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Book offers new theory on Godse TNN | Mar 17, 2015, 12.47 AM IST Teesta Setalvad says Gandhi was killed for his values. "He drew his values from Hinduism but stood for separation of religion from the state," says Setalvad. MUMBAI: Over the last year, voices in praise of Nathuram Godse--Mahatma Gandhi's killer--have grown louder and clearer. But who was Godse? On whose instructions was he acting? These are some of the questions that a new book compiled by activist Teesta Setalvad attempts to answer. Beyond Doubt - A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination, was launched on Monday at the Mumbai Press Club. The book rubbishes the claim that Gandhi was killed for partitioning India's wealth with Pakistan, and looks at several attempts on his life well before any talk of giving wealth to Pakistan. Setalvad says Gandhi was killed for his values. "He drew his values from Hinduism but stood for separation of religion from the state," says Setalvad, adding that his views on territorial nationalism were abhorrent to his killers. Setalvad says those related to Gandhi's assassination may well have been destroyed. All attempts at gleaning information about these files via the RTI have been stone-walled, she added. II. http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/rss-is-actively-running-political-parties-kumar-ketkar/article_134001 RSS is actively running political parties: Kumar Ketkar Tuesday, March 17, 2015 By Aroosa Ahmed RSS is actively running political parties says veteran journalist Kumar Ketkar during the release of the book, 'Beyond Doubt : A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination' compiled and introduced by Teesta Setalvad At the release of the book, 'Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination' compiled and introduced by Teesta Setalvad on Monday, Kumar Ketkar, Chief Editor of Dainik Divya Marathi, said, "The book is also a documentation about the nature and function of the RSS. RSS has always said that it is a cultural organisation and does not get involved in politics. This is false as they are actively running the political parties. Communal polarization has begun to take place only after their formation. RSS is a kind of a mindset which is there among people in different section of society, from the police, bureaucrats, media personnel and so on. It is indeed a very dangerous fact that the government is working on creating a new history which would further polarize the people. Calling India secular will just remain on paper in a matter of few years." Teesta Setalvad, journalist and author of the book said, "I dedicate this book to the time we are living in. What worries me is that we are completely disregarding history. An RTI revealed that after this government came into power, more than 11,000 documents were destroyed for reasons which were never disclosed. This is the kind of democracy we live in. I wonder what will happen to this country where the Prime Minister works on Eid and Christmas will not be an holiday. The Goa Government had ordered to remove 2nd October, Gandhiji's birthday as a National holiday and later with interventions took back the order. Are we moving towards a Hindu Rashtriya ? And will the secular democracy get over?" Hansal Mehta, a national film award director of the movie Shahid said, "My seven year old daughter came running to me. She was very panicky. When I asked her what happened she said, daddy lets run! Muslims are coming. We are living in a dangerous time where people are constantly trying to fuel fear into us regarding a particular community. Earlier, in the garb of Gandhi's name hypocrisy was carried out. Now we are living in a very destructive time under the name of development." The book focuses on the historical and critical documents that aims to contextualize the politics, motivations and circumstances behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Attempts to legitimize the act of killing and to celebrate the killers have re-doubled since May 2014. This book attempts to weave together archival documents from Government of India records relating to developments after the assassination, with translation of works in Marathi, Gujarati and Hindi de-constructing the ideology responsible for the political killing. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
