[Reader-list] Secular Haj Vs Communal Amarnath

Shuddhabrata Sengupta shuddha at sarai.net
Sun Aug 17 21:55:55 IST 2008


Dear all,

Can I please request everyone concerned not to shoot off one word, or  
one sentence mails. Please hit send only if you think you have a  
substantial contribution to make to the discussion and not to score  
points like in a Televised sepctacle. Every post occupies bandwidth,  
and takes energy to download and read.

And once again, please try and refrain from attacking each other  
personally.

Thanks and regards

Shuddha

On 17-Aug-08, at 9:48 PM, Prabhakar Singh wrote:

> I agree.
> Prabhakar
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Shivam Vij शिवम् <mail at shivamvij.com>
> To: Prabhakar Singh <prabhakardelhi at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>; sarai list <reader- 
> list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Sunday, 17 August, 2008 9:13:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Secular Haj Vs Communal Amarnath
>
> It is not the obsession with but 'extremism of religion and hatred'
> that 'has to go if we aspire to survive at all'.
>
> You might want to be the hange you want to see...
>
>
>
> On 8/17/08, Prabhakar Singh <prabhakardelhi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> We are over-obsessed with extremism of religion and hatred.This  
>> has to go if we aspire to survive at all.
>> Prabhakar
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Shivam Vij शिवम् <mail at shivamvij.com>
>> To: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
>> Cc: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, 17 August, 2008 8:46:06 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Secular Haj Vs Communal Amarnath
>>
>> This is ridiculous, and worse, communally provocative. Under the
>> Indian Constitution, free speech does not include the right t provoke
>> violence between two communities, which this video almost does.
>>
>> It is ridiculous to compare Haj with Amarnath because Haj has existed
>> for centuries whereas Amarnath yatra as an obsession has been gaining
>> ground only since the late nineties - which is why many kashmiris see
>> the brouhaha over Amarnath as a provocation.
>>
>> Scrap the Haj subsidy, i say, and scrap it now. but why not compare
>> goverment spending and facilities on the Haj pilgrimage with, say,  
>> the
>> Kumbh mela?
>>
>> But that wouldn't help spread lies, hatred, violence.
>>
>> best
>> s
>>
>>
>> On 8/14/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfN-rUlM8U8
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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
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