APROPOS your editorial ‘Babri acquittals’ (Oct 3), saffronisation, indeed, is becoming rife in India. The world has become a global village, differences among various cultures are being removed, and a universal culture has been emerging in most parts of the world.
But India is still languishing in the dark ages of mythology, hatred and abhorrence. Insanity and inequality run in the blood of Indian extremists. Sadly, these goons have the complete support of the government and its subsidiaries.
The judiciary in India has become a mockery of justice, having no regard for basic rights of the downtrodden, the minorities that have already been marginalised to the limit.
Several efforts have been made by international organisations to stop Hindutva barbarianism in India against Muslims, but to no avail. The Ram Mandir saga is another nail in the coffin of Indian democracy.
A pseudo-democracy, bludgeoning the minorities, subduing them to Hindutva is, indeed, a dark scar in the face of real democracy where all people are treated equally without any discrimination on the basis of religion, caste or creed.
The acquittal decision of Sangh Parivar is the death of secularism in India. The present verdict of letting off L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and their accomplices has clearly exposed the weaknesses of the justice system in India.
The series of events that started in 1992 and continue to date shows that Muslims have categorically been relegated to the lowest level in Indian society. Their mosques are targeted again and again on one pretext or the other, and those who demolish the historical mosques come out victorious from courts. What a travesty of justice!
However, when tyranny exceeds all limits, it faces doom. Time has come for India to reap the thorns.
Iftikhar Mirza
Islamabad
Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2020
