03-24-2006, 09:15 AM
<b>Indira to Sonia </b>
Soli J. Sorabjee
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Regrettably the root cause of this outrageous behaviour is hero worship which is endemic in our country, where personality cult flourishes. Dr B.R. Ambedkar perceptively pointed out in the Constituent Assembly that âin India, Bhakti or hero-worship, plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitudeâ. He warned that âBhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorshipâ. </b>
We have failed to heed this warning. It was this passion for Bhakti in politics and hero worship of Indira Gandhi which led to the imposition of the spurious Emergency in June 1975. It was the same phenomenon which was responsible for amendment
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<b>Law is not an ass</b>
Soli J. Sorabjee
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Regrettably the root cause of this outrageous behaviour is hero worship which is endemic in our country, where personality cult flourishes. Dr B.R. Ambedkar perceptively pointed out in the Constituent Assembly that âin India, Bhakti or hero-worship, plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitudeâ. He warned that âBhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorshipâ. </b>
We have failed to heed this warning. It was this passion for Bhakti in politics and hero worship of Indira Gandhi which led to the imposition of the spurious Emergency in June 1975. It was the same phenomenon which was responsible for amendment
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<b>Law is not an ass</b>