tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1040396818570155207.post9203976976033187852..comments2024-02-26T16:48:20.482-08:00Comments on mujtabas-musings: THE YATRA NO ONE TALKED ABOUTSYED ALI MUJTABAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17723463282501151067noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1040396818570155207.post-72265856544840342752011-10-18T10:12:44.782-07:002011-10-18T10:12:44.782-07:00There is also another factor. I feel, it is only t...There is also another factor. I feel, it is only those who have nothing to lose who want riots and violence. It gives them the opportunity to loot.<br /> <br />The better off-Hindu or Muslim-would want to protect their property. In Mumbai, people always joke about the Bohras who would down shutters at the mere whisper of violence in some faraway place. There is a reason here-no doubt the Bohras are peace-loving, nice people who are liked by one and all. But then, they are big businessmen, who cannot afford losses.<br /> <br />In any riot, they are the unfortunate victims of violence, since the anti-socials are out to grab the big spoils. The Bohras are not the only ones; well-off grocers and pharmacists -Hindu or Muslim-fear riots too.<br /> <br />Rina Mukherji<br />KolkataSYED ALI MUJTABAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723463282501151067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1040396818570155207.post-73646737028398465292011-10-18T10:11:23.628-07:002011-10-18T10:11:23.628-07:00Agreed Rina, no two views about those who do thing...Agreed Rina, no two views about those who do things in their own Quiet ways rendering service to the Society. They feel that losing a dear one has far greater pain to contend than to bicker about Hindu or Muslim values and therefore such people from both communities remain unsung heroes. My knowledge and experience with Mili Gazette has been different, that it is a News Magazine and involves itself with presenting the problems of the community and no body should grudge that provided it is not communal.<br /><br />Happy to hear that the women in the area are aware, politically conscious and are able to lift themselves beyond the narrow confines of the values where our politicians and religious leaders try to shackle them into. The more we read about our great country, the more Diversity we find and yet in most ways it unites us than create Divisiveness.<br /><br />I was in London when one of our very dear family friend died and he was our Senior in the Air Force, a doctor too. I went to express my condolences and his youngest daughter gave me a plaque with quotation from Holy Bhagvad Gita, praising the Almighty; I do not remember the exact words. But I was astonished to connect similar philosophy to the Holy Torah, Holy Bible and the Holy Quran. Yet we find ways and means to create Fissures and Divisiveness amongst the Regions and the Religions. I will trace the plaque and put it up for our friends.<br /><br />With Warm Regards,<br /><br />HMS.SYED ALI MUJTABAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723463282501151067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1040396818570155207.post-88725985646356756272011-10-18T10:08:29.959-07:002011-10-18T10:08:29.959-07:00Dear SAM,
There is another gentleman in Ayodhya ...Dear SAM,<br /> <br />There is another gentleman in Ayodhya who is highly regarded by all communities: Sharif Chacha, a bicycle shop owner who has taken it upon himself to give a decent send-off to unclaimed dead bodies of both Muslim and Hindu persons. The doms of the Hindu crematoria as well as the workers at the Muslim cemetery help him by making donations and cloth for the rites.<br /> <br />This quiet gentleman started doing this years ago when he lost his only son in an accident. The tragedy awoke him to the pight of numerous accident victims who are disposed off by the authorities without their loved ones getting to know of them.<br /> <br />But I notice the names of cerrtain organisations who are suspect here. On a visit to Murshidabad some time ago, I found that local women were extremely suspicious of the Milli Gazette and Jamiat..ul ulema. According to them ( and these were all Muslim women) these organisations are trying to curb the freedom women enjoy here under the ploy of upholding Muslim values. These women also accused them of fanning communal feelings. Incidentally, I found all these rural Muslim women literate, and highly conscious of their political rights. In a place marked by environmental problems, the women have been active in demanding rehabilitation, while their men are busy struggling for a livelihood.<br /> RinaSYED ALI MUJTABAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723463282501151067noreply@blogger.com