Why has India had an anti-Hindu tendency since Independence ???

[krsna]

Nehru's View of Religion

 

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NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 9, 2004:

 

( We include this article

to help people understand why India has had an anti-Hindu tendency

since Independence. The country's first prime minister, Nehru, held a

Marxist attitude toward religion.)

 

Jawaharlal Nehru had a word of caution for those mixing religion with

politics: it is a kind of self-intoxication which dulls the mind and

prevents clear thinking. "I do not take to religion; I resent its ways

and outlook. I see no escape from any conflict of the mind in that

fashion. Nor do I approve of allowing my mind to sink into a

sentimental morass, which is soothing no doubt and often helps in a

small way, but which is not good enough," says Nehru, in a letter

written on May 22, 1944, from Ahmadnagar fort to his sister,

Vijayalakshmi Pandit.

 

"It is a kind of self-intoxication which dulls

the mind and prevents clear thinking. It is indeed the sentimentalism

and emotionalism about religion which I dislike; I do not mind the

philosophic aspect of it," he says.

 

Nehru saw religion overladen with

this sickly sentimentality and spurious emotion.

"The relief it gives

may be compared to the relief obtained from some intoxicating drug or

alcoholic drink," he says in the letter, published in a new book,

"Nehru's letters to his sister before freedom (1909-1947)."

 

"Most people find some adjustment, consciously or unconsciously, in religion

and the ways and practice of some kind of religion, added on to life's

daily tasks," writes Nehru but adds "that is hardly an adjustment of

thought and action; it is a kind of surrender, or so I think, and thus

a way of escape from the problem."

[Pankaja_Dasa]

 

 

Bollywood. And the British empire which sucked the life out of its economy. But well what can they do except progress. HUh?

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Why has India had an anti-Hindu tendency since Independence ???

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The rela. of India & Hinduism at present is like a horse & a man on it. The man drives the horse to run as fast as possible speed, whereas the horse tries to remove the burden on its back. In a word, their rela. haven't reached the harmonious state. Notice my last word.

 

 

Bollywood. And the British empire which sucked the life out of its economy. But well what can they do except progress. HUh?

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Bo. & Br. share a common ground in natural ways. Bo. reflects Indian society sensitively by attracting viewers & Br. reflected India's power by colonizing it. From this angle, They are more honest than you. Blaming them are useless.