[Reader-list] Petition against renaming of Delhi's Aurangzeb Road

[Shohini Ghosh]

I am a Hindu so don't teach me how to love Hindus. You are not the
custodian of Hindus.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Samvit <samvitr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Shohini,
> this argument will stop once you convict ONE person in the massacre of the
> hindues. People like you make a hullabulla about the Gujarat riots. It has
> had convictions, SIT, etc but they turn blind when it comes to the Hindus
> of the Valley.
> And why are you blind to mention of Babri masjid in the petition..."to
> > act on such important matters based on rumours and popular demand. To
> many
> > of us, this renaming is symbolically as incorrect and unfortunate as the
> > 1992 demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya, since that was also done on
> > ‘public demand’ and to ‘correct the wrongs of history’."
>
>
>
> -Samvit
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Shohini Ghosh <shohini.ghosh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Samvit
>>
>> Please try a new line of argument, This is 20 years old.
>>
>> Warmly
>> Shohini
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Samvit <samvitr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You are only worried about one mosque (Babri) but never speak about the
>>> hundreds of hindu temples that were burnt by muslims in Kashmir Valley.
>>> There was a genocide of the Hindus in the Valley and you never talk about
>>> it.
>>> Hindu women were raped, men murdered and temples destroyed. Anything that
>>> was remotely hindu was destroyed. So let us not talk about Babri, let us
>>> talk about reversing the genocide of the hindus in the Valley.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Yousuf <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Please Reverse the Renaming of Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road to APJ Abdul
>>> Kalam
>>> > Road
>>> >
>>> > A petition being sent to
>>> >
>>> > The Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Corporation,
>>> >
>>> > The Chief Minister of Delhi,
>>> >
>>> > The Prime Minister of India
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Many of you are congratulating each other on changing the name of
>>> Delhi’s
>>> > Aurangzeb’s Road to APJ Abdul Kalam Road, and are happy that the
>>> ‘wrongs of
>>> > history’ have been corrected (as Mr.Maheish Girri has been claiming).
>>> This
>>> > renaming simply proves that the decision makers of this nation and the
>>> city
>>> > have absolutely no knowledge of our rich historical past, and are
>>> ready to
>>> > act on such important matters based on rumours and popular demand. To
>>> many
>>> > of us, this renaming is symbolically as incorrect and unfortunate as
>>> the
>>> > 1992 demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya, since that was also done on
>>> > ‘public demand’ and to ‘correct the wrongs of history’.
>>> >
>>> > We would like to know the following: Was any scholar or historian
>>> > consulted before renaming of Aurangzeb road? How have we come to the
>>> > conclusion that Aurangzeb was an evil person whose name needed to be
>>> > removed from our heritage? Was his history and achievements read and
>>> > understood properly by the people who made this decision? Did any
>>> public
>>> > debate take place to decide the pros and cons of this renaming? Has an
>>> > authentic and legal document (using the correct historical sources)
>>> been
>>> > prepared to justify this renaming? Can that document be made public? Is
>>> > renaming of roads as ordinary as cleaning of a road that can be done
>>> by a
>>> > Municipal Corporation? According to what logic was only Dr.APJ Abdul
>>> Kalam
>>> > considered the right person to take Aurangzeb’s place in history? Dr.
>>> Kalam
>>> > is definitely a person worthy of remembrance and a memorial. But why
>>> > couldn’t any new road or institution be named after him? Can’t we give
>>> him
>>> > a more respectful tribute than such a politically controversial one?
>>> Do we
>>> > want our future generations to remember that the name of one ‘bad’
>>> Muslim
>>> > was replaced by a ‘good’ Muslim? Is that the kind of history we want to
>>> > propagate in this country?
>>> >
>>> > We understand that naming of roads, buildings and other public places
>>> can
>>> > become a political act – many roads and entities have been named after
>>> > people who did not deserve to be remembered, but their name simply
>>> helped
>>> > in the establishment of a certain political identity. But how long will
>>> > this naming and renaming continue to suit our political end?
>>> >
>>> > We appeal you to reconsider your decision to rename the Aurangzeb
>>> Road. We
>>> > request you to think of a new road or institution to be named after
>>> Dr.APJ
>>> > Abdul Kalam, which he truly deserves. We also request you to arrange
>>> public
>>> > or legal debate involving people who are knowledgeable about the
>>> subject
>>> > before making such decisions in future.
>>> >
>>> > Thanking you.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Please sign (and add your comments to) this petition at
>>> > https://goo.gl/ZmZXhP
>>> >
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