15 years ago Mumbai burned today
Today in 1992, was one of the darkest days of India as a nation. Hindu fundamentalists demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and the nation slipped into mayhem and carnage that it had not seen since 1947 and the Partition.
However in recent years we seem not to have learnt from our lessons.
We still have scumbags like Narendra Modi who rules over an Indian State. He has the gall to proclaim
Congress in Gujarat is raising its voice on the Sohrabuddin issue. But, it should explain to the people what should be done to a man who stored illegal arms and ammunition. You tell me, what should have been done to Sohrabuddin?”
It is a breakdown of democracy that the chief minister of Gujarat can do what he wants and we as citzens cannot do anything about him.
In the meantime, here is an aerial of the site from Google Maps.
Today is a day to stop and think.
Have we really progressed as a nation?
Technorati tags: Babri Masjid, Ayodhya, BJP, Narendra Modi
15 years back when this happened I was a kid and initially very thrilled that we didn’t have to goto school due to some tension in the city. but as more and more stories started coming in especially that little bit I remember about a watchman’s arm getting slashed in the neighborhood we were SCARED and really SCARED.
And when I look back today and read such articles on what happened and how it all started I feel shameful that so selfishly some people motivated an entire country to burn like hell without having to look back and feel sorry for what they had done. We should be disgusted for electing such leaders to rule our country. And the question yet remains “have we progressed”? In a country as vast as India we have no idea what’s happening in that little village sitting here in the metro city.
Kapil I agree with you 100%.
In today’s day and age, when people like Narendra Modi and Bal Thakeray are still around and can speak anything they want, it makes me wonder about the law and order situation and justice system