In India, as elsewhere, there will always be a choice between a world of edicts and crusades, where orthodoxies rule and foreign heresies are ruthlessly suppressed, and a world in which the virtues of tolerance, dissent, and cooperation are recognized and practiced. As it goes to the polls, India, with a sixth of the world's population, should offer an instructive example of the latter.
与其他地区一样，印度永远面临着一个选择：一边是诏谕和十字军，正统派残酷地镇压外来异端邪说；另一边是认识并实践容忍、异见和合作的美德。正在走向大选的人口占世界六分之一的印度应该成为后者的典范。