09-14-2010, 09:24 AM
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Hindu Samhati's Silent March Against Terror - Success in the Red Bastion
As we had intimated before, Hindu Samhati under the leadership of Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh organised a Silent March along the streets of Kolkata. It might be said with all humility the that the massive response it generated from the Hindu masses of Bengal and the spontaneity of the response has left us surprised. The March commenced from the gates of the famous Calcutta University and ended at Esplanade - the centre of the City. In its course the March traversed through nearly two thirds of down town Kolkata and everywhere people lined up along the footpath, in a silent expression of their solidarity with the marchers.
In a meeting before the Hindu Samhati team had already decided that the March against terror blasts throughout India would be a silent one. Silent because there is nothing more to say. If the random deaths from Jihadi terrorism of more than 30,000 of innocent Indian citizens, soldiers and other security personnel throughout the last decade could not spur the government of India into action; it may be safely assumed that the honourable government of India has ceased to respond to anything resembling a call of duty. Maybe (and we are hoping against hope here) an expression of silent scorn and contempt by a massed citizenry could shame it into action. And the common people of Bengal and Kolkata affirmed their solidarity. Kolkata - the Red Bastion of the East, the capital of flamboyant secularism, the safe secular heaven and the covert jump-off base of the Jihadis from Bangladesh and Pakistan, Indian Jihad's unguarded backdoor to the world. And this time Kolkata witnessed a strong and silent gathering of Hindus which may be said to be the largest since the days of the Ramjanmabhoomi Movement. Maybe the sleepy and forgetful Hindu of Bengal has had enough.
At Espalnade the marchers and the public was addressed by Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and other leaders of Hindu Samhati. After that an eight member team of Hindu Samhati went to the Raj Bhavan (Governor's House) to submit a memorandum against the horrible spectre of Jihadi terrorism that is trying to rip our motherland apart.
The full text of the Memorandum is given below, after the pictures of the Silent March.
Youth of Hindu Samhati gathers for the March
Opposite Calcutta University
Sri Tapan Ghosh has a discussion with the Marchers
The March begins
Banner trans: Silent March to end Jihadi Terror
Banner trans: Stop Kolkata-Dhaka busses and trains, stop importing terror.
Marchers of Hindu Samhati - before the Kolkata Municipal HQ
March goes through downtown Kolkata
Banner trans: After how much blood shall the Government assume the duty of securing the lives of its citizens?
Sri Tapan Ghosh exhorting the Marchers
Culmination - at Esplanade
Young leaders of Hindu Samhati addressing the public meet.
Banner trans: Hang Afzal Guru (of the parliament attack infamy) immediately.
Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh addressing the Marchers and the public at Esplanade.
The Memorandam presented by Hindu Samhati to the Honourable Governor of West Bengal Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi:
Date: 01/08/2008
MEMORANDUM
Hindu Samhati's Silent March Against Terror - Success in the Red Bastion
As we had intimated before, Hindu Samhati under the leadership of Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh organised a Silent March along the streets of Kolkata. It might be said with all humility the that the massive response it generated from the Hindu masses of Bengal and the spontaneity of the response has left us surprised. The March commenced from the gates of the famous Calcutta University and ended at Esplanade - the centre of the City. In its course the March traversed through nearly two thirds of down town Kolkata and everywhere people lined up along the footpath, in a silent expression of their solidarity with the marchers.
In a meeting before the Hindu Samhati team had already decided that the March against terror blasts throughout India would be a silent one. Silent because there is nothing more to say. If the random deaths from Jihadi terrorism of more than 30,000 of innocent Indian citizens, soldiers and other security personnel throughout the last decade could not spur the government of India into action; it may be safely assumed that the honourable government of India has ceased to respond to anything resembling a call of duty. Maybe (and we are hoping against hope here) an expression of silent scorn and contempt by a massed citizenry could shame it into action. And the common people of Bengal and Kolkata affirmed their solidarity. Kolkata - the Red Bastion of the East, the capital of flamboyant secularism, the safe secular heaven and the covert jump-off base of the Jihadis from Bangladesh and Pakistan, Indian Jihad's unguarded backdoor to the world. And this time Kolkata witnessed a strong and silent gathering of Hindus which may be said to be the largest since the days of the Ramjanmabhoomi Movement. Maybe the sleepy and forgetful Hindu of Bengal has had enough.
At Espalnade the marchers and the public was addressed by Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh and other leaders of Hindu Samhati. After that an eight member team of Hindu Samhati went to the Raj Bhavan (Governor's House) to submit a memorandum against the horrible spectre of Jihadi terrorism that is trying to rip our motherland apart.
The full text of the Memorandum is given below, after the pictures of the Silent March.
Youth of Hindu Samhati gathers for the March
Opposite Calcutta University
Sri Tapan Ghosh has a discussion with the Marchers
The March begins
Banner trans: Silent March to end Jihadi Terror
Banner trans: Stop Kolkata-Dhaka busses and trains, stop importing terror.
Marchers of Hindu Samhati - before the Kolkata Municipal HQ
March goes through downtown Kolkata
Banner trans: After how much blood shall the Government assume the duty of securing the lives of its citizens?
Sri Tapan Ghosh exhorting the Marchers
Culmination - at Esplanade
Young leaders of Hindu Samhati addressing the public meet.
Banner trans: Hang Afzal Guru (of the parliament attack infamy) immediately.
Sri Tapan Kumar Ghosh addressing the Marchers and the public at Esplanade.
The Memorandam presented by Hindu Samhati to the Honourable Governor of West Bengal Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi:
Date: 01/08/2008
MEMORANDUM