8. What does this quotation mean to you ?
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (150 words)
The above mentioned quote shows an intricate connection between a morally upright individual, and his/her role in establishing a peaceful world order.
Mere acquisition of knowledge is fatal. It leads to a directionless individual. The process of acquiring knowledge, if augmented by an approach in infusing morally correct education, makes a character whole and complete in itself. This individual in turn creates an ecosystem, which propels a chain reaction of just and humane behaviour. S/he impacts her family's thinking process, which further helps in making a nation which is much more attune in upholding the notions of peace equity and justice. This kind of ecosystem helps in creating an environment which accords highest importance to the virtue of a character, rather than penalising him/her for being an morally upright individual.
In our contemporary world, where there exists a frantic race to superimpose ideologies on one another, the central theme of this quote, to my mind, can help us in accommodating multiplicity of ideas, and can guide us in living a righteous way of life.
@upsc2020Trying to revive this thread. Will put whatever my eye catches while reading newspaper.
1. C Sankaran Nair was a petitioner against General Dyer (the mastermind of Amritsar Massacre) in the British court. All white jury gave the verdict in favour of Dyer, freeing him from all the acquisition of the human genocide. Sankaran was asked to pay a monetary fine to Dyer. Dyer offered to wave off his fine if he tendered an apology. Sankaran decided to pay the fine.
2. Dy CM of NCT of Delhi- Manish Sisodia, protected the free speech of a student who criticized her college administration. She was studying in a Delhi Govt run college- Ambedkar University.
Dunno which part of Ethics syllabus accommodates these examples.
