Musing : Janta Curfew and Clap your Hand
By
Kirtyanand Das
Whatsapp University has made every one aware of Covi(n)d of China as Bhaktikal poets made Govind of Gokul known to all. Its nice that PM spoke to the nation and made them aware of the grave situation that is incubating.
When it spreads, it will require resources that we may not have. We lack the sense of good public hygiene. We feel joy in defying orders when we are out of sight of rule enforcing authorities. They themselves are lax and want to be managed. All these make us much vulnerable.
Then , we lack the resources in terms of men, machines, medicines, material and management skill, for almost a war like situation. We can put Military and para military into action but all of them are not trained for this scale of biological war.
Military has some training material in its Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Warfare manuals. But it scope is limited. Here it is going to be too vast and varied. Chinese society is different. They over many millennia have grown up following Confucius Code of conduct. Where obedience moves upward and care down wards.
Where good son must obey the father, public must obey the authority of the State. And those who don’t, must be punished.All member and public must uphold the family and state values respectively and similarly father and state must take care of family and the people.
War, natural calamities and diseases are traditionally a testing time for the state and the authority at the helm of affairs. If it passes the test it continues, if it fails it looses the mandate of the heaven and revolt takes place and power changes hands and few million loose Iives.
That is the Chinese way of life. We have nothing like that. Here every caste, community, region and religion has it own rules and regulations. It is so called the Salad Bowl Civilization. That makes us easy to be conquered and much easier to be ruled thereafter.
Authorities get destroyed and replaced due their own decline and decay. That happened when Central Asian Brahmanism replaced decaying Buddhism completely. And later on decayed Brahmanism was replaced by Abrahamism -I (Islam) politically and not socially and subsequently decayed Abrahmism -((Islam) was replaced by Abrahamism-II(Anglic Christianity) politically and not socially. If we fail now then, these 70 odd years will be sheer wasted period ,sort of political interrganum before intrusion of some foreign power. Its very crucial time.
This should be taken as almost a war, a biological war. Power that will give the cut may apply healing balm as well. A very difficult and different war at a global scale and scope larger than the last two World War, as PM has rightly recognised it in his speech to the nation.
It is a time when a global power is receding that is America and is hesitant to shoulder the responsibilities that come with the thorny cap of a sole super power.As did West some 70 odd years back. Such time in history is called the Heroic Age.
When arena is vacant and opportunities come to all. As some three hundred years back, Turko-Mongol or Altaic powers that had its sway over entire Asia and Africa.Then Europe did not count much. Ottoman, Safavid and Mughals and Munchus ,the Gun Powder Empires ruled the roost.
They decayed due to their own luxurious loads and indulgence and one by one ,succumbed to European powers by the end of eighteenth century. When whole Europe was sailing around the high seas with the gun boats. and subduing the old powers that held the continents.
Asian Powers that were, fell like house of cards one by one. Or at the end of Second World War French were being killed like rats in Dien Bien Phu at the hands of Vietnamese and then again the West was shown its place in Swez Crisis. American stepped in at both places and snatched the sceptre from her grand mother’s hands ,the West.
Who did the mischief at Wuhan will remain a matter of long investigation. Now that initial victim that is Chaina is out of danger, it will turn into new Witch Doctor and will finish the chicken coops of the entire global village in return of its healing lotion and soothing gestures! The old witch doctor that is America has lost its charm and is hesitant to cast any spell.
It seems to have forgotten all the ‘mantar’ and wants to rest it’s tired Iimbs.That is why it is in hurry to leave all the fronts that it created in such great hurry.
As reports suggest that China has over come it “Chernobyl” . It indulged in a callousness of sort, whether by design or by default that only time will tell and let the virus spread like wild fire within and without. Within it is limited to only Heibi province, and not all over China, as it had been in rest of world almost all over every province, every prefect. Its containnment in a single provice will have a question mark on China’s intent.
But if China has really controlled and contained it then it is credible. And then it has the power to play the healing touch diplomacy. Its new soft power weapon ,the experience gained and relief material it can manufacture and muster.
Most of the famous Italian fashion brands like Gucci and Prada have there manufacturing centres in Wuhan and almost a lakh of Chinese work in northern Italy in these famous fashion houses.So spread of disease was quite natural in Italy.ltaly has been hit hard .
And EU some how seems to have abandoned her. China has stepped in. It has sent medical material there and will be sending its battle hardened medical warriors there as well. And certainly to any and many EU members. Similarly Iran has suffered many deaths and American sanctions will pose more difficulties.
