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An article by Arindam Banerji :
WHY HAS IT BECOME SO COOL TO HATE INDIA?
Saturday morning, last week was a bad one for me – the first thing I
read, was an article from Dilip D'Souza. He pontificated,
"Then what do we say about those who might plot against the obscenity
that blights their land, as Stauffenberg did, who fight to free India
of it? Are they patriots? If so, what if they welcomed a force from
abroad that toppled this hypothetical regime, as many Iraqis did? Are they
still patriots?" – rediff.com
I was stunned. D'Souza a recognized and very visible journalist, was
insinuating and subtly recommending a foreign invasion of India to get
rid of the current government; pretty much like the US did in Iraq. Let's
be sure of one thing- I will die defending D'Souza's right to
criticize, fight legally against, decry or vote out of office the current Indian
government – but, calling for foreign invasion?? Now, that's beyond
hate.
All this, when I was just beginning to get over the fact that after the
Indo-Pakistani thaw had been announced, Praful Bidwai gleefully
announced that India "must give up its inalienable right to Kashmir". No word
on strategic goals for India, nothing about not rewarding terrorism.
When did this happen? Leading journalists, openly publishing
anti-India, hate-India propaganda in Indian dailies, and not a word is said – not
a single editorial, no public criticism, nothing? When did it become so
cool to hate India?
Before we sink into the rhetoric of calling me a scoundrel for bringing
up the patriotism issue, let us look at what's really happening.
Blame India first
Immediately, after the Nadimarg massacre of 24 Indians, including women
and children, Farzana Versey wrote a scathing article, criticizing the
Kashmiri Pandits, blaming them for leaving the valley – essentially the
they-asked-for-it point-of-view. Times of India editorials and Kuldeep
Nayar came out and blamed the Government of India. Mind you, not a word
– not one word, criticizing either the Pakistani generals or the LeT.
Akhila Raman blamed India directly and of course, a columnist in
Greater Kashmir blamed the Pandits for it all.
All these people, subtly yet completely undermined the case the GOI was
trying to build in international media on the persistent and genocidal
nature of Pakistani terrorism. In essence, these Indians equated the
victims with the perpetrators, and made the case on behalf of Pakistan.
After all, nobody in international media would cast any doubt on
"Indian" writers, when they place the blame on GOI and the Pandits for such a
heinous massacre.
The jury had declared their verdict – the ever-so erudite Hafeez
Sayeed who postulated "Killing Hindus is the way to move forward" came out
looking lily-white, while 4-year old Suraj, who died in his mother's
arms was found guilty – he was an Indian, you see.
Remember, the Chitisingpora incident where 35 Sikhs were killed – some
Indian journalists even those writing in international publications,
declared that the GOI was to blame. It took an American, Bobby Bearak of
NYTimes to chase the whole thing down and visit the home of one of the
perpetrators in Pakistan.
No matter what happens and how it happens, it is India that is at
fault, Indians are responsible. Journalists tell me that they must remain
balanced. That word again?
The whole balance thing – never allow any good news on India
This balance thing, happens not just about the Hindu-Muslim issue or
India-Pakistan issues. Let me give you another example from a different
area - Mr. Vishal Thapar's article on the LCA/Tejas in the Hindustan
Times. As you may have heard about the LCA was renamed to Tejas,
yesterday. Here is how it was projected in one of the most widely distributed
national newspapers in India:
"For those ecstatic at the projection of the Tejas' , this all means
that the 'Made in India' tag as a symbol of indigenous capability, a
sobering thought. Its engine is American, its avionics a combination of
French, Israeli and Swedish components, and its carbon composite wings
Italian.
Given that the three basic components of an aircraft are the engine,
airframe and avionics, 'swadeshi' pride gets a dose of reality."
In spite, of the fact, that a simple internet search, would have given
Mr. Thapar access to all possible details on LCA – he either chose not
to do so or prefers to remain balanced. So, let us take each of his
facts one by one.
What he did not tell you was the GE engine is a test engine, to be
replaced soon by an India's Kaveri. Another fact, the most advanced fourth
generation fighter called Grippen, also uses the same GE engine, but
nobody calls the Swedish Grippen non-indigenous. It also turns out that
the new fifth generation aircraft from the US (F/A22) uses Israeli
avionics. Truth is, that apart from a few measly displays, almost everything
else in the LCA's avionics- Mission Computers, Radar, Display
Processors, Avionics LRU's, databus associated control equipment -is
Indian[Nitin, BRF]. The composite wing technology was co-developed with the
Italians – in fact, some of the associated software was sold by INDIA to
Airbus.
