Friday, December 15, 2006

Gandhi and the task on hand

[My e-mail in Haindava Keralam yahoo community.]
I do not know why we are criticizing Gandhi. What relevance has he today, unless you agree to his philosophy and wish to implement it in today's world? As members of a Hindu forum, we have to recognize our greatest challenge, take stock of our strengths and overcome our weaknesses. I think our greatest challenge is the Islamic mindset, which, having once truncated our country, is plotting again on the same lines. One thing we can openly do in public forums is to demolish the base upon which Islam stands - that it alone is the true religion, that Allah is the only true God and that Quran is God's last word and all other religions and scriptures are outdated. We can demolish these assumptions of the Muslims by understanding our Advaitic vision, awakening to it and spreading its light. The very light of Advaita would banish the darkness of Islam. Our greatest weakness is that we seem to loose focus. It is better we consider these things rather than seek mere academic discussion on Gandhi and all that. This is my humble opinion.

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