The origins of India's Flag.
"I asked Mr. Venkayya to give me a design containing a spinning-wheel on a red (Hindu colour) and green (Muslim colour) background." M K Gandhi (COLLECTED WORKS, VOL. 23 (Young India 13-4-1921))
Later the Red was changed to Saffron.
"I asked Mr. Venkayya to give me a design containing a spinning-wheel on a red (Hindu colour) and green (Muslim colour) background." M K Gandhi (COLLECTED WORKS, VOL. 23 (Young India 13-4-1921))
Later the Red was changed to Saffron.
So the Indian flag symbolized Gandhi's political project of Hindu-Muslim unity.
That project failed with the partition. While Pakistan's flag became green, India remained stuck with pre-partition politics, cut off from traditional Indian civilization.
thehindu.com/features/kids/…
That project failed with the partition. While Pakistan's flag became green, India remained stuck with pre-partition politics, cut off from traditional Indian civilization.
thehindu.com/features/kids/…
Bhagwa dhwaj is rooted in Indian history; many who resisted imperialism—from Sikhs to Marathas—used it.
Gandhi's false equivalence and appeasement only led to partition, not "unity." It equated imperialistic predators with those who resisted.
garudabooks.com/saffron-swords
Gandhi's false equivalence and appeasement only led to partition, not "unity." It equated imperialistic predators with those who resisted.
garudabooks.com/saffron-swords
Proximity to power corrupts values.
Especially when one doesn’t understand how to wield power to advance those values but rather are apologetic for holding them.
And want to prove ones “udaarta.” #prithvirajchauhan syndrome.
Especially when one doesn’t understand how to wield power to advance those values but rather are apologetic for holding them.
And want to prove ones “udaarta.” #prithvirajchauhan syndrome.
https://twitter.com/babubajrangi02/status/1555240550009556993
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