[Reader-list] On religious identity of terrorists

[Radhakrishnan]

LTTE is a fascist organisation in terms of its core beliefs and structure but when it comes to its religious composition it invokes ancient gods and godesses apart from seeking support from the Church. The role and presence of many Christian cadre and leaders are well known.

Secondly people who come with such wonderful idear of having sharia and Hindu laws should also introspect the terms and conditions of nation building and the constitution in India. Militarized nationalism, if it refers to presence of the Indian Army, then its quite possible that use of similar yardstick might be sought study the situation i Northeast and areas where anti Naxal operations are being carried out.

Lets accept that nationalism, jingoism or terrorism always benefits the upper class in every religion to the detriment of women and other marginalized sections.

Radhakrishnan  


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>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:20:38 +0530
> From: Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net>
>Subject: [Reader-list] Some Points from discussions
>To: Sarai Reader-list <reader-list at sarai.net>
>Message-ID: <6E13F210-BAAD-4C44-A5CE-865D9F289FC0 at sarai.net>
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>dear All,
>
>Recently some friends were talking about different way of thinking
>about Kashmir.
>
>The context: The present situation is becoming hardened day by day and
>dominant nationalism is going to press for all kind of repression.
>Nationalism has always been spectral. It is in crisis or in resistance
>that it hardens itself. This "bleeding" politics will take a huge
>toll. The gigantic USSR conglomeration collapsed under this "bleeding"
>politics. The policy makers in India will quieten world opinion
>through a fear of a possible failed state in Kashmir if India
>withdraws. But the cost of this form of thinking and convincing will
>be enormous.
>
>Possible ways:
>
>1) Creation of a De-militarised Zone. A small UN force stationed. This
>force could be constituted by men and women from all over the world.
>The cost of this force is borne by the border countries.
>
>2) Free Trade Agreements with the new State with neighboring countries
>to facilitate movement of goods.
>
>3) Mobility of people from Kashmir to go India, Pakistan and China
>without visa. Travel to Kashmir applies for visa.
>
>4) All people having historical links with Kashmir rehabilitated with
>compensation.
>
>5) A tribunal that looks into all the atrocities with proper trails.
>
>6) Dal Lake, Hazratbal and Amarnath declared world heritage site and
>protected
>
>ETC
>
>Being tormented by militarized nationalisms by so many years, the
>people in Kashmir may come up with amazing social organizations that
>does not need surveillance and policing as a way of controlling
>citizens and it's other.
>
>Many such suggestions was being given. Did not look that un-
>realizable. Or is it way of the mark :)
>
>warmly
>jeebesh
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:07:30 +0500
> From: radhikarajen at vsnl.net
>Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Some Points from discussions
>To: Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net>
>Cc: Sarai Reader-list <reader-list at sarai.net>
>Message-ID: <e341f47c6bb3.48cea462 at vsnl.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>Here are my two pennies- : )
>
>     To start, this being the holy month of Ramzan, for this month let us start with islamic criminal jurisprudence in Kashmir. The leaders in Kashmir are the first to take advantage of freedom of expression, rights of the individuals assured and guaranteed by indian constitution, but do not accept the duties under the constitution. Worst, they do not respect the indian constitution itself, but want the best of both worlds, that is rights of democracy and islamic state in kashmir.
>
>   Uniform civil code is not acceptable to these leaders, so let us start with islamic sharia laws for the guilty. Judiciary as per the constitution is taking long to adjudicate the crimes, so for this holy month of Ramzan, let Kashmir be ruled by islamic laws.
>
>   My imagination is failing me to think of all the consequences that may follow out of this one decision.  To start with in sharia all those who ar e  against the state are traitors, so the punishment is beheading.! All those who kill others have to pay blood money, and have to be pardoned as otherwise they have to face death. All those who steal, their hands have to be chopped off.
>
>    So, now the separatist leaders who have been instrumental in getting innocents killed, without any prolonged trials under the constitutional provisions , be tried under sharia, suitable punishment be given.
>
>   Regards.
>
>----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net>
>Date: Monday, September 15, 2008 6:19 pm
>Subject: [Reader-list] Some Points from discussions
>To: Sarai Reader-list <reader-list at sarai.net>
>
> > dear All,
> >
> > Recently some friends were talking about different way of thinking
> >
> > about Kashmir.
> >
> > The context: The present situation is becoming hardened day by day
> > and
> > dominant nationalism is going to press for all kind of repression.
