Every morning the sun breaks over the Indian sub continent and semi literate , semi conscious humanity of this country wakes up and craves for their dose of daily news.What seems to be the norm of the day is an unsettling reality about the division bell that rings loud enough in this country to deafen the cries of sanity.
Impunity has become the buzzword for anyone wiling and able to break the law. Well, a realistic analysis would make you realise that almost 100% of all adults fall under the 'willing' category.The 'able' are another sect, not high in percentage but quite visible and vocal.
As if we had a shortage of religious and regional armies in India, the Ram Sena decides to beat up a few women in order to reprimand them for being a part of India that BJP showcased ( Yes, I do mean INDIA SHINING).If sitting in a pub is a crime, who gave them a licence to operate in the first place ?Or maybe we should attack Software companies and Business consultancies as well, I heard men and women eat lunch together in those offices ! ( Bal Thackeray would already be grinding his teeth in anger if he was reading this article, how dare the corporate world engage in such obsceneties? )
On the other hand, the core issue and the catalyst for such attacks remains elusive from discussions and war-cries between the liberals and the radicals.
For everyone following up on such stories, its about religious fanaticism taking over an otherwise secular and progressive society.
The truth is, by beating up that woman, the Ram/Bajrang/Shiv Sena warrior got the lucky chance to touch a woman's body for the first time in life ( unless he shared a room with his Didi, Dadi or Mausi).Legalise prostitution, encourage strip clubs, give these men a reason to unwind and feel like a man. And you will see how quickly these armies dissapear. id even say give them discounts because they have displayed extreme crave for women( 10% discount on displaying your Shiv Sena id card).
The now so popular Senas of different kinds are nothing but a bunch of frustrated men who would like to beat the lucky ones up and attack women to compensate for the feeling of rejection and neglect they grew up with.
All of you ladies out there, tell me one good looking religious leader, when was the last time you looked at raj Thackeray or Praveen Togadia and went " Ooh, thats my kinda man..hottie".Im sure you would not be able to recall any such thing from the last 2 million years.
We need to get these men laid, thats the solution to religious fundamentalism.
Considering ourselves the biggest democracy in the world, we expect our government and leaders to take action about this rampant rape of public security. The BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka, where most of these cases seem to be happening, releases a mild statement telling these groups to behave. ( For your reference, we would refer to the BJP Chief Minister as Pussy from now).
So Pussy decides not to do much and let 'destiny' take its own course, afterall destiny and luck have an integral role in the leadership structure and indian society.The Central government sits on its comfy chairs and decides to 'observe' these stray incidents, well no country is perfect afterall.
So half a century after indipendence, new IIMs coming up, Oscar winning slum stories and India's moon mission, things dont seem that bad, except for the fact that YOU, yes yes YOU (the reader) can be beaten up on the street anytime, anywhere and you should just quietly take it.
The government, the police and the pussies around you wont say a word or raise a finger.
Get these religious guys laid, buy yourself a Burqa, buy a gun for self defence.
These are the 3 ways out, make your choice.
Or else, end supporting radical forces, Do not vote for the BJP in this election, root out the political parties that support hate.
Lets hope we can sit down for a drink at a cafe in 5 years from now, without worrying about getting molested or beaten. Amen.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
The Great Indian terror circus
As images of dead and bleeding bodies are beamed in every living room throughout India, terror seems to be a word that is definetely affecting lives and news channel TRPs as well. Bombs rip through our markets and streets in abundance, and we all look for answers and justice. We look at our Government, we look at our police force, we look at the Muslim community, we look at the migrant Bangladeshi and we look at our society.
Something missing ? When was the last time we looked within ourselves when we stepped out of our house or went about calling names to someone from Nepal?
We choose to live in oblivion, since its a convenient way to shrug off our share of responsibility, and saves a lot of sane thinking too. The popular concept of preferring a Govinda movie over a well researched national crisis documentary is just the tip of the iceberg. The Indian diaspora is way too engrossed in its own trivial pursuits of luxury assimilation that thinking sane and digging deep into the heart of things , seems like a herculean task.
When bombs rip through our markets, the one question that echoes across the Geography is 'WHO', however, the sane mind would be compelled to consider the option of researching 'WHY' as well. But since the heart wrenching images of victims clouds our thought process, and we are incessantly subjected to the blabbering on the 1 million hindi news channels, we decide to give 'WHY' a skip.
During the last one month, numerous churches were attacked across India. We decided not to think too much about the issue since Christians are docile and its 'OK" if a few of them get warned from time to time that they are trying to thrive in a Hindu dominated country. Well, forcefully converting people to another religion isnt right anyway and someone had to pull the stops on this one.
In all the debate about who is exiting from Big Brother this week and switching news channels at the same time, we conveniently decide to not think about 'WHY'. Why did these poor peasants become a Christian in the first place. Subjected to years of humiliation and segregation as a lower caste they decided to buy some dignity, a fundamental right that we are free to exercise. The clash of the titans seems to be between Fundamental Rights & Fundamentalists, and in this time and age..it seems Hindu Fundamentalists are totally outweighing civil liberties.
