Hindustan Times
A sacred thread for Ajmal Kasab
I am not a Hindu bigot nor am I a saffron supporter. And yet of late I have come under attack from certain groups who believe I have been unduly defensive of the Rashriya Swayamsevak Sangh in recent months.
Actually, I have been trashing the RSS even as I seem to be on its side. I think the RSS understands that well. But my seeming defence of an organisation I could never support comes from the events following 26/11. Read my column
And now I have one more reason to thank Tukaram Omble for catching Ajmal Kasab alive even as the latter emptied bullets into the sub-inspector’s abdomen and took his life. Else we would never have known the truth.
By now, of course, it is clear that it was Pakistan and not the RSS that mounted the absolutely audacious attack on Bombay on 26/11. Had it not been for Omble, the misplaced misinformation of a section of Muslim intellectuals who attempted to pin the blame on the RSS would have taken root and passed into legend.
But why I have reason to thank Omble again this week is the startling revelation by David Coleman Headley to Indian investigators that he had bought a large number of maulis (sacred red and yellow threads) from the Siddhi Vinayak temple in Bombay on one visit and suggested to the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba that these be worn by all the terrorists mounting the attack on 26/11. Since no one expected any of the attackers to survive, the maulis and the false identity cards were meant to throw investigators off the scent and create reasonable doubt in our minds about the actual identities of the attackers. Since no hard core Muslim would be found dead (no pun intended) or alive wearing a symbol of Hindu piety, it is reasonable to conclude that had Kasab not lived at the end of that day, Headley, too, would not have been caught and we would never have got to the bottom of the extent of the involvement of a section of Pakistan’s ISI in 26/11.
Which is why those who think the RSS could have thought up such an attack and are still doing their desperate best to convince the rest of us of its involvement in 26/11, need to reconsider. Firstly, the so-called Hindu terrorists have no original ideas. They have copied from attacks mounted by jehadi groups and, more importantly, they have got caught, almost immediately. And they have left the police with no doubts (unlike Islamic groups who almost always tell us nothing) about their involvement in Malegaon, Ajmer and elsewhere.
Moreover, look at the extent of the commitment of Kasab and his compatriots: they believed they were attacking the enemy, they believed they would be securing jannat in a few short hours and yet they had no qualms in wearing a Hindu sacred thread round their wrists to confuse the enemy.
By contrast to that meticulous planning and execution, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Swami Amritanand were both naïve and stupid. They used a vehicle register in their own name to pack the Malegaon bomb, they left wide trails for the police to track them down within days and they were still in their saffron robes when the cops came knocking at their doors.
That is why I was convinced even then that the RSS and its offshoots were incapable of an attack like 26/11 – and thank God for that. Even if I have problems with their saffron ideology, I would rather that people like Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Swami Dayanand Purohit and the others remain misguided individuals (and bumbling idiots at that) rather than become the cold-blooded killers of innocent people as Kasab and his compatriots have proved.
Now whatever might become of the so-called ‘Hindu’ terrorists, I have some distinct views ion Kasab: I am not just glad he was caught alive but I would rather that for as long as he is kept alive, the authorities consider denying him his jannat every which way possible. A friend had suggested he be fed bacon, vindaloo and sorpotel for breakfast lunch and dinner every Friday from now to whenever he is hanged. And starved everyday if he refuses that dose of medicine for his soul.
I would add: since he is already familiar with the mauli, why not educate him further by keeping him dressed in saffron robes and wrap a rudraksha mala round his neck for good measure. That will be a noose even before the noose goes round his neck.
And people like Headley will never think of messing round with or violating our temples ever again.
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A.M.FAZIL Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 12:53 am
How can Kasabs be Indians, Mr.Nikhil?
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Ajaya Dutt Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Because Islamic community proclaimed it so; even during the carnage. And for a Pulpit possesed community, that is to be belived more than facts and truth. Even if truth is supported by DNA evidence as in Kashmir. And yes, those who planted the false evidence are hailed as heros (be it sacred thread or be it pep smear).
Root cause of evil is not in Kasab, his trainer or those who doctrined him and his like. The evil is in the doctrine of hatered itself. Evil becomes stronger when we react to evil in like without attacking the root cause. I proclaim, without hesitancy and reluctance, that any doctrine that professes that I, as a Hindu, am any less of a human is a doctrine of evil satan. The book that carries such a doctrine, irrespect of any thing else in it, is a book evil. That is the root cause of evil acts.
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A.M.FAZIL Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 10:39 am
What did the ‘Islamic community’ proclaim? Where you among them when the proclamation was made? Please, disclose all since you seem to be the one who can make statements authentically about Islamic community.
Anil Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Binto as long as mullahs will keep preachign that they and they alone have right to heaven and others are hell-bound this hatred will keep killing people.. media maligns hindus but even most fantic amongst them praveen togadia has been on record saying.. let us sit togethr and purge our holy-boks from hate speech against each other.. needless to say not even most liberal mullah agreed to this because they knwo their quran is nothgin but hate-manual
A.M.FAZIL Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
You know nothing about Quran and still you call it hate-manual. It’s called absurdity.
Nikhil Reply:
June 13th, 2010 at 2:53 am
Mr. Fazil, your questions reminded me of a silly character in an old bollywood movie Judaai, played by Paresh Rawal.
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A.M.FAZIL Reply:
June 13th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Who played the roles of Ajmal Kasab and Nikhil in Judaai?
Nikhil Reply:
June 13th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
See, you just cannot stop yourself in proving you are that silly character. Good for you, Fazil
A.M.FAZIL Reply:
June 13th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Why should I ,Mr.Nikhil ? Since you have the wrong apprehension that you have the monopoly of each and every query and their replies.
Nikhil Reply:
June 14th, 2010 at 1:34 am
Dear Fazil, I’ve not asked queries, but you are expecting replies in your every comment. It’s for all to see.
A.M.FAZIL Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Not at all.Your shrewdness forced me to make such queries.
Nikhil Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Alright, I am through with this dude. There is no shrewdness or talking in circles evident in my comments. If your beautiful mind never ceases to force you in asking open-ended questions be my guest. But, mortals like me have no answer to your queries. That is all I’ve to say about theaat!
A.M.Fazil Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
What magnanimity !