REMEMBERING LAL BHADUR SHASTRY

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India. He was born in 2 October 1904 and died in 11 January 1966.Lal Bahadur Shastri the second prime minister of India was a simple man with great personality and Highest Integrity. His grounding was from the grassroots level. He is the one and only Indian Prime Minister who was from humble family, who was very down to earth and a real son of the soil. He played a leading role in Indian freedom struggle.

Two qualities, which the leader of any nation must have, are devotion and efficiency. Lal Bahadur had both the qualities in a large measure. He would not swerve from his aim, come what may when the people of India Were fighting for freedom he brushed aside all thought of personal happiness and plunged into the freedom struggle. His daughter’s death, his son's illness, poverty - none of these made him swerve from his selection path. Even when he became a minister and later, the Prime Minister he was never attracted to a life of luxury and comfort.

More than thirty years of dedicated service were behind Lal Bahadur Shastri. He was a man of the people who understood their language. He was also a man of vision who led the country towards progress. He tackled several problems like food shortage, unemployment and poverty. To overcome the acute food shortage, he initially imported food grains and distributed them throughout the country. Later, he drew long-term plans to make the country self-sufficient in food production.

He was a practical man too. He strongly believed the laws of the land should be changed because the British formed them to rule over India. He did make an attempt by constituting the administrative reforms commission and made Morarji Desai its chairman. But after he died the idea was shelved.

The most favourite quote followed by the great the then prime minister is Guru Nanak's quotes in Gurmukhi.

When translated into English they mean -- Be simple and humble like the grass, because when a wild storm attacks, all the big trees get uprooted but the simple grass survives. Simple, but powerful.

Shastri's message of life was that if he could become PM anybody could, because he was a common man. By his actions he set new standards of morality in public life. He led his life with great simplicity and honesty and was a great source of inspiration for all the countrymen. He never felt desire for money, His life was noble, loving and mainly in the highest sense!

Although shastriji is not with us but his principal and simplicity always show the right way of life. We should follow such principals. Really he is my favorite great leader.


LET US ALL SALUTE AND PRAY FOR A NOBLE SOUL,

A TRUE HERO ...........