Comment: This is with reference to the article 'What made Hindus angry in Karnataka 'by François Gautier posted by Dr Anil Desai. I may offer the foll comments: Francois Gautier is a self confessed hindutva sympathizer. Hence, the write up is as expected - devoid of facts, evidence, proofs. Full of rhetoric. Low on credibility. High on propaganda. Stuff that excites lumpen elements and diehard communalists. Let me point out some of his absurdities: 1. He writes "But when furious Hindus, tired of being made fun of, of witnessing their brothers and sisters converted by financials traps, of seeing a 84-year-old swami and his Mataji brutally murdered, of reading blasphemy about their Gods, vent their anger against churches, many of them makeshifts, the Indian government goes after the soft target which the Hindus are." Comment:If the matter was not serious, this would be laughable. First of all Maoists have taken responsibility for the crime. Secondly, who has given authority to the VHP /BD to take law into their hands and indulge in violence of the scale unheard of. And he calls such elements 'soft targets'. Is it worth for anyone to respond at all to such articles? 2. He writes:' But what really angered local Hindus was when Newlife went one step further and published a book in Kannada — Satya Darshini — which was widely distributed by its missionaries. Here below is the translation of some of the most abusive passages: "Urvashi — the daughter of Lord Vishnu — is a prostitute.' Comment: a. New life has disowned the book and has gone on record that it was not published by them b. It is not beyond the dirty tricks dept of VHP / BD to publish such literature with a view to forment trouble. c. even for arguments sake, say the book was published by Newlife, there exists a law of the land. Complaints could have been filed with the police.Can anyone in this country feeling aggrieved take law into their own hands and determine who is innocent and who is guilty? Isn't this a form of terrorism? And why were catholic churches attacked including the convent of the cloistered nuns? 3.He writes:'in the Tamil Nadu coastal belt from Chennai to Kanyakumari, there must be now 10 per cent Christians posttsunami and the same may be true in other parts of south India. Comment: He needs to support his arguments with official data and facts. Otherwise his arguments carry no weight. Even otherwise, conversion is not illegal. If he has any complaints about force or fraud being used in conversions has he brought this to the notice of the authorities?
Finally I would like to ask Dr Anil Desai since he posted this article- 1. does he agree with the views expressed by Francois Gautier? 2. Does he approve of the violence that took place in Orissa, Karnataka and other places? 3. does his ideology permit the use of violence? 4. would he approve and support similar incidents were they to happen in Goa? Regards, Marshall -- Will the all new Indica Vista zip ahead of the Suzuki Swift? Read the expert review on Zigwheels.com http://zigwheels.com/b2cam/reviewsDetails.action?name=Ro11_20080829&path=/INDT/Reviews/Ro11_20080829&page=1&pagecount=9
