Newsletter of All India
Secular Forum
Volume. 11 No.6
August
2016
From
the Editor’s Desk
Last month saw the use of cow as a polarizing symbol yet again. In Una,
Gujarat, the Laboratory of Hindu Rashtra, the Cow vigilantes mercilessly beat
dalits who were skinning a cow. This cow was incidentally killed by the lion.
One BJP MLA is going round and defending this brutal act by saying that as to
why do dalits kill the cow? This shows the blatant agenda of RSS-BJP of
distorting the facts and then to appeal at emotive level. This is yet another
shocking incident around cow-beef eating. While legislations about banning cow
killing were brought early as well, with BJP regime in Delhi (May 2014) the
followers of Hindu nationalism, are on the rampage in deepening their political
agenda of polarizing the society. Incidentally cow serves them at political
ground in multiple ways. First it helps them demonize the Muslims and targeting
of Muslims has been scaled up. There are many incidents where people have been
beaten up on the charge of eating or carrying beef. Law does not prohibit any
such thing. The Chief Minister of Haryana a RSS Swayamsevak had openly asserted
that those who want to eat beef should go to Pakistan. Many dalits have been
done to death on the charge of skinning dead cow. While the top brass of RSS
paid lip sympathy to the victims of cow vigilantes PM Narendra Modi has kept the
eloquent silence to cater to his vote bank. The Cow issue has helped the
RSS-BJP to take their Hindutva agenda forward. After Ram Temple issue this
comes as a big weapon for them. Now in each village and locality the issue can
be raked up to browbeat the dalits and Muslims. The rural economy is coming
under strain is another aspect of the unfolding of RSS-BJP agenda.
Ram
Puniyani
(Editor)
C O N T E N T S
Editorial
1. CSSS News
- Report – Lectue on “Critical Issues in Muslim-
Buddhist Dialogue in
Contemporary Asia”
2. Community Initiative
Khudai Khidmatgar’s second Mahila Eid Milan
3. Peace and Amity
- Muslims defy
curfew for last rites of Kashmiri
Pandit woman
- B.J.P. के खिलाफ क्यों उठ खड़े हुए हैं दलित?
- रोहित की बार-बार हत्या
- गुजरात में गुंडागर्दी
- अंबेडकर की विरासत का विध्वंस
- चर्मकारों पर हमले में पुलिस की मिलीभगत: फैक्ट
फाइंडिंग टीम की रिपोर्ट
- गोरक्षा का आतंक
4. Review – Govind Pansare had some
lessons for
the left, if they would only pay attention
5. Combating Communal Politics
6. Police and communal violence
- 1987
Hashimpura killings planned by officials
7. Resources
- Documentary on
communal violence
- Book on Muslim
women in poltical process in
India
- Swaraj Abhiyan –
Umbrella for peace
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