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Publication: The New Indian Express
Date: April 13, 2004
Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram director
P.Parameswaran on Monday said that foreign origin of Sonia Gandhi is not
the only issue that disqualify her from occupying high official positions
in the country but her deliberate non-involvement with the spirit and soul
of India. There are deeper and more fundamental issues compared to which
legal and constitutional questions are secondary.
The cultural heritage of India is
too liberal and all embracing that it had been always willing to accept
even people of foreign origin provided they totally and unconditionally
identified themselves with the soul of India.
Parameswaran said that instances
of people like Sr Nivedita, Annie Besant and Mother of Aurobindo are before
us.
In spite of their foreign origin,
they were wholeheartedly welcomed and their services were treated with
reverence by one and all.
They came to India to serve and
never in search of power or position. They imbibed and internalised the
culture of India, studied Sanskrit and they wrote extensively on the Upanishads
and Bhagavad Gita. They were treated on par with any Indian-born spiritual
masters, Parameswaran said.
In spite of Sonia's long innings
in the country, there is no evidence to show that she ever made any earnest
effort to study the language or imbibe the culture of this great country.
She has not been able to convince
that her umbilical cord with the country of her birth and the native faith
has been cut once and for all, P.Parameswaran said.
When Sr Nivedita insisted on coming
to India with the plea that she had great respect for Swami Vivekananda,
Swamiji told her 'forget about me, you love India and serve India'. Nivedita
and Annie Besant loved the soul of India. Sonia Gandhi's love was strictly
personal.
Posts like President and Prime Minister
should be occupied by people who would defend not only the territory of
India but also - and primarily - the honour and spiritual heritage of country.
How can one do so unless one understands it, feels proud about it and is
willing to suffer and sacrifice for it?
Sonia Gandhi doesn't measure up
to this criterion even by the most generous judgement. This is why the
nation will not accept her, whatever her connections may be or whatever
psychopaths may say, he added.
