& then a friend @Kaushik02258399 gave me idea to write “ #ModiAgain : An Ex-Communist’s Manifesto” over morning tea in a stall at Manyata Tech Park, & @GarudaPrakashan published it in record breaking time.
& since then I have never looked back. I have been working on writing more & more, drawing inspirations from whom I consider my gurus, @vikramsampath@authoramish@ashwinsanghi .
They are my guru Drona, & I the Eklavya.
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I though to write this thread of rants as many friends try best to put or discard self from the bracket of #Liberals . But do they exactly know what it means to be a Liberal?
I asked this question to many but most had varying, diverging answers.
Most just gave an answer because they did't wished to remain speechless. In the time of now, we have forgotten the art of staying quite if answer is not known to us and we just jump to give an answer by hook or crook.
They did the same.
Of course, you must first know the disease that you are claiming to be suffering from. Symptoms must be known and hence it was my prime objective to learn there definitions.
Then I suggested all of them the steps that I chose to know any subject:
Experiment, Observe and Infer.
1/n A thread of rant on current folds of Law and FoE. Request to read and share your views.
Tall and strong stands a civilization called "Hindu"since the millenniums we are unaware of. It survived so many cuts and bruises inflicted by almost one and all+ we accommodated all.
2/n The "Freedom of Expression" was such a common trait that even "Charvakas" went on singing their ideas of dissent within the Mandir Premises.
We are told that "Athenian Democracy" is the mother of democracy, but was too brute against female and slaves.
3/n In fact female were not even considered the citizens in Athens.
Well, this tale of "Anti-Female" yet mother of Democracy goes at least 2.7k years ago.
But the Itihasa, Ramayana records Sita Mata being offered the throne when Shri Ram was to go for Vanvasa.
Still zithers run through my spine as I recall the horrific feeds of Gujarat Riots 2002 made way to DAV, Hazaribagh while I was a year due to matriculate.
We knew “Modi, the mass murder,” even at age 14-15.
A kind of shame we gulped each time we faced a Muslim School Mate.
Be it cricket ground, or basketball court or even the period of lunch.
For few days, the dreams I saw only smelled of gore waking up midnight sweat dripping all the way.
I never knew the reason of Kar Seva nor I knew who were those burnt in Sabarmati Express.
“Religion no doubt appeared, an opium of oppressed,” & not a virtue for an enlightened eyes.
Soon “Black-Friday’s” song “Arey ruk ja re bande,” had found space in newly purchased Sony Ericsson Walkman Series & “All religions were same,” ultimately leading to Fundamentalism.
Foreign views about “Economic Condition of Bharat” presented in this thread.
I begin with Will Durant, one of my most favourite foreign philosopher of modern times.
I quote from book, “Our Oriental Heritage (1935)”
“The Sultans drew from the people every rupee of tribute that could be exacted by the ancient art of taxation, as well as by straightforward robbery; but they stayed in India, spent their spoils in India, and thereby turned them back into India’s economic life.”
“Nevertheless, their terrorism and exploitation advanced that weakening of Hindu physique and morale which had been begun by an exhausting climate, an inadequate diet, political disunity, and pessimistic religions.”