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On 25th the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a government organization, reported to the high court that its excavations at the disputed site at Ayodhya found distinctive features of a 10th century temple beneath the Babri Mosque site. Oh wow! So it was indeed a temple, eh! As we did not know already what ASI report would eventually say. The Sangh is, understandably, all balle-balle, terming the report as the vindication of its stand while the main plaintiff in the case, Haji Hashim Ansari, said many Islamic relics too were found during the excavation. I wonder what BJP would achieve out of this. Will this affect the court's decision, what about the claims of the plaintiff. How is this going to add pace to the case? Cases like this cannot ever be solved by courts.
With a BJP led government at the center, it was all RSS proposes ASI disposes but at least I expected some honesty from these guys. In an in-camera excavation mockery away from the vigilant eyes of the media the report had been scripted much-much earlier. In 1949 Hindu idols were sneaked inside the Babri mosque, but that happened in the dead of night. The ASI report has done this shameful deed in broad-daylight. BJP has fallen further in my eyes.
OK, leaving alone the question of competency of ASI people, let's assume that the report is perfectly genuine. So what Mr.Advani, is the razing of Babri Mosque justified now? Should we proceed on a demolition spree for all those monuments that were built in medieval times atop demolished religious structures? Will this sanctify the wrong-doings of the history?
Vandals are in spite of everything, vandals. Whether they are the Talibans who bomb-shelled the Bamiyan structures or the RSS/BJP led mob that gleefully brought down the Babri structure. So what’s next on the hidden agenda guys, the Taj Mahal?
I have given thought to this many times. Why hang-on to the concept of having ripe but aged policticians as Prime-Minister who could barely walk and talk. Without any offence to the eloquence of Vajpayee, methinks he has been too late to enter the office. We need a dynamic young persona for this post with charm that was perhaps oozed out by Rajiv Gandhi. Whichever party comes to power should try keep this in mind. Speaking of BJP, I could safely bet on on Arun Jaitly or Sushma Swaraj as ideal candidates for Prime-ministership. In Congress camp Jairam Ramesh, Salman Khurshid and Kapil Sibbal seem to fit the bill. They are extremely media-savvy, pragmatic and witty speakers, They are intelligent, have strong knees and, above all, are young and dynamic. You would not expect them to stammer, doze at public functions, take age-long pauses while talking to media or pose with terrible hand-shakes and shaky-lips with forign dignitaries. What do you think?
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