I am ashamed to read this article on an Indian website, by a foreigner, on the so-called "Death" of Indianism... which the author very cleverly doubles up as Hinduism. India, as a country, is known for its open-culture, and welcoming gesture for one and all, for where else would you find a Sikh PM, with a Muslim President, when both these communities together do not even compose 15% of the Indian population??
Is it not the high stature of India, when leaders like AB Vajpayee, whom Francis derides for being one of the worst, are heralded as being the stalwarts of honest politics in a decaying Indian system?
Politics does seem to be the apple of discord for most of the Indians, as perceived by the world over, but nevertheless, it is exactly facts like the arrest of the Shankaracharya (though the timing is debatable) for his hand as an accomplice to murder that help re-instate faith in the system, that it still might work.
The US President takes oath on the Bible. Well, in India the leaders of the State take oath on the sovereign Constitution of the Republic of India.
Surely, India will outlive all these temperory problems, like the sun outlives all clouds that cover it!
