In reply to Marshall's 4th response, should I say, 'If the Congress leadership were to dig into the BJP's role in fomenting the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, there is no doubt the BJP would retaliate by clamoring for an inquiry into the Congress Party's own culpability in the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre.'
Under such situations, I've no other choice than to say, 'the law presumes all innocent of crime(s) until proven guilty!' This I'm forced to say because in cases: 1984 anti-Sikh massacre and 2002 Gujarat pogrom, Indian judiciary has not reached to final conclusion!! If above lines don't answer your 'Ifs & Buts', let me say, 'the two principal parties in the world's most populous democracy that is India might have a secret understanding to bury each other's foul communal crimes!' And their presumed understandings have left us (me and you included!) play a funny game called: oppose/support; criticize/commend; accuse/counter accuse; and other such time-pass games.' Lastly Marshal, I think, your responses 1 to 3 are answered by Jose Colaco, because, the first Para (I used in my message) was a quote from Jose Colaco's response to me! Best regards, U. G. Barad On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: U. G. Barad.: In his partial agreement with my comment, Jose Colaco said: 'Mr Shekar Gupta, when you ask a question of a person, please allow the person to respond. It was a pain to listen to you interrupt Mr. Parrikar in mid-sentence. Dr. Barad is right. You came across in this interview as an arrogant and unprofessional bully. You are fortunate that our CM did not walk out on you. The unprofessionalism of Shekar Gupta can be further seen in the editorial that he wrote on the interview. The editorial is enclosed. Clearly, Shekar seems to be desperate to find out someone who he thinks supports his view so as to put Narendra Modi on the mat. It does not matter to him whether his views are right or wrong. Response: 1. One needs to view the entire interview instead of just a 2-3 minutes clipping before jumping to any hasty conclusions. Here is the entire interview: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/walk-the-talk/walk-the-talk-with-manohar-pa rrikar-part-i/280253 2. Shekhar Gupta is one of the most balanced, fair, and incisive journalist in India and widely respected for his views. 3. Shekhar Gupta conducted a fairly good interview where he tried to pin down Parrikar who tried to run with the hares while hunting with the hounds by calling the Gujarat pogrom an administrative failure while trying to give Narendra Modi a clean chit. 4. What is Dr Barad's view on the Gujarat 2002 pogrom. Does he accept that Narendra Modi is innocent? Does he condone the violence and subsequent hijacking of justice? Regards, Marshall