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The rhetoric of change- Pritish Nandy
Rocky | 5 | February 8, 2010 at 11:50 am | 121 views | NaachGaana Bol| Share


Last week we saw the Thackerays confront Shah Rukh Khan and Rahul Gandhi on two entirely separate ideological premises that somehow got all mixed up in the public eye. So much so that the Sena itself, for once, got so confused that they backed off and gave away the match point to their opponents. The winners were gracious in their victory and, for the time being, it looks as if Mumbai belongs not to its many claimants but to the larger vision of modern India emerging by popular consensus.

But what were the real issues? The SRK one was simple. Shah Rukh had lamented that the Pakistani cricketers were unfairly sidelined by the IPL. The media picked it up, made headlines out of it. Many of us had said the same thing on twitter and got away with it. He couldn’t. The knives were out before he could even explain himself. The real question dying to be asked was: If SRK was so concerned about the Pakistani cricketers, why didn’t he bid for them? Instead of asking the obvious, the Sena lost the plot and told SRK to stop pleading for the Pakistan players or go and live in Pakistan. It was political rhetoric, badly phrased. To mock SRK’s tears over Pakistani cricketers is one thing. To question his patriotism is another. The actual issue remains unaddressed: Should we continue sporting ties with Pakistan when shells are fired on our borders every day and 26/11 remains unpunished?

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  1. Rocky 8 February 2010
    11:54:26 am

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    Re.-The actual issue remains unaddressed: Should we continue sporting ties with Pakistan when shells are fired on our borders every day and 26/11 remains unpunished?

    Egggggjactly !!!

    At the risk ( not that I care for such people anymore) of being called Right or ultra right wing extremist -I vote for No ties !!!

  2. Gorilla 8 February 2010
    07:12:49 pm

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    I do not think time is ripe to have a tie with the country involved in invading Mumbai. So my vote goes with Rocky. Unfortunately Shiv sena opposed it in it’s own eccentric way, diverting the whole issue. The pont is can you go to your neighbour’s house, if they had sent terrorists to your house an year back?

  3. S T R E E T 8 February 2010
    08:18:02 pm

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    Breaking ties achieves nothing. If anything, it increases animosity between the two populations, or more precisely it increases the dislike for India amongst the Pakistanis. Now I wouldn’t really mind that all that much if there were any positives to it as well like,say, a decrease in further attacks like Mumbai.. but that’s not likely. Do you think the ISI officials who plan attacks like the one in Mumbai or Kargill are discouraged by breaking diplomatic ties. In fact, they were much want that kind of environment.

    If India intends to be the superpower it aspires to be, it has to take bold actions on international level. Mumbai was/is a perfect opportunity to enter forces directly in Pakistan and deal with the bullshit right there right then, and pluck the roots of the problem from its base.

  4. RAJ 9 February 2010
    02:13:16 am

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    “”"At the risk ( not that I care for such people anymore) of being called Right or ultra right wing extremist -I vote for No ties !!!”"

    Rocky,

    Are you rteady to take the same risk against China since even they are capturing atleast the lands of India very clevery inch by inch over the years…Are you ready stop all diplomatic relations with China since they are actiovely giving ammuniation to the maoists ???

  5. RAJ 9 February 2010
    02:15:35 am

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    “”I do not think time is ripe to have a tie with the country involved in invading Mumbai”"

    Even i agree here…So Shivsena should oppose the Central govt for initiating ties with Pakistan if at all they want to do something..Instead they are just creating a farce..Thats all about it…

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