Dehradun, Sept. 22 -- On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, it is ironic that those who believe 'power flows from the barrel of the gun' should be so riled at being on the receiving end of the philosophy. The ideological animosities that have stirred up society in the present do not subscribe to Gandhian non-violence. Be it the Right or the Left, they remain in an unevolved state from this crucial point of view. The supposed inheritors of the tradition, the Congress, long ago discarded the philosophy for personal benefit - just as Communism has become a mere pretence for the 'new billionaire princes' of China.
So many of the 'proponents' of non-violence and the other much profaned principle, secularism, ignore an important tru...