HAR-HAR MODI

                                               

Har-Har Modi, ghar-ghar Modi, whoever coined this catchy slogan, defifinitely disturbed the non-BJP political parties, led by the Congress. However, none had the courage to go public to oppose this electoral slogan.  Ultimately some Congress leaders, said to be close to Swami Swaroopanandji Maharaj, the Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth convinced him to issue a statement calling the slogan militating against Hindu faith. He not only did so, but also vented his feeling to the RSS Sarsanghchalak, Sh. Mohan Bhagwat who assured to look into. The Swami was thus assuaged. But the matter did not cool down there.

The BJP explained that it was not the official slogan but something done by the party enthusiasts. Sh Sushil Modi, leader of the Bihar BJP explained that this outburst of the Swami could be understood as his pro-Congress leanings were an open secret. Sh Rajnath Singh BJP President also explained that instead of the slogan in question, the official one is ‘abki bar Modi sarkar’. On the other hand, the prospective BJP PM candidate, Sh Modi quite amicably appealed to his campaigners to avoid this call so that the electoral environment was not vitiated. Accordingly, the loyal BJP soldiers appear to play down the issue accordingly which augurs well for the Indian democracy. Sh Digvijay Singh who took a very objectionable notice of the slogan should recall the call, ‘Indira is India and India is Indira.

But the lingering question very much doubts the veracity of the renowned seer. Is he an authorized philologist to give a last definition of a Hindi/Sanskrit word? Can he take guarantee that the disputable word means Mahadev only. Even a non-Hindi speaker like the Chief Minister of Goa rightly maintained that Har means each one and not the deity one tries to establish. The word Har can be translated only by words like each in English and ‘pratyek’ In Hindi. Moreover, the vernacular grammar says that since several words denote several meanings and therefore the right meaning should be determined after seeing the situation. Poet Vrind in a couplet says that this decision is essential. The word ‘saindhav, has two meanings – horse and salt. So if somebody taking food asks for saindhav, will it be wise to produce a horse before him? We respect you Swamiji but also wish you to be reasonable in such tricky situations.