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*Newsletter of All India Secular Forum*
*Volume. 10 No.10 October 2015 *
*C O N T E N T S*
* Editorial*
*1. CSSS News*
*Study Circle*
* Training programme on Peace and Conflict *
* Resolution*
*2. Articles *
*25th Anniversary of Bhagalpur Riots*
* - Dr. Suresh Khairnar *
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*3. Poems*
* चुप* *रहैं* *दंगे* *चल* *रहे* *हैं*
India-Catching up with Pakistan
*4. The Bajrangi Bhaijaan Moment*
*5. Initiative*
*6. Seeking Justice*
*7. Investigation *
*8. Stanford Scholar casts new light on Hindu-*
* Muslim relations*
*9. Resources*
Karen Armstrong Interview
“Religion and History of Violence”
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*Ph. 022-26149668, 022-26135098*
*E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>*
*Editor*: Ram Puniyani, [email protected], www.pluralindia.com
*Advisory Board*: L.S. Hardenia, Irfan Engineer, Dhirendra Panda, Mohammad
Arif.
*From the Editor’s Desk*
The mob lynching in Dadri on the ground that Mohammad Akhlaq had
stored/eaten beef is the new and worse phase of communalism in India. The
way communal violence has been orchestrated so far, in the same way this
incident had also been planned as per the citizen’s investigation report is
a revelation. Prior to 2014 elections Narendra Modi had raised the issue of
beef and cow slaughter in a subtle and communal way. Cow has been an
important tool in the hands of communal forces. After the total use of Ram
temple issue for polarizing society now “mother cow” is being used to
incite the people. A mass hysteria around the issue has been created over a
period of close to a century and now it has been made a part of the broad
social perception.
Beef has been part of Indian dietary traditions as shown by the scholars of
early India. It was during freedom movement that this issue was brought to
the forefront. Now again the divisive forces are targeting the Muslim
minority on this issue. On the heels of this mob lynching other incidents
have been triggered around this issue, burning of vans on the suspicion of
carrying beef, beating up of people on this suspicion are coming to notice.
This can be a very explosive issue unless we control it in time. The truth
of beef in Indian dietary history needs to be brought forward. Freedom for
choice of food in a plural society needs to be preserved in accordance with
the values of Indian Constitution.
*Ram Puniyani*
(Editor)
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