Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: Come off it man! No one who has commented on this forum, has stated that there is a wide spread Hindu put down of the Christian community or for that a Muslim one. You are insinuating what has not been stated on this

[Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-14 Thread marshallmendonza
1.S Gurumurthy says in his article on the Kandhamal violence that it was not against christians but between Kandhas and Panas. Refer below what the Chief Minister of Orissa who is a partner in the coalition government with BJP has to say in an interview with Barkha Dutt of NDTV Bajrang Dal is

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QUESTION: Are you calling my assertions as being partisan? I have to go through all your posts on this issue to determine whether any of them are partisan. But here is an example of a partisan statement: COMMENT: My commiserations

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my opinion, the only perspective that counts is that we are seeing once again that anarchy lurks just below the surface in certain segments of Indian society, ready to erupt into wholesale violence at the slightest provocation,

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
2008/10/14 Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- On Mon, 10/13/08, Gabe Menezes s Please see the following link for context: I know that everybody is biased in one way or another but it is important to know the whole truth about any situation. The assertion below that there is simply

[Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-13 Thread marshallmendonza
I refer to the article Orissa violence*Kandhamal and Bengaluru** by S Gurumurthy posted by Rina Mukherji I would like to pose a few questions to Rina since she thought it fit to post such an article: 1. Do you agree or endorse the views of the author? If yes, why? 2. Do you condone the

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-13 Thread Gabe Menezes
2008/10/13 Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Good to see another broader perspective on this problem being posted here. Cheers, Santosh RESPONSE: Yes, unfortunately, the receiving end just happen to be Christians and the dishing end happen to be Hindus. How about another slant another

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: Yes, unfortunately, the receiving end just happen to be Christians and the dishing end happen to be Hindus. The receiving end of communal violence are innocent people of all faiths, persuasions and perspectives. It is

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to see another broader perspective on this problem being posted here. I am sorry, I just realized that S. Gurumurthy's perspective is also a partisan and political perspective. His organization appears to be affiliated with

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-13 Thread Gabe Menezes
2008/10/13 Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- On Mon, 10/13/08, Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to see another broader perspective on this problem being posted here. I am sorry, I just realized that S. Gurumurthy's perspective is also a partisan and political

[Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-13 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:45:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good to see another broader perspective on this problem being posted here. Mario observes: In my opinion, the only perspective that counts is that we are seeing once again that anarchy lurks just below the

Re: [Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-13 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
As I read Rina's post, THIS IS a clash between the two religious groups. Rina has not given us any other logical basis for the  clash. I agree if Rina suggests that the two neighboring tribes / castes are clashing over diminishing  resources - land, jobs, housing, govt largess.  And using

[Goanet] Kandhamal violence-is it communal?

2008-10-12 Thread Rina Mukherji
Orissa violence*Kandhamal and Bengaluru** * *S Gurumurthy http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/searchresult.aspx?AliasName=hFCTl|iAcllTfqOIJxi9IQ== * *First Published : **11 Sep 2008** 02:00:00 AM IST* *Last Updated : **14 Sep 2008** 10:43:48 AM IST* Contrary to what Indians here and Christians