If we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor... you are free- you are free to go to your temples mosques or any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the state... in due course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims will cease to be Muslims- not in a religious sense for that is the personal faith of an individual- but in a political sense as citizens of one state.---Jinnah.
What on earth have the fanatics and the rich done to this country! Of course, in his day the fundos used to call Jinnah a kaffir. The same vitriol can be heard when the word "secular" is mentioned. One day muslims will wake up and realise "the beast was within" -and the problem was not the media, "the jews", "the west".
Get this. The other day two students were walking in the corridor and the guy hugged the girl. Okay, everyone recognizes that that isn't appropriate behaviour in a public space in this culture. But still, not the end of the world. Well, a colleague sees this and twists the chap's arm behind his back and then punches him. Then he shouts at the girl and asks her if she isn't ashamed of wearing those flimsy clothes.
Well, yeah, that's what it boils down to; they couldn't give a fig about social injustice; what matters, ultimately, is temptation. Which, once again, goes to show that a Ph.D isn't, in itself, worth jack.
here are some of Gandhi's views...quite startling. Which is not to deny that he was a great leader in his own way,and in his own right.
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why do you find Ghandi's views startling? are they not in line with his philosophy of nonviolence? maybe what's startling is us moving deeper into that philosophy and way of life and understanding at a more real, immediate, personal level what its implications would be, what sacrifices it would demand, how far from it we are in our inner and outer worlds.
and hello, b.
and thank you for your posts, always so thought provoking, i greatly enjoy each of my visits, tea or no tea :).
hello, mani! :-)
Well, I guess we'll have to differ here.
I find such views not only startlingly naive , but also sickening:
"If the Jews can summon to their aid the soul power that comes only from non-violence,” he said, “Herr Hitler will bow before the courage which he has never yet experienced in any large measure in his dealings with men.”
More real? there's nothing more real than living. those views and that way of life-if one can call it that- sounds like utter, utter baloney to me. sorry.
oh no, there was tea. of course!you had two cups..don't you remember?
Keep well,
b.
hehe...just had to add a stupid's comment. This was great.
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