Author: Bhikhu Gopaldas (bhikhugopaldas@yahoo.co.in)
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: January 30, 2003
This refers to Mohbooba Mufti's
visit to Mumbai to garner financial gain for J&K. As a person, she
has every right to say, "I can't stand Anupam Kher", but as
the vice-president of the controlling party of
India's most troubled state she has no right to make such an immature declaration.
Anupam Kher was there to ask the
Muftis for justice for Kashmir's largely ignored minority - the Hindus.
It took courage to take up cudgels on behalf of the downtrodden Hindus
of Kashmir. Will the secular media publish his interview also, like it
did that of the gentleman who disrupted Narendra Modi's meeting with CII
members on the same grounds (he was also asking for justice for the Muslims
of Gujarat)? Modi was also in Mumbai to ask for more investment in
his state.
There are many similarities both
situations, despite the reaction of our secular press. Is the pain of the
Muslims of Gujarat, who suffered for two months, more intense than the
pain of the Hindus of Kashmir who have been targeted for 12 years?
