The Indian state, whose sworn servant I am, is by no means a perfect entity. It is certainly corrupt, it is sometimes brutal and it is often indifferent to the sufferings of the weak and the powerless. But it does have a vision and aim based on certain civilizational values that are uniquely Indian. Demography and history dictates that these values have a prominently Hindu flavour. It is undeniable that these values have come under attack at times from the Hindu right as well. But even the most rabid of the Hindutva forces do not see the world united under the saffron flag by force of arms, as is the Islamist project of one world under the Green Crescent, or the Naxal project of one world under the Red Star. It would take a pretty breathless and brainless leap of logic to equate violent, local outbursts of Hindu chauvinism, abetted by the sins of commission and omission of the state apparatus, in themselves however repugnant and indefensible, with the atrocities on a global scale that were inflicted by Communism in the 20th century or the outrages that are now threatened across all parts of the world by jihadi IslamEmphasis mine.
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The liberties you have exercised in the past and continue to do today, however gratuitously and offensively, do not exist in a vacuum. I am not sure if any of these liberties would have a place in a Naxalite Utopia or a Jihadi Caliphate or even in a self-determined Kashmiri paradise that you eloquently espoused. As visions of human perfectability they are far more flawed than the vision of India that you love to denigrate. In any case, the liberties that you have recently taken with the sensibilities of proud Indians too exist in a cultural, political and constitutional context, a context that is ultimately safeguarded by men such as Hemant Karkare and Major Unnikrishnan with disregard for their own life. Remember that the next time you use your poisoned pen to vent your twisted logic on a polity that deserves better from its intellectuals.
Don't think Susanne-Arundhati would be reading this, though.
She's probably too busy swooning over some jihadist.
Way to go Abhinav-ji -- we still have a fighting chance.
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Teesta and CPI(M) Nexus is exposed:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/144856/Godhra-riot-witnesses-got-Rs-1-lakh-each.html
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teesta-setalvads-former-confidant-files-fir-against-her/80979-3.html
More like infighting chance. I thought that after the attacks on holy places of media and VIPs there would be a modicum of action. But apart from a prolonged verbal itch nothing seems to take effect. These people are weird. They don't even seem to have a survival instinct.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teesta-setalvads-former-confidant-files-fir-against-her/80979-3.html
Story of the other btch
She gets published; she gets Prizes. We people don't!
Proof of the pudding....!
However, Kerala Christians of the orthodox denominations need not be perceived as totally evil. They all claim and are proud that they had all been Namboodiris before conversion. And they treat the lower-caste converts as untouchables, even within the Church. If someone would allow branding them Brahmin Christians, they would be happiest. And even within the money-strong Kerala Catholic Church, they all claim superiority over their White masters in Vatican, on account of their great Indian spiritual traditions.
It is just that girls like Roy have had a Western education, imbibing those values for ostentation.
Sajan, if what you said about Kerala Christinas is true, they are as screwed up as Suzanne, only in a different angle! Someone's 'mental asylum' comment comes to mind!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20nocera.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc&_r=2
They called it license raj, now they are extolling its virtues..just because they are doing it now.
Its good to see those who wield the sword take up the pen as well. First it was the Navy Chief, now it is a serving Police Officer. So far they have been reticent and at the receiving end from these psuedo-liberals. Its time they took the battle to the enemy's camp.
@shyodha:
The 'asylum' comment had been about the Hindus of Malabar....
Nice post and thanks for the links Humdinger.
It is good to see that more people are becoming aware of the perfidy of neo colinial sepoys like A.Roy.
She is the ultimate neo colonial sepoy a `uncle Tom'. She is serving her masters, the WASP establishment well for plucking her out of obscurity into fame and wealth through a Booker prize. She is quite shrill in the denunciation of India and its institutions like the Supreme Court. This Mumbai attack is no exception, her vitriol pours out. The entire article is a litany of crimes, real or imaginary of `Hindus', even if it means taking liberty with facts.
M.Patil
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