Oct 3: Day 1 of my fast, day 950 of our chain.
Having started this fasting chain on February 25, 2020, in the middle of the NE Delhi pogrom, we have seen, suffered and protested much during the past 950 days. The strength of sentiment of people in India against the fascist bent of its government needs no words – the fact that this difficult and physically demanding chain has brought together so many Indians and their friends all over the world every single day for such a long time – that alone speaks volumes!
And as this chain grew, I have had the fortune of every day meeting people I can only call saints, the way Kurt Vonnegut defined them: people behaving decently in an indecent society.
I will always and forever be grateful for the opportunity of calling you all my friends ❤️
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Oct 4: Day 2 of my fast, day 951 of our chain.
I have been following PM Modi‘s FB page for a few weeks now, and am amused to watch him tout every development plan/milestone with a child’s excitement. I am repulsed by his overt religiosity, expressed in the form of temple visits and pujas. I am terrified when he associates both infrastructure projects and temples with “pride.”
Why? Because idle pride is a dangerous thing. It makes us believe we are more entitled than others to things we contributed no more to than others. It makes us too complacent to learn what we need to identify and overcome our true limitations. Modi, with his brand of pride, is turning his followers into a band of bullies. If that is what the whole of India is going to become under his “rule,” I’m not sure I want anything to do with that India.
I hope it will not come to that. I hope India is bigger and better. I am heartened by Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which wins hearts with humility, love, and dogged perseverance. Progress cannot come from infrastructure development alone. Progress needs human development above all else. And Modi does not know zilch about that.
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