Santosh Helekar wrote: Ms. Fernandes raises very good points. She also appears to have corrected an inaccuracy that was propagated in this forum, namely that a nun was burned to death. The truth is that she was a Hindu girl. In either case it is an atrocity. But journalists and activists should have some respect for the whole truth.
Comment: Initial reports emanating from troubled Orissa attributed to police sources reported that a nun was burnt to death. Refer http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg34171.html Subsequently another report came out again attributed to police sources but not confirming the identity of the person as a nun or not. Refer extract: CHRISTIAN WOMAN TEACHER REPORTED BURNT ALIVE: A Christian woman teacher, possibly a nun [BUT NOT CONFIRMED], was reported burnt alive on 25th August 2008 by a group of Vishwa Hindu Parishad mob which stormed the orphanage she ran in the district of Bargarh (Orissa). Police Superintendent Ashok Biswall has told this to news reporters. A priest who was at the orphanage was also badly hurt and is now being treated in hospital for multiple burns. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg34386.html Thereafter once some of the victims were brought to Bombay for treatment, the full facts came out. Refer http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg34945.html http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=50752&n_tit=Orissa+Victims+Narrate+Heart%2Drending+Sufferings Rajni Majhi (girl who was burnt in the incident), was one of the girls who was actually adopted. But she was ill-treated when the couple which adopted her conceived a boy. Rajni was a very active girl in the orphanage and good in sports. She was doing graduation and had even represented at university level sports competitions. She was like a leader in the orphanage," he explained http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg34927.html Perhaps Santosh missed out this news item. All the same, does the gravity of the crime become less because the victim was not a nun or a christian? In fact when I read about the background of this poor victim, I felt miserable that she had to die in such a horrible way at the hands of her co-religionists all in the name of religion which they were supposed to be 'protecting'. Regards, Marshall -- Hyundai to launch the i20 in India. Catch the exclusive preview on ZigWheels.com http://www.zigwheels.com/b2cam/newsDetails.action?name=Emb11_20080731&path=/INDT/News/Emb11_20080731&page=1&pagecount=2&utm_source=indmail&utm_medium=footer&utm_content=tracking&utm_campaign=Nletter_07oct2008_ZW
