First the news which I am going to talk about; "Controversial book on Rajiv Gandhi withdrawn". This news state that a book was withdrawn by publisher because it contained some controversial comments by author on the former indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Comments were about Gandhi's naiveness as a politician and one about Bofors deal; calling him as a traitor. As for reality, we can't say somebody is naive politician if many indians just feel great after a look on him, they will walk many miles, stand in hot sun jsut for a glimpse. This discription is of more like a film star but thats the Gandhi family, politicians with a touch of glamour. Even their current generation is maintaining this hype and in the same way indians, mostly rural, consider them more than any movie star. I am in no way in agreement with this stupidity but I am also no way against people's foolishness. If people want to believe in someone then they are sa free as me in not believing in one. Now, the author's (author of the controversial book in the news) views can't be claimed right or rational but repressing it or banning it is even more stupidity. If someone is shouting wrong things then the right solution may be to show the facts to him or anyone who wants to see, it will be utter foolishness, if I try to put a cloth in that person's mouth and choke him, so that he can't speak.
Repression gives him more creditibility and this is the same thing politicians have done by pressurising for withdraw of this book. They call themselves better politicians but this whole issue shows their thick headedness. This thing also shows that most of the indians in power are not argumentative, they prefer pledging their obedience to their superiors and demand the same from their juniors, no place for arguments. Submission should be complete as per 'Brahmins' or the indian power holders. This culture is just not limited to political powerhouses, its a norm in every institution in India. Be it a corporate house or some government's bureaucratic offices. Superiors, not only in work even in educational institutes demand adherence to their words of mouth, they don't feel oblige to explain anything. No wonder, indian education system stinks of hypocrisy and it chokes creativity. While talking about education, media even shows their narrow mindedness when blaming this suffocation of human mind on few institues which though not been free of this culture still offer a passage out of this strangulation. People talk about brain drain, in the same breath they talk about these institutes being responsible. Yes, they are responsible because choking brain always look for a way out to freedom and thankfully these institutes have build a reputation of giving people a chance.
Again on the point of freedom of expression, indian powerholders always preferred yes-man than a person questioning their judgements, even our god wants complete submission to his/her authority. The way indian culture suffocated and braught down to her knees in front of agressor outsiders is just not part of history, its in the nature of indian society.
Repression gives him more creditibility and this is the same thing politicians have done by pressurising for withdraw of this book. They call themselves better politicians but this whole issue shows their thick headedness. This thing also shows that most of the indians in power are not argumentative, they prefer pledging their obedience to their superiors and demand the same from their juniors, no place for arguments. Submission should be complete as per 'Brahmins' or the indian power holders. This culture is just not limited to political powerhouses, its a norm in every institution in India. Be it a corporate house or some government's bureaucratic offices. Superiors, not only in work even in educational institutes demand adherence to their words of mouth, they don't feel oblige to explain anything. No wonder, indian education system stinks of hypocrisy and it chokes creativity. While talking about education, media even shows their narrow mindedness when blaming this suffocation of human mind on few institues which though not been free of this culture still offer a passage out of this strangulation. People talk about brain drain, in the same breath they talk about these institutes being responsible. Yes, they are responsible because choking brain always look for a way out to freedom and thankfully these institutes have build a reputation of giving people a chance.
Again on the point of freedom of expression, indian powerholders always preferred yes-man than a person questioning their judgements, even our god wants complete submission to his/her authority. The way indian culture suffocated and braught down to her knees in front of agressor outsiders is just not part of history, its in the nature of indian society.
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