Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju’s blog ‘Who are the real Indians’ has become a hit on social media. Katju describes, Keralites as the ‘real Indians’ has gone viral on the social media. With the current situation in the country, with uprising in a few states, it is not an easy topic to discuss. But Justice Katju does, and says that the ‘real Indians’ are the people of Kerala. The blog post got so much attention that even Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala Chief Minister decided to respond. Accrediting the Communist struggle for Kerela’s development, Vijayan thanked Katju for his ‘kind words’.
Katju, in his blog ‘Who are the real Indians’, wrote that ”thinking rationally, I believe that the real Indians are the Keralites, because they have in them the quintessential qualities of Indians”. He wrote, “I regard Kerala as the real India because it represents a microcosm of India.” Katju said that 95 per cent people living in India today came from ouside the country, and he wrote, “So to live united and in harmony we must respect every group of people.”
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“In my opinion the Keralites do this the best, and therefore they are symbolic and represent the whole of India. So they are the real Indians, and all of us must try to emulate them and imbibe their spirit,” he added. Meanwhile CM Vijayan’s responce came via his official account on Facebook. He wrote, “Thank you for your kind words about Kerala. As a Keralite and as the Chief Minister of Kerala, I feel proud. As mentioned in your post, Kerala has always nourished a democratic ethos that has enabled it to accept people from different nations and religions.”
Vijayan also said that Kerela was not always the same. He wrote, “There was a time when untouchability was practised in Kerala. The powerful struggles waged against caste discrimination and feudalism which strengthened it resulted in Kerala becoming what it is today.”
Most importantly Vijayan touched upon the Kashmir issue and said, “The question of who the real Indians are also suggests that there is no single notion of India, particularly when we talk of issues related to Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India.