The new age libbo pinko media going ga-ga over Advanis change of heart and actually joining him to prove jinnahs secular credentials ( read the TOI to know what I mean ) reminds me of W. H. Auden's "For the Time Being," a prophetic poem from a half century-ago, that best describe the decadence of Political Correctness. Auden predicted that in the "New Age" : Knowledge will degenerate into a riot of subjective visions & Justice will be replaced by Pity as the cardinal human virtue, and all fear of retribution will vanish & The New Aristocracy will consist exclusively of hermits, bums and permanent invalids. The Rough Diamond, the bandit who is good to his mother, the epileptic girl who has a way with animals will be the heroes and heroines of the New Age, when the general, the statesman, and the philosopher have become the butt of every farce and satire. ( I found this poem in The Goldberg Files by Jonah Goldberg, The National Review)
It appears that most of the Indians are very upset about what Advani said during his visit to the land of his birth. If the Pakistan has pulled a smart one by courting Advani, India should reciprocate and invite Pakistani Mullah Brigade. Some good may come out of these Yatras of the rightist element.
Mr. Ganguly: We have known you since your articles started appearing on the Edit Page of the Hindustan Times. You have always been anti-BJP, anti-Hindutava, anti-Savarkar and pro-pseudo-secularism. It seems that your reading of History is either limited or you are fond of giving selective quotes to denigrate BJP and Hinduism. You are crediting Savarkar as the 'author' of two-nation theory. But you are intentionally forgetting the earlier history. What happened after Syed Ahmed Khan's writings, Bang-Bhang, the petition of Muslims, led by Agha Khan, in 1906 to the British on Muslim separtism and Jinnah's 14-point demands on the Congress in 1929? Why are you 'deliberately' ignoring these facts of history to condemn Savarkar, Advani and Hindutava?-- Gopal Sharma
the ever ready to dig at BJP media has finally after a long time got one new issue like a god sent one.now that advani has clarified to the people of his country the issue is over.and if the secularmad columnists want the issue to suatain they are welcome as a negative campaign by the media right from the inception of the party helped its growth.by selectively taking on the BJP for all the ills of the country the people have started realising the role of the media that they are nothing but a vested interest like the vote banks.advani has not missed his steps .if you know at all that there is a thing called as a protocol and when you are a guest in a alien country you are supposed to be nice to the guest.that does not encouraged advani to make any sinister statement.what he meant was jinnaha as everybody thought would declare pakistan as a theocratic state and which he didint.and to that extent jinnaha is secular.back in india the media is too happy now that the modi and shankaracharys issue is boring to the people after the zaheera sheikh serial episodes.the media in india already lost its steps by not being unbiased, by not being independent and not being true to the issues
