By Shourjya Chatterjee
I am no raging patriot by any means. I believe in a certain degree of rationale on the basis of which I nonchalantly mock certain ideas and practices such as religion; or sometimes ignore simple ethos so as how respect for a certain entity(person or otherwise) in our society is down to its longevity instead of its more tangible and concrete merits.
Patriotism is, to most, the innate need to blindly support all arguments made in their country's name. Criticism against the motherland is almost criminal-like to who believe in this ideology. They will tell you since you can remember a thing that to revere your nation's culture and past and to serve its glory.
They will tell you how we won our Independence. They will tell you about the Gandhis and Nehrus. But they won't tell you about Subhash Chandra Bose or Sardar Vallabhai Patel in the same vein of things when it comes to the struggle against the British. These men never did what they did for the sake of credit. But if you are dishing out credit all these years later on a regular basis then how about we do so after an informed and thorough factual background check on these fellows as well instead of conveniently falling back repeatedly on the ravishing tales of the heroes of the former INC?
Patriotism is, to most, the innate need to blindly support all arguments made in their country's name. Criticism against the motherland is almost criminal-like to who believe in this ideology. They will tell you since you can remember a thing that to revere your nation's culture and past and to serve its glory.
They will tell you how we won our Independence. They will tell you about the Gandhis and Nehrus. But they won't tell you about Subhash Chandra Bose or Sardar Vallabhai Patel in the same vein of things when it comes to the struggle against the British. These men never did what they did for the sake of credit. But if you are dishing out credit all these years later on a regular basis then how about we do so after an informed and thorough factual background check on these fellows as well instead of conveniently falling back repeatedly on the ravishing tales of the heroes of the former INC?