No use keeping diplomatically quiet.
In today’s Republic Day parade at Delhi, several temples were featured, along with several cultural customs associated with religious festivals (Eg, Kamakhya temple at Guwahati).
Not a single church, mosque, gurudwara or any cultural reference from any religion other than Hinduism was featured.
I agree that the theme was Nari Shakti (Woman Power) but every religion has its female icons….their exclusion was glaringly obvious to me. I enjoyed the parade very much, as usual, but this exclusion left a bad taste.
We are not only moving into an autocracy…we are moving towards a theocracy, I think.
It seems to be the norm that a democracy slowly tends to tilt into autocracy. The very checks and balances created to prevent this are suborned to the purpose of draconian rule.
Blanket rules, and their harsh implemenation, are the hall-marks of such a decline….and the rise of corruption and bribery can be both the cause and effect of this slide into a “Thou Shalt Not” regime.
Tags: government, india, parade, religions, sadness, thoughts
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