No mention of the most-advanced Fly-by-Wire technology in a
fourth-generation aircraft, no mention of the sale to Airbus – simply the balanced
approach to hide India's accomplishments.
Remember, the Americans cherish their flights to the moon, in spite of
the fact, that many of the leading scientists were Nazi Germany's
rocket scientists. They cherish their jet aircraft which was helped
tremendously by Nazi German designs of jet aircraft.
So, why was it so important for us to sound balanced – was it important
enough to hide the facts and true achievements? Note - not a single
clarification issued by the Hindustan Times either. It is fair to point
out however, that the Hindu carried a much more positive article on LCA
on the next day.
Of course, not to be left behind the ever so-prolific India hater,
Praful Bidwai writes
"India . . . ranked 54th of 55 countries in an IT survey by
International Data Corp. Its score is 871, compared with China's 915, or the US's
5041. (The highest is Sweden's 5062, the lowest Pakistan's 719.) The
penetration of Indian households by PCs is under one-fifth the world
average. Today, it stands at three machines per 1000 people."
Probably true – but, no mention of the fact that the Indians are
designing some of the most advanced routers in the world, they are at the
fore-front of telematics technology and developed the first products on
web services, which has now become a $50B technology. So, why the lack of
balance on this issue? Would not serve our purpose to make India look
good, would it, now.
Protest and you get called Names
Everybody has heard about the Bangladeshi infiltration into India. Most
people do not know that large parts of the border areas are now run,
owned and practically ruled by Bangladeshis. I have nothing against
Bangladeshis – but, when they come to my country, ethnically cleanse Indians
out of large areas, happily help the ISI and demand sovereignty for
areas that they are squatting on, I have a problem. However, the fact that
I have said the above, labels me a Hindu Fascist and supremacist. Never
mind, that in the last 17 years in the US, I've never visited a temple
– never, mind that I've probably spent more time in a catholic church
in my life-time than a Hindu temple – I'm still a fascist.
The recommendations from the Farooquis, Pamelas and Bidwais is very
clear – let the flow of Bangladeshis continue. Imply they, that there is
nothing wrong in the steady arabization of most of the border areas and
even secession is fine – whatever happens, we must not listen to the
fascists. I'm sorry this is not OK with me – I'm concerned about the
great Indian culture – the one that includes Syrian Christians, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains and Muslims, as much as it does Hindus. Unfortunately, we
become fascists for trying to stem the tide of Bangladeshi Taliban from
entering our country, the same people who for long had an "enemy
property act", essentially treating minorities as enemies.
Not only, will many news dailies prevent the publication of anything
that is strongly pro-India or happens to protest anti-India activities;
but, the name calling against the pro-India crowd definitely gets
published. All of you must have heard about the slanderous IDRF campaign, but
how many of you got to read the excellent de-bunking done by the
Friends of India – very, very few. This seems to happen more and more
frequently these days –
protest against subsuming India within groups and academic
departments that call themselves South Asian (not Indian) – you're a fanatic
protest against Romila Thapar's writings – you're a Hindu
supremacist
protest against stopping charity to innocent Indian kids through
false and unproven allegations – you're RSS, VHP or worse
Openly anti-India activities
Kamal Mitra Chenoy, a professor from JNU, actually testified before the
USCIRF on Gujarat, with the sole purpose of having sanctions declared
on India. While, what happened in Gujarat was vile and reprehensible,
how does it make sense to help other countries declare sanctions on
India? Who does it hurt most? As a Friend of India member wrote,
"In other words, here was an Indian zealously participating in a
charade meant to impose hardship on his own country, collaborating with a
wing of a government that his own comrades are given to routinely
denouncing as "imperialist" and hegemonist."
Canvassing for anti-India acts are the norm now. The Indian Muslim
Council, in the US, very rightfully concerned about what happened in
Gujarat, is openly courting and canvassing congressmen and congressional
staffers on "Hindu fanaticism". Very thoughtful, but how do we expect the
US Congressmen to help? Take action against India!!
