Views posted on the Hindustan Times POSTED by THE GOAN FORUM....in the interest of Balance. The selected 10 posts indicate some of the views on the Gujarat fiasco.
What are your views? jc for TGF Hindustan Times: Gujarat is burning. Gujarat needs help. The social fabric has been destroyed by a spate of communal violence and its economy is in a shambles. Express your feelings about Gujarat's dilemma and send in your suggestions on how peace and properity can return to this state. 1. The barbaric and incessant killing spree using even the electoral rolls to target a particular community is nothing but genocide. The very existence of RSS is built on the edifice of anti-minoritism. Golvakar, the founder of RSS, in his book We our nationhood explicitly says that all the non-Hindus should either adopt Hindu culture or live subservient to Hindus. In short, Muslims have all along been identified as foreigners and thus should be exterminated, is the mood created by the Sangh outfits. The current carnage in Gujarat is in line with this thinking, using the tools of hatred, lies and negative propaganda. All the right thinking persons will denounce the Godhra attack and the subsequent carnage in Gujarat. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. The Gujarat Government and its people are worse than Nazis. Nazis never indulged in killing infants and pregnant women. If I had my way, I would hang the entire Gujarat Cabinet starting with the Governor of Gujarat. I know Narendra Modi is hand in glove with the killers, but what about the Governor? It's disgusting and frustrating to be an Indian Hindu. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. The BJP/RSS/Bajrang Dal are ruining my investments in India. They are hurting business. They have to go and I think the businessmen (who were ironically BJP's biggest supporters) will see to it that the BJP gets wiped out in the elections next year. The BJP dug their own grave in Gujarat. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. During the partition era, Muslim extremists compelled Hindus to leave Pakistan and hundreds of thousands of Hindus also died in the carnage. Damage was done to both sides. But, let's look at the facts after the partition. India has had one of the most aggressive and ambitious affirmative action programs in the world. The results, while far from perfect, have produced many top level Muslim leaders in various capacities in India, and a growth of Muslims as a percentage of total population. But in Pakistan, the Hindu population has decreased from 11per cent in 1947 to around 1 per cent today, as a result of ethnic cleansing. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. Looking at the views of the people around, I am literally shocked. Earlier, I used to be a strong supporter of India. I never used to care about a bunch of goons like the VHP, RSS and the Bajrang Dal. They can only strike in groups and on unarmed people. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. I really wonder what has happened to the moral fibre of India, to public opinion, to the so-called intelligentsia. Why are'nt we seeing more protests in the country? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. I have been in the US for more than 25 years and met and worked with several Hindu Gujratis. With the exception of a few of them, most of them carry communal feelings against Muslims. Indirectly they are responsible for riots in Gujarat by raising funds in US for BJP, RSS and VHP. On one hand they are very soft spoken and put large banners during Eid to attract Muslim customers but privately, they despise Muslims. I think it is time for some honest God-fearing Hindu Gujratis to speak out and stop funding these rascist organizations. Remember all of us have to answer to God for our deeds here on earth. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. Save and strengthen the hands of Modi, not the country at this moment. Once he becomes stronger, he will make the country stronger also. He is the only one who can make this country real Hindu State after getting rid of the so called minorities. Goodluck our beloved Prime Minister of the future. Vishwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8. It is clear that the Indian English media is filled with pseudo-journalists in the same way as most political parties are filled with pseudo-secularists. It is true for places of higher learning with many pseudo-universities and pseudo-intellectuals. In addition we have pseudo-statisticians on topics like India's development versus say China's. This is exactly the reason India is still among world's poorest countries. Compared to India, China is a real country. The Chinese have settled enough ethnic Chinese in Muslim areas that soon ethnic Chinese will be a majority . But Muslims in China would not dare to do the kind of things Muslims in India do, like the Godhra incident. Number of people killed by the Chinese Government because of their ideology was not suited with state ideology runs into tens of millions. That has never been the cause of concern for foreign investment. China is receiving far more foreign investment than India. Which clearly shows the world likes results, not idle arguments and talks. The net result is Chinese living standard is higher than Indian living standard. Therefore a strong majority government of the BJP, VHP, RSS type will bring far more discipline and safety in India and attract more foreign investment. Therefore, it is about time Indian people take the matter in their own hand and send away all these secularists to Pakistan. This will make India a real nation, instead of pseudo-nation, commanding respect in the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9. Do not unnecessarily blame Gujarat. Muslims are creating trouble all over the world. Why don't you ask Kashmiri Pandits, Punjabi Hindus and Sindhi Hindus?Please do not worry about our international image as we Gujaratis are well established by our own strength and not by you guys in India. So please stop advising Gujaratis. Without Gandhi there would have been no `azadi' and without Patel, India would not have been India. Vijay Acharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10. I am a Lecturer of Pakistan Studies at a college in Lahore, Pakistan. My parents(mother from Delhi and father from Rewari, Rajasthan) migrated in 1947 as they were compelled to do so by Hindu fanatics. They had no option but to leave their respective cities and during this process thousands of innocent Muslims were killed by Hindu fanatics. In January this year, L K.Advani had proposed the confederation between India and Pakistan. The whole history of India, especially after the partition in 1947, shows that Muslims in India have been targeted and they are far less in every field of life, despite the fact they have 15 per cent ratio of population. Look, honestly at the numbers of riots numbers of Muslims killed barbarically, numbers of Muslim employees, their standard of living in India, and also analyze the real facts about Hindu community living in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Who is secure, safe and sound? Muslims in India or Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh? I am shocked at how the common common Hindus have barbarically targeted the Muslims and burnt and tortured the Muslims. How was the police inactive, how were the law and order enforcement agencies indifferent? We are proud that we always regard and respect the minorities living in Muslim countries. It was the fear among the Muslims of India that after the British Raj, Hindu fanatics will make the Muslims 3rd-rated citizens and the Hindu fanatics have proved it. Muhammad Ilyas Ansari [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== Recommended Goan Sites in Cyberspace Goa-World at http://www.goa-world.net The Goan Forum is at http://www.colaco.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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