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पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय: भारतीय राजनीति और आर्थिक चिंतन के पथ प्रदर्शक

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पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय भारतीय राजनीति और समाज के उन महान विचारकों में से एक थे, जिन्होंने न केवल देश की राजनीतिक विचारधारा को दिशा दी, बल्कि भारतीय आर्थिक दृष्टिकोण को भी मौलिक रूप से प्रभावित किया। वे एक प्रखर राष्ट्रवादी, संगठनकर्ता, विचारक और सामाजिक सुधारक थे। उनका जीवन राष्ट्र सेवा, भारतीय संस्कृति के संरक्षण और समाज के सबसे गरीब वर्ग के उत्थान के प्रति समर्पित था। उन्होंने एकात्म मानववाद और अंत्योदय जैसी अवधारणाओं को जन्म दिया, जो आज भी भारत की राजनीतिक और आर्थिक नीतियों को प्रभावित कर रही हैं।  पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय का जन्म 25 सितंबर 1916 को उत्तर प्रदेश के मथुरा जिले में हुआ था। वे बचपन से ही मेधावी छात्र थे और उन्होंने अपनी शिक्षा प्रयागराज से प्राप्त की। अपने विद्यार्थी जीवन में ही वे राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ (RSS) से जुड़ गए और संगठन के कार्यों में सक्रिय भूमिका निभाने लगे। उनकी लेखन क्षमता और विचारशीलता ने उन्हें बहुत जल्द एक प्रमुख विचारक के रूप में स्थापित कर दिया।  पंडित उपाध्याय का राजनीतिक जीवन भारतीय जनसंघ से जुड़ा हुआ था, जिसे उन्होंने एक मजबूत राजनीतिक दल के रूप में विकसित करने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई। 1951 में भारतीय जनसंघ की स्थापना हुई, और वे इस दल के प्रमुख रणनीतिकारों में से एक बने। उनका राजनीतिक दर्शन भारतीय सांस्कृतिक मूल्यों और राष्ट्रवाद पर आधारित था। उनका मानना था कि भारत की राजनीति पश्चिमी विचारधाराओं से प्रभावित हो रही है, जो हमारी संस्कृति और परंपराओं से मेल नहीं खाती। उन्होंने भारतीय संदर्भ में एक नयी राजनीतिक सोच विकसित की, जिसे “एकात्म मानववाद” कहा जाता है। इस विचारधारा का मूल सिद्धांत यह था कि मनुष्य केवल एक आर्थिक या भौतिक प्राणी नहीं है, बल्कि उसकी आत्मा, बुद्धि और भावनाओं का भी विकास होना चाहिए। उन्होंने समाज के समग्र विकास पर बल दिया और इस बात पर जोर दिया कि कोई भी आर्थिक या राजनीतिक नीति तभी सफल होगी जब वह समाज के सबसे गरीब और पिछड़े व्यक्ति तक पहुंचे।पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय का आर्थिक चिंतन मुख्य रूप से एकात्म मानववाद और अंत्योदय पर आधारित था। एकात्म मानववाद: भारतीय आर्थिक विकास का वैकल्पिक मॉडल1950 और 60 के दशक में भारत में समाजवाद और पूंजीवाद के बीच संघर्ष चल रहा था। एक ओर नेहरूवादी समाजवाद था, जो सोवियत संघ से प्रेरित था, और दूसरी ओर पूंजीवाद था, जो पश्चिमी देशों का आर्थिक मॉडल था। इन दोनों विचारधाराओं से अलग, पंडित उपाध्याय ने एक नया आर्थिक मॉडल प्रस्तुत किया जिसे उन्होंने “एकात्म मानववाद” कहा।