Khushwant Singh in Khushwantnama - The Lessons of my Life, page 35: My biggest worry today is the intolerance I see in our country. We are a cowardly lot that burns books we dont like, exiles artists and vandalizes their paintings. We take liberties and distort history textbooks to confirm to our ideas and ideals; we ban films and beat up journalists who write against us. We are responsible for this growing intolerance, and we are party to it if we dont do anything to prevent or stop it. If we love our country, we must save it from communal forces. Though the liberal class is shrinking, I sincerely hope that the present and future generations totally reject communal and fascist policies. If India is to survive as a nation and march forward, it must remain unified, reassert its secular credentials and throw out communal parties from the political arena. Shobha Sengupta Sadia Dehlvi Jayshree Shukla Keshav Chaturvedi
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:16:20 +0000
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