Re: [nukkad] The decay of civilisation

[Maloy Manna <>]

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Excerpts from Shashi Tharoor's column in the Times of India:

It is shameful that in a democracy like ours, we have become so vulnerable to 
the pressure of the mob — that those who claim they are offended prevail over 
those who seek to exercise their freedom of expression. Today, in our country, 
it seems the ultra-sensitive are making the rules.
...
We've allowed the narrow-minded to set the terms of the debate, partly because 
our governments, of whatever political hue, lack the courage to assert the 
values embedded in our own Constitution. 

To the cravenness of politicians, anxious not to alienate every little vote 
bank, must be added the pusillanimity of the elite, who fear that somehow the 
protestors are more authentically desi in their outrage than we are in our 
liberality.
...

Read the article at: 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Time_to_stand_up_for_a_tolerant_society/articleshow/2890122.cms
 


~Maloy



      
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