Since IHM decided to post part of my comments and respond to them i thought it could be good if i post all of my comments as it is out here.
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Happy to see you taking a keen interest on this. I would be happier if you can do a post on realities of Pilibhit .. its far removed from our metro's and its something totally different than what our English media is trying to make us believe.
But even then Varun must be punished as he has added a great deal to the rising intolerance in our country. But then he said something very very good (even baddies say some good things at times) .. that he is a hindu and not apologetic about it ..
You are right that this will not help getting a an equality for women but a strong opposition of the recent decree against girl’s education in UP by a particular community could have ensured that 2-3 lac girls do not remain uneducated .. thus greater chance of achieving better live for them .. and helping the equality thing as well.
You might also be interested in doing a search on a meeting done by Cong in Punjab in a Mosque where the leaders welcomed a decree against BJP .. i think even that is communal .. or when SP leaders visit mosques only to ensure their votes ..
Check how PDP is demanding to change the name of Anantnag to Islamabad. Agreed it used to be called Islamabad in past but with the same token can’t some idiots justify the demolition of Babri.
Their was an attack on Mangalore Church banana plantation.. and the guys who did that had a great explanation for doing that.
Search something on whats happening between Panas & Kandhs and how Kanths have cornered all the recourses in kandhmal even they are only 16% of the population.
Between 1991 to 2001 govt records of Kandhmal shows that their were two conversions (Orisa has a law to report all conversions to class 1 Magistrate and it was enacted in 60s well before BJP came into pic) but then the census shows that the christen population has raised 6 folds or move to Murshidabad and see how the districts demography has changed so drastically or how the same commies say that BJD is a secular party.
Ask a question that movie called FIRAQ which was ready since last Sept is released only now.
Or when a prominent political leader from south
Varun is part of this system and probably he tried to benefit from the raising intolerance that has come into our society but then I think our habit of chickening out from debating larger issues without bias is doing a far greater damage or by remaining apologetic about ourselves.
End of it you can say that I am chickening out from debating what Varun said .. :)
Very important points you have raised...precisely the points that the mainstream "secular" media wants to ignore. Worse, anyone who speaks about them is branded communal. Unfortunately, extreme Hindu elements, with their unacceptable antics, have only helped to keep real issues clouded and, thereby, unaddressed.
ReplyDeleteVarun has certainly gone more than overboard. But it was only a question of time before someone who is someone spoke up. I think there is going to be a paradigm shift now...
Vinod Sir we completely agree on this one ..
ReplyDeleteThis whole thing gets oxigen when we force ourselves to take notice of only certain issues
Well written.
ReplyDeleteYou are right - Needlessly, Varun has contributed to the rising tempers in India much to the glee of our English media and pseuds...
There is no rational debate in our country. We always manage to give it an emotional twist and completely queer the pitch. Soon the original point is completely forgotten and we get completely derailed into discussing something completely inane.
The blogger world is also no different.