Wednesday, September 13, 2006
22 December, 1996
The Editor,
Mid-Day
Mumbi
Sir,
Poor Mr. M. V. Kamath has been calling Muslims of India for last so many years, but his, is a cry in the wilderness. In his article ‘ A saving grace’ ( Mid-Day, 21/12), he once again indulges in a dialog of the deaf. He tries desparately to figure out why Muslims do or did what they did in the matter of Babri Masjid. He will not get any confirmation from the other side of one kind or another, as nobody is there to reply to him. It reminds one, of the time Napolean entered Moscow after a lifetime of struggle and there was nobody in the city to hand him over the keys of Moscow. His soldiers searched and called out at every nook and corner. There was nobody except a few drunks who were oblivious of what was going on around them. The people had all disappeared; to surface again, when Napolean was on his way to Paris, dragging himself and his bedraggled soldiers in deep slush and mud, that made passage difficult. Thousands perished. He had won a hollow victory, if at it was victory.
#170
The Editor,
Mid-Day
Mumbi
Sir,
Poor Mr. M. V. Kamath has been calling Muslims of India for last so many years, but his, is a cry in the wilderness. In his article ‘ A saving grace’ ( Mid-Day, 21/12), he once again indulges in a dialog of the deaf. He tries desparately to figure out why Muslims do or did what they did in the matter of Babri Masjid. He will not get any confirmation from the other side of one kind or another, as nobody is there to reply to him. It reminds one, of the time Napolean entered Moscow after a lifetime of struggle and there was nobody in the city to hand him over the keys of Moscow. His soldiers searched and called out at every nook and corner. There was nobody except a few drunks who were oblivious of what was going on around them. The people had all disappeared; to surface again, when Napolean was on his way to Paris, dragging himself and his bedraggled soldiers in deep slush and mud, that made passage difficult. Thousands perished. He had won a hollow victory, if at it was victory.
#170
