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Volume 1, No. 2 - July 2001 |
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Featured Articles Summit at the Crossroads Subodh Atal, Ph. D. India-Pakistan relations are littered with starts and failures in the past half-century. While Pakistan may accuse India of being insincere, historical evidence points the finger in the reverse direction. The UN resolutions of 1948 were not implemented by Pakistan which was asked to withdraw its forces from portions of Jammu and Kashmir it had occupied. The 1972 Simla accord between Indira Gandhi and Zulfiqar Bhutto was thrown overboard by Zia-ul-Haq, whose policies centered on fomenting insurgencies, first in Punjab, then in Kashmir valley. Religious
Freedom, Hinduism and India Violence and hate are generated when one group claims to be on the side of God and points fingers at everyone else as godless sinners. The word 'tolerance' is too often merely camouflage. To avoid religious conflicts, we need to elevate the concept of 'tolerance' to 'reverence'. 'Tolerance' has a negative connotation of indifference or virtuous disdain. The concept of 'tolerance' is too brittle, always seeming to sit on the edge of contempt, ready to pounce when invoked by fundamentalists. |
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