PUT GANDHIAN NON-VIOLENCE IN PERSPECTIVE AND NO MORE WEAKEN THE NATIONAL WILL TO FIGHT MILITARILY
The national enthusiasm is heartening to see but it must be coupled with national concentration and national will. Only then may we rise strong as a nation.
One more thing. Gandhian non-violence must be put in perspective and not allowed to dominate the national discourse fruitlessly and negatively at that, for it stands in the way of the nation awaking to its inherent kshatriya (martial) power. We must ceaselessly strengthen our armed forces and this constant emphasis on non-violence is no way to do it. Gandhian non-violence or Ashokan non-violence or Jain non-violence, all have their places in the polity but to overemphasise them is to weaken the nation and this must no more be.
Written by Sugata Bose
The national enthusiasm is heartening to see but it must be coupled with national concentration and national will. Only then may we rise strong as a nation.
One more thing. Gandhian non-violence must be put in perspective and not allowed to dominate the national discourse fruitlessly and negatively at that, for it stands in the way of the nation awaking to its inherent kshatriya (martial) power. We must ceaselessly strengthen our armed forces and this constant emphasis on non-violence is no way to do it. Gandhian non-violence or Ashokan non-violence or Jain non-violence, all have their places in the polity but to overemphasise them is to weaken the nation and this must no more be.
Written by Sugata Bose
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