Netaji researchers, combine to thwart the myths propagated about (a) his death (b) his marriage. Rise above personal considerations to bring home the truth. Also, sharpen your wits against adversarial narratives and organise your response before propagating the same consistently to keep up public indignation against such perfidies.
It is a long-drawn battle to be fought yet, for the forces arrayed against you are potent with political connections across the world pitted against the emergence of any truth about Netaji. It suits major powerhouses in India and across the world to keep Netaji criminalised and reduced to a characterless human being with illicit love connections and fascist leanings who aspired to be a totalitarian despot, a dictator with unrealistic dreams of India's future from which the Mahatma and his Pandit protege supposedly saved India.
The Nehruvian dispensation kept Netaji out of public discourse and attempted every means to erase him from public memory by minimising his mention and his contributions to freedom in the history books that were fed to generations post independence. Consequently, certain misinformation about Netaji have got embedded in mass consciousness in India which are difficult to remove. For this we need to build up a team of efficient speakers with fluid diction, great clarity of conception, well-afforded in facts and figures and the ability to articulate them in an unhurried manner and without histrionics.
Public speaking is an art and a science, too. It is not for every scholar or pretender to scholasticism to effectively articulate the intended message about Netaji to the audience. Like research is a prolonged affair and needs disciplined gathering and analyses of data before propositions may be made, presentation of facts before an audience is also an endeavour that does not become the amateur with the microphone but needs seasoned grooming for effective delivery. Points will have to be made in a manner just as in a law court by a seasoned practitioner so that the audience is convinced of its truth well beyond the applause of the hour. For this meditative tranquillity is necessary and an unselfish spirit behind it so that soul-connections with the audience may be made. This is the secret of great oratory that disseminates great truths by force of voice.
Last but certainly not the least is the personality of the speaker. If it is strong and well-founded in reasoned self-conviction about what it preaches, then it surely carries with it the audience. On the other hand, a hesitant weak voice, unnecessarily aggressive or apologetic, prone to dramatics, self-propagation and foolishly vain, mars discourse to destruction of the mission. An unselfish spiritual attitude is, thus, the sine qua non of the mission to resurrect Netaji's untold story. Let Netaji be the leader and not any of his vain self-appointed apostles to carry home the movement.
Bande Mataram! Jai Hind!
Clips of some of Netaji's speeches are being provided here :
Clips of some of Netaji's speeches are being provided here :
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