I am against two things staunchly
- Extremes
- Exploitation of fear
It is my considered opinion that certain sections of our intelligentsia went too far with tirade of doom and gloom and exploited the fear a numerically inferior groupings would always have against the majority.
That they did it without due cause by the ruling dispensation further aggravated me. The behavior at the top has been beyond reproach and while the loonies and fringe would always act like themselves - to suggest that they are the new normal was nothing but
gross and criminal exaggeration.
This broadened the rifts in our society, this put the very idea of India under threat, the self proclaimed guardians of secularism where themselves guilty of putting the religion first and foremost. How else would you define constant prescription of motives to every political action against by GoI? When Congress did it - it was a non issue but now it became a
cause celebre?
The direct result of such naked hypocrisy was Kashmir! The exaggerations, the demagoguery and manipulations created an atmosphere of fear in Kashmir. Instead reassuring them - there insecurities were magnified and as result we saw what we saw..
I am an ideologically fluid person, I have no allegiance to anyone but my country - so
@Joe Shearer whenever I see excesses committed, I speak out - whether it is by the right or the left, by the minority or the majority.
The same Tagore also said this "To light the fire and then complain that it burns is absolutely childish" in the appropriate context.
AGAIN!
