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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima



This episode reminds me of a nun joke.  While returning from grocery, she got raped inside a street side truck by it's driver.  After the event the rapist asked, "What would you tell the priest about your delay in returning from grocery?"  The nun says, "I would say, I was interrupted by a man who raped me twice"  - "Why twice, I did it only once!"  - "Won't you do it again?" she retorts back.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

I Think she wants to sell her book. The motive is very clear. Whether Sunil has done it or not, who cares? The lady is beyond her prime and most likely, suffering from menopausal syndrome. All the juices have vanished the least to say.
This could be a good lesson for that fat idiot!
-SD


 
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Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:34 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima

 
I know there are people who will never believe anything she said or wrote. But, it is quite surprising that some women are also testifying against her sexual harassment allegation. The question is how do they know for sure? Isn't it odd, and something to think about who may be lying here. How can anyone know about what happened between these two individuals? This type of incident does not happen with everybody. I don't know what happened. Why people are so eager to refute her allegation. Something to think about – isn't it?
 
I remember when she was ousted from West Bengal to some other state in India, she was accusing Sunil Ganguli for the ban of her book, and her ouster from West Bengal. Her argument was that - her book contained inferences of multiple sexual encounters with Sunil Ganguli, and to cover that up Sunil Ganguli orchestrated the ban on her book and her ouster from West Bengal. Really, no one knows, but these two individuals, if everything was consensual or exploitation or molestation. It is possible that - she may have exploited him. Who knows?
 
You may say why is she saying these things again now? She already said why? Now, Sunil Ganguli is  the President of the Sahitya Academy, who worked for banning her book. It's a quite plausible explanation - isn't it?
 
Jiten Roy

--- On Tue, 9/4/12, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
To: "Mohiuddin Anwar" <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
Cc: farida_majid@hotmail.com, jnrsr53@yahoo.com, kamalctgu@gmail.com, subimal@yahoo.com, guhasb@gmail.com, unitycouncilusa@gmail.com, pressministerwash@yahoo.com, muhanajm@yahoo.com, srbanunz@gmail.com, aanis06@yahoo.com, manik195709@yahoo.com, americanbangladeshi@googlegroups.com, farid2002hossain@hotmail.com, "bangladesh-progressives googlegroups" <bangladesh-progressives@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 9:45 AM

That would not surprise me considering the man needing Scotch whisky and women' company for his daily urge to compose few paragraphs of his commercial writings.
-SD  

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:


---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:48:34 +0600

 
Taslima tweets: Sunil molested me



Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen accused noted Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay on Monday of sexually harassing her.Taslima, who has been prevented by authorities from returning to Bangladesh for 18 years, brought the accusation on Twitter saying Sunil had "sexually harassed" her and many other young female authors and poets.

Sunil brushed off the allegations. He told bdnews24.com, "I am not giving a damn about this (allegation). She had said such things against several people in the past after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own work."

In her Twitter post, Taslima said on Monday: "My previous four tweets are only to prove that Sunil G is now lying in the media that he did not support the banning of Dwikhandito."

The third of her five autobiographical novels, Dwikhandito or Split in two, had touched off rowdy protests and a series of street fights in Kolkata in November 2007, forcing nervous West Bengal state authorities to ask her to get out of the city. Taslima decided to take out the pages of the book that had controversial remarks a month later.

When approached by bdnews24.com, Sunil Gangopadhyay said, " I am not taking this (allegations) seriously. She said these things against several persons at numerous times before after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own works."

The award-winning feminist writer tweeted: "Sunil Gangopadhyay is for book banning. He sexually harassed me & many other women. He is the President of the Sahitya Akademi. Shame shame!"

Further: "Sunil Gangopadhyay asked former WB govt to ban my book Dwikhandita. Now he is speaking against book banning. Such a hypocrite!� No Bengali has courage to tear off the mask of writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, the hypocrite and women abuser."

Taslima got a good deal of response to her tweet, prompting her to tweet back on Monday.One of her tweets read: "Reason Sunil Ganguly behind to ban my book, I was tearing off the masks of women abusers lyk (like) him. Sunil Gangapadhyay was the mastermind behind banning of my book Dwikhandita and my banishment from West Bengal."

In response, Sunil told The Statesman: "Why is she speaking out so late?" He said he isn't on Twitter, nor does he give any importance to such "baseless allegations".

"People tend to criticise good works more and praise less. I don't want to react on (to) this as it would give unnecessary importance to her blabber," he said.
There were diverse reactions to Taslima's tweet. One tweet asked why she is often the subject of alleged sexual harassment.

Taslima angered conservative Muslims with her writings and fled Bangladesh in 1994 after radical Muslims demanded her execution.She has been living in exile for the last 18 years after a fatwa was issued against her in Bangladesh for her writings criticising Islam.

Taslima, who had been in Kolkata since 2003, became a hot political issue for New Delhi with the Hindu nationalist opposition accusing the government of pandering to Muslim minorities by trying to get her out of the country.

She fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had "deliberately and maliciously" hurt Muslims' religious feelings with her Bengali-language novel "Lajja", or "Shame", which is about riots between Muslims and Hindus.

Several of her books have been banned in India and Bangladesh. The European Parliament awarded her the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 1994.
http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=231529&cid=2
 
 


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Re: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima



Initially Taslima was a brave woman but I do not know what happened to this lady? Obviously, she did not grow with the age even though she got so much support from some great writers and famous personalities. Now, this scandal with Sunil makes me throw up. She has basically lost everything, period!
She will do more harm to the minorities if she writes another LAJJA. I am totally stunned.
-SD

 
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: Fw: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima

 


It's not unusual that a writer will seek publicity for selling his/her book. Every writer does that. I am trying to understand why so much anger at Taslima. I read her book Lajjya, which is about persecution of religious minorities. People say everything is a big lie, probably because they haven't experienced it themselves. I witnessed persecution of minorities myself.  So, I see that book from a very different angle from them.
Jiten Roy
--- On Tue, 9/4/12, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "jnrsr53@yahoo.com" <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 8:31 PM

I Think she wants to sell her book. The motive is very clear. Whether Sunil has done it or not, who cares? The lady is beyond her prime and most likely, suffering from menopausal syndrome. All the juices have vanished the least to say.
This could be a good lesson for that fat idiot!
-SD

 
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:34 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima

 
I know there are people who will never believe anything she said or wrote. But, it is quite surprising that some women are also testifying against her sexual harassment allegation. The question is how do they know for sure? Isn't it odd, and something to think about who may be lying here. How can anyone know about what happened between these two individuals? This type of incident does not happen with everybody. I don't know what happened. Why people are so eager to refute her allegation. Something to think about – isn't it?
 
I remember when she was ousted from West Bengal to some other state in India, she was accusing Sunil Ganguli for the ban of her book, and her ouster from West Bengal. Her argument was that - her book contained inferences of multiple sexual encounters with Sunil Ganguli, and to cover that up Sunil Ganguli orchestrated the ban on her book and her ouster from West Bengal. Really, no one knows, but these two individuals, if everything was consensual or exploitation or molestation. It is possible that - she may have exploited him. Who knows?
 
You may say why is she saying these things again now? She already said why? Now, Sunil Ganguli is  the President of the Sahitya Academy, who worked for banning her book. It's a quite plausible explanation - isn't it?
 
Jiten Roy

--- On Tue, 9/4/12, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
To: "Mohiuddin Anwar" <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
Cc: farida_majid@hotmail.com, jnrsr53@yahoo.com, kamalctgu@gmail.com, subimal@yahoo.com, guhasb@gmail.com, unitycouncilusa@gmail.com, pressministerwash@yahoo.com, muhanajm@yahoo.com, srbanunz@gmail.com, aanis06@yahoo.com, manik195709@yahoo.com, americanbangladeshi@googlegroups.com, farid2002hossain@hotmail.com, "bangladesh-progressives googlegroups" <bangladesh-progressives@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 9:45 AM

That would not surprise me considering the man needing Scotch whisky and women' company for his daily urge to compose few paragraphs of his commercial writings.
-SD  

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:


---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:48:34 +0600

 
Taslima tweets: Sunil molested me



Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen accused noted Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay on Monday of sexually harassing her.Taslima, who has been prevented by authorities from returning to Bangladesh for 18 years, brought the accusation on Twitter saying Sunil had "sexually harassed" her and many other young female authors and poets.

Sunil brushed off the allegations. He told bdnews24.com, "I am not giving a damn about this (allegation). She had said such things against several people in the past after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own work."

In her Twitter post, Taslima said on Monday: "My previous four tweets are only to prove that Sunil G is now lying in the media that he did not support the banning of Dwikhandito."

The third of her five autobiographical novels, Dwikhandito or Split in two, had touched off rowdy protests and a series of street fights in Kolkata in November 2007, forcing nervous West Bengal state authorities to ask her to get out of the city. Taslima decided to take out the pages of the book that had controversial remarks a month later.

When approached by bdnews24.com, Sunil Gangopadhyay said, " I am not taking this (allegations) seriously. She said these things against several persons at numerous times before after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own works."

The award-winning feminist writer tweeted: "Sunil Gangopadhyay is for book banning. He sexually harassed me & many other women. He is the President of the Sahitya Akademi. Shame shame!"

Further: "Sunil Gangopadhyay asked former WB govt to ban my book Dwikhandita. Now he is speaking against book banning. Such a hypocrite!� No Bengali has courage to tear off the mask of writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, the hypocrite and women abuser."

Taslima got a good deal of response to her tweet, prompting her to tweet back on Monday.One of her tweets read: "Reason Sunil Ganguly behind to ban my book, I was tearing off the masks of women abusers lyk (like) him. Sunil Gangapadhyay was the mastermind behind banning of my book Dwikhandita and my banishment from West Bengal."

In response, Sunil told The Statesman: "Why is she speaking out so late?" He said he isn't on Twitter, nor does he give any importance to such "baseless allegations".

