everyone says india is a land of a billion hindus. but why do we see such a massively scaled down version of hindu india in this list of hindutva terrorists?
there are nearly 80 million hindus in andhra pradesh-- but why is none of the prominent conspirators in the mecca masjid bomb blast case from hyderabad or andhra pradesh? the cbi has just filed a chargesheet against them, against lokesh sharma, devendra gupta, sandeep dange, swami asimanand etc why is there no lokesh goud or devendra mudiraj or sandeep madiga among them?
it's not like the gouds, or the mudirajs or the madigas are not willing to die for any larger 'ideal'.. hundreds of them, some only bare schoolkids, have committed suicide for telangana. much older people reportedly drank poison when rajasekhar reddy died, and even when jaganmohan reddy resigned from the congress a few days ago. no, it's not that the other 'hindus' do not have the 'courage', or the passion. so why aren't they in the list?
because the head, heart and soul of hindutva has always been the top three varnas. the shudras have always been useful only as the muscle, the lathi arm. which means, nearly 70 years after savarkar, over 70% of so-called hindus remain hardly hindu. and the dalits were never used as even lathi arms. rather, they bore the brunt of the dance of the swords and lathis mostly.
telangana in the last few years has been the battleground for two different kinds of hindutva politics: while one frustrated faction of the hindutvavaadis planted bombs, the other aligned with the dominant upper castes and a few ambitious obc groups to demand a separate state. while the first kind of politics claimed a few muslim lives and led to the illegal detention and harassment of hundreds of young muslims, the second kind is steadily proving to be more dangerous. it not only targets muslims who oppose the creation of a separate state but it also bullies other dissenting groups from among the dalits and adivasis. i've always maintained that telangana is a majoritarian cause, and the parivar, one of its oldest supporters, has much to gain from it.
while swami asimanand's gang of terrorists was planting bombs in the mecca masjid, his other pals from the parivar, bjp leaders in the region, were touring all the districts of telangana with the leaders of the trs and assorted other political groups, including many ex-ultra left radicals, promoting the cause of telangana.
it's sad that many bahujans are still willing to be used as the lathi arms of the hindutva gangs. it makes me very angry that the people from the parivar that planted the bombs in the mecca masjid are now lionised as one of the staunchest supporters of telangana.
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Don't mix Telangana and religion for a few hits ! Shame !
kuffir:
"muslims who oppose the creation of a separate state"
Wish I could read more on this.
I was at Charminar a few days ago;there's this elderly man whose bangle-shop I always visit, and he was saying, about Telangana: "Your Andhra leaders' opposition to Telangana gets so much publicity. Who cares about our (Muslim) opposition to Telangana." The stigma of Nizam rule seems to have become a convenient excuse, according to him.
When a 'cause' gets BJP support, Muslims are naturally nervous. Wonder if the Sri Krishna Report would give enough attention to Muslim views.
anon,
go celebrate chandi yagam with kcr or something.
ss,
i had referred to the mim's and some others' opposition earlier.
that's a very interesting tale.
You write that "dalits were never used as even lathi arms" but that did happen in Gujarat.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?216292
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