Letter to the Editor
VHP misses Syed Shahbuddin’s rare moments of sanityThere are many spheres of activity in which the "ugly Hindu" does not come in its way, nor does the unsympathetic administration breathe down its back. Its mohallas and villages live their own life. Indeed, they have been allowed to stew in their own juice. They have high infant mortality and low life expectancy. They have high incidence of tuberculosis and other environmental diseases, with overflowing drains and stinking dumps of refuse all over. Lanes are crowded with half-naked, half-fed children and idle youth, whiling away their time on cards, tea or gossip. Mosques are uncared for and madrasas are hovels with a semi-literate moulvi, instructing at the point of a stick, emaciated children to read the Quran. Look at the graveyards; they have no boundary walls; giving free access to cattle looking for food and men looking for privacy. One sees little sign of economically productive activity except in traditional centres of handicrafts and handlooms and they are also located in dark, dingy holes and largely manned by minor children. Of course, there are tea shops and eating places which inform a visitor of their existence, half a kilometre away.
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9:20 PM
Moderate Islamist here
