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The partition was not simply an accidental episode. It had a long chain of events behind it and leading to it. And the partition story did not end in 1947. The year 1947 was in some ways the beginning of the consequences of the partition.
At a time when the urban leadership was keen on rapid industrialisation, Gandhi concluded that it was necessary to revive village industries. The development of the village economy was meant to be the answer to the debate between the economic ideologies of capitalism and communism.
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This is another conversation with Thiru K Veermani which was recorded on November 1st, 2019. Veeramani says that Periyar was not opposed to Hindi, he was against its imposition on Tamil Nadu; the RSS wants to impose Hindutva culture on Tamil Nadu.
The CJI rightly asked why independent India needs a colonial-era law used to convict freedom fighters, for the law cannot persist unless a vestige of colonial mindset persists.
Population growth is already slowing down across faiths. The Bill only serves to foster division. Plus extracts from: “… UP … 50% of party MLAs have more than two children” and “MP: 39 % of BJP MLAs … Including 13 Ministers, Have Three and Above Children, Shows Data”.
Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey alleged that many innocent people were also arrested earlier on “false charges of terrorism”. He said dozens of youth have been later acquitted by courts after they had spent several years behind bars.
The threat of a declining Hindu population and growing minority numbers lacks a basis in logic and facts.
If we think with Gandhi, then we can come to nonviolence only after passing through two other terms first – courage and evil. An account of nonviolence that does not spring from an understanding of courage and evil runs away from what is most thought-provoking in Gandhi.
The claim of Indians that they respect all religions does not square up with their attitudes towards religious communities to which they do not belong.
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