Thuggee vs Ahimsa
Happened to watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The movie is based on Thuggee cult practices in India. Quite a violent movie for me. Couldn't watch some scenes and so forwarded them. After few weeks, happened to see Gunga Din (a 1939 adventure film from RKO Radio Pictures starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Fontaine, and Sam Jaffe in the title role). This movie also has a base on the Thuggee cult practices in India. I didn't know what Thuggee was before watching these movies. The second movie really made me stop and think. Such a violent cult! in India! the country of Non-violence !! I am aware of religious practices where they offer humans or live stocks during worship. Also aware of other inhumane orthodox practices like Sati, etc. But none the scale of Thuggee cult.
Ours is unlike any other country. No other country has such a spectrum of culture, tradition, languages, dialects, beliefs and practices. To make people forget their differences and unite everyone under one umbrella to fight for Independence is an enormous task. And that too with the weapon called Ahimsa (Nonviolence) is nothing less than true faith and courage. My reverence for the Mahatma grows leaps and bounds.
P.S: abolition of Thuggee cult was done meticulously by the British.
Ours is unlike any other country. No other country has such a spectrum of culture, tradition, languages, dialects, beliefs and practices. To make people forget their differences and unite everyone under one umbrella to fight for Independence is an enormous task. And that too with the weapon called Ahimsa (Nonviolence) is nothing less than true faith and courage. My reverence for the Mahatma grows leaps and bounds.
P.S: abolition of Thuggee cult was done meticulously by the British.
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