Winning the War of Ideas
Winning the War of Ideas Wars are not always fought at national borders with guns and grenades. Many are fought with pen and paper by citizens, politicians, intellectuals and writers. These wars might not be wars in the ordinary meaning of the word. But these are equally important, if not more than the wars soldiers fight at the border. This is the war of ideas. Cold War was not just a war between the USA and USSR for military supremacy; it was also a war between the ideals of democracy and single-party authoritarianism; free market and closed economy; capitalism and socialism. The Indian independence movement was not just a struggle against colonialism; it was also a struggle for establishing the supremacy of freedom, self-determination, and democracy. Unfortunately, the factors that led human civilization towards development and progress are under threat and suspicion in today’s time- the values of rationality, scientific thinking, freedom of speech and appreciation of ...