[Reader-list] Mallika Sarabhai's Public Meeting in JNU on 31st March

[Pawan Durani]

Dear Rakesh ,

When Mr Ray equates himself with " secular,democratic and progressive
sections of me society.".....that makes me laugh .

And laughing is no easy thing to do in this age of recession.

Mr Ray has to look in his own backyard and come clean on the Communist
association with Madani ,who allegedly plotted to kill Advani.

Is Madani not communal or does a Muslim communal gets conerted to a secular
,democratic and progressive man ?

Come out of this 'sickularism'.....

Pawan


On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Pawan
>
> What kind of context are you talking about? And if any context is fit
> enough to justify killings, then can you tell me why do you think Babur is
> wrong, for after all he was only trying to bring about the Mughal rule in
> India, and who knows whether he actually believed in what he wrote or it was
> only a gimmick to ensure that the Muslim clergy was satisfied?
>
> Even assuming he believed in it, he wanted to establish 'Islamic' rule. So
> he destroyed and looted temples. Do you mean to say this context justifies
> these killings? And hence the BJP's context of destroying masjids and mazars
> is justified?
>
> As for the JNU, it has been by and large a leftist university. What is the
> problem with that? After all, before talking of the 'low standards' of the
> JNU, go and read history in the numerous 'Saraswati Shishu Mandir' schools
> run by RSS across the country, and you would be ashamed. After reading that
> history, Khushwant Singh had once commented that even the British would be
> surprised that it has more communalizing content than that taught in history
> under the British rule in India to practise 'divide and rule'.
>
> I have problems with the leftist violence unleashed in the name of Maoism
> as well as with their economic policies somewhat. But does that mean we go
> on ridiculing them? And if yes, it is better to first ridicule the BJP and
> their Sangh Parivar, which will destroy the very foundations on which the
> Indian state and Indian democracy were established.
>
> Regards
>
> Rakesh
>
>
>