A new vulnerability

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 A new vulnerability

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• Cow vigilantism: Post 2014, the groups that have shown the power to inflict maximum violence (other than the State) are cow vigilantes. They strike anywhere, and target is largely Muslims. So we can rename these groups as “Muslim vigilante” groups.
• Gandhiji on cows: “Just as I respect the cow, so do I respect my fellow-men”. He indicated it would be futile to kill a Muslim to save a cow, and instead he would urge to stop cow-slaughter. Today’s Gandhians are all silent, and no one is going on a hunger strike unto death.
• Gandhi versus Hindu Right: The Hindu right believes in fear and intimidation, unlike Gandhi’s persuasion.
• How did it begin? No one knows how Muslims started eating beef, but they didn’t do it to insult Hindus. Dalits eat beef too.
• How things evolved? The Dadri incident got intellectuals and artists on the streets, not Muslim organisations. Muslims have taken the violence silently, trusting the constitution.
• Hindu Conservatives versus Hindu Right: Many conservatives in the Congress got the Cow Slaughter laws passed in many states, prior to BJP’s arrival. But conservatives do not approve of vigilantism.
• Dalits have organised: Post Una-flogging incident, they have publicly protested, forcing the govt. to react and make promises. Muslims carried out no such protests.
• Jinnah and Ambedkar: Separatist Jinnah asked for partition and logic given was “geographically contiguous areas”. Jinnah had realised that food habits will be a problem later on. For Ambedkar, such a logic for Dalits was impossible and hence he called for “educate, organise and agitate”.
• Vigilante violence proving Jinnah right: Sadly, today’s violence is proving Jinnah’s fears right. The PM has declared that many gau rakshaks have a criminal background, but the State doesn’t act.PARA and TBS problem: Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian spoke of a Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency (PARA) to solve India's twin balance sheet problem. What is that? TBS = A. Over-leveraged corporates unable to pay back and invest in new
• Summary : The continuing cow vigilantism is proving the worst fears of pre-independence Muslim separatists right.

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