To be fair, they did try to make up for the Bush comparison by also comparing him to Hitler, a hero of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), a respected, though foreign-funded NGO of which Modi is a lifelong member. But by then the damage had already been done, and the police had no option but to teach these students some hard lessons in freedom of expression—lessons that were clearly not in their academic curriculum (something HRD minister Smriti Irani needs to think about). But no, their pseudo-sickular ego wouldn’t let them. They didn’t even have the graciousness to keep mum and protect the dignity of their PM when he made a genuine error during his recent visit to Bhutan. Instead they went to town on social media calling it “a national embarrassment”, “shameful”, etc. If they really cared about their freedom of expression—put another way, if they know what’s good for them—they would go and delete those tweets right now. It could be used, for instance, to raise awareness about the Hindu origins of the Vatican. It could be used to build national pride in the nuclear capabilities of ancient India. At the very least, it could be used to share inspiring stories from the life of Bal Narendra.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:57:12 +0000
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