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Video Speech by Prakasarao Velagapudi
Dallas Dandi March II Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTQyemX92js
Dallas Dandi March II part 2 Team Speeches
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sfrohrEPRk>
Dear Friends. We are undertaking this Dandi March II here in Dallas area to express our sentiments and outrage of NRIs with regard to various aspects of corruption that is causing chaos in India. Times are not good back in India. Bharat is going through the darkest period of its existence. It looks gloomy. The government is in the hands of politicians with no morals, no virtues, no ethics and no principles. Something is rotten. It smells awful. It is sinking in the black ocean of corruption.
The India we grew up was different. We all remember well that India is a country where honesty was considered the highest virtue, integrity in public and private life was glorified, sanctity of life was esteemed and wisdom in great epics such as the Vedas, Upanishads and other books was valued. People held their heads high with pride, self respect, dignity, and majesty. In eleventh century, a Muslim writer Al Beruni observed that "Hindus believe that there is no country like theirs, no nation like theirs, no kings like theirs, no religion like theirs, no science like theirs."
About 140 years ago Mark Twain observed India as the "Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, grandmother of legacy, great grandmother of tradition. The land that all men desire to see and having seen once even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of the rest of the globe combined."
What a change we have seen over the last few decades since Independence. Bharata Mata can now be described as suffering from so many ailments – corruption, black money, unscrupulous politicians, moral degradation, terrorism, capitol punishment, poverty, hunger, injustice, naxalites, exploitation of farmers, etc. Precisely because of these ailments a society faces, a British lawyer and jurist Judge Devlin (1905 -1992), observed that "an established morality is as necessary as good government to the welfare of society. Societies disintegrate from within more frequently than they are broken up by external pressures."
Moral values with regard to what is right and what is right are the basic foundation, steel foundation on which person builds a steady, sturdy, stable, solid, unwavering and unswerving personality.
Without a set moral principles and religious values, a person is like a kite without a string, a ship with no anchor, a tree with no fruits, a scent with no fragrance, a house with no foundation,
We see a dramatic decline in moral values. Moral decline begins when universal, time tested moral spiritual values that have proven so beneficial over time, are being replaced by secular principles which are being proven destructive for the welfare of the people and which proved extremely beneficial for a small group of select people.
If the moral values are lacking and ethical compass is missing, the people can easily be bribed, induced, compromised, victimized, enticed, lured, allured, used, misused and kicked around by the people in the power. It is worth remembering the words of Theodore Roosevelt, "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
Many leaders of the current administration have no respect for the morals, no regard for the history of the Bharath, no reverence for the age old traditions, no appreciation for the richness of Hindu cultural heritage, no inkling for time tested wisdom, no admiration for the freedom fighters, no respect for fairness in the elections process, no hesitation to put the most corrupt people in high positions, no deference for the separation of religion and state when it comes to Sanatana dharma, no esteem for saints and rishis, and no respect for the liberty of the people.
Consequently, with decayed moral principles coupled with the so called secular constitution, the current administration is looting the country amassing mindboggling amount of money, hiding the money in Swiss banks, buying people for political gains, making the corrupt practices legal or regularized, exploiting the business people, appeasing the minorities with quota and travel grants, denigrating the Hindu Gods, and silencing the critics.
There is no country on the planet earth that has declared itself as a secular state without ever defining the word secular. In the name of secular society, the present government is literally robbing, looting, raiding, stealing and fleecing the Hindu institutions in particular and Bharat Mata in general.
Many politicians, media barons, intellectual and opportunists are suffering from Secular Syndrome. It is described as paradoxical phenomenon where in secularists say one thing and do something different, in fact opposite. They keep talking about neutrality over the treatment of all religions without ever defining the term, but at the same time deny the rights of all Hindus, take over their Temples to loot their funds, encroach their Temple lands and relish targeting Hindu saints. Since Independence, the secular values have corrupted the people in politics, people in government and eventually infiltrated the entire nations. The corruption permeated every fabric of social relations and cultural institutions.
Enough is enough. It is time to act. It is time to wake up. It is time to advocate reforms. It is time to demand transparency, accountability and justice. It is our patriotic duty to challenge the rampant corruption that is robbing the minds and the morals.
What do we want the government to do? Enact Jan Lokpal Bill which has strong measures to bring all corrupt people to justice, whether they are corporate leaders, bureaucrats or politicians.
Cancel the 2G spectrum allocation, Prosecute the Common wealth Games scammers, Get our money back from Swiss Banks, Punish the Corrupt to the maximum, take preventive measures to protect from future scams; ratify UNCAC The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is a landmark, international anti-corruption treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly in October 2003. Of the 140 countries which signed the treaty, 126 ratified. India is one of the 14 countries which signed but did not ratify. Even Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ratified it.
Let all of us stand by the need of the hour with Bharata Mata and bring back her lost glory, grandeur, splendor, magnificence, and majesty. You can make the difference in bringing the needed changes. As Swami Vivekananda exhorted "Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself." Thanks
Prakasarao V Velagapudi
Global Hindu Heritage Foundation
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