NEW DELHI, July 19 -- Father Stan Swamy completed his earthly sojourn and went beyond this world on 05 July 2021, for receiving his eternal reward for the commendable life he lived on earth and for celebrating it with God for ever. But, his going had both 'graceful' and 'disgraceful' dimensions, like the two sides of the coin.

He lived his life heroically for the 'noble cause of the browbeaten' for decades and that was 'graceful' about him. But, we Indians, some responsible people in special, failed to understand him or misunderstood him and misbehaved with him, unjustly so, and that was 'disgraceful' from our part.

The 'disgrace' from our part is in two ways, one of 'commission', on the one hand, and one of 'omission', on the other. Th...