Kanhaiya….

Mr Kanhiya has gripped the nations imagination and also mine. As the actions disturb one at an extremely deep level, it is necessary that one vomits out his emotions, lest it harm you from the inside… Hence this blog…….

I have two distinct takes on the events which have unfolded. My first take is based upon what I had learnt very recently, and which allows me to interpret the events from a new light. This is primarily a recognition that there exists a difference between the nation and the state. Most of do not understand the difference, and events like Kanhiya’s speech happen. The second take is however on plan and simple dishonesty and cheating. But, first lets us talk about the first.

Very recently I had got intrigued with some classical and basic questions. How is public sector management different from corporate management, what exactly is public? These questions have been motivated by my interest in PPPs, and the strive to find if they are different and how! I attempted to explore these questions while holding a Ph.D seminar for 3 students, and decided to hold the class in a discussion format and involve a Political Science professor and an Economcis professor. The Political science expert at our institute is a JNU graduate, and later a Ph.D. from China. Over numerous classes he sought to build a political context of the business and while one of his starting points was philosophy the other was the nation state  distinction. Nation are the geographic boundaries and what we refer to as the motherland. It is the state which is the government. Mr Kanhiya, after his jail term and his numerous court hearings, has finally come to understand this. This is surprising considering the fact that he is pursuing his Ph.D. for the last 7-8 years in the same field, and has been so busy wasting his time, that he he has failed to recognize this essential difference. He was trying to question the state (the government) , but unfortunately asked questions which were questioning the nation. And, one has witnessed the way in which he fell flat on his face…

However, there is much more to the nation, state and country differences and I urge one to google the same once for oneself and form our own impressions.

The second aspect is not that ambiguous and does not talk about what one may wish away by labeling them as linguistic aberrations. Tracking the news and the numerous views, many have attempted that by labeling the JNU idiots as innocent students. The second issue is deeper. Is there an extent to which one can fall in dishonesty and out and out cheating…. How long can and to what extent can one deceive oneself and the hands which feed you …. Taking a pessimistic view on the facts presented….

Let us take one side of the views, and see what they imply :

• A meeting was not allowed by the administration, but anyway JNSU president decided to hold it …. he has decided that he will not follow any rules of the land. So why does he expect courts to listen to him or the police not to kill him violating human rights
• 2 of the 7 movie clips have been tempered — so 5 of them are original….
• Kanahiya did not shout anti-indian slogans —– but he heard them and did nothing….
• He got external people into JNU campus, and saw people at his rally with mouth covered and fighting slogans…. and he did not feel any responsibility to do anything

Yes, Mr Kanhaiya expects to be treated fairly, given independence, freedom of speech, treated with honor, given a fair trial, and  blah blah blah ! …. But what about his responsibility — has he ever reported a crime on campus, did he call out to the extremists to stop shouting any national slogans,  report unnatural things to the police, side with the administration to help clean the campus….  Our concerns are much deeper….

There are a whole lot of people in this country, and with increasing numbers, who can behave any way they like, do what they like, enjoy all kinds of liberties, tread over my head, and do what they like …. walk all over people like me and then even stand up and say it is their right! Sorry, I am not ready to give you the right to do this…. You cannot keep walking all over me…..

Actually, it is all like the cleanliness campaign….  You dirty the world and ask me to clean it…. sorry I will not clean after you, you have to do it yourself…. Mr. Kanhiya please clean up yourself, earn a part of what you have, …. May be when you will fail to live up to those levels you will go Rohit’s way … when he realized that what the world has done for him was much bigger then what he could ever return, he took the inevitable path……. May be now it is your turn …. please prove yourself, yes we want you to prove that you are worth it with actions, and not just with words…. let us see you prove yourself…

BUT, BUT, BUT, you will not heed to this …. honesty is not your asset, ethics is not something  you pride yourself with, excellence is not something you aspire for,

As I read you, you are coward, who takes center stage as soon as no one is watching, steal when the lights are off, pee in your pants, will get into shaddy deals for the quick bucks,  only cry when someone is watching… and you are not the first,

The irony is Arvind Kejriwal made a success before you, and now you earned the lime light no part of which you deserve to stand under…