Desicritics Comments on Violence in Kolkata - The Battle For Bengal

Comment by Anti_Nasreen_Anti_communists

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:01:06 EST

Muslims in west Bengal needs a party who do not handle Muslims with Kid-Gloves, they need a anti-Muslim party, presumably BJP, then it is good for Muslims, they would wake up to reality and work for their REAL empowerment and education.(Gujarat has highest Muslim literacy rate and they are relatively prosperous than their counterparts in other states) And what happened in Kolkatta is still not the end of the world for kolkatans. How good would be if Muslims read what Taslima wrote, being a Muslim I do not find it any way Anti-Islamic. She actually never challenged the core beliefs of Islam....

Comment by Anti_Nasreen_Anti_communists

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:54:53 EST

Tasleema episode is not the work of Muslims, but of the communists who organized it in the name of Muslims. As far as Nandigram read this article TOI. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_communal_division_in_Nandigram/articleshow/2568472.cms

Comment by Soham Roy

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:45:47 EST

The riots in Kolkata were organized by Idris Ali of the Congress (I) and Sultan Ahmed of Mamata's Trinamool Congress. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071124/asp/bengal/story_8586841.asp The areas where the riots happened are mostly populated by illiterate and impoverished minority migrants from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bangladesh (most poor people in Kolkata are from those two states and Bangladesh). These areas in Kolkata are well known tinderboxes as illiteracy, social backwardness and religious fundamentalism form a dangerous mix. Politicians of all parties use them as votebanks. The current riots were an attempt to break the CP(I)M's grip on the minority votebank by the opposition Congress(I) and Trinamool Congress of Mamata. In the end the common people had to suffer because of the votebank politics of these parties. Mamata didi and her hooligans stand exposed today because of these riots. She has time and again bloodied the common man's nose in her attempts to capture the throne. The intellectual bankruptcy and double standards of the CP(I)M was also exposed which sometime back defended Karunanidhi's name calling of Lord Rama as free speech and secularism and yet today asked Taslima not to hurt religious sentiments and threw her out of the state! The BJP stands exposed when Advani ji said that he had never seen such violence as in Nandigram (he conveniently forgot about Gujarat riots the ratha yatra riots and the Babri riots engineered by the BJP). West Bengal and India are indeed cursed because of these political parties and leaders.

Comment by Ledzius

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:05:29 EST

Its not going to be long before W Bengal becomes India's NW Frontier Province. WHat the politicians are indulging in is a dangerous game.

Comment by updike98

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:59:46 EST

Once again where are our alleged HUMAN RIGHTS wallahs and their feminist Cassandras?Probably hiding under some leftist pile of dung.

Comment by Lakshmikanth

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:17:45 EST

BBC: British Broadcasting still in Colonial era :) How can BBC foget that the mofos had the capital in Calcutta... and Not Kolkota as those brown aborigianls call it :) Ref: Rudyard Kipling: white man's burden of not being able to pronounce indian stuff.

Comment by Aaman

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:37:11 EST

Taslima Nasreen has been flown out of Kolkata, which the BBC still calls Calcutta, to Jaipur, after 'some initial grumbling'.

Comment by Asha Dhody

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:49:32 EST

What has happened yesterday makes every Calcuttan with dignity hang his head in shame.Living in Calcutta has become a nightmare,The artcle written by Sandeep has illustrated the Calcutta of today very well.I hope the minorities and their leaders are taken to task in an appropriate manner. Where are the leaders and artist who condemned Nandigram ,why are they silent today. The police watched helplessly,whvo has given these people the right to generate lawlessnes and literally get away with murder.The look of the chlidren stranded in their schools is frightening and depressing. Is it asking for too much if WE have a uniform legal sytem applicable for Indians as a whole. The muslim law allows a man to marry 4 times, please calculate the number of ofsprings the men is capable of having----these children are brought up in madrassas ,receivng doles,hating the very country they are born in, Soon secular India will become Muslim India .please wake up before these kind of episodes become rampant all over the country.The Taslima episode might have been triggered by infiltrators from across the border or by power hungry vote seekers .Bengal has been the hub of peaceful coexistence let us get together to generate a healthy atmosephere and not retaliate.

Comment by Lakshmikanth

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:25:22 EST

Talebanization of Bengal--> Its scary how Tasleema got pulled into Nandigram on behalf of the minorities... also its an amazing spectacle to watch how muslim communalism gets into it(lets call a spade a spade). What scares me is that tommorow... if i accidentally draw the ire of some small mullah sitting in his madrasa in some remote corner of india and he cries out for my blood.... there wont be anyone to help me.India as a free country is an illusion. Bengal is the opposite pole of Gujrat, geographically and politically... i wonder where the so called secular voices are in this case.. probably hiding in the pretext of ignorance.. selective secularism is a fashionable thing to wear :)

Comment by Bong buster

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:45:04 EST

Another 'Direct Action Day' is waiting to happen for the coward Bengalis.You will be amazed to see the self hate of these Bengalis .They are just waiting to be slaughtered and removed from West Bengal,just like they were from East Bengal.There is a bengali doctor is desicritics who is always concerened about 'poor' muslim victims at the hands of Hindu 'fanatics'.After the horrible genocide of Hindus in East Bengal (Noakhali etc),the resulting hate was chanelled towards by self hate by the commies.That's why Bengalis are the most self hating people in this country.

Comment by JAGU

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:19:04 EST

Let Taslima Nasreen move to gujarat. If even one muslims dares to bark, NARENDRA MODI, chief minister of gujarat will publically hang the muslims.. he is what west bengal needs.

Comment by Paresh

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:42:12 EST

Hello Sandeep, Very thoughtful and well-written essay on the deep abyss that CPM has managed to sink WestBengal into. I agree with you totally. As Taslima wrotes something like this: I sit here with my cup of tea, my hands waving imaginary flies away. But this is Sweden, there are no flies here. What am I swatting, sadness? Paresh

Comment by Sanjay

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:22:43 EST

Clearly CPI-M are scrambling to suck up to their vote bank, after having antagonized it with their pogrom in Nandigram. So they're offering up Taslima's head on a platter, as a sop. Another demonstration of the corruption of the Left.

Comment by Chandra

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:38:47 EST

In India, if you want something to be done, you will have to be strong, very strong. Some leaders are strong and some are not.

Comment by I agree with Deepti Lamba

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:41:58 EST

I always like to watch Muslim news too. And if i have time, I will go to www.muslimonly.com for chatting to other Muslim friends online, I feel very happy with them.

Comment by Deepti Lamba

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:50:44 EST

I believe Taslima Nasreen has not ventured out of her home in weeks fearing her life. The Kolkata cops already asked her to leave the city and she refused and government too may carry forth the same request. It would be a crying shame if another writer or artist is thrown out of the country. India is not a country ruled by goons and thugs and the government should not give in to this kind of mob mentality.