Sunday, October 17, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Ram Ram..............
Ive been hearing this song a lot lately, since the Babri Verdict. Specially during the Ganesh Chaturthi and Dussera the song is being played repeatedly at the "pandels" even with some remixes, the song basically goes like this
.Banayenge Mandir...kasam tumari ram, pran se pyara ha............................................. raghupati raaghav raajaaraam,patit paavan sitaram.....................
what the song excludes is :
iishvar Allah tero naam, sab ko sanmati de bhagavaan from the original lyrics.
The irony is that the original song:
raghupati raaghav raajaaraam,
patit paavan sitaram
siitaaraam, sitaram,
bhaj pyaare tu sitaram
iishvar Allah tero naam,
sab ko sanmati de bhagavaan
Translation:
Chief of the house of Raghu, Lord Rama,
Uplifters of those who have fallen, Sita and Rama,
Sita and Rama, Sita and Rama,
Beloved, praise Sita and Rama,
God or Allah is your name,
bless everyone with this wisdom, Lord
was one of the favorite songs of Gandhi and was sung by Gandhi and his followers as they walked during the 241 mile Salt March to Dandi.
Ghandi would be rolling in his grave if he knows that the "name of ram" is used by hindu fanatics to justify destroying a place of worship.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
A prelude to violence
Gandhian satyagraha, for example, is a kind of political theatre. In order for it to be effective, it needs a sympathetic audience( the British public was largely so) unlike in Kashmir (much of the Indian public remains apathetic to the suffering of Kashmiris) so it is “Insane” and similar to asking Jews to protest peacefully against Nazis or asking Vietnamese to do a Satyagraha against the Invading Yankees . International media is already referring to the Kashmiri protests as “Intifadha”(uprising against the state), the Slogans on the Streets of Kashmir are changing from Chants of “Azadi” to “Death to India”. JKLF which is a secular “separatist” party is being eclipsed by the “Pro-Pakistani” Hurriyat party due to the arrogance of the Indians. Iam finding “Seemandhra” public largely apathetic to the Telengana movement (except few back ward castes) and the central govt is in a deep slumber and in order to wake it up I think it needs a rude awakening and when telenganites get tired of being called “Separatists” and “anti-social elements” by their “Seemandhra Counterparts” they may have no path left except of their northern Kashmiri brothers and I don’t have much confidence in the capabilities of the govt to shield 3 million “settlers “ from the fury of 4Crore angry souls.
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