I have received this message several times now and if I recall right, it has already made it to goanet before. This message has obviously been circulated by the political parties who pretend to support Muslims e.g. Samajwadi Party, Congress Party, NCP, etc.
I have also received another message a couple of times which tells the story from the other side. It focusses on the innocence of the Godhra victims and the harshness of the persons who set the train on fire. This message has obviously been circulated by the Sangh Parivar, BJP, etc. who pretend to support Hindus. Who should we believe? I guess it is upto you. Just remember some facts like the train stopped at Godhra for all of five minutes; fifty nine people were burnt alive, the majority of whom were women and childres (17 women and 25 children if I recall right); the fire stations were forcibly prevented from putting out the fire; Godhra is notorious in the past also for communal violence; the incident resulted in mass killings in the revenge vendetta that followed; hundreds of Muslims have had their homes burnt down, their relatives killed, raped, assaulted; etc. I would rather not take sides. After all whether a person is Hindu or Muslim he is first human. And a child is a child no matter who his/her parents are. And nothing and nobody can justify violence leading to deaths of men, women and children.....at Godhra or the rest of Gujarat. Do you agree ? Also you guys must have heard that tale about the conspiracy behind the Sep 11 bombings wherein 4000-5000 Jews are supposed to have not reported to work at the WTC on that day. Well, 90% of one billion Muslims in the world believed this story the first time they heard it. 99% of the rest of the world did not believe it when they heard it. Some Muslims got convinced otherwise when it was pointed out that there was no way that the alleged Jewish absenteism could have been proven. What did you think ? I suppose many of us like to believe things according to our own fixed perceptions of people and events. Cheers, Sunila >From: Francisco Alves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Goanet] FW: Untold story of Godra, India >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:52:37 -0700 (PDT) > >I received this from a friend. If it is true, it is very shocking >indeed. > > > > > Forwarded: > > > > > > > > From: Hari Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: The Godhra train incident > > > > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:18:36 -0800 > > > > > > > > Dear friends: > > > > > > > > Conflicting news have been coming from various sources as to > > >what > > > > actually > > > > happened at the Godhra station on Feb. 27, where a couple of > > >train > > > > coaches > > > > were burnt, killing many Hindu Ram Sewaks and others, > > >including > > > > women and > > > > children. > > > > > > > > Knowing India as I think I do, I found it extremely unlikely > > >that > > > > an > > > > "organized" crowd of Muslims would undertake such a ghastly > > >act in > > > > a > > > > pre-planned way, as has been widely asserted in the media. > > > > > > > > I wrote to some journalist friends of mine in India. And > > >here is > > > > a version > > > > I have received from a highly reputed journalist and Human > > >Rights > > > > activist, > > > > Mukundan Menon, based in Kerala. And I am pleased to share it > > >with > > > > you. This > > > > story has already been published in some Kerala papers. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
