Menace of dynasticism is a reality of Kaliyuga. You may condemn the ‘cosmic’ phenomenon of dynasticism with the contempt it deserves, however you cannot disown it. Be it politics, corporate ownership or an “Influence Group” of an organisation worth its salt, vanity of the virtue of dynasticism functions at all levels of Consciousness i.e. from the subtlest to the grossest levels of ones own existence !!! If you can’t love it, then love to hate it but learn how to deal with it. Mantra-s hereinasunder have been in active pursuit in almost all business entities yet to smell winds of professionalism for reasons and compulsions best known to them. Hereinasunder are a few advisories that may be of profound assistance to you in dealing with the mystical enigma of dynasticism successfully –
Treat corporate family secrets as corporate family jewels, your own but not really your own !! It is similarly valid for ruling dynasties in case of political parties too.
Provide Karta of the dynasty in question, regular doses of authentic gossips concerning rival business groups in case of industry, rival groups within the political party as well as rival political party as the case may be. You must be astute enough to identify the correct rival lest it boomeranges upon you and you are left with no other option except to undergo the cruelty and disgrace of a Narco-Loyalty Test again yet remain suspect throughout your mortal existence !!!
Always be the first to present yourself with bouquets in your both hands, be it at airport, sea-port, railway station, taxi-stand or even Satellite Launching Cosmodrome !! Bouquets are powerful enough to make or mar your entire career, be that Ministry, Raj Bhavan or Rashtrapati Bhavan !! So choice is yours and only yours to administer.
Always be the first to be present with a luxurious cake on birthdays or otherwise !! Garnishing of the cake must be error-free lest you languish yourself in Andamans for the rest of your life !!
Do not swindle money to begin with. Be honest even if you are not really genetically honest !! You shall be more than compensated for all ‘losses’ that you incurred all those fledgling years of struggle before retirement when you turn grey and wrinkled !! Rest assured about that.
Work hard. Be efficient. Its here alone where efficiency really pays. Prove that not only you are a doer but also can turn others into becoming doers even if you do nothing in reality !! Right and timely impression is the last impression and not the first impression being last as the proverbial common saying goes around !!! Don’t be so naïve to believe that.
Tell the Karta what he loves to listen to. One requires years of canine alertness, sophisticated experience and high-order refinement to know what exactly your Karta loves to hear.
Maintain a low profile so that Karta and his family members do not feel threatened of being mortified by your brilliance if any. Wisest move is to hide your talent if you have any. It is always immensely beneficial to appear and conduct oneself like an ignorant bumpkin in political parties and ‘half-baked’ expert in corporate entities. This one is the most important advisory, violation of which may even invite capital punishment for your career !!!
Do not be a hurdle in the way of his/her progeny simply because blood is eternally thicker than even Gangajal what to speak of plain potable tap-water !!! In politics, dynasts are mostly under-performers hence thickness of blood-relationship is anytime more relevant than fluidity of any other water-merit !!
It is largely a General Practitioners prescription. People have customised it to meet their highly refined ends. Those who have been religiously observing these Dos and Donts, never looked back, continued advancing on the path littered with petals on the carpet of roses all the way. Violation of any commandment compelled the errant to regret for the rest of his/her life. Excellent example of highly successful dynasty-handler was DP Mandelia, left and right hands of GD Birla, founder of Birla empire of business. He was so loved by employees in the Group that whenever and whichever Birla Plant he visited, all employees stood in a row to extend him ‘Guard Of Honour’ by saying with folded hands-clasped palms ‘Babu Pranam’. After his demise, his Office was converted into a holy shrine by his corporate sycophants which was eventually ‘demolished’ by the scion KM Birla years later.
Precisely same scenario exists in Bharatiya politics too. Havn’t sycophants like Mathai, Haksar, Dhar, Kapur, Dhawan…then Arjun Singh…and now Digvijaya Singh, Shashi Tharoor, AR Chaudhary have been following all those aforesaid holistic ‘Canons Of Conduct’ in letter and spirit all these years post-1947 towards the Royal Dynasty Of Nehru-Gandhi-Vadra ?? Since virtues have always been less communicable and contagious than vices, pernicious effects of the Royal Dynasticism gradually and steadily engulfed all political parties except BJP. Now every political party irrespective of the size of following/ideology or lack of it, is blessed with a blind ‘Dhrtarashtra’ lovingly appointing his ‘Duryodhana’ to preside over gradual dissolution of the party founded and nurtured by him all his life. While Congress have adopted ‘Generation To Generation’ Model of dynasticism, Samajvadi Party (incidentally nobody knows whats Samajvadi about them) have been vigorously practising ‘Purna Khaandaan’ Model (they love Hindi too) wherein all relatives, Pattidar-s, Lambardar-s, Chobdar-s of their village/hometown are accommodated in the spirit of ‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha’ laughing all the way to their respective bank accounts. Pernicious effects of dynasticism have not spared even Judiciary of the country so much so that even US President Donald Trump has not been able to resist it in his White House years. Too many holy memorials dedicated to politicians scattered in Lutyens Zone gawk at you while you bow your head in reverence.
Politics of dynasticism ruined the nation, all institutions, judiciary, bureaucracy, media etc. However Mother Of All Tussles started in 2014 when an utterly non-dynastic political party i.e. BJP was installed in power with absolute majority headed by a Prime Minister who rose to the high office by the dint of his own merits and struggle. The tussle was further compounded when entire Nehruvian ‘Doctrine Of Multiple Jumlas’ was sought to be substituted by the indigenous Vedic doctrine of Ekatma Manavavada/Antyodaya by the non-dynastic political outfit spun off from RSS. While non-dynastic, meritocratic, ideology and cadre based BJP have been growing in an arithematic progression, dynastic parties with their reputation soiled in anti-national crimes have been declining in a geometric progression. Dynastic political parties have in past collected more than what they desired albeit now they are destined to collect nothing less than what they actually deserve. Masses of the country are now gradually waking up after centuries of comatose slumber, now unstoppable and irreversible. Post-2019 electoral victory, all dynastic allies of BJP have read Writing On The Wall much to their dismay, some have already deserted BJP on one pretext or the other while some are in the process of deserting them. It is an interesting example of existential crisis meeting survival instincts with a bang, then ending in a whimper !! Non-dynastic political party BJP must grow mightier, continue in power until a centrist and nationalistic political outfit rises to dissolve the political vacuum in opposition camps. In any other political scenario, nation shall be deeply hurt and grieved. So be amply cautious. That is the way to tackle the menace of dynasticism !!
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