Outstanding persons are required
for raising the level of the society and the country and for its progress in
the right direction. Ordinary persons cannot bear this heavy burden. For this
purpose, talented great men with leadership qualities are required. Only they
are capable of giving good direction to the society. A person does not become
an impressive leader merely by speeches from the dais - he has to perform
certain deeds and discharge certain responsibilities.
To make the society progress, the
leader himself has to be of pure character and raise the level of character of
the society. In the absence of the above two, no society can go forward on the
path of progress. A society can not exist without a leader and vice-versa, but
to-day in every street - corner, we find a 'leader'. Just like the sudden flood
of frogs during monsoon, we find the flood of 'leader' in our democracy to-day.
To-day we are not able to get the fruits of democracy because the 'leaders' do
not allow us to be at peace. Even when there is no problem, they create new and
new problems and do not allow us even to breathe in peace.
One thing is certain and that is
that the society's and country's uplift depends upon the leaders. If the
leaders become corrupt, then the country heads towards downfall, therefore at
least from the point of our own protection, we should select our leader after
proper inquiry, scrutiny and investigation. The root of many of our troubles
can be the wrong leaders chosen by us. Therefore the leader must be such who
has the qualities of purity, friendliness, abnegation, truthfulness,
remembering obligations and similar other qualities. The leader will be only
that person who observes morality in conduct and makes others tread the path of
morality. The leader is one who knows morality, which means the policy of going
on the right path. One, who cannot enforce his morality with discipline, cannot
be a leader.
One feels that the generation of
selfless leaders which served the country selflessly with their talents has
vanished. To-day the so-called leaders are found chattering away-like frogs
suddenly coming out in the rain - in streets, hotels, bazaars and clubs,
chewing betel-leaves and giving spirited speeches. They are getting their
sustenance from some post or a shelter of some political party. The crowd of
such leaders is increasing whereas the number of citizens in the real sense is
decreasing. The intention of those persons will naturally be suspect when they
say that nothing can be done without the authority of a post or power or money.
Gandhi, Vinoba, Loknayak, Jaiprakash, Ishwarchandra, Raja Ram Mohan Rai and
innumerable leaders like them remained miles away from any prestigious post and
yet worked for society and culture. Thus the demand of the times is not for
revolutionary leaders, but of such public teachers who involve themselves
totally and work without rest for the effort of creating enlightenment in the
public mind. Therefore it is the demand of the times that not leaders but
creators are required.
Needless to say that this great
work is not possible by selfish, greedy and power-hungry leaders but by
sentimental creators who can be like the corner-stone or dissolve like the seed
to sprout forth, and maintain their role for NavNirman (resurgence of a new era and
order of goodness) and who have no personal ambition nor any desire for name
and fame. For permanent benefit, inner peace and satisfaction, there cannot be
any better Endeavour or worship than this for the society and the country. All
of us must ask our leaders to be creative persons rather than leaders in name
only and we must honor and support such creators only.
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