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Swami Vivekananda: A legacy denied
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Saurav Basu, ivarta
Jan. 17, 2009
Several newspapers editorial pages display a remarkable conspicuity in their absence of remembrance of Swami Vivekananda"s birth anniversary. In the same vein, political parties have remained averse to appropriating the man and his message unlike the passionate exhibition of their characteristic voyeurism during Gandhi, Nehru and his parivar"s anniversaries.
A full page advert of the sports ministry celebrates National Youth Day without identifying with Vivekananda! Probably, it is because Vivekananda"s "unapologetic Hinduism" cannot be straight-jacketed into "secular", "progressive" and "dalit emancipative" categories.
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Saurav Basu, ivarta
Jan. 17, 2009
Several newspapers editorial pages display a remarkable conspicuity in their absence of remembrance of Swami Vivekananda"s birth anniversary. In the same vein, political parties have remained averse to appropriating the man and his message unlike the passionate exhibition of their characteristic voyeurism during Gandhi, Nehru and his parivar"s anniversaries.
A full page advert of the sports ministry celebrates National Youth Day without identifying with Vivekananda! Probably, it is because Vivekananda"s "unapologetic Hinduism" cannot be straight-jacketed into "secular", "progressive" and "dalit emancipative" categories.
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Indian De-Monarchy @ http://indiaview.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/de%e2%80%99mo-narchy-of-democratic-india/
Nehru-Khan-Gandhi Dynasty @ http://www.vepachedu.org/Nehrudynasty.html
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