"People tend to criticise good works more and praise less. I don't want to react on (to) this as it would give unnecessary importance to her blabber," he said.
There were diverse reactions to Taslima's tweet. One tweet asked why she is often the subject of alleged sexual harassment.

Taslima angered conservative Muslims with her writings and fled Bangladesh in 1994 after radical Muslims demanded her execution.She has been living in exile for the last 18 years after a fatwa was issued against her in Bangladesh for her writings criticising Islam.

Taslima, who had been in Kolkata since 2003, became a hot political issue for New Delhi with the Hindu nationalist opposition accusing the government of pandering to Muslim minorities by trying to get her out of the country.

She fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had "deliberately and maliciously" hurt Muslims' religious feelings with her Bengali-language novel "Lajja", or "Shame", which is about riots between Muslims and Hindus.

Several of her books have been banned in India and Bangladesh. The European Parliament awarded her the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 1994.
http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=231529&cid=2
 
 


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Fw: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima





It's not unusual that a writer will seek publicity for selling his/her book. Every writer does that. I am trying to understand why so much anger at Taslima. I read her book Lajjya, which is about persecution of religious minorities. People say everything is a big lie, probably because they haven't experienced it themselves. I witnessed persecution of minorities myself.  So, I see that book from a very different angle from them.

Jiten Roy
--- On Tue, 9/4/12, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "jnrsr53@yahoo.com" <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 8:31 PM

I Think she wants to sell her book. The motive is very clear. Whether Sunil has done it or not, who cares? The lady is beyond her prime and most likely, suffering from menopausal syndrome. All the juices have vanished the least to say.
This could be a good lesson for that fat idiot!
-SD

 
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:34 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima

 
I know there are people who will never believe anything she said or wrote. But, it is quite surprising that some women are also testifying against her sexual harassment allegation. The question is how do they know for sure? Isn't it odd, and something to think about who may be lying here. How can anyone know about what happened between these two individuals? This type of incident does not happen with everybody. I don't know what happened. Why people are so eager to refute her allegation. Something to think about – isn't it?
 
I remember when she was ousted from West Bengal to some other state in India, she was accusing Sunil Ganguli for the ban of her book, and her ouster from West Bengal. Her argument was that - her book contained inferences of multiple sexual encounters with Sunil Ganguli, and to cover that up Sunil Ganguli orchestrated the ban on her book and her ouster from West Bengal. Really, no one knows, but these two individuals, if everything was consensual or exploitation or molestation. It is possible that - she may have exploited him. Who knows?
 
You may say why is she saying these things again now? She already said why? Now, Sunil Ganguli is  the President of the Sahitya Academy, who worked for banning her book. It's a quite plausible explanation - isn't it?
 
Jiten Roy

--- On Tue, 9/4/12, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
To: "Mohiuddin Anwar" <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
Cc: farida_majid@hotmail.com, jnrsr53@yahoo.com, kamalctgu@gmail.com, subimal@yahoo.com, guhasb@gmail.com, unitycouncilusa@gmail.com, pressministerwash@yahoo.com, muhanajm@yahoo.com, srbanunz@gmail.com, aanis06@yahoo.com, manik195709@yahoo.com, americanbangladeshi@googlegroups.com, farid2002hossain@hotmail.com, "bangladesh-progressives googlegroups" <bangladesh-progressives@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 9:45 AM

That would not surprise me considering the man needing Scotch whisky and women' company for his daily urge to compose few paragraphs of his commercial writings.
-SD  

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:


---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:48:34 +0600

 
Taslima tweets: Sunil molested me



Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen accused noted Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay on Monday of sexually harassing her.Taslima, who has been prevented by authorities from returning to Bangladesh for 18 years, brought the accusation on Twitter saying Sunil had "sexually harassed" her and many other young female authors and poets.

Sunil brushed off the allegations. He told bdnews24.com, "I am not giving a damn about this (allegation). She had said such things against several people in the past after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own work."

In her Twitter post, Taslima said on Monday: "My previous four tweets are only to prove that Sunil G is now lying in the media that he did not support the banning of Dwikhandito."

The third of her five autobiographical novels, Dwikhandito or Split in two, had touched off rowdy protests and a series of street fights in Kolkata in November 2007, forcing nervous West Bengal state authorities to ask her to get out of the city. Taslima decided to take out the pages of the book that had controversial remarks a month later.

When approached by bdnews24.com, Sunil Gangopadhyay said, " I am not taking this (allegations) seriously. She said these things against several persons at numerous times before after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own works."

The award-winning feminist writer tweeted: "Sunil Gangopadhyay is for book banning. He sexually harassed me & many other women. He is the President of the Sahitya Akademi. Shame shame!"

Further: "Sunil Gangopadhyay asked former WB govt to ban my book Dwikhandita. Now he is speaking against book banning. Such a hypocrite!� No Bengali has courage to tear off the mask of writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, the hypocrite and women abuser."

