India - Opinions Unrestricted by Manavendra

Originally published 24th November, 2015 on Facebook # AamirKhan  " My God " why did you say it ? To be honest guys we are way too moderate. I do not know if Taslima Nasreen actually said about Amir Khan and PK which is appearing in FB. "If he had mocked Muslim religion in Pakistan or Bangladesh he would have been hanged." But it is actually very true. Even if he had tried to mock Muslims in India there would have been tremendous backlash. And so they didn't even take a chance. Though we would believe what little they tried to d o , showing Amir walking toward a mosque with liquor in hand , this itself was brave. My heart was pounding in anticipation of how far would he go. But they could not go beyond that. While we kept on laughing at the mockery of Hindu religion. You know why? BECAUSE WE ARE TOLERANT ! Really sad that we need to shout to tell "we are tolerant" ! Is it that only celebs are living in fear ? Why is this not ...

I just read a column by Suhel Seth and was quite impressed. The message is quite clear media needs to be responsible. He puts it very mildly while actually this is quite serious. Media creates perceptions and can fuel hatred and anger. Yesterday I read an article by Atish Taseer on similar issue, however he remained in his elitist journalism and illusion. He seemed to be away from ground reality and part of coterie who is flaming the issue. So whythere is such a sudden outburst of hatred in India? Is it that this started after Modi came to power? Is this his agenda? Is it that our country is so bad that seldom there is good news on front page? Why the sahitya akademi awards never on front page when they are awarded but are very conveniently used on the cover when returned? Why suddenly corruption disappeared from the news and communalism is rampant? If communalism is so rampant then why am I not afraid when I go out of my home? Why a newspaper conveniently stops covering a story re...