Dear All Came across this article in yesterday's TOI. Written By Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar , a respected economist. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Columnists/S-A-Aiyar-Pak-a-needs-Beant-Singh/articleshow/4167078.cms
For those who would not go thru the entire article- the gist is: 1. Taliban hardliners in Pakistan's Swat area are behaving the same way as the Bhindrawale led Sikh militancy in the 80's.There are similarities being drawn on the lines of religious intolerance of modernisation of people. 2.Swami infers that the reason insurgency grew in both areas was because of government acceptance of initial years and soft tolerance by fundamental hardliners within the society. 3.The way to "crush" this is to put liberals of the same community against the militant hardliners. like Gill was made over all in charge of the punjab police force and he basically made sikh policemen kill sikh militants , same should be done in pakistan. Why am I disturbed by the article? 1. Why is it that India can never truly be secular? Why is Hindu militancy more acceptable by the government than any minority insurgency? 2. Are we as Sikhs truly seen as the Taliban in hiding? that we can behave like the hardliners ? Have they actually forgotten that we have been as much a part of the mainstream as ANY other hindu? Right here today, I.P , inspite of disagreeing with the movie's main theme, is celebrating Slumdog's Win like any other Indian? 3. Should Sikhs be voting as Sikhs or as Indians? Should we be looking for a political party which keeps our interests in mind , or should we vote based on our consicence on what party would be good for the nations growth, or maybe which candidate deserves to represent our area? 4. Is religion second in comparison to economic growth? Do we ( the minorities) forgive every pain(84, Mumbai riots, christian killings) as long as the economy is growing at 7% and we are alive and happy? Would love to hear every view point on this. manipaul, staying out of the country, you are still involved in its happenings the most...what do you think? Cheers Shailender. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EX,GHPS,1988,V.V" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/exghps1988v_v?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
