First. There are still many of us who do not look at India as a land for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, etc. It was, is and will remain the land of Indians. Second, please tell your mom that your presence on Social Media, your writings, your posts and comments are what keep the hopes of many of us alive. So, please do not refrain from doing so. Lastly, a brilliant take on the bigotry that exists in the Indian cricket team and Society at Large.
Very well said Rana ayyub.. I am jagmeet singh bhullar from Ludhiana Punjab. I totally agree with you. Such behaviour of andhbhakts should stop. I pray to God to bless those Halfminded people.
No Muslim, not even celebrities, are safe in Modi’s India! It’s time for the world leaders, particularly those who see India as an ally against China, to speak out.
You've spoken for 90 percent of the country, Rana Ayyub. Unfortunately it's the rabid 10 percent supported by the BJP RSS nexus who are hogging the social media space.
Shami is a very important figure in Indian bowling. He played a crucial role in many Indian victories. He should be praised and supported for the next huge games. For the sake of Ram, Don't spread hatred.
Ma’am, let me start by saying that even though I have not read any of your books, I keep reading your articles and greatly admire your ability and courage to call “spade a spade”, especially courage because I seldom manage to do it myself - sometimes because I am being “nice”. But mostly because even though I am a middle class atheist “Hindu” “Brahmin”, it is not easy speaking your mind in today's India. This is worse because that I understand and acknowledge that I get the privileges of being one among the so called "majority" (maybe without even desiring them) and it makes me realise how difficult it must be for folks who consider themselves a minority instead.
However, here are my disagreements with your article. Firstly, I don’t think Gautam Gambhir or Sehwag’s tweets “posted dog-whistle tweets slyly accusing Muslims of setting off firecrackers in celebration of Pakistan’s victory”. If we are to be honest about the right wing Hindu extremism in our country, then we should be honest about the disillusionment with the “idea of India” of some folks (not communities). The truth is that there were celebrations of the Pakistani victory for reasons beyond the sporting talents of that team and it is not something those folks should be criticised for but something that should lead to introspection within the political leaders of our country. (Yes - I am that naive!). At the same time, for people such as Sehwag and Gambhir, who have been part of the Indian cricket team, I am sure these celebrations must feel worse than others.
Secondly, while the nauseating trolling of Shami is absolutely deplorable, for the record, many cricketers including Sehwag have come out strongly against it. I also disagree with using the term “defend” Shami ("...defence of its own player, Shami..."), because there was nothing to defend a performance against a strong international side that a lot of experts rate as one of the favourites to win the ongoing tournament which decimated the other bowlers as well.
Finally, I really admire the Indian team taking a stand for something – even if it is a seemingly non-contextual (and thereby safe) issue to India like BLM. Because it is not non-contextual. If you remember Darren Sammy was subjected to racial abuse in IPL and so are Africans every day in India. So, there needs to be awareness at home and I am glad that sportsmen who are feted by many are taking a public stand.
I wholeheartedly agree that there are other contextual and more important issues in India that they should take a stand on given their status in millions of minds. But, rather than criticise them for "bending the knee" for BLM, I feel we should encourage it and hope that one day, they (and people like me) will courageously take a public stand against issues closer home.
Thanking you very for showing the mirror to wrong doing in our country. This is only possible once you have courage and boldness which is already exist in you.
The Indian celebrities lost their stature the day they all came together against farmer's protest. #againstpropaganda. They are nothing but lapdogs of the government. The bollywood heroes lose their gall off screen. The message from government is clear. Either toe the line or we will come after you. I doubt if any celebrity will have the courage to against them. The question then is, do they feel an iota of shame selling off their people?
Just as today’s cricket game cannot be said to be a gentleman’s game anymore (given the on field abuses and assault between teams), it’s evident team India players and majority of cricket fraternity lost their sense of ‘team’ & ‘belongingness’ , being friend and above all being human. They not only lost their game they also lost their conscience.
Because we're done supporting the causes locally, protected our minorities from harassment, stopped the oppression towards the Dalits. Now we want to support a cause that is 20,000 miles apart and that is no way related to socio-economic, political context of India.
This is a kind of idiocy and sometimes called as white complexity. It is usually prevalent amoung us Desis. Whatever the West trends, right from the fashion to the movements, we're supposed to follow it to the last dot.
