Confessions of Mr. Communalism (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Confessions of Mr. Communalism Maulana Azad recently made some observations about this monster. He said This Demon of Communalism in Politics has caused the splitting up of India, and raised barriers, both material and psychological, between groups and communities. Strange to say, I caught the demon quite unawares, and he responded to me in the frankest manner possible in one like him: He narrated the whole storyof his life - his adventures (mis his mission, and lastly his reaction to the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi. I could easily read a change in him - a change for the better, to be sure. It was this that actuated him to make these observations, or rather confessions, in a genuine mood of repentance. Our countrymen today are deeply enmeshed in his foul net. For two years or more we have seen our country perilously throbbing on the edge of his blood-gilt dagger. Now or never it is high time that we let him speak out his mind instead of act. Yes, we must stay his hands. Merely to hurl invec tives at him while he goes on with his nefarious business is to wink at one's own follies and misdeeds. He may be the very devil incarnate, or he may be the stern hand of God that smites the devil in men at a tremendous sweep as in a lightning ¿ash. The narrowness that lives in the hearts of men goes on swelling its boundaries, slowly and imperceptibly, as the ages pass by, till at last its roaring waves come to engulf humanity with a sudden fury. It ¿ares up like fire and spreads like contagion. It tramples down the good and releases the forces of evil. It drinks the sap of life only to vomit out the blood of death. It crushes the seeds of harmony and growth, and cultures the bacilli of discord and decay. As a a a: I am indebted for the art creations of Alias, a boon companion of mine, but for whose co-operation my essays would have fallen ¿at on my readers. I also acknowledge my gratitude to my friends, whose help and appreciation have been instrumental in bringing out this collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.