Sunday, January 21, 2024

The Land of Rama ?

In 1992 when mobs demolished the Babri Masjid they in fact destroyed not just a mosque but also Hinduism, a liberal and tolerant way of life. But that was not all. 30 years later when the Supreme Court of India decided the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid case we saw how India's judiciary too had been demolished. Of course the court order is a court order to be respected by all parties but after this one wonders if Indian courts will be respected the way it was earlier as a custodian of our constitutional rights. The Muslims have been given no choice but to bear the pain. In fact under this majoritarian regime minorities are not protected at all. We have seen assaults and riots like never before. As a new temple emerges from the debris of a mosque the government of India has shifted it's capital to Ayodhya. A new airport, a new train station and new roads have been built to welcome Ram Lalla. The airwaves are full of Sanskrit shlokas and one presenter informed how Maharishi Manu is the founder of the city of Ayodhya. And yet in my dream I saw Ram Lalla playing on the vacant space allotted to the Muslims to build their mosque. So I feel like donating to the mosque committee, as they plan to build a Cancer Hospital along with a masjid.

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