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question was bypassed at the time of independence. Most
Western-educated Indians are still not ready to grapple with it.
That is why there is so much hostility among them to the BJP. But
the Maginot line has been breached. The BJP has broken
through it. It may not be a mere coincidence that this has happened
at the same time that communism has collapsed and the civilizational
issue is beginning to surface in intra-European, Europe- US,
Europe-Japan and Japan-US relations. There can, of course, be no
return to the past in India as there cannot be in Japan and Europe.
New perspectives can, however, develop. Unlike Islamic
fundamentalists, the BJP does not claim to possess a blueprint. It
shall have to struggle to evolve an Indian approach to modern
problems.
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