> >
> > Nationalism has always been spectral. It is in crisis or in
> > resistance
> > that it hardens itself. This "bleeding" politics will take a huge
> > toll. The gigantic USSR conglomeration collapsed under this
> > "bleeding"
> > politics. The policy makers in India will quieten world opinion
> > through a fear of a possible failed state in Kashmir if India
> > withdraws. But the cost of this form of thinking and convincing
> > will
> > be enormous.
> >
> > Possible ways:
> >
> > 1) Creation of a De-militarised Zone. A small UN force stationed.
> > This
> > force could be constituted by men and women from all over the
> > world.
> > The cost of this force is borne by the border countries.
> >
> > 2) Free Trade Agreements with the new State with neighboring
> > countries
> > to facilitate movement of goods.
> >
> > 3) Mobility of people from Kashmir to go India, Pakistan and China
> >
> > without visa. Travel to Kashmir applies for visa.
> >
> > 4) All people having historical links with Kashmir rehabilitated
> > with
> > compensation.
> >
> > 5) A tribunal that looks into all the atrocities with proper trails.
> >
> > 6) Dal Lake, Hazratbal and Amarnath declared world heritage site
> > and
> > protected
> >
> > ETC
> >
> > Being tormented by militarized nationalisms by so many years, the
> > people in Kashmir may come up with amazing social organizations
> > that
> > does not need surveillance and policing as a way of controlling
> > citizens and it's other.
> >
> > Many such suggestions was being given. Did not look that un-
> > realizable. Or is it way of the mark :)
> >
> > warmly
> > jeebesh
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>Message: 3
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:24:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Some Points from discussions
>To: Sarai Reader-list <reader-list at sarai.net>, Jeebesh
> 	<jeebesh at sarai.net>
>Message-ID: <97563.48544.qm at web57201.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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>
>Dear Jeebesh
>Â
>Would you please specify the Borders of this "Demilitarized Zone"
>Â
>Kshmendra
>
>--- On Mon, 9/15/08, Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:
>
> From: Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net>
>Subject: [Reader-list] Some Points from discussions
>To: "Sarai Reader-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
>Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 6:20 PM
>
>dear All,
>
>Recently some friends were talking about different way of thinking
>about Kashmir.
>
>The context: The present situation is becoming hardened day by day and
>dominant nationalism is going to press for all kind of repression.
>Nationalism has always been spectral. It is in crisis or in resistance
>that it hardens itself. This "bleeding" politics will take a huge
>toll. The gigantic USSR conglomeration collapsed under this
>"bleeding"
>politics. The policy makers in India will quieten world opinion
>through a fear of a possible failed state in Kashmir if India
>withdraws. But the cost of this form of thinking and convincing will
>be enormous.
>
>Possible ways:
>
>1) Creation of a De-militarised Zone. A small UN force stationed. This
>force could be constituted by men and women from all over the world.
>The cost of this force is borne by the border countries.
>
>2) Free Trade Agreements with the new State with neighboring countries
>to facilitate movement of goods.
>
>3) Mobility of people from Kashmir to go India, Pakistan and China
>without visa. Travel to Kashmir applies for visa.
>
>4) All people having historical links with Kashmir rehabilitated with
>compensation.
>
>5) A tribunal that looks into all the atrocities with proper trails.
>
>6) Dal Lake, Hazratbal and Amarnath declared world heritage site and
>protected
>
>ETC
>
>Being tormented by militarized nationalisms by so many years, the
>people in Kashmir may come up with amazing social organizations that
>does not need surveillance and policing as a way of controlling
>citizens and it's other.
>
>Many such suggestions was being given. Did not look that un-
>realizable. Or is it way of the mark :)
>
>warmly
>jeebesh
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>Message: 4
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:47:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Reader-list] after yesterday in Delhi
>To: Partha Dasgupta <partha.dasgupta at eliteinfomachine.com>
>Cc: reader-list at sarai.net
>Message-ID: <366609.29091.qm at web57202.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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>
>Dear Partha
>Â
>Do not mean to butt in.
>Â
>Just wondering whether any 'acts of terrorrising' by the LTTE can be designated as 'acts of terrorising' by Hindus.
>Â
>Would it not be more apt to link 'acts of terror' with a religious identity when such 'acts of terror' are carried out in the name a particular religion or are solely based on the religious identity?
