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| Sep 04, 2006 7:51 pm |
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re: re: The National song controversy |
Sumanth Cidambi
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Another 'pseudo intellectual' remarked a few days ago, " If some persons do not wish to sing let them sulk in silence whilst others joyfully raise their voices and thrill to the stanzas of our Vande Mataram. . . "
I second and third the right of any person who does not wish to sing Vande Mataram or Sare Jahan se Accha or even Jana Gana Mana if they are not suitably inclined... Just so long as they do not impinge on the liberties and rights of the others who want to and are proud to... Nationalism is after all a created product...
I abide by the rational of a test that I apply here - "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
Ashish, I just read your post above and was coincidentally speaking to Lalit earlier today to start a thread on the separation of church and state... I am sure that will result in a meaningful discussion as well...
Cheers
S
PS: Recommended reading: Supreme Court of India judgment in re: The Jehovah's Witness case
Private Reply to Sumanth Cidambi (new win) |
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