Friday, August 8, 2014

Patriotism and its consequences

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.


- George Bernard Shaw

This statement is very relevant in understanding the rising nationalistic patriotism which is to show the superiority of one nation over another. 
The term "insaniyat" or "humanity" has taken a back seat in the modern era of multilateral and unilateral diplomacy. 
Now, the interest of the nations are more important than the human rights of the individuals of the world. In the name of a person's human right, the natural human rights are getting violated, and you are supposed to keep a mum about it.

Just like the for the believer of one religion, the other person following a different religion is a non-believer, similarly, for one national , the other can be easily termed as anti-national.
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