05-08-2006, 07:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-08-2006, 07:22 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
Muslims are back in business, making up their sob stories as usual as the following article shows:
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- By Seema Mustafa
There is something about Union home minister Shivraj Patil that makes it appear that each time he speaks, the words are being dragged out of him. His is an amazingly successful impersonation of the reluctant maiden, which would have been fine had he not been the home minister of India. No one can fault Mr Patil on his appearance, with every crease and strand of hair in place. But the "there is nothing wrong, and if there is, it is being taken care of" attitude does not inspire confidence, particularly as he manages to completely play down the importance of the situation in the process, and reduces government reaction to a non-assertive response. Unfortunately, the attitude plays on the officials as well, with the government machinery under the home minister now appearing uncertain as to whether it should be "seized" of the situation, or whether it should follow the natty Mr Patilâs lead in insinuating that there is actually no situation at all to be seized about. One has to commend the home secretary, V.K. Duggal, for following a straight and narrow official line, and at least trying to fill in all the blanks created by his minister.
This is not to say that one expects the home minister to flap, but that he should at least be convincing in his authority. Unfortunately, the television persona is the same that meets Opposition leaders and delegations that meet him on issues as important and as varied as Gujarat, the Northeast, Jammu and Kashmir. "It is fine, we are doing all that we can, the situation will not remain uncontrolled, it will be controlled," says the home minister (or words to that effect). How? "Well, it is being worked out, we are in touch, we are talking to them, we will see what we can do," is the response. Those listening to him cannot be blamed for not exactly being infused with confidence.
The Ugly Indian was at it again in Gujarat. The mobs were out in Baroda this time, simply because the Muslims had dared to raise their voice against the demolition of a 300-year old dargah. How dare they even speak, was the message flashed down to the mobs that owe allegiance in Gujarat to its chief minister Narendra Modi; and the same Vishwa Hindu Parishad chaps, the same Bajrang Dalis, the same dirty policemen, the same administration had within minutes joined hands to wreak terror on the streets of Baroda. Helpless citizens of India spent a night in abject terror, calling every number they knew and receiving no response except hate-filled messages from the police control room, "Go to Pakistan." The mobs moved around freely, threatening, burning a young man alive in his vehicle, indulging in rampant arson, while the police insisted that there was no threat to the minorities, and Baroda was as peaceful as it possibly could be.
This columnist who started receiving messages and telephone calls from Gujarat from 1 a.m. that night â and for those with the same filthy communal mindset as the mobs on Barodaâs streets, let me tell you that the calls were not from Muslims, but from secular and concerned citizens of India comprising all religions â wanting people here to knock on doors to get some protection for those "trapped" in Baroda. "They will be butchered, the mobs are threatening a repeat of 2002" the messages screamed. And as one almost tearful activist from Ahmedabad said, "We have no refuge, they can kill us any time they want, we are here to die, not to live as there is no protection for us." It is a tragedy, if after over 50 years of independence, even a single citizen of India has to live for even a moment in complete and total fear, not of the mobs, but of the Indian state. We all must collectively hang our heads in shame.
Gujarat might have been controlled this time, because perhaps it did not suit the Ugly Indian to change the golden star for excellent development given to him by Montek Singh Ahluwaliaâs Planning Commission â with all the happy progressives on board â for a black mark. But he has happily demonstrated yet again his control over the mobs and over the unhappy destiny that he is determining for the people of Gujarat with the full support of the BJP and the Congress Party. The minorities have to live in the ghettos he has prepared for them, and accept all that comes their way. If they â the Muslims, the Christians, the tribals â speak out of turn and demand rights as citizens of India, they will have to bear the price. This could be a night of abuse, threats; this could be largescale arson and the burning alive of human beings; this could be 2002 with rape, arson, murder, mayhem. It is for the Ugly Indian to choose, and for him to decide.
In 2002, the BJP extended total and complete support to the Ugly Indian to preside over the killing of 2,000 citizens of India. The frightening thought is that under the Congress-led coalition today, the man is still in a position to preside over the killing of as many, if not more Indians in Gujarat, at a moment of his choosing and with complete absence of remorse. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh convened a Cabinet meeting the morning after the night of tension to discuss the developments. Ministers made it clear that the government could not afford violence in Gujarat without paying a heavy price. Shivraj Patil was shaken out of his complacent slumber to keep an hourly watch over Gujarat, tiring and irksome for a minister seeking his solace in the air-conditioned corridors of 10 Janpath and not the dusty and hot states of India. But what is frightening is this entire argument that the Centre cannot do anything, unless the state requisitions it.
