Hero worship is alien to the Indian ethos and culture! The Indian people believe in divine worship and not individual worship. Vivekananda,Tilak and Sri Aurobindo never tried to promote the cult of the individual. They underwent tremendous suffering for their motherland without complaint or trying to promote themselves as saviors or messiahs.
It was gandhi who encouraged hero-worship portraying himself as an avtaar! The British abetted him since they wanted to promote European culture and destroy the Indian ethos. After independence Nehru projected himself as the messiah, a practice which was followed by his heirs,since they wanted to perpetuate dynasty rule. An attempt was systematically made to create the false impression that the destiny of India and the nehru-gandhi dynasty was interlinked and India would perish without them! The western media has also been creating the same impression amongst people overseas.
Our Constitution does not give primacy to any individual but to the parliament and all institutions created under the Constitution! If Democracy is to survive in India,all political parties should reject the cult of individual and promote democratic values.
It was gandhi who encouraged hero-worship portraying himself as an avtaar! The British abetted him since they wanted to promote European culture and destroy the Indian ethos. After independence Nehru projected himself as the messiah, a practice which was followed by his heirs,since they wanted to perpetuate dynasty rule. An attempt was systematically made to create the false impression that the destiny of India and the nehru-gandhi dynasty was interlinked and India would perish without them! The western media has also been creating the same impression amongst people overseas.
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