From: kansal@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Vinay K. Kansal)
Subject: Re: Press Release from India Alert on the Babri Masjid Incident
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 04:09:56 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.204738.20785@doug.cae.wisc.edu> budaraju@cae.wisc.edu (Srinivas Budaraju) writes:
>   The following will be read out by India Alert before the SILENT MARCH 
>on Dec 19th, given as press release and also handed out to people on 
>Devon Ave. The march will start at 12:45 PM at Warren Park, 6601 N.Western Ave.
>(2 blocks North of Devon Ave), Chicago.
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>INDIA UNDER THREAT
>BABRI MASJID TODAY, INDIA TOMORROW?
>
>We march today to:
>
>	- protest the demolition of the Babri Masjid by the kar sevaks of
>	  the Vishwa Hindu Parishad;

WON'T IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO EXTEND THE AGENDA TO PROTEST AGAINST THE
DEMOLITION OF HINDU TEMPLES BY MUSLIM TERRORISTS IN KASHMIR ?



>
>	- protest the threat to minorities in India today;

DOES IT INCLUDE THE MINORITIES IN KASHMIR AS WELL OR IS IT THE USUAL
PSEUDO-SECULAR SH** ?


>
>	- condemn the violence, the bloodshed, the cycle of revenge and
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


DOES IT BY ANY CHANCE REFER TO THE REVENGE TAKEN BY THE KAR SEWAKS.
THE REVENGE FOR DEMOLITION OF HINDU TEMPLES AND PERSECUTION OF
MINORITIES IN KASHMIR ?


>	  its repercussions in the subcontinent and elsewhere;
>
>	- protest the failure of the Indian Government to uphold the rule 
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

SHOULDN'T IT ALSO INCLUDE CONTINUED IMPOTENCY OF THE SUCCESSIVE
PSEUDO-SECULAR GOVERNMENTS OF INDIA TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF MINORITIES
IN KASHMIR ?


>	  of law and the Constitution;
>
>	- protest the divisive activities of fundamentalist groups of all
>	  religions.
>
>December 6, 1992 was independent India's darkest day. The
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE DARKEST DAY FOR YOU. SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. FOR
THOUSANDS OF HINDUS WHO HAVE BEEN FORCE TO LEAVE KASHMIR, THE DARKEST
DAY WAS WHEN THEY HAD TO FLEE THEIR HOMELAND WITHOUT THEIR PROPERTIES
AND WITH THE HONOUR OF THEIR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS ENTIRELY LOST AT THE
HANDS OF THE MUSLIM EXTREMISTS.


>assault on Babri Masjid and the resulting violence has plunged
>India into a deep crisis. We have become divided as never before.
>
>If this is not the time to act, then when is?
>
>How long are we going to remain silent and watch thousands of
>people become victims to politics of hate?
>
>Who has given the fundamentalists the right to decide whose
>India it is? Who has given these groups the right to destroy
>India's secular foundation, to break the highest law of the
>land, as stated by the Supreme Court of India?
>
>Are we ready to allow the destruction of our rich cultural,
>ethnic and religious heritage and diversity?
>
>As nonresident Indians can we absolve ourselves of blame? Who
>knows better than us what it is to be a minority, and worse, a
>discriminated minority?
>
>It is Time... It is Time to Protest!  It is Time to Speak Up!!
>
>It is Time we, the NRIs, stop portraying Indian culture in
>narrow religious terms. Indian culture is too vast and too rich
>to be limited by and fossilized within exclusionary religious
>and regional groups.
>
>It is Time we as a community condemn fundamentalists of all
>religions and stop funding their organizations. It is time we
>stop misusing our safety and security in North America while
>supporting agents of violence in India. Instead, we must use our
>resources to improve the condition of thousands of starving
>people in India. We must invest in a safe, progressive future
>for its citizens by helping to strengthen India's socioeconomic
>and educational infrastructure.
>
>It is Time to remember that fundamentalism will not only destroy
>the minority religions, it will destroy Hinduism itself. Let us
>not destroy what has withstood the test of centuries, and has
>symbolized peace and understanding for the rest of the world.
>
>There is only one acceptable solution in sight: to live together
>in peace, respecting each others' differences.
>
>OUR FUTURE IS AT STAKE  -  WE CANNOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED ANYMORE.
>
>(Issued by India Alert, a Human Rights group, comprising
>students and professionals based in Chicago and Madison.)
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>-Srinivas				budaraju@cae.wisc.edu
>


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Deptt. of Economics      
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