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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
A change of perspective
A lot has been going on the terrorism front, to contain it, to prevent it, to subdue it and to eradicate it. In short, all efforts are on to terrorize terrorism. This has become more relevant now than a few years back because of the recent rise of terrorists' attacks not only in India, but around the world and a lot has been done in U.S., U.K and India among others to stop this unbeatable spate of terrorism.
But these measures and counter-measures often were targeted at one single community, Muslims. I had a Muslim friend while I was in England, and after the 9/11 blasts, he often used to joke that having to get visa was like offering yourself as the 'sacrificial goat' to the visa officers. But recent savagery of the Malegoan blasts and the community clashes in Orissa changes everything that was thought about terrorists.
Reports that right-wing Hindu parties are involved in the blasts is definitely shocking. But even more shocking is the involvement of the 'sadhvi', Pragnya Singh in the Malegoan blast. How, I wonder, can a sadhvi even think about choosing to carry out such an act of atrocity is beyond anyone to comprehend (other than herself and the right-wingers of course).
What all these events really changes is the perspective in which terrorism was hunted. The 'community' and 'Muslim' tag no longer apply. The police and politicians can no longer 'pass' the blame straight away into the 'Muslim' camp anymore than the 'Hindu' camp. Muslim neighbourhoods are in as much risk as Hindu, which true even before.
How did this come to pass? How did the RSS fall into the right-wing mind-set? But going a bit deeper into my own history, the answer was not that hard to find.
I was a little boy of around 8-10 and my friend eagerly told me that there are a group of people who play football everyday in the garden nearby. We readily decided to go there the following morning. When we reached there, the game had already commenced and we asked the leader there if they can accommodate us. He agreed, on the condition that we salute the RSS flag which was hoisted and then he would sort us in the teams.
Now this was no problem for my friend, who readily saluted the flag and started playing. However, I refused to salute their flag and was not allowed to play. I watched my friend play football and then learn how to fight with a lathi.
Now, at the time I think was just out of ego that i refused to bow to their flag, I now feel how the seeds of extremism were planted right from the start. As the RSS organisation grew in numbers, the water was fed to the seeds and now its such a huge tree with many branches, all of different shades of colours that it is hard to distinguish the left from the extreme right.
The job for the police and politicians ahead is extremely difficult. Whichever party takes office once the elections are over will have to be truly secular in their approach. BJP's 'Hindutva' campaign has grossly backfired, not to mention their close links with the RSS and VHP, both of which have proved that they will not refrain from using force to implement their agenda.
As for Police and ATS and CBI and any other secret and not-so-secret outfits which try to curb and prevent terrorism, it is time change the perspective of investigating a terrorist act. Finding the motive of the blast is of utmost importance now as both Hindu and Muslim groups head for the supremacy of their race.
It is Mahabharat all over again, with Hindus on one side and Muslims and Christians on the other. And like the earlier one, unless a political solution is reached at with something for all the communities, this one will also end up drowning India and kalyug will start all over again.
But these measures and counter-measures often were targeted at one single community, Muslims. I had a Muslim friend while I was in England, and after the 9/11 blasts, he often used to joke that having to get visa was like offering yourself as the 'sacrificial goat' to the visa officers. But recent savagery of the Malegoan blasts and the community clashes in Orissa changes everything that was thought about terrorists.
Reports that right-wing Hindu parties are involved in the blasts is definitely shocking. But even more shocking is the involvement of the 'sadhvi', Pragnya Singh in the Malegoan blast. How, I wonder, can a sadhvi even think about choosing to carry out such an act of atrocity is beyond anyone to comprehend (other than herself and the right-wingers of course).
What all these events really changes is the perspective in which terrorism was hunted. The 'community' and 'Muslim' tag no longer apply. The police and politicians can no longer 'pass' the blame straight away into the 'Muslim' camp anymore than the 'Hindu' camp. Muslim neighbourhoods are in as much risk as Hindu, which true even before.
How did this come to pass? How did the RSS fall into the right-wing mind-set? But going a bit deeper into my own history, the answer was not that hard to find.
I was a little boy of around 8-10 and my friend eagerly told me that there are a group of people who play football everyday in the garden nearby. We readily decided to go there the following morning. When we reached there, the game had already commenced and we asked the leader there if they can accommodate us. He agreed, on the condition that we salute the RSS flag which was hoisted and then he would sort us in the teams.
Now this was no problem for my friend, who readily saluted the flag and started playing. However, I refused to salute their flag and was not allowed to play. I watched my friend play football and then learn how to fight with a lathi.
Now, at the time I think was just out of ego that i refused to bow to their flag, I now feel how the seeds of extremism were planted right from the start. As the RSS organisation grew in numbers, the water was fed to the seeds and now its such a huge tree with many branches, all of different shades of colours that it is hard to distinguish the left from the extreme right.
The job for the police and politicians ahead is extremely difficult. Whichever party takes office once the elections are over will have to be truly secular in their approach. BJP's 'Hindutva' campaign has grossly backfired, not to mention their close links with the RSS and VHP, both of which have proved that they will not refrain from using force to implement their agenda.
As for Police and ATS and CBI and any other secret and not-so-secret outfits which try to curb and prevent terrorism, it is time change the perspective of investigating a terrorist act. Finding the motive of the blast is of utmost importance now as both Hindu and Muslim groups head for the supremacy of their race.
It is Mahabharat all over again, with Hindus on one side and Muslims and Christians on the other. And like the earlier one, unless a political solution is reached at with something for all the communities, this one will also end up drowning India and kalyug will start all over again.
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