An inquiry committee has been set up to look into the demolition of the dargah. An inquiry committee must also be set up to examine the role of the police and the administration, to find out how tainted policemen are back in charge, and how a policeman or even a god for that matter, had the temerity to ask a citizen of India to "go to Pakistan." As an Army daughter I was taught early at home to hit out with all the force at my command against those sick people who kept hounding the Muslims with the "go to Pakistan" threat. I can only wish the civilian government will learn some lessons from our struggle for independence (in which the jingoistic nationalists did not participate), and help those who are feeling too helpless and vulnerable for no fault of theirs, to hit out hard against those who dare to point a finger at their identity and their patriotism. The policemen in Baroda should be brought before the law and made accountable. And so should their patrons in politiciansâ garb. Also, a word of advice for the heir apparent. Leaders are not made by campaigning for their mothers, but in holding the hands of the victims of Doda and Gujarat in their hour of strife and grief.
Tailpiece: Pramod Mahajan is dead, and while one is sorry about the manner in which he died, it is somehow difficult to understand the completely hysterical media reaction. A weeping media â he was a good source â virtually canonised the BJP leader and imbued in him many a virtue that was not very visible when he was alive. Pramod was a dashing personality, but an ordinary leader who had won only one election out of the three or four he had contested, useful for sections of the BJP, a good fund-raiser, with contacts in the corporate world. The media hysteria does raise one question â if this was the coverage Pramod Mahajan got, 20 of the 24 hours on television channels, 20 of the 30 pages in newspapers (or some such figures), then what would we have done if Gandhi had been killed today? Surely, not much more space would have been made available for him than has been made available for this very ordinary MP, whose contribution to the party might be worth a mention, but whose contribution to the nation remains under a big question mark that even the frenzied media response has not been able to turn into a halo.
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Acha so Muslims will not follow the law, they will raise their voice even if its an illegal dargah. Funny how the wh*re never mentions the Muslim mobs that were doing the rampaging to start with and the fact that they murdered 2 Hindus, infact the 2 Hindus that got killed find no mention in the article at all.
Funny how we didn't see her come out and write articles when Muslims were massacring Hindus in Mau, in Lucknow on the pretext of anti Bush protests and looting Hindu shops in Hyderabad nor did we see her write an article after 35 Hindus were massacred in Jammu.
You see "Islam is a religion of peace and Muslims are always the victims" and Hindu dhimmis better learn to stay in their place or else ....
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->State of Fear
- By Seema Mustafa
There is something about Union home minister Shivraj Patil that makes it appear that each time he speaks, the words are being dragged out of him. His is an amazingly successful impersonation of the reluctant maiden, which would have been fine had he not been the home minister of India. No one can fault Mr Patil on his appearance, with every crease and strand of hair in place. But the "there is nothing wrong, and if there is, it is being taken care of" attitude does not inspire confidence, particularly as he manages to completely play down the importance of the situation in the process, and reduces government reaction to a non-assertive response. Unfortunately, the attitude plays on the officials as well, with the government machinery under the home minister now appearing uncertain as to whether it should be "seized" of the situation, or whether it should follow the natty Mr Patilâs lead in insinuating that there is actually no situation at all to be seized about. One has to commend the home secretary, V.K. Duggal, for following a straight and narrow official line, and at least trying to fill in all the blanks created by his minister.
This is not to say that one expects the home minister to flap, but that he should at least be convincing in his authority. Unfortunately, the television persona is the same that meets Opposition leaders and delegations that meet him on issues as important and as varied as Gujarat, the Northeast, Jammu and Kashmir. "It is fine, we are doing all that we can, the situation will not remain uncontrolled, it will be controlled," says the home minister (or words to that effect). How? "Well, it is being worked out, we are in touch, we are talking to them, we will see what we can do," is the response. Those listening to him cannot be blamed for not exactly being infused with confidence.
The Ugly Indian was at it again in Gujarat. The mobs were out in Baroda this time, simply because the Muslims had dared to raise their voice against the demolition of a 300-year old dargah. How dare they even speak, was the message flashed down to the mobs that owe allegiance in Gujarat to its chief minister Narendra Modi; and the same Vishwa Hindu Parishad chaps, the same Bajrang Dalis, the same dirty policemen, the same administration had within minutes joined hands to wreak terror on the streets of Baroda. Helpless citizens of India spent a night in abject terror, calling every number they knew and receiving no response except hate-filled messages from the police control room, "Go to Pakistan." The mobs moved around freely, threatening, burning a young man alive in his vehicle, indulging in rampant arson, while the police insisted that there was no threat to the minorities, and Baroda was as peaceful as it possibly could be.
