'I am a Hindu first and hence a true Indian'
More accurately, the quote is
There is undoubtedly a sense in which the statement is true when I say that I hold my religion dearer than my country and that, therefore, I am a Hindu first and nationalist after. I do not become on that score a less nationalist than the best of them. I simply thereby imply that the interests of my country are identical with those of my religion.
What is the nature of his religion and his nationalism?
I can neither serve God nor humanity if as an Indian I do not serve India, and as a Hindu I do not serve the Indian Mussalmans.
To understand the crusade against Mahatma Gandhi, one has to understand that he is a bulwark of modern Indian secular democracy. Those who would destroy it must diminish Gandhi. This is as true of the rabid Hindu rightwingers in India as it is of Pakistanis.
4 comments:
Ofcourse that Yasir and Ayesha are themselves secular nationalists for Pakistan blows so many holes in your "ilog" that its not even funny.
Gandhi, as ylh puts it, was a castest hindu fanatic. He was hardly an example of "secularism"...
LOL!!!!!
Truth, my friend, is nothing to laugh out loud about - as Gandhiji would probably say..
As long as anyone considers Jinnah's actions from 1938 onwards to be secular, that person's understanding of secularism can only be laughed at.
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