Thanks for your reflections..... it's always easy to shoot a christian because he/she doesn't know how to retalliate, and it takes real guts to shoot a Maoist, so the VHP has gone for the easy one. Sudha Varghese
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:03:28 -0500Subject: Re: Blind faith? Fragile peace blown to bits in Orissa -- SMS poll Jharkhand Forum VHP's bravery in face of defenceless women and children is boundless. Maybe they should use this courage to go and fight the naxals in Malkangiri - after all it was the Maoists who have claimed to kill Swami Laxmananand. Its interesting how in midst of all this communal propaganda by the VHP and its allies, the elephant in the room - those who claimed to have carried out the heinous act that has led to this situation, is being ignored by the leaders of VHP. Why are the VHP shifting the blame from Maoists to the christians. Are they worried that they will be the next to come on the firing lines of the Maoists, who seem to have vitrually limitless reaching capacities and take out individuals. Are they also thinking that it is much safer to target the helpless women and children rather than someone who could bite back with bullets. Even in Chattsigarh, tribal youths have been trained to face the naxalites, while the leadership of the right moves behind z security -saying, chad ja bete suli par, ham peeche peeche hain. To imagine that the christian minority of Kandhmal would have the capability of carrying out an attack with automatic weapons in such an organised fashion is ridiculous beyond belief. There is only one group in Orissa with the capacity to carry out such an attack and that is the maoists - as they have shown time and again including in Nayagarh, Malkangiri and Koraput. There were ample warnings that they saw Swami Laxamanand as a major problem due to his hold on the kui speaking tribals - and therefore the elimination. To blame the miniscule Christian minority for the deadly and organised attack is a well thought out strategy by the VHP leadership - this means that they can be safe from the maoists while building their support by targetting minorities. I just hope that the tribals of Kandhmal could see through this game which has succeeded in driving a wedge between them and the Panas - with the major beneficiaries being the non-tribal hindus, most of whom are recent immigrants from the plains.Many of them see through this, remembering a time when the Kandhs were the "kings" and the panas their "advisors", but with many with a vested interest in keeping the tribals and panas divided have kept the flames burning. Regards Kundan On 8/27/08, Ramakant Rai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think some people should control their poisonous mails comments and reactions on blogs. People should be simpathetic to thr poor victims, children and women who happened to be innocent. I dont think the victims are either minority or whatever..they are simply human being and those who are offending the human rights are neither hindues nor any religions they are simply inhuman people and should be condemned by all means, it should be protested from all corners. What other friends are feeling . What is the proactive action needed. Please keep us posted whar we can do. Rama Kant Rai National Coalition for Education New Delhi
