"Think about it and you will see that Narendra Modi is our own creation, of liberals, conservatives, fascists, communists and every other man jack of us. He is not the problem, we all are."
narendra modi is solution to all of the problem which plague indian society.The author unnecessarly taking high ground.what is he (author) ?
Only westerners have coined phrases like black and white and grey area. The minute you talk about grey area you are not talking absolutes. I dont think any westerner admits bombing Hiroshima was wrong even if they did there is a but after that. When you say western it includes Germany and Russia also. Then there is nothing like absolute morality. ( may be absolute immorality)
RE:Foreigners most absoulte moralists?
by Lucky B on Dec 18, 2007 08:56 PM Permalink
The barbarism and atrocities committed by the French, British, Portuguese, and Dutch in India is beyond words. The problem is they didn't find any space in history, so we can read it.
Finally an article in Rediff that provides food for thoughts.In my view ,the whole argument that " while Westerners function on moral absolutes, Indians function on contextual morality" is far more universal than just indian .More over,its merely two schools approches where one is being "practical" and the other one is being "ideal".Or just about the difference of opinion between liberals & conservatives.And about the Modi example,i wd say in a big vast complex nation like ours one always gonna find Modis,Bal Thakres,Mayawatis & even a Karunanidhi around.Its simply a matter of supply & demand.
RE:What a mumbo -jumbo english
by Vaibhav Pradhan on Dec 18, 2007 06:15 PM Permalink
I think you need to read newspapers once in a while. You know GHATI has become CEO of CITI group. Ghatis will prevail as usual!!!! We are proud to be GHATIS.
And yes, please blame your parent for your pathetic upbringing. Not sure from where you got this heart full of hatered.
A significant section of educated Hindus, today thinks that the so called secular parties have taken Hindus for granted and have focused on dividing them rather than solving problems of the majority.
The convenient tool of caste is exploited to the hilt by Congress, BSP, etc and even those who did not really want to think that way (ex: communists) are fallen into the trap of this social justice. Social justice is required, but not through the instrument of caste or religion. It should have been based on economic status.
We have such lenient laws to allow the unscrupulous politicians, administrative machinery, police, tax officials, etc to escape with day light robbery of the common public.
We have created complicated laws and laws that are archaic, to make life miserable for common man. This helps the administrative machinery, tax consultants, etc, to exploit the public. The poor have remained poor while those who have had access to power or education have progressed.
So, it is natural for the morality to be not absolute in this context. People justify anything and everything according to their whims and fancies. A politician justifies riots, bribery, abuse of fundamental rights as eloquently as a lawyer who defends the most indefensible criminal.
Compromise, exploitation and silent acceptance of the brutal suppression of fellow citizen has become an accepted way of life.
