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Eastern Pákistán has enoroached upon some tracts, belonging to the Indian Union. The Union, however, does not fight for those places but chooses to enter into negotiations with Pákistán. As regards Hyderabad on the other hand, the Union resorted to arms. In the Sydvada way of putting it, India fights in respect of some place (Kshetra ) and India does not fight in respect of other place (Kshetra ). But is the way of the Indian Union, incognisable for this ? No: from the apparently contradictory conducts of the Indian Government, its true character is revealed and we come to know that it is essentially a non-violent state whioh would not fight unless the nature of a place i. e. its strategic position makes it unavoidable.
( 2 ) Take again the attitudes or the moods (Bhava ) of the Indian Union Government in connection with the religious questions. It suppresses fanaticisms of the Hindus and the Moslems alike; it safeguards on the other hand, the religious liberty of all the sections of the Indian community. Thus, in some cases, it takes the attitude of actively disapproving acts done by the people in the name of their religions and in some cases, it puts on the mood of re-assuring them as regards their religious
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