I find the article “Ayodhya: No longer a communal bomb” (Dec. 12) by Nilofar Suhrawardy a bit funny. The writer appears to have lost touch with reality. The superfluous piece can best be described as an attempt to misguide the public opinion. Or maybe the writer was out of subjects and had to fill in the space. As a matter of fact, communal tensions are at an all time high in India. The manner in which she has glorified the role of social media is a bit exaggerated. The only difference I note is now due the advanced technology people remain updated on various developments, as one can receive a blow-by-blow report of any incident.
The rest, however, remains the same. This does not mean that Ayodhya issue has become dormant and the saffron brigade is no longer obsessed with the issue. The right-wing is on a stupid mission to bring Indian Muslims “back” to Hinduism. Yes, I am pointing toward the ongoing campaign of the saffron brigade to convert Muslims and Christians to Hinduism. The writer, I believe, does not read the provocative statements made by various top-notch BJP leaders. India has never been so much divided along communal lines since 1947. If the writer cannot come up with any interesting subject, she should abstain from churning out unnecessarily misleading articles. — Javed Hashmi, Riyadh
Communal divide
