The Failure of Gandhian-Nehruvian Nationalism and the alternative
Gandhi envisioned an India based on Swaraj, a spiritually minded set of self sustained villages, anti-materialiatic India. Nehru wanted a scientific minded, secular, socialist republic, where the idea of rational thinking and equality would be supreme. Ambedkar wanted annihilation of caste, where Chamars and Sharmas can intermarry and eventually become one caste, where inequality based on blood is annihilated. How many of us who swear by the name of Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar have actually followed our leaders to any significant extend? Modi wants an India based on the idea of Hindutva, a Viraat Hindu Rashtra, where all castes which respect the ancient principle of Sanatan Dharma are welcome in the fold, where the wisdom of Ayurveda, Gita, Manusmriti will find its rightful face, and where invaders, or even natives, who oppose these timeless principles of Bharat would be shown their place. How many of us who support Modi actually believe and follow these ideals? All other cha