"The BJP is not a communal party; it cannot be, for the simple reason that Hindus have never been, and are not, a community in the accepted sense of the term. They represent an ancient civilization not known either to draw a boundary between the faithful and the faithless, the blessed and the damned, or to engage in heresy hunting and its counterpart, persecution of other faiths. Hindus are, in western terms, pagans."
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Girilal Jain
1924 – 1993
Girilal Jain (1924 - 1993) was a senior Indian journalist who was editor of The Times of India from 1978-1988. He is often described as one of the most passionate crusader for the Hindu cause.
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