Hindustan Times
Most of us will have been encouraged by some of the political responses to the attack on pub-goers in Mangalore. Even Rajnath Singh, not usually perceived as a pillar of the liberal establishment, delivered a ringing condemnation of the assaults and most political parties joined the chorus of disapproval. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Karnataka Chief Minister, Mangalore, Mangalore attack, pub culture, Rajnath Singh, Sangh Parivar, Yeddyurappa or Gehlot
In the 15 years or so that the controversy over the Babri Masjid has been centrestage in Indian politics, I have managed, somehow, to offend nearly every side in the dispute. It is easy to see why my views should be at variance with the sangh parivar’s. I’ve never bought the line that a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya can — or should — be the centre of a grand national resurgence. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Ashoka, Ayodhya, Babri Masjid, Buddhism, Indian Politics, L.K. Advani, Ram Temple, Sangh Parivar, VHP
I knew, last week, that I would be expected to write about the Taslima Nasreen controversy. I chose not to for a variety of reasons, the most important of which was exhaustion.
How many times can one make the same points again and again? How many times will readers be expected to read more or less identical liberal-outrage pieces on Taslima, all of which make roughly the same points?
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Congress government, CPM, crypto-Communist, Khushwant Singh, Murli Manohar Joshi, Muslim Organisations, Rushdie, Sangh Parivar, secular' organisations, Shrabani Basu, Sunday magazine, Taslima Nasreen, The Satanic Verses, UPA
What are the consequences for India if development is to be held hostage to mythology?
It’s a measure of how careful secular, liberal Hindus are being this time around that the general response to the controversy over Ram Setu has been to take what might be described as a pro-religion/anti-history line. Even those who sneered at the VHP’s claim that the Babri Masjid was built on the site where Ram was born are bending over backwards to take a more nuanced position on this issue.
(5 votes, average: 4.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Ayodhya, Babri Masjid, Bhagvad Gita, Civilisation, Hinduism, Hindus, liberal, pro-religion, Ram Setu, Ramayana, Sangh Parivar, secular, Vanar Sena
