I was watching 'Gandhi' yesterday and I couldn't help but see how ironic is it that the whole fight of non-violence we put up to get our freedom from Imperial rule was immediately followed by loss of freedom to the communal evils.
The whole world worships the Mahatma and what does his very own home do? As soon as we got our independence, in fact a few hours before we actually got it,the nation was being divided into 2 - based on the religion followed. No one from that time is now alive to tell us whether this was really a result of "hunger of power" of the great political dynasties or was it something hidden all the while under the British rule. Imagine the picture a fresh-born India would have given to the world by breaking into burning communal riots!
How can we teach our children that our great nation stands for Freedon of the poeple when we forced the same people to fight against one another, with their own brothers and sisters?
And seeing the crisis in the world,it really makes me ponder the irony of lack of peace in the lands of the Buddah and the Christ , the very saints of peace.
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