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Eminent musician T.M. Krishna: ‘We Live in Times When National Integration Has Been Replaced By Ugly Nationalism’
by Guest Wed Nov 01, 2017 12:20 am
We live in times when national integration has been replaced by ugly nationalism. We are being told what to eat, wear, say, think and be. One monolithic order is being forced on us as Indian culture. As a person of and in culture let me say this unequivocally, there is no one Indian culture – there are Indian cultures – the plurality is the signifier of integration. Nationalism breeds’ homogeneity, national integration cradles respect.
We are facing one of the greatest challenges posed to our democracy, constitution, plurality, citizenship and socialism. These corner stones of India are being subverted, dismantled, maligned and morphed right before our eyes. The methods being used are not secretive anymore, people are being killed and all of us who resist are being warned of what is coming.
If there is any time that national integration needs to be brought back into public thought, it is today and there is no time to waste. And this integration is not just about religious minorities; it is as much about Dalits, Tribals, ethnic and linguistic minorities. The basic fabric of India is its cultures and if we allow that to be poisoned, we would have placed on the sacrificial alter our entire civilisational consciousness. The battle will be lost and we just cannot let that happen.
https://thewire.in/193134/live-times-national-integration-replaced-ugly-nationalism/
We are facing one of the greatest challenges posed to our democracy, constitution, plurality, citizenship and socialism. These corner stones of India are being subverted, dismantled, maligned and morphed right before our eyes. The methods being used are not secretive anymore, people are being killed and all of us who resist are being warned of what is coming.
If there is any time that national integration needs to be brought back into public thought, it is today and there is no time to waste. And this integration is not just about religious minorities; it is as much about Dalits, Tribals, ethnic and linguistic minorities. The basic fabric of India is its cultures and if we allow that to be poisoned, we would have placed on the sacrificial alter our entire civilisational consciousness. The battle will be lost and we just cannot let that happen.
https://thewire.in/193134/live-times-national-integration-replaced-ugly-nationalism/
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