" People talk about a secular State. Some think about it as a silly word and yet, what we simply mean by it is to have a normal and a civilized country. The communal idea is synonymous with an uncivilized idea. It is a primitive idea, a vulgar and a childish idea.
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It does not matter where it exists, whether in the mind of a Hindu, a Muslim, a Sikh, a Parsi or a Christian. It may be in anybody's mind. If it is there, it shows an uncivilized thinking.
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Therefore, if you are to go ahead, you have to get rid of this narrowness of outlook and thinking, which prevents our growth.
Now, it is obvious enough that this narrowness of outlook has been one of the major weakening factors in India.
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Now, it is obvious enough that this narrowness of outlook has been one of the major weakening factors in India.
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It may have had certain advantages at some time or the other. But, certainly, this business of dividing our national community into a large number of castes and the like has this disadvantage."~Jawaharlal Nehru.
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Taken from a speech at a public meeting , Madras , 9 October 1952. AIR tapes , NMML. Extracts . For other parts of the speech , see post page number 343_345 , 649 and 677_678.
Reference~ Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru , Second Series , Volume 19 , page number 64.
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Reference~ Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru , Second Series , Volume 19 , page number 64.
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