November , 2008
A 'Right' response?
The Sangh siding with the 'Hindu terror' accused is deeply disturbing news. Notwithstanding the political overtones of such a move when elections are just a few terror attacks away, one would think that blast accused aren't exactly very cool people to hang out with. Not exactly for the 'right' reasons, this kind of political posturing has the danger of further deepening that communal divide the country is staring at. Now as a 'yuppie' (as a friend called me recently) one doesn't give as much as a secular/pseduosecular as long as the hazelnut flavour in the cappuccino stands out distinctly...you get the whiff! The BJP's claim of the Maharashtra ATS's investigation into the Malegaon/Modasa blasts being politically motivated however, puts a question mark on the impartiality of these investigations. The question mark auto-extends to the investigations into the more recent 7/11 blasts and by default the investigations - and hence....




























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