Monday, June 21, 2004
Enuf is Enuff!
The Ishrat Tamasha and the Modi Tamasha (which are linked for sure, only the extent is unclear) exposes how shallow Indian political scene is, for the umteenth time. We have a chief minister with serious allegations of state-complicity (at best) and state-involvement (at worst) in the genocide (yeah, the shades of orange are going to dislike the word, but who cares!) of Muslims, getting a landslide majority. This happened with the same party in power at the centre. Well, apart from a few poetic musings, there was not a word of condemnation from the party chiefs at that time. Suddenly Atalji realizes that it was Modi that cost them the recent elections! Well, suddenly the ELM sniffs a chance of Modi Hatao. More hungama, more U-turns. Opportunistic state level leaders suddenly on the attack. And then, what the kids call fuska-baar (when a fire-cracker instead of bursting just gives out smoke)!
Enter LeT. The Lashkar-e-Toiba hand allegedly tries to reach Modi, in another assassination attempt! (Guys, don't create a Mahatma Modi now, please!). It's chopped off, and very efficiently at that. Knowing how the Gujarat machinery runs, questions will be raised about the authenticity of the encounter. In fact such questions are a testimony to a vibrant democracy, where state is also under the gaze.
Enter the Maharashtra government, and other usual suspects, however, and the ugly face of the farce is evident. Even bleeding heart liberals would be left wondering if they bleed enough! This time NCP-Congress combine has beaten them in the race.
Cong calls Ishrat's encounter fabricated
They didn't stop there! One NCP MLA, Vasant Davkhare gave an aid of Rs. 1 lakh to the family! No need to wait for a CBI probe? No need to even wait for preliminary reports of routine police enquiry, eh? I mean, we're not talking about Dube case here (how much did Davkhare sent Dube's family, BTW? Any idea?). We're talking about alleged LeT connections. Surely, one would want to wait till some information is out! But hey! Assembly elections are out on the corner. And Muslim votes cannot be ignored. So what if later you had to chew your own toes. That's what they teach you first thing in politics, don't they!
Of course, the liberals can't be left behind! TOI was quick to roll its sleeves. Do one thing, go to TOI site and search on Ishrat. There are a whooping thirty odd (relevant) links! And look at the language:
Well they don't stop raising questions either! Look at the timing of this special report:
Rise And Fall Of The Killer Cops
And then, the sole protector of human rights in the fascist India, the NHRC turns its eagle eye.. whatever that means!
Can it get any more ridiculous than this! Those who believe in secularism, please don't remain silent while these jokers are abusing it, twisting it beyond recognition, and destroying it slowly. Speak up, through blogs, through comments sections on the main-stream-media, letters-to-editors (which won't be printed, but then put them back on blogs). Because, if secularism is murdered like this, India has nothing to look forward to. There comes a time when one must say, Enuf is Enuff!
Enter LeT. The Lashkar-e-Toiba hand allegedly tries to reach Modi, in another assassination attempt! (Guys, don't create a Mahatma Modi now, please!). It's chopped off, and very efficiently at that. Knowing how the Gujarat machinery runs, questions will be raised about the authenticity of the encounter. In fact such questions are a testimony to a vibrant democracy, where state is also under the gaze.
Enter the Maharashtra government, and other usual suspects, however, and the ugly face of the farce is evident. Even bleeding heart liberals would be left wondering if they bleed enough! This time NCP-Congress combine has beaten them in the race.
Cong calls Ishrat's encounter fabricated
They didn't stop there! One NCP MLA, Vasant Davkhare gave an aid of Rs. 1 lakh to the family! No need to wait for a CBI probe? No need to even wait for preliminary reports of routine police enquiry, eh? I mean, we're not talking about Dube case here (how much did Davkhare sent Dube's family, BTW? Any idea?). We're talking about alleged LeT connections. Surely, one would want to wait till some information is out! But hey! Assembly elections are out on the corner. And Muslim votes cannot be ignored. So what if later you had to chew your own toes. That's what they teach you first thing in politics, don't they!
Of course, the liberals can't be left behind! TOI was quick to roll its sleeves. Do one thing, go to TOI site and search on Ishrat. There are a whooping thirty odd (relevant) links! And look at the language:
The most disturbing question, however, concerns Ishrat. An 18-year-old girl, who had just entered the second year of a graduate course in Mumbai's Khalsa College.Couldn't it be that she was living two lives? Why does it not occur to (allegedly) intelligent reports to ask question like, what was a girl from Thane who stuck to her studies and household chores doing with three men in Ahamedabad? Was her family that liberal that it would let a lone girl roam around in other town with male friends? But then I forget, when heart bleeds, logic deserts you. We must forgive them these lapses.
Everyone college mates, neighbours, family insists she was a girl who stuck to her studies and household chores, besides giving tuition lessons. Many flatly refused to believe she could be a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist who'd gone to Ahmedabad to help assassinate Modi.
Well they don't stop raising questions either! Look at the timing of this special report:
Rise And Fall Of The Killer Cops
And then, the sole protector of human rights in the fascist India, the NHRC turns its eagle eye.. whatever that means!
Can it get any more ridiculous than this! Those who believe in secularism, please don't remain silent while these jokers are abusing it, twisting it beyond recognition, and destroying it slowly. Speak up, through blogs, through comments sections on the main-stream-media, letters-to-editors (which won't be printed, but then put them back on blogs). Because, if secularism is murdered like this, India has nothing to look forward to. There comes a time when one must say, Enuf is Enuff!
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