Although we pretend to be non-violent etc. we are actually extremely violent people. Look into all our epics and mythology, its full of violance, in the name of religion, which claims to have witnessed the biggest battlefield in the history of mankind. Its only when we are at the receiving end, we pretend to be non violent. Think of those people who used to burn a young widow alive, in her husband's pyre, in the name religion. Think of those people who burn witches alive, lynch a pickpocket, burn the bride for money, kill his/her own daughter before she is born, any so forth. All in all we Indians are highly violent people.
RE:All in all we Indians are violent people
by Nikhil Parulkar on May 26, 2008 03:39 PM Permalink
You are 100% right. This side is never spoken in public & depicts wrong picture of Indians.
RE:All in all we Indians are violent people
by A Roy on May 26, 2008 03:58 PM Permalink
Till the time of Mahatma Gandhi, non-violence was unknown. Or, even if it existed, it was the consolation of the weak to self-" God will judge the injustice. The fact is that Mahatma articulated the tool of non-violence to the world and may be getting extinct as a principle except a few unremarkable incidence in the world stage. Having said this,I do not say violance has a place in everyday life. You referred to our Mythologies. Yes you were right there are violences. But if Rama would not punish Ravana and rescued Sita what would have been our plight? if injustice (questionable though) to Pandavas were not solved, tyranny would have prevailed including respect to women. If our Freedom strugglers like Bhagatsingh , Netaji did not resort to so called violance, do you think non-violance would freedom so early? In fact some philosophers feel that not enough blood was shed in our freedom movement and hence we lack in patriotism. My contention is that if violence is to be shown for a right reason, and a non-violence is takes as weakness then say non-violence to go to hell. But, violence for the cause stated in the above article? deplorable simply.
