Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Call them "Vishvahindu"

It is common knowledge that the RSS camp always bandies about untruths all the time and then treats them as facts. It is also common knowledge that many of them stoop to using filthy language to malign people they don’t like. SO, let us thank Shri Prabhu that he purports to use logic. (I am referring to the longish article titled "Ishrat Jahan case turn around : What Ishara to whom ? Author: Rajesh Prabhu" in 'Global Marathi Newsletter.)
But what form of logic! ‘.Has it been proved that Ishrat was not a terrorist / LeT operative?’ he asks. ‘Guilty till proved innocent’ is the new maxim of justice, it seems. I wonder if Shri Prabhu carries a certificate issued by the judiciary that it is proved that he is NOT a terrorist.
Then the ‘pseudo’ in bracket. Just as you cannot have a plain mujara; it must either be त्रिवार or मानाचा: ‘Secular’ does not exist; it is ‘pseudo secular’ by default.
There is an important point I wish to make. I am a Hindu and am proud of the fact. I also do NOT believe in god. And I don’t mind if beef is served to me. My religion is not dogmatic, does not have a holy book like the bible or the quoran. My religion permits me to have my own beliefs and canons. ‘Hindu’ is a way of life, they say. I totally agree. India would not survive if a rigid set of religious practices is imposed. So, I have to make a suggestion. Shri Prabhu and his clan is free to follow their own path; but I would rather they do not sully my religion by calling themselves simply as ‘Hindu’. I suggest that this tribe be described as ‘Vishvahindu’. I do not want anyone to confuse that they and I share religious tenets, though both are ‘Hindu’.
I agree in spirit with points made in para nos 8 and 9. The encounter specialist police officers and the killers of Ishrat are all murderers, as suggested by Shri Prabhu. Both must be condemned and I am sure Shri Prabhu will wholeheartedly support prosecution of all such police people, from Maharashtra and from Gujrat.
I have no wish to counter his fervent mudslinging and would like to make one last point. There was no post-Godhra riot in Gujrat; it was plain genocide. And it was state-sponsored. If Mr Modi is such an efficient administrator and has his finger on the pulse of his State; then he knew of the state-sponsored, police-supported genocide. That makes him a murderer. The mass killing of Muslims in Gujrat is as despicable as the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other places. Mr Modi is no better than the architects of the Sikh murders. All are worthy of condemnation; Mr Modi more so, because he was at the helm of affairs then. He could have averted the heinous crime but he chose to abet it.

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