Taslima got a good deal of response to her tweet, prompting her to tweet back on Monday.One of her tweets read: "Reason Sunil Ganguly behind to ban my book, I was tearing off the masks of women abusers lyk (like) him. Sunil Gangapadhyay was the mastermind behind banning of my book Dwikhandita and my banishment from West Bengal."

In response, Sunil told The Statesman: "Why is she speaking out so late?" He said he isn't on Twitter, nor does he give any importance to such "baseless allegations".

"People tend to criticise good works more and praise less. I don't want to react on (to) this as it would give unnecessary importance to her blabber," he said.
There were diverse reactions to Taslima's tweet. One tweet asked why she is often the subject of alleged sexual harassment.

Taslima angered conservative Muslims with her writings and fled Bangladesh in 1994 after radical Muslims demanded her execution.She has been living in exile for the last 18 years after a fatwa was issued against her in Bangladesh for her writings criticising Islam.

Taslima, who had been in Kolkata since 2003, became a hot political issue for New Delhi with the Hindu nationalist opposition accusing the government of pandering to Muslim minorities by trying to get her out of the country.

She fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had "deliberately and maliciously" hurt Muslims' religious feelings with her Bengali-language novel "Lajja", or "Shame", which is about riots between Muslims and Hindus.

Several of her books have been banned in India and Bangladesh. The European Parliament awarded her the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 1994.
http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=231529&cid=2
 
 


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I Think she wants to sell her book. The motive is very clear. Whether Sunil has done it or not, who cares? The lady is beyond her prime and most likely, suffering from menopausal syndrome. All the juices have vanished the least to say.
This could be a good lesson for that fat idiot!
-SD

 
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:34 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima

 
I know there are people who will never believe anything she said or wrote. But, it is quite surprising that some women are also testifying against her sexual harassment allegation. The question is how do they know for sure? Isn't it odd, and something to think about who may be lying here. How can anyone know about what happened between these two individuals? This type of incident does not happen with everybody. I don't know what happened. Why people are so eager to refute her allegation. Something to think about – isn't it?
 
I remember when she was ousted from West Bengal to some other state in India, she was accusing Sunil Ganguli for the ban of her book, and her ouster from West Bengal. Her argument was that - her book contained inferences of multiple sexual encounters with Sunil Ganguli, and to cover that up Sunil Ganguli orchestrated the ban on her book and her ouster from West Bengal. Really, no one knows, but these two individuals, if everything was consensual or exploitation or molestation. It is possible that - she may have exploited him. Who knows?
 
You may say why is she saying these things again now? She already said why? Now, Sunil Ganguli is  the President of the Sahitya Academy, who worked for banning her book. It's a quite plausible explanation - isn't it?
 
Jiten Roy

--- On Tue, 9/4/12, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
To: "Mohiuddin Anwar" <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
Cc: farida_majid@hotmail.com, jnrsr53@yahoo.com, kamalctgu@gmail.com, subimal@yahoo.com, guhasb@gmail.com, unitycouncilusa@gmail.com, pressministerwash@yahoo.com, muhanajm@yahoo.com, srbanunz@gmail.com, aanis06@yahoo.com, manik195709@yahoo.com, americanbangladeshi@googlegroups.com, farid2002hossain@hotmail.com, "bangladesh-progressives googlegroups" <bangladesh-progressives@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 9:45 AM

That would not surprise me considering the man needing Scotch whisky and women' company for his daily urge to compose few paragraphs of his commercial writings.
-SD  

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:


---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:48:34 +0600

 
Taslima tweets: Sunil molested me



Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen accused noted Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay on Monday of sexually harassing her.Taslima, who has been prevented by authorities from returning to Bangladesh for 18 years, brought the accusation on Twitter saying Sunil had "sexually harassed" her and many other young female authors and poets.

Sunil brushed off the allegations. He told bdnews24.com, "I am not giving a damn about this (allegation). She had said such things against several people in the past after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own work."

In her Twitter post, Taslima said on Monday: "My previous four tweets are only to prove that Sunil G is now lying in the media that he did not support the banning of Dwikhandito."

The third of her five autobiographical novels, Dwikhandito or Split in two, had touched off rowdy protests and a series of street fights in Kolkata in November 2007, forcing nervous West Bengal state authorities to ask her to get out of the city. Taslima decided to take out the pages of the book that had controversial remarks a month later.

When approached by bdnews24.com, Sunil Gangopadhyay said, " I am not taking this (allegations) seriously. She said these things against several persons at numerous times before after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own works."

The award-winning feminist writer tweeted: "Sunil Gangopadhyay is for book banning. He sexually harassed me & many other women. He is the President of the Sahitya Akademi. Shame shame!"

Further: "Sunil Gangopadhyay asked former WB govt to ban my book Dwikhandita. Now he is speaking against book banning. Such a hypocrite!� No Bengali has courage to tear off the mask of writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, the hypocrite and women abuser."

Taslima got a good deal of response to her tweet, prompting her to tweet back on Monday.One of her tweets read: "Reason Sunil Ganguly behind to ban my book, I was tearing off the masks of women abusers lyk (like) him. Sunil Gangapadhyay was the mastermind behind banning of my book Dwikhandita and my banishment from West Bengal."

