Wednesday, October 6, 2010

In the name of GOD!

The Allahabad High Court divided the land where the Babri Masjid stood for 500 years into three: two parts to the two Hindu groups and one part to the Muslim group involved in the case, legitimising the demand of the Hindu groups that this was in fact the precise place where Ram was born. Tell me how do they know that and how in the wide world did they prove that in court?!?!

Isn't India secular?!?! How can a court of law base its judgment on a particular faith or belief. 
To think that we could destroy a 500 year old mosque on the whim of a belief that materialized out of thin air, to destroy history and a world heritage site because a bunch of saffron clad bigots believe that Ram was born in the exact spot where the mosque stands.
This verdict somehow justifies what happened on December 6th 1992 and I am afraid could seem to many trouble makers as an invitation to rake up other similar issues. For surely in a country with a civilization and history as old and rich as India's there are many other examples of mosques built on ruins of temples and temples built on ruins of mosques.

How can we justify the hundreds who were killed and raped and burnt alive for the sake of this conflict? Are we going to demolish one house of God now to build another one? And on this soil too that is tainted with the blood of those who died in the riots 18 years back.
If favouring the majority is India's way of protecting its minorities, we need to seriously question our intentions. Does this mean we are doomed to succumb to the demands of the holy saffron in order to ensure communal harmony?

Sure its calm right now but are we sure its not the calm before the storm!

I don't want any part in this responsibility. I think the Babri Masjid should be restored and protected as a heritage site and India should stop justifying violence and bigotry in the name of God if she wants to really progress in the world and continue calling herself a secular democracy.

Is anyone else with me on this?