SHIV SENA vs SHAHRUKH
Finally a great relief for all the fans of Shah Rukh to see the MNIK release all over India and defeat of divisive politics preached by parties like Shiv Sena.
Three cheers to all of the netizens who rallied their support for the star for the sake of freedom of expression in India.
Congrats Teesta Setalvad , the famed human rightist , for daring to organize street rallies in Sena’s own den. Congrats Mahesh Bhatt and many others different rightists who r always very vocal against different issues, be it different riots ,be it Indo-pak peace talk etc etc .
Shiv Sena is divisive. They chant pro-Marathi, anti hindi slogans almost everyday and thereby harming the very idea of India. So this forces must be stopped at any cost and I feel every responsible Indian must not strengthen the hands of these kind of forces.
But among all the hypes, rallies, extensive media coverage a number of questions arises in my mind.
Everyone against Shiv Sena (Politically or Socially) including sections of media publicizes these events as if these r the only parties(Specially with some Saffron leanings) who r responsible for all the evils facing India.
But if an ordinary Indian is prohibited to buy any land, live permanently in a particular state in India if he/she is from any other state, does it not harm the idea of India? Are The people who agreed to this article not against idea of India ? This is exactly the case of J&K. No Indian other than a Kashmiri can live there permanently .Under article 370 this state has been given these kinds of very special status. Is it not a divisive article? Is it very different from Shiv Sena’s politics? Some may say that this was necessary for bringing peace. But is there any peace ? Over three lakhs Hindus were driven out of the state. No one ask why? When the Hindus r beaten to death there where was Teesta Setalvad , Mahesh Bhatt ?No steet rallies r arranged.Different kind of civil laws are applied for different group of people. If divisive politics is to be stopped then all the Indians irrespective of caste ,creed ,religion should have been governed under same law. Brinda Karat, great communist leader demand for immediate starting of Sethusamudran project. She does not care for the religious emotion of Hindu people who see this sethu as a great religious symbol .But , when the same communists could not transfer an ordinary mosque to different place for the expansion of Netaji Subhas Airport in Kolkata , Brinda Karat remains silent then.Why is this dual standard? In our country Brinda Karat is not divisive. Shiv Sena is. Why was there so much violent protests when a makeshift arrangements for the Amarnath pilgrims were proposed? The arrangements were not even permanent .It was only for few months in a year. Is it not divisive mindset? The so called intellectual didn’t utter a few words then. Why is there dual standards for dealing with different groups of people?
Now another question arises as the Shah Rukh-Shiv Sena drama unfolds. That is the question of freedom of speech and use of force to suppress it.
What Shiv Sena is doing must be prevented and all those people who r vocal against this party’s politics must be lauded. But sir , when a political party in Andhra namely “Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen”(MIM)
(1 MP , 5 MLA and 40 corporators)attack Tasleema Nasreen at a function why was then all the alacrity of media condemning that incident remain absent relative to the campaigning against Shiv Sena. This party articulated the position that “the ruler and throne (Nizam) are symbols of the political and cultural rights of the Muslim community… (And) this status must continue forever”(source: nowpublic.com). Why are media or all the well wishers of India silent on this? When politicians of different political parties pay a visit to Abdel Nasser Madani, an accused in 1998 Coimbatore bomb(60 people killed) blast in jail, the madia remain silent .Why ? Madani’s wife Sufiya Madani has recently been arrested for allegdly having links with Laskar-e-Toiba.
Why is Teesta Setalvad remain silent in all this whereas She is very vocal against all the so called atrocities against Muslims in the name of human rights. Does this mean Hindus have no human rights? Are the poor Hindus not human? Or is it a crime to be born as a Hindu in this country? Why are so called intellectuals remain silent on this issue?
If they are so secular, so open minded, so pro Indian then I could not find the reasons for their action in several issues like these?
CAN ANYONE HELP ME?