China will deploy its new softmedico power there. Iran in recent Middle East conflict, has made maximum geopolitical political and strategic gains, then any one else. Its influence now run in Iraq through it Shia connections which holds power there. In Syria the Asad Regime’s continuity extends it influence on the the Mediterranean coast.
In Yemen it is fighting a civil war to gain a foothold on the Peninsula . In Levant it is cooking up some cooperation with Erdogan in Turkey. Already she has turned into spokes person for the Muslim Umma.Her utterances on Kashmir and recent riots in Delhi is well known.
China will gain access to all the geopolitical gains that Iran has made in the region. Over the years China has been making all the tit bits that world has the need of. It will put all its might to produce the immediate medical material that is needed to contain this calamity.
Like, masks and protective wears , sanitisers, testing kit, ventilators and the needed infrastructures to raise makeshift hospitals .And last but not the least the battle hardened medico warriors. The present leadership in China has received, if not the Heaven’s Mandate then, certainly the Mandate of the Masses to gain China its rightful place in the world order. It’s recent control of disease will go in its favour both internally and externally.Lives of millions have been improved.
It has the money from the manufacturing industries and does not shy in flexing its muscles. It has made South China Sea the Chinese lake. It doesn’t hide it’s intentions of doing same to Indo -Pacific space. It’s presence in Africa is well established. Its Belt and Road Initiative may catch up speed if it healing touch strategy makes a head way.
America is sulking, EU has become old and now is getting sick with deadly disease -Made in China. May be China will heal it’s wounds and they will hold the Chinese hand. Or will be trampled by the the massive footfalls of fleeing Arabs, Turks and North African immigrants. China has already gained foot hold in the subcontinent through CPEC.
Its hold stretches from Gobi desert to Gwadar Port. A ruined Pakistan will toe the Chinese lines as did the Nizams of Hyderabad in early 19th century to East India Company.
The spread of Chinese presence look quite similar to the hold that East India Company had from Madras to Calcutta in the 18th century before they got the Diwani of Bengal and Mugal Emperor lived on their doles. It’s so similar in many ways.
And must be taken note of and must not let history repeat again from the West this time. Are we geared up to face the scale of Biological war pushed into our homes and herths. Will we rise to the occasion and turn in to a melting cauldron. Or waste and rot in preserving our pieces colours in the Salads Bowl.
Protests are still on at many places.And there are people ready to celebrate a religious events where few lakhs of people are likely to be present. Many influential People have escaped mandatory quarantine on arrival from foreign countries and have been found positive.ln this way we may not be able to contain the disease.
This disease has been brought in by the well to do people.Who have access to the medical facilities better than the poor. It should not be spread to our poorer masses.For whom it will be so difficult to manage. As it is mere lock downs will make them loose their daily wages.
Government must look into this aspect with care and sympathy. Can we manufacture the masks for the billion plus, protective wears for the million para medics and doctors. Such huge numbers of Testing Kits, Ventilators over some million pieces, to prevent immediate deaths. Infrastructure for makeshift hospitals.
Trained medical hands to take care of patients in makeshift ICU. We always have shyed away from manufacturing. Leaving few Parsee who are manufacturers and Industrialist, rest of the Indian Business Community is just traders. Who are just happy with their proverbial “Das Taka profit ” and then manipulate the system to avoid paying due taxes.
Manufacturing had always been done by the downtrodden Sudra-Arzal. Elite (Dwij-Asharaf) never soiled their hands by holding either the sickle or the hammer. Varnavyawastha will bite us so badly even in this age! If we will not be able to save our people from immediate death and destruction ,then they will go in search of any “Mai-Baap Sarkar” as they did in early to mid 19th century, when they were let down by the Maharajahs and Nawabs and were happy with the arrival of British as ruler.
It all depends on severity of spread of the disease, our leadership, cooperation of the public, our ability to gather material and manpower and manage it well. Because there is not only a disease to tackle but also a dragon that has its eyes set on our resources and manpower.
Already almost all the nations in the region is already in Chinese trap. With great difficulty we manage to get one out. We have slept over opportunities in past and missed the bus. We may have to run on the double to the next stop before the bus reaches there , to take our rightful place.
Modi has great responsibility. It is a very hard task ahead. Giving All Our Cooperation and wish him success.
IT IS A WAR AND WE ARE IN MIDST OF IT!!!!
