Extinguishing history
‘Obliteration of a memory’ is the phrase that comes to one’s mind after reading the report, “Amar Jawan Jyoti now merged with National War Memorial flame, says Government” (January 22). Applying the same strange logic, why don’t we ‘merge’ all the statues of political leaders too? Already, the obliteration of history is a work in progress. One wonders what the next casualty will be. The Independence Day address from a Mughal-era fort?
R. Thomas Paul,
