Friday, November 26, 2004
Will Hindus ever rise?
Swapan Dasgupta asks a pertinent questions in
a Pioneer article. As Rajdeep Sardesai had noted in an article in NDTV website, even the Savarkar issue and Uma Bharati's arrest did not raise into a mass movement. While the Savarkar issue deserved nothing less than a nation-wide outcry against the highly irresponsible and arrogant action of Mr. Iyer, the Uma Bharati episode smacked of vendetta by the Congress. The fact that both these - especially the former - did not turn into an agitation of the scale of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, and that even the Shankaracharya's arrest - inspite of support from various quarters - did not stir the common man, is disturbing.
It has been my observation that it is increasingly becoming more challenging to get the common Indian out to the streets to protest against an issue. The only folks capable of getting a huge audience seems to be either the religious leaders, or the politicians. And unfortunately, most among these are using the capacity to draw crowds to their vested interests :-(
Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Swapan Dasgupta asks a pertinent questions in
a Pioneer article. As Rajdeep Sardesai had noted in an article in NDTV website, even the Savarkar issue and Uma Bharati's arrest did not raise into a mass movement. While the Savarkar issue deserved nothing less than a nation-wide outcry against the highly irresponsible and arrogant action of Mr. Iyer, the Uma Bharati episode smacked of vendetta by the Congress. The fact that both these - especially the former - did not turn into an agitation of the scale of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, and that even the Shankaracharya's arrest - inspite of support from various quarters - did not stir the common man, is disturbing.
It has been my observation that it is increasingly becoming more challenging to get the common Indian out to the streets to protest against an issue. The only folks capable of getting a huge audience seems to be either the religious leaders, or the politicians. And unfortunately, most among these are using the capacity to draw crowds to their vested interests :-(
Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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