>Â
>There are many instances of 'acts of terror by Hindus' which can be so designated because they are carried out in the name of Hinduism or are solely based upon and connected to the Hindu identity of the perpetrators.
>Â
>Just wondering.
>Â
>Kshmendra
>
>--- On Sun, 9/14/08, Partha Dasgupta <partha.dasgupta at eliteinfomachine.com> wrote:
>
> From: Partha Dasgupta <partha.dasgupta at eliteinfomachine.com>
>Subject: Re: [Reader-list] after yesterday in Delhi
>To: radhikarajen at vsnl.net
>Cc: reader-list at sarai.net
>Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 4:28 PM
>
>Dear Radhika Rajen,
>
>In may mails on this list you have pointed out how the elected
>representative is only a beneficiary divided caste votes and not a true
>representative.
>
>Now you jump to another point altogether and talk about the UPA chairperson
>and the eloctorate.
>
>Please  stick to a viewpoint as it is hard to trace what your viewpoint is.
>If you have changed your viewpoint, then please denote so.
>
>In any case, saw the killings (directly and first hand in Delhi) during the
>Sikh militancy days and have seen communal riots in Baroda, Gujarat; and all
>I can say is that when herd mentality takes over the common sense is lost.
>
>Also, from Babri Masjid to the incapable idiots who got blown up some time
>back, we have seen Hindu militancy.
>
>Either we can agree that militancy in all forms is wrong or we can quibble
>about shades of right or wrong.
>
>So, where do you stand:
>
>a)   Militancy & armed conflict is wrong
>
>OR
>
>b)   Hindu's are allowed to have a conflict as they have been repressed as
>a
>majority
>       and that cases like Godhra, Sikh killings in Delhi and Babri Masjid
>are justified.
>
>Rgds, Partha
>
>PS: I do note that when you talk of terror, you never refer to the LTTE
>(Hindu & Indian) which is considered as one of the most dangerous terrorist
>organisations and has killed a Prime Minister of India (and is not Muslim or
>Christian) or the killing of Indira Gandi - or is it that since they were
>not BJP/RSS that you do not consider them a loss?
>.....................................................
>
>On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:05 PM, <radhikarajen at vsnl.net> wrote:
>
> > Without getting in to blame games, the need of the moment is the
> > chairperson of UPA who is now proxy governor of the nation should have
>good
> > introspection of the events and see if her Home Minister who was once
> > speaker, but discarded by the electorate, got into rajya sabha by
>nomination
> >  and then is the Home minister, is he capable of any action. A dummy like
> > Prime minister, again diitto to the governance who has no incentive to
> > perform as Prime minister being discard beaucrat, has been  of yester
>years,
> > can not make up his mind to take tough action for fear of votebank getting
> > "hurt". By this inaction, in actual practise muslims are getting
>branded as
> > terrorists for the simple reason, they are not willing to be ready to
> > identify, isolate and give up those who indulge in terror activities. It
>is
> > sad scene indeed. Wheras the hindus do not want violence and bhajrang dal
> > gets no sympathy for its acts of violence, muslims by floating NGOs to
> > defend the accused are helping the ter
> > ror accused, sheltoring the accused for plain and simple lots of money in
> > the trade of defending the terror.
> >
> > regards.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Priya Sen <senpriya at gmail.com>
> > Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008 3:18 pm
> > Subject: [Reader-list] after yesterday in Delhi
> > To: reader-list at sarai.net
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > India Gate, September 13th, 6:20 or so in the evening. I had
> > > decided to walk
> > > from Triveni Academy towards Khan Market, determined to buy a
> > > bicycle and
> > > thinking, it's getting dark and maybe I should wait until Monday
> > > and I
> > > shouldn't tell my mother about my biking plans and even though I
> > > plan to
> > > ride early mornings I need to ride it back home now and so on and
> > > so forth.
> > > India Gate was as India Gate is on a weekend evening. Walking
> > > through it
> > > made me think of other times I had been there, a few specific
> > > memories and a
> > > general sense of being in Delhi - of familiarity and ease from
> > > having been
> > > here for as long as I have, and of curiousity, the kind that comes
> > > fromknowing that places are never the same - making mental notes
> > > for no one
> > > really about the Kwality Walls ice cream cart that had a board
> > > saying 'Old
> > > Vendor, India Gate since 1956', and the astrologer who sits in
>the
> > > sameplace always, and people with video cameras filming the gate
> > > who always make
> > > me wonder at what they think  when they play it back later. It
> > > took 15
> > > minutes to cross over to Shah Jahan Road. Me, a couple of young
> > > men, and a
> > > papad seller who the policeman who was also waiting for the lights to
> > > change, generally swore at, and I laughed at how swearing is so
> > > integral to
> > > ones day in Delhi.