Mind you - I'm happy to join their protests in front of the Indian
embassy, if they spend an equal amount of time, protesting the killing of
twice as many Indians (as killed in Gujarat) every year by Islamic
terrorists. Or, will they please tell their US legislators, that India
actually has minorities, but minorities have for the most part vanished in
the rest of South Asia (Bangladesh has gone from 33% to 7%). Will they
please tell, the Americans that from negligible numbers, Andamans now
have 60% Christians? Why not present the whole picture – who does it help
not to do so?
Everyday in the Bay area, Indian speakers are feted by large crowds of
Indians and Pakistanis, for claiming how bad India is? How the Hindus
are killing all the Muslims? Association of words like genocide, fascist
and fundamentalist with India are common. Not a word on the Islamic
terrorism that kills thousands every year, not a word on state support for
it, not a word on the complete ethnic cleansing that has happened in
the rest of South Asia (3% minorities in Pakistan, down from 20%) – no,
that would offend our Pakistani friends.
Our own, Arundhati Roy, who feels compelled to go all over the world
and announce that "India is an artificial state", recently along with
some other anti-India stalwarts attended a meeting to remember
Marxist-Leninist separatist Naxals. Mind you, these are the same Naxals who
recommend partitioning the country and happily extort and kill innocent
Indian citizens. The Bidwais, Pandeys and Roys had to honor them, but, would
they ever visit the families of soldiers who died at Kargill? Nope, and
nobody called them on it – no protests, no editorial scolding.
Our politicians outdo all this. While Congress and the left encourage
anti-India elements to settle in India, the right has proposed sundry
localized sun-of-the-soil theories. All this just to win a few votes. Who
does this hurt? You, me and India. I'm not suggesting that all Indian
politicians become honest – that would be a stupid expectation. But,
where is our press? Where are the national scolds, which are handed out so
readily when we dare to kill a terrorist or two, without reading them
their rights? Never surprises me that, more people jumped up to help the
professor who facilitated the Parliament attack; than ever did to help
the Sikh widows of the 1984 riots.
National Lack of Confidence
I'm keenly aware of the impact of history on national psyche and
attitudes – let's face it, at least in the recent centuries, we Indians have
been raped, massacred and indoctrinated with gay abandon. But, history
in itself is not an acceptable excuse – where are our leaders?
Leadership means breaking the mold – not just our politicians, but our managing
editors and our news outlet owners – they just standby, they don't feel
the need to direct their ire.
I have come to believe that our educational institutions have a role
here. Passing through the IITs, nobody ingrained in me or my friends, the
arrogance to believe that we could do intellectual work better than the
best in the world. Result – we all end up believing, like Mr. Vishal
Thapar above, that Indians cannot do the kinds of things that the
Anglo-Saxons can – how could they? Other educational institutions are worse –
try holding a pro-India, anti-Pakistan program in JNU – chances are
you'll get beaten up. Writes Vrin Parker, an American who has spent time
in India,
"After having been forced to learn a lot misinformation about India in
American schools I became fed up … I began my own research and soon
discovered that it was the Indians themselves … who are at the root of all
the nonsense taught about Hindus in the West."
Acceptance as Normal
It isn't what D'Souza said that has surprised me – it is that this has
become accepted behavior in India. Nobody protests, when Arundhati
makes up stories that make the Gujarat incidents much worse than they
actually were (and they were bad enough), nobody blinks when Bidwais of the
world spew their anti-India venom day in and day out, nobody cries foul
when anti-India groups are feted by prominent/respected Indians within
India and nobody editorializes when Indians go around canvassing
foreign governments to take actions against India and Indians.
When did this happen? When did it become so acceptable to hate-India
openly?
Please do not get me wrong – we Indians have our faults. Our
caste-system, our riots, corruption, fundamentalism, most of our politicians,
extreme poverty and our apathy to all this. Protest against all this,
change it, elect someone else, expose it, and write about it – that's all
patriotic. But asking for foreign invasion, supporting secessionists,
canvassing for US sanctions, inviting arabized Bangladeshis into India,
absolving Pakistani terrorism or minimizing Hindu deaths is NOT – it's
anti-India.
Remember, that there is a lot of good – ask the Tibetians who have
taken refuge in India, ask the Chakma Buddhists, ask the Bangladeshi
Hindus, ask the Pakistani Hindus, ask the Afghans who're being treated and
taught by Indians, ask the CEOs of the top five technology corporations
in the world and ask the Bangladeshis who remember. Let's not hide all
this or minimize it, but let's not be satisfied with it, either.