इसका मुख्य उद्देश्य था किआर्थिक विकास केवल GDP या उत्पादन वृद्धि तक सीमित न रहे, बल्कि समाज के हर वर्ग को समृद्ध बनाए।भारतीय संस्कृति और परंपराओं के अनुरूप आर्थिक नीतियां बनाई जाएं। एवं स्वदेशी उद्योगों को प्रोत्साहित किया जाए, जिससे आत्मनिर्भरता बढ़े।बाजार की बजाय समाज केंद्रित विकास नीति अपनाई जाए।एकात्म मानववाद इस विचार को पुष्ट करता था कि भारत की अर्थव्यवस्था को स्वदेशी मॉडल पर आधारित होना चाहिए, न कि पश्चिमी देशों के पूंजीवादी या समाजवादी मॉडल पर।पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय ने अंत्योदय का विचार प्रस्तुत किया, जिसका अर्थ है “समाज के सबसे अंतिम व्यक्ति का उत्थान”। उन्होंने तर्क दिया कि कोई भी अर्थव्यवस्था तब तक सफल नहीं हो सकती जब तक समाज के सबसे कमजोर और वंचित वर्गों का विकास न हो।अंत्योदय का सिद्धांत आज भी भारतीय राजनीति और आर्थिक नीतियों का महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा बना हुआ है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की कई योजनाएं, जैसे जन धन योजना, उज्ज्वला योजना, और आत्मनिर्भर भारत अभियान, अंत्योदय के सिद्धांत पर ही आधारित हैं।पंडित उपाध्याय ने भारतीय जनसंघ को केवल एक चुनावी पार्टी नहीं, बल्कि एक मजबूत वैचारिक संगठन के रूप में स्थापित किया।उन्होंने राष्ट्रवाद, सांस्कृतिक उत्थान और स्वदेशी अर्थव्यवस्था को पार्टी की नींव बनाई।उनका मानना था कि “राजनीति केवल सत्ता प्राप्त करने का माध्यम नहीं है, बल्कि समाज के निर्माण का एक साधन है।”वे मानते थे कि हिंदुत्व केवल धार्मिक विचारधारा नहीं, बल्कि एक सांस्कृतिक पहचान है जो भारत के राष्ट्रवाद को परिभाषित करती है।आज भारतीय जनता पार्टी (BJP) और राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ (RSS) की नीतियां पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय के विचारों से प्रेरित हैं।स्वदेशी आंदोलन और आत्मनिर्भर भारत की अवधारणा उन्हीं के आर्थिक सिद्धांतों से प्रेरित है।गरीबों के उत्थान और ग्रामीण विकास पर केंद्रित नीतियां अंत्योदय से प्रभावित हैं।राष्ट्रवाद और सांस्कृतिक पुनर्जागरण की विचारधारा भाजपा की राजनीति का एक अभिन्न अंग बनी हुई है।पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय केवल एक राजनेता नहीं, बल्कि एक महान विचारक, दार्शनिक और समाज सुधारक थे। उन्होंने भारतीय राजनीति और अर्थव्यवस्था को एक नया दृष्टिकोण दिया, जो आज भी प्रासंगिक है। उनका “एकात्म मानववाद” और “अंत्योदय” का सिद्धांत भारतीय समाज की सच्ची आवश्यकताओं को दर्शाता है और भारत की विकास यात्रा में एक मार्गदर्शक की भूमिका निभाता है। उनकी पुण्यतिथि पर हम उन्हें शत्-शत् नमन करते हैं और उनके आदर्शों को अपनाने का संकल्प लेते हैं।

