From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
Major English papers continue to downplay this case of communal killing. For instance, it is no where to be found on the front pages of the Hindu.Initially, it was reported in 2 lines as a case of personal enmity. Even Indian Express took many days to run the story. There hasn’t been any comment from people like Harsh Mander or even Mamata Banerjee who have earlier been very vocal. Many of us hold no brief for murderers – whatever religion they may be. However, that’s not the case for those who call themselves secular. People like Harsh Mander and Mamata Banerjee who are normally extremely vocal and well connected with the media become strategically silent in cases such as this. This is how India’s secularists loose all main stream support.
Muslim are worst.
Major English papers continue to downplay this case of communal killing. For instance, it is no where to be found on the front pages of the Hindu.Initially, it was reported in 2 lines as a case of personal enmity. Even Indian Express took many days to run the story. There hasn’t been any comment from people like Harsh Mander or even Mamata Banerjee who have earlier been very vocal. Many of us hold no brief for murderers – whatever religion they may be. However, that’s not the case for those who call themselves secular. People like Harsh Mander and Mamata Banerjee who are normally extremely vocal and well connected with the media become strategically silent in cases such as this. This is how India’s secularists loose all main stream support.