The little child stood clinging on to the hand of his father as he tried to look through the crowd of people standing in the front of them. They were all listening to some person, whom he didnt know, standing on a makeshift stage, giving a speech about some other person, whom he also didnt…
Tag: Hatemongers
The Difference Between Religion and Culture…
On one of our first days in the lesser famous city of Bandung, Indonesia, we hired a car to take us around the place. The driver named Md. Alam spoke passable English and we managed to have a decent conversation as he drove us around the city showing us various historical sights there. …
From What He Could See, They Both Looked The Same To Him …..
As his 8 year old son played in the park, he sat himself down on a bench, close enough to know about his sons whereabouts and yet at an enough distance to not be intrusive. He leaned his head back trying to enjoy the chirping of the birds mixed with the happy noises made by…
For a Moment there I thought I was a Muslim ….
I was lying there prone on the street and I had no clue how I got there. All I could figure out was that the road wasnt such a great place to be sitting on. I was being surrounded by a crowd of people of all shapes and sizes, menacing and yet faceless. They were…
Is the Malda Violence, Yet Another Opportunity for the Hatemongers?
In the Aftermath of the Malda Violence, tempers seem to be flaring. But it also has given rise to some weird defenses and statements from various quarters. Some Junooni Mullahs are trying to defend the Rioters by saying, “But it was all instigated by Kamlesh Tiwari’s comments”. Okay, Kamlesh Tiwari made those comments in Uttar…
The Desi Cracked Pot 