From: sja@bofur.unh.edu (Sameer J Apte)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: bombay riots
Followup-To: soc.culture.indian
Date: 11 Jan 1993 22:23:45 GMT
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- srinivas sunder writes 

-The latest UPI report says that so far 183 people are dead in Bombay. When you
-include Ahmedabad, the total is 244. A top police official, who asked to remain
-unidentified, said that this was not a "Hindu-Muslim" conflict, but an inter-gang 
-problem. How does that explain Ahmedabad? The reality is that it is both.
-If there were no Hindu-Muslim conflicts, the gangs could not take the opportunity
-to loot, pillage and burn and blame them on communal tensions.

-In Ahmedabad, most of the violence is in the Muslim-neighborhood. Three people
-burnt to death on Sunday and a house set ablaze. 4 more people reported stabbed
-in street-fighting.

-It has now spread from the predominantly Muslim neighbourhoods to the rest of
-the city, affecting places like Matunga, Dadar, "the fashionable beach-side 
-districts" (Juhu?), and Chembur.

-The CM says that now, "Hindus are killing Hindus." There are now attacks on the

	i can't imagine CM of maharashtra making such statements , which
	directly involves name of some religion . so it will be better , if you 
	check your sources ....

-Tamil community in Bombay (that must explain Matunga and Chembur). I thought
-that the Shiv Sena had given up its anti-South animus some time back. But the

	the whole thing looks like your own imagination , do you think that 
	only tamils leave in the above mentioned areas , both the areas 
	are equally crowded with all the communities including 
	maharashtrians , gujjus , and other southies . the statement that
	you have made inside the parentheses is random .

	you write only about the anti-south animus of Shivsena ( if any ) 
	, you don't talk anything about anti-maharashtrian animus of 
	south indians . 

-police are blaming them for it. Jayalalitha has appealed to Naik to protect the
-"small Tamil community" in "sundar Mumbai, marathi Mumbai." "Small?" I
-thought that Bombay had more Tamils than Madras. Expect some incidents of 

	the title of this article says "bombay riots ... " , does it have 
	any connection with the comparison that you make above ? what difference
	does it make , if no. of tamils in madras is  more than those in 
	bombay or vice versa .

-vandalism on Northies (to an avg. Madrasi, the distinction between a Punjabi, 
-UP-ite, Marathi etc. is irrelevant -- they all speak Hindi) by some looters in

	here comes one more arbit statement , you can say that an average 
	madrasi doesn't distinguish between Punjabi , UP-ite , Marathi etc.
	, if you think so . but who the hell told you that maharashtrians
	speak hindi , you don't seem to have gone to any other place in 
	maharashtra other than bombay . 

-Madras anxious to not be out-done by their Bombay-ite cousins.

	i don't know , how to react to the threat that you have given 
	to all the northies in south ! 

-The Central Railways are adding extra cars to trains to facilitate people
-fleeing the city. According to the Governor (in office while a replacement
-is announced, I guess) C.Subramaniam (he's a Tamil), the Army is finding it

	again the valuable information that you give about c.subramanian ,
	is totally unrelated to the topic . do you imply that even being
	a tamillian he is not able to protect his people in bombay ?

......... many random statements deleted 

	i just feel that you should read your article twice before posting .



		- sameer j. apte


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