This columnist who started receiving messages and telephone calls from Gujarat from 1 a.m. that night â and for those with the same filthy communal mindset as the mobs on Barodaâs streets, let me tell you that the calls were not from Muslims, but from secular and concerned citizens of India comprising all religions â wanting people here to knock on doors to get some protection for those "trapped" in Baroda. "They will be butchered, the mobs are threatening a repeat of 2002" the messages screamed. And as one almost tearful activist from Ahmedabad said, "We have no refuge, they can kill us any time they want, we are here to die, not to live as there is no protection for us." It is a tragedy, if after over 50 years of independence, even a single citizen of India has to live for even a moment in complete and total fear, not of the mobs, but of the Indian state. We all must collectively hang our heads in shame.
Gujarat might have been controlled this time, because perhaps it did not suit the Ugly Indian to change the golden star for excellent development given to him by Montek Singh Ahluwaliaâs Planning Commission â with all the happy progressives on board â for a black mark. But he has happily demonstrated yet again his control over the mobs and over the unhappy destiny that he is determining for the people of Gujarat with the full support of the BJP and the Congress Party. The minorities have to live in the ghettos he has prepared for them, and accept all that comes their way. If they â the Muslims, the Christians, the tribals â speak out of turn and demand rights as citizens of India, they will have to bear the price. This could be a night of abuse, threats; this could be largescale arson and the burning alive of human beings; this could be 2002 with rape, arson, murder, mayhem. It is for the Ugly Indian to choose, and for him to decide.
In 2002, the BJP extended total and complete support to the Ugly Indian to preside over the killing of 2,000 citizens of India. The frightening thought is that under the Congress-led coalition today, the man is still in a position to preside over the killing of as many, if not more Indians in Gujarat, at a moment of his choosing and with complete absence of remorse. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh convened a Cabinet meeting the morning after the night of tension to discuss the developments. Ministers made it clear that the government could not afford violence in Gujarat without paying a heavy price. Shivraj Patil was shaken out of his complacent slumber to keep an hourly watch over Gujarat, tiring and irksome for a minister seeking his solace in the air-conditioned corridors of 10 Janpath and not the dusty and hot states of India. But what is frightening is this entire argument that the Centre cannot do anything, unless the state requisitions it.
An inquiry committee has been set up to look into the demolition of the dargah. An inquiry committee must also be set up to examine the role of the police and the administration, to find out how tainted policemen are back in charge, and how a policeman or even a god for that matter, had the temerity to ask a citizen of India to "go to Pakistan." As an Army daughter I was taught early at home to hit out with all the force at my command against those sick people who kept hounding the Muslims with the "go to Pakistan" threat. I can only wish the civilian government will learn some lessons from our struggle for independence (in which the jingoistic nationalists did not participate), and help those who are feeling too helpless and vulnerable for no fault of theirs, to hit out hard against those who dare to point a finger at their identity and their patriotism. The policemen in Baroda should be brought before the law and made accountable. And so should their patrons in politiciansâ garb. Also, a word of advice for the heir apparent. Leaders are not made by campaigning for their mothers, but in holding the hands of the victims of Doda and Gujarat in their hour of strife and grief.
Tailpiece: Pramod Mahajan is dead, and while one is sorry about the manner in which he died, it is somehow difficult to understand the completely hysterical media reaction. A weeping media â he was a good source â virtually canonised the BJP leader and imbued in him many a virtue that was not very visible when he was alive. Pramod was a dashing personality, but an ordinary leader who had won only one election out of the three or four he had contested, useful for sections of the BJP, a good fund-raiser, with contacts in the corporate world. The media hysteria does raise one question â if this was the coverage Pramod Mahajan got, 20 of the 24 hours on television channels, 20 of the 30 pages in newspapers (or some such figures), then what would we have done if Gandhi had been killed today? Surely, not much more space would have been made available for him than has been made available for this very ordinary MP, whose contribution to the party might be worth a mention, but whose contribution to the nation remains under a big question mark that even the frenzied media response has not been able to turn into a halo.
http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&...&RF=DefaultMain<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Acha so Muslims will not follow the law, they will raise their voice even if its an illegal dargah. Funny how the wh*re never mentions the Muslim mobs that were doing the rampaging to start with and the fact that they murdered 2 Hindus, infact the 2 Hindus that got killed find no mention in the article at all.
Funny how we didn't see her come out and write articles when Muslims were massacring Hindus in Mau, in Lucknow on the pretext of anti Bush protests and looting Hindu shops in Hyderabad nor did we see her write an article after 35 Hindus were massacred in Jammu.
You see "Islam is a religion of peace and Muslims are always the victims" and Hindu dhimmis better learn to stay in their place or else ....