Mr Pal,
Are not you lying when you ignore the plight & fate of
Fida Hussain, the exiled famous artist?
Instead of evoking Vivkanand et el, just look at
contemporary Hindu society in India, where minorities
are always tortured & oppressed in the spirit of
secularism & patriotism. By targeting Muslims in India
as the enemy of the state, the Shiv Sena party secured
the role of "protector of the Hindus" and the "flag
bearer of militant Hinduism".
If you are a real 'Humanist' (which you claim?) then
the most important thing you should do to set an
example in India for others to follow!
India is a 'big brother' with 1.1 billion population.
Mr Pal you can achieve a lot by focusing in India by
creating a model for justice, equality & perfect
humanity.
By your activism for Taslima just beat that purpose.
Instead of seeking social harmony, you decided to spew
hate & panacea to your fellow humans. What a deceitful
anathema?
I do not know about your level of belligerence, but,
Taslima's rage has nothing to do with religion - it's
the dysfunctional Victorian colonial society we should
change. I am supportive to anyone who are
well-intended intelligent advocate for a 'Natural
Human Rights'.
If you want to connect the dots, you need to read
Quran one more time without any preconceived notion.
Lets make it clear, social injustice of muslim
countries like Bangladesh or Saudi Arabia has nothing
to do with Islam!
When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the
earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!"
Quran, 002.011
"Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and
establish regular prayers and regular charity, will
have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no
fear, nor shall they grieve." Quran: 002.277
--- Dr Biplab Pal <
biplabpal2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mr Islam:
>
> (1) You have questioned me what I would do, if
> Taslima starts writing against Hinduism.
>
> You need to be bit more informed here. Taslima
> did expose Hindu verses against women in her
> writing. No Hindu cares because RamMohan,
> Vidyasagar, Vivekanda, Dayananda have been reforming
> this religion for last two hundred years-and Hindus
> are familiar with reform movement. It is only after
> the rise of Hinduvta, which is a reaction against
> Islamism, intolerance in Hinduism is growing.
>
> In 1993, I wrote a feminist drama solely based on
> Taslima's exposure of Hinduism against women. It was
> meant for IIT student activists in village area of
> Midnapore. I transformed Taslima's prose into poetry
> in the drama. It was acted by two talented
> women-Esha and Mohua. Then they were students of 1st
> year in IIT Kharagpur and now they are professor in
> reputed universities in USA. Both strongly felt,
> Taslima expressed their words of pain which
> otherwise they would have never spoken out in a male
> dominated society. So, I keep hearing this crap that
> Taslima is doing it for her own promotion--bu other
> side of the rude truth is--she is speaking the
> pent-up cries of women. When I hear such sentence
> about Taslima from a male voice, all I can say, let
> him be reborn as woman in our society and feel the
> torture/oppression--and then speak about it.
>
> [2] Thank you for your advice to write against
> Hinduism. I have a question: Find another writer who
> writes even 10% of what I write against Hinduism in
> the net. I don't know of anybody who wrote more
> articles/blogs than me on evil of Hinduism in last
> three years.
>
> All I can say, you are very ill informed about
> Taslima and me. I am open to advice and
> suggestion--but the advisor must be better informed
> than me on that matter. Next time, you throw up
> advice, please do some basic research first.
>
>
> Biplab
> Editor
>
www.vinnomot.com >
>
>
>
>
>
> Badrul Islam <
badrul_islam2001@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Dr.Biplab Pal,
>
> You have already in you U--tube dopcumentary
> declared openly and bodly that you are
> aethist.Therefore Religion/or Religious matter
> should be your least concern and I am confident that
> Rahul Guha are in the same category as you. What you
> and Rahul as good Indians should be doing is raise
> awareness of the defects of your won society. The
> story herein forwarded should encourage you both on
> this matter before you go on to try to set others.
> Taslima is a politcal issue as you have guessed in
> your comments indicated within the brackets.
