More and more states are enacting laws to make cow slaughter a cognisable offence.Perhaps j&k the only Muslim majority state has the distinction of having enacted such a law before any other state.on jan 3,2012 News papers reported that a jam mu court convicted two persons for cow slaughter and awarded a sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs2000 to each.
Every society has its own set of laws based on the value system and sensitivities of its constituents and this case did not surprise me.There is a law making cow slaughter an offence keeping in view the belief of millions of Indians who almost worship the cow,
What is surprising me is the reaction of so called English speaking liberals when some body questions the writing of an author on the ground of freedom of speech
I would have perhaps agreed with them had they not been selective.If an offence is committed by a celebrity like Rushdie or Hussein these people are up in arms and TV channels open there studios for Talk shows to these men and women,but if there are two poor boys committing an offence of cow slaughter it does not catch there imagination.What Rushdie or Hussain did is an offence under our laws as what these two jummu boys did is also an offence. Why are our these 'intellectuals 'selective'. I leave it to my readers. .http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=86535
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RUSHDIE spoke about all kinds of extremists from all religions to Barkha. It has always been in the world that the one who is known already as an artist will get more coverage. So whether its Rushdie, Hussain or the two boys, everyone should be given a platform. Tolerance needs to be propogated at all levels, A more proactive approach would have been for people who support cow slaughter to stand up against making it a law.
ReplyDeleteHow few people in India know this? We are blindfolded by our media. Media publishes things which cause fight between any two sides. A fight is a news item for them. Rest are meaningless. Media has lost its responsibility to educate us. I am ashamed that I never knew about this till today.
ReplyDeleteExcellent analysis sir, these so called liberals have made this word dirty.
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