While the #BLM is actually a legit cause, if you're not caring about your neighbour or fellow citizens but want to stand for #BLM, you actually stand for nothing but hypocrisy and most likely suffering from gora complexity (white complexity)
First of all I'm not the supporter of bjp or rss. But I want to ask one thing. You blame Hindus in India for supporting rss. But at the time of independence at first the British muslim ashrafia supported muslim nationalist muslim leage ,they ripped our country in two parts and choked india from energy supplies and trade from west as well as east. Instead so called bimaru Hindi belt do not supported bjp. They cleansed Hindus from Pakistan and now they are mere two percent. After that they stated killing Hindus in Bangladesh in 1971 which resulted in mass migration and their percentage reduced to just 9 percent from 23 percent. Hindus do not react. Even after that within india where British indian muslim are in majority in only indian Province of Kashmir they started killing pundits and wanted to merge with military run pakistan by regecting secular country india. Hindus do not react. After that the British indian muslim majority pakistan attacked india in Kargil, plane hijak. Sansad bhawan attack 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Then Hindus reacted and voted for bjp at least 100 years after muslim asharffia supported muslim league. What would you say if I occupy Saudi arabia yesterday and build Ram temple in Mecca like israel. muslim in india as a goodwill should have given hindus back their major religious sites like temples in Kashi mathura ayodya. As a goodwill gesture. If they had given babri masjid to Hindus by their own will why would Hindus voted bjp. At end I want to say one thing that British indian muslims supported muslim league divided themselves in 3 countries. One country Pak continuously waged pseudo war on india and instead majority muslims were allowed to live peacefully after 1947 in India. Do not tried to earn the goodwill of Hindus . They want to destroy our ancient civilization. Like they did in Egypt. At last they are responsible for their plight.
First. There are still many of us who do not look at India as a land for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, etc. It was, is and will remain the land of Indians. Second, please tell your mom that your presence on Social Media, your writings, your posts and comments are what keep the hopes of many of us alive. So, please do not refrain from doing so. Lastly, a brilliant take on the bigotry that exists in the Indian cricket team and Society at Large.
Very well said Rana ayyub.. I am jagmeet singh bhullar from Ludhiana Punjab. I totally agree with you. Such behaviour of andhbhakts should stop. I pray to God to bless those Halfminded people.
We stand with #Shami
ਰੱਬ ਰਾਖਾ 🙏🙏
No Muslim, not even celebrities, are safe in Modi’s India! It’s time for the world leaders, particularly those who see India as an ally against China, to speak out.
You've spoken for 90 percent of the country, Rana Ayyub. Unfortunately it's the rabid 10 percent supported by the BJP RSS nexus who are hogging the social media space.
Apt! I remember clearly bieng asked by my English teacher when I was 10 or 11... That I will be supporting Pakistan...
I remember bieng confused and somehow felt shamed (I still don't know why!)...
This was in Kerala... I can't imagine growing up in the more bigoted parts of the country ...
Well said Rana..As Irfan pathan told "This crap needs to stop..yes it needs to be stopped...
Shami is a very important figure in Indian bowling. He played a crucial role in many Indian victories. He should be praised and supported for the next huge games. For the sake of Ram, Don't spread hatred.
Ma’am, let me start by saying that even though I have not read any of your books, I keep reading your articles and greatly admire your ability and courage to call “spade a spade”, especially courage because I seldom manage to do it myself - sometimes because I am being “nice”. But mostly because even though I am a middle class atheist “Hindu” “Brahmin”, it is not easy speaking your mind in today's India. This is worse because that I understand and acknowledge that I get the privileges of being one among the so called "majority" (maybe without even desiring them) and it makes me realise how difficult it must be for folks who consider themselves a minority instead.
However, here are my disagreements with your article. Firstly, I don’t think Gautam Gambhir or Sehwag’s tweets “posted dog-whistle tweets slyly accusing Muslims of setting off firecrackers in celebration of Pakistan’s victory”. If we are to be honest about the right wing Hindu extremism in our country, then we should be honest about the disillusionment with the “idea of India” of some folks (not communities). The truth is that there were celebrations of the Pakistani victory for reasons beyond the sporting talents of that team and it is not something those folks should be criticised for but something that should lead to introspection within the political leaders of our country. (Yes - I am that naive!). At the same time, for people such as Sehwag and Gambhir, who have been part of the Indian cricket team, I am sure these celebrations must feel worse than others.
