25 May 2015 - QA 14

Gurudev, many in the media are evaluating the first year’s performance of the Narendra Modi government. What marks would you give the government?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Listen, I am not going to take any test or award any marks to the government. Whoever wishes to judge and give marks for the government’s performance; let them do so. What is more important? We have to see that everyone is contributing in the country’s progress. What can one person or one government achieve by itself alone? Until and unless the people of the country also awaken and become aware, nothing can be achieved. We all have to join hands for this cause – to awaken the people of this country. We have to promote and spread spiritual values to every home in the country. We have to spread this knowledge of how one can handle one’s life and make it more fulfilling. Only then will the country improve and progress forward. It is not that it is not improving currently. No, definitely there is a lot of improvement already taking place in many aspects. So we cannot tie down and measure progress over a restricted period of time. It is a long and continuous process.