08-07-2007, 01:36 AM
Readersâ Forum
Hindu bashing: I have been a regular reader of your magazine for almost a decade. The articles are great and thought-provoking. Time and again I used to wonder why the articles seem to be buried only in Organiser but never ever comes to light in any other publication. Today, media in India is the most active and has brought several issues to light but unfortunately the articles in Organiser never get read beyond the realms of the Organiser reading public. May I ask as to why the leading newspapers of our country shun the news items published in Organiser? Most news items found in the leading newspapers and magazines get a full-fledged follow-up in the electronic media with news channels vying with one another to bring even images of the news items. News items of Gujarat riots, Sabarimala priest escapades etc. all point out to Hindu bashing. We in Hindu India are treated worse than Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, the Indian and Pakistani Muslims look down upon Hindus and the poor Hindu keeps mum and takes all the insults. I wish to bring to your kind attention an incident, which I personally witnessed. The headmistress of the Indian Embassy School in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, who was an Indian national, reprimanded the Hindi teacher for teaching Namaste, as it was anti-Islamic and in fact gave a lecture for almost half an hour on the glories of Islam. The poor Hindi teacher was in tears and said sorry. To this apology, the headmistress said the Hindus are kafirs and will always remain third-grade cowards. Can I publish this in any leading Indian newspaper, as it is the truth? No. Such news items can be published only in Organiser and we are a secular country with a freedom of the Press!
âA.P. VENKATESHWAR Iyer
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