[Reader-list] FW: FW: ATTEMPT OF TARNISHING GUJARAT IMAGE

[anupam chakravartty]

tarnish my image,
put it up on your wall,
burn it down,
for what doesnt appear,
will remain as a secret.


On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Rajen
>
> If you think that I am a Congress supporter, nothing can be far from the
> truth. But yes, I do like the values which the Congress while it was
> fighting the struggle for independence, be it the idea of socialism or
> democracy. The Congress, as Ramachandra Guha once remakred, represents the
> symptomatic decline of politics in India.
>
> Also, I do agree that Nehru practised Muslim appeasement. But he did so not
> out of being an appeaser, but because he didn't want Muslims in India to
> feel threatened. The Congress under him was still democratic and the state
> units could take decisions which Nehru would not like but had to adhere to.
> It's his daughter Indira Gandhi who destroyed not only the Congress but
> Indian politics.
>
> If political parties today are turning into dynasty-breeding grounds, the
> credit goes to Indira Gandhi. If Indian police, judiciary and
> administration
> are extremely politicized today, it's because of Indira Gandhi. If today
> corruption is one of the major problems of Indian polity, it's thanks to
> Indira Gandhi. If today communalization of politics has taken place (to the
> extent where the major opposition party to the Congress is the BJP), one
> should thank Indira Gandhi for it. If there was one politician who made it
> easier for politicians after her to indulge in extra-constitutional
> measures
> and use armed intervention with no regard for human rights, it was Indira
> Gandhi, through her Operation Bluestar. If there was one person who gave
> rise to the concept of state-sponsored terrorism in South Asia (namely :
> LTTE) it was Indira Gandhi (and RAW).
>
> If Lal Bahadur Shaastri had not mysteriously died, the political history of
> India would have been a lot different.
>
> Rakesh
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