For the past month, I have been experiencing a philosophy driven emotional unease because of an internal conflict relating my feelings about the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony. The internal conflict arose out of my belief that if I feel happy about the ceremony, then I can not call myself a constitutionalist (someone who doesn’t identify with any political inclination and accepts only the constitutional principles as supreme).
However, an illustration titled’ ‘The Spineless Celebration’ posted on Instagram by the The Bombay Review provided me with the much necessary sharp jolt of clarity, thus resolving my internal conflict.
I realised the ‘feeling happy about Ram Mandir ceremony’ and ‘calling myself a constitutionalist’ are not opposites at all. Prabhu Shree Ram is the eternal and legendary symbol of ‘Justice, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’, which are also the guiding principles on which the entire Constitution of India stands.
And by the way, it takes an immensely strong spine to cut through the external noises aiming to divide and conquer and also through the uneasy feelings in our hearts and minds and to listen closely to the inner voice of clarity.
So yes, I am a Constitutionalist AND I also am a proud Hindu and I am absolutely ecstatic that Bhagwan Shree Ram Has returned to guide Bharat on the Constitutional path of ‘Justice, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’.
Jay Shree Ram
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