[Reader-list] (Fwd) [diffind] [Fwd: [indiapolicy] Of unending nightmares....

[rustam]

This list is all too familiar with the debate. I know we have heard it 
before. The same anguished cry. But the point is, how do we get to 
counter Praful Goradias of the world who are busy giving their smug 
defence of the 'action-reaction' on TV, with many being taken in by 
this seductive facist rhetoric?

Rustam

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"Dr. Subroto Roy" wrote:
 
 A Gujarati Hindu friend of mine in Mumbai sent me this today:
 
> > I spent a very troubling afternoon......and just could not stop myself
> from  sharing it with you.
> >
> > A friend asked me over for lunch today, telling me there was someone he
> > wanted me to meet. We had been talking over the last couple of days about
> > the problems in Gujarat and had been wondering what, if anything, we could
> > do to make a differenc, however small. He had invited a young woman
> over,who
> > has been working with some small organisations in Gujarat during the last
> > month an a half. She along with some other people have been visiting
> > Ahmedabad, Baroda and many of the surrounding villages, going from relief
> > camp to relief camp, gathering information and recording it for posterity
> > and to be sent to the National Human Rights Commission.
> >
> > To say that the stories she had to tell were horrific is a gross
> > understatement. What is divulged in the media is not even te tip of the
> > iceberg. Undoubtedly, I have been very troubled with what has been
> happening and have been constantly about the whys and hows of it all. But the
> stories that I heard this afternoon.......mass killings, large scale public gang
> > rapes of muslim women - not just women,but little girls.....torture,
> > looting, destruction......they don't bear repeating....... Policemen who
> > refused to even register FIRs.....forced evacuation of muslims by
> government agencies.....all done with a jhingoistic almost carnival like fervour with
> > accomanying drums and chants........
> >
> > I havenever been ashamed of being an Indian and a Hindu but after this
> > afternoon.....
> >
> > I asked her what I could do.....if anything, to help.....as a lawyer, as a
> > citizen, as a true Hindu, as a human being. She said I could and that she
> > will get back to me about the details......
> >
> > In the meanwhile, I would like to hear your thoughts on the possible
> action we as responsible citizens on this country may take.....I have never felt
> > more at a loss.....My heart is too full to articulate all my jumbled
> > thoughts and feelings right now......
> >
> 
> Subroto Roy


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