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Planning based on Remnant

were eager to achieve things in totality, but failed in their
ambition – even after a struggle lasting a hundred years.
The following Hindi maxim applies to their case: Aadhi
chhod ke sajji dhave, aadhi rahe na sajji pave (One who runs
after the whole, leaving behind the part, loses both the
part and the whole). This is why, although these nations
launched their initiatives with great enthusiasm, they
ended up as failed states. They could neither achieve
what they had set out to do, nor were they able to retain
what they already possessed.
A contrary example is that of the respective
achievements of Japan and Germany. After the Second
World War, both nations lost areas of land they had
possessed before the onset of the war. Germany lost to
the Soviet Union the eastern part of its country, the total
area of which, including part of Berlin, was 108,333
km². A similar case is that of Japan, which surrendered
the Okinawa Islands, with an area of 1,206 km², to the
United States.

However, both countries made plans for their future
economic development by first setting aside what they
had lost. The result was miraculous: Germany, led by its
first post-war Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, emerged
as the industrial leader of Europe. Similarly, Japan,
under the wise leadership of Emperor Hirohito, rose to
be the economic superpower of Asia.
This is the miracle of planning based on remnant
or planning based on the remaining part of a whole,
unlike planning which entails the pursuit of an erstwhile
whole. The best formula in life is not to concern oneself
with what has been lost, but by wise planning, to avail

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