tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963508092996469398.post7139238309998311403..comments2024-03-11T08:42:35.330+01:00Comments on Nasir Khan blog: The Liberhan Report – What Should It Mean?Nasir Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981781828241865509noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963508092996469398.post-42050530440414935372009-12-01T14:55:21.837+01:002009-12-01T14:55:21.837+01:00In this excellent article Badri Raina provides us...In this excellent article Badri Raina provides us useful information about the events leading to the destruction of the Babri mosque in India by the organized Hindutva extremists. What the Liberhan report says about the role of the Sangha Parivar and the former Indian prime minister, Vajpayee, comes as no surprise to those who have followed the activities and plans of the Hindutva organizations and parties against the Indian Muslims. What steps did the central Indian authorities take to combat the anti-Muslim pogroms as they happened in 1992 and also against the Hindutva killings of Indian Christians and Dalits? One proof is the Liberhan report itself that shows how the Indian judicial and administrative system works. The report was meant to be ready in three months; in practice, it took 17 years! So, those who want to seek some judcial redress may have to wait long. One life-time may be too short; a reincarnation may be the answer. <br /><br />One Indian academic who has been in the forefront of struggle to highlight the social and political marginalization of Indian Muslims and other minorities within India is Badri Raina. Himself a Kashmiri Pandit, he had witnessed the trauma of the partition in 1947 in his native land, Kashmir. He continues to defend the Indian secularist and humanist tradition and uphold the rights of all the minorities. He time and again warns against the danger of the Hindutva fascists to Indian democracy and shows how they operate to create communal tensions to further their political ends.Nasir Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981781828241865509noreply@blogger.com