> > >
> > >
> > > Later I heard there were a couple of bombs that were defused, one
> > > at Regal
> > > Cinema and one at India Gate. I realized how many stories there
> > > are now. Of
> > > yesterday. Of where we were when.. . Of places we know so well. Of
> > > our lives
> > > up until the moment life changed for so many people in our city.
> > > Of the
> > > things that make our days what they are and will continue to.
> > > Everyone will
> > > have a story because everyone needs to claim something from
> > > moments like
> > > these. And everyone (in this city) must because this moment was
> > > about Delhi.
> > > It's happened before. Here, in other places, it will happen again
> > > and again
> > > and these will be 'the times according to people who live in
>these
> > > times'.And all we can really do is to embrace our lives a little
> > > harder.
> > >
> > > The last time I mourned for this city, a little like this, is when
> > > I watched
> > > Nanglamachi being demolished and people gathering their lives into
> > > bundlesand tempos and going wherever. The ruthlessness was
> > > overwhelming. Not to
> > > make analogies here. Although nothing wrong with analogies and
> > > other things
> > > that make us feel what we feel. No rules for that! Think, feel
> > > whatever -
> > > it's all part of the way we make sense of things on day 2. It was
>like
> > > watching the news right after the blasts happened, when the
> > > reporters were
> > > as bewildered as everyone else. Somehow in their floundering the news
> > > channels were credible for a moment. Before the information
> > > started coming
> > > in and before they started interpreting it, that is. We know what
> > > they do
> > > and do well. Nothing is surprising, just a bit defeating and then
> > > you think
> > > why. Maybe we're defeated by the way we think, are told to think,
> > > don'tthink. Maybe sometimes it has nothing to do with how we
>live.
> > >
> > >
> > > Delhi feels quiet today, but that's also from where I am. Also
> > > it's Sunday.
> > > It will probably not seem very different when I go out later in the
> > > afternoon. But my sister called me this morning and was in tears
> > > and saying
> > > she couldn't sleep because of all this and is feeling restless
> > > because lakhs
> > > of people are going to be out on the streets today for Ganapati
> > > visarjan in
> > > Bombay. For her it's about Bombay as well, the place where she
>has
> > > her life.
> > > When public places become vulnerable it means having to make
> > > decisions about
> > > things one doesn't necessarily think about. It's about
>everything
> > > outside of
> > > us that is essential to how we construct our lives. It's about
> > > everydaydecisions, small things, immediate concerns. About being
> > > able to imagine,
> > > and dream and lose ourselves in places. For a few days we will be
> > > excruciatingly aware of how we move around the city. There will be
> > > remorseand anxiety and conversation. We will share a common grief,
> > > in degrees, and
> > > it will bring us together more intensely. We will count and blame and
> > > speculate. And then we will thankfully, move on.
> > >
> > >
> > > Right now though, I would rather not. Not for today. I just want
> > > to be with
> > > what this city means to me. Aside from its symbols, its creation
> > > of itself,
> > > its skewed power dynamics and unbearable inequalities. A friend
> > > and I are
> > > convinced that "Delhi steps in when we really need something
>to.".
> > > Like the
> > > wisdom of places. Not to get melodramatic! I'm glad I was here
> > > when this
> > > happened and not somewhere else.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Priya
> > >
> > > --
> > > Priya Sen
> > > Sarai-CSDS
> > > 29, Rajpur Road, Civil Lines
> > > Delhi - 110054
> > > priya at sarai.net
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>Message: 5
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:51:34 +0530
> From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net>
>Subject: [Reader-list] Delhi Critical Mass Ride
>To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
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>
>Delhi Critical Mass Ride
>Friday, September 26, 2008
>6:00pm - 7:00pm
>Vijay Chowk, Near Parliament House, New Delhi
>
>Dear All, (Especially those who live in Delhi)
>
>Please join the first ever Delhi Critical Mass cycling event.
>'Critical Mass' Cyclists will assemble at Vijay Chowk ( between 6:00
>and 6:30 and ride through streets of Delhi for about 45 minutes. The
>idea is to make a statement that cyclists should be given their due
>respect by other road users.
