i read a blog today which went on about India's abject caste religious and communal divides.this forces me to write one of my rare textual posts .i just could not disagree more with the tone which most people take saying "where is the hope for our nation if we are so hopelessly divided?"i say even if so called rational and balanced people like you dont have hope ,then who else will??and hoe dare you criticise someone when you have the same hopeless attitude yourself??and this is what i say as an indian who believes in the destiny and future of india.!yeah all these exist no doubt but the very fact that we have been able to survive as a nation shows that we still have a something which rides across all caste barriers, a something which transcends religion ,which overpowers racism and forces us to remain united ...call it the destiny of the nation ,or the collective soul of a billion ,india does exist and stands untied at times of national crisis .when chaos and destruction beckon, we stand up as one with spine straight and head held high....case in point kargil and the recent terror attacks....yes we do have bigotry but that is only on the surface ..unravel the veil and u find a collective united soul of a nation....this may be overtly optimistic but that is the way i see it....[sorry to my friend whose blog i happened to read today]
Bamboo
4 years ago
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no offence taken.
like i said, i don't think its overtly optimistic, i think thats the way things should be.
i think this 'something' is the most beautiful thing india could boast of. and this collective united soul of the nation should ensure that there IS no chaos and destruction and bigotry and the like in the first place! but you see, in the name of religion, all ppl are doing on the surface right now IS moral policing and blatant racism. it'd make so much more sense to me if ppl WERE united in themselves and not only in the face of crises.
and when i spoke of belief, i didn't mean belief in where the nation's future lies. i meant belief in religion. SO many ppl in india from time immemorial practically centre their lives on their faiths. and when such violence occurs in the name of their faith, it sort of negates everything the faith had so far stood for. and that's what i said disconcerted me, NOT the idea that the nation had no hope.
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