Arindam Banerji
WHY HAS IT BECOME SO COOL TO HATE INDIA?
Saturday morning, last week was a bad one for me – the first thing I
read, was an article from Dilip D'Souza. He pontificated,
"Then what do we say about those who might plot against the obscenity
that blights their land, as Stauffenberg did, who fight to free India
of it? Are they patriots? If so, what if they welcomed a force from
abroad that toppled this hypothetical regime, as many Iraqis did? Are they
still patriots?" – rediff.com
I was stunned. D'Souza a recognized and very visible journalist, was
insinuating and subtly recommending a foreign invasion of India to get
rid of the current government; pretty much like the US did in Iraq. Let's
be sure of one thing- I will die defending D'Souza's right to
criticize, fight legally against, decry or vote out of office the current Indian
government – but, calling for foreign invasion?? Now, that's beyond
hate.
All this, when I was just beginning to get over the fact that after the
Indo-Pakistani thaw had been announced, Praful Bidwai gleefully
announced that India "must give up its inalienable right to Kashmir". No word
on strategic goals for India, nothing about not rewarding terrorism.
When did this happen? Leading journalists, openly publishing
anti-India, hate-India propaganda in Indian dailies, and not a word is said – not
a single editorial, no public criticism, nothing? When did it become so
cool to hate India?
Before we sink into the rhetoric of calling me a scoundrel for bringing
up the patriotism issue, let us look at what's really happening.
Blame India first
Immediately, after the Nadimarg massacre of 24 Indians, including women
and children, Farzana Versey wrote a scathing article, criticizing the
Kashmiri Pandits, blaming them for leaving the valley – essentially the
they-asked-for-it point-of-view. Times of India editorials and Kuldeep
Nayar came out and blamed the Government of India. Mind you, not a word
– not one word, criticizing either the Pakistani generals or the LeT.
Akhila Raman blamed India directly and of course, a columnist in
Greater Kashmir blamed the Pandits for it all.
All these people, subtly yet completely undermined the case the GOI was
trying to build in international media on the persistent and genocidal
nature of Pakistani terrorism. In essence, these Indians equated the
victims with the perpetrators, and made the case on behalf of Pakistan.
After all, nobody in international media would cast any doubt on
"Indian" writers, when they place the blame on GOI and the Pandits for such a
heinous massacre.
The jury had declared their verdict – the ever-so erudite Hafeez
Sayeed who postulated "Killing Hindus is the way to move forward" came out
looking lily-white, while 4-year old Suraj, who died in his mother's
arms was found guilty – he was an Indian, you see.
Remember, the Chitisingpora incident where 35 Sikhs were killed – some
Indian journalists even those writing in international publications,
declared that the GOI was to blame. It took an American, Bobby Bearak of
NYTimes to chase the whole thing down and visit the home of one of the
perpetrators in Pakistan.
No matter what happens and how it happens, it is India that is at
fault, Indians are responsible. Journalists tell me that they must remain
balanced. That word again?
The whole balance thing – never allow any good news on India
This balance thing, happens not just about the Hindu-Muslim issue or
India-Pakistan issues. Let me give you another example from a different
area - Mr. Vishal Thapar's article on the LCA/Tejas in the Hindustan
Times. As you may have heard about the LCA was renamed to Tejas,
yesterday. Here is how it was projected in one of the most widely distributed
national newspapers in India:
"For those ecstatic at the projection of the Tejas' , this all means
that the 'Made in India' tag as a symbol of indigenous capability, a
sobering thought. Its engine is American, its avionics a combination of
French, Israeli and Swedish components, and its carbon composite wings
Italian.
Given that the three basic components of an aircraft are the engine,
airframe and avionics, 'swadeshi' pride gets a dose of reality."
In spite, of the fact, that a simple internet search, would have given
Mr. Thapar access to all possible details on LCA – he either chose not
to do so or prefers to remain balanced. So, let us take each of his
facts one by one.
What he did not tell you was the GE engine is a test engine, to be
replaced soon by an India's Kaveri. Another fact, the most advanced fourth
generation fighter called Grippen, also uses the same GE engine, but
nobody calls the Swedish Grippen non-indigenous. It also turns out that
the new fifth generation aircraft from the US (F/A22) uses Israeli
avionics. Truth is, that apart from a few measly displays, almost everything
else in the LCA's avionics- Mission Computers, Radar, Display
Processors, Avionics LRU's, databus associated control equipment -is
Indian[Nitin, BRF]. The composite wing technology was co-developed with the
Italians – in fact, some of the associated software was sold by INDIA to
Airbus.