In response, Sunil told The Statesman: "Why is she speaking out so late?" He said he isn't on Twitter, nor does he give any importance to such "baseless allegations".

"People tend to criticise good works more and praise less. I don't want to react on (to) this as it would give unnecessary importance to her blabber," he said.
There were diverse reactions to Taslima's tweet. One tweet asked why she is often the subject of alleged sexual harassment.

Taslima angered conservative Muslims with her writings and fled Bangladesh in 1994 after radical Muslims demanded her execution.She has been living in exile for the last 18 years after a fatwa was issued against her in Bangladesh for her writings criticising Islam.

Taslima, who had been in Kolkata since 2003, became a hot political issue for New Delhi with the Hindu nationalist opposition accusing the government of pandering to Muslim minorities by trying to get her out of the country.

She fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had "deliberately and maliciously" hurt Muslims' religious feelings with her Bengali-language novel "Lajja", or "Shame", which is about riots between Muslims and Hindus.

Several of her books have been banned in India and Bangladesh. The European Parliament awarded her the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 1994.
http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=231529&cid=2
 
 


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According to the Holy Quran, mother of Jesus was sister of Moses.  He was born in a winter dawn underneath a date(or palm) tree and raised to the fourth heaven(same location as Sun in Ptolemaic description) after departure from the earth.  Historically, there might not have been a soul named Jesus of Nazareth.  He was a derivative of the Roman Sun God, son of Venus by immaculate conception.  That story was also derived from Persian Mithraism where the Goddess Anahita is the mother of Mithra (Mihir in Indian parlance).

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:14 AM, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

It is really an interesting article. It is really interesing to know that according to the Koran, the real Jesus was not crucified.  
I am aware that there are differences between true historical facts and theological theories or assertions.

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Subject: [mukto-mona] A good Op-Ed article in Saudi Gazette

 



http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120903134858

Jesus is in our hearts

Worship has become a mere routine for some members of our society; as a result the strength of their faith in an act of worship becomes either low or nonexistent.

Last Updated : Monday, September 03, 2012 1:54 PM
 
Lina Almaeena
 
 
The story of Mariam, the Saudi girl who rebounded from Islam to Christianity, rapidly spread on almost all media outlets. However, in my opinion, this was a rare but a serious case, nonetheless, compared to tens of thousands or millions of people converting to Islam from other religions.
Moreover, I think her case was more related to her having an emotional attachment to a Christian young man than to any ideological reasons combined with oppressive family and cultural experiences, many of which she had mentioned during her interview to a Christian channel. As an example she cited being banned by her family from going even to the supermarket.

Ethics today are no more Islamic values; they have become ethics of male tribalism and intolerance, which diluted the great divine principles in that girl.

Worship has become a mere routine stripped of spirituality for some members of our society; as a result the strength of their faith in an act of worship becomes either low or nonexistent, in prayer, fasting, or pilgrimage, or in any other type of worship. This was why Maryam declared that she was "tired of praying and fasting." She did not learn the right way of performing it. So she was not able to raise it to a sublime level or connect it to her Creator.

This story reminded me of a situation which my sister went through last month in the United States. An American woman saw her and, because of my sister's head cover, the lady told her that she wanted to warn her and advise her to follow Jesus, peace be upon him. My sister replied that she already follows Jesus and believes in him. However, her belief was not as him being a "God" but as him being a "prophet" who was raised by God to the heavens. The American lady was confused and she politely told my sister: "I just wanted to inform you".

It's our fault that we haven't defined true Islam as an extension of Judeo-Christian religions, especially that millions of us travel every year, in addition to hundreds of thousands of students abroad.

As for Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, what must be known is that: He was regarded as one of the messengers whom God had chosen and honored. The world must know that we, as Muslims, believe in and love all prophets and messengers with the last Prophet being Mohammad (peace and blessing be upon him). However, Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, is raised up to be with God until it is time for him to come and kill the anti-Messiah (anti-Christ), and to establish God's Shariah law on earth and judge the people under that law.

God says: "And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah. And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them.

And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain. Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise." – An-Nisa', Verses: 157-158.

As for the Saudi girl "Maryam", we pray that she goes back to the true message of Jesus as stated by God Almighty: "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?' He will say, 'Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen'." – Al-Ma'idah, Verse: 116.

Below is the story of the birth of Christ as told in the Qur'an:

Of the Biblical personages appearing in the Holy Qur'an, Islam's scripture, the most prominent are Abraham, Moses and Jesus. One of the Qur'anic chapters revealed to Prophet Muhammad in Makkah is in fact honorifically entitled "Mary" (Maryam in Arabic) and has a section devoted to the annunciation, conception and birth of Jesus. The reverence in which Jesus and Mary are held by Muslims, combined with the poignancy of the Virgin's circumstances, the touching tenor of the text, and the melodious rhythm of the verses in the original Arabic, have earned this passage universal appeal in the world of Islam.

The following rendering of some of the relevant verses of "Mary" (Chapter XIX, vv. 16-34) attempts to translate what is virtually untranslatable: the meaning and inimitable beauty of the sonorous Arabic. This soul-stirring passage has moved, and continues to move, millions of devout Muslims to ecstasy and tears:

Mention Mary in the Scripture, when she withdrew
from her people to an eastern place,
and she placed a screen to seclude herself from them;
then We sent unto her Our Spirit, who presented
himself to her as a perfect man.
She said, "I take refuge in the All-merciful
from thee, if thou art God-fearing."
Said he, "I am but a messenger of thy Lord,
that I may bestow on thee a boy most pure."
She said, "How can I have a son when
no mortal has touched me, nor have
I been a loose woman?"
Said he, "So shall it be! Thy Lord has said,
'It is easy for Me; and We will make him
a sign unto humankind, and a mercy from Us;
it is a matter decreed.'"

So she conceived him, and withdrew
with him to a remote place.
And the birth pangs drove her to the trunk
of the palm tree. She said, "Would that
I had died before this, and become a thing
forgotten, utterly forgotten."

Then he called to her from below her,
"Grieve not! Thy Lord has placed
beneath thee a brooklet.
Shake also towards thee the palm-trunk;
it will drop upon thee
dates fresh and ripe.
So eat and drink and be joyful, and if
thou dost see any mortal, say, 'I have
vowed to the All-merciful a fast, and
I will not this day speak with any
human being.'"

In time she brought the child to her folk,
Carrying him. They said, "Mary, thou hast
surely done a monstrous thing!
Kinswoman of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked
Man, nor was thy mother unchaste."
Then she pointed to the babe. They said,
"How can we talk to one who is a child
in the cradle?"

He said, "I am the servant of God. He has
given me the Scripture, and made me a Prophet.
Blessed has He made me wherever I may be,
and He has enjoined on me prayer and
almsgiving, so long as I live;
and He has made me dutiful to my mother;
He has not made me overbearing, unblest.
Peace be upon me the day I was born,
the day that I die, and the day that I
shall be raised up alive!"

Such was Jesus, son of Mary, in word of truth, about which they dispute....

 
— Interpreted by Ismail Ibrahim Nawwab: E-mail: mailto:gratefulthrice@gmail.com


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Ain't monarchy better than the Bush, Clinton, or Kennedy dynasties ruling over the political psyche?  Every system has it's own ills.

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:05 AM, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Looks like we need to go back to monarchy!

Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 8:00 PM

Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 
 
You are right, a con man could become the presidentin the adult franchise if he can somehow con the media to disseminate just lie and deceit to the public. Probably 60% people will not get the scam.
Jiten Roy  

--- On Mon, 9/3/12, Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, September 3, 2012, 8:24 PM

 
One person one vote policy, i.e., adult franchise, has imported many ills in the society.  Liberalism, fundamentalism etc. are to name a few.  I hate to think that a philosopher has about as much importance as a mentally retarded person in choosing the rulers of the society.  The liberals being ardent vote seekers would say things they don't believe in. 
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Subimal, you are talking about that best seller book - "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - by Dr. Michael Savage, which I quoted in this forum before, and many of you vehemently protested for that statement. I did not coin this statement myself. I just quoted it.
 
There are quite a number of books on this issue by several Psychatrists. One of them can be found in this link:  http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/leading-psychiatrist-says-liberalism-is-a-psychological-disorder/
 
The title is: "Liberalism is a Psychological Disorder" by Dr. Rossiter, Jr., a Psychiatrist.
 
Why don't you have a look at these books? It might change your views on the subject of liberalism. You may agree that liberalism is a mental condition. Many Psychiatrists think that it is a special condition, not a usual trait of human psychology.
Jiten Roy
--- On Sun, 9/2/12, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev SenTo: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 9:13 PM
 
This time I agree to Rush Limbaugh. The Taliban changed Afghanistan and it was not good. The Hindutvabadis changed India. It was not good either. With the divisive policies they will do worse to India. You can give a lot of examples.
Still I will not take him as my guru. I remember about a year or two ago you provided us another quote from Rush Limbaugh. I don't remember it exactly (you may please help me), but it was some thing like this: The liberals are mentally sick or dysfunctional. You may remember that I protested as I did not agree to it. I claim myself a liberal, not in American Democrats though. I try to be liberal in all respects. I am not sure to what extent I am successful. Only those who intimately interact with me know better. After all we wear different masks in different situations.
From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 

Rush Limbaugh has a brilliant slogan: "Sometimes, ignorant can make a change also, and when they do, it isn't good."
Jiten Roy--- On Sun, 9/2/12, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 5:27 PM

 
In the theory of motivation, theories X (treat humans as basically lazy and unmotivated and needs pushing), Y (treat people as self motivated and no extra pushing is required), and Z (treat humans as partially motivated and need some pushing). Yeah, I will not be surprised if Rush Limbaugh believes in Theory X.  
From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 
When the @sses are kicked on the right spot, people start singing the right song
>>>>>>>>>> Who taught you this tune? Rush Limbaugh, Indian BSF, Saddam Hussain or Gitmo?
-----Original Message----- From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com> To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Sep 3, 2012 1:09 am Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 
"most of my family migrated to India. I am glad that even after being uprooted from our birthplace by Muslim hate-mongers we did not lose our humanity."

