Rationality and Religion

It is no secret that heads of religious organisations across the world possess an exceptional sense of rationality, however these comments by Praveen Togadia have some new humour to offer. The following text is an extract from the Indian Express artilce found here.

“If Ram is imaginary, then Lord Buddha, after whom the CM is named, also did not exist and hence he should have his first name changed,” Togadia said. The VHP leader also took potshots at CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and DMK chief M Karunanidhi, saying that they must change their names which clearly illustrate the belief of their forefathers in Ram.

Togadia said that even the Muslim rulers and the British did not question the faith of the Hindus and the CPI(M) leaders and Union Government were trying to deny the existence of Ram.

“The Sethu Samudram project is not for development but for destruction,” Togadia said.

The State of Gujarat

Gujarat will vote a week from now. Five years back, Narendra Modi won by a huge margin due to a highly communally divided society. It was greatly disappointing that Gujarat chose to elect a man who carried out a massacre. The Sohrabuddin case is the latest incident in which he seems to have publicly admitted resorting to unlawful and unconstitutional measures, as a chief minister. A civil society should insist that Modi be tried for all these crimes in a court of law, let alone elect him yet again to office. As chief minister of Gujarat, he has only brought shame upon Indian people. I strongly urge the people of Gujarat to vote against the Modi and his BJP.

This editorial from Indian express is definitely worth a read.