Friday, January 9, 2015

The Speaking Tree ( TOI, Mumbai, Sunday, November 16, 2014)


The concept of moral or immoral changes with the times, points out former diplomat and Governor of West Bengal, Gopal Krishna Gandhi at a talk in Chennai, Narayani Ganesh reports:

" Today adultery is not looked down upon but cheating is. This is a moral advance. Today sexual freedom is welcomed, but cheating on the spouse is unacceptable. The same goes for alcohol and tobacco use. What is not accepted today is sexual misconduct and domestic abuse under the influence of alcohol, not the consumption of alcohol itself"

Gandhi adds that individual, social and national morality is interrelated,; honesty links all three. "Today hypocrisy is culprit No. 1; hypocrisy should be brought to account quickly." 

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