No mention of the most-advanced Fly-by-Wire technology in a
fourth-generation aircraft, no mention of the sale to Airbus – simply the balanced
approach to hide India's accomplishments.
Remember, the Americans cherish their flights to the moon, in spite of
the fact, that many of the leading scientists were Nazi Germany's
rocket scientists. They cherish their jet aircraft which was helped
tremendously by Nazi German designs of jet aircraft.
So, why was it so important for us to sound balanced – was it important
enough to hide the facts and true achievements? Note - not a single
clarification issued by the Hindustan Times either. It is fair to point
out however, that the Hindu carried a much more positive article on LCA
on the next day.
Of course, not to be left behind the ever so-prolific India hater,
Praful Bidwai writes
"India . . . ranked 54th of 55 countries in an IT survey by
International Data Corp. Its score is 871, compared with China's 915, or the US's
5041. (The highest is Sweden's 5062, the lowest Pakistan's 719.) The
penetration of Indian households by PCs is under one-fifth the world
average. Today, it stands at three machines per 1000 people."
Probably true – but, no mention of the fact that the Indians are
designing some of the most advanced routers in the world, they are at the
fore-front of telematics technology and developed the first products on
web services, which has now become a $50B technology. So, why the lack of
balance on this issue? Would not serve our purpose to make India look
good, would it, now.
Protest and you get called Names
Everybody has heard about the Bangladeshi infiltration into India. Most
people do not know that large parts of the border areas are now run,
owned and practically ruled by Bangladeshis. I have nothing against
Bangladeshis – but, when they come to my country, ethnically cleanse Indians
out of large areas, happily help the ISI and demand sovereignty for
areas that they are squatting on, I have a problem. However, the fact that
I have said the above, labels me a Hindu Fascist and supremacist. Never
mind, that in the last 17 years in the US, I've never visited a temple
– never, mind that I've probably spent more time in a catholic church
in my life-time than a Hindu temple – I'm still a fascist.
The recommendations from the Farooquis, Pamelas and Bidwais is very
clear – let the flow of Bangladeshis continue. Imply they, that there is
nothing wrong in the steady arabization of most of the border areas and
even secession is fine – whatever happens, we must not listen to the
fascists. I'm sorry this is not OK with me – I'm concerned about the
great Indian culture – the one that includes Syrian Christians, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains and Muslims, as much as it does Hindus. Unfortunately, we
become fascists for trying to stem the tide of Bangladeshi Taliban from
entering our country, the same people who for long had an "enemy
property act", essentially treating minorities as enemies.
Not only, will many news dailies prevent the publication of anything
that is strongly pro-India or happens to protest anti-India activities;
but, the name calling against the pro-India crowd definitely gets
published. All of you must have heard about the slanderous IDRF campaign, but
how many of you got to read the excellent de-bunking done by the
Friends of India – very, very few. This seems to happen more and more
frequently these days –
protest against subsuming India within groups and academic
departments that call themselves South Asian (not Indian) – you're a fanatic
protest against Romila Thapar's writings – you're a Hindu
supremacist
protest against stopping charity to innocent Indian kids through
false and unproven allegations – you're RSS, VHP or worse
Openly anti-India activities
Kamal Mitra Chenoy, a professor from JNU, actually testified before the
USCIRF on Gujarat, with the sole purpose of having sanctions declared
on India. While, what happened in Gujarat was vile and reprehensible,
how does it make sense to help other countries declare sanctions on
India? Who does it hurt most? As a Friend of India member wrote,
"In other words, here was an Indian zealously participating in a
charade meant to impose hardship on his own country, collaborating with a
wing of a government that his own comrades are given to routinely
denouncing as "imperialist" and hegemonist."
Canvassing for anti-India acts are the norm now. The Indian Muslim
Council, in the US, very rightfully concerned about what happened in
Gujarat, is openly courting and canvassing congressmen and congressional
staffers on "Hindu fanaticism". Very thoughtful, but how do we expect the
US Congressmen to help? Take action against India!!
