RE:Ultra cheap work
by kadwa sach on Nov 17, 2006 10:20 PM
Joseph,
I think the basic mistake that you and the journalist who wrote the piece are making and which "indian" pointed out is that you misunderstand secularism and "secularism in India". When they talk about congress and left being "secular" and BJP being fascist. Also Sonia Gandhi becoming teary eyed and trying to save her falimly's "secular kegacy" is just so much crap when you think about what in reality secularism should be. Is it appeasement of minorities and vote bank politics?
What "Indian" said is that in older times the whole cultural block that comprises India and pakstan today was probably the most secular region that world has ever seen. Now maybe you can pick out isolated incidents form history but the spectrum of religions, languages, classes, beliefs cultural diversity from food to dressing pont that people were very tolerant and did not consider it holy duty to say - no you are wrong and I am right. That in essence is real secularism.
There may have been many kingdoms prior to British but history shows changing of size and expanse of kingdoms over difffernt ethnic regions all the time in India. yets there was no systematic unseculat cleansing of any kind.