Secondly, while the nauseating trolling of Shami is absolutely deplorable, for the record, many cricketers including Sehwag have come out strongly against it. I also disagree with using the term “defend” Shami ("...defence of its own player, Shami..."), because there was nothing to defend a performance against a strong international side that a lot of experts rate as one of the favourites to win the ongoing tournament which decimated the other bowlers as well.
Finally, I really admire the Indian team taking a stand for something – even if it is a seemingly non-contextual (and thereby safe) issue to India like BLM. Because it is not non-contextual. If you remember Darren Sammy was subjected to racial abuse in IPL and so are Africans every day in India. So, there needs to be awareness at home and I am glad that sportsmen who are feted by many are taking a public stand.
I wholeheartedly agree that there are other contextual and more important issues in India that they should take a stand on given their status in millions of minds. But, rather than criticise them for "bending the knee" for BLM, I feel we should encourage it and hope that one day, they (and people like me) will courageously take a public stand against issues closer home.
Thanking you very for showing the mirror to wrong doing in our country. This is only possible once you have courage and boldness which is already exist in you.
Get a life hatemonger
Dear Rana, really appreciate your clearly written and well-informed article👍🏾👍🏾. Keep up the good work💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽.
Bulls eye!
The Indian celebrities lost their stature the day they all came together against farmer's protest. #againstpropaganda. They are nothing but lapdogs of the government. The bollywood heroes lose their gall off screen. The message from government is clear. Either toe the line or we will come after you. I doubt if any celebrity will have the courage to against them. The question then is, do they feel an iota of shame selling off their people?
Just as today’s cricket game cannot be said to be a gentleman’s game anymore (given the on field abuses and assault between teams), it’s evident team India players and majority of cricket fraternity lost their sense of ‘team’ & ‘belongingness’ , being friend and above all being human. They not only lost their game they also lost their conscience.
Because we're done supporting the causes locally, protected our minorities from harassment, stopped the oppression towards the Dalits. Now we want to support a cause that is 20,000 miles apart and that is no way related to socio-economic, political context of India.
This is a kind of idiocy and sometimes called as white complexity. It is usually prevalent amoung us Desis. Whatever the West trends, right from the fashion to the movements, we're supposed to follow it to the last dot.
While the #BLM is actually a legit cause, if you're not caring about your neighbour or fellow citizens but want to stand for #BLM, you actually stand for nothing but hypocrisy and most likely suffering from gora complexity (white complexity)
First of all I'm not the supporter of bjp or rss. But I want to ask one thing. You blame Hindus in India for supporting rss. But at the time of independence at first the British muslim ashrafia supported muslim nationalist muslim leage ,they ripped our country in two parts and choked india from energy supplies and trade from west as well as east. Instead so called bimaru Hindi belt do not supported bjp. They cleansed Hindus from Pakistan and now they are mere two percent. After that they stated killing Hindus in Bangladesh in 1971 which resulted in mass migration and their percentage reduced to just 9 percent from 23 percent. Hindus do not react. Even after that within india where British indian muslim are in majority in only indian Province of Kashmir they started killing pundits and wanted to merge with military run pakistan by regecting secular country india. Hindus do not react. After that the British indian muslim majority pakistan attacked india in Kargil, plane hijak. Sansad bhawan attack 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Then Hindus reacted and voted for bjp at least 100 years after muslim asharffia supported muslim league. What would you say if I occupy Saudi arabia yesterday and build Ram temple in Mecca like israel. muslim in india as a goodwill should have given hindus back their major religious sites like temples in Kashi mathura ayodya. As a goodwill gesture. If they had given babri masjid to Hindus by their own will why would Hindus voted bjp. At end I want to say one thing that British indian muslims supported muslim league divided themselves in 3 countries. One country Pak continuously waged pseudo war on india and instead majority muslims were allowed to live peacefully after 1947 in India. Do not tried to earn the goodwill of Hindus . They want to destroy our ancient civilization. Like they did in Egypt. At last they are responsible for their plight.