Namaste Modi-ji:

Dhanyavad for yet another beautiful “Ganatantra Divas”. The Bharateeya Parampara was flowing from all of its past, through the present into its natural future.

This is to request you for a "National Heroes" Monument.

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#RepublicDay @narendramodi @PMOIndia
#SriAurobindo, the most important original thinker of 20th Century, was obliterated from our National Consciousness & relegated to a corner in Pondicherry for 70 years.

I sincerely thank you for bringing him back into the centre stage through the Republic Day Tableau.

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Of course, it is now the responsibility of all of us to ensure that his personality, contribution, thought seeps into the society. Youngsters need to know him at an early age.

Thank you, also, for the National Committee to celebrate his 150 years Birth Anniversary.

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It is in this regard I kindly request you to setup a “National Monument” of Cultural personalities of Bharatavarsha. It could consist of chosen National Heroes of last 3000 Years who made a big impact.

We may begin with the heroes of last 200 years.

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A tastefully architected National Monument will create an interest in the society and next generation. With scholars hosted in this Institution, they could be an engagement with the youth around these personalities and ensure that their persona makes an impact.

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Today, everybody knows, Swami Vivekananda. But very few know Sri Aurobindo. Hardly anybody knows Lala Lajpat Rai. Thanks to the Bharata Ratna honour your govt presented to Sri Madan Mohan Malaviya, he is back in the National Consciousness, otherwise most had forgotten.

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We need a permanent place of honour for all of them, especially ones who sacrificed their lives in the last 300 years.

Once we have a National Monument, the States will follow and build similar ones. This has the tendency to flow down the national veins of culture.

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This may also kill the tyranny of the Text Book. What a million text books may not be able to achieve, such a monument may achieve with less effort.

Hence, it is my humble request to you to consider a National Monument of Cultural Personalities of Bharatavarsha.

Pranams. 🙏🏼

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A lot of discussion about Constitution and Smriti in the last two days.

Obviously, it is a Category Mistake to compare the two, technically.

Yet, I am sympathetic of people indulging in this comparison. This thread is to explain why.

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Let us begin by understanding the difference between the two. That will also help us to understand why the Confusion.

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Criticism is a necessary evil in public discourse. It has an evil component to it which we must not forget. Hence, it is necessary to conduct our criticism in such a manner that it results in +ve outcomes and, at the least, not in -ve outcomes.

It must have 10 attributes.

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1. It must be “ApyayamAna”.

It must be articulated as though a parent is prevailing upon an erring child. The intention must be evident to compensate for the bitterness of Danda.

The tenor must compensate for the difficulty of the substance that one cannot see.

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2. It must be built for “Longevity”.

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When most ancient City of the world
Where the Time finds a way to the Timeless
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Not just that, at every single relative of mine, had a similar photograph/picture configuration in their houses. So, you grew up seeing those photographs all the while.

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I must thank Rashtrotthana Sahitya, Bangalore for their Bharata-Bharati Series.

About 500 Books inKannada, now 200 In English. Each is about one historical person. Kings, Writers, Leaders, Thinkers, Scientists from ancient India to today.

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There is an entirely alternative history out here.

This series was shaped by Dr. LS Sheshagiri Rao, a stalwart in Kannada-English writing in Karnataka. Each book was written by a prominent writer in Kannada. Hence, the quality was outstanding.

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