"One should be very cautious and adopt sceptic behavior while witnessing the choices one makes in the form of such gestures, for instance, giving applause and showing silence reflecting one's appreciation and depreciation respectively over the remarks, arguments, and counter-arguments made by academicians, public intellectuals, thinkers, philosophers and politicians in order to validate whether one's choice of giving applause is the result of something really commendable one has listened to or because of one's agreement with the said arguments ensuing enjoyment of intellectual luxury and; whether one's choice of showing silence is the consequence of disagreement one has with the proposed reasoning or because of one's encounter with the truth."
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07-08-2024
Rahul Khandelwal
Note: This photo was taken at the book launch event of Prof. Mujibur Rehman's "Shikwa-e-Hind: The Political Future of Indian Muslims," and this thought came after having a discussion over the proposed arguments made by the speakers at the event on the same day.
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