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As implied by the title, I am talking about the current dimagi naxal phenomenon that has caught onto Indian political discourse now.

I honestly want to ask the Opposition point blank what they are exactly doing by creating a backlash to this. For the communists it makes sense why they would react like this, why did the Opposition somehow create a backlash on this remark? Where is the implication that this is targeting GenZ? I am Gen Z and even I don't think it targets us.

Like "Urban Naxal" is a well known term, it is a reference to intellectuals who provide ideological support to Maoism and anti-state anarchy activities. This is simply another term for the same. Have the Opposition and liberandus lost their minds? Are they that desperate for attention?

Even the surrounding social media activity for this makes no sense. Somehow the Prime Minister referred to a certain set of people, and a bunch of morons thought it referred to them and are now barking about it. Of course looking at it, it looks like the activity of bots, but there is no way the discussion had stooped to this level, that any remark made by the Prime Minister is somehow a dogwhistle. This ideally should be agreed upon by all parties and anyone interested in the nation's security. Even the so-called Constitution defenders should agree on this. Yet somehow the discourse has stooped to such a level. I can't even wrap my mind around the logic behind this phenomenon as well.

This is more of a rant than anything, but just wanted to convey how I feel about this stupidity.

Edit: https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/the-unfinished-war-of-ideas-how-indian-intellectuals-built-and-kept-naxalism-alive

Since the education system is a currently trending topic (always has been, but even more so relevant now), I am reminded of this short essay by Ananda K Coomaraswamy on how Education must be done in India.

I am curious and I would like to ask the people here what they think about this, how relevant is this in today's society, is our education system a mere colonial remnant, does it even represent the aspirations of this nation that has inherited such a rich civilization? What modifications should be suggested so that education can be aligned to our national aspirations, or is it better to completely dismantle the system and start anew?

Pages cited from Awakening Bharat Mata by Swapan Dasgupta.

So was reading "The Singapore Story" by Lee Kuan Yew which is a set of accounts by the man himself, who built Singapore from the ground up, where I chanced upon these passages detailing the mindset and attitude that the people of Singapore had towards their British overlords, and how the illusion of white superiority was shattered by the Japanese invasion.

What struck me was the contrast of these attitudes from the Indian attitudes to colonial occupation. It is very well demonstrated among the accounts in Indian freedom fighters and intellectuals of the awareness of unjust occupation among the Indian population and an awareness of the idea of "India" among Indians, that were simply not a British construct, but a larger and an ancient civilization of diverse cultures and the attitude of mutual respect for differing beliefs.

The Singaporeans accepted the British superiority once they were educated in the English language, yet when our freedom fighters, intellectuals and leaders were English educated, it didn't change much on the fact that we were occupied by the British, and there wasn't tacit acceptance on the fact that British had a divine right to rule India.

It's a very fascinating observation and I want to know what people here think about this.

Personally, I very much enjoyed this book as it gave a good overview on what are the general thoughts of the "Indian Right". It's very well researched and has given citations for it's sources, and arguably a better book for beginners to understand the nuances of the opinions held by the Indic wing.

I particularly liked that it was gathered from various intellectual authors like Sri Aurobindo, Savarkar, Swami Vivekananda, Sister Nivedita, Ananda Coomaraswamy, RC Majumdar and so on.

Also was glad to get to know that the author of this book Swapan Dasgupta is currently the Finance Minister of the current West Bengal government. Through this book, I can very much surmise that the author has clarity in his mind, and he will do well to lead Bengal away from its current state of affairs.