Mind you - I'm happy to join their protests in front of the Indian
embassy, if they spend an equal amount of time, protesting the killing of
twice as many Indians (as killed in Gujarat) every year by Islamic
terrorists. Or, will they please tell their US legislators, that India
actually has minorities, but minorities have for the most part vanished in
the rest of South Asia (Bangladesh has gone from 33% to 7%). Will they
please tell, the Americans that from negligible numbers, Andamans now
have 60% Christians? Why not present the whole picture – who does it help
not to do so?
Everyday in the Bay area, Indian speakers are feted by large crowds of
Indians and Pakistanis, for claiming how bad India is? How the Hindus
are killing all the Muslims? Association of words like genocide, fascist
and fundamentalist with India are common. Not a word on the Islamic
terrorism that kills thousands every year, not a word on state support for
it, not a word on the complete ethnic cleansing that has happened in
the rest of South Asia (3% minorities in Pakistan, down from 20%) – no,
that would offend our Pakistani friends.
Our own, Arundhati Roy, who feels compelled to go all over the world
and announce that "India is an artificial state", recently along with
some other anti-India stalwarts attended a meeting to remember
Marxist-Leninist separatist Naxals. Mind you, these are the same Naxals who
recommend partitioning the country and happily extort and kill innocent
Indian citizens. The Bidwais, Pandeys and Roys had to honor them, but, would
they ever visit the families of soldiers who died at Kargill? Nope, and
nobody called them on it – no protests, no editorial scolding.
Our politicians outdo all this. While Congress and the left encourage
anti-India elements to settle in India, the right has proposed sundry
localized sun-of-the-soil theories. All this just to win a few votes. Who
does this hurt? You, me and India. I'm not suggesting that all Indian
politicians become honest – that would be a stupid expectation. But,
where is our press? Where are the national scolds, which are handed out so
readily when we dare to kill a terrorist or two, without reading them
their rights? Never surprises me that, more people jumped up to help the
professor who facilitated the Parliament attack; than ever did to help
the Sikh widows of the 1984 riots.
National Lack of Confidence
I'm keenly aware of the impact of history on national psyche and
attitudes – let's face it, at least in the recent centuries, we Indians have
been raped, massacred and indoctrinated with gay abandon. But, history
in itself is not an acceptable excuse – where are our leaders?
Leadership means breaking the mold – not just our politicians, but our managing
editors and our news outlet owners – they just standby, they don't feel
the need to direct their ire.
I have come to believe that our educational institutions have a role
here. Passing through the IITs, nobody ingrained in me or my friends, the
arrogance to believe that we could do intellectual work better than the
best in the world. Result – we all end up believing, like Mr. Vishal
Thapar above, that Indians cannot do the kinds of things that the
Anglo-Saxons can – how could they? Other educational institutions are worse –
try holding a pro-India, anti-Pakistan program in JNU – chances are
you'll get beaten up. Writes Vrin Parker, an American who has spent time
in India,
"After having been forced to learn a lot misinformation about India in
American schools I became fed up … I began my own research and soon
discovered that it was the Indians themselves … who are at the root of all
the nonsense taught about Hindus in the West."
Acceptance as Normal
It isn't what D'Souza said that has surprised me – it is that this has
become accepted behavior in India. Nobody protests, when Arundhati
makes up stories that make the Gujarat incidents much worse than they
actually were (and they were bad enough), nobody blinks when Bidwais of the
world spew their anti-India venom day in and day out, nobody cries foul
when anti-India groups are feted by prominent/respected Indians within
India and nobody editorializes when Indians go around canvassing
foreign governments to take actions against India and Indians.
When did this happen? When did it become so acceptable to hate-India
openly?
Please do not get me wrong – we Indians have our faults. Our
caste-system, our riots, corruption, fundamentalism, most of our politicians,
extreme poverty and our apathy to all this. Protest against all this,
change it, elect someone else, expose it, and write about it – that's all
patriotic. But asking for foreign invasion, supporting secessionists,
canvassing for US sanctions, inviting arabized Bangladeshis into India,
absolving Pakistani terrorism or minimizing Hindu deaths is NOT – it's
anti-India.
Remember, that there is a lot of good – ask the Tibetians who have
taken refuge in India, ask the Chakma Buddhists, ask the Bangladeshi
Hindus, ask the Pakistani Hindus, ask the Afghans who're being treated and
taught by Indians, ask the CEOs of the top five technology corporations
in the world and ask the Bangladeshis who remember. Let's not hide all
this or minimize it, but let's not be satisfied with it, either.
Arindam Banerji
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