RIP Irrfan Khan

[Azure]

We will have to wait at least another 1 1/2 years for a strong CJI again - D Y Chandrachud. Don't know what more damage will be done by then.

It's funny how everything changed.... remember how just 3 years ago the four judges approached the press? Also, when a lot of decisions by the court can be overridden by an ordinance passed in the parliament, sometimes you've got to feel for the judges too.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

It's funny how everything changed.... remember how just 3 years ago the four judges approached the press? Also, when a lot of decisions by the court can be overridden by an ordinance passed in the parliament, sometimes you've got to feel for the judges too.

I think that was their attempt to warn. The thing I have not understood is Gogoi was part of that gang. Guess BJP found a convenient handle in his sexual harassment allegations to get him to do what they wanted.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

Yes. I do not have much facts about this though. I always assumed that RSS was not mobilised by Rajiv. Searches produce vastly opposing articles on the net.

They were mobilised more for the election campaign. Their complicity was enough as far as riots went. Vajpayee's miserable performance in 1984 elections showed Sangh didn't want to go against the anti Sikh line at the time, while Vajpayee felt strongly that the riots should be criticised. Vajpayee was very much a hindutvavadi but not without principles.

This is a spine chilling article about the 1984 riots, aftermath and the elections.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/what-about-1984-pogroms-and-political-virtue/cid/283596

"I remember a Congress advertisement that unsubtly suggested that Indians ought to vote for the party of firm governance if their taxi-drivers made them nervous, this, remember, at a time when Sikhs drove taxis in large numbers in Indian cities "

Just no words...

 

[Azure]

I think that was their attempt to warn. The thing I have not understood is Gogoi was part of that gang. Guess BJP found a convenient handle in his sexual harassment allegations to get him to do what they wanted.

I had forgotten about the sexual harrassment - nothing came off it if I remember?

They were mobilised more for the election campaign. Their complicity was enough as far as riots went. Vajpayee's miserable performance in 1984 elections showed Sangh didn't want to go against the anti Sikh line at the time, while Vajpayee felt strongly that the riots should be criticised. Vajpayee was very much a hindutvavadi but not without principles.

This is a spine chilling article about the 1984 riots, aftermath and the elections.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/what-about-1984-pogroms-and-political-virtue/cid/283596

"I remember a Congress advertisement that unsubtly suggested that Indians ought to vote for the party of firm governance if their taxi-drivers made them nervous, this, remember, at a time when Sikhs drove taxis in large numbers in Indian cities "

Just no words...

Interesting - don't agree with the conclusion the article makes although agree with a large part. I simply don't think one is better or worse than the other. It's about who governs it. As you rightly mention, I will pick an ABV or Narasimha Rao to govern, regardless of which party they come from. The recent alliance in Maharashtra elections should give us some clues about 'ideological' affinities.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

Interesting - don't agree with the conclusion the article makes although agree with a large part. I simply don't think one is better or worse than the other. It's about who governs it. As you rightly mention, I will pick an ABV or Narasimha Rao to govern, regardless of which party they come from. The recent alliance in Maharashtra elections should give us some clues about 'ideological' affinities.

I think his point is more that India's secular foundations get threatened when a party that is ideologically opposed to it gains power. It is not an argument completely without merit but as he himself mentions, Congress' secularism was eventually reduced to mere advertising and ignoring the ground realities that were far more complicated. In that case, it can be argued that they did little but hold power till BJP got strong enough to grab it from them.

 

[Breakpointerer]

I really enjoyed his works. Vividly remember watching Life of Pi in the theatre. May he rest in peace.