I'm from A'bad and had heard Achyut's name before, but this is the first time read him seriously....couldn't read the later half though, it all seemed wastage of time. The guy is ironic and funny. Doesn't go beyond Dalits and tribals, has all logics in store to support for Muslim reservation, and force Gandhian ways in general on Hindus etc. Rediff calls him a sane voice, which is yet another fun!
The very nature of the so-called secularists is that they will declare (or rather shamelessly brag) themselves to be the saviors of everything the democratic India. They seem to proclaim the inheritance of democratic means, secularism, non-violence etc and also the right to force their definitions on others.
They abused Modi and Gujaratis over the 2002 riots all along while the courts were examining cases at different levels. Modi brings in the Soharabudeen issues into his poll plank and they start crying hoarse and referring about its "sub-judice" nature. In short CHIT BHEE MEREE PAT BHEE MEREE! If the so-called secularists are not heard in Gujarat, they have to blame themselves, because no sane (and this one reference is sane indeed unlike rediff's above one) person would ever listen to their histrionics in the mode they are behaving right now. The downside of the whole matter: filth of Hindutva (and there is plenty of it indeed) will continue to be as it is in the absence of a rational minded opposition.
