Truth lies in actually reading

 They say the proof of the pudding is in tasting it, in actually eating it,  right? Our title takes after that famous phrase, and argues that we understand/know the  truth of the matter only when we read the actual documents. 

Why all this jazz? Is that your query? Well, Dear Reader, do you remember two words that never cease to raise temperature to impossible heights in India? Yes, they are "secular" and "socialist." 

As you probably  know, these two words were not there in the original Preamble to the Constitution. They were introduced during the Emergency. As this year, 2025, happens to be the fiftieth year of those turbulent times, the discussion regarding dropping these two shot up. 

Well, if you were to look up the entire debate regarding these two words during the actual framing of the constitution, you would know that K. T. Shah, himself an alumnus of the London School of Economics, and other major institutions in England, was strongly in favour of using these two words. 

Dr. Ambedkar's opinion of the term socialist was that if it is included, it would restrict, in fact, take away, the right of the people to decide which type of societal construction they would like. 

There was no reference at all to 'secular'. Unfortunately, camps or their leaders do not know such facts. Busy with pushing their agenda, they may not bother to look up the original as the blame game is important to  many hate mongers.

Extremely sorry is such state of affairs. Instead of deifying, and thus negating their truth, it is necessary to live the idea(l)s of all thinkers. Only then can past be a guide to present, and, especially to future, right? High decibels lead only to cacophony, but not either to wisdom or to truth!

Pratima@ Partisan screeches do nothing but belittle the camp, much worse, an interesting  idea!

Quote of the idea:                                                "sapere aude", said Kant. It means 'dare to know', 'dare to be wise'.

Word of the day: preamble.                                  '  A Preamble means introduction or preface. Mostly, it succinctly summarises the entire document.