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BJP TODAY
December 16--31, 2005 - Vol. 14, No. 24
An exclusive interview to BJP TODAY/BHAJAPA SAMACHAR
No difficulty is insurmountable, say Atalji
Former Prime Minister of India,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the
doyen of Indian politics has
dominated Parliamentary history
for nearby five decades. He is the
only leader after Nehru who has
attained recognition the world
over as a great statesman. He
completes 81 years of his
illustrious life and enters 82nd
year on December 25. The first
session of BJP was held in
December 1980 at Mumbai. As a
part of Silver Jubilee celebrations
of the party a meeting of its
National Council is being
organised at the same venue in
Mumbai. On this special occasion,
Atalji spoke to Shri Prabhat Jha
on current scenario in Indian
politics.
Q: After a long journey of thought Pandit Deendayalji
reached the concept of Integral Humanism. You have
been his fellow traveller. Can you tell us your
experiences till the Gwalior abhyasvarga?
Atalji: Integral Humanism was the outcome of a long and deep
process of thinking in search of a system that is beneficial and
in the interest of mankind. Radical nationalism was a part of
our basic thought. It took time to assimilate it with various
aspects of the system of life. It took time to see life in totality
and to develop a system of life in accordance with that. Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyay kept himself engaged in development of a
continuous and ever flowing system. To achieve coordination
between arth and kamaa on the one hand and dharma and
moksha, on the other, it was necessary to see life in its totality
and direct its course in keeping with the needs of the country
and of the times. In this long journey of thought it was
necessary to move forward taking both reality and idealism
along. Had Pandit Deendayalji lived on, new vistas of thought
and an alternative philosophy of life would have opened up.
But, unfortunately, that could not happen.
Q. The political idiom of India is quite different from the
common man. Secularism is the idiom of this politics. But
India’s society is religion-oriented. How should the new
generation karyakarta solve this tangle?
Atalji: Secularism is a new coin that is negative in nature and
depends upon taboos. Our anxiety to develop affinity with
western society has landed us in this thought dilemma. We
have not been able to come out of it even today. It is true that in today’s secularism
greater stress is being laid on community than on religion. Even then it fails to reflect our
long thinking process.
Q. 2006 will mark the centenary year of parampujya Shri Guruji. You have been
very close to Shri Gururji. What message will you give to kartyakartaas on this
occasion?
Atalji: Pujya Guruji was such a unique personality that he could have many levels of
thought at the same time. Environments may change, but he never for a moment lost
touch with his roots all his life. Pujniya Guruji was a divine being. His personality had a
unique synthesis of human and divine qualities that fascinated everybody and they felt a
sense of belonging in his company. Whoever came in contact with him got impressed
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