Introduction to Kartavya Dharmadhikari (full article)

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        These two half-brothers regularly did a lot of brainstorming on the course of action. As hot blooded as Kartavya Dharmadhikari is, he will always count on Dr. Swaansh Aatman when he wishes to have a rational argument on any topic.
        Son of a martyr, Kartavya first met Swaansh in law school. And it was not a surprise that they formed an alliance very soon. Though there was a lot of difference in the upbringing of these two, they shared many common interests. And within these same common interests, most of the times they had different methods of implementation. Nonetheless, they had immense respect for each another.
        Ever since the death of his father, late colonel Ramcharan Dharmadhikari, Kartavya become a full time politician. A famed columnist, a stern lawyer, a shrewd economist and a strict disciplinarian (just like his father). He derived his principles and ideologies from the greatest leaders in history. If there is one thing you want to learn from him, learn assertiveness. He sometimes went a hint above assertivenes towards aggressiveness. But he never got into trouble. He supported, rather covered, all his actions by adequate evidences and "legal" documents. A true politician.
        His father always said," a man always does those things which his immediate society rewards him to do". Though his father said it to motivate him to do the right thing, little did he know that this sentence carried the ultimate truth behind all the trends of our society. If your society has got respect for the learned, then the youth will try to get educated. If your society does not punish the wrongdoers, then considering how prosperous and adventurous the wrongdoers' lives are, the youth will try to replicate that. Right from narrow-mindedness to science, from crime to law and order, from disease to medicine and marriage to justice, everything gets influenced by how the society reacts to these acts.
        Our country, like many others, is in dire need of a good role model. A role model who will once again induce hope in the minds of the youth. A role model who believes in action. A role model who is just. It is true that we the people make the society. That the society as a whole decides the course of development. That we all are collectively responsible for building this society and its trends. That we should ' ask not what our country can do for us. We should rather ask what we can do for the country' (John F. Kennedy). But let us not forget why all teams/groups/civilizations need leaders. If the knowledge of  'what is right and wrong' alone would be enough, never would the people need a governing body, and for that matter even a leader.
        Let us not forget the role of a leader. Sadly, we live in an era where Justin Bieber has more twitter followers then Barack Obama and Dalai Lama put together. The reason being both- lack of awareness and lack of role models. We live in an era where we as a nation can not trust the "people" to judge good and bad. In India, we often see light at the end of the tunnel in the form of promising leaders only to find out that that light was that of an oncoming train which will run all of us over. "Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt"- Navjot Singh Siddhu.
        But the political situation continues to worsen day by day. Peaceful protests have lost their strength and impact. Our government has implemented delaying tactics in ways that we have eventually lost all hopes for justice. The same man John F. Kennedy has also said," Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable ".
        Kartavya, like his friend Swaansh wishes to be the change he wants to see in the world. The two of them have formed an NGO "Kartavya". This NGO is unique because it not only works towards the betterment of the poor and disabled, it happens to be the most feared organisation of lawyers. Feared by right from politicians to industrialists to the government officials/ bureaucracy. This is a group of like-minded people. People who are friends turned alliances. They have aggressively taken initiatives to see to it that no rock remains unturned. Right from letter writing campaigns to organizing seminars in schools and colleges to maintaining columns in popular newspapers and magazines, this group is ready to do anything legal and almost legal to get things done. They don't even mind going below the belt. And when you have people like Dr. Swaansh Aatman on your side, funds can never be a problem. Let's wait and watch...!!

Inertia - so that everything makes sense

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       "My life is going too slow. There is so much to do, so much to learn, but I am stuck here in the books. I want to do so much in life but I wont be able to start unless I complete graduation.",said the kid.
        Dr. Swaansh Aatman was literally seeing his own reflection in this kid.

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Balance - The ultimate answer for all events

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        It was 1:45 am. He gently opened the door of his house, trying his best not to make the clinging noise of the keys. His parents were sleeping in their bedroom. It was absolutely quiet everywhere. He straight went inside his bedroom . He placed his bag on the table, switched his cellphones off, put his watch aside and rolled his sleeves up. Dr. Swaansh Aatman gets more alive during this time of the day. After spending almost 15 hours of the day outside his house , it is this time that he gets for himself. He had a glass of water and went to his personal library.
        Dr. Swaansh sat on his chair just thinking. Thinking about his past mistakes and the challenges which were to come ahead. For what he did, he could never have made everybody happy.


