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Prisoner of Conscience or Conscious Prisoner?

Farzana Versey May 29, 2006

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#32 Posted by bharath on May 31, 2006 8:20:38 pm
Ms.FV,
You wrote ``you need to get back at the neighbouring country with even more fervour``.

Is there any wonder Pakis/ Muslims are fawning at your feet ..............singing your glory? You persist with your hypocritical attempt to portray Indians/ Hindus as jingoistic against the ``innocent`` jehadis next door!! let your heart bleed for them...

Not a bone in my body wants to hate Indian muslims and I am no Hindutvadi... India belongs to all Indians irrespective of their religion or any other divisive identities..I wish people focus less on divisive issues......and focus on economic development and in the building of prosperous country for every one.

But you are a hypocrite and a pretender.....
.................you are a muslim communalist who fools around as a secularist.....

.............who believes Hindus don`t have any collective identity or should not have any collective identity.

..... who believes Hindus of the subcontinent have no grievances or more importantly should not have any grievances........

Such hypocrisy has lots of market potential in India... you will do well...in this I have to agree with your flatterers.

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#33 Posted by Zeena on May 31, 2006 9:21:29 pm
bharath

Farzana is fair, honest and the most balanced writer that I have ever seen.

Do not falsely accuse her out of your own bigotry.

On the contrary you are bigot to call Farzana a bigot.

Farzana is everything BUT bigot or narrowminded. Farzana is never a hypocrite and pretender.

Why will she pretend? She will pretend , what for?

You must be out of your mind.

You are the biggest pretender, bigot and hypocrite.
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#34 Posted by kedarnathji on May 31, 2006 9:37:16 pm
#33 by Zeena on May 31, 2006 9:21pm PT

If you think Farzana is a very balanced secular person then I have the Brooklyn Bridge on sale for you. Maybe by Pakistani standards she is a balanced secular person but then you people don`t know any better. Bharath correctly described her. I have an acronym to describe the likes of her JISC (Jehadi in secular clothing).

Farzana darling, why are you so incensed about people saying nasty things about Vish Poison Singh. Worse things have been said about Narendra Modi on this forum but somehow you have always ignored it or maybe even condoned it. Yeah! anybody who screws Hindus is okay but not if they screw others.
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#36 Posted by cop1 on May 31, 2006 10:57:44 pm
#34
kedarnnthji

Yes, I BELIEVE Farzana Versey is a fair, balanced, secular, brilliant and genius writter ever in India and Pakistan.

Not only that Farzana will be a leading anchor woman in the subcontinent. Just wait and see, this is my prediction.


On the other hand, a bunch of you guys are in fact(Hindu or Muslim Jehadies in secular clothings).

You people are nasty and mean towards Farzana for NO reason. If you can call her Jihadi, then who else is left?

Calling Farzana Jihadi is an open proof who is Jihadi and who is not.

Obviously you are Hindu Jihadi(if you are Hindu) or (Muslim Jihadi if you are muslim), b/c of your approach towards Farzana, who is the most braodminded person I have ever seen.

Whoever is falsely accusing Farzana of being Jihadi is himself Jihadi . You remind me of my nursery rhyme , called little red riding hood.


burpinder

You are also another Hindu jihadi who stalks me wherever I go. How many times have I told you to stop stalking me thread to thread with your nonsense.

Now, all Hindu jihadies will gang up against me. Well, well, I do not care for anyone of you here.

Yes, I do care for Farzana and that is the reason I am on this board. Otherwise no one of you is able to interact. My standard is way too high for interacting with Hindu Jihadies like you.

Who have ntohing positive to contribute, same old bigotry, same old prejudices.

Now, come and attack me with your bigotries , you Hindu Jihadies I am ready to fight with all of you alone. I am strong enough to tackle all of you single handedly. You sissies, come fight with me.
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#37 Posted by Zeena on May 31, 2006 11:01:01 pm
kedarnathji, burpindhar and all of you hindu jihadies.

cop1 is my other id. I am not scared to admit that. I have all the guts to admit that.

Now come and fight with me.

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#38 Posted by muqaddam on June 1, 2006 1:38:59 am
the exchange is taking off at a tangent as usual. Any way, 37 posts and not a word in favor of Vishy-Vashy
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#39 Posted by burpinder on June 1, 2006 5:26:48 am
Zeena,

You wound me. I am no ordinary hindu jihadi. I am now, thanks to Mandal II, an active ``upper caste`` hindu jihadi (where`s that thumbs up wala icon when you need it?)
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#42 Posted by bharath on June 1, 2006 7:24:24 am
Re: # 40

{{{{{{jihad against pride in hinduism}}}}}}}

but she is all for collective pride in Islamism....she is all for muslims coming out in large

numbers to protest GWB. She is all for intimidation..........to force the rest of the Indians

on deciding the venue of his address................................................

