![]() ![]() India overwhelms the senses and reminds of the fragility of life. I don’t know, but I did a complete U-turn on this issue, and my making peace with the Good Swastika has helped me on the path to viewing the Holocaust in a more life-enhancing way.Ī swastika decorates an entryway in India. ![]() Perhaps it’s a product of enhanced #MeToo sensitivities that I came to appreciate how even a symbol can be abused. Perhaps it’s because I simply fell in love with a people who steadfastly have refused to abandon their sacred symbol to those who defiled it, people who, through their deep faith, have put the hate of the haters to shame. 27).īlame it on the incessant, smoky fog of Delhi or Agra’s dizzying smell of incense and dung. I made peace with the “Good Swastika.” There is no better time to explain how than on the days surrounding International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. No, I’m talking about the original swastika, the ancient Asian swastika, the one you get when you peel away that nasty layer of red and black paint. Not that swastika, that unrepentant symbol of hate seen most recently on the streets of Charlottesville. (RNS) - I just returned from my first trip to India and Nepal, a soul-stretching pilgrimage that was as much mentally as physically demanding.Īlong the way, I made my peace with the swastika. ![]()
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