[Reader-list] No Burqa, No teaching in West bengal

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

Well said, TP, fully in agreement with you in these train of thoughts,
Inders thoughts are truly illuminating.
love and regards,
rajen

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:01 AM, TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ignore my previous mail Rakesh. I found the mail. I would like to differ
> with you on one account. The term is not "misusing", it should be "using."
> Anyone using a religious text or any other text for that matter, to control
> another human being's life should not be allowed to enter a place like
> university. Not sure if their place is behind the bars, but I agree that
> those who curb other people's freedom, have not right to remain free.
>
>
> As I found the missing mail, I also found the mail of a scoundrel, that I
> missed earlier. Well, I am borrowing the term "scoundrel" from Samuel
> Johnson who said "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." The
> scoundrel wanted me to make India a great country in my response to my mail
> about bank accounts. Well, I am not a scoundrel to be bound by such
> shackles. Why not make Pakistan also great? Every country has a right to
> become great as long as they don't define greatness in heinous way.
> Tagore's dream for India, mind without fear, is broken by the nightmare
> situation that we are in right now. When the government on the other side of
> the border of Shonar Bangla has brought fanatics under control somewhat, the
> "secular" set up on the Indian side is letting them flourish. A "minority
> community" that does not justice to the "minority" within, has no legitimate
> right to ask for justice from "majority community." We must recognize and
> expose the double standards.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rakesh Iyer" <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> To: "Pawan Durani" <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
> Cc: "reader-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] No Burqa, No teaching in West bengal
>
>
>  This is dubious. The university should be stripped of its legitimacy if
>> they
>> continue with this dubious aspect. Nobody anywhere in India should have
>> the
>> right to determine this dress code for teachers. If teachers feel any
>> dress
>> code should be maintained, it should be out of their own individual
>> convictions and shouldn't be enforced by them on others.
>>
>> As for the Left front, it should be congratulated for spectacularly
>> promoting fundamentalism and conservatism among the Muslim community to
>> seek
>> votes. While the BJP and the RSS indulge in feeding off the fear of the
>> Muslims to seek votes (through demonizing Muslims), the Congress and the
>> other 'secular' parties just feed off this fear of Muslims and let them
>> remain in bad economic conditions in perpetuity to get their votes.
>>
>> Left is the third factor which people don't talk about. I as a Hindu don't
>> have to refer to the Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana or other religious texts
>> to
>> prove that women deserve equal rights as men or that untouchability is
>> wrong
>> or that women should also have the right to ask for divorce like men
>> equally. I just have to refer to the Constitution. But a Muslim has to
>> prove
>> this using the Koran. And some fools are making the wrong use of it.
>> Anybody
>> misusing religious texts for such purposes should be put behind bars and
>> they should get life term straightaway.
>>
>> And the disaster is for our people, including the Muslims.
>>
>> Rakesh
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Rajen.