Hindu Muslim Amity
Sunday, 2. November 2008 - 8:46 PM
Promoting amity and brotherhood between Hindus and Muslims is as noble as it is urgent. However, it is impossible to build a solid society on a foundation of falsehood. Over 25 Lakh pilgrims visit Varanasi every year. Varanasi is that ultimate and dateless spiritual harbour for every Hindu, the earthly berth of an entire way of life symbolized by the most holy Vishwanath temple. These pilgrims filled with such fervour and longing, each have their own mental image of the Vishwanath temple. However, when they arrive, they are singularly aghast that the object of their devotion doesn’t exist. Once the cynosure of all of Kashi, a huge Mosque towers over not just the temple-site it invasively occupies, but the entire sight of the holy city. Now, these pilgrims return home comprehensively disillusioned, and obviously spread this illusion-shattering news to family, cousins, relatives, neighbours, and friends. With this is the bitter, everyday reality, on what basis do we hope to promote Hindu-Muslim amity?
– Raziya, a.k.a Lakshmi, in Aavarana (Translation: Mine)
Tags: Aavarana, Communal Amity, Communal Problem, Hindu-Muslim Problem, History, India, Indian History, Islam in India, Islamic Invasion, Kannada Novel Aavarana, Pseudosecularism, S L Bhyrappa
3. November 2008 - 12:43 AM
Very thought-provoking Sandeep…
Thanks…
3. November 2008 - 2:28 AM
Sandeep,
I guess you are translating this book (from what I hear of it from you, a great work) into English. If so, best wishes.
3. November 2008 - 5:22 AM
There will be reckonin’/for deeds past and present/
and none may escape fate/be it prince or peasent//
(From Reckonings by Robert Frost IIRC)
3. November 2008 - 10:58 AM
Same hold true for Mathura as well.
PI.
3. November 2008 - 11:55 AM
Sandeep
This new layout is quite unpleasant — the sheer diversity of font sizes and formatting levels makes the page extremely tedious to read.
Also, the new ‘have your say’ with ‘xyz wrote these pithy words’ appears without break or format change, inline with the actual comments, making it tough to note where a previous comment ended and a new one started.
3. November 2008 - 12:11 PM
AG,
I know I know….minor tweaks are in order. Gimme some time please?
4. November 2008 - 8:28 PM
It is the fault of ‘tamasic’ hindus that dastardly mosque STILL exists there, not the muslims.
15. November 2008 - 1:09 PM
I am pretty shocked and hurt that educated and knowledgeable people like you, are becoming the fuels of communism fire in the country.Does God exist in Varanasi only? I agree being a Hindu myself that the place has importance in our religion too. But I can’t find it insulting that the place is still being worshiped, earlier only Hindus where there now even Muslims are worshiping the holy place. Whats the matter with all of you? Why provoking the feeling hatred among Hindus. We are the oldest and strongest religions in the world, our strength is tolerance and our broad minded views. I agree that we have been on the receiving side for so long, but there are other ways to deal with the situation, spreading your voices and opinion is important, but equally is important is to realize the consequences of what you speak. Please lets talk and spread positiveness in the country, stop criticizing incidence which otherwise have no importance in everyday lifes. Don’t bring religion above humanism, because the religion is for human, not the human for religion. I am sorry if I hurt anyone with my views.
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