Singing Vande Mataram is now an election issue; Forcing people to sing it is now a sign of patriotism. This is the sorry state of affairs that has cropped up in India, and again who are not patriotic - without doubt point the fingers to the muslims!!! South India categorically rejects hindi as a national language, and will have no qualms in skipping vande mataram in schools. But no dont look over there - point those fingers on superficial patriotism definitions.
C's last post obviously reflects on the double standards faced in the media. Sania Mirza is like any other teen in india from the middle/upper-middle class. I (with the wee bit of knowldge) love to talk to my contemporaries in the socio-family network, about the absolute simplest of things in Islam such as namaaz. Many of them will be defensive behind the statement - "But Islam is a moderate religion". Ask them what is meant by Islam, you get a vague explanation extending into pages but nothing noteworthy. Ask them about 'moderate', and be prepared to listen to ideas that contradict the teachings of islam. And, I am supposed to accept the answer from the likes of Ms Mirza!!! These same people have a very good understanding when it comes to inter-religion dialogue - eg namaste to elders, happy new year atleast 5 times a year, cricket on gandhi jayanti etc - and thats a proud trademark of Indians. So how does learning about islam and standing for whats wrong (eg ladies tennis skirt), suddenly break this trademark?
Indian Express is running this series of articles on muslims in India. Obvious coverage is given to exploitation of triple talaq in the low-income class, fatwa-giving-mullahs and how substituting arabic (Allah) for persian (Khuda) is a matter of grave concern. It feels the same way as reporting on muslims in USA - dont ask the intellectuals or the educated class, bias the article on the exploiting and exploited ones and portray that as Islam.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/12036.html
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/12102.html
3 comments:
to show patriotism by singing Vande Mataram is FAKE patriotism..
its good that it is showing up... how artificial and superficial "real" patriots of india are...
btw "sara jahan se accha " lot to jana gana mana... and vande mataram by few votes....
plus sara jahan se accha is much better song...
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