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The Malegaon test

The Maharashtra police may just have taken a crucial step to reassure citizens after the pathology of terror seemed to have stumped the Union government. These columns have repeatedly pointed out that the Centre’s response to terror was grossly inadequate and that it couldn’t go on blaming faul ....Read more

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Hindu Terrorists? 2By: Surendran Nair | Saturday , 25 Oct '08 17:39:43 PM Reply | Forward And of course Muslim terrorists who are gunned down by the Police are innocent students who have been shot for Fun.In fact the way Brinda karat reacted it almost looked like she had received a Diwali gift.It is also surprising that the BJP should be held responsible for these peoples suspected involvement in the bombings. If that was the case then Congress, Samajwadi party and RJD should be banned for all the previous bombings that have taken place in India.The CPM should have been derecognized and banned long back for the number of times they have used Bombs in Kerala.If these trends of demonizing the Hindus continue then the time is not far of when more and more of this peace loving community will be provoked into violent reactions.

Hindu terrorists? 1By: Surendran Nair | Saturday , 25 Oct '08 17:38:52 PM Reply | Forward It is alarming to see the glee with which all so called secular news channels and news papers have reacted to the suspected involvement of a few people belonging to the Hindu religion in the Malegaon blasts.The response of most editors and NGOs seems to suggest that it is all right for Crazy Muslims to blow up the world and kill innocents by thousands since our secularists have managed to locate 3 Hindus whom the police suspect to be terrorists.This is a surprising reaction from people who are supposed to be pillars of the society.The reaction should have been more of alarm than glee because if Hindus start reacting to Islamic terrorists then India as a country is Doomed. If any body is responsible for this phenomenon then it is the so called secular lobby along with the highly biased media. This secular lobby also suggests that it is all right for Muslims to practice outdated 6th century laws since they are supposed to be a minority.

reply to editBy: sunda | Friday , 24 Oct '08 16:05:03 PM Reply | Forward great. the government has listened to you. Now you listen to the people. The supects for the malegaon blasts are hindu. they are tired for waiting for the governement to do something before "india is killed with a thousand bleeds". so they have retaliated. no means justifiable but this is exactly what "wednesday" , the movie said. if the govt. doesn't do it then pople will. now u r happy that culprits are hindus. what abt the time when thry were muslims? u weren't so idealistic in your comments. urs is "votebank" media. shame on you.

Malegaon TestBy: Bharavi Kulkarni | Sunday , 26 Oct '08 0:34:38 AM Reply | Forward There should not be any "ifs and buts" when it comes to terrorism. BJP (and all political parties) must distance itself from these acts. Your statement may have some merit but this is NOT the right time and right context. When you talk about people taking action because govt is not, somewhere in the valley of Kashmir, somebody is saying the exact same thing to his audience.

MALEGOAN TESTBy: SUSANTA CHAKRABORTY | Friday , 24 Oct '08 15:01:48 PM Reply | Forward MR. GUPTA AND PARTY, WHO SAID ATS CANNOT CRACK TERROR CASES? IF THE POLICE ARE GIVEN FREE HAND ALL TERROR CELLS CAN BE UNEARTHED IN NO TIME. THEN WHERE WILL CONGRESS PARTY BE. CONGRESS RULE IS BRITISH RAJ BY PROXY. MEANING DIVIDE AND RULE. BY THE WAY WHAT KIND OF TEST ARE YOU SUGGESTING IN THE EDIT HEADING? IS IT A TEST TO SHOW HOW EVENLY THE INDIAN STATE DELIVERS JUSTICE? CHATTERING CLASSES WILL INDEED BE HAPPY IF IN YOUR NEXT EDIT YOU SUGGEST THAT HOW EVEN HANDED IS INDIAN DEMOCRACY.

Falling standards of Indian press and mediaBy: rev. Indian | Friday , 24 Oct '08 12:27:43 PM Reply | Forward When Sabarmati express has been burnt by a Muslim mob - Huge arguments ranging from "it might be accident" or "modi arranged his own men to kill them to raise communal flame" or "hidus themselves did suicide" - Nobody there in press to call a spade a spadeBut for gujarat riots - "hindus massacred innocent muslims" , ''hindu mobs gangraped muslim women" these are splashed worldwide.Now the jamia encouter - Theories such as "jamia boys are innocent victims" , "they are students and not terrorist" , "MC Sharma might be killed by his own men or even might be suicide", "Judicial probe demanded in Jamia encounter"Ironically when ATS doubted involvement of a hindu group in bomb blast "Hindu groups INVOLVED in Bomb blast" , "Hindu terror rages across the country" , "Hindu group planned Bom blast" - these splashing even before confirmed inputs are submitted in courts.Defenitely the Indian media and press are failing in standards and are behaving not less than our politicians.

Malegaon By: SA Hasan | Friday , 24 Oct '08 9:50:24 AM Reply | Forward All those who used to claim Nationalists and were blaming muslims as conspirators and perpetrators of every bomb blasts should now distance themseleves and openly should come out in denouncing terrorism in real meanings. Also all those blasts where muslims have been blamed and trageted should be investigated with open mind and in impartial manner and judicial probes are need of the time. Not only the role of Hindu outfits should be investigated but the role of retired Army and IB personnels and other security agencies should be probed and the role of those who immediately after every bomb blast arrested innocents and claimed exposing their roles and those who have been politically shielding the actual master minds and perpetrators of all these bomb blasts should also be explored and investigated and punished them. Impose ban on all such organizations who support or promote any kind of intolerance, terrorism, communalism etc. Indian gov. should shhow honesty and punish real culrpits.

The malegaon testBy: n.natarajan | Friday , 24 Oct '08 9:20:35 AM Reply | Forward the english press always says -if a minority community member is involved in terror acts then they are misguided and if happens to be from majority community then it is wanton deliberate act. That is the way they express secularism and that is the perception of vast majority of middle class about english press. I am no vaotary of violence of any form by anybody.

malegaonBy: a | Friday , 24 Oct '08 9:18:19 AM Reply | Forward Real face Mr editor is quite open now and needs no further cementing. He is a congress sycophat hte way IE carries coverage on Rahul baba every now

Hindus Jehadis????By: Ashok | Friday , 24 Oct '08 7:18:17 AM Reply | Forward 3 facts are to be noted:1. This may be an attempt by the 'secularist' lobby to balance out Islamic Jehadi terrorism, for all we know.2. While Islamic Jehadis are innocent even if proven guilty a la Afzal, Hindus are guilty even without any proof/proven guilty by the courts.3. In the overwhelming face of Islamic Jehad, it's about time Hindus use tit-for-tat means to show that they can do what Muslims can do, instead of keeping quite or offering the other cheek.

Students of what? By: TV Puram | Friday , 24 Oct '08 3:44:44 AM Reply | Forward Amazing how student/youth bodies who have been in the forefront of revolutionary anti establishment movements like Anti-Vietnam war of US, anti frenchcolonialism in France, Greanpeace movement, and many others, have belittled themselves to parochialism of the worst kind, be it SIMI, ABVP (if true) here, etc. Why dont they simply educate themselves and then grow up.

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