Any rational individual with open eyes can see the special negative treatment meted out to people who dare to talk openly about any form of Hindu resurgence. They are classified immediately under the rabid group of communalists, whose singular aim is to destroy the "secular fabric" of India.

It's okay for the Laloos and the Mulayms to stoke casteist sentiments among their potential voters. It's okay for people like Bhuta Singh to subvert the constitution on a daily basis. It's okay for Andhra Pradesh's chief minister, Dr. Y. Samuel Rajasekhara Reddy to offer a 5 % reservation in government jobs to the "oppressed" Muslims. (As if they are the only oppressed group in the Indian society and as if awarding a 5% quota would put them back on their feet in no time.) But it's not okay to talk about pragmatic things like having a uniform civil code or repealing article 370 in the Indian constitution that removes the special status, the state of Jammu and Kashmir enjoys now, which prevents it from joining the mainstream Bharat.

Who is trying to use the British tactics of "Divide and Rule" more effectively? The Sangh Parivar or the "secularists?" In their zeal to make sure the specter of Hindu communalism never rises, the "secularists" have gone out of their way, nay, have lost their way, by solely attacking Hindutva and deliberately ignoring every sin committed by the "secularist" camp.

So, why did the voters give the thumbs-up to Mr. Modi? Wasn't he a vicious demagogue who let Gujarat burn when innocent Muslims were killed? (Of course, the media always conveniently forgets the fact that it happened after the brutal murder of fifty-six kar sevaks who were incinerated in the train they were traveling, but then again in the eyes of our "secular" elite, fifty-six persons are much much fewer than the two thousand who died in the riots as an aftermath.)

May be all Ahmedabadis are fascists? Could that be an explanation? (Surely, the English Media must now be giving up on the Gujaratis who seem to ignore the invective they heap on Mr. Modi.)

That explanation is feasible only if you think all Mr. Modi has been doing in the last few years is rabble-rousing, as the English Media would like you to believe. But Mr. Modi has been busy with other things like working on the development of his state, un-recognized by our intellectual elite.

Make no mistake. Gujarat is flourishing. It stands fourth in the states that contribute most to the national GDP (about Rs1.03 trillion). It's one of the most attractive destinations for foreign investment in India and it's treading Kerala's path of providing education to everybody in the state.

The English Media says, none of this is because of Mr. Modi. It's the resilient people of Gujarat who are making this all possible. Even accepting that at face value for a moment, aren't these the same people who have been voting Mr. Modi to power again and again? If the journalists have enough guts, they should come forward and say that majority of the Gujaratis are communal.

All right, you say. It's possible the English Media is only focused on the negative qualities of Mr. Modi. But you argue that when you take a stand, when you have a strong conviction, sometimes you see things in black and white. Even the pro Sangh journos do that. Right?

Wrong! When these same scribes wrote about the relief efforts in the earth quake hit POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir), they didn't miss a chance to point out that Jihadis were the first to arrive at scenes of chaos and help people out with food and other supplies. They even carried interviews with the local people who claimed they were so "impressed" with the Jihadis, that some of them were considering joining them after the dust settles down. What a free publicity for the Jihadis! They must love our media.

As I wrote in my other articles, when Sanghis, meaning people of the RSS, VHP, Bajarang Dal and BJP ilk, do the same thing in similar situations, there's a pin-drop silence on the subject. If this is not a double standard, tell me what is!

I said the English Media bit the dust when Mr. Modi was elected to a second term of power despite all its poisonous propaganda. I take that back now. English media were never in a position to bite dust. They were, are, and always will be in the gutter where they belong.

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