Excellent Quotes about our classical civilization.
I wish India can preserve her civilization that so universally evoked such
lofty emotions among such learned men throughout history.
I wish our elites do not waste our civilization away as mere market or cheap
labor colony or as a lab for testing away unproven ideologies for the benefit
of rich nations or become a dumping ground for ideologies that have proven not
to work even in west.
Have you noticed that nobody says nice things about modern India anymore except
those who are interested capturing power or those who are interested in
exploiting India as cheap labor market or vast consumer market? Other than
tales of ills, evils, persecutions, exploitations, poverty and sufferings and
apathy, India is not much heard about. Sad to say that our classical
civilization is lost to India. We are left with only words and memories of its
past. To preserve even that has become an uphill battle for India. We can
occasionally amuse ourselves with word of praise said by historical giants but
we can not live and feel that civilization in the present tense. We have
nothing to pass on to our future generations except words. Most will even
fail to do that.
I have noticed that some the spirit behind the celebration of India's 50th
anniversary is not to glorify the Indian civilization per se but rather to
glorify and pursue her break from it. For the ruling elites of India, Indian
Independence have always symbolized not so much as a break from the imposition
of western traditions on India but rather a break from India=92s traditional
civilization and its impositions on suffering classes. It is well-known
practice among our ruling elites to praise Indian civilization or her
classical philosophies in order to earn the goodwill of the masses and than
spend the goodwill so earned in order to pursue policies and ideologies that
hurt the very foundations of that civilization and her sustaining traditions.
Thus the exercise becomes an exercise for the self-deception of ordinary
people. Until our leadership not only talks civilization but also acts for
civilization, It won't remove cynicism and apathy and agony of great many of
India's people. We will be left with only words to live by. If we let our
politicians fool us by wordplay, words will remain as our only heritage.
Manubhai Desai
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