The clamour within the BJP for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the party’s next prime ministerial candidate is growing with everybody from Arun Shourie to Arun Jaitely to Venkaiah Naidu lining up in support even as L.K. Advani watches aghast and the Supreme Court inserts a small spoke.
In the India Today group’s newspaper, Mail Today, Jyotirmaya Sharma, a professor in political studies at the University of Hyderabad author of “Terrifying Vision”: M.S. Golwalkar, the RSS and India, takes on the demand for the anointment head-on, saying it has two things in common with Modi.
“The first is a certain brand of vulgar impatience and haste, a hallmark of the mob as well as the tyrant, born out of a sense of self-proclaimed purity and righteousness. The other is a misplaced sense of aspiring for such indeterminate goals such as ‘ progress’ and ‘ development’, a chimera that leaves everyone out of the equation other than the sort of worthies who stood on a stage and argued for Modi’s elevation as prime minister.”
But Prof Sharma makes a larger point. Using Modi’s challenge to prime minister Manmohan Singh to hang Afzal Guru to prove his strength, his sexist stereotyping of the Congress as budiya and gudiya, and his statement that he is ready to be hanged in public if charges of his complicity in the post-Godhra “riots” are proved, he concludes that the Taliban is already amidst us in India in the form of Narendra Modi and his zealots.
“There is an uncanny resemblance in all the three to what we have known all along as the Taliban’s preferred way of meting out justice. We frown on these kinds of barbaric acts and the Sangh Parivar often implies that there is a relation between these forms of barbarism and the religious affiliation of those who indulge in these acts….
“The Taliban of today is only a mirror image of the irrational and mindless rage of Ashwatthama, the son of Drona in the epic Mahabharata. Modi is the inheritor of Ashwatthama’s rage. In the epic, Ashwatthama had to ultimately pay for his deeds. But before that he wrecked destruction and brought sorrow to countless people. Is Modi’s future and fate the same as that of Drona’s misguided son?”
Read the full article: The Taliban is already amidst us
oh… the Taliban are already here?
My 4 – year old daughter has gone to school (and that too a Christian-missionary run school). Will she be back safe?
My sister has gone to work in her bank, where other male colleagues are working. I hope she isn’t flogged.
Right…. they have been here for about 75 years then… no wait, the Taliban is actually the Muslim RSS…Just like how the Nazis were the German RSS…
Gimme a break..
Jyotirmaya Sharma, the provider of much amusement :)
Outrageous from Churumuri..Some sections of the media is affected by an uncurable sickness of modi-bashing, which keeps raising its head during elections ! Time and again, it has been proven how futile such a vilicious campaign has turned out to be, with the people coming out in support of modi and his developmental mindset..
Goldstar, since how long have been a citizen of India? How many of your children/neighbours children haven’t returned from school? By just seeing a photo if you culd imagine so much that is meaningless. Please refrain from making such comments and passing remarks.
Jyotirmaya Sharma,
If you want to know whats are real taliban, please
pack off your bags and go to swat valley.
You will be treated with AK-47 held at head there.
These secular media, is misusing Indian democracy.
Indian media forgets that media was restricted during
the most secular and great leader’s government in India.
Why can’t this sick media digest the fact that Modi
is doing some good work in India.
sathya, i think Goldstar was being sarcastic :)
Are you sure that Ashwatthama isn’t the elephant which finally gave Yudhishtira an alibi to lie?
Mr. Sharma has trivialized the Taliban’s unspeakable atrocities. Shame.
Sarcastic …no chance…some people live in a world of phobias…and anything that happens elsewhere they think it will be at the doorstep nxt day. They spoil the mind of children, their atitude towards the world. Many Congress leaders have been presented wit bows and arrows, swords,sickles etc etc. THat doesn’t mean they should be suspected that they would use it aainst people.
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India has been a peaceful country with diverse culture, language, religion respecting each other faith etc.
. Now suddenly how this polarization is happening. .Majority were Hindus at that time and even now. British tried to divide and rule this country by making Hindus and Muslims fight each other .now dirty politician see us as a Hindu, Muslim or Christian instead of Indian and humans for their vote bank politics.
They cried “wolf , wolf” by brandishing BJP as hindu fanatics party, while encouraging muslin league etc as secular party. They are giving benefits to a particular community thinking that their vote banks are united. Instead of urging them to respect each others faith and keep religion as a private affair. They are helping them to distance from each other. For eg. Making certificate issued by madrassa equivalent to CBSE. Madrassa are not allowed for other religions. It will help only to keep those people from mingling with main stream line. That will talibanise this country because they do not advocate respecting other religion and their custom and faith . They have zero tolerance towards others believes . even between the factions of their religion If there is feeling that hindus are sidelined and their religious practices and customs are questioned and under danger and if they feel secured under Narndramodi like persons, Its for the preceding ruling parties to be blamed.
First of all country should stop asking its citizens “are u a hindu, muslim,christhian” while filing various forms ,because it was never their fault to be born in a particular religion. It was neither their choice. Thus only you can stop communalizing this country.
Don’t underestimate the Taliban. Just 500 of their cadres could confiscate a whole district (Buner) in spite of $$$ wepons and $$$$ cash supplied to Paki Army. In no time they will conquer Pakistan. Their next target is India, a land of kafirs! Take care!
Nothing mouch can be expected from Churumuri – now a days; other than BJP bashing.
However, that designer ‘macchhu’ will definitely inspire kannada producers/directors and actors too. :-)
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Ah-a.
The hit-and-run, hate-spewing, misogynistic, racist, loony artistes don’t even have the courage to stand up for what they have been brainwashed to believe in.
Maybe they should start learning something from their idol and role-model.
Prashant Krishnamurthy – Short sighted as ever.
The threat of tearing the Indian social fabric is quite visible. It is upto the electorate to decide India’s future course.
The Indian Taliban is as great a threat to India, as the taliban is to Pakistan. It is of great importance that we the general public realize the threat at this stage.
Mangalore is already paying the price of these moral policing taliban.
taliban is not a threat to pakistan. it is the complete realization of the subscribed destiny. pakistan was founded as an islamic nation, it is only natural that it completely realize its islamist nature. can any of these guys say they are more islamic than taliban?
before responding to this post, first tell me the length of your pant. specifically, how high is it above the ankle? and how much of her arm does your mohotarma cover.
you cant have it both ways, either it is a word of god or it is not. either it is a complete way of life or it is not and just another set of superstitions.
if you are in the business of interpreting your books you are operating in the realm of kuffars, who as the book says are worthy to be conquered and like pigs are dirty.
TS,
Wise words full of wisdom and wit!
Likewise, IMHO I believe in the ‘Good’ Taliban. But ‘Good’ Pakistan, never!