03-20-2005, 06:26 AM
Syed Sahab,
GandhiJi(Mahatma) had mentioned it better
"Democracy is not a govt where it elements act like sheep; In democracy individual opinion is jealously guarded and so I feel, the minority has complete right to act totally different from the majority"
if you have doubts read your Father of Nations collective works of MahatmaGandhi vol 5 : under the topic "Majority and Minority".
Thanks for this wonderful quote of the Mahatma. He was a true believer of democracy and human rights. I consider him to be the most brilliant and courageous man in many centuries.
You should not be harsh towards Yash. I am sure you have seen the VHP/RSS beneath his veneer of a balanced intellectual. He is a mere victim, and an example of what has happened to the entire Indian intelligencia. Perhaps the greatest loss to India in recent times has been that of saffronization of its educated and economic elite. If you go to the US you will see what I mean. You will get horrified by the manner in which wealthy, and highly educated Hindus speak about Muslims there.
It is quite ironic that the Hindus who used to accuse the Muslims of being the perpetrators of the two nation theory are the very people who are doing their utmost at making it a success. Nowhere have their attempts been more successful than in Gujarat and Kashmir, with Godhra and Babri Masjid being their biggest showpieces.
Gauhar
GandhiJi(Mahatma) had mentioned it better
"Democracy is not a govt where it elements act like sheep; In democracy individual opinion is jealously guarded and so I feel, the minority has complete right to act totally different from the majority"
if you have doubts read your Father of Nations collective works of MahatmaGandhi vol 5 : under the topic "Majority and Minority".
Thanks for this wonderful quote of the Mahatma. He was a true believer of democracy and human rights. I consider him to be the most brilliant and courageous man in many centuries.
You should not be harsh towards Yash. I am sure you have seen the VHP/RSS beneath his veneer of a balanced intellectual. He is a mere victim, and an example of what has happened to the entire Indian intelligencia. Perhaps the greatest loss to India in recent times has been that of saffronization of its educated and economic elite. If you go to the US you will see what I mean. You will get horrified by the manner in which wealthy, and highly educated Hindus speak about Muslims there.
It is quite ironic that the Hindus who used to accuse the Muslims of being the perpetrators of the two nation theory are the very people who are doing their utmost at making it a success. Nowhere have their attempts been more successful than in Gujarat and Kashmir, with Godhra and Babri Masjid being their biggest showpieces.
Gauhar