04-02-2004, 10:12 PM
Guys,
Long time, no posting here.
BTW, I don't know if you guys were following an interesting debate in Outlook magazine. First we had this reportabout V.S.Naipaul attending a <i>chintan baithak</i> at the BJP HQ in New Delhi.
Then we had notes Islamophile William Dalrymple respond to what he called Naipaul's 'jaundiced notions of hisotry'
Today we have a stinging riposte from Tarun Vijay.
A quote from the last piece:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Despite some rare examples, the stark truth is that invaders brought loot, rape, plunder and the spread of Islam in 'one package'. It has continued till this date and our times are also witnessing the rape and killings of Hindu women in J&K and Bangladesh at the hands of Islamic zealots. <b>But Dalrymple and his Marxist cartel of Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra or Nurul Hasan would weep at a distant Palestinian sprain rather than feel the pain of the Hindu neighbour.</b> <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo-->Â Naturally, they feel peeved at Sir Vidia's plainspeaking. I wonder why Rushdie's piece about it hasn't appeared yet.
It is the great sagacity of the Hindu heart that despite such continuous trails of Islamic barbarism, we have never treated Muslim society as a dushman of our land or dharma. Rahim, Raskhan, Jaysi, Taj Bibi, Ghalib remain on the most respected pedestals of Hindu reverence. The Khans are ruling Bollywood and a Muslim is our head of state. He may well prove to be the most popular head we ever had. We fought together under Bahadur Shah Zafar and none lamented. Dalrymple should not be worried about good Hindu-Muslim relations. After all, neither Raskhan's position in common Hindu households nor the Khan era in the same Bollywood where once Muslim actors had to adopt Hindu names was because of the efforts of Dalrymple's ilk. <b>Instead, it was because of the inherent Hindu sense of goodwill, even for those appallingly hateful. It's different from the culture Dalrymple belongs to.</b> Therefore, he should confine himself to his patriotic concerns.
In short, <b>leave the Hindus to their pain and sorrows for our coming generationsâwho would surely rise soon with a better spine than we see today.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Long time, no posting here.
BTW, I don't know if you guys were following an interesting debate in Outlook magazine. First we had this reportabout V.S.Naipaul attending a <i>chintan baithak</i> at the BJP HQ in New Delhi.
Then we had notes Islamophile William Dalrymple respond to what he called Naipaul's 'jaundiced notions of hisotry'
Today we have a stinging riposte from Tarun Vijay.
A quote from the last piece:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Despite some rare examples, the stark truth is that invaders brought loot, rape, plunder and the spread of Islam in 'one package'. It has continued till this date and our times are also witnessing the rape and killings of Hindu women in J&K and Bangladesh at the hands of Islamic zealots. <b>But Dalrymple and his Marxist cartel of Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra or Nurul Hasan would weep at a distant Palestinian sprain rather than feel the pain of the Hindu neighbour.</b> <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo-->Â Naturally, they feel peeved at Sir Vidia's plainspeaking. I wonder why Rushdie's piece about it hasn't appeared yet.
It is the great sagacity of the Hindu heart that despite such continuous trails of Islamic barbarism, we have never treated Muslim society as a dushman of our land or dharma. Rahim, Raskhan, Jaysi, Taj Bibi, Ghalib remain on the most respected pedestals of Hindu reverence. The Khans are ruling Bollywood and a Muslim is our head of state. He may well prove to be the most popular head we ever had. We fought together under Bahadur Shah Zafar and none lamented. Dalrymple should not be worried about good Hindu-Muslim relations. After all, neither Raskhan's position in common Hindu households nor the Khan era in the same Bollywood where once Muslim actors had to adopt Hindu names was because of the efforts of Dalrymple's ilk. <b>Instead, it was because of the inherent Hindu sense of goodwill, even for those appallingly hateful. It's different from the culture Dalrymple belongs to.</b> Therefore, he should confine himself to his patriotic concerns.
In short, <b>leave the Hindus to their pain and sorrows for our coming generationsâwho would surely rise soon with a better spine than we see today.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->