--- On Sat, 12/27/08, Miguel Braganza <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am with you on this one. Dr. Samir Kelekar seems to have > been wrongly certified "secular" by Dr. Selma > Carvalho, a communal practitioner herself.
Dr Santosh Helekar wrote: "In my opinion neither Samir nor Selma are communal. What we are seeing is a simple over-reaction to issues that are in some cases wrongly portrayed through a unidimensional communal narrative in this forum" ------------------------------------------------------------- I entirely endorse what Santosh has said herein above, and in his previous posts on this subject. It is unfair to brand a person as secular or communal on the basis of that person's thoughts on a particular issue. There would be a whole lot of reasons why a person may have written something in a particular way, and one of the primary reasons could be that the person was misinformed. This is not to in any way suggest that Selma was misinformed in her postings on the Kandhamal violence issue. She could well have been right and she could well have been wrong. But to brand her as communal, on the basis of her opinions on that issue, would be unfair and disappointing if I were to say the least. In the face of so many conflicting reports, I myself am unaware of the real truth behind the said episode. I have not seen any anti-Hindu posting of Selma's here in this forum. Many people commit the fundamental error of equating an anti-BJP post with an anti-Hindu post. There are a lot of Hindus who do not see eye-to-eye with the ideologies of the BJP or the Sangh Parivar so it would be ridiculous to equate an anti-BJP stance to an anti-Hindu stance. On the other hand, I have seen Selma condemning the orthodox/ irrational/ superstitious practices prevalent in Christianity too so she has been quite liberal that way. The name calling/ branding of people you do not agree with needs to be avoided. Cheers Sandeep
