[Reader-list] Remembering Dr B.R.Ambedkar

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

Rakesh,
you are entitled to your views in free india, but they need not necessarily
be right and correct, so did i say, that i agree to disagree with your
views, your views are yours, as experience you get in your life, your own
experience will tell you, how right or correct your views were with the time
teaching the intellect to understand what is known, but not experienced,
regards,
rajen.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Rajen
>
> The entire Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid controversy is a classic example of
> how a bunch of people can completely derail the progress of a nation and
> divert its' attention to issues which are irrelevant for the vast majority
> of people, thereby leading to a complete wastage of energy and time on the
> issue.
>
> The masjid was never used for any prayers since a long time. Equally, the
> concept that a mandir should be built because the masjid had been built on
> the ruins of the mandir is shocking and dubious. If I were to tomorrow prove
> it conclusively that the Indian Parliament was constructed on the ruins of a
> masjid/mandir/church, would we demolish the Indian Parliament building and
> get that religious building constructed? If I were to prove that your house
> is now standing on a land where some religious building stood, would the
> govt. have a right to destroy your house to get that building back again at
> the same spot?
>
> I disagree with this contention. The entire Sangh Parivar only used their
> issue to enjoy electoral supremacy and this only started the chain of events
> which led to the 1993 bomb blasts. Just as Advani and company made fools of
> a section of Hindus, Tiger Memon and company made fools of a few Muslims.
> Both of them escaped from the consequences of what they did, Advani by
> virtue of nature of the Indian politics, and Tiger Memon by running away to
> Pakistan.
>
> The BJP and the Sangh Parivar are hypocrites in talking about nationalism,
> when all they do is weaken the nation through their own actions. Howsoever
> much I don't like Manmohan Singh (for his policies or lack of them), he was
> right in assessing Advani (and this is apt for the entire Sangh Parivar) as
> having the great ability to combine strength in speech with weakness in
> action.
>
> Rakesh
>



-- 
Rajen.