The document discusses the issue of holidays in India and how they obstruct national progress. It argues that holidays in India act like respiratory obstructions that suffocate the country's citizens and development. It suggests that people should enjoy holidays without pay to avoid burdening taxpayers and the nation. Regular practice of prayer and remembrance of God (Namasmaran) can help people overcome addiction to irresponsibly enjoying holidays, enjoy their duties instead, and take holidays in a more constructive way that does not harm national interests. For real change, the understanding and practice of Namasmaran must be popularized on a global scale.

1. STRESS
AND
HOLIDAYS
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Any and every obstacle that obstructs the respiratory
passage can cause strangling, breathlessness, suffocation,
asphyxia and death; if not promptly and skillfully
removed.
This is very true for the holidays in India.
The holidays in India are like respiratory obstructions,
which are further complicated by natural calamities,
accidents, strikes, demonstrations, riots and
unaccountability in the elected bodies and the
bureaucracy.
Most interesting and of course nationally distressing
issue is that; all such “obstructions” suffocating all
Indians; are at the cost of honest tax payers and national
progress or rather very existence of the nation.
Why don’t we learn to enjoy holidays at our own cost; i.e.
by taking “without pay leaves”? Why should we not;
irrespective of our caste, religion, region, culture and so
on; “enjoy our duties” rather than getting addicted to
“irresponsibly and shamelessly enjoying” holidays at the
cost of others?

3. Most of us would agree to this in principle; but probably
would argue that unsafe and hectic commuting, excessive
traveling time, exhausting exertion, disturbing working
conditions and disheartening and discouraging
unfairness in bureaucracy in terms of lack of
accountability and incentives; destroy all the initiative
and enthusiasm to be fair and sincere.
This vicious cycle of our system (in several aspects;
besides those which are stated above) promoting
individual deterioration and vice versa; leading to
individual and national downfall; can be broken by
universal practice of NAMASMARAN and not merely by
other efforts (even though appreciable and admirable)
such as those of several activists fighting corruption;
such as Baba Ramdev and others.
Through NAMASMARAN we can learn to “enjoy our
duties”, overcome “addiction of irresponsibly,
shamelessly and destructively enjoying” holidays at the
cost of national progress; and enjoy holidays more
creatively and constructively at our own cost; i.e.
“without pay”!

4. This hypothesis can’t probably be verified convincingly
enough and tangibly enough; by just casual and
occasional practice of NAMASMARAN by few amongst
us. We need to popularize and globalize on priority basis
the understanding and practice of NAMASMARAN.
NAMASMARAN embodies individual and global
blossoming.
NAMASMARAN embodies conquest of inner and outer
evils.