Don't become like us: APakistani Journalist/ex-CM advises India

by confuzzled dude Sun Mar 22, 2015 2:02 pm

Back in the city, therefore, Sethi made a solemn plea to the Indian intelligentsia: "Don't become like us. Hold on to your constitutional principles. Don't push your country into anarchy by removing the term Secular that describes the spirit of India." His sentiments were echoed by fellow panelist, also from Pakistan, Imtiaz Alam. The two are not just aware of the unrestrained statements issued by BJP leaders but are also familiar with just what the 'fringe' Parivar elements have been up to, of late.

In the city recently for an international conference, leading media personality from Pakistan, Najam Sethi, presented a rather grim picture of secularism in his country. Ruing how secularism had become a cuss word in Pakistan, he said secularists there are, sadly, believed to be against Islam -- the official religion of Pakistan.

According to, Kumar Ketkar, a rightwing intellectual, the term secularist, as understood by Nehru and "his small group of elite" has undergone a massive change. Such secularists are now called pseudo secularists because they have no connect with ground realities and are perceived as pro-Muslim and anti-Hindu. His contention is that secularism has to be redefined "to suit the changing times."

Much before India became independent, Mahatma Gandhi wrote in Hind Swaraj, "In no part of the world is one nationality and one religion synonymous, nor has it been ever in India."

Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of Secular India, said in 1961: "We talk about a secular state in India... Some people think it means something opposed to religion. That obviously is not correct. What it means is that it is a state which honours all faiths equally and gives them equal opportunities."

The views of Nehru were reiterated by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the then President of India.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Pak-scribes-bat-for-Indian-secularism/articleshow/46648846.cms

-> Let's hope that NRI patriots are listening and paying attention.

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:31 pm

CONmen, MT Soonya, Laloo, Mulayam, K'nidhi, Jagan, et al., should reciprocate and advise Pakis not to stink up their country with Sikular corruption.

Don't become like us: APakistani Journalist/ex-CM advises India

Don't become like us: APakistani Journalist/ex-CM advises India

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