contents - Jananeethi

ANNUAL REPORT - 2003-2004ANNUAL REPORT 2003-2004I. INTRODUCTION:Quest for freedom:Ever since men have begun to reflect upon their relations with each otherand upon the vicissitudes of the human lot, they have been preoccupied with themeaning of justice. It has been the subject of philosophical discussions in literatureand it has entered into every sphere of human contemplation, temporal and spiritual,both in the ancient and the modern world. History has witnessed that, betweenrhetoric and reality, abominable injustice has been done in the name of justice,because when men sink to the lowest, they clutch for excuse at the highest.Remember, George Bush justified his attack on Afghanistan in the name of‘Ultimate Justice’.6Ideal justice sometimes gives way to practical convenience. We believethat the displacement of justice for the sake of expediency is a procedure thatshould be employed with greatest caution. Expediency for its own sake is nosubstitute for justice, but often its worst enemy. The classic exposition of thedoctrine of expediency is that, “it is expedient that one should die for thepeople and that the whole nation perishes not”. It was the precept of thehigh priest who incited what is generally regarded as the greatest crime in history.