Monday, October 06, 2008
India’s fear psychosis : M V Kamath
...We must disabuse ourselves of the self-denigrating attitude that to be gracious to our enemies or recalcitrant friends is according to the highest standards of behaviour set by Mahatma Gandhi. This only betrays our lack of self-respect and is reflective of cowardice...
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If manmohan singh or pranab mukherji or antonio maino or lalu yadav or spatil or jyotibosu or jayalalitha or dmk memebers or hadvani or any of these nincompoops ( excluding Narendra Modi) get some ceremonious perfunctory tweaking of ears or Godwilling outrageously disgraced, I am NOT going to mourn BharatVarsh has been (sic) insulted.Certainly NOT!
Varsha Bhosle's words springing forth from her heart:
"...Stauffenberg and Godse targeted the leader of their respective countries. Both were infuriated by the deaths of thousands of their countrymen. Both did it only to strengthen their countries... So who decides when the sabotage of one's government is justified? The Opposition parties? The historians of the conquering countries? The "ordinary people" who pour into the streets to kick at fallen statues and celebrate by looting museums? Or the people who become "the rabble" during communal strife...? Oh puh-lease, spare me the lecture on patriotism: You wouldn't know it if it bit off your nose."
'This Puja, pray to fight evil'
By Swapan Dasgupta is a good read.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/Swapan_Dasgupta/This_Puja_pray_to_fight_evil/articleshow/3561135.cms
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