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Be The Finisher………………

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In this age of smartphone , data consumerism and reels , shorts , it is becoming tough to focus on any particular thing . As per some surveys , people usually leave more than 45% tasks unfinished or incomplete .

Students , professionals , writers , even politicians and bureaucrats have to face this epidemic of “unfinished tasks ” .

In this article i will try to highlight the reasons behind this phenomena , and how we can overcome it and become more productive .

I left watching cricket in early 2000 , finding it very unproductive ( a decision i still lament ) . but what memories i have of cricket , one is of micheal bevan , an australian tail ender batsman , who is considered best finisher of the matches . he have a very high run rate too .

Tyranny of not finishing things is spread everywhere . most of the people leave food uneaten on there plates , we usually take too much time in completimg last 20-30% of the books ( see your kindle library and you will find this ) , etc. etc.

Thinking about reasons for this , i can ideate following ones :

1- Motivation drain with time : when we begin something , the perceived reward is high , we are motivated , sense of doing ‘something new’ gives us propulsion . with time this motivation starts depleting and at the tail end of the task it comes to very low .

2- Boredom of mediocrity : Usually initial work involves creativity and imagination . it gives us an intellectual kick too . while end portion of the task is considered formal , brainless , iterative , non challenging .

3- Lenz’s law : As physics states , i find Lenz’s law working everywhere . it starkly resembles with Chinese yin yang philosophy . Lenz’s law says that every phenomena , have an effect which counters the cause of the phenomena itself . its like everything sets its own destruction pattern , while creating itself .

its possible that neural motivation which gives us initial boost to start work , slowly goes into self depletion mode .

There are some positive reasons for incomplete tasks also . some psychologists like zeigarnik who in his famous zeigarnik effect states about correlation between tasks and memory , and says that unfinished tasks have higher retention in our memory , thus causing a tension in mind . and this particular phenomena may be used for productivity hacks .

Another great psychologist Ovsiankina , said that unfinished tasks create a perpetual tension and urge to go back to task , and it also gives self debasing nudges to our mind .

Lets come to solutions now . following tips and tacts can be used to reduce the tyranny of unfinished tasks :

1- Simple will power , by having a ego boosting self image of being a person who is a finisher . thinking that this simple habit sets u apart and above the crowd , is a motivation for finishing tasks .

2- blocking one hour in day for ‘almost completed yet unfinished tasks’ . make it your ‘completion hour’ .

3- peer pressure : you can share to do list or some shared sheet with your peers , where your unfinished tasks are visible . peer nudges work wonders .

4- mindful planing of the task

so many other tricks and tacts can be thought for being a finisher . most important thing is that we convince our own mind about the importance of completing works .

 

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We , The living beings

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“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” – M.K. Clinton

As per a paper at IJMR , annual dog biting incidences in India are 17.4 million ( 1.74 crore ) .

Above two contrasting sentences , are the basis of this article which delves on ethical , legal , emotional , practical, environmental, historical perspectives related to man-animal coexistence vis a vis conflict .

On a planet scale , millions of species have coevolved and their diversity gives resilience to our ecosystem.
While coexistence is the nature , conflict between species is governed by natural laws of population equilibrium and “survival of fittest “.


Dogs , hens , milch animals have existed within human society since dawn of humanity itself .
Indian epics mention a dog who went on a journey to Himalayas with king yudhisthira in Mahabharata. Eskimos and aleutians have used dogs for hunting , transport etc since millions of years .

Today on the eve of World dog day , it’s pertinent to think about contrast among three verticals:
1- natural coexistence of all species within natural laws
2- human urge to keep pets and happiness derived from it
3- biting and other disease risks from pets and street animals

Ethically all species have right to survive and exist . Humans , because of there technological prowess have achieved a “super species ” status . Normal laws of “might is right ” among species can’t be applied where humans are in picture . Humanity in itself encompasses compassion towards living beings .

Indian laws , particularly prevention of cruelty to animals act , delineate five freedoms for animals :


Freedom from thirst, hunger and malnutrition
Freedom from discomfort due to environment
Freedom from pain, injury and diseases
Freedom to express normal behaviour for the species
Freedom from fear and distress

Recent incidents of some urban societies related to dog biting have created a lot of social media furore .
Concern is genuine , but response is knee-jerk .

What we need is proper infrastructure for stray dogs , training and registration of pet keepers , shelter homes for street animals , good facilities for sterilisation of street animals , social awareness and compassion for avoidance of cruelty to other animals .

It’s not only out choice , but our compulsion too.
It’s our exponential population rise and our invasion of forests that spaces for other species have shrunk rapidly. Hence it’s our moral duty to create structures for there coexistence.

There might be some economic arguments regarding prioritisation of funds , but if we see from a hawk eye perspective, investment in urban infrastructure which creates a compassionate society , makes us more humane .

Need of the hour is to have one earth approach , where all animals and plants are considered vital parts for survival of our planet and in turn us .

