#Since the BJP came to power, I have noticed the opposition parties— filled with a sense of entitlement and dynastic politics— tries not only to take our country backwards but are also trying to derail democracy in India.
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Since the BJP came to power, I have noticed the opposition parties— filled with a sense of entitlement and dynastic politics— tries not only to take our country backwards but are also trying to derail democracy in India.
Take the latest conflagration over the Citizen Amendment Act, (CAA), passed by both houses of parliament, as being seen as against Muslims in India.
The very same political parties that are now against it and trying to make it sound unconstitutional were for it, just a few short years ago. No less than PM Manmohan Singh of the Congress party had said it was necessary to bring about an act for the minorities in neighbouring countries that were facing religious discrimination and persecution. Today, the very same political parties are saying this act is against Muslims. How very insidious is this? It seems they are totally bereft of all moral and political-institutional values and are happy to just play around with the citizens of India, as and when it suits them—mostly for voters.
For whatever my opinion counts, I want to tell every citizen of India that the oldest civilization in the world will never and can never be a nation for only Hindus—even as in the ancient history of India, Indian thought and philosophy, was welcoming to every religion, thought and philosophy.
It is still one of the few countries in the world with one of the largest Muslim populations as well as the where different Muslims sects can live without any fear of religious persecution. I say this with pride as many sects of Muslims in Pakistan are not only discriminated against but are killed and ostracized and their places of worship bombed and blasted.
The amount of scaremongering and incitement that the Congress/Communists/ and other opposition parties have done to rile up our peaceful Muslim population is not only despicable but scary. It means the Breaking India forces will go to any lengths to divide and rule for just naked power—even if it means there will be riots and destruction of millions of rupees worth of civilian and government property.
I don’t blame any religious minority or majority for this but I do put the onus on the blatant use of political clout by the opposition to ignite students of Muslim universities, institutions and some in the media who work with such forces to inflame the youth.
This can never be condoned or accepted. It seems like the only thing the opposition parties in India want to do is bring down India and rile up peaceful citizens to go along with them.
As an Indian whose father served in the Armed Forces in India, I can say without a single moment of doubt that Muslim, Sikhs, Jews, Hindus, Christians and Jains amongst others have fought and died for our country and I respect each and every one of them.
I urge every citizen of my beloved land to do the same in your walk of life—and I am convinced that those who value India will do just this.
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I have to admit that at one time I really admired Arundhati Roy for her first and only readable book – The God of Small Things. I was aboard then and when one lives abroad for a while, one appreciates India more for its support system; for its ancient history and for what the country went through for 1000 years.
I wish Arundhati had spent 20 years abroad and travelled to 60 countries, as I did as a filmmaker and a journalist so that she could have a better understanding of her homeland. She would not have spent her fame in attacking the police and the armed forces who were fighting both Maoists and Pakistani terrorists in India.
It is surprising for someone who claims to be “for the persecuted”, that she has never written a line on the lakhs of Hindus of Kashmir who were ethnically cleansed overnight from Kashmir and killed by the thousands.
She has perhaps not done her homework on what was really happening in the heartlands of the Maoists and how they killed the tribals mercilessly and sliced their stomachs and their babies if they would not join their cause. She has perhaps never inquired on why there was no development allowed to take place in such places. No schools, no voting, no democracy and most of all no human rights for the original inhabitants of Maoist infested areas.
It’s unfortunate that she goes around the world talking against Gandhi, India and the armed forces and police but she cannot give a figure on how many security forces died to protect India – more than all the wars fought with Pakistan and India.
The stand that she takes at times is dangerous for India because she openly tells the citizens to defy its rules, even when it as innocuous as the National Population Register, which every country I have visited also has. It seems she just wants to be in the news even at the cost of something that will make citizens of India secure.
I wonder how she would have acted if she had been born in China?
Her actions are dangerous not because they can bring this great civilisation down but because they can incite people to rebel. Rebellion just for the sake of it is arbitrary and creates a dysfunctional society. She forgets that India is much more diverse and younger than what it was when she won the Booker Prize decades ago.
It seems she has a mission to try and knock down India at every platform available to her. She seems to have been doing this for years, no matter which government is in power. One wonders if her negativity is her strength?
She uses the very freedom that India gives her to knock the country down. This, while she contends there are no freedoms left in India.
She is a fiction writer after all, and for fiction, you don’t need facts. You need just your views and an agenda. She has both. But she cannot grasp that the 30 somethings who make up the majority of India and speak in Hindi or regional languages are totally out of her ambit. Even the young English speaking youth would not know who she is. This is how irrelevant one can get and still think it matters.
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JAY HIND
JAY BHARATHAM
VANDHE MATHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAY
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Ashali Varma : Freelance journalist Ashali Varma has authored the biography of her father late Lt. Gen. PS Bhagat — ‘The Victoria Cross: A Love Story’.
She was executive producer with the International Commentary Service Inc, New York in 1990. She was the executive publisher of The Earth Times, New York (1992- 98). She has also worked as the editor of Choices Magazine, United Nations Development Programme. She writes on various issues including human rights, population and sustainable development.
