[Reader-list] A Modest Appeal to Election Propagandists

[Pawan Durani]

Dear All,
What may be serious for 'x' may be non serious for 'y'. Who defines the
limits ? Unless the group is meant to support a particular ideology leaning
towards my weaker hand side.

This group has been forwarded mails from pathetic writers and Kashmir expert
like 'Aran Dhat Teri Ki Roy '  and we had to bear that .

It is understandable that someone may not understand poetry of Mr Vajpayee
as I do not understand Marx either.

However the time is ripe that communal right wing party like Communists ,
who have an election with radical Muslim party like PDP of Madhani in Kerela
should be returned without any seat across the country.

The dual standards of pathetic and hazardous party needs to be exposed . At
least we may be saving the future generation of innocent youths who undergo
a brain wash by the followers of foreign ideology.

Regards

pawan



On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta
<shuddha at sarai.net>wrote:

> Dear All,
> I never thought the day would come when the reader list, after all the
> nonsense it has had to swallow over the last few years, would also have to
> bear with the indignity of being subject to missives sent on behalf of the
> person, Atal Behari Vajpayee, who having hobbled along past his sell by
> date, continues to peddle the tripe that goes by the name of his pathetic
> party.
>
> This was meant to be a list for serious discussion, and has instead become
> a forum for the less than mediocre propaganda, mainly of the seemingly
> inexhaustible far right. Not just jibes (of course, unsubstantiated) against
> activists, but now, much worse, the pompous serenade of someone who was not
> just the worst prime minister (A B Vajpayee( but also probably the worst
> poet that this country has had the misfortune to have been subject to.
>
> I hope that you will all (irrespective of political affiliation and
> loyalties) join me in requesting everyone concerned not to burden us with
> this kind of puerile election propaganda in the future. It is bad enough
> that I have to take calls from the BJP and the Congress and the Third,
> Fourth, Left, Right and  my phone an in my mailbox, it is worse to see this
> space that we have tried to nurture for autonomous discussion being slowly
> crept on by electioneering. In this election, where no party and no
> candidate has any vision worth discussing, the last thing we need is to have
> the space between our ears being filled with election spam on the reader
> list.
>
> Please try and keep election garbage out of here.
>
> thanks
>
> Shuddha
>
>
> On 15-Apr-09, at 11:20 PM, Pawan Durani wrote:
>
> My Dear Fellow Citizens,
>
> The decisive hour for electing the 15th Lok Sabha is upon us. Today, our
> nation is confronted by serious challenges of every kind. To successfully
> meet these challenges the nation needs a strong government and a determined
> leader. A government that by means of good governance, can ensure security
> for and rapid development of our country – a promise that has been made and
> will be delivered by Shri LK Advani.
>
> I am unable to meet all of you due to poor health. However, I am grateful
> to
> you for the belongingness and affection that you have showered upon me.
> What
> perturbs me much more than my own health is the health of my India. The
> cure
> for that lies in your firm resolve.
>
> Shri Lal Krishna Advani and I have been working together since 1952. His
> unblemished character and resolute personality have shown like a light
> torch
> in Indian politics. He is skilful in the art of taking up challenges and
> overcoming them. He is a compassionate human being and an exceptional
> leader
> whose best is yet to come. I firmly believe becoming the Prime Minister of
> India will bring out the best in him.
>
> I appeal to all of you, especially to the youth of our country, to extend
> your wholehearted support, assistance and mandate to the BJP and its allied
> parties. Only Advaniji is capable of fulfilling the dream that both of us
> have seen together. Adavaniji can provide a new direction to the governance
> of this country so that we create an India that is devoid of poverty,
> hunger, despair and injustice.
>
> I invite you to join me in taking a firm resolve to create a strong
> government under the determined leadership of Shree Advani for a strong and
> prosperous India. This will only happen when you make the candidates of BJP
> and its allies from your region victorious.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Atal Behari Vajpayee
>
>
>
> http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/content/view/865/427/
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