शब्द का अर्थ

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नर-नारी का संबंध , सदैव ही शारीरिक ,सांस्कृतिक और भावनात्मक लेंस से देखा जाता रहा है।

मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि एक सच्चा प्रेम , मात्र सृजन ही नही करता अपितु आध्यात्मिक पूर्णत्व भी देता है।

शब्द का अर्थ

मेरे शब्दों का अर्थ हो तुम ,
तुमसे ही भाव पनपते हैं ।
मेरे जीवन का कथ्य हो तुम ,
तुमसे ही राग सवंरते हैं ।।

मोह भरी नकली दुनिया में ,
झूठ फरेबी शक़्ली दुनिया में ,
मेरे जीवन का सत्य हो तुम ,
ईश्वर का शाश्वत पथ्य हो तुम ।।

मैं वीणा , उसका बहता सुर हो तुम ।
मैं मरु-हृदय , पय स्त्रोत प्रचुर हो तुम ।।
मैं कृष्ण तत्व , हूँ कंस विनाशक ।
राधिका रूपी मृदु प्रेमत्व हो तुम ।।

मैं रुद्र गरल, सृष्टि का संहारक ।
जननी , रचयिता मातृत्व हो तुम ।।

मैं , हो पाया पूर्ण जिससे ,
ऐसा पावन पूर्णत्व हो तुम ।।
मेरे जीवन का तत्व हो तुम।।
मेरा आधा अस्तित्व हो तुम ।।

वायुयान

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कहते हैं कि थोड़ा ऊंचा सोचना चाहिए और चीजो को broad vision ( वृहत्तर दृष्टि ) से देखना चाहिए । कुछ दिन पहले वायुयान से यात्रा कर रहा था , सहसा विचार आया कि मनुष्य कितनी चीजो को भूल गया है । फ्लैट कल्चर ने हमे संकीर्ण बना दिया है , हम भूल गए हैं कि मानव की मूल प्रवत्ति यायावर की है।

कार्ल सागन के शब्दों में ..We are a species of wanderers .

कविता का भाव यही है कि हम यह पहचाने की हम कोई साधारण वस्तु नही हैं , हम प्रकृति के सबसे असाधारण शिल्प हैं , रूमी ने जैसा कहा “we are a universe in motion ” और जैसा खगोल विज्ञानी कहते हैं कि “we are made of stardust ” .

हे वायुयान , क्या सिखाते हो तुम ।

विस्तार धरा का या संकीर्णता मानव मन की ।

या याद दिलाते हो मनुज को तुम ।

भ्रम उसके सीमित अस्तित्व का , भंगुरता उसके तन की ।।

हे वायुयान , क्या यह भी सिखाते हो तुम ।
कि क्यों खोया मनुष्य निज स्वार्थो में
घर गाड़ी धन स्वार्थ रूपी अनर्थो में ।

क्या ये भी बतलाते तुम ,
की 3 कमरे के फ्लैट की दुनिया बिंदु मात्र है ,
मनुष्य की मानवता तो विश्व सिंधु की पात्र है ।

हे वायुयान , क्या सिखाते हो तुम ?
कि सीधी राह पर भी ताकत लगा कर चलने से ,
उठ सकता है मनुष्य धरा के पार ।
की नही जरूरी धूर्त सीढ़ियां ओर चोरी की रस्सियां ,
व्यक्ति को ले जाने हेतु ऊंचे प्राचार ।।

हे वायुयान ।

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Victory and Happiness

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In our life , we set some short term and long term goals . We work hard , we Sail thru cut throat competition , we outsmart others and emerge victorious by achieving our goals .
If all this is so simple then why our generation lacks sense of satisfaction. Why eternal unsatisfaction is mandatory for our progress .
Is it impossible to improve while feeling happy in your present state ?
Does victory only means achieving your goals no matter what , or it should be something else ?
Is it so important to be victorious , is our happiness is dependent upon victory ?

