PENETRATING OPINIONS

During last some days I observed certain opinions of different people / parties. My reaction on few of them are :

A. I agree to the views of Mahashweta Devi that India Government should provide permanent citizenship to Taslima Nasrin.

B. I also agree to the views of BJP that both UPA & Left Govt. (in West Bengal) have proved themselves as pseudo-secular entities in the matter of Taslima Nasrin.

C. I, however, hold this act of BJP as an act of taking political benefit. There is no reason to believe that BJP has turned secular overnight.

D. I smell a pinch of diplomacy while BJP demands status of only a political asylum for Taslima unlike Mahashweta Devi.

Her Ground : Rich heritage of West Bengal that affectionately hugs everyone who loves its soil as MOTHERLAND.

BJP 's Ground : Ask the party. Also (whatever the party's reply is), is this not a narrow outlook ?

E. I hold Musarraf a most cunning fellow. Yet I appreciate him for his style of loving his country. I hold his style better than that of all previous dictators & so-called democrats including Benazir & Nawaz Sharif. Governing a country like Pakistan, facing attacks from that many corners, could be possible only without so-called democratic ethics /decencies. By leaving uniform & by paving way for Benazir & Nawaz Sharif to take part in election Musarraf has proved that he, too, is interested in democracy atleast more than them with better governance in their comparison. Musarraf deserves appreciation also for his quantum of hippocracy that is far less than others . Less than even Hon'ble Mr. Choudhari.


............... Savitree