Thursday, September 26, 2013

A letter to my daughter....

Dear Daughter,

It is with immense pleasure that we, your parents, have decided to go back to India for good. USA gave us the best gift ever – YOU. I know you like this place but have sportingly agreed, without any qualms, to move to India – a country you haven’t seen much in your 5 years on this planet. I know in your tender brain doesn’t even have the capacity to take such decision, but still the fact that you have readily agreed, gives us immense happiness. You are excited about being near to the families and relatives of your parents, you are excited about meeting your grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins etc…the same reason why your parents are wanting to go back to their home country.

But in this excitement there lies a huge amount of uncertainty. The reason being the situation of the country – a corrupt, divisive, selfish, worthless, anti-human government “rules” my motherland. As your parents, I sometimes question myself - are we so selfish to push you into a country that we know is not in great shape today? If things do not get better, should we blame ourselves for that?

The main and the ONLY reason, dear daughter, that we are taking this step despite the uncertainty is the belief, trust, hope and confidence that ONE man espouses – Narendra Modi – whom you fondly call “Naren Modi kaka”. Beta, this guy is not a magician – like other leaders he is a politician probably with similar qualities including vices. But then, he has shown what someone can do with a single minded ambition of working for good of the people. We are lucky to be coming from the state of Gujarat where your “Naren Modi kaka” has served for over a decade yielding amazing results. It is time now that he does the same for the whole country.

Dear daughter, we have told you stories about Lord Krishna, Hanuman Dada, Ganapati (your “Gappi Morya”), Shivaji raje and Maharana Pratap. There are many more known and unsung heroes that have honored our motherland in the thousands of years of her existence. Our country has always been the greatest in the world – she fell prey to some selfish elements a few hundred years ago and since then has been suffering in some way or the other – sometimes at the hands of invaders and sometimes, sadly, at the hands of her own children.

With Narendra Modi, this can change – not completely but a start can be made to be back to the gloriousness that Maa Bharati has always seen. We, your parents, have great trust in him and so does millions around the country. He is not the messiah but surely the Moses who can lead us to greater heights, away from divisive, corrupt and hopeless hearts that we have come down to as a nation.

I am hoping that our decision is right and we are bringing you back to a glorious country with a glorious future under a glorious leader – if all goes well you are going to be a part and witness the biggest revolution in modern India. Your destiny, along with a billion others’, is tied to the same hope. For once, I pray to God, please do not let our confidence break…please do not let our country suffer anymore…please allow our hope to flower…as dear daughter, your future is safe with Naren Modi kaka.

With lots of love and blessings…and hope,
Pappa