Elst, Koenraad. The Problem with Secularism (2007). The Struggle for India's Soul A reply to Mira KAMDAR, in : The Problem with Secularism (2007)
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But we cannot include [here] a discussion of the awkward dishonesty evident throughout secularist reporting.. For now, we merely want to draw attention to what Mira Kamdar omits about L.K. Advani: that he has survived several attempts on his life. The most spectacular instance took place during an election meeting in Coimbatore in February 1998, where an Islamist bomb attack failed to kill Advani because he arrived late. It did, however, kill forty BJP activists present. Not being wealthy secularists, they were never put on alert by helpful "threats".

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What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "But we cannot include [here] a discussion of the awkward dishonesty evident throughout secularist reporting.. For now, we merely want to draw attention to what Mira Kamdar omits about L.K. Advani: that he has survived several attempts on his life. The most spectacular instance took place during an election meeting in Coimbatore in February 1998, where an Islamist bomb attack failed to kill Advani because he arrived late. It did, however, kill forty BJP activists present. Not being wealthy secularists, they were never put on alert by helpful "threats"." in the context of "Elst, Koenraad. The Problem with Secularism (2007). The Struggle for India's Soul A reply to Mira KAMDAR, in : The Problem with Secularism (2007)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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L. K. Advani

About L. K. Advani

Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) known as L. K. Advani is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee.