In an outspoken and critical interview which will upset the BJP government and enrage
its supporters, Tavleen Singh has repeatedly compared the Narendra Modi government, its
legislation and its attitude to Muslims to Nazi rule in Germany in the 1930s. She calls
the Citizenship Amendment Act "India's
first Nuremberg law". She repeatedly speaks of Modi's attitude and treatment of Muslims
alongside Hitler's treatment of jews. She says just as Hitler's Nuremberg laws singled
out jews and treated them differently to other Germans so, too, does the Citizenship
Amendment Act single out Muslims and treat them differently to other Indians.
In a 42-minute interview to Karan
Thapar for The Wire on her recently published book Messiah Modi?, Singh says
that she has known for a long time that anti-Muslim prejudice is part of the DNA of the
RSS, whom she calls the "alma mater" of Narendra Modi. She now fears that anti-Muslim
prejudice is also part of Narendra Modi's DNA. She says there were hints of this when he
was chief minister of Gujarat and refused to wear a skull cap or compared the killings
of Muslims in 2002 to a puppy being run over by a car. . . .
Tavleen Singh is one of India's
most influential columnists and authors. In "Messiah
Modi?" she details her early support for Modi the candidate, followed by a helpless
disenchantment with Modi the Prime Minister.
WIKIPEDIA:
List of wars involving India -- Hindu kings also looted Hindu temples
Visweswaran, Kamala, Michael Witzel, Nandini Manjrenkar, Dipta Bhog, and Uma
Chakravarti, "The Hindutva view of
history: rewriting textbooks in India and the United States," Georgetown Journal of
International Affairs 10(1):101-112.
[India has become a model of the imperial cult of "neo-liberalism" -
almost everything must be privatized, sold off. The worldwide assault on social
democracy and the collusion of major parliamentary parties - begun in the US and
Britain in the 1980s - has produced in India a dystopia of extremes and a spectre for
us all.--John Pilger, "India Has Become a
Dystopia of Extremes," CounterPunch, January 3, 2014]
Modi is lucky to be blessed with so weak an opposition . . . Even so, doubts assail him,
for he must know he has not delivered on the promise of 2014. It is why he has resorted
to looking for enemies within. Like other populists, he sits in his white house tweeting
out his resentment against the sultanate of "them."" And, as India gets ready to give
this willful provincial, . . . a second term, one cannot help but tremble at what he might
yet do to punish the world for his own failures.--Aatish Taseer, "Can the World's
Largest Democracy Endure Another Five Years of a Modi Government?," time.com,
May 9, 2019
Zakir Naik, "I AM HINDU,"
youtube.com, mo/date/year?
Zakir Naik challenges Modi to debate on Hinduism, THE WEEK, May 15, 2019
[In 2019, India added three new billionaires every month while most of the rest of the
world was in an economic slowdown. The total number of billionaires reached 138, the
highest after China and the US.--Ravi Kant, "The
rise of the monopolists in Modi's India," asiatimes.com, October 12, 2020]
[it takes more than hugs and handshakes at PR stunts like the "Howdy Modi" event in
Austin, Texas, or the "Namaste Trump" gimmick in Gujarat, to bring in investment.--Bhim
Bhurtel, "Why
manufacturers are not rushing from China to India," asiatimes.com, November 2, 2020]
EDITORIAL: "Paper tiger: India's national government looks increasingly
hapless," bbc.com, May 8, 2021
Nero's Pride: Not Even A Pandemic Can Stop The Central Vista Project, The Wire, May 14, 2021
Hinduism, too, it turns out, is an 'invader' religion, arriving with the
Aryans from Central Asia. (p.38) --
Namit Arora, "Indians:
A Brief History of a Civilization," India Viking (May 15,
2021)
India @75 Conversation between Dr Shashi Tharoor and Mahua Moitra, August 15, 2021
Pavan Varma, BJP-RSS have Talibanized Hinduism, Eroded India's Pluralism, Harmony and
Rule of Law, The Wire, August 17, 2021
Modi's Made India Communal & Authoritarian; Courts Caving-in; India May Fracture: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, The Wire, December 17, 2021
J Harikumar: Pavan . . . explains the foundational ideas thoroughly before proceeding to more
sophisticated ideas. For instance, in many chapters, he expounds upon some of the Hindu
philosophical ideas before discussing their implications for society, their historical
context, and etc. Regarding the ideas presented in the book, they gave me a new
perspective of Indian civilization. By tying together the philosophy with the history,
the reader can truly understand what India is at its core.--Pavan K Varma, "The Great
Hindu Civilization: Achievement, Neglect, Bias And The Way Forward," West Land
(January 1, 2022)
Justice Madan Lokur, "Terribly Disappointed" Supreme Court Hasn't Acted Against Calls For Genocide, The Wire, January 6, 2022
Admiral Arun Prakash, Silence of Political Leaders on Genocide Calls is Ominous, The Wire, January 8, 2022
When An Indian Historian Lashed Out At The West, myBrut, January 24, 2022
How dangerous is it to be Muslim in India? TRT World, January 25, 2022
Hindus for Human Rights to Keep Lobbying US Congress, Govt against India's Treatment of Muslims, The Wire, February, 19, 2022
"My brother was offered a bribe of 100 crore in return for a
favourable judgement. Mohit Shah, the chief justice, made the offer himself."
(p221)--Niranjan Takle, "Who Killed
Judge Loya?," Niranjan Publishing (May 9, 2022)
Who is Narendra Modi? India's path to becoming a world power, DW Documentary, May 13, 2022
"Azad Remained Steadfast Against Partition:
On the 75th Anniversary of India's Independence, Imagine if Gandhi,
Nehru, Patel . . . Had Not Agreed to Partition India," The Wisdom Fund, August 15, 2022
[So why were temples attacked? And who desecrated them?
Richard M. Eaton, professor of history at the University of Arizona and author of "India
in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765," argues that ruling dynasties
targeted temples even in the pre-Islamic period. . . . Eaton pointed out that both Hindu
and Muslim rulers attacked temples. The temples that were attacked were those that were
associated with the king.
"Desecration of such temples was the normal means of detaching a defeated enemy from
the most prominent manifestation of his former sovereign authority, thereby rendering
him politically impotent," Eaton said, stressing that the attacks were political and not
religious.--Sudha Ramachandran, "Desecration of Hindu Temples in India," thediplomat.com, January 15,
2024]
Zarafshan Shiraz, "Republic
Day 2024," hindustantimes.com, January 24, 2024
Omar Abdullah:
Tomorrow the godi media & agencies will be gushing about the "historic crowd" gathered
to hear PM Modi in Srinagar. What they will conveniently forget to mention is that
almost none of the people there will be attending of their own free will. The
dictatorial J&K Govt has pulled out all stops to give the PM a crowd because the BJP
can't manage anything in J&K without the administration. Employees, men & women both, in
their 1000s are being asked to assemble between 4:30 AM & 5:30 AM in the freezing
temperatures to be bused to the venue. This participation isn't optional, it's
compulsory. Employees who don't show up are been threatened with disciplinary action by
their Dept heads. Private schools like DPS Etc have had their buses commandeered to
transport all these employees to the venue. I have lists running in to the 1000s with
department details, addresses & mobile numbers plus transport details. I've redacted a
portion of one page out of 140 pages. This is the naya J&K but like I said godi media
won't report this.--Twitter, March 6, 2024
