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Rights without Rights Activism
De-condition your conditioning and you will instantly
emerge as a new person – better than what you were in
the past.
Rights without Rights Activism
It is every time better to engage in the kind of activism which
lays emphasis on duty and then you will have no complaints
against anyone.
he well-known tennis champion, Martina
TNavratilova was born in Communist Czechoslovakia
in 1956. Because of her pro-American ideas, the Czech
authorities stripped Martina of her nationality in 1975.
In 1981, she acquired American nationality. Martina
worked very hard on her sport and went on to become
a famous tennis star, winning several championships.
Czech citizenship was her right but, even when her
right was taken away, she neither protested nor engaged
herself in any activism to regain this right. She focussed
on her game and went on to become a champion.
This changed the mind of the Czech government.
Navratilova, who was earlier considered a liability for
the Czech government, later on emerged as an asset and
her citizenship was restored in 2008.
In such situations, often people resort to making
protests and demands. It is a matter of record that they
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