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At page 259, under the heading "Citizenship on the Focus of Human Equality", he has stated elaborately that we are primarily citizens of India and secondarily only these and other similar functionaries. All these are only the functions that we severally perform as citizens of the country. He emphasised the unity of awareness of citizenship to elongate wider spectrum of funtional affinity by getting rid of all forms of mental aberations from the humble to the high and the mighty and to widen broad mental horizens. He quoted from Bhartrhari in his Niti-sataka [verse 64] the four qualities of man thus:

On "The Problem of Motivation", he has stated that bureaucracy is necessary for every State which is part of the whole process of Government. But a functionary need not be a bureaucrat static and wooden though functioning as a bureaucrat. On "Bureaucracy: Static versus Dynamic" at page 4, he has stated thus:

"A static bureaucracy and a dynamic bureaucracy are both bureaucracies;
the difference lies only in attitudes; the first represents a low notion of man as a mere functionary, man as a mere bureaucrat. That is a very poor state of man, in which he or she draws from his or her function to enrich his or her inner being which is otherwise empty; and this is the state or mind that is prone to and often succumbs to corruption. The second represents man as inwardly rich in his being, in the strength of citizenship awarness and patriotic impulse, and pouring out the richness into his or her function. And this attitude fosters a spirit of service and contain much innave strength to resist and overcome corrupting influences. In these context, attitude plays a great part. A change of attitude can produce termendous results. And attitude is something that one can control that one can manipulate that one can make to grow. This attitude control is an integral part of a philosophy of man, which can enrich one's being as well as function.