04-03-2004, 08:45 AM
Instead, it was because of the inherent Hindu sense of goodwill, even for those appallingly hateful. It's different from the culture Dalrymple belongs to. Therefore, he should confine himself to his patriotic concerns.
In short, leave the Hindus to their pain and sorrows for our coming generationsâwho would surely rise soon with a better spine than we see today.
_____________________________________________________________________ Hi Rangudu,
First let me complement you for all the letter writting to diffrent Newspapers as well as the articles on BR.
The inherent Hindu sense of good will is our classic problem, weakness and strength. Most probably , we are the only civilization that takes pity on the defeated enemies and treat them honourably e.g Prithviraj Chauhan, 1947,1971 etc . We dont apply the Chicago Rule and we have never acted exceptionally cruel as the West or Islam had / has done and how i wish otherwise as need to discuss this would not have arisen. Indian civilization fell because of this kind of attitude and survived because of this inherent strength ,as Kaushal puts the 'inclusiveness'or accomodation of vaierties of factors, even contradictions . Its a diffrent matter that this "inclusiveness " might nor work that good in 21st century as few will be adament about going back to 6th century.
I believe that foundation for the agenda of next generation is being laid down right now and we can see the glimpses of the new can do attitude and self confidence in society as whole and in international diplomacy by GoI.The current leader ship is trying its best to accomodate minority aspirations and concerns and take them along to achieve peace and prosperity for all Indians. Right now a really noisy , all round, all aspects" Great Indian Manthan" is going on and hopefully in next 10 years or so we find out what have we churned up... poison or nectar , or both ;-) and future Indians have to deal with it and i m confident they will do with much stiffer spine than the old or current generaion who are in awe of everything excpet Indian..
Just my 2 cent.
Thanks
In short, leave the Hindus to their pain and sorrows for our coming generationsâwho would surely rise soon with a better spine than we see today.
_____________________________________________________________________ Hi Rangudu,
First let me complement you for all the letter writting to diffrent Newspapers as well as the articles on BR.
The inherent Hindu sense of good will is our classic problem, weakness and strength. Most probably , we are the only civilization that takes pity on the defeated enemies and treat them honourably e.g Prithviraj Chauhan, 1947,1971 etc . We dont apply the Chicago Rule and we have never acted exceptionally cruel as the West or Islam had / has done and how i wish otherwise as need to discuss this would not have arisen. Indian civilization fell because of this kind of attitude and survived because of this inherent strength ,as Kaushal puts the 'inclusiveness'or accomodation of vaierties of factors, even contradictions . Its a diffrent matter that this "inclusiveness " might nor work that good in 21st century as few will be adament about going back to 6th century.
I believe that foundation for the agenda of next generation is being laid down right now and we can see the glimpses of the new can do attitude and self confidence in society as whole and in international diplomacy by GoI.The current leader ship is trying its best to accomodate minority aspirations and concerns and take them along to achieve peace and prosperity for all Indians. Right now a really noisy , all round, all aspects" Great Indian Manthan" is going on and hopefully in next 10 years or so we find out what have we churned up... poison or nectar , or both ;-) and future Indians have to deal with it and i m confident they will do with much stiffer spine than the old or current generaion who are in awe of everything excpet Indian..
Just my 2 cent.
Thanks