Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Hilal Ahmed (above) has put it very correctly. The politicisation of ‘Iftar’ was begun by Indira Gandhi and continued by Congress PMs ( Vajpayee also) and It is now rightly discontinued by Modi. What is “Iftar”, exactly? It is the breaking of the voluntarily imposed fast observed scrupulously during the whole day, every day in the month of Ramzan by devout Muslims, and is NOT a social activity that these politicians have made it by giving a gala dinner with groaning tables and chattering guests, in an atmosphere resembling a social gathering (invited media in attendance) rather than the intended SIMPLE and symbolic ‘breaking of the fast’. It is used more often as a meeting to garner political leverage and patronage. Worse, it is clearly seen by the Hindus as a ‘political’ tool used by politicians. Its political slant ought to be discontinued, at least what passes for it now, as ‘Iftar’ in the political class. .
Hilal Ahmed (above) has put it very correctly. The politicisation of ‘Iftar’ was begun by Indira Gandhi and continued by Congress PMs ( Vajpayee also) and It is now rightly discontinued by Modi. What is “Iftar”, exactly? It is the breaking of the voluntarily imposed fast observed scrupulously during the whole day, every day in the month of Ramzan by devout Muslims, and is NOT a social activity that these politicians have made it by giving a gala dinner with groaning tables and chattering guests, in an atmosphere resembling a social gathering (invited media in attendance) rather than the intended SIMPLE and symbolic ‘breaking of the fast’. It is used more often as a meeting to garner political leverage and patronage. Worse, it is clearly seen by the Hindus as a ‘political’ tool used by politicians. Its political slant ought to be discontinued, at least what passes for it now, as ‘Iftar’ in the political class. .
Well said, Mr Rajesh!
A very gracious gesture of solidarity and belonging. If one does not like Muslims, all such acts can be derided as pseudo or appeasement.