Betrayal is the worst crime you can commit. Loyalty to your nation, to your government (whatever its configuration viewpoint), loyalty to your employer or profession, loyalty to your parents and family and to your spouse and children add a special quality of contentment to your life. A man or woman who betrays his/her country is called a traitor. Nor surprisingly, he/she is given a death sentence when proved to be a betrayer. Such a person belongs to the lowest rung of humanity and deserves to be condemned by all. A person who constantly cribs about the failure of his/her government to deliver without participating in bringing about change for the better; or complains constantly about his culture, downgrading it in the eyes of the world; or maligns his/her motherland, parents or family, is as betrayer of the worst kind and cannot be trusted to be loyal to anything or anyone.
Fortunately, our history gives us enough examples of men and women who stood up for the honour of their motherland, for their culture and for their parents and families to provide us with icons to follow. Chhatrapathi Shivaji fought lifelong for the right to Independence, for the flourishing of his religion and culture and for the welfare of his people. Guru Arjundev, Rani lakshmibai of Jhansi, Bhagat Singh, mahatma Gandhi – and many more are examples to us. Many saints have suffered untold torture to relentlessly seek social reform, to alleviate the condition of the poverty-riddled masses, to educate the illiterate and to speak up for the downtrodden. Their courage in the face of extreme social ostracisation or unjust punishment is a shining example for us.
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