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Illiberal ethos Business Standard / New Delhi May 16, 2007 The happenings at M S University of Vadodara over the last week have revealed how fragile some of the basic rights of citizens in the country are, and how compromised the institutional and official set-up has become in some places. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=284657&leftnm=4 &subLeft=0&chkFlg= It is easy to pick on Narendra Modi, the Gujarat chief minister, for fostering such a climate of intolerance in his state, but the problem is a much larger one as becomes obvious when looking at other such instances in the recent past. ... What is generally missing in all this is the liberal ethos, which an open democracy should be expected to foster and which is the ultimate guarantor of civil liberties. In the long run the only bulwark against such assaults is the spread of good sense all round so that those who may err find themselves without support. In the short run everybody who cares must stand up and protest....Does anyone remember any candlelight vigil praying for the screening of the Da Vinci Code? > ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