Why would you loose your humanity when your sisters were not abducted forcibly and converted? Same goes with many Sens, who fled East Bengal with tails between their hind legs and now lecturing the true victims how they should not loose their humanity. Brother, being an academician myself, I know how silly the arguments can become just because for the sake of arguments. When the @sses are kicked on the right spot, people start singing the right song. People can give their other cheeks to the monsters and choose martyrdom. What good that would bring to the world? More mediocrity and monstrosity?
-SD
 
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 

After my first posting on this thread, I am surprised by some of the comments on this thread. So, let me elaborate my thoughts on this a bit.
 
First, let me address some of the points made by Dr. Roy below, which do make sense.
 
I also believe that Ms. Kodnani was a product of brainwashing. In fact, most people in our subcontinent are products of irresponsible, corrupt, and religion-based dim-witted and hateful brainwashing. However, the sensible among us have to draw a line somewhere. And Ms. Kodnani falls outside of that line in my book.
 
Talking about the communal riot, not only Kodnani, the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, should be also punished, if not for aiding and abetting the riot, at least for failing to provide a civilized administration so that the riot could not begin and so that the riot could be stopped with no delay.
 
I also salute the Indian judicial and political system, and that is why I praised not only Antara Dev Sen, I praised "other intellectuals of her quality" also.
 
Talking about the liberals of India that originated from East Bengal (comment by Shah Deeldar), let me talk a bit about myself. If you search my name by Google, you would see that some Muslim idiots made derogatory comments against me, and called me a Hindu communal person. Well, I am from East Bengal. I did not migrate to India, I came to the USA; most of my family migrated to India. I am glad that even after being uprooted from our birthplace by Muslim hate-mongers we did not lose our humanity. I even felt like crying loudly when innocent Muslim women and children were killed in Lebanon.
 
 
Now, I have no doubt that people who read my writings know that I am against religious enclaves of any kind anywhere in the world; I do not even hide my thought that the Muslims are the most religiously-stupid mass population in the world. Again, I think the religious idiots should be given education, involuntary if needed; but hatred is not what I want to give them.
 
Talking about spending millions of rupees on Kasab (comment by Kamal Das), I think that is too much to spend on a terrorist. India should carry out Kasab's punishment with no delay. Instead of wasting resources on a field-criminal like Kasab, India should act diplomatically with the world against the criminal state of Pakistan where children are brainwashed to hate non-Muslims.
 
Let me end by repeating my old mantra, "May humans give up hatred."
 
Sukhamaya Bain
 
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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2012 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 
 
Well, Kodnani may have been brainwashed also. I think she was; nobody can kill innocent people without brainwashing.
In Kasab's case, it was a foreign invasion. Kasab's goal was to attack Indian interests. Nothing triggered Kasab's anger towards the Hotel guests, most of who were foreigners. His anger was against India and her interests.  
Kodnani's case, on the other hand, is a communal riot, which started in retaliation of Godhra-train burning. I see no comparison with Kasab.
I do not know why author of this article is trying to make such a comparison.
It is true that justice came after an awfully long time (10 years). That's because – the case is politically charged. I am glad that it came at all. In any other countries, the case would not have been filed. In this respect, my hat is off to the Indian Judicial as well as political system.
 
Jiten Roy
--- On Sat, 9/1/12, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, September 1, 2012, 6:30 PM

 
I agree with Ms. Dev Sen. Journalists and other intellectuals of her quality are the people who have made India a better country than many others in the world.
 
Assuming the evidences against Kodnani's crimes are as foolproof, I would go further; Kodnani is probably guiltier than Kasab. Kasab was brainwashed to be a terrorist, and he did not hide that; whereas Kodnani was a people's representative, entrusted with the welfare of all of her constituency.
 
Sukhamaya Bain
 
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From: Subimal Chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2012 4:27 PMSubject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 
It is a great article by Amartya Sen and Nabanita Dev Sen's daughter. Sangh Parivar hates Amartya Sen. He has discussed Babri demolition and Gujarat riots in his book Argumentative Indian.  Sent from my iPhone
 
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 Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab: Antara Dev Sen
 http://www.asianage.com/columnists/kodnani-no-less-guilty-kasab-382;

Kodnani is no less guilty than Kasab

Sep 01, 2012

Kodnani helped kill 35 kids, 32 women and 30 men. Almost as a reward, Mr Modi made her state minister for women & child development.
 
