C-da,
Perhaps you are right. I do believe that this world is not a perfect heaven. Exceptions of all kinds are always there.
I do not know much about USA to comment whether this incident was an exception, but I can see a "trend" (a term I frequently use nowadays in my regression analysis papers for forecasting the future) that US is increasinlgy becoming like evangelical Iran or maybe a possible throwback to Nazi Germany -where the military was the first to be communalized.
I cannot imagine an Indian military General taking steps to remove material on "other faiths" --the way General Baldwin did in the video on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism.
Perhaps you haven't had the opportunity to go inside an Indian military cantonment, but if u got there you would see that each faith has its own place of worship there. Even in Himalayas, where there is shortage of space - the various faiths -share the same room - each in one corner --and the single chaplain has a single universal prayer for all soldiers.
If you saw some Indian war movies - like the recent one on "Kargil -lest we forget" - the recent Himalyan war in 1999 with Pak supported terrorists - perhaps it would help.
India does have its problems -- but they are more becos of imperfect system -where things go awry sometimes on the fringes (as in Gujarat, Kashmir or Delhi or Nellie) ---but NOT so radicaly in elite Military Academies.
Umesh
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Hi Umesh:
For the simple reason that it is an example of an exception. It is not the rule.
Furthermore many thoughtful voices, such as in the NYT is already doing a
fine job of pointing it out and registering outrage.
On the other hand your response is not because you believe secularism in
public life in a diverse society as in India is essential, but merely to point out
that breaches of secularism happens in places like the USA too, as if that is a
good reason why the phoniness of fealty to secularism in Indian public life
should either be overlooked, if not approved of.
Am I mistaken here Umesh ?
c-da
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> C-da,
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> I am curious that you never comment on such issues in US, though you are
very active in discussions on secularism. Would you like to comment on this
one please- I have never seen anything like this -officially- perahps only in
Islamic nations this kind of thing is possible.
>
> Or maybe, media of other nations is not so active in reporting such things
-such as Hindu temples built illegaly centrally located , inside court houses
(at Jaipur) and CM's secretariat (again Jaipur) or in railway stations etc -but
even there noone forces people to practice faith.
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> Umesh
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