On Jun 26, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Santosh Helekar <chimbel...@yahoo.com> QUOTE: "Authorities in India’s Gujarat state are subverting justice, protecting perpetrators, and intimidating those promoting accountability 10 years after the anti-Muslim riots that killed nearly 2,000 people, Human Rights Watch said today. The state government has resisted Supreme Court orders to prosecute those responsible for the carnage and has failed to provide most survivors with compensation."
COMMENT: My two kawdi worth. 1: the number of folks killed may vary ....according to who is counting but the fact remains that many people were killed and Gorrment machinery was used to frustrate a proper investigation of the crime. 2: the stated 'warning': BJP will bring up the 1984 anti-Sikh riot deaths if the Congress proceeds with making an issue of Godhra, is sad. 3: the above to points do NOT dilute my position that Shekhar Gupta was quite (and irritatingly so) unprofessional as a journalist. 4: Mr. Gupta, the country watches what goes on on TV. Respect the office of the CM of Goa, whether you respect his political views or not. 5: The uncouth behaviour on TV becomes a pointer to many people that One can come to Goa and behave badly in Goa, where 'Men are drunk and Women are loose'. They are good for being "Cooks and Butlers" anyway. 6: And why don't we just Squat anywhere, Grab a Dabolim here or there and do as 'we' please? ps: in what I see as a sad Commentary of Goa, we had the spectacle of reading Chandrakant Keni advocating the expulsion from Goa of anyone who applies/obtains Portuguese nationality and hearing Bal Thackray preaching in Marathi that Goans should throw out all non-Goans from Goa. Wonder what he was doing there (Azad Maidan) anyway? jc
