KATHAM️
Precisely 2️⃣5️⃣ years ago this day, emerging from an unwarranted 2️⃣4️⃣-year hibernation of the ‘Smiling🙃☸️buddhā,’ a🔋potent⚛️series of 5️⃣ śaktīs💥heralded🪷bhārat’s now🗓️annual🙌commemoration of the “National🇮🇳Technology🥼Day.”
Minimizing🚙the🚐loss🙅🏻♀️in🤟translation, the very⚡️empowering⛈️sounds in the perfectly-uttered syllables of “rāṣṭriya tantra-jñāna divas” evoke far deeper significances of this celebration, initiated by pūjya śrī aṭal bihāri vājpayīji, in honour of the technologists who implemented his courageous & profound🧐vision🪬for🕊️peaceful😌deterrence☮️with a missionary🤪zeal for🤒thermonuclear☢️fusion & fission⚛️in the then polarised🥷geopolitical scenario of an🐡antagonistically🎈expanding🗺️neighbourhood.
The🤔knowledge (jñā-nā) which🛡️protects⛑️oneself (tan-trā) & the🇮🇳nation (rāṣ-ṭrā), as the applied/practical 🪄manifestations of inner⚕️& 🥼outer sciences, continued to innovatively develop & evolve much faster in 2020-22 during yet🙈another🫣forced😶🌫️hibernation, called ‘lockdown’ in our own times! Thus, while the actual triggers & specific provocations morph & take on different forms temporarily, may we continue to thrive in
- the👐🏼spirit of pure😇science, on the one🫷hand, just for the heck of sincere🔎seeking🔦inherent in the🧬evolutionary nature of🕵🏻♀️humanity; &
- the benefits of applied🧪science🧫&👩🏻💻technology, on the other🫸hand, to🗣️justify to the vast public the massive🪫investment🤨of🧐human👤potential🔋, time 🕰️, energy⚡️, effort💪&💸mūlāh in the consciously-thrilling seeking of the forever-♾️ unknown⚠️
It’s indeed a blessing👼🏼in🎭disguise👺to💗enhance📈ourselves to🎗️contribute at a quality, pace🏎️ & efficiency hitherto🤔un-known to us. That’s an opportunity! Let’s grab it & relish it with respons-ibility, re-cognizing that every tech-no-logy is a⚔️double-edged🗡️sword to be🍽️used🍴or🔪misused🧟♂️depending on what we🤺identify ourselves with. So what’s🪪your🆔identity⁉️
