: True Nationalism #WorldNEWSAll A true nationalist in India is one who wants to abolish its massive and widespread poverty, hunger, unemployment, casteism, communalism etc, and works for it. IN INDIA

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A true nationalist in India is one who wants to abolish its massive and widespread poverty, hunger, unemployment, casteism, communalism etc, and works for it.
IN INDIA in recent years some people have made the test of nationalism as hatred of minorities (particularly Muslims, but also Christians), hatred of Western culture and customs (e. g. Valentine Day), hatred of Muslim names of cities and places (e. g. Allahabad, Mughal Gardens, etc), and hatred of people who speak out against injustice (who are often branded as Tukde tukde gang, urban naxals, etc).
From this perspective, Hitler, who persecuted Jews, was a great nationalist, and Lenin was anti-nationalist, as he was against injustice.
My own test is very different: a true Indian nationalist, in my opinion, is one who hates poverty, malnutrition, unemployment, lack of proper healthcare and good education for the masses, casteism, communalism, etc and fights against these evils.
I am not at all impressed by those who claim that India has the fastest growing economy in the world.
Even assuming that the claim is correct (and I for one doubt it), the important question to be asked is who is getting the fruits of this growth, the Indian masses, or a handful of big businessmen ?
It is reported that 1% rich Indians own 40% of Indias wealth
On the other hand, it is reported that India has slipped from position number 101 to 107 out of the 121 countries surveyed by Global Hunger Index, and has the highest child stunting and child wasting in the world.
What kind of growth is this ?
I love the good things in Indian culture, its great achievements in science, literature, art etc.
But I hate the caste system which divided us, and continues to divide us (at a time when it is absolutely necessary to be united if we want to resolve our huge socio-economic problems), and has treated dalits abominally.
Also Read: Caste System – Who created and why is it not going away?
I hate communalism i. e. hatred of minorities, for the same reason. India is a country of great diversity, with numerous religions, castes, languages, races, customs, etc, which is because it is broadly a country of immigrants, like North America.
So the only correct policy if we wish India to hold together and prosper is secularism and giving equal respect to all religions.
The Great Akbar
This was the policy (suleh-e-kul) of the great Moghul Emperor Akbar who gave equal respect to all religions and communities, and in my opinion is the real Father of the Indian Nation.
Those who say that India got freedom in 1947 after 1000 years of slavery equate India with its Hindu majority. But the Mughals, though Muslims, were very much Indians.

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