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ASSEMBLY POLL '98
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'Would you accept a movie where two Muslim women are shown in a lesbian relationship?'
E-mail from readers the world over
Date sent: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 12:58:33 -0500 Many writers who are troubled by the consistent denial by the Muslim community to sing Vande Mataram wrote in Rediff and other platforms about this song. However, I must congratulate and thank Kanchan Gupta on the fact that no other article gave such a factual history of the song and machinations of Muslim leaders, and how Congress sacrificed the song at altar of the Muslim League. Thanks Rediff for increasing the number of writers who represent this view point. The advent of Sonia has encouraged the Christians and Muslims with joy that their much sought leader is just a mile away from crushing the Hindu India. The BJP is the main obstacle in their path of capturing lost power. So, we will see an increasing upsurge against the BJP government by strikes, protests, marches etc. Quite an eye opener. The machinations are becoming clearer. So is the resolve of those who love Mother India. If our forefathers kept India Hindu despite the 1,000 year rule of Muslims and Christians, failing now to protect it from a wipe out by the same forces will be like sending them to hell and no where else. Mukund Kute
Date sent: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 13:40:43 +0530 Thanks for bringing out this news about the people who are in favour of Fire being shown in theatres all across the country. Please do me a favour and pass this letter to all those like Deepa Mehta, Javed Akhtar, Yash Chopra, Dilip Kumar, and most importantly RS member Shabana Azmi. As far as the film is concerned, why a Hindu society, aren't Muslim women suppressed like hell in India?? Didn't the Muslim fundamentalists bomb Mani Ratnam's house a few years back just because he showed a Hindu man marries a Muslim woman in the movie Bombay? Where were these so called democrats then? If it weren't for the Shiv Sena, Bombay would have been banned in Mumbai. All these Muslims, who have signed the petition and are shouting foul against the Shiv Sena for violently throwing out this movie from India, would you accept a movie where two Muslim women are shown in a lesbian relationship?? Is homosexuality the answer to male domination in our society? Should all women whose husbands ignore them physically turn lesbians? These people, especially Shabana Azmi are hypocrites. This isn't the first time Shabana has criticised the Shiv Sena, earlier this year, she criticised the SS in Pakistan, when she was not allowed to present her show in Karachi in response to the Ghulam Ali concert in Mumbai. She said that the SS shouldn't have disrupted the Ghulam Ali concert because he was a Pakistani, and that culture and politics shouldn't be mixed. I have to meet this lady and ask her why shouldn't culture and politics be mixed? When these Pakistanis are killing Hindus in Kashmir, trying to capture our posts in Siachen, when they are our enemies, then why call them to present concerts here in India? India needs a SS, I support what they are doing, these Congress and secularists need to shut up. And yes, if the SS was the Taliban, then it wouldn't have been possible for you to criticise it in public.
Date sent: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 21:23:52 +0530 Instead of the overdose on the antics of our political masters, Rediff on the NeT could do better by making some conscious effort to make as many Indians aware of the tremendously significant developments taking place about the origins of our civilisation. It could change the way we think as a nation: from a subservient, defensive and divisive mindset to an assertive, positive and forward oriented people. Anand Ekbote
Date sent: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:13:38 -0500 This is a very good report. Hope more Tamilians after reading this report, start looking at things in a proper perspective instead of having preconceived notions. Kudos to your report once again. Rajesh
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 14:05:43 -0600 In the article on "Why consumers should learn to pay more for Bharat products," when you insist farmers getting international prices for their products and reforms and liberalisation, you leave the issues concerning the other side... the consumers. As you very rightly pointed out, the farmers don't have to pay tax, get free electricity (in most states), free water, etc. In other words, they use all the facilities free for which the tax payers (who are the consumers too) pay, and then have to pay international higher prices for the products they buy from the farmers. When we say letting the Indian farmer get international prices and the market forces determining the prices, why don't we talk only of exports and higher prices. The imports too should be allowed freely and not through inefficient government agencies like NAFED. Let multinationals come in this area too. If the farmer asks for an international price, why protect him behind minimum support prices. When we talk of distributing vegetables through public distribution system, why do we forget that the PDS is already a failure when distributing relatively non-perishable goods like wheat, sugar, kerosene etc... I can't imagine what's going to happen to vegetables with a shelf life of 2 days, at most. And let's keep in mind that the Indian consumer does not get international salaries for the work they do, to have them pay the farmer international prices. I hope Debroy would keep the interests of both sides in mind in his future articles. Sumit Agarwal
