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many Westerners of different religious backgrounds are adapting such
principles in ecological and yogic movements, Hindus are afraid of
asserting these principles in their own country for fear of
offending others or appearing intolerant.
Such Westerners often cite Mahatma
Gandhi's action of non-violent resistance against the British as a
model to follow in social action. But few Hindus are adapting these
methods to deal with the social or ecological problems of India and
Asia, for them nonviolence means not taking a stand against
anything. They have taken the resistance out of Gandhian
non-violence and turned it into an excuse for ignoring what is
happening around them. For this reason India as a country does not
have a strong moral or ethical voice in the world. The modern
government of India has placated oppressive and dictatorial regimes
like China, Saudi Arabia, Iraq or Iran, and has ignored the
oppression of Hindus and other religious minorities in Pakistan and
Bangladesh.
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