Strength of Volunteers

Volunteers are strength. Workers are burden.

This is true for any organization.

Even in business organization, the internal structure is known as cost-center. Only the external customers are known as profit-center.

Organization in spiritual areas, in general cause more damages than any good.

Any organization is a cage. Both leaders and followers are trapped in that cage. Initially they may feel safe and secure inside the cage; later all may start feeling suffocation inside the cage. The leader tries to pull the followers up; but the followers continue to pull the leader down.

Organization; management; performance and all other related terms are designed by western culture.

To execute any large scale project, you need resources in large scale. In ancient India, they didn't invent any management techniques; they build character in human being.

To build a large temple like, Meenakshi Temple, they needed lot of resources. Once people understand the cause, they offer voluntary service.

You don't hire a vehicle or workers to lift a dead body. On their own, even today, in this modern world, people do come forward.

மதுரையிலே தேரோட்டம் நடக்கும். ஊர் மக்கள் ஒன்றுகூடி, இன்னைக்கும் தேர் இழுப்பார்கள். வயது, நிறம், ஜாதி எந்தவித பேதமும் இல்லாமல், மக்கள் ஒன்றுகூடி தேர் இழுப்பார்கள். அவரவர் முடிந்த அளவுக்கு, தங்களது உடல் சக்தியால், தேர் இழுப்பார்கள்.

கூலிக்கு ஆட்கள் வைத்து; ஆணையிட்டு தேர் இழுப்பது இல்லை. டிராக்டர் என்று எந்திரத்தைக் கொண்டும் தேர் இழுப்பது இல்லை.

When you are true; when your cause is true; all energy would gather around you.

Lord Rama was in the forest when Ravana challenged. Rama didn't have his army. But Rama got the huge volunteers support, from Hanuman and his friends.

You need volunteers. Volunteers give their full energy for the cause. Once the objective is achieved, they go back to their regular work.

When you hire workers, you cannot fire them once the task has been completed. They would become burden to you and to your organization.

Look at the Delhi BJP unit. Parliament election is over. Assembly election is also over. They don't have any work for the next four years. Now, they are burden to you.

The worst thing is, when they are idle, they cause more damage to the entire organization. You cannot let them go free for four years and come back for the next election. You need to continually entertain them.

So, volunteers are strength. Party workers are burden.

In United States, you don't need party or party workers. Barack Obama got a huge volunteers support. In fact, Barack Obama tried to hold that volunteers permanent. But others advised against that. Then Barack Obama let his volunteers go after the election results and celebration.

In India also, you don't need any political party and army of workers. All you need is # of MLA or MP.

Arvind Kejriwal didn't invent any new flag. Arvind Kejriwal did invent a new symbol. But that is unnecessary for a capital city Delhi. In Delhi, all are able to read and write; they don't need symbols.

Arvind Kejriwal did learn about managing volunteers during Team Anna movement. That did help Arvind. Volunteers, instead of party workers; that goes as an advantage to Arvind Kerjiwal.

Generally party workers engage in corruption, when their party is in power. Leaders could not control them or even question them. They may ask back; without my work, you would not have become a CM or PM.

So, just stay with volunteers; don't try to build a huge party with large workers base.

In fact, in today corporate world, they try to stay lean; out source most of the regular tasks.

In political area also, out source tasks like, pasting posters; distribution of materials. If you use your party workers, they may demand for minister posts.

Anyway, you cannot get rid of your current burden; but you could avoid adding more burdens.

Without the burden of party workers; without the burden of parivar; without the burden of any other alliance partners; without worrying about number count in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; it is only, Arvind Kejriwal could work for the people.

All CMs and even PM may envy Arvind Kejriwal.

That is the power of volunteers and strength of volunteers.