Saturday, September 28, 2024

A breakaway thought

Why the ruling dispensation still glorifies MK Gandhi when he is actually an antithesis to their ideology. For long MK Gandhi was the prime idea under which Congress tried to unite India realizing the Nehruvian ideology was in wane Post the 1962 fiasco and more so after 1975. At max he was relegated to second fiddle and also an uncle figure to the future generation of kids which was celebrated on Nov 14. A balancing act was thus required rather an altogether total shift as MK Gandhi's assassination constantly comes into discussion whenever the Sangh folks try to glorify him. The Sangh realizes the anathema of Godse which is like a monkey on their back. So, a total shift from the MK Gandhi is out of question. Hence, they have to rally under a more hardline figure like Sardar Patel and literally make his aura SkyHigh. Future generations will be curious and get attached to the stories of Sardar Patel wresting control of dominions and making one truly Unified India which would then occupy greater bragging rights than the independence itself. But still, you have Oct 2 being celebrated as National holiday, which will make MK Gandhi better remembered. Hence the move towards creating that one unified of Indian culture i.e. Ram. In coming days Ram will occupy much greater significance as a cultural and moral progenitor of our continuing civilization. The civilizational continuity will occupy much greater significance than independence movements as ours is a civilization (maybe barring Judaism) that maybe holds remnants of its purest form despite churning out offshoots like adavaitism, shaivism, vaishnavism, jainism, buddhism, Sikhism among others. And for that someone like Lord Ram could be a guiding beacon. And more so even MK Gandhi had famous last lines 'Hey Ram' when he was felled by the assassins bullet.

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