When Gauri Lankesh, a leftist journalist, was killed, they took not a second more to blame ‘rightists’ for her assassination. A few years ago when an elderly Christian nun was raped in West Bengal, a TMC leader immediately blamed the RSS. But on the question of Kasganj, they are not even ready to believe the testimony of Chandan’s father. It was intended to understand the response of communities in provinces on the design of the National Flag, and inviting their suggestions. Once Tricolour became the national flag, it embodied our emotions, history and valour but those who degrade saffron as a sign of communalism or majoritarianism are either ignorant about cultural history or unprepared to accept the idea of inclusive Republicanism.

Source: dna February 04, 2018 02:37 UTC