Visuals of the state sponsored Gujarat Carnage were termed as 'retaliatory action' and the mass murderer Narendra Modi was voted back to Power. It could have been the fear of backlash or the capabilities of Modi as a extremely capable terror mastermind that got him back to power. Whatever it was, the people of Gujarat voted for Hate.
The Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad have been openly practising bomb making techniques in BJP rules states. A Muslim with just the paperwork on bomb making techniques would have been labelled as a terrorist without batting an eyelid.
I do not wish to sing the secular song and highlight victimization of the minorities, I recommend that both the above mentioned cases should be treated equally and considered terrorists.
On the other hand, the Muslim community needs to go mainstream and leave behind its Ghetto mindset. Madarsas are not what an educated child needs today, he needs global exposure. The apprehesion and fear of taking that widening the gap between development and the minority community.
Terror is NOT a subjective term and it does not change from one community to another. A dead family member leaves a irreplaceable void no matter what religion you practise.
Its about time that we stop relying on governments and start taking charge of things ourselves, focus on the root cause and try to ascertain 'WHY'.
Let us not vote these fundamentalists to power ever again and the criteria for arrest should be terror against humanity, and not just terror against the majority community.
Gandhi made the statement of hating the crime and not the Criminal, the times have changed, we have to hate the criminal, but not his community.
The only minority I support and advocate for, is my minority. People like me who believe that peaceful co-existence is possible. I might not have a huge audience but I am sure of my thoughts and strong in resolve. Let us not vote BJP or Samajwadi party to power again.
Let us condemn the Hindu fundamentalists, who claim to represent me, who claim to represent us !
Let us hang the man who preaches hate and terror, irrespective of his religion, because the man who kills has no religion.
Jai Hind.
Something missing ? When was the last time we looked within ourselves when we stepped out of our house or went about calling names to someone from Nepal?
We choose to live in oblivion, since its a convenient way to shrug off our share of responsibility, and saves a lot of sane thinking too. The popular concept of preferring a Govinda movie over a well researched national crisis documentary is just the tip of the iceberg. The Indian diaspora is way too engrossed in its own trivial pursuits of luxury assimilation that thinking sane and digging deep into the heart of things , seems like a herculean task.
When bombs rip through our markets, the one question that echoes across the Geography is 'WHO', however, the sane mind would be compelled to consider the option of researching 'WHY' as well. But since the heart wrenching images of victims clouds our thought process, and we are incessantly subjected to the blabbering on the 1 million hindi news channels, we decide to give 'WHY' a skip.
During the last one month, numerous churches were attacked across India. We decided not to think too much about the issue since Christians are docile and its 'OK" if a few of them get warned from time to time that they are trying to thrive in a Hindu dominated country. Well, forcefully converting people to another religion isnt right anyway and someone had to pull the stops on this one.
In all the debate about who is exiting from Big Brother this week and switching news channels at the same time, we conveniently decide to not think about 'WHY'. Why did these poor peasants become a Christian in the first place. Subjected to years of humiliation and segregation as a lower caste they decided to buy some dignity, a fundamental right that we are free to exercise. The clash of the titans seems to be between Fundamental Rights & Fundamentalists, and in this time and age..it seems Hindu Fundamentalists are totally outweighing civil liberties.
Visuals of the state sponsored Gujarat Carnage were termed as 'retaliatory action' and the mass murderer Narendra Modi was voted back to Power. It could have been the fear of backlash or the capabilities of Modi as a extremely capable terror mastermind that got him back to power. Whatever it was, the people of Gujarat voted for Hate.
The Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad have been openly practising bomb making techniques in BJP rules states. A Muslim with just the paperwork on bomb making techniques would have been labelled as a terrorist without batting an eyelid.
I do not wish to sing the secular song and highlight victimization of the minorities, I recommend that both the above mentioned cases should be treated equally and considered terrorists.
On the other hand, the Muslim community needs to go mainstream and leave behind its Ghetto mindset. Madarsas are not what an educated child needs today, he needs global exposure. The apprehesion and fear of taking that widening the gap between development and the minority community.
Terror is NOT a subjective term and it does not change from one community to another. A dead family member leaves a irreplaceable void no matter what religion you practise.
Its about time that we stop relying on governments and start taking charge of things ourselves, focus on the root cause and try to ascertain 'WHY'.
Let us not vote these fundamentalists to power ever again and the criteria for arrest should be terror against humanity, and not just terror against the majority community.
Gandhi made the statement of hating the crime and not the Criminal, the times have changed, we have to hate the criminal, but not his community.
The only minority I support and advocate for, is my minority. People like me who believe that peaceful co-existence is possible. I might not have a huge audience but I am sure of my thoughts and strong in resolve. Let us not vote BJP or Samajwadi party to power again.
Let us condemn the Hindu fundamentalists, who claim to represent me, who claim to represent us !
Let us hang the man who preaches hate and terror, irrespective of his religion, because the man who kills has no religion.
Jai Hind.
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