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| The Hindu Phenomenon |
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that sense, Girilal Jain argued, the Hindu fight was not with
Muslims; the fight was between Hindus anxious to renew themselves in
the spirit of their civilization, and the state and the intellectual
class trapped in the debris the British managed to bury us under
before they left: "The proponents of the Western ideology
are using Muslims as auxiliaries and it is a pity Muslim leaders
are allowing themselves to be so used".
Girilal Jain had worked out the broad framework of this project and commenced work on the draft when he fell fatally ill in June 1993. The book has been completed on the basis of his draft, notes and recent writings. Despite all its shortcomings I believe the end result is a fairly accurate statement of his position `though, of necessity, it has been stated briefly. I am grateful to The Times of India, The Sunday Mail, and The Observer group of publications for permission to use material published in their columns. I would also like to thank Mr. Shamlal, Mr. Inder Malhotra, Mr. Dileep Padgaonkar, Mr. Swapan Dasgupta, Mr. Arun Shourie, Mr. Jagmohan, Mr. Ram Swarup, Mr. Sita Ram Goel and Mr. Gopal Krishna, all friends and colleagues of my father, for their comments and suggestions on the work. I am only too conscious that the responsibility for the shortcomings is entirely mine. Meenakshi Jain
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