Would they have protested if W had invaded N. Korea? or did they protest against

American cruise missiles slamming Belgrade in defence of Bosnian Muslims?

True Koranic teachings......if your brother is not a muslim kill him ...but fight on behalf of a a far away muslim.


{{{{{{{{{she found some justification in blowing up of bamiyan buddhas}}}}}}}

true..........and she finds solace in raging against Kashmiri Pundits.....in the Wolves vs Lambs story go for the Wolves.........cheer them and their sponsors across the border..............typical Arundhathi Roy type univeral humanism of ``south asian`` shtyle.................


{{{{{{{{{however, she never hid this}}}}}}}}

Exactly........that`s why she has a huge potential.......you bet.

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#40 Posted by jang on June 1, 2006 6:17:16 am
since this board is more about ferzana...she never claimed to be unbiased in her writings or editorial judgement (case in point, all the articles from Behl). she always stated that she will use whatever material available to fight her jihad against pride in hinduism and indian jingoism. at times she even found green tiles in public bathrooms as a proof of hindu pathalogy and insult to muslims. and offcourse she found some justification in blowing up of bamiyan buddhas.

however, she never hid this.
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#41 Posted by bharath on June 1, 2006 7:09:49 am
re#33 by Zeena on May 31, 2006 9:21pm PT
{{{{{{bharath

Farzana is fair, honest and the most balanced writer that I have ever seen}}}}


LOL :-)))))

No comments on rest of your rants........I am very familiar with your standards!

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#43 Posted by khamkhwa on June 1, 2006 7:27:18 am
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#46 Posted by bharath on June 1, 2006 8:24:35 am
Re: # 44

{{{{{{a memeber of an 80% MINORITY speaking to a member of an 18% MAJORITY}}}}}


Nasah sahib,
Thanks...I couldn`t have said it better.......that`s EXACTLY how a large number of Hindus feel ......and THAT is what sustains R wing politics in India........


I am against identity politics (religious, caste) of all types........unfortunately in India secularism SELECTIVELY means Hindu bashing, encouraging and appeasing muslim intimidation.

To give you an example a south Indian leader said the word ``Hindu`` means thief. He is a celebrated ``secular`` leader (adored by Muslims of course).

And I give credit where it is due.......for example I have seen more tolerance/ sympathy in your posts than that of Zeena.

Regards,
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#44 Posted by nasah on June 1, 2006 7:49:10 am
``But you are a hypocrite and a pretender.....
.................you are a muslim communalist who fools around as a secularist.....

.............who believes Hindus don`t have any collective identity or should not have any collective identity.

..... who believes Hindus of the subcontinent have no grievances or more importantly should not have any grievances........

Such hypocrisy has lots of market potential in India... you will do well...in this I have to agree with your flatterers.``(barath)


a memeber of an 80% MINORITY speaking to a member of an 18% MAJORITY.......:)
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#47 Posted by bharath on June 1, 2006 8:47:12 am
Re: # 45
Jang,
I know you are a neutral man on this issue.

You (probably) and me don`t care for Ganesh Chathurthi processions....I practice no damn rituals whatsoever.........but some Hindus do......and .only in India a minority displays so much aggression and intimidation........


for example I am sure you are familiar with Muslims against processions with beating drums in front of Mosques.....apparently muslims in Singapore have no such problems........

Shall we collect tax from all Indians and pay Haj subsidies type of allowances to poor Hindus in Kerala to perform Amarnath Yatra or pay for train fare to Varanasi???
shall we pay Christians in Christians in Kerala to visit Holy Land?..............
If any one proposes this in India he will be instantly labeled a communalist and Muslim hater.

You do all these............and a lot of more ....................and STILL NOT ENOUGH........NOT ENOUGH............on top of this ..........OF ALL PEOPLE PAKIS WILL TALK ABOUT GUJARAT RIOTS AT THE UN!!

All I want you to do is to look at objectively the sources of Hindu resentment.....if more Indians including muslims address these issues Modi will have to pack his bags and leave.....Prof Bandookwala`s recent piece on Indian muslims addressed some of these issues......except he played the typical victim role and whined quite a bit.

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#45 Posted by jang on June 1, 2006 7:56:25 am
#42 bharat, i dont see any collective pride in islamism from her. she claims to fight for her ``community``, ergo, has sympathy for the causes the community seems to support. she often times has said that she holds no brief for islam pe se. she is just not comfortable (or fearful) with hindu (and sometimes indian) pride, ganesh puja and such displays of collective hinduism. if indians think a bombay musical on bradway is cool, she will find it derogatory.

she had however tried to get a variety of writers..surely more left than others but that may be because right writers are less available.
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#48 Posted by khamkhwa on June 1, 2006 10:32:32 am
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