Thursday 17 October 2013

Times of India carrid a story on Bhagat Singh's diary which admires western philosophers like Marx, Russel, etc, which the author considers to be anti-BJP stream, linking the same to Modi's program to launch it. My comments thereto, carried by the journal runs as below:-

 THE TIMES OF INDIA
Dear Reader,
Your comment on the article ''Bhagat Singh’s book may leave BJP red-faced'' is now displayed ontimesofindia.com.
''That's indeed wonderful. Our writers can create anything out of nothing. What is more, the readers are condemned to digest it. Bhagat singh's diary purports to quote marx or other philosophers on religion. So? How does it offend eithe BJP or any party standing on Hindutva plank? In the first place, there are few , at least not the author, conscious of the distinction between religion and dharma. These two terms are not synonymical. The western philosophers, be that Marx or whoever, can not be interpreted or viewed in isolation. The core of every religion stems from the term Dharma, which means righteous act. Its codified form is religion. In small space these cant be elaborated, but suffice it to say that your inference is misconceived, in that Bhagat Singh's appreciation for the western celebrities among the philosophers do not imply anything repugnant to the concept of dharma, and the Hindutva as a plank, or say political plank should not be cited as anything which Bhagat Singh's diary may be construed as having decreied, much less to cause any discomfiture to the BJP. ''
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