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Celebrations of our similarities become the foundation for us to celebrate our diversity. My understanding of swadharma has come from the Gita and the writings of Sri Aurobindo. This inner calling is something a person intently feels will fulfill his or her higher and creative aspiration.
This aspiration could be farming or protecting the nation on the frontier. However, it must not be driven by selfish or economic interest. What you do in life has to be your spiritual need. Not everyone in this world is fortunate enough to follow their inner calling, but even if those engaged in an activity which is not their inner calling do it with sincerity and commitment, it will be, I believe, a great service to the nation.
I wanted to become an actor perhaps because I loved attention or wished to be popular, but now that I have realised that aspiration, I must understand and reflect on why I'm doing what I'm doing. I try to understand the significance of my playing a role in the context of a greater good.
In that sense, my degree of patriotism has increased.
If my essaying a role can make a person feel empathy for someone who is socially, politically or economically different, I think I'm being a dedicated patriot. In this sense, patriotism and nationalism are no different. These words of Sri Aurobindo, taken from the article, 'The Awakening of Gujarat', published in Bande Mataram magazine on December 22, , have become more contextual after a century: 'Nationalism depends for its success on the awakening and organising of the whole strength of the nation, it is therefore vitally important for nationalism that the politically backward classes should be awakened and brought into the current of political life; the great mass of orthodox Hinduism which was hardly ever touched by the old Congress movement, the great slumbering mass of Islam which has remained politically inert throughout the last century, the shopkeepers, the artisan class, the immense body of illiterate and ignorant peasantry, the submerged classes, even the wild tribes and races still outside the pale of Hindu civilisation, nationalism can afford to neglect and omit none'.
The more accurate and credible the information, the stronger will be the trust between people The credibility of information has to be restored. Institutions have to be fair.
India has become a country of a one-party narrative. Whoever is not saying 'yes' is being labelled a traitor. This narrative of nationalism is dangerous. It divides people. It excludes. We have to stop this language of exclusion.
Though people do not understand transgender persons and transpeople are quite often neglected in policies and welfare, we never compromise in our loyalty towards the nation. India is a country that accords dignity to transgenders by touching their feet and seeking their blessings.
It is the first country to acknowledge transgender people as the 'third gender'.
"a brave first attempt to bring together information and arguments relevant to an understanding of how patriotism and nationalism intersect with music education. Music has long served as an emblem of national identity in educational systems throughout the world. Patriotic songs are commonly considered healthy and.
It decriminalised same-sex behaviour last year. Today, as Parliament talks about transgender welfare and inclusivity, I feel empowered and thankful to the amazing country I belong to. Our civilisation began with the Harappans, not the Rigveda. I am a descendant of Harappans, not Aryans. The same civilisation exists in Indian villages and urban centres today. In between came the theories that God created us unequal. Harappans believed that food comes out of mud and a baby comes out of a mother's amniotic fluids. Hence, for any patriot, neither menstrual blood nor Dalit leather work is impure or untouchable.
So many people from our community, from Delhi to Deoband, gave up their lives fighting the British. This country belongs to us as well. To us, our country is like our home. We will do whatever is required to protect our home against external attacks-they could come from anywhere in the world.
If our country demands our blood, the way Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did, we will not hesitate. Jehad is not any religious warfare, it is a struggle for self-control and self-betterment. I have no objection to people chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' because, as a priest, I preach to people to be religious and take the name of god. Taking the name of god or Rama has been happening for ages, so I see no wrong in uttering god's name.
But at the same time I will ask people to love their fellow people just like they love god and their country. No one can love a country by hating its people. Patriotism is as much love for the country as for the people living in it. What patriotism means to me Call of the soul, love of the homeland, devotion to one's work Sahaya Ranjit Amarnath K. Image credit: Krishna Singh. Image credit: Mandar Deodhar. Image credit: Subir Halder. Image credit: Ratheesh Sundaram. Image credit: Rajwant Rawat. Image credit: Maneesh Agnihotri. Image credit: Bandeep Singh.
Image credit: Yasir Iqbal. The Irish case thus illustrates the two contrasting faces of modern nationalism: as the product both of modernization and of long-term processes of identity formation.
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