>From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Sunila Muzawar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Goanet] Arundhati Roy - Part I, II, III >Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:24:12 -0500 (CDT) > > >Without going into the details of the laundry list that Sunila has >provided, I would just like to know that is there a qualifier that exists >that requires any writer to include all of those remarks below when >writing on Gujarat and India?
Not really. And I didn't say Arundhati had to so that. I said it would have been nice if she had also noticed and written about other atrocities that have been occurring before Gujarat. >Sunila, please take the time to answer this one. If your answer is in the >affirmative, then why don't you include and require Arundhati Roy to >also include the following: > >1. The atrocities of the Indian Armed forces in Kashmir and Punjab. I think she has mentioned this in some of her other write ups that I have read. >2. The killings of thousands of Muslims in Nellie, Bhagalpur, Kanpur, >Bhiwandi, Bombay, Ahmedabad (69). Thanks for reminding me. This definitely should be added to the list. And also another one on all the Hindus killed in riots in Hyderabad, and other Muslim dominated riot areas. And another one on the Dawood and ISI led Bombay blasts and the Shiv Sena led riots. >3. Statements of Ashok Singhal and Giriraj Kishore. I think I did include the VHP. And since these folks are part of the VHP they are included. But if you would like to keep them separate to emphasize the point further, then I have no problem. >4. The selective targetting of Muslim businesses in previous riots (as >if>one rich Muslim makes up for the rest). This is a common phenomena of every riot. And it is not only Muslim businesses. In Muslim dominated areas Hindu businesses are targeted and in Hindu dominated areas Muslim businesses are targeted. Besides she has discussed it in great length over the Gujarat riots. But if you would like to add it to the list, I am ready for it. But only with both perspectives covered. >...and on and on. Exactly ! Why just single out one incident when several are occurring everyday ? >I fail to understand why you keep on choosing to be the apologist for a >regime and people who know no morals. Your defense is nothing but >a pathetic attempt to sugar coat one of the worst atrocities in India. >To think that if some one does not talk of other crimes, they condone >it,>just goes on to show how narrow minded your thought process has been >reduced to. It's easy to call someone narrow minded and names like that. I can also do the same if I choose to. After all when have you ever voiced concern for anything other than stuff that is Muslim related or Pakistan related ? But I won't stoop to those levels. As far as being an "apologist" for the current regime is concerned I don't think I am one. I know they are bad (and have said so several times. But you can choose to ignore it if you like.) But so are the others as far as I am concerned. After all, riots have occurred during the Congress regimes also. If anything, this particular riot was started by Congress municipal councillors and mayor at Godhra. >I think it is about time you woke up to the reality that people do not >have a habit of talking about twenty thousand atrocities at the same time, >even if it is solely for the purpose of "context". If today, I choose to >condemn the government of Gujarat for its crimes, that does not mean I >condone all that is going on in China. It is quite dissappointing to note >that despite being a student of Sharada Mandir, your thought process >continues to be incoherent. > You have a big chip on the shoulder about Sharada Mandir, Tariq. Looks like all your other academic experiences pale into insignificance and that of Sharada Mandir stands tall in your life. Nice advertisement for our school. Unfortunately, the school did not succeed in changing your judgemental attitude. People like Arundhati Roy are noticed in this world. It is important that they write with a broader mind and without the narrow and small perspectives of the average communal mentality of most people. I would truly like her to write about the other atrocities in India. Not in the message about Gujarat of course. I never said that. But she could mention it in her other writings. But time and again you see people like her and the media ignoring some sections of our citizens because the atrocities inflicted on them are so common and so much a part of daily life that it does not make sensational news. I object to that. Why don't you ? Cheers, Sunila _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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 !!
