[Reader-list] Fwd: Manmohan singh and elections.?

[anupam chakravartty]

Dear Rajen

Where are you? HAVE YOU REACHED ASSAM YET?

anupam

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From: anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>
Date: Apr 13, 2009 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Manmohan singh and elections.?
To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>


Dear Rakesh

I do not dispute what you are saying but something that triggered of the
reaction among BJP and AGP workers was this one statement. that is why i
blame advani and i accuse him too.

all reasoning, all arguments fail when a mob of 100 people runs towards you.
i am sure you havent been chased or beaten up ever. even if you have been,
it was once in a lifetime experience. i would not like to make it dramatic
anymore beyond this point but frankly you know why name calling and all such
other things happens in this group because when all reasoning fails one
starts behaving like a swine. i just hope it doesnt happen in this group.
the topic bomb blasts is raised by rajen but he hasnt replied, which is why
im annoyed.

thanks anupam

On 4/13/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Anupam ji
>
> I never meant that Advani is not an accused or an accused. However, one has
> to put out facts before that. And since you state that it's arm chair
> intellectualism, I would like to point out that it's this very
> intellectualism which ensures that people are punished duly as per the law.
> Hence, whether you like it or not (equally for me as well), we have to
> accept that such statements must be made very carefully, whether by Advani
> or by you.
>
> I don't know about Congress rule in Assam, so I won't speak on it.
>
> And the way you go about, Narendra Modi will be accused of raping women in
> Gujarat riots!! That is not the fact. He is blamed because being the chief
> minister, he had the state power at his disposal to control the mobs. He
> failed in that. Many police officers then told the survivors that they had
> been told not to use guns for 72 hours. Moreover, his government failed to
> do what was required for those living in relief camps post-riots, which
> tells another story of its own. That does not mean he is a rapist. (This is
> just an analogy. I mean to say Advani can be accused indirectly, but
> certainly not directly. I believe the former, you seem to be drifting
> towards the latter.)
>
> And unfortunately, whether you like it or not, one has to care. Because
> one's understanding of any society must be based on sound reason and
> rational analysis. There certainly can be bias (within me or you), but we
> must certainly try to look at it from a neutral perspective. And being a
> reporter, you certainly are more in touch with the society, which I respect.
>
>
> But being the reporter one must also remember, believe something which is
> provable beyond doubt. Otherwise, it would lead only to sensationalism.
>
> Regards
>
> Rakesh
>