Homogeneity

Published on 12th February, 2022, in Times of India. Tall statues of men, using Indian money and Chinese technology, are being built across India to unite India. There is the Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel in Gujarat, the Statue of Equality of Ramanuja-acharya built near Hyderabad, and soon there will be the Statue of Oneness of Shankara-acharya raised at Madhya Pradesh. Sardar Patel ensured the many princely states of India joined the Union of India, and accepted its secular Constitution. Ramanuja lived a thousand years ago, in the 11th century, and wove Vedanta philosophy with the concept of bhakti and temple rituals of adoration. ..

Published on 9th March, 2019, in Economic Times. The unique thing about China is that it has many dialects spoken across the country but everyone is bound by a single script. Of course this is an overstatement from an academic point of view. But, in general, the entire country is bound by a single script. Likewise America is bound by a single language, English, and a single Latin script and this is evident in the currency notes of the two countries. One realises its significance when one looks at the Indian currency note which lists many languages and many scripts of the land. And herein ..

Published on 21st November, 2016, on scroll.in. Modern liberalism believes in equality as well as diversity. And that is the problem, for equality is the very opposite of diversity. When Indian, British and American voters are choosing Narendra Modi, Brexit and Donald Trump, many commentators feel the voters are rejecting the virtue of equality that informs the Idea of India, the European Union and the US Constitution and are seeking to return to old inequalities. But what the voters are simply rejecting is homogeneity, the dark side of equality. The same is true when the Arab Spring fails. For the doctrine of equality in the ..