Adorable Mahatma Gandhi, and role models mentioned in the letter by Upendra Kapadia last week are our heritage because their efforts benefited whole sub-continent and ultimately world.
Thus they deserve fullest and unsolicited appreciation. But these will be disappointed to see that public has not been ennobled to levels expected by them.
We do celebrate events named after these role models but pathetically do not emulate their ideals in present day life. After hedonistic festivals, life is just as it was before.
Unfortunately, our values of bhakti, samarpan, and tolerance have annihilated all instincts of self-defense and self-preservation. This resulted in aliens ruling India for about 1000 years.
Lately Muslims being assertively aggressive, effectively broke land of Hindus, and is illegally holding to portion of Kashmir till now.
The western world harnessed non-spiritual forces which were within their control and gave us most wonderful technology.
These groups tackled physical difficulties by physical means, Hindus have chosen spiritual and paranormal means which are not within our control.
Thereby we are losing race for leadership, and are playing second fiddle. Due to such misdirected attitude, India shamefully tolerates epithets like “lynchistan,” “rape capital” and “merchant of death” etc.
Ramesh Jhalla
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