>
>Critical Mass is an event held in almost all major cities of the
>world, usually on the last Friday of every month, wherein a mass of
>cyclists ride through the streets of the city. The peak hour bicycle
>ride gives the subtle message to  fellow road users that cyclists too
>exist.
>
>Please give this event the maximum publicity and make it a success by
>ensuring maximum participation. Show the city that cyclists of Delhi
>will demand their rightful place on the streets of Delhi.
>
>Celebrate cycling!
>
>For More Details - See -
>http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=38702900238&ref=nf
>
>-------------
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 6
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:46:02 -0700
> From: "gautam bhan" <gautam.bhan at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Delhi Critical Mass Ride
>To: "Shuddhabrata Sengupta" <shuddha at sarai.net>
>Cc: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
>Message-ID:
> 	<a1a8cb4d0809151046n302f5a13h8e0c8608258d88f5 at mail.gmail.com>
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>
>Dear All,
>
>  While I think its great to have Critical Mass in Delhi, as someone who
>currently
>finds himself in a city where it has a long tradition [San Francisco], a few
>thoughts.
>
>  In the US, critical mass has become, I would argue, an elite practice, for
>one, and an
>event rather than a movement. This is partly because cycling in the US has a
>very different
>user profile than in a city like Delhi -- a lot of bikes cost a lot of
>money, and the bike lobby
>tends to represent middle class and higher riders and users, many of them
>white and male.
>This couldn't be further from the reality of Delhi where riding a cycle is a
>question of necessity
>for the vast majority of daily users, and is heavily gendered.
>
>  My intention in writing today is simple: It would be wonderful if we could
>think about how to
>incorporate both cyclists who are commuters and those who are leisure users.
>
>There are those who will read this email and hence would be the handful of
>those
>wanting to expand cycling space in the city while not needing to commute
>long distances
>on their cycles everyday. But how can Critical Mass find ways to bring in
>the needs of daily commuters, who
>are dominantly the working poor of the city, not on this e-list [though not
>necessarily not online]?
>How will they relate to critical mass? Will their needs as commuter-cyclists
>and not leisure-cyclists
>be part of the Critical Mass movement? Will they be part of organising, of
>forming Critical Mass as
>a space?
>
>  Critical Mass began as a political movement in the US. I have to say that
>it has lost some
>of that here in the US. I would love for it, in India, to return to that
>moment of origin and to
>critically look at its own so that it becomes, or at least tries to be,
>inclusive, challenging,
>and political.
>
>  One simple example: post the car owners screaming in the early days of the
>BRT in Delhi, the
>government has already said that it will not have a separate cycle lane in
>the new BRT
>corridors coming up -- this is ridiculous and it represents a perfect case
>where the needs
>of cyclists on the corridor were sacrificed in an instant when car owners
>made their voices
>loud, and without any debate. Organising around the need for a separate lane
>on the corridor is a practical, tangible
>and excellent point around which to organise cycle users that are both
>commuters and
>leisure cyclists. Could this become part of the Critical Mass agenda?
>
>  I wish I could be part of it and wasn't so far away.
>
>  - gautam
>
>On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta
><shuddha at sarai.net>wrote:
>
> >
> > Delhi Critical Mass Ride
> > Friday, September 26, 2008
> > 6:00pm - 7:00pm
> > Vijay Chowk, Near Parliament House, New Delhi
> >
> > Dear All, (Especially those who live in Delhi)
> >
> > Please join the first ever Delhi Critical Mass cycling event.
> > 'Critical Mass' Cyclists will assemble at Vijay Chowk ( between 6:00
> > and 6:30 and ride through streets of Delhi for about 45 minutes. The
> > idea is to make a statement that cyclists should be given their due
> > respect by other road users.
> >
> > Critical Mass is an event held in almost all major cities of the
> > world, usually on the last Friday of every month, wherein a mass of
> > cyclists ride through the streets of the city. The peak hour bicycle
> > ride gives the subtle message to  fellow road users that cyclists too
> > exist.
> >
> > Please give this event the maximum publicity and make it a success by
> > ensuring maximum participation. Show the city that cyclists of Delhi
> > will demand their rightful place on the streets of Delhi.
> >
> > Celebrate cycling!
> >
> > For More Details - See -
> > http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=38702900238&ref=nf
> >
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