June 6 is close to every Maharashtrian heart. It is the day when the pride and the inspiration of Maharashtra, King Shivaji, ascended the throne.
Shivaji Maharaj is indeed unique, both as an individual and as an emperor. In my opinion, his life proves how you win everything, your goal, the followers/friends who support you to advance fast trot (literally!) towards that journey even when you began, you did not have much to write home about.
Undoubtedly, Maharaj is a great inspiration, but would not you find intriguing the people who utter his name every second, and disgrace it actively, and every minute? Want proof? A few examples here and there could prove my point, I suppose.
People spit, and thus spray the individuals passing nearby through a widow with a picture of Maharaj! Eve-teasing is a normal 'done' thing hereabouts. So mobikes vroom past. They are playing mouthful of ugly Rangpanchami. If they get to play a prank at a woman thus or otherwise, they are the happiest. Yet umpteen times would they tell the 'legend'ary story of the Kalyan Subhedar's beautiful daughter-in-law and her honorable treatment at the hands of the great king!
Many more such examples can be added. The moral of the story, in brief, is 'practise what you preach'!
Pratima@ When a great person is deified, put on the pedestal, it is easier for the followers to pay mere lip service, I suppose! Thus are ideals tarnished, right?
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