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        When you are to deal with politicians and corrupt officials , you tend to forget your people skills. You tend to get emotional. In order to get these people to work, Dr. Swaansh had to combine everything that he had ever learnt. He had to use his people skills that he learnt in M.B.A., his legal knowledge that he got at law college and more so his financial prowess. And this man did it with a vengeance. As Navjot Singh Sidhu says ,' a revolutionary idea is usually the one with its sleeves rolled up '. Swaansh knew that what he was doing was right; also holly if we may say. He was not going to kneel in front of selfish minds. People tend to confuse the goal of being liked with that of being respected.
        Ronald Reagon, the president of the United States of America from 1980 to 1988, said," America is the best country to promote world peace not because of its tolerance but because of its strength." To extend this idea further, Dr. Swaansh knew that his good intentions combined with his might is what is responsible for everything that he has ever achieved. Even in the Indian history, we have seen many extremes work together to drive out the British. It took all, the peaceful ways of Mahatma Gandhi and the extremist ways of Bhagat Singh ,the assertive ways of the iron man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the shrewd ways of netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, to create a combined effect so powerful that history was made. The fundamental laws of our idea of society were rewritten and change was being brought about. Stories will be told and accusations will be made. Mediocre minds are always going to criticize these leaders for many reasons. Of course, there is no denying that some of these arguments are definitely credible. But let us not forget that these leaders have made sacrifices in ways in which most of us can not even begin to imagine. The truth is and will always remain that way that the absence of even a single leader would have made it impossible for India to achieve independence. Similarly, none of the methods implemented by these leaders, singly, would have proven to be sufficient enough.
        The mother nature requires BALANCE. What was important was not the methods but the intention that all these great men shared - to give India independence. Though their destinies were different, their goal was the same. For any thought to ever manifest, BALANCE is required. The leaders deep within themselves had developed a fire so intense that mother nature had to manifest it. They never cared about what people would say or interpret 50 years after those events. Because it meant nothing to them. What they wanted was something for the people This is the kind of sacrifice that Dr. Swaansh was thinking about , that most of us can not even begin to imagine. There is never a best way of doing anything. Anything that ever happened , happened exactly how it was supposed to , because it did that way.
        It takes both sunshine and rain to create a rainbow. Successful men have always had their share of problems and they did it in spite of and not in absence of those problems. Because problems and motivation brought about that BALANCE. Channelizing your fire and acting in accordance with your thoughts gives you that BALANCE. Even criminals follow this theory of balance in their own ways. And you can apply this theory to any and every event that ever occurred. You just need to close the doors of pre-concepts and prejudice to look at them from a different angle. The angle of truth.
        Now Dr. Swaansh was relieved. He, by means of this self talk, again revised his concepts of (1) Why are there so many complications and hindrances in what he does and (2) why he will need to follow the path of the ever so witty Ronald Reagon by using both his mind and might to do it. The answer was again - the mother nature is helping him strike that BALANCE .This is what made his JOURNEY enjoyable. He looked at his watch. It was 2:30 A.M. The next afternoon he had these series of meetings. It was time to sleep...

The four factors of Success

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       The lady who was anchoring the event announced the name of the next speaker. He was the second last speaker of the event , the principal of the college was going to go last ofcourse. And just as how the lady prepared to introduce the speaker there was already some anticipation in the crowd. The students had heard a lot about him. Suddenly all eyes were on the stage. Even the ones who were not attentive so far now listened to the lady.
        Down there in the first row was dr. Swaansh Aatman. It was his big day for sure. He too was very eager to be a part of this event. And the lady announced ," ladies and gentlemen please welcome dr. Swaansh Aatman ". And there was a thunderous applause. The generally very calm and composed , dr.Swaansh found it tough to gather himself and carry himself on to the stage. The 29 year old leader got up and walked towards the stage . The lights were dimmed,the stage was cleared and the projector flashed a blank screen .


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        " To summarize, the  four most important factors to achieve success : one is dream , two is passionate action , three is people, and four is distinction among the three . Thank you, may god bless you and may god bless our very own institute. "
        Thanking the audience , waving to the crowd he left the podium. There was an instantaneous standing ovation from the crowd. They knew that he was someone who once sat on the same benches as they did right now. The students sure took his advice seriously. Dr. Swaansh Aatman , after a few moments of bowing down and thanking the audience with folded hands, left the stage.