On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Bharat Shetty <bharat.she...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You ask us to believe your open mindedness and non-partisanship in the >> issue of Indian elections and politics. And yet you use the pejorative >> epithet 'Pseudo-secular' to characterize the Congress. It is a little >> hard to take your non-partisanship seriously when you are using >> terminology that I have only heard from the Hindu nationalists. Terms >> like "Pseudo-secular", "Godless communism", "Big government Socialism" >> and "Comprador Capitalist" are short hand that tell us a lot about the >> tint of the glasses that the person using these terms sees the world >> through. > Please understand that I said these because supporters of both sides > use these terms commonly in today's context and I refuse to be branded > as supporter of a side you people might want to associate with me.
Are you saying the exact term 'Pseudo-secular' is common usage among both sides of the debate? Or are you saying that the terms 'communal' and 'pseudo-secular' are used by both sides to sling as accusations against at each other? > If you really think Congress is not pseudo secular, what is the right > word you will use for Manmohan's comments that Nitish is not secular > and is communal ? I'd rather not become involved in a discussion about the minutia of who said what during the campaign season and deconstructing what it really means. I am only interested in understand your usage of the term and whether you meant to use it in quotes or without quotes. > Should I ask not these questions if SRS and others > can question BJP ? Did I ever tell I know what leanings SRS has from > his comments ? Please think about that. SRS's position and biases are well known to me. I have read his comments in silk list and other lists for over a decade now and I already know which way he leans. > What is Manmohan doing when people like Sajjan Kumar's brother gets > ticket and he wins ? Has he ensured justice for the people of Punjab > who has suffered and he bashes Modi for riots of Gujarath ? Please excuse me for not debating with you on this point. As I pointed out above, I am not interested in whether Modi is a butcher or Manmohan hides behind Sonia's italian scarf or Jayalalithaa has a predilection for, umm, Sasikala. Thaths -- "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel." -- Homer J. Simpson
