[Reader-list] Intentions behind an Open Letter To Indian CricketTeam Captain

Sat Feb 17 08:12:11 IST 2007

thanks for such a quick  reply.
i know, your letter must ave give lot of pleasure to all practising psudo 
secularists on the list of readers list.
and thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to condemn the author.

ms. jogi
>From: Sanjay Kak <octave at bol.net.in>
>To: Sarai Reader List <reader-list at sarai.net>
>Subject: [Reader-list] Intentions behind an Open Letter To Indian 
>CricketTeam Captain
>Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:33:56 +0530
>
>Dear Ms Jogi
>
>The intention was to have people read the Open Letter.
>To give some of them pleasure.
>And to give some others a chance to condemn the letter and its author.
>Is that enough reason?
>Sorry don¹t have more at this time.
>
>Best regards
>
>Sanjay
>
>------ Forwarded Message
> > From: Vedavati Jogi <vrjogi at hotmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:09:28 +0000
> > To: octave at bol.net.in
> > Subject: RE: [Reader-list] An Open Letter To Indian Cricket Team Captain 
>Rahul
> > Dravid By Shamsul Islam
> >
> > dear mr. kak,
> >
> > may i know your intention behind forwarding this letter to reader-list?
> >
> > i condemn this letter & the author!
> >
> > vedavati
> >
> >
> >> From: Sanjay Kak <octave at bol.net.in>
> >> To: Sarai Reader List <reader-list at sarai.net>
> >> Subject: [Reader-list] An Open Letter To Indian Cricket Team Captain 
>Rahul
> >> Dravid By    Shamsul Islam
> >> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:54:52 +0530
> >>
> >> An Open Letter To Indian Cricket Team Captain Rahul Dravid
> >>
> >> By Shamsul Islam
> >>
> >> 13 February, 2007
> >> Countercurrents.org
> >>
> >> Dear Rahul Dravid,
> >>
> >> Namaskar!
> >>
> >> You, presently, lead the cricket team of India and wear the National 
>Flag,
> >> Tri-colour while playing for India in different parts of the globe. You
> >> must
> >> be well aware of the fact that this Tri-colour represents a
> >> Secular-Democratic India and team led by you which includes players 
>from
> >> different religions and regions of the country, undoubtedly, symbolize 
>the
> >> same reality. I hope you are familiar with the glorious heritage which 
>the
> >> National Flag and a Secular-Democratic polity represent. These are the
> >> products of great anti-colonial struggle and ruthless fight against
> >> theocratic politics represented by organizations like the Muslim 
>League,
> >> the
> >> RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha. Despite the partition of India on the 
>basis of
> >> religion mainly forced by Muslim League and dastardly killing of Father 
>of
> >> the Nation by persons affiliated to the Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS, 
>India
> >> chose to remain a non-theocratic state. That is the significance of the
> >> Nation which you and your team represent and the Flag which you display 
>on
> >> your costumes.
> >>
> >> I am sorry to write that by participating in the birth centenary 
>programme
> >> of M. S. Golwalkar (Guruji), the ideologue of the RSS, in Nagpur on 
>January
> >> 20, 2007, you have not only violated the trust which this country has 
>put
> >> in
> >> you but also saddened large sections of your fans who love and adore 
>you
> >> because you and your team represent a Secular-Democratic India. 
>According
> >> to
> >> a report which appeared in the Hindi organ of the RSS, Panchjanya 
>(February
> >> 4, 2007, p.11), 'Indian cricket captain inaugurated the Surya Namaskar
> >> Mahayagya programme in the Vidarbh region (of Masharashtra)'. This 
>campaign
> >> was organized by RSS 'to commemorate the birth centenary of Shri 
>Guruji'
> >> who
> >> happened to be the second chief and the most prominent ideologue of the
> >> RSS.The cover page of Panchjanya also shows you lightening the lamp 
>before
> >> the garlanded photograph of Golwalkar.
> >>
> >> I do not know who led you to join this programme of the RSS but I feel
> >> duty-bound to bring to your notice few crucial facts about the RSS and
> >> Guruji who led it from 1940 to 1973.
> >>
> >> The first Home Minister of independent India, Sardar Patel, held the 
>RSS