Ashali Varma is a writer at India Se.
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#OPINION : 30/01/2020 : 2039
##Why I feel the Congress, Communists and others are trying to derail Indian democracy : 19/12/1919 : Ashali Varma : TOI : Media Report
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Since the BJP came to power, I have noticed the opposition parties— filled with a sense of entitlement and dynastic politics— tries not only to take our country backwards but are also trying to derail democracy in India.
Take the latest conflagration over the Citizen Amendment Act, (CAA), passed by both houses of parliament, as being seen as against Muslims in India.
The very same political parties that are now against it and trying to make it sound unconstitutional were for it, just a few short years ago. No less than PM Manmohan Singh of the Congress party had said it was necessary to bring about an act for the minorities in neighbouring countries that were facing religious discrimination and persecution. Today, the very same political parties are saying this act is against Muslims. How very insidious is this? It seems they are totally bereft of all moral and political-institutional values and are happy to just play around with the citizens of India, as and when it suits them—mostly for voters.
For whatever my opinion counts, I want to tell every citizen of India that the oldest civilization in the world will never and can never be a nation for only Hindus—even as in the ancient history of India, Indian thought and philosophy, was welcoming to every religion, thought and philosophy.
It is still one of the few countries in the world with one of the largest Muslim populations as well as the where different Muslims sects can live without any fear of religious persecution. I say this with pride as many sects of Muslims in Pakistan are not only discriminated against but are killed and ostracized and their places of worship bombed and blasted.
The amount of scaremongering and incitement that the Congress/Communists/ and other opposition parties have done to rile up our peaceful Muslim population is not only despicable but scary. It means the Breaking India forces will go to any lengths to divide and rule for just naked power—even if it means there will be riots and destruction of millions of rupees worth of civilian and government property.
I don’t blame any religious minority or majority for this but I do put the onus on the blatant use of political clout by the opposition to ignite students of Muslim universities, institutions and some in the media who work with such forces to inflame the youth.
This can never be condoned or accepted. It seems like the only thing the opposition parties in India want to do is bring down India and rile up peaceful citizens to go along with them.
As an Indian whose father served in the Armed Forces in India, I can say without a single moment of doubt that Muslim, Sikhs, Jews, Hindus, Christians and Jains amongst others have fought and died for our country and I respect each and every one of them.
I urge every citizen of my beloved land to do the same in your walk of life—and I am convinced that those who value India will do just this.
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2.# Is Arundhati’s negativity her strength? : Ashali Varma : TOI : Media Report
I have to admit that at one time I really admired Arundhati Roy for her first and only readable book – The God of Small Things. I was aboard then and when one lives abroad for a while, one appreciates India more for its support system; for its ancient history and for what the country went through for 1000 years.
I wish Arundhati had spent 20 years abroad and travelled to 60 countries, as I did as a filmmaker and a journalist so that she could have a better understanding of her homeland. She would not have spent her fame in attacking the police and the armed forces who were fighting both Maoists and Pakistani terrorists in India.
It is surprising for someone who claims to be “for the persecuted”, that she has never written a line on the lakhs of Hindus of Kashmir who were ethnically cleansed overnight from Kashmir and killed by the thousands.
She has perhaps not done her homework on what was really happening in the heartlands of the Maoists and how they killed the tribals mercilessly and sliced their stomachs and their babies if they would not join their cause. She has perhaps never inquired on why there was no development allowed to take place in such places. No schools, no voting, no democracy and most of all no human rights for the original inhabitants of Maoist infested areas.
It’s unfortunate that she goes around the world talking against Gandhi, India and the armed forces and police but she cannot give a figure on how many security forces died to protect India – more than all the wars fought with Pakistan and India.
The stand that she takes at times is dangerous for India because she openly tells the citizens to defy its rules, even when it as innocuous as the National Population Register, which every country I have visited also has. It seems she just wants to be in the news even at the cost of something that will make citizens of India secure.
I wonder how she would have acted if she had been born in China?
Her actions are dangerous not because they can bring this great civilisation down but because they can incite people to rebel. Rebellion just for the sake of it is arbitrary and creates a dysfunctional society. She forgets that India is much more diverse and younger than what it was when she won the Booker Prize decades ago.
It seems she has a mission to try and knock down India at every platform available to her. She seems to have been doing this for years, no matter which government is in power. One wonders if her negativity is her strength?
She uses the very freedom that India gives her to knock the country down. This, while she contends there are no freedoms left in India.
JAY HIND
JAY BHARATHAM
VANDHE MATHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAY
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Ashali Varma : Freelance journalist Ashali Varma has authored the biography of her father late Lt. Gen. PS Bhagat — ‘The Victoria Cross: A Love Story’.
She was executive producer with the International Commentary Service Inc, New York in 1990. She was the executive publisher of The Earth Times, New York (1992- 98). She has also worked as the editor of Choices Magazine, United Nations Development Programme. She writes on various issues including human rights, population and sustainable development.
Ashali Varma is a writer at India Se.
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