“Emphasizing a state as #secular, from the point of view of a #Hindu, is superfluous. All these centuries in the past, we have been able to maintain religious harmony in the country. The state was only keeping a close watch to see that the people did not fall out and thus render the state weak. Otherwise all had their freedom of worship etc. That was the concept followed by Hindu ideology. But it was only in the interim period of #Buddhist era that the state was nonsecular, i.e., theocratic. During that period, the resources of the state were being used for propagation of a particular persuasion and dissuading others from practicing their own. All these unfortunate things were done by the state in the name of Lord #Buddha, i.e., out of a misunderstanding of what he had said. This was only an exception to the great current of our national life. Therefore the word ‘secular’ is superfluous and unwanted from our point of view”.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 16:59:29 +0000
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