Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
And even assuming -- merely for the purposes of argument -- that there
is a modicum of truth in this, what is the point of trying to target
people today for imagined or real sins of their forbears? Is history to
be used to whip up communal passions in unrelated contexts? You want to
take 'revenge' against people today for the alleged sins of their
religious brethren 400 years ago? Of course, the Sangh Parivar is
past-master at this strategy, as their acolyte, Manohar Parrikar,
demonstrated with his communal VCD.
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Vidyadhar Gadgil,
I raise my hat to you.
I really do not know how you manage to be so articulate despite the anger
thrown at you. I get especially annoyed with the "Orange Marches" types. If
given the change, they will celebrate every atrocity committed since the
beginning of time. These are the people we have to be careful not to elect.
Last week, we had elections here in Ontario. Seems like the politicians here
borrowed from Goa's politicians. The conservative party decided to concentrate
their campaign on the promise of providing funding to religious schools (of all
faiths). They got soundly beaten. The socialist promised an extra holiday.
Guess whose idea was more popular? Speaking of which, since Goans have long
memories, which one is going to vote for a party that actually took away
religious holidays from them?
Here is an interesting quote from today's Globe and Mail.
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape
finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius -
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