Our justice system presented us with two enormously important judgments on Wednesday, August 29. Both were about mass murder. Both were about massacres that had horrified the nation. Both had a sectarian angle. Both verdicts proclaimed that there was a larger conspiracy and meticulous planning behind the mass murders. Both found the accused guilty of pre-meditated mass murder. But we responded to these two verdicts very differently. Which once again gives away our shameful prejudices, mindless priorities and silent fears. The Supreme Court verdict on Ajmal Kasab upheld his death penalty awarded by the Bombay high court for the Mumbai terror attacks on November 26, 2008. And the verdict of a special court convicted 32, including two powerful political figures, for the Naroda Patiya massacre in Gujarat in 2002. Sentencing is awaited as I write this. The death sentence is a possibility, but life imprisonment is more likely. Especially given the VIPs convicted, and the fact that as far as I remember no one has got the death sentence for the massacre of Muslims in the post-Godhra violence till now. The only ones sentenced to death for the 2002 violence were 11 Muslims convicted of the Godhra train burning. The SC's verdict on Ajmal Kasab, a terrorist responsible for the "26/11" attack on Mumbai, was a foregone conclusion. Kasab was a self-confessed Pakistani terrorist, the only one captured alive of the 10 attackers who killed 166 in Mumbai, and his chance of escaping the death sentence was practically non-existent. But the 32 Indian citizens of Gujarat, convicted of murder and criminal conspiracy in the Naroda Patiya massacre that left 97 dead in 2002, had every chance of getting away with murder, like thousands of their fellow killers. And thus the conviction — especially of sitting MLA, former minister and Narendra Modi's close aide Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi — made us sit up. Such verdicts were not for powerful folk. Whatever happened to our carefully nurtured political culture of impunity? So our belligerent baying for Kasab's blood is in stark contrast to our cautious, measured and often defensive response to the conviction of Kodnani and Bajrangi, along with 30 others. Even the media shows double standards in the way it humanises the ruthless killers who gleefully butchered 97 in Naroda Patiya, while demonising Kasab, who with his partner, shot dead 58 at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST). We are offered heart-wrenching images of weeping mothers, wives and sisters of the killers of Naroda Patiya. Killers who blocked escape routes and hacked to death little children and women, burnt babies alive, set fire to helpless old people and terrified men, women and children, raped and tortured their victims before burning them alive. Killers who slashed open the belly of pregnant women to carve out the womb and kill the foetus before the mother. Ten years later, when gruesome details of their brutality have faded, must we share the sorrow of these killers' families hurt by justice? And if we are to look at the human face of inhuman killers, why don't we witness the sorrow of Kasab's mother, too? Dear God, no! That would be treason! Hang Kasab publicly, demanded some of our political leaders, who would clearly prefer lynching to our staid process of justice. The Shiv Sena demanded that he be hanged at CST. "Does the government have the guts to carry out the sentence?" challenged Uddhav Thackeray. In fact, our netas are falling over each other to insist on Kasab's hanging right here, right now. It seems to be the only way to assert their patriotism. So BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi roars: "Kasab should be hanged without delay! Enough of biryani for him!" We even grudge him the basic jail food. And we hate the fact that Kasab has a right to appeal for mercy. Even a former solicitor-general of India, Harish Salve, raged that Kasab's mercy plea, if there is one, should not be entertained at all by the government. And the Shiv Sena plans to seek amendments to Article 72 of the Constitution so that only Indians can seek clemency. "Are our laws meant for Indians or Pakistani nationals?" shouts Mr Thackeray. So go get the hangman. The last hangman in the region, the old, infirm and very retired Arjun Jadhav, has agreed to do the honours. Not necessary, says Swati Sathe, a top cop in Maharashtra and former jailer of Arthur Road prison which holds Kasab. We could do it. Cops could legitimately hang him. "I would not have flinched if I was ordered to hang Kasab," says she. In contrast, those screaming loudest for Kasab's blood practically dismiss the Naroda Patiya verdict as irrelevant. The BJP talks of "progress" and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's "good governance", and brushes aside lesser "issues like this conviction". Clearly, mass murders and conspiracy to massacre by an outsider is unforgivable, deserving of the highest punishment. But mass murders and conspiracy to massacre by our own leaders and elected representatives is not. Why is butchering those you are supposed to protect using the state machinery and public money and then using the state machinery to shield oneself less of a crime than murdering unknown people in a no-holds barred suicide attack? Let's look at Kodnani. This BJP MLA is a gynaecologist, and has been the trusted representative of Naroda for years. The doctor knew her locality well, and helped kill 35 children, 32 women and 30 men by supplying the rioters with information, access, weapons and fuel. Almost as a reward, she was made state minister for women and child development by Mr Modi. I am not in favour of capital punishment. But I believe we must reduce our double standards in justice delivery. The SC says it has no option but to hang Kasab because he was part of a conspiracy to wage war against India and fuel communal tension. We leap in joy. But neither we nor the courts talk of waging war against the very idea of India, and fuelling communal tension by ruthless sectarian massacres by trusted state agents. That's a war that can destroy India from within. And for ever. It is far more dangerous than sporadic terrorist attacks by outsiders.The writer is editor of The Little Magazine. She can be contacted at: sen@littlemag.com
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