Deeldar Saheb
I like your first para.
With respect to your second para let me say the following:
Faith does not work only in case of religion or God or gods. When we don't want to look at data critically or follow discourses with an open and analytical mind, some one's belief seems to be a crap. There are people who do not believe in Goebblism. The President of Iran does not believe that there was ever some thing called holocaust. Many people do not agree with Noam Chomsky that consent can be manufactured by the media. We and our kids are perpetually being persuaded to buy stuff that we may not need and yet blame ourselves for doing so as not having self control. It is a "political faith" (please note the inverted commas) of the Iranian President that holocaust on the Jews never existed. Frankly speaking my knowledge is limited. That is why I said, "I believe.. ." My belief is probably based on my selective reading and hearing. So mine is probably a "half faith". Yours one may be a "full faith".
Please do not lose sight of the main context when you talk about communalism as has been referred to by Katzu. It is about a new mindset that both the Hindus and Muslims of the subcontinent have acquired and is being continually nurtured (ref. Das) by various vested interest groups. We are not talking about the Muslim or Hindu rulers here. Sepoy Mutity 1857 (The Great Revolt as has been called by Satyen Sen and others) was a joint venture of the Muslims and the Hindus. That was a dangerous signal for the "to be rulers" of India. Why then should I not believe in the theory of Divide and Rule Policy as has been propounded by many observers?
From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Who spawned communalism in India?
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Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Who spawned communalism in India?
Needless to say that the tribalism is in our genes. No population has escaped from this embedded human trait, no matter how civilized they have become with many artificial mental exercises. This interesting trait plays two antagonist roles. It unites initially and when enough differences are generated within a homogeneous population, it forces people to split and spread for resource and survival. We can go back to few thousands years of human history and we will never find a harmonious and peaceful time for us, humans. Never! It basically boils down to fight the intruders, flee from them or submit to their will. Any idiot would know that communalism did exist prior to 1857. Brits did not introduce it to our innocent Indian angels. The djin was not even bottled before English came. It was there but the idiots have become far more detached and nostalgic for an era that they never experienced themselves. It must have been a harmonious period because Hindus/Muslims fought against the Brits? Total crap! It is basically an utter stupidity for many feeble minded people, who love to feel good about themselves than taking responsibilities for their own shortcomings and actions. English were opportunists but they saved Indian subcontinent from a true disaster that needs no mentioning. They were blessings in disguise!-SD
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Who spawned communalism in India?
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Who spawned communalism in India?
Dr. Das is right - communality existed between different sects, races, castes, etc. since the beginning of the mankind, and communal clash between ordinary citizens has been occurring since the beginning. Now, Hindu-Muslim religious communality in India was introduced by Muslim invaders, not British; Mughal emperors used it to garner support, just like British did. British only exploited it to the fullest extent. Therefore, blaming British for introducing communality in India is a willful misinterpretation of the truth to support a propaganda campaign by some vested interest groups. Anyone with open mind should not miss this fact. Jiten Roy
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