Narendra Modi: Will he ever get the respect he deserves?

The Current government under the leadership of Narendra Modi has done significant changes in the way governance functions in the country. Every ministry is performing very well, India is getting global recognition for various actions such as deal on Climate change, stand against terrorism, nationwide campaigns such as ‘Clean India’, ‘Skill India’, ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital India’, ‘Startup India’ and so on.

India — recently gave a befitting reply to enemy nation’s terrorism sponsored policies by surgical strike across the Line of Control. Indian Army wiped out Terrorists launch pads which were planning attacks on Indian cities and army camps.

Despite all these substantial changes and actions for the Nation, Prime Minister is not fully credited nor appreciated the way he deserves to be. Why??

The reason for this is very intriguing and is related to Human Psych.

Statesmen — even the greatest — have rarely won the unquestioning recognition that falls to the great warriors or those supreme in science, art or literature.

This is natural. A man of science, an artist, or a poet are judged by their definitive achievements, by the victories they have won over enemies or over ignorance and prejudice, by the joy and enlightenment they have brought to the consciousness of their own and succeeding generations.

But for statesman — there’s no such measure for greatness. The greater he is, the less likely is his work to be marked by decisive achievement which can be signaled by some outstanding event.

The chief work of a great statesman rests in a gradual change of direction given to the policy of people, still more in a change of the spirit within them. Again, the statesman must work with a rough and ready instrument. The soldier finds or makes his army ready to yield unhesitating obedience to his commands, or the great man in science, literature or art can be master of his material, if he masters himself.

The statesman cannot mould a heterogeneous people to respond to his call and his alone (that would be dictatorship). He has to do all his work in society of which a large part cannot see his object and another large part, they do see it, but oppose it.

Hence his work at the best is often incomplete, and he has to be satisfied with rough average rather than the ideal.

Narendra Modi knows this and does not ask for recognition. He is constantly putting his efforts; no questions asked.

Asked once in interview, “Mr. Modi, how do you want to be remembered in history?”

Narendra Modi said, “I don’t want to be remembered. I just want to lose myself among 1.2 billion people. I am just a normal person.” Such love, such persona.

The current world leaders, be Barack Obama, or David Cameroon (Ex-PM), or Vladimir Putin, they have similar response threshold.

If we go through past — Mahatma Gandhi (assassinated because of misunderstanding), John F. Kennedy (assassinated), Martin Luther King Jr. (assassinated).

Beyond the above listed, the great Abraham Lincoln. Almost every great statesman has gone through the pain of denial despite being with the truth. Modi is no exception.

May be — 20 to 30 years down the line — we would see ubiquitous acceptance of the Man of action.

Source of Knowledge — Abraham Lincoln (1917): Lord Charnwood: 9780548967102: Amazon.com: Books