 

These questions hover around certain paradoxes —
Paradox 1:
Victory of one is intertwined with defeated of others. So does it mean that for our happiness ( which is victory based ) we are bound to inflict grief on others ?
No man can win all battles . So someday someone will gain his happiness by defeating us . It means that no body can be eternally happy .
Hence only mean to have eternal happiness is to disconnect the illusionary bond between happiness and victory ( or accomplishment of goals ) .

Paradox 2:
It arises from paradox 1 itself . Happiness act as an incentive for hardwork . We think that if we work hard then we will be able to achieve our goals and in turn we will be happy . But paradox 1 says that achievement / victory can never give you eternal happiness ( or no happiness at all ) .
Then what should be the motivation for hardwork .
What should be the entity which may propel us to work harder ?

Paradox 3:
End mean debate :
For beginners , End signifies the goal and mean signifies the instruments / methods to achieve our goals .

Our victory seems tied with end only ( I.e with our goal ) . But thinkers like Gandhi ji say that no matter how good your end is , it can never justify a bad end .

Earlier discussed paradoxes again come into picture , if victory ( end ) can’t give you happiness , then a good mean may give it .
But what good a mean is if it can’t ensure your end ?

 

 

Message :
Simple message is that while we youngsters think that hardwork and achieving our goals are reasons to exist , it is not like that .
How we achieve our goals , may dominate the fact that have we ever achieved our goal .
We must not loose our humane face and balanced life style for victory .
A sucess shared is happiness , a failure well shouldered with near dear ones is also happiness .
A bloom of rose , on the face of all failures of life is also happiness .
Happiness have no connection with victory / accomplishments .
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The next being

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Lamarkian , Darwinian and synthetic evolutionary approaches converge on a single dictum that evolution has been a tool of improvisation against the odds of nature .

Natural changes occur and the species which may adapt to them, survives. Eg. Shrews (our real ancestors ) saved themselves by adapting a nocturnal lifestyle and hole habitats to avoid the wrath of dinosaurs .

In post myocene era , when forest started shrinking , it posed a challange to our ancestors ( drayopithican ape ) , but again they adapted and survived.

Sometimes I think that real hero for mankind is the ape who for the first time , with all his gumption and indomitable will , took the decision to stand on two feet.It was not a less risk than risks of Columbus or Armstrong .

 

Nature’s laws are still prevailing . At this juncture of space and time, human race is again under some existential threats like population explosion, climate change, frequent epidemics and possible nuclear holocaust . ( never ever any species gathered capability to annihilate earth 70 times ::: >30000 Nuclear warheads. )

Game of survival is on, will evolution come again as our savoir. If yes , then what form it will take ? 

1- human with super cognitive capabilities.

2- a tech giant human

3- a human with chlorophyll ( highly unlikely but possible)

Or nothing. Human race wil be eliminated in this game of survival.

With the way we are advancing in artificial intelligence, cognitive evolution doesn’t seem a need. Humans are not going to be extinct because of lack of intellect. Hence if intellect is not in the question, it shall not be in the answer .

A tech giant human, means a human having Seamless integration with technology. This might be a response but it will not be a right one. Trends till ,today still are unable to establish conclusively that technology have increased the chances of survival of our race , it actually have stronger logics for being the cause of our annihilation .

According to me, next big thing would be a moral evolution ::

a psycho emotional evolution comprising enhanced empathy, amplified altruism and enhanced inclination for following collective conscience rather individual convenience.

We must understand that alone we fall and together we rise. We don’t need more brain or brawn to ensure our survival , all we need is a bigger heart full of empathy, compassion , morality ,sensitivity .

One example I want to cite here is of a specific vampire species . these vampires provide blood to those members of group who are week or ill. They drink for themselves later . mathematical models suggests that there survival potential as a group is way higher than other vampire groups .

Simmmilar behaviour is observed in a carribean monkey species ,whose members give a warning voice to others when some hunter comes .though this act of giving warning makes that specific individual more vulnerable for being hunted but still he does it.

Game theory suggests that there is a way in which everybody can win . and when we work in a way which ensures benefit of all of us , then only our personal benefit may materialise in true and sustainable terms .

