Injustices

Tuesday 16th May 2017 17:40 EDT
 

It is unfortunate that most of Jubel Cruz’s previous published letters seek to convey the same hatred & tired old message of the perceived ill treatment of the Christian minority in a secular and democratic India with an independent Judiciary and a Constitution which protects minority rights. Almost every letter he writes is portrayed as a perpetual battle between the minority Christians and majority Hindus! There must be a fresh topic that he can write about! For example, the injustices done to the Kashmiri Pandits who are still living as refugeees in their own country? Majority Hindus illtreated by minority Muslims. Perhaps Jubel can only see & write about the injustices against his Christian community rather than rise above the politics of narrow communalism. In the interest of humanity, would it not be refershing to see him highlight injustices sufferred by other faith communities in India? After all, Christianilty (like all major relegions) teaches respect and compassion for all of humanity.

The 2nd para of Jubel's letter betrays perhaps the real reason for the alleged destruction of crosses i.e. the property developers greed for land. Greed is an evil and it seems to me that the property developers would mete out similar treatment to the majority community to grab land. This allegation should therefore be correctly portrayed as a story about unscrupulous developers against landowners rather than a story about majority vs minority community. Unlike communist China, Indian democaracy affords the victims the right to challenge the destruction of crosses in Court and take action against the Municipality.

Dinesh Avanti

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