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:35:37 -0500 I am referring to the decision of the BJP-led coalition government of Goa, to impose a service tax of Rs 1,000 on every animal slaughtered in the Goa Meat Complex, as a result of which the number of animals slaughtered has dwindled, with the price of meat on the upswing. I feel such tax is highly unfair to Goa's minority groups such as the Christians and the Muslims, for whom meat forms a vital part of their diet. I fail to see how the BJP has the nerve to call itself "secular" when it imposes such Hindu beliefs, ie, that the cow is sacred and so should not be slaughtered, on other religious groups. Michelle Maria Coelho
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:16:54 +0530 It is really a narrow-minded approach of this Swadeshi lobby, who are against this progressive step of opening both life and general insurance to foreigners. They are afraid of competition from foreign insurance companies, who are known to be customer friendly. People will definitely benefit if foreign insurance companies are allowed to operate in India. We are living in a world, where only the fittest can survive and there is nothing wrong in it. The over protectionism only promotes inefficiency. We have a JERK culture in the Indian insurance companies, where people work with jerks and the absentism is all prevalent. The officers cannot enforce discipline. I am of the firm opinion that with the opening of insurance companies to foreign insurers, our own insurance companies will become more efficient. V K Wadhawan
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 9:02 PM I am very impressed with the modesty and character of Nayan Mongia, particularly his insistence in putting the team's interests ahead of any personal ambitions and gains. He is a remarkably unselfish sportsman -- a rarity these days. I wish him good luck in his career ahead with the Indian cricket team.
Tarun Seam
Date sent: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 22:30:18 -0500 Congrats for your contributions to the country and cricket. A suggestion, if you care. Please take sometime out for sir -- the one and only Mr Achrekar, perhaps the revival will bring out the mammoth record breaking innings once again. High time to enter the 300 plus club. We are proud of you. Shekhar Sharma
Date sent: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 14:23:54 +0530 India is a free country. People can express themselves freely. That is what V Gangadhar has tried to prove with his utterly disgusting and personal attack on Rahul Dravid. It appears that anyone can say just about anything about anybody and get away with it. Anyway, let's stick to cricket and to Rahul Dravid in particular. There's no denying the fact that Rahul Dravid is an excellent cricketer. That he has very good technique. That he is a dedicated and competent cricketer. There's no reason to believe otherwise when the statistics themselves speak volumes about his calibre. Yes, he takes his time. So what? If all the batsmen were to be in a hurry to score runs and get out in fifty overs, then why the hell are 5 days for? The whole essence of Test Cricket is that it is a battle fought over a period of five days. There will be ups and downs and finally the team that hangs in there, the team that shows determination wins. If one were to look for instant results, the one day game is always there! As for Rahul Dravid's slow batting in the one day games... well we know that he has struggled to play fast. But that does not mean we start questioning his talent, his dedication etc. That is where the rest of the team could help. The batsman playing alongside him could give him a few tips on how to rotate the strike. What Dravid needs is a little confidence. Given that, he will seal the lips of people like VG. The way VG compared Rahul Dravid with Sushma Swaraj and film actors was totally ridiculous. Hell, politicians are politicians. Film actors are film actors. There's no way you can even try to compare them. It would not be surprising if VG came out with an article saying that Lalchand Rajput was better than Maradona for the simple reason that he scored more runs per match than Maradona did goals!! It is high time that people like VG learnt to look at sportspersons objectively instead of just giving vent to their personal ill-feelings. People like VG should also remember that, as that controversial coffee ad went, 'Real pleasure does not come in an instant!!' K Seshu Kumar
Date sent: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 07:55:01 +0500 I don't know what to say to you. You have even trashed movies like KKHH. So how one can trust you? I simply go the other way whenever I read your reviews. If you say the movie is good I take it the other way. And if you say that the movie is bad, I definitely watch it, and 99.99% the movies you trash turns out to be good.
Date sent: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:56:59 +0800 What a lousy review.
Date sent: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 19:32:59 PST I saw the film on Sunday. True, it could have been better. But if a person is investing Rs 19 million in the movie, he deserves a better review at least, considering the implications of the above mentioned amount for the film industry. The first half of the movie is engrossing, but after that, it is a case of a trying to repack an overstuffed suitcase. But the response from the public is enormous. They never miss a chance to applaud at the right places. Come to think of it, we the people who spend most of their time in front of the PC monitors, are not the people who would help the producers to break even. Judging the response of the public, the movie would surely do good business. I would like to apologise for the frank opinion, but I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
Date sent: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 18:05:46 +0100 Excellent! Carry on interviewing such great persons. How Readers responded to Dilip D'Souza's recent columns How Readers responded to Pritish Nandy's recent columns
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