Hyderabad: It is amusing to see the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh CMs-in-waiting K. Chandrasekhar Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu, spend public money to make changes according to vaastu in their official residences besides looking for auspicious days to take the oath.
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I am amused because vaastu is completely unscientific and irrational. Sub-section (h) in Article 51(a) of the Constitution makes it a fundamental duty “to develop scientific temper, humanism and spirit of inquiry and reform.” So, to say that our leaders are indulging in acts that are unconstitutional is an understatement.
It is the belief in irrational practices — such as vaastu, astrology, numerology, homeopathy, rahukalam and looking for auspicious dates for weddings and taking oaths, or wearing certain coloured stones — that is largely responsible for the backwardness of our country. It is strange to see Mr Rao reject the existing Chief Minister’s camp office and go for a vaastu-compliant one.
I believe there is a serious problem when people holding high offices believe in vaastu and spend public money on remodeling or building new structures. This is even more worrisome considering the publicity their activities get. They are bound to influence crores of people. This irrationality is bound to get translated into other irrational actions.
For instance, Mr Rao says there is no place for Seemandhra employees in Telangana. It has never been defined who is a Telangana citizen and who is a Seemandhra citizen. It is amazing that these politicians’ immediate worries are about vaastu and not about how dirty our cities are.
I believe that their concern with vaastu is a symptom of a very serious disease, that is, unscientific and irrational behaviour affecting their decision-making abilities in other areas which concern the entire population.
Given the right to individual freedom in a democracy, their right to have certain beliefs, however unscientific and irrational they may be, is acceptable only when confined to their own personal activities.
But surely they have no right to impose them on others or use public money to satisfy their whims and fancies arising out of these beliefs. This would be as much true of many leaders in our country as of our two CMs-in-waiting.
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Going by the experiences of the last three chief ministers’ stay at the camp house, it is important to know how a house is affected by its vaastu. We have seen that the last three chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh who lived in the camp house did not have a great stay.
Y.S. Rajasekar Reddy died in an accident, while K. Rosaiah had a very brief term and N. Kiran Kumar Reddy’s went through a turbulent time during the bifurcation process.
Though the main entrance is east-facing and the exit gate is north-facing, there are many small changes that have to be taken care of, such as, the towers inside the building, the number of doors and the terrace as well.
Minor changes in the vaastu of a building will definitely affect the rate of progress and development as there will be less negative energy and a more positive outlook. K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s car number, 6666, which on adding also yields the number 6 is lucky for Mr Rao.
Vaastu shastra speaks of a suitable place for a person to settle depending upon his birth star. The positioning, size and the number of doorways also plays an important role. The side of the main doorway should be fixed depending upon one’s sun sign.
Man requires a shelter to live happily with his family and children and to safeguard his wealth. Along with the development of civilisation, the techniques of house construction also developed in India.
The rules for construction of houses, palaces, mansions, towns and cities were prepared by our ancestors as per vaastu shastra. This is a set of building bylaws for common use for the benefit of an individual and society.
The living conditions have changed as also the types of construction. Due to the increase in population and the desire to own one’s own house, there is a construction boom everywhere.
In the present age, nothing is accepted if it is not backed by valid reason.
The fact that vaastu is followed by many people is evident of the fact that there is a sound scientific basis to it.
