We need to get religion, religious identities and religious figures out of politics and government. Secular ideals are universal. They were practiced in India long before the advent of Hinduism, in Europe before the advent of Christianity, and by the Arabs before the advent of Islam. Without the uniquely Indian secular pluralism India will be left with only religious and racial bigotry - communal activists of all stripes battling with and rioting against each other on petty sectarian matters, and using public offices to promote narrow agendas. Modi is a bigot because he believes in a bigoted Hindu supremacist ideology. He is a despot because he and his followers want and expect him to be coronated in a democracy by propagating a phony cult of personality.
Swamis, Popes and Mullahs have no place in the business of government and secular life. Cheers, Santosh Sandesh Anwekar wrote: > >We don't need the secular ideology imported from Europe. We need the rejuvenation of India on the basis >Hindu ideology. That is what great saints like Swami Vivekananda has said. And this idea is much grandiose >than the petty secular idea of a nation. Also I do not understand how someone like you who otherwise is >wise enough to produce the proofs while making statements for/against any matter, can be so abrupt while >accusing Modi of being a bigot/dispot ??? > >On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Santosh Helekar wrote: >> It is frustrating that people who believe in secular ideals, free market >> economy and meritocracy are >>aligning with a Hindu bigot and a despot. How >> can people be fooled so easily? I am not yet willing to >>accept that the >> Indian masses will let such a man come to power at the center. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > >>
