A good article from the Times of India (pls see full text online): http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5207948.cms?frm=mailtofriend
The politics of Vande Mataram Jyoti Punwani .... The real problem with Vande Mataram comes with the RSS slogan Is desh mein rahna hoga to Vande Mataram kahna hoga. This slogan, used in every RSS/Shiv Sena campaign, and part of every communal riot, kept cropping up during the Srikrishna Commission hearings into the 1992-'93 riots. Policemen deposing before the Commission were amazed that they should even be asked why they had not taken action against those mouthing the belligerent slogan-significantly, so were their lawyers as well as the counsel for the government. It was left to Justice Srikrishna to point out that laying down conditions of residence on any citizen, let alone a community, by another group was not just communal but also fascist. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5207948.cms?frm=mailtofriend > --- On Sat, 11/7/09, SHRIKANT BARVE <[email protected]> wrote: > Ayodhya, Nov 7 (PTI) The RSS has said it would > translate the 'Vande Mataram' into Urdu for > distribution among Muslims. > "We will get the Vande Matram translated > into Urdu and it will be distributed among > the members of Muslim community," former > RSS chief K C Sudarshan told a meeting of > senior Sangh functionaries here yesterday. -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism
