EPILOGUE

TNSU! could be mistaken for ‘Tamil Nadu Students Organisation!’ (with an ‘!’ for a highly agitated students’ union). But its a spirit for me. Not the kind of spirit you get from a peg of vodka but from a stirring in the soul. On a less abstract level, it could mean an emotion. This emotion should give way to action and even more actions so that one day you find yourself on a higher spiritual plane, doing things for people you don’t even know.

TNSU! is about confidence. When you are down, you know that there is someone else to take your place and achieve the common goal. Its about being on the path of progress and looking back only to learn.

I wrote TNSU! two years ago. At that time, I was doing my ICWA. But the events which took place after that were uncanny. Several people I met in real life after that seemed to resemble characters from the story (!). I visited Bangalore, worked there and returned to my home state. But not exactly to answer the calling from my heart (and of course not to answer the call of nature, oh no, would I return for that?).

Ever wondered how the year 2019 could be? Every minute you think about it, you could get a different picture of India……of a numerical growth rate, number of people below the poverty line, number of youth unemployed, etc or you could visualize expressways, or even gaonwalas who are happy with what they make and there is no external force (read: civilized people from the developed world) to take away their happiness. You could share your opinion of what India ought to be in 2020.

The greatest contribution would be unflinching service to mankind without expecting any gratitude in return. But then, how does ‘Active Patriotism’ fit into the picture? Isn’t humanity more important than patriotism?

A bit of spirituality and history unplugged……

The Bhagavad Gita says that you must do your duty and offer the fruits to God. No doubt. Every religion is based on the same message. Right?

Now, going back to our freedom struggle. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee had written a novel titled ‘Anandmath’. The song ‘Vande Mataram’ is a part of this novel. In the novel the spirit of India was conceptualized as Goddess Durga. Remember when we were in school, a girl would dress up as Mother India on Independence Day every year? In other words, Mother India and Durga Devi are synonymous. The phrase ‘Vande Mataram’ means ‘I worship the Mother’. Put the two pieces together. What do you get? Active Patriotism. Every act you do is for your country. And the spirit of your country? Mother India. Goddess Durga.

Or put it this way, you could equate your country’s spirit with God (known by different names in different religions). What’s that objective? Service to humanity.

Finally, thank you for having a look at this blog. Fortunately the blog doesn’t come to an end (or rather unfortunately for you, I think you already rue the day I became your friend). The story I scripted ends right here. But its time for you to begin scripting your story. You ought to do justice to the blog address 
www.tnsuindians.blogspot.com

That is…….THERE’S NO STOPPING US INDIANS!

Chalo Perfect.

Vande Matharam!

Jai Hind!