“I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.” All the religions and their teachings are same. It is just the treatment that is different. But the sad part is that the interepretation is what makes or breaks the whole social setup. It is [...]
“A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.”
A nation is made from its citizens and the citizens form their identity from their nation. Neither of them can exist or prosper without either. And both of them derive the prosperity from the toil that each puts into the upheavel of the other. When [...]
“Hatred is not essential for nationalism. Race hatred will kill the national spirit.” Hatred is not a quality, it is a disease which renders a social setup incapable of differentiating between a good and a bad element within. You can not hate a complete nation if you have been attacked by a few members of [...]
“To retaliate against the relatives of the co-religionists of the wrong-doer is a cowardly act.” This is what exactly US has done in the recent past. It has killed more relatives of than the wrong-doer themselves. And there have been more than normal number of cries of foul play against those in the seat of [...]
Everyone understands reason if she or he applies oneself to it. It might look distasteful initially but a correct reason should always be given a chance. Especially when you believe in something, you should let it be challanged in a fair fashion to establish superiority. “The only way by which you and I can wean [...]
“Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.” Sadly this is very true in today’s context. Democracies are as corrupt as the communist and the aristocratic societies. In fact, more. The people at the helm of the power are misusing their position for their personal good. They [...]
“Handsome is not he who is handsomely clothed; handsome is he who handsome does.” Exactly what a real life hero should be. Something that he does is what is counted not somethings that he adorns. Very well of a difference between Bush and Dalai Lama. Both of them represent their countries and their people. But [...]
“The newspapers had become more important to the average man than the scriptures.” Why is it so true? The man is loosing out on his culture and getting involved in more gore and injustice and crime than ever before. There is never any new news in the newspapers. There are always the same old stories [...]
“Justice should become cheap and expeditious. Today it is the luxury of the rich and the joy of the gambler.” If you have money and you have a lobby then you don’t have to fear the law. There is so much corruption, so much injustice that the delivery of justice seems a distant dream. Sons [...]
“The beauty of poetry is that the creation transcends the poet.” Not just the poetry, but prose or for that matter, everything that is a work of art has acquired a complex interface. The simplicity is not easily seen in today’s creations by the artists. It seems that everything belongs to the artsts in [...]