--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Dr. U. G. Barad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Miguel Braganza had written - Manohar Parrikar ...He is an
> "addvo Bamonn"
> affiliated to Partagal Mutt [not to be confused for
> "Portugal"] and so is a
> Shiva worshipper.
>
Yes Selma, above writing of Miguel is of
> religious
> sensitivity!! And both Hindu groups i.e. Smarth (Shiva
> worshiper) and
> Vaishnav (Vishnu Worshiper)are equally disturbed.
>
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Really Dotor Barad?
Shiva and Vishnu worshipers in Goa have nothing better to be disturbed about
then Miguel mistakenly saying Parriker is a Shiva worshipper? Perhaps they
think so little of Parriker that neither of them want him as either a Shiva or
a Vishnu worshiper.
Don't be ridiculous. Nobody thought anything about that statement until Rajan
Parriker and Miguel Braganza had a falling out in some Goan cafe. Seriously, I
think the Goan intelligentsia should stop hanging out at the same cafe.
Now, all of a sudden Dr Desai wakes up two weeks after the initial statement
was made and tells us that he is greatly offended by Miguel's innocent slip-up.
Was there any intent on Miguel's part to be insensitive? Was there any intent
on Miguel's part to denigrate the Hindu religion or cause offense to Shiva or
Vishnu worshipers? Was Miguel being disrespectful to either Shiva or Vishnu?
The answer to all these questions is a big fat NO. And the reason I am being so
vehement about this is because it is precisely these sort of allegations that
have led to so much communal discord in India. Because of our political
difference, we erect religious bogeymen and then it is easy to invoke emotions,
create smokescreens and cause general mayhem.
It is irresponsible behaviour gentlemen, irresponsible to the core and as
citizens of India, we truly have to be ashamed of ourselves. Surely, half a
century of independence should have produced betters citizens.
selma
