Obviously, my facebook feed is nuts with intolerance, bigoted Modi, so on and so forth.
I am not a Modi fan. In fact, at last check, i was still a human being with an operational brain.
So no one's fan, AC, or cooler.
Yesterday, a friend posted something that, yet again, presented Modi as the communal disharmony villain.
Now, you have to understand this about me - this communal disharmony thing, its BIG for me. It led to me being born in Delhi and not in Shekhupura. It also meant that the population of our family, and the size of our wealth was suddenly significantly lower.
So, in growing years, I have spent a LOT of time reading up on the Partition, and what the hell happened. I have read everything from Chamanlal Nahal's Azaadi to The Hindu Code Bill of B R Ambedkar. I have read the newspapers of that time. And "May it please Your Honour" by Nathuram Godse. And have heard my grandparents' accounts until I could recreate them from memory.
With that background, reproduced below are the exact comments on her post:
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Me:
Just do this for me - pick up the papers from 1936 to 1945 and read them. Before you say anything else, read them. The result of that 9 year toxic campaign was this:
1. Patel was sidelined for being a Hindu nationalist.
2. A man who had not done anything except sycophancy in life became the PM.
3. Within 6 months of his becoming PM, Godse succeeded. Godse had had 3 failed attempts on Gandhi earlier. As soon as Nehru became PM, where did he succeed? In the super safe Birla House.
4. As soon as Nehru became PM, the Hindu threat evaporated, the riots stopped.
Here is why i know about this :
My history book just said: Jinnah was a member of the Congress in 1936.
And i got thinking. It was in trying to understand Jinnah that i realised what had been done to my country.
BUT, pls don't believe one word of what I say. Read the papers from 1936 to 1945. Just do this. You care for your country, you can do this much.
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Her response:
And thats why we should now believe in a man who is bought over by industrialists and rides on the wave of communal hatred ? We should let him project his revengeful ideas and drive the country towards a religion based state!!! With absolutely no plans of growth for all.... I know power is always sized the way nehru did and now the current pm did but strong oppositions are essential to keep them in check.
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My answer:
Good that you brought this up. Now, pls think back to why you think Modi is communal. Think of every stimulus that firmed this belief in your head. Then mark the ones which are actual things said or done by Modi and which ones are collaterals created by private, public, and media organisations. Do this segregation yourself. Don't depend on anyone else or take any inputs.
You have to remember that the putrid, relentless campaign of 1936 -1945 was not just political. It led to people like you and me losing our homes and families. So i have a LOT of personal interest in understanding what the hell happened.
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I am not a Modi fan. In fact, at last check, i was still a human being with an operational brain.
So no one's fan, AC, or cooler.
Yesterday, a friend posted something that, yet again, presented Modi as the communal disharmony villain.
Now, you have to understand this about me - this communal disharmony thing, its BIG for me. It led to me being born in Delhi and not in Shekhupura. It also meant that the population of our family, and the size of our wealth was suddenly significantly lower.
So, in growing years, I have spent a LOT of time reading up on the Partition, and what the hell happened. I have read everything from Chamanlal Nahal's Azaadi to The Hindu Code Bill of B R Ambedkar. I have read the newspapers of that time. And "May it please Your Honour" by Nathuram Godse. And have heard my grandparents' accounts until I could recreate them from memory.
With that background, reproduced below are the exact comments on her post:
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Me:
Just do this for me - pick up the papers from 1936 to 1945 and read them. Before you say anything else, read them. The result of that 9 year toxic campaign was this:
1. Patel was sidelined for being a Hindu nationalist.
2. A man who had not done anything except sycophancy in life became the PM.
3. Within 6 months of his becoming PM, Godse succeeded. Godse had had 3 failed attempts on Gandhi earlier. As soon as Nehru became PM, where did he succeed? In the super safe Birla House.
4. As soon as Nehru became PM, the Hindu threat evaporated, the riots stopped.
Here is why i know about this :
My history book just said: Jinnah was a member of the Congress in 1936.
And i got thinking. It was in trying to understand Jinnah that i realised what had been done to my country.
BUT, pls don't believe one word of what I say. Read the papers from 1936 to 1945. Just do this. You care for your country, you can do this much.
***************************
Her response:
And thats why we should now believe in a man who is bought over by industrialists and rides on the wave of communal hatred ? We should let him project his revengeful ideas and drive the country towards a religion based state!!! With absolutely no plans of growth for all.... I know power is always sized the way nehru did and now the current pm did but strong oppositions are essential to keep them in check.
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My answer:
Good that you brought this up. Now, pls think back to why you think Modi is communal. Think of every stimulus that firmed this belief in your head. Then mark the ones which are actual things said or done by Modi and which ones are collaterals created by private, public, and media organisations. Do this segregation yourself. Don't depend on anyone else or take any inputs.
You have to remember that the putrid, relentless campaign of 1936 -1945 was not just political. It led to people like you and me losing our homes and families. So i have a LOT of personal interest in understanding what the hell happened.
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