The ideal wish that everyone in the world be comfortably placed in life and thus be happy in the widest meaning of the term is precisely expressed in the verse that some scholars source it to Rigveda as invocation of Kathopanishad while the only written attribution or textual source of the verse Lokah samastah sukhino bhavanthu is accepted to be part of the stone inscriptions dating back to 14th century. Global well-being, the prayer that was part of rituals performed for common good such as a blessing for rains or a social cause, as the country’s ancient pundits prescribed, protection by the powerful and mighty leaders with law and justice. In the current scenario that the incumbent Government at the Centre and the land’s agitating sections have jointly created, good governance within the framework of its laws and nuances of safeguarding justice has just gone out of hands, even as the above mentioned verse’s message amounts to asking for the moon as it were. Excluding the sections of the population burdened by different physical handicaps from birth, the able-bodied sections owe it to themselves to work with discipline and dedication pursuing appropriate livelihood, the sheet anchor of lively living.
Many measures introduced by the Governments, particularly punitive action for not complying with some laws, are being seen as draconian by many commentators expressing their views through writings in dailies. The other charge levelled against the present Government’s top brass is that they are not lending their ears to wailings by citizens.
