Group 1
Mostly quiet BJP supporters.
Reaction -
Not surprised.
Situation was bad, no doubt, but the panic & narrative did seem engineered.
BJP must go after them aggressively.
Group 2
BJP supporters a couple of notches higher in passion.
Reaction -
Told you so !
Those b@$!!#%ds must be fixed.
And if Modi doesn’t do it they’ll ... they’ll ...forget it !!
Group 3.
All contentious issues off the table unless it can’t be avoided.
Reaction -
It’s too late. Everyone thinks it’s the Kumbh, anyway.
What’s for dinner ?
Group 4
Most pretend to be neutral but when push comes to shove. Virulently Anti Modi.
Reaction -
So what ?
Your Godse killed Gandhi.
Your Sarvakar wrote a letter to the British.
Your Modi is building a Mahal.
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In addition to our 9 suggestions some of which we have flip flopped over in the past few days & others that are completely unrelated to Covid but dear to our survival -
we have an additional 5 points that we urge you to seriously consider.
Stop Beti Bachao Beti Padhao.
We do not want to deal with an literate populace - it is a threat to our way of governance.
Stop Swacch Bharat campaigns.
It is contrary to the Idea of India.
Why do you think we did nothing about open defecations for 70 yrs ?
Remember Demonetisation ?
They said -
Look at the poor ! How they suffer ! They are dying standing in queues. You snatched their livelihood !
While they gnashed their own teeth seeing their box beds, lockers, garbage & gunny bags of cold cash turn to cinder.
Remember Migrant Labour ?
They said -
Look at the poor ! How they suffer ! They will die on their trek back home. The lockdown is brutal. You snatched their livelihood !
While they cut off their electricity, stopped water tankers, hoping they’d leave taking the virus with them.
And during this crisis that has engulfed us.
We have heard -
Look at the poor ! How they suffer ! The system is broken.
With no ‘friends in the right places’ they are begging for beds, gasping for oxygen.
Delhi accustomed to Mughal architecture also known as the Architecture Of The Dead, quietly accepted post-Independence acres of prime land dedicated to the dead of one Dynasty - believing this to be the unquestioned right of Rulers.
After all, our Capital is dotted with
mausoleum after mausoleum built by Kings during their lifetimes, for themselves.
And today, in the midst of a Pandemic, that has hit every aspect of our lives & our economy in its gut, peddlers & dealers of the Great Indian Fairy Tale History have actually risen up,
BUT to ask the wrong questions.
To infer the connection between vaccines, hospitals, availability of oxygen with the Central Vista Project is either an embarrassing ignorance of how budgetary allocations are made, or its vile agenda-driven drivel - yet again.
Missing YoYa suddenly appears across all channels.
But ladies & gentlemen, it’s in a green gamcha this time.
Red was for Farmers yellow for CAA protest & blue for....we forget.
Prashant Bhushan is not far behind & files a PIL explaining to us in his painstakingly slow diction that this is an atrocity. Complete atrocity !
India is all about Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam a
& Atithi Devo Bhava - or else I’m outta business.
This new controversy regarding #FreeHinduTemples reminds me of our Supervisor who a few years ago had bought a plot of land on the outskirts of the city & built his modest house.
Slowly as other houses were built & occupied the talk of a temple came up.
That was 5 yrs ago.
The then 30 odd home owners & now around 45 are still discussing, arguing with tempers running high over the ‘logistics’ of putting up their place of worship.
What began as an idea to bring together a community has in fact split them right down the middle with the local MLA
taking sides.
So the plan is on hold.
At the same time, with not even a dozen Believers in the neighbouring area, a small mosque came up almost over night, without much ado.
The adjacent empty plot is used for Namaaz & Azaan is heard 5times a day through the locality.
If you don’t respect the sentiments, the festivals, the places of worship of the Majority community as you do for the Minorities - you can consider yourself Secular.
If you profess not to follow any Faith but are only critical of Hinduism, you can consider yourself an Atheist.
Outwardly symbols of Faith such as hijab, skullcap, turban, kara or the cross are considered liberal & emancipated.
But dare you wear a tilak, mangalsutra, bindi, sindoor, then you can only be of a regressive bent of mind.