I Have a small story to share with you guys!!!
Once upon a time in a small village there lived a lady. She has lost her husband and lives by working as a agricultural laborer. She is a daily wager and all her hope is her child. She had a bright son who did many wonders since childhood. The lady discovered the bright future of her son and started working day and night, just only for her son. She went fasting many times only to provide sufficient food for her son. She felt that her sons future is her future and sacrificed many things for him.
After some years, as the lady expected the son turned out to be an excellent doctor. He was married and has got a family of his own. He turned out to be selfish and he is worried more about "his life", "his wife" and "his children". But the future of the lady remained unchanged. Even today she works on daily wages and now the intention is different. She now works not to see a bright future of her son but to feed herself, just to have a meal.
The story which i just now narrated is not just a story, is just a story of ever happening. In this story the son is you and the mother is our own country. When i say this example i can see a thousand hands pointing out that in the story the mother supported the child, but our country did not support us.
To answer this, there are two ways to look at it.
Once upon a time in a small village there lived a lady. She has lost her husband and lives by working as a agricultural laborer. She is a daily wager and all her hope is her child. She had a bright son who did many wonders since childhood. The lady discovered the bright future of her son and started working day and night, just only for her son. She went fasting many times only to provide sufficient food for her son. She felt that her sons future is her future and sacrificed many things for him.
After some years, as the lady expected the son turned out to be an excellent doctor. He was married and has got a family of his own. He turned out to be selfish and he is worried more about "his life", "his wife" and "his children". But the future of the lady remained unchanged. Even today she works on daily wages and now the intention is different. She now works not to see a bright future of her son but to feed herself, just to have a meal.
The story which i just now narrated is not just a story, is just a story of ever happening. In this story the son is you and the mother is our own country. When i say this example i can see a thousand hands pointing out that in the story the mother supported the child, but our country did not support us.
To answer this, there are two ways to look at it.
- According to famous poet Gurajada Appa Rao, "Country is not the soil, country is the people living in it". People means you, me and all of us. If you give something that implies that the country has given. If you taken some thing, the inference is that the country has given you in form an other human being. Finally country is nothing but all of us together as a single entity.
- The other way to see thing is country has given you everything. There are many things which the country has given. In many countries even today there is lack of food, lack of security , lack of education and there is no one even to listen to you. In many countries around the world you have no guarantee that you will return home with life. Even today many countries citizens are fleeing to other countries as refugees. In such a pathetic situation around the world, this country has given the freedom to complain about it. This proves that the country has given you many things but may be you have not realized what you got from it.
If the story of single mother could be so heart touching, just imagine the situation of one mother who has given birth to 1.2 billion children situation.
In the story above the son turns into selfish guy and starts worrying about his life and wife. Today most of flee abroad stating that there are no education and employment opportunities in the country. In such a situation our son could take his mother along with him and look after her. The same can also be applied to country as well. When you are growing in your career, take the country along with you. Then the will also grows with you.
To conclude, there is no point in education, values or ethics if you don`t look after your parents in their old age. Similarly there is no point in your career, your riches and your wealth if it does not help the country. The same path which leads to city from a village also leads to village from city, we have to walk it again in the reverse direction and fix things in village.
