To heal a wound, cut it wide open! 


We do give importance to serious matters, overlooking others not so important or only divide our focus. What India needs after a decade of corruption, misrule and cronyism is development, development and development. We can keep on talking about 2002 for a century, refusing to acknowledge that the bloodbath of millions in 1947 is a story that hardly moves now anyone less than 60 year old. Politicians abetted by academics  or self anointed editors are not willing to give bury the Godhra incident, because of its 'juiciness' while almost the whole of Muslim population  affected more intimately by the Godhra incident have moved ahead. We should not close our eyes and ears to the fact that this is the only issue the Congress can rake up to gather some Muslim votes. Has the Congress officially apologized for the Emergency in which thousands of young people were castrated all over India and many more were jailed without any cause and Fundamental Rights were abolished? While shedding crocodile tears for the Muslims killed in Godhra, do they also have a word of sympathy for the Hindus who were locked in the bogie and burnt and a word of condemnation for the perpetrators of that tragedy? If they can brush it away as a reaction to the demolition of Babri Masjid, why cannot they brush Godhra episode also as a retaliation to that reaction? For God's sake care a little for the millions of living poor instead of beating your breast for those who are no more. Don't ever mention the word 'secularism' if you cannot help people to come together. Don't give us your new arithmetic that a nation divided is stronger.

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