This Francois Gautier has intrigued me. He is a Frenchman with an Indian as his wife in India for the past three decades, and pretends to have become more 'Indian' than Indians. That is to say, he has acquired the typical Parivari's stuck mind, about which he may like to cry. That the Indian secularity is mature and robust has been proved by the very factors he has tried to cry about. No one elected Sonia Gandhi as the Congress President and later as a member of the Lok Sabha because she happened to be a Christian. Kalam became President not because he is a Muslim; in fact he was proposed by the BJP itself. MM Singh became PM not because he is a Sikh. That these important positions are occupied by persons who incidentally happen to be members of minority communities itself confirms the robust secularity of the nation, about which the country deserves to feel proud. // Kanchi Seer's case is criminal, and if anyone may cry about his arrest, it is his followers; because he has brought his Mutt to such a sorry pass. // And why his visceral dislike about Sonia Gandhi? Is he jealous that she, an Italian, could attain such a lofty position in India, while he, a French national, could not?
RE:Cry, My Beloved India about this Frenchman
by Ram on Jan 30, 2005 10:31 PM Permalink
Hi John,
Sonia is where she is not because she is a Christian; Kalam is where he is not because he is Muslim; Dr Singh is where he is not because he is a Sikh; but Shankaracharyar is where he is today is because he is a Hindu!
And finally, you frame Francis Gautier because what he is which is for again Hindu dharma. If want us to see everything as just coincidence then I can only say sorry and be ready for more Francis Gautiers' not necessarily from France but everywhere in India.
RE:Cry, My Beloved India about this Frenchman
by Kurien on Feb 02, 2005 10:48 PM Permalink
Dude Ram, What you are talking about ? Shankaracharya is where is he becos he is Hindu ? You are crazy. Shankaracharya has got into the problem because he is in the path of the "Law". Wait a bit till Law has its say. Once Mr.Shank is cleared of the crime, this article by itself is nonsense. BTW don't forget the all powerful JJ who wields the power in TN. She is a league of her own. Francios is a nincompoop to write wierdo articles...things have no basis. -bye
This Francois Gautier has intrigued me. He is a Frenchman with an Indian as his wife in India for the past three decades, and pretends to have become more 'Indian' than Indians. That is to say, he has acquired the typical Parivari's stuck mind, about which he may like to cry. That the Indian secularity is mature and robust has been proved by the very factors he has tried to cry about. No one elected Sonia Gandhi as the Congress President and later as a member of the Lok Sabha because she happened to be a Christian. Kalam became President not because he is a Muslim; in fact he was proposed by the BJP itself. MM Singh became PM not because he is a Sikh. That these important positions are occupied by persons who incidentally happen to be members of minority communities itself confirms the robust secularity of the nation, about which the country deserves to feel proud. // Kanchi Seer's case is criminal, and if anyone may cry about his arrest, it is his followers; because he has brought his Mutt to such a sorry pass. // And why his visceral dislike about Sonia Gandhi? Is he jealous that she, an Italian, could attain such a lofty position in India, while he, a French national, could not?
RE:Cry, My Beloved India about this Frenchman
by GB on Jan 29, 2005 04:59 PM Permalink
Joihn Kuruppacherry ! You have posted a perfect retort to this absurd knickerwalla. Please not the quirk of fate here. No matter how much this saffron tin-pot advances his chimeras, the BJP/VHP cant take him into their fold. For in doing that, the knickerwallas would shoot themselves on the foreign origin issue. Also keep in mind, rediff has been saffronised.
A lovely passage that is bent upon abusing the sound foundations on which religious tolerance exists in India.Secularism is a virtue we Indians are proud of, and efforts such as this to deface it creates bitterness.
One can only laugh at the confused state of mind of Francois Gautier!
Anybody who extolls Sai Baba and Mata Amritanandamayi and considers them as true representative of Hinduism only reveals his confusion about Hinduism and extolls the evils it is presently afflicted with.
He then derides the Marxists as 'who wants Hinduism's death', makes ABV a culprit for not projecting a Gandhian image, rakes up betrayal of Vijaynagar, alludes the respect to UPA chief as stooping to Aurangjeb, wrongly depicting a person born in India and who lived his whole life in India as a foreigner. This kind of skewed, shallow set of erroneous attribution can come from a rabble rouser.
He even has the gumption to call Hindus as 'poor Hindus' for having a Muslim President and a Sikh PM!
I appreciate you that you introduced yourself in the beginning of your article as a western Christen. It helped me to understand your absurd article. because only by a western Frecnch Christian can write such a fanatic and rarrow minded article. Dear writer, India has seen many rules and invades for centuries. Our culture and civilisation is not skin deep. You do not at all understand our country India. I was surprised a esteemed website rediff published such an absured article. What a shame! India is prud to have a Muslime President, Sikh PM etc. For us they are beloved Indians. We do not give the colour of religion to our fellow brothern. Yor article helped me to understand the atrocity of Ausschwitz of which 60th anuversery we remember today. People like you in the western world can not tolerate others, if they happen to belong to other religion or culture. Your article shows, the basic attitude may not have changed in your part of world. But we are different please! We are an ancient civilisation.
It is the second time I read the artcle of this particular gentleman in your website. I am an Indian and take great pride in the civilization and long lived culture of our country. We are pluralistic society and tolerent culture. India has not lost its culture or tradition under the long rules of Muslims and western (British) at the same time it has imbibed the positives elements from these cultures preserving our own ancient civilisation. The write is fully ignorant like many westerners about the core of our culture, way of life and thinking patern. The writer seems to say we have to be or the majority Hindus have to become fanatic and narrow minded and the whole Indians must despise other cultures and religions. This exactly the western style of cultural consciousness and national pride. They feel pride when they can look down upon others or be arrogant. Just take the example of the french regarding their laguage. If a foreigner ask for an information in France in English, the arrogant French will answer in Fernch language evenif he/she knows English. This is how they show their nation pride!. Shuld we Indians follow the same. We need no lessos from him. Joseph
For ages, India has always had the dubious distinction of producing Ambhis, Jayachandras and the like, who never hesitated to stab their own mother, just to please their master. The fact that India was subjugated and ruled by foreign invaders for many centuries was not because of the invaders' military might, or their Spiritual superiority, but because of the disunity of Indians, because of the perverse nature of Indians to humiliate themselves to curry favour with some foreign master. Even when the rest of the world praises the Ancient Cultural Heritage of India, we pretend that our culture is something else; even when the whole world looks upto the Sanatana Dharma, we turn our head and look away; even when the entire world comes to India for Spiritual guidance, we fall at the feet of an 'Unchristian'( most unlike Christ) pastor. The Indian Secularists and Rationalists, who do not lose a single opportunity to preach rationalism, and 'dispel superstitions', did not open their lips, why? Was the whole show so mesmerizing? They claim that they are not Hindus; yes, they are 'Hinn'dus! What glorious sons of India! Secularism has become their 'opium'!
