The return of State honours by liberals and artists is sought to be dismissed as directionless protest, which it well may be. But the severe response from govt and ruling party alsi indicates that they are afraid of its impact. I will not be surprised if the "manufactured" protests are now countered by "manufactured" responses by others.
@chinmoymukherjee I have nothing against your reasoning. We are giving benefit of doubt to the ruling party then I think we must give benefit of doubt to the writers and co. too. Let some time pass and I am sure the exact reason behind all this will definitely come out in open. I am not saying those who are not returning their awards must do so but those who are returning, they are also respectable persons of the society then accusing the whole lot is quite demeaning.
Respect for the govt is not there is the charge against award returnees, so the govt is disrespecting them in turn. In the process healthy debate on issues raised is just not taking place. @Shampa is right all cannot be demeaned.
As Amit Shah said why these people are not opposing other people, why only Modiji targeted. Dadri is in U.P., incident has happened in U.P. and these people are only asking question to center government and not to state government.
@Shampa
I have no desire to demean them but they have
a lot to answer for for selective awakening of conscience!
India have been witness to many worst communal
carnages under Congress regimes and they didn't
even stir slumber.When I was in Delhi in 2005 and
living close to a Sikh victim's family I just was benumbed
in cold horror when a few members who were
still in a trauma,were narrating the gory accounts.
How did they Congress react to it subsequently?
The villains of the piece were made MPs and Ministers!
How many of them returned their when the entire
country was seething in rage over the 'Nirbhoya'
case.How many returned their awards when Taslima
was being hounded out by a mob of stinkingly
communal Muslims in the heart of Kolkata under
a left regime whose vote bank politics has permanently
changed the demographic character of border
districts of West Bengal.
Now coming to this business of returing awards
I don't know whose brain child it was initially.He or
she must be very ecstasically elated at turning
others into a herd! As I commented elsewhere
that unlike in the West where many conscientious
objectors never salivate at the prospect of receiving
state awards lest should they barter their souls,
their Indian counterparts have a healthy appetite
for them. All we know Dev Kanta Baruah a leading
Assamese litterateur made us believe that Indira
was India,a creative genius!! Incidentally Indira
Gandhi was the promoter of concepts of "committed
judiciary" and committed intellectuals and so on.
The word 'Secular' entered the portal of Indian Constitution
at her behest as if Nehru was not sufficiently secular!
Talking about intolerance I want more of it! The
people of India have tolerated too much of hypocrisy
of politicians of all hues,double standards and
double speak of pseudo secularists.Go and unmask
them!!
Today Moody's Analytics and Raghuram Rajan have both come up with the same sentiments - that the central government especially Modi has to take a firm stand against detractors who are bent on creating unrest Raghuram Rajan has called for an improved environment for tolerance and mutual respect !
