Patriotism Has No Religion, and Here s the Proof for Mohan Bhagwat to See
Followers of each religion, including Hinduism, have been unpatriotic at one point or another.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Photo: PTI/Files
Religion24/Jan/2021
Rabindranath Tagore in his letter to A.M. Bose in 1908 wrote that “patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I liveâ. In 1911, at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, India’s national anthem written by Tagore was sung for the first time.
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âTo destroy communalism is, therefore, the task of all those Indians â Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Christians etc. who have transcended all the communal outlook and have developed a genuine nationalist mentality.â
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Reviewing the Troops of Azad Hind Fauj - 1940s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Patriotism Is Intrinsic To Hindus: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat If someone is Hindu he has to be patriotic, that will be his or her basic character and nature, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said
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If someone is a Hindu he will be patriotic and that will be his basic character and nature, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday while citing Mahatama Gandhi s remarks that his patriotism originates from his dharma.
Bhagwat was speaking at an event to release the book titled Making of a Hindu Patriot: Background of Gandhiji s Hind Swaraj , authored by JK Bajaj and MD Srinivas.
NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said patriotism is the central theme of Hinduism as love for the nation is the basic character of being a Hindu, while citing Mahatama Gandhi who had said his patriotism originates from his ‘dharma’. Bhagwat asserted that dharma in this case doesn’t merely mean religion but it is wider than that.
Elaborating on his reference to Gandhi, Bhagwat said patriotism can’t be restricted to followers of a particular faith as religion teaches inclusiveness and talks about humanity at large.
Bhagwat was speaking at an event to release a book titled ‘Making of a Hindu Patriot: Background of Gandhiji’s Hind Swaraj’, authored by J K Bajaj and M D Srinivas. The occasion drew attention given that RSS critics have for long sought to tag the assassination of the Mahatma to Sangh thought, if not the organisation itself. He categorically said there is no need for speculation that Sangh “is trying to appropriate Gandhiji” as that is not t
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January 03, 2021 08:50 IST
Arundhati Roy is at her best in the essays that have been written through the eyes of a novelist, and not those of a political commentator
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Arundhati Roy is at her best in the essays that have been written through the eyes of a novelist, and not those of a political commentator
In her latest book
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction., Arundhati Roy continues her dissenting voice as a writer-activist that had begun with her essay in political criticism, ‘The End of Imagination’ (1998). While reviewing
Azadi, I would like to reflect on the nature of Roy’s political criticism.