> >> responsible for the assassination of Gandhiji. He in a letter to 
>Golwalkar,
> >> dated 11 September 1948, clearly stated that it was communal poison 
>spread
> >> by the RSS which was responsible for this tragedy. Without mincing 
>words he
> >> wrote: 'As a final result of the poison, the country had to suffer the
> >> sacrifice of the invaluable life of Gandhiji. Even an iota of the 
>sympathy
> >> of the Government, or of the people, no more remained for the RSS. In 
>fact
> >> opposition grew. Opposition turned more severe, when the RSS men 
>expressed
> >> joy and distributed sweets after Gandhiji's death.' I hope you know 
>that
> >> consequently the RSS was banned for its role in the assassination.
> >>
> >> Dear Rahul Saheb! Golwalkar whose birthday centenary programme you
> >> inaugurated was a die-hard fascist who rejected any talk of a
> >> democratic-secular India. In 1939 he penned a terrible book We or Our
> >> Nationhood Defined which ousted minorities like Muslims and Christians 
>from
> >> the Indian nationhood. Even after Independence, in another book his 
>Bunch
> >> of
> >> Thoughts, Golwalkar declared Muslims as enemy number one and Christians 
>as
> >> enemy number two of the country. I wish you had boycotted such a 
>programme
> >> as you can vouch to the fact that many Muslim and Christian players 
>playing
> >> cricket with you have done proud to the nation.
> >>
> >> Golwalkar also glorified dictators like Mussolini and Hitler and 
>insisted
> >> on
> >> adopting their methods for cleansing minorities in India. In his 1939 
>book
> >> while eulogizing Hitler he wrote: 'German race pride has now become the
> >> topic of the day. To keep up the purity of the Race and its 
>culture,Germany
> >> shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic Races - the
> >> Jews. Race pride at its highest has been manifested here. Germany has 
>also
> >> shown how wellnigh impossible it is for Races and cultures, having
> >> differences going to the root, to be assimilated into one united whole, 
>a
> >> good lesson for us in Hindusthan to learn and profit by.' It is really
> >> astonishing that a renowned sportsperson like you went to be part of
> >> programmes dedicated to such a nasty person.
> >>
> >> I also would like to draw your attention to what RSS thinks about the
> >> Tri-colour which you so proudly wear. When the Indian Parliament 
>decided to
> >> have Tri-colour as the National Flag, the English organ of the RSS,
> >> Organizer, ('Mystery behind the Bhagwa Dhawaj', August 14, 1947) 
>denigrated
> >> this great choice in the following words: 'The people who have come to
> >> power
> >> by the kick of fate may give in our hands the Tricolour but it never 
>[sic]
> >> be respected and owned by Hindus. The word three is in itself an evil, 
>and
> >> a
> >> flag having three colours will certainly produce a very bad 
>psychological
> >> effect and is injurious to a country'. The RSS has been demanding the
> >> adoption of saffron flag as the National Flag of the country. It also 
>needs
> >> to be known that when the Constituent Assembly of India finally passed 
>the
> >> Constitution on 26 November 1949, the RSS demanded that it should be
> >> replaced by the Codes of Manu (Organizer November 30, 1949) which 
>openly
> >> glorified Casteism, upheld persecution of Untouchables and denigrated
> >> women.
> >>
> >> Dear Mr. Rahul! You went to commemorate the birth centenary of a RSS 
>leader
> >> who hated democracy and declared (while addressing the top cadres of 
>the
> >> RSS
> >> at its Reshambagh headquarters, Nagpur in 1940) that Hindu India of his
> >> dreams needed only 'one flag (saffron), one leader and one ideology'.
> >>
> >> Let me end with the hope that a great cricketer like you who stands as 
>a
> >> symbol of Democratic-Secular India will not betray the trust the 
>country
> >> has
> >> shown in you and fall prey to the designs of Hindu Separatism.
> >>
> >> Wishing you all the best.
> >>
> >> Shamsul Islam.
> >>
> >> February 6, 2007.
> >> notointolerance at hotmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> You can see this page at:
> >> http://www.countercurrents.org/comm-islam130207.htm
> >>
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