Cowardice and Religious Intolerance
Hope vs Fear The Sangh Parivar is driven by hatred whose roots lie in cowardice. Cowardice does not always look like trembling, running away or hiding behind closed doors. Sometimes it marches in processions, shouts slogans, burns books and attacks helpless people. Sometimes it dresses itself in religious robes, waves national flags and speaks in the language of patriotism. It needs enemies because it cannot face its own inadequacies. It needs crowds because it cannot stand alone. It needs hatred because it has never discovered the strength of courage. Perhaps the most dangerous thing about cowardice is that it can persuade itself that it is heroic. The Sangh Parivar lacks the courage to face certain inconvenient truths such as that India was ruled by Muslims and Christians for centuries. Hence they hate Muslims and Christians. This hatred lies at the root of its entire outlook, particularly its religious intolerance. Religious intolerance is often cowardice elevated into a col...
