Siddharth Varadarajan in The Hindu:
“The Delhi and Gujarat massacres are part of the same excavated site, an integral part of the archaeology of the Indian State. Eighteen years separate 2002 from 1984. Eighteen is normally the age a human being is considered to have become an adult. Inhumanity also seems to take 18 years to fully mature.
“In an act of conception which lasted four bloody days, something inhuman was spawned on the streets of Delhi in 1984; by 2002, it had fully matured.
“Paternity for the ‘riot system’ belongs to both the Congress and the BJP, even if the sangh parivar managed to improve upon the technologies of mass violence. Both knew how to mobilise mobs. Both knew how to get the police to turn the other way. Both knew how to fix criminal cases. Both knew what language to speak, even if one set of leaders spoke of a ‘big tree falling’ and the other paraphrased Newton. Both had the luxury of not being asked difficult questions by criminal investigators.
“Until now.”
Read the full article: Your riot was worse than mine
Tags: Anti-Sikh Riots, Bajrang Dal, BJP, Churumuri, Delhi 1984, Gujarat 2002, Gujarat Riots, Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Rajiv Gandhi, sangh parivar, Sans Serif, VHP, Vishwa Hindu Parishad
31 March 2010 at 2:14 pm
The congress government has no case whatsoever for modi. There is no evidence except for some witnesses who claim that modi did not entertain there phone calls. This is a complete waste of public money worth crores. There will be a reckoning when all this gets over. The BJP should keep all these things in tabs and use them when there in power.
Also karan thapar should rip that manish tiwari apart on devils advocate. Useless idiot preaching for the uneducated and ignorant crowd. Congress has no place or following among the internet masses. They can only limit there influence in the TV channels and newspapers but the internet will forever be off limits for them.
People like me are not allowed to voice our opinions on congress’s TV channels and there print media. Here, i can say what i want without fearing article 19(2). Here, i can say that im proud of modi. He put the minority aggression in place. He fought back. He acted like a true leader. He is one of those people who does not plead to his oppressors to quit hitting him on the head. He instead fights back. He is anti-pacifist. Anti-gandhism. Moditva is anti-pacifism. Modivta is fighting back and not pleading to your oppressor.
Hence, im not pro-BJP. Im simply anti-pacifist and hence anti-congress and hence pro-BJP. Internet is debating. Debating is reasoning. And reasoning is hazardous to congress’s health.
31 March 2010 at 5:05 pm
The need of the hour is action, not words. Please allow the law to take its own course. A legislation to root out the cause of such events is a must. Fool proof preventive steps should be taken on priority basis without wasting any time in emitting unnecessary sound bites.
31 March 2010 at 6:15 pm
>>>He put the minority aggression in place. He fought back. He acted like a true leader.
The victimized majority(Hindus?) of Hindustan have certainly come of the age. How Modi bravely fought on the 9% of the minority, with all the state power, amazing. Seems he certainly did proud majority Hindus, by his bloodbath. Did those innocent blood pacified the majority? does not seem to be the case……
Don’t know how many advani, modi will come… and how much innocent blood they need for their thirst to quench….
Hum uff bhi karte hain to ho jaate hain badnaam,
Woh gatl bhi karte hain to…
31 March 2010 at 6:29 pm
At last someone in The Hindu is showing a sense of balance on the Modi/Gujarat vs Sikhs/Congress issue.
31 March 2010 at 8:40 pm
Let SIT do its job.
Congress is going overboard to protect Sajjan Kumar, while Tytler has never been really touched by the investigation.
So “commission” of the crime itself has not been accounted then what about the “omission” of the govt.s of that time and their participation? That includes senior congress leaders and prominent community leaders who are in control of the State even now!
And of course, why are enforcement agencies are slacking about rounding up the perpetrators of Gujarat riots even when they themselves proudly claim committing many heinous crimes?
Should the investigation progress one election at a time? Pausing every time when Gujarat goes to polls?
31 March 2010 at 8:52 pm
I wish I had taken the ID yet another Hindu infidel. I completely agree with you. The Congress biased media sounded as if Modi was evading appearing before SIT. They dont want to say he appeared on the day the SIT asked to. I am proud of Modi. I wish we had somebody half as good in Karnataka
1 April 2010 at 11:11 am
Indu Ramesh
Cong apologised for the Sikh Riots and made a Sikh, the Prime Minister of the country.
Gujarat CM still does not express remorse. Nor will BJP ever make a Muslim the PM of India.
Cong dumped Sajjan and Tytler by refusing to give them tickets.
BJP not only gave ticket to Modi, but made him CM twice, thrice over.
If people like Indu Ramesh and Hindu Infidel say that they are proud of Modi, obviously lunatic cong supporters will say ” I am proud of what Cong did in 1984″
Congress of 84 is as bad as BJP of 2002.
Anybody of any party who says he is proud of the riots of 84 and 2002 should get his head examined. Its perverse.
1 April 2010 at 6:02 pm
‘He didn’t act like a gandhi and forget about it’
I would be eternally grateful if anybody can tell me if this statement has any meaning at all- are we talking of Gandhi in the abstract and attributing him a sense of passivity or is it the ‘ gandhi’ that padde hudugaru use. Disagree as you might with Gandhian philosophy- but noone would call his philosophy a passive one- certainly non-aggressive but never passive.
If Modi is a saviour of any kind I am a virgin saint!!!!
5 April 2010 at 11:50 am
To Khan and others of his mentality, please control the aggressive behaviour in your community and then talk about Modi.
@Simple: Dr. MMS was not made the PM to assuage the feelings of the Sikhs. She apologized long after her husband died and after herself entering politics to garner votes. Please dont be so gullible and naive, else you and your successive generations will be taken for a ride, as has been the case so far!!!!
The only thing to Modi baiters, please eat crow!!!
8 April 2010 at 4:56 pm
Please Read
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/89840/Inhuman+rights.html?page=0
10 May 2010 at 2:21 pm
All the Modi haters make me laugh so hard. To the “peace-loving” 9% minority: what peace can you desire when you cheer for Pakistan before you cheer for India? What peace do you demand when you create violence through your spreading of lies about Sanathana Dharma? We treated you like equals for many hundreds of years and you’ve done nothing but abuse. Don’t ask for respect if you can’t give respect.
Now on to Modi. He appeared the day the SIT wanted him to. Not just that, he did it all in one day. There is no evidence to convict him. This is simply a Congress plot to attack a very popular and very effective minister. Congress swung the polls, now they’re using pseudo-secular media to swing the hearts of Hindustanis.