Kerala Temple Fire - 100 dead

Seva Lamberdar wrote:What's Rashmun  & Guha's take on this regarding Modi?

Seva Lamberdar wrote:What's Rashmun  & Guha's take on this regarding Modi?

Seva Lamberdar wrote:What's Rashmun  & Guha's take on this regarding Modi?

The 18th century British writer Samuel Johnson famously said that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. In 21st century India, patriotism is the first refuge of the incompetent. It is to draw attention away from their visible administrative and governance failures that some politicians have raised this issue of which slogans one can or must shout and which slogans one can’t or shouldn’t shout. It is no accident that non-performing union ministers and chief ministers have spoken most stridently on the subject of ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’.

The quote you attribute to me originates in a typically selective and tendentious piece of reporting by a leading national news channel. What I said, during the Q and A session following a talk I gave in Delhi on contemporary history, was this: Globally, Islamic fundamentalism is a far greater threat than Hindu fundamentalism. Groups such as ISIS are barbaric and brutal. Within India, however, Hindu fundamentalism is more dangerous than Islamic fundamentalism, because Hindus are in an overwhelming majority in our country, and all studies show that, outside of Kashmir, Muslims and Christians suffer more than Hindus in sectarian violence. As a human being, I regard ISIS and other jihadist groups to be a threat to humanity. As an Indian, I regard Hindu fundamentalist groups to be a threat to Indian democracy and pluralism.
These are my views, in full and in context. I wish all journalists would be responsible in what and how they quote!

confuzzled dude wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:What's Rashmun  & Guha's take on this regarding Modi?

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The 18th century British writer Samuel Johnson famously said that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. In 21st century India, patriotism is the first refuge of the incompetent. It is to draw attention away from their visible administrative and governance failures that some politicians have raised this issue of which slogans one can or must shout and which slogans one can’t or shouldn’t shout. It is no accident that non-performing union ministers and chief ministers have spoken most stridently on the subject of ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’.

The quote you attribute to me originates in a typically selective and tendentious piece of reporting by a leading national news channel. What I said, during the Q and A session following a talk I gave in Delhi on contemporary history, was this: Globally, Islamic fundamentalism is a far greater threat than Hindu fundamentalism. Groups such as ISIS are barbaric and brutal. Within India, however, Hindu fundamentalism is more dangerous than Islamic fundamentalism, because Hindus are in an overwhelming majority in our country, and all studies show that, outside of Kashmir, Muslims and Christians suffer more than Hindus in sectarian violence. As a human being, I regard ISIS and other jihadist groups to be a threat to humanity. As an Indian, I regard Hindu fundamentalist groups to be a threat to Indian democracy and pluralism.
These are my views, in full and in context. I wish all journalists would be responsible in what and how they quote!

http://www.navhindtimes.in/patriotism-is-the-first-refuge-of-the-incompetent/

Rashmun wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:What's Rashmun  & Guha's take on this regarding Modi?

Modi is obviously not to blame for the fire, but:
1. Had he been in the opposition he would have cried himself hoarse somehow or the other blaming the Congress for the fire.
2. Modi personally went to Kerala to examine the temple fire. Would he have gone to Kerala if a masjid would have burnt down and a similar number of fatalities would have occurred? is Modi the PM of all Indians, or is he only the PM of all non-secular (communal) Hindus?

confuzzled dude wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:What's Rashmun  & Guha's take on this regarding Modi?

Here...

The 18th century British writer Samuel Johnson famously said that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. In 21st century India, patriotism is the first refuge of the incompetent. It is to draw attention away from their visible administrative and governance failures that some politicians have raised this issue of which slogans one can or must shout and which slogans one can’t or shouldn’t shout. It is no accident that non-performing union ministers and chief ministers have spoken most stridently on the subject of ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’.

The quote you attribute to me originates in a typically selective and tendentious piece of reporting by a leading national news channel. What I said, during the Q and A session following a talk I gave in Delhi on contemporary history, was this: Globally, Islamic fundamentalism is a far greater threat than Hindu fundamentalism. Groups such as ISIS are barbaric and brutal. Within India, however, Hindu fundamentalism is more dangerous than Islamic fundamentalism, because Hindus are in an overwhelming majority in our country, and all studies show that, outside of Kashmir, Muslims and Christians suffer more than Hindus in sectarian violence. As a human being, I regard ISIS and other jihadist groups to be a threat to humanity. As an Indian, I regard Hindu fundamentalist groups to be a threat to Indian democracy and pluralism.
These are my views, in full and in context. I wish all journalists would be responsible in what and how they quote!

http://www.navhindtimes.in/patriotism-is-the-first-refuge-of-the-incompetent/

rawemotions wrote:

Rashmun wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:What's Rashmun  & Guha's take on this regarding Modi?

Modi is obviously not to blame for the fire, but:
1. Had he been in the opposition he would have cried himself hoarse somehow or the other blaming the Congress for the fire.
2. Modi personally went to Kerala to examine the temple fire. Would he have gone to Kerala if a masjid would have burnt down and a similar number of fatalities would have occurred? is Modi the PM of all Indians, or is he only the PM of all non-secular (communal) Hindus?

So people who died in the fire are Communal (Non-Secular) Hindus ? 
We should be glad that a Prime Minister of India cares about Hindus, and means it.

Golwalkar wrote:To keep up the purity of the Race and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic races--the Jews. Race pride at its highest has been manifested here. Germany has also shown how well nigh impossible it is for Races and cultures, having differences going to the root, to be assimilated into one united whole, a good lesson for us in Hindusthan to learn and profit by.

rawemotions wrote:
Guha needs for first learn facts before spouting nonsense.
http://www.dailyo.in/politics/malda-riots-kaliachak-muslims-hindus-west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-islamisation/story/1/8517.html


http://www.ibtimes.co.in/west-bengal-4-killed-over-8-injured-communal-clashes-nadia-district-631370