August 2, 2014 | By Parmjeet Singh
Ahmedabad/Gujarat, India (August 02, 2014): Expressing his mind, Supreme Court judge Justice AR Dave today said that “Indians” should revert to their “ancient traditions”, and texts such as Mahabharata and Bhagwad Gita should be introduced to children at an early age.
“Our old tradition such as ‘guru-shishya parampara’ is lost, if it had been there, we would not have had all these problems (violence and terrorism) in our country,” Justice Dave said, speaking at an international conference on ‘contemporary issues and challenges of human rights in the era of globalization’ at Ahmedabad.
The conference had been organized by Gujarat Law Society (GLS).
The judge also proposed that Bhagwad Gita and Mahabharata should be introduced to students from the first standard.
“Somebody who is very secular … so-called secular will not agree … Had I been the dictator of India, I would have introduced Gita and Mahabharata in Class I. That is the way you learn how to live life. I am sorry If somebody says I am secular or I am not secular. But if there is something good, we have to get it from anywhere,” Justice Dave said.
With the rise of Hindu supremacist party BJP in India, whole system seems to be assuming functionality on the lines of BJP’s ideological fountain head Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).
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