[Goanet] Chauvinism V/s Patriotism - Adv. Radharao Gracias - Herald - June 25, 2010

2010-07-01 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Although there are many debatable issues / points in an article by Adv. Radharao Gracias, Floriano Lobo's comment on RSS added little more interest to it. In the article Radharao had suggested that the RSS, who forever talks about patriotism, should have made a special effort to fill in the

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2010-06-26 Thread floriano
Chauvinisam V/s Patriotism - By Adv. Radharao F. Gracias Our self-belief in our greatness is unfounded, and is the cause of India's downfall, says Adv. Radharao F. Gracias. It was sometime at the beginning of the 19th century that a soldier in the French Emperor Napoleon's army, when

Re: [Goanet] Chauvinism V/s Patriotism - Adv. Radharao Gracias - Herald - June 25, 2010 - Comments

2010-06-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
I am always amazed why people counter hyperbolic nonsense on one fringe with something even worse from the opposite fringe. In this ridiculous article it looks like chauvinism is countered by self-loathing, using a rather constricted definition of greatness and progress. If, as the silly line