>
> Taslima and Salman Rushdie andn there are and
> would be many more who earn their living in this
> style-- tomorrow they will change and can write
> against the Hindu religions too-- depends on how
> much money is paid for their stunts that helps
> politicians purpose--after a while they will be
> useless and another new Taslima and Rushdie will
> replace them. Its a sad profession they have choosen
> for themselves but they as you have right to choose
> and face their problems.
>
> The crowd that jolted Kolkatta comprised of people
> who had combination of long/short beard n caps and
> dress that would make them look like Islamist and
> even would be having names like Islamist--- whenever
> a villian is shown in Indian picture he is dressed
> as such and obviously named Akbar-- the good guys
> are the Aamar and Anthony (now a days even Anthony
> also remains under attack in India). You know it and
> so does Rahul.
>
> What seems to be justified is for you and Rahul to
> be aware of you own defects as can be seen by the
> story herein and rectify your own first. Here is the
> reality:----
>
>
> A pink crusade for justice Soutik Biswas
> 27 November 2007
>
> The several hundred vigilante women of
> India's northern Uttar Pradesh state's Banda area
> proudly call themselves the "gulabi gang" (pink
> gang) and are striking fear in the hearts of
> wrongdoers and earning the grudging respect of
> officials.
>
> The pink women of Banda shun political parties and
> NGOs because, in the words of their feisty leader,
> Sampat Pal Devi, "they are always looking for
> kickbacks when they offer to fund us".
>
> Two years after they gave themselves a name and an
> attire, the pink women have thrashed men who have
> abandoned or beaten their wives and unearthed
> corruption in the distribution of food grains for
> the poor.
>
> They have also stormed a police station and thrashed
> a policeman after they took in an untouchable man
> and refused to register a case.
>
> Justice for the poorest
>
> "Nobody comes to our help in these parts. The
> officials and the police are corrupt and anti-poor.
> So sometimes we have to take the law in our hands.
> At other times, we prefer to shame the wrongdoers,"
> says Sampat Pal Devi, between teaching a "gang"
> member on how to use a lathi (traditional Indian
> stick) in self defence.
>
> Banda is at the heart of the blighted region that is
> Bundelkhand, one of the poorest parts of one of
> India's most populous states.
>
> It is one of the poorest 200 districts in India
> which were first targeted for the federal
> government's massive jobs for work programme. Over
> 20% of its 1.6 million people living in 600 villages
> are lower castes or untouchables. Drought has
> parched its already arid, single-crop lands.
>
> To make matters worse, women bear the brunt of
> poverty and discrimination in Banda's highly
> caste-ridden, feudalistic and male dominated
> society. Dowry demands, domestic and sexual violence
> are common.
>
> Locals say it is not surprising that a women's
> vigilante group has sprung up in this landscape of
> poverty, discrimination and chauvinism.
>
> Sampat Pal Devi is a wiry woman, wife of an ice
> cream vendor, mother of five children, and a former
> government health worker who has birthed and led the
> "pink gang".
>
> "Mind you," she says, "we are not a gang in the
> usual sense of the term. We are a gang for justice."
>
>
> 'Uproot the corrupt'
>
> Her seeds of rebellion were sown very early on when
> in face of her parents' resistance to send her to
> school, she began writing and drawing on the walls,
> floors, and dust caked village streets.
>
> She finally ended up going to school, but was
> married off when she was nine in a region where
> child marriages are common. At 12, she went to live
> with her husband, and at 13, she had her first
> child.
>
> To keep the home fires burning, Sampat Devi began to
> work as a government health worker, but she quit
> after a while because her job was not satisfying
> enough.
>
> I wanted to work for the people, not for myself
> alone. I was already holding meetings with people,
> networking with women who were ready to fight for a
> cause, and was ready with a group of women two years
> ago," she says.
>
> Sitting outside a home in Attara, Sampat Devi waves
> her calloused hands, breaks into a rousing song to
> "uproot the corrupt and be self reliant", and
> animatedly talks to women - and men - who flock to
> her with their problems.
>
> 'No handouts'
>
> The pink sorority is not exactly a group of
> male-bashing feminists - they claim they have
> returned 11 girls who were thrown out of their homes
> to their spouses because "women need men to live
> with".
>
> That is also why men like Jai Prakash Shivhari join
> the
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