Godhra

Would the riots in Gujarat have taken place if the Godhra incident did not take place? Who burnt the train bogey in Godhra? Who are all the people arrested for it? Muslims. Who are all the people who have been charged for burning the train? Muslims. Have any Hindus been arrested for burning the train? No. The Banerjee commission has only said that it is not possible to burn the bogey from outside. So who burnt it from inside? Who pelted stones on the bogey to divert the attention of the passengers? Muslims. Has the trial begun? No. Who will be pronounced guilty? Let’s await the trail. Till then, the popular notion is that Muslims burnt the bogey. It is natural to quote the popular notion about an incident till it is proven otherwise.

Freedom of expression

Your attacking Hinduism is not a problem at all. You are welcome to do it and strain all your energy at it. Hinduism is a vast ocean and a few pebbles would do it no harm. But not so Islam. It is a very delicate religion needing to be protected by a State and with violence. This has been proved by a few cartoons of Mohammad. The problem is that Islam proclaims that it is the only true religion and Allah last spoke in the 7th century and it has a political goal to Islamize the world (which it has been trying since Mohammad but has not succeeded yet). Faith is fine and faith moves mountains (hope you understand the proverb this time) and no one can have any quarrel about faith. Again, it would be OK if you choose to believe faith as a fact. But in that case you cannot deny me or anyone the right to question such assertions. Remember, there is nothing I want from you, not even answers to my queries. But I shall exercise my freedom to write and respond to any writings in public space. How I write and what I write is my freedom. You too have the same freedom. Thanks much to the phenomenon of the internet. So carry on buddy, as shall I.

Krishna

Let me assure you on behalf of the all the Krishna Bhaktas of the world, and I do this because I know that not a single Krishna Bhaktha will disagree with me, that whatever you say about Krishna in the negative, by the sheer charisma his personality weaved in his generation and all succeeding generations and continue to weave even today, the same is transmuted into the positive. All Hindus would say, Krishna? With him everything is a dream. Isn’t he the mischievous one who stole butter, stole the lasses clothes and hearts and stole a war from the Kauravas? Krishna is Hinduism greatest wonder, its most exquisite personality, its unparalleled teacher – in short, its superstar. Krishna’s attainments and accomplishments are unique in the history of mankind. There is no spiritual savant who has not been energized by the very thought of Krishna. There is no singer who has not sung his glory, no writer who has not written about this marvellous personality and no dancer who has not danced to mystical glory in his aura. Watch Krishna in the TV serial Mahabharatha. In the newest of man’s medium, he has been watched in more languages and more number of people than any other religious personality. That’s Krishna, the conqueror of hearts for ever.