon any Rishi, Sanyasi.--------
Bharat Ratna For Whom? The top most award for 2019 was conferred on Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika, Pranab Mukherjee. Swami Ramdev has expressed concern that Rishis Sanyasis have not been awarded Bharat Ratna. Bharat Ratna For Whom.
My Take: There are awards for the citizenry of India and also citizenry of the world in exceptional cases by India in lieu of recognition of their contribution in their respective fields of endeavour. This may not be the exact technical language but you get the point.
I know of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Bharat Ratna. Here I am not taking into consideration the awards on the basis of sports, films or cinema, economics or anything else.
Awards have been awarded over the years. .. Ok then .. it so happens - and in a very queer way perhaps it is justified also - that some personalities may be bereft of the Bharat Ratna the highest civilian honour, simply because they were too great for the same, meaning they were too great for the award itself. Yes, that is true. These people are the ones who have probably transcended the Bharat Ratna also and it might appear that it may even be a disservice to them to name them for the Bharat Ratna. I mean, sometimes it seems that it is better not to disturb these exceptional personalities. "Don't disturb." Don't disturb? Yes, please do not disturb and lower their value. That is true. .. Swami Vivekanand?, a Bharat Ratna? Well, people don't you think that he was far far greater for the Bharat Ratna. Trust me, there are personalities from amongst us who will be trivialised (rather contribution will be trivialised) if you confer the Bharat Ratna on them. That's true. I mean he was so much above this Ratna.
Swami Ramdev should not despair. Rather he should take solace in the fact that thank god, thank the devi, that the Bharat Ratna was not conferred upon these people. Some people are simply above or simply too above for the awards. .. There may be noises then that ok Ashoka should be conferred the Bharat Ratna, then Chanakya (who comes first eh? ;-) ), then that barbarian Akbar which will be propagated skywards by publications like Times Of India, perhaps TV Channels like NDTV, then Shahjahan's name will pop up because he gave you - ooh-laa-laa-laa-ooh - The Taj Mahal which is actually a symbol of violence and brutality. Wah! ri India! - when will you wake up? Then someone will say Mirabai - who was far far above the Ratna. [Separate Akbar the barbarian and Mirabai the religious spiritual devotee to convey two different viewpoints on one same topic - Bharat Ratna for whom - preferably in two separate paragraphs]
In fact the Bharat Ratna has been trivialised. I know that. You know that. There are personalities who have been conferred the Bharat Ratna who should have been awarded the Padma Bhushan - ok acceptable, justified, or perhaps even the Padma Vibhushan - ok fine, but not the Bharat Ratna. So it has been demeaned. India somehow succumbs to the unwarranted miscreancy of demeaning itself. Self demeaning, self letting down miscreancy. The temptation is to make noise, to award mediocrity, no-deservingly - simply because the real excellent people were not understood or perhaps their ideals were simply too much to bear. Yes, that is true. Shut your eyes and think about it. That is the truth. Read this again: India and Indians succumb to the unwarranted miscreancy of demeaning itself, themselves because you are wary (or is that weary), scared, envious, jealous of 'real excellence'.
Self loathing Indians.
So there are two things. Firstly, these people are simply above the Bharat Ratna. Secondly The Bharat Ratna has been trivialised further. So Swami Ramdev Ji?!, please do not despair. Achchhaa hi huaa hai. Let's just say - Eeshwaram Yat Karoti Shobhanameva Karoti :-) [write in Devnagri]
And if you say that Rishis Munis (of yore) should be given Bharat Ratna, then sorry Swami, you yourself actually then undermine the contributions of those Swamis, those Rishis, Munis, Sanysis, Sadhus. Will you confer the Bharat Rata on Patanjali, on Agastya, on Bhardwaj etc.? Niet, because you will simply be trivialising them greatly. Will you confer the Bharat Ratna on Guru Nanak ? It will be a great disservice to the Sikh Guru if you do so. He was so much so much so much above these trivialities.
But yes, there may be a system of honour that may be accorded to these souls. Just like in Sports, just like in Cinema there should be awards for spirituality etc. (in fact the jury may be out on that one). But you can start a discussion. But do not despair that no Rishi Muni of yore has not been awarded the Bharat Ratna. Yes, you start a dialogue for honouring the accomplishments, contributions. ..
.. And these awards are on the 'earthly plane' actually. Let's understand that. These awards are presented when (how should I put it) people get out of home and go to office and then return to home and then take rest and then go to office again the next day [don't write this unless you are sure that you have conveyed your point otherwise it looks stupid and strange - rework the words.]
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