Gandhi in his concept of Sarvodaya explained the philosophy of “one for all and all for one ” . Time is now ,to promote this psycho social evolution .only those who have an eye which can see beyond there self interests ,can realise that this is the only tool to save ourselves from an extinction.

 

 

 

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The Y paradox

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“Y” here is a curiosity generating semi-vowel , asking for its suitable full form.

“Y” might be youth , “Y” might be male-deciding chromosome , “Y ” might be some sci-fi quantum mechanics variable …..blah blah….brain roams like that.

well “y” stands for youth here and has been chosen to resemble the mystique issues Y2K gen youth is facing.

Be it the crumbling expectations of parents who are hell bent to sail out of middle class via tapping the talent of these kids , or the transition phase issues of societies which are getting liberalized in a strange way.

i am going to delve on the 3 issues which are in trend now a days and embezzling our youth as no body.

1- What is the success ? why so much hulla-ballu about it?

2-How to find a meaning midst 5 block life ( degree–mnc–Flat–wife–SUV)?

3- How to survive the enraging capitalism which have increased the competitiveness of work so much that work itself is rendering incompetence to life rather supporting it ?

Lets crack these puzzles one by one .

1- what is the success and……………………………. it ?

:: Basic reason lies in the distortion of meaning of success , which has been deliberately caused to serve market oriented interests of companies and financial behemoths.

we are being fed in such a way by advertisement industry that we have forgot the basic nature and essentials of life . we have lost the balance in education too.

education is teaching so much about “performance in life ” that people unable to think / plan about “peace in life “.

i am not lobbying for leaving all productive tasks and get lazy , all i am proposing is to “not be blind ” . ” not allow other’s or illusions created by others to guide and goad your life “and “make peace as a priority”.

we need to re-learn that high analytic skills , intense negotiation skills . quantitative and qualitative aptitude ….all they are not virtues , they are just one set of tool among many sets , to achieve the real virtues of life i.e peace , happiness , health and constructive co-existence.

…………………………………. To be continued

ॐ तत सत।

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Curviest is the straight………

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In my highschool , my maths teacher used to joke about straight line being most curvy ( curvy symbolized tough)  .  well extending that inference i think its too tough ” to simply have a goal and follow it linearly.”

reason is simple….. all systems have an inherent tendency of being entropic.

As per science entropy is an unavoidable phenomena and a lot of energy is needed to counter it.

Entropy generates uncertainity and to counter this uncertainity we don’t have certain solutions.

A plethora of “uncertain solutions” only , can be applied to counter uncertainity , in a partially certain way.

 

More the no. of uncertain tricks to remove the uncertainity , more “certain reduction in uncertainity” happens.

 

Relegion , taboos , destiny and even God , all are these uncertain phenomenas created to explain/counter the uncertainity.

Hence in a amzing way there mutual existence deems its cause to the very reason of them i.e , mutual elimination.

A night of divali….. with devil in throes of sucess and deities lying in thrones….

Mind is roaming without a d4b51fc3b2d783126b3d0e7df57e5b7esteward , treading these darker zones.

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Law Vs Justice…………

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I aint a law expert who will detail the debate with tons of logics and excerpts.

as a common and aware human , its not tough to precept  that umpteen no. of times law contradicts or atleast does’t comply with humanitarian approach of justice.

No constitution can exactly define the rule, punishment for each possible permutation and combination of social situations , its the ethical rigidity and maturity of executive body which ensures the just interpretation of law which may ultimately relegate justice.

actually issue starts being grey when our value based education society changes its face as we grow , and it starts to teach us about acclimatization of our attitude for following or ensuring the law rather making us capable of  using our natural sense of good an d bad , over scripted laws.

if laws have the pride of creating arranged societies , they also bear the responsibility of some of the most tragic mass scale crimes of human history which were feasible just because moot  acceptance of government orders and laws.

Be it Nazis , followers of any tyrant , crusaders …all were following some established laws while committing some most heinous crimes of history of humanity.

our society-government interface needs more maturity and part of our society must become more active in deciding day to day justice related tasks of our society.