tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450045308448548972.post331637922548464192..comments2023-04-28T17:56:54.317+05:30Comments on Hate, Actually: Prejudice Squints when it LooksSurbhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164279377538053633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450045308448548972.post-21020684337474394312009-06-12T18:32:32.236+05:302009-06-12T18:32:32.236+05:30"If only closed minds came with closed mouths..."If only closed minds came with closed mouths!"<br /><br />Well said! I guess it sums it all up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450045308448548972.post-54796672995745857492009-06-12T00:15:15.428+05:302009-06-12T00:15:15.428+05:30You pack a lot of intensity in your writing, which...You pack a lot of intensity in your writing, which is atleast not wrong, if not right, when taking a stand on an issue like communalism. However, I also feel that makes you loose objectivity from perspective of writing & rationality of thought. <br /><br />Examples:<br />1. "In many ways this statement is a turning point in the history of a modern, independent and progressive India."<br /><br />It is kind of hysterical to bestow such a status to the referenced statement, when statements like these have become a way of life in Indian Polity.<br /><br />2. "But the threat here arises from the concrete manifestation of a lethal ideological agenda with an express objective of destroying the present Indian state and its constitutional fabric."<br /><br />I would rather like to believe that usually the objective behind such statements is self serving & myopic rather than something as colossal as destroying the state & its constitional fabric. As those who say so, would not like to kill the goose that lays golden eggs for them.<br /><br />May be, I am wrong or may be I help your thinking/writing. Anyways, you are writing about the right issues & have the right stand.<br /><br />Keep up, Keep going!!Shashibhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450045308448548972.post-84580896055455477292009-05-18T11:38:00.000+05:302009-05-18T11:38:00.000+05:30Well Surbhi now you know that an average Indian do...Well Surbhi now you know that an average Indian does not want Communalism and politics of hate :) We have voted for stability and secularism. <br /><br />And I strongly agree with <B> "Communalism in India is usually regarded as a socio-political issue and its virulent propagation is not dealt with the severity and gravity it warrants."</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450045308448548972.post-75066389769508926012009-05-03T03:33:00.000+05:302009-05-03T03:33:00.000+05:30Hi Surbhi!
Though your concerns about the growing...Hi Surbhi!<br /><br />Though your concerns about the growing (and already alarmingly large) influence of communalism in India are totally justified, I feel you've tended to take a very simplistic view of the situation.<br /><br />1. For a typical politician (legislator) in India, their tenure is a "bonanza period", when no thought of welfare of anyone (of course, not even the community they want to avenge) except themselves ever crosses their mind. I don't think even those who monger hate actually believe in their purported "cause". For instance, I don't believe a politician appealing for votes on ground of particular religion or caste actually thinks of welfare of the respective communities. So, how can a communal provocation be thwarted when it is actually a well planned stratagem? You can argue with someone with convictions; can you argue with someone with just an agenda (gathering votes) and no conscience?<br /><br />2. The grounds for communal hatred in India are (or anywhere on the globe) anything but flimsy. I've dealt with issue of communalism in my blog-post with the same title. Would like your feedback on it. In that post I've tried to take a psychosocial view of the problem, and illustrate why tackling the problem of communalism (and any affiliation) is difficult.<br /><br />3. You've alluded to this fact, but want to reaffirm that Indian constitution had been written with ideal people (administrators as well as citizens) in mind ("hoping for the best"), and not with the opportunistic nature of people in mind (NOT "prepared for the worst"). That's the most serious problem plaguing India.<br /><br />Take care.Ketanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622410643454108685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450045308448548972.post-34782745755899379462009-05-02T23:41:00.000+05:302009-05-02T23:41:00.000+05:30Hey Surbhi !
You know what, the exact thoughts cam...Hey Surbhi !<br />You know what, the exact thoughts came to my mind when release of terrorists was proclaimed as weak by our HOPEFUL future leaders.<br /><br />I actually wanted to ask them that how do they define or differentiate a weak PM and Strong PM ??<br /><br />Thanks a ton<br />really<br />Coz now i feel that i am not alone in that regard.InConvinciblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545842118348819283noreply@blogger.com