Kolkata Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday said India has the tradition of Hindus and Muslims working and living together in cohesion. Sen, a noted economist, was speaking at a programme at the Alipore Jail Museum to foster book- reading habits among depressed youth.
“ Going by the history of our country, Hindus and Muslims have been working together in harmony in perfect collaboration and community for periods. This is ‘ Juktosadhana ’ as underlined by Kshitimohan Sen in his book. We need to stress on this idea of ‘ Juktosadhana ’ in our present times, ” he said. In this environment, he flagged the word “ religious forbearance ”, saying that shouldn't be the sole emphasis.
“ It isn't simply like allowing the other community to live and not beat up anybody. maybe that has come a necessity in the present situation as people are being beaten up. But utmost pivotal is to work together, ” he added.
Sen, who's known for his liberal views, said that children need not be inculcated with the values of forbearance as they aren't affected by any “ divisive toxin ” and grow as musketeers because they aren't communicated “ bad education ” which can poison their minds. evolving on ‘ Juktosadhana ’, he said it's manifested in politics, social work, and art. “ Can you separate between Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar on their religious individualities?
They can be discerned for their own kidney of classical music, ” he said. warning against any attempt to lessen the pluralistic character of India, he said Mumtaj’s son Dara Shikoh was one of the many who had restated the Upanishads into Farsi. “ This shows he was well- clued in Hindu Holy Writ and Sanskrit language.
And now there are two seminaries of study who are making certain commentary against our pride and treasure Taj Mahal, which is a magnific structure and erected in memory of Mumtaj Begum, ” Sen said. “ While one academy of opinion is against the Taj Mahal looking so beautiful and having so important majesty, there's another academy which wants the name of the monument changed so that it isn't associated with a Muslim sovereign , ” he said.
India’s tradition is Hindus and Muslims living, working together Amartya Sen warning against any attempt to lessen the pluralistic character of India, he said Mumtaj's son Dara Shikoh was one of the many who had restated the Upanishads into Farsi.
Kolkata Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday said India has the tradition of Hindus and Muslims working and living together in cohesion. Sen, a noted economist, was speaking at a programme at the Alipore Jail Museum to foster book- reading habits among depressed youth. “ Going by the history of our country, Hindus and Muslims have been working together in harmony in perfect collaboration and community for periods. This is ‘ Juktosadhana ’ as underlined by Kshitimohan Sen in his book.
We need to stress on this idea of ‘ Juktosadhana ’ in our present times, ” he said. In this environment, he flagged the word “ religious forbearance ”, saying that shouldn't be the sole emphasis. “ It isn't simply like allowing the other community to live and not beat up anybody. maybe that has come a necessity in the present situation as people are being beaten up. But utmost pivotal is to work together, ” he added.
Sen, who's known for his liberal views, said that children need not be inculcated with the values of forbearance as they aren't affected by any “ divisive toxin ” and grow as musketeers because they aren't communicated “ bad education ” which can poison their minds. evolving on ‘ Juktosadhana ’, he said it's manifested in politics, social work, and art.
“ Can you separate between Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar on their religious individualities? They can be discerned for their own kidney of classical music, ” he said. warning against any attempt to lessen the pluralistic character of India, he said Mumtaj’s son Dara Shikoh was one of the many who had restated the Upanishads into Farsi.
“ This shows he was well- clued in Hindu Holy Writ and Sanskrit language. And now there are two seminaries of study who are making certain commentary against our pride and treasure Taj Mahal, which is a magnific structure and erected in memory of Mumtaj Begum, ” Sen said. “
While one academy of opinion is against the Taj Mahal looking so beautiful and having so important majesty, there's another academy which wants the name of the monument changed so that it isn't associated with a Muslim sovereign , ” he said.
