Passing away of the Pope

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the off-topic posting - but I thought this was relevant to

those involved/interested in education in India.

 

-Girish

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GO from Directorate of schools

 

Wed, April 6, 2005 9:46 am

<undisclosed receipients>

 

Dear Friends,

 

The Directorate of Schools in Tamilnadu has issued a GO directing

all schools to fly the Indian flag half-mast on Friday, 8 April 2005

to mourn the death of Pope John Paul II. Schools have been asked to

send a " compliance report " to confirm that they have observed the

mourning.

 

One wonders why a secular government should issue GOs to secular

government schools and to private religious schools (which are not

govt.aided in anyway) to mourn the passing away of a religious head of

a foreign religious institution?

 

Will the government declare state mourning if one of the important

religious heads of the Hindu, Buddhist or Jain community passes away?

 

Moreover, the average Hindu will find it embarrassing to protest

against such compulsory mourning imposed on him for it goes against

his natural non-aggressive bent of mind.

 

Is there a dignified way of protesting against this GO or a safe way

of non-compliance without inviting the vengeful wrath of the

Jayalalitha government as witnessed in the Shankaracharya case?

 

This is yet another illustration of how helpless and discriminated

Hindu institutions feel in the present political atmosphere in India.

 

with regards,

.....

[Guest guest]

Maybe this has something to do with the definition of

secularism as followed by the secular front of India.

Maybe we could limit political discussions to a bare

minimum only when they concern the philosophy and

preachings of Sri Ramakrisna et.al. btw did the Tamil

Nadu govt. announce a holiday too? If yes, that should

be a useful holiday for many people.

 

There has always been a feeling in my mind that the

coming of Sri Ramakrisna started the wave of freedom

movement in India which ultimately led to the freedom

of the country.

 

I also feel that the story about an organisation of

monks fighting with invaders as told in " Anand Math "

by Bankim ch. chatterjee was inspired largely by the

whirlwind tour of Swami Vivekananda.

 

What do u say about that?

regards,

GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Girish

 

I join with your views

 

RegardsGirish <girishsv wrote:

Sorry for the off-topic posting - but I thought this was relevant tothose involved/interested in education in India.-Girish---------------GO from Directorate of schools Wed, April 6, 2005 9:46 am <undisclosed receipients>Dear Friends, The Directorate of Schools in Tamilnadu has issued a GO directingall schools to fly the Indian flag half-mast on Friday, 8 April 2005to mourn the death of Pope John Paul II. Schools have been asked tosend a "compliance report" to confirm that they have observed themourning. One wonders why a secular government should issue GOs to seculargovernment schools and to private religious schools (which are notgovt.aided in anyway) to mourn the

passing away of a religious head ofa foreign religious institution? Will the government declare state mourning if one of the importantreligious heads of the Hindu, Buddhist or Jain community passes away? Moreover, the average Hindu will find it embarrassing to protestagainst such compulsory mourning imposed on him for it goes againsthis natural non-aggressive bent of mind. Is there a dignified way of protesting against this GO or a safe wayof non-compliance without inviting the vengeful wrath of theJayalalitha government as witnessed in the Shankaracharya case? This is yet another illustration of how helpless and discriminatedHindu institutions feel in the present political atmosphere in India.with regards,....Sri Ramakrishnaya NamahVivekananda Centre Londonhttp://www.vivekananda.co.uk

 

 

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