This is an era without self-introspection – Baraguru Ramachandrappa

Bengaluru, Dec. 25, 2020 (www.justkannada.in): “Self-introspection is essential for the survival of democracy. But today nobody of us has it,” opined renowned litterateur Baraguru Ramachandrappa.
He was speaking at the ‘Kasturba V/s Gandhi’ book release programme organised by ‘Avadhi’ online. “Eyes and ears are important for the survival of democracy. Values will be more strong if these two function properly. It builds self-introspection. But today it is absent. Instead of eyes and ears, only tongues are working,” he said sarcastically.
“Gandhi and Kasturba both had those qualities and hence I value them. Their introspection was not only there’s, instead it used to be the introspection of society and democracy,” he added.
Keywords: Baraguru Ramachandrappa/ Self-introspection/ democracy