Personal blog of U Mahesh Prabhu, Editor-in-Chief of Aseemaa: Journal for National Resurgence.
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U. Mahesh Prabhu
By U. Mahesh Prabhu
Before I begin let me admit, honestly, that I am a great admirer and ardent supporter of Madhav Vithal Kamath, better known M V Kamath. He has a very distinct place in my heart. Is among the key inspiration for me to leave the management and enter journalism. Apart from this he made several unparalleled contributions not just to Media but also to the nation at large for which was rightly decorated with Padma Bhushan. At 86 he is more than distinguished and accomplished gentleman living quietly in his small two bedroom accommodation, provided to him by Manipal University, with content. Given this, in the first case, he never wanted to be the Chairman of a Government body like Prasar Bharati with his background of sixty five years as India’s premier journalist, of international repute.
But on a persistent pressure from Sri. L K Advani in 2002 end, he agreed, though reluctantly. It was pursued by Sushma Swaraj and later on January 9, 2003, Sri. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat made him accept it as Chairman of the selection committee. He has been, there on, suffering constantly at the hands of his Bureaucrat CEO’s of IAS. Time and again he has asserted continuously that ‘Media Chief’s job is not the IAS men’s cup of tea’, but Government in its own political interest has insisted on thrusting IAS men as media chiefs in Prasar Bharati as well as, its constituent, Doordarshan and All India Radio.
Everyone in life lives by a dream. A dream which cherishes his thoughts, which he feels, would make his life worthwhile.
We all dream. Don’t we? At times, or many a times, it is simply improbable for others to believe, or even understand, your dream. ‘What nonsense!’, ‘You have lost your mind!’, ‘That’s simply not possible!’ are some of the sentences, ending with exclamation, a person has to bear with it when he expresses his dream or, better said vision, larger than his persona. Those sentences of exclamation are like hammer, you will be shattered, given you are fragile, or forged with conviction if you are strong. ‘Hammer shatters glass forges steel’, a famous Russian proverb, is very apt in this regard.
In the year 1998, when I was working with a premier multi-million dollar conglomerate in the region a humble and timid looking chap had setup a base in a Software and Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP) in KREC. I had good reasons to keep a track of him, then. After having worked in Corporations in India and abroad he had, I found out, returned rather prematurely, without any great dollars in his wallet, to India only to start a software development enterprise. The solution he offered, I bet, not many in India had heard of. It was well known, though, in Europe and the Americas. He was ambitious and determined. While many found him interesting, I completely brushed his business model aside saying ‘From where on earth is he going to find people to work on that technology. He’s lost his mind!’ I sincerely believe I wasn’t the only one - there were many who spoke the same language with me, while many of the inhabitants in the area had hardly, ever, heard of this man or his company. Read the rest of this entry »
By U. Mahesh Prabhu
This poem is dedicated to all the Swayamsevaks of Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh
O beloved brothers of Sangh,
I hail your spirits, which need to be sung.
Living in chastity free of expectations,
I hail also Guruji, who inspired you all with his noble revelations.
Mission for a noble cause,
To see thy nation supreme and above all.
There exist no words which can express your devotion to the land,
Sacrifice you make are never conceivable to a common man.
Head on you fight the obstacles,
Which you face as if they were never the shackles.
My mother, my land, what can I give you,
For they have given everything they can.
Dubbed as fanatics with no emotions,
By the people who can never understand devotion.
I pity those who have just the imported knowledge of a foreign land,
Who deject all the legacy of my land as if it’s not worthy for a man.
Shame on those who call these men,
As insane and unworthy of the respect that should be due to them.
Who has the wisdom o my brothers? Who has the courage?
The ones like you possess for it takes zeal uncanny to foray.
Foray into the mission, that is so demanding,
So tiring that it seeks a love to the land so enduring.
I hail you my brothers for you are the men of honor,
Men of character and men, who can, in the minds of traitors, implant horror.
Oh my mother, insane, I see in now all my ambition,
Which is so selfish and undeserving when put forth my brothers’ Mission!
I hail you oh my fellow brothers… for your zeal and dedication to the nation and the mission.
By U. Mahesh Prabhu
‘Brahmacharya or spotless chastity is the best of all penances; a celibate of such spotless chastity is not a human being, but a god indeed… To the celibate who conserves the semen with great efforts, what is there unattainable in this world? By the power of the composure of the semen, one will become just like me.’ – Sri Adishankarachya
On 30th of December 2007, I happened to meet a very charismatic personality, at RSS Office in Bangalore, who was somewhere in his 80s. His name was Sooryanarayan Rao. He was not just elderly, but was also one of the most respected Swayamsevak of Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It was one of the finest moments of life having spent conversing with this extraordinary persona.
Of the several important things, I happened to ask him a very important question: ‘How difficult do you think is it to adhere to Brahmacharya in the modern times?’ His answer, rather instantaneously, was ‘Absolutely difficult!’ He further added ‘you see almost all the Medias, with their advertisements, are filled with exoticism because of which you are tempted every moment, owing which it becomes increasingly difficult to be a Brahmachari.’ Read the rest of this entry »
