Dr. Mazhar Naqvi
Dear viewers,
I am producing below the letter sent by me to Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Government of India, on September 22,2017, requesting him to consider the inclusion of Karbala as a case study of management in the curricula of MBA and BBA programs.I had made the request in view of the relevance of Karbala about management principles.As I have not heard anything from the Hon'ble Minister , I am publishing the letter for viewers at large.If you feel that I have genuine logic for inclusion of Karbala in the curriculum of management programs and the step would create much awareness about sublime sacrifice of Imam Hussain and his mission for mankind,please share the article as much as you can.I am sure that Masoomeen(A.S.) will surely give Jaza for your noble act.I shall also be ever remain indebted to all of you for your contribution.
Copy of the Letter
Shri Prakash
Javadekar,
Hon’ble Minister of HRD,
Hon’ble Minister of HRD,
Government of India,
New Delhi-1
Dear Sir,
Greetings of the day!
I am a Kanpur-based academician and sending this email to your
good self for inclusion of Karbala as a case study of management in the
curriculum of MBA/BBA programs. I am making this request to you as Muharram
-2017 most probably commence from September 22, 2017 and such a step will be a
befitting tribute to Hazrat Imam Hussain who had laid down his life on the arid
plain of Karbala for protecting human values and uprooting nepotism, corruption
and misuse of power in 680 AD. Since then, his admirers have been mourning his
death during Muharram every year across the globe. For centuries, religious
speakers have been exhorting people to
follow the teachings of Imam Hussain to overcome their psychological and socio-
economic problems. Yet Karbala is mostly perceived
as a rhyme of anguish and pain on the lips of time and remains out of the gaze
of modern management Gurus.
Sir, management is defined as a systematic way of carrying out
activities in any field of human effort. It aims at making people capable of
joint performance, to make their weaknesses irrelevant, to create harmony in
working together i.e. equilibrium in thoughts and actions, goals and
achievements, plans and performance, products and markets. It resolves
situations of scarcity, be they in the physical, technical or human fields,
through maximum utilization with the minimum available processes to achieve the
goal.
Against the backdrop of these established principles of modern
management, one finds Karbala leading us towards a harmonious and blissful
state of affairs in place of the conflict, tensions and poor productivity. At
Karbala, Imam Hussain had scarce resources. He was aware of dire consequences.
Yet he did not give allegiance of loyalty to Yazid. Rather, he flatly rejected
the offer, for he was quick to realize that giving allegiance would jeopardize
the survival of mankind and Islam. Imam and his supporters suffered
unparalleled hardships and persecution for preferring to safeguard the tenets
of Islam. The forces of tyranny and injustice cut off the basic
necessities to Husain’s camp, including access to water. The camp consisted of
Imam Husain, his family, friends, and companions, all of whom stood fast and
firmly with him at the cost of their lives. But nothing could dampen his spirit.
Not even the slaughtering of his 6-month-old infant Ali Asghar after the brutal
killing of his brothers, sons and friends. Hussain remained focused and offered
sacrifice in totality with the sole objective of improving the basic thinking
of man. He was of the view that improvement in the basic thinking of man would
automatically enhance the quality of his actions.
His creative thinking foiled the plan of Yazid and exposed
the ugly designs of those who wanted to promote falsehood, oppression and
disbelief under the garb of Islam forever. His sacrifice had far reaching
effects. In a short span of time, Karbala proved to be a volcano that stirred
the consciousness of ignorant and learned alike. The martyrdom of Hussain
uprooted powerful Bani Umaiya dynasty and turned the momentary victory of Yazid
into the humiliating defeat. The quality of his actions established forever as
to how exemplary leadership coupled with careful planning and strategic
thinking generates the maximum desired output with minimum resources.
However one must remember that Karbala enlightens about the
concepts of excellence in efforts, decision-making, leadership, and motivation
with a difference. While the modern management principles deal with problems at
material, external and peripheral levels, philosophy of Hussain tackles
these issues from the grass roots level of human thinking. Thus, Karbala
deserves to be discussed at B- schools as a case study on forming a vision,
planning the strategy, art of leadership, institutional excellence, building an
innovative organization, developing human resources, team building, teamwork,
delegation, motivation, communication, ethics and social responsibility etc.
Sir, I am sure that in view of the facts stated above, you would
be kind enough to direct the concerned authorities to explore the possibility
of inclusion of Karbala revolution in the curriculum of management programs
from the ensuing academic session.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Dr.M.A.Naqvi
September 22,2017
I request all the viewers and persons with love and admiration for Imam Hussain to initiate a movement for inclusion of Karbala in the curriculum of management programs.You can launch a campaign for it with the help of social media.
Hussainiyat Zindabad,
Sincerely,
Dr.Mazhar Naqvi
