CHARITY MUST BEGIN AT HOME

CHARITY MUST BEGIN AT HOME

Kajal Chatterjee
If any Islamic nation dares to comment anything against the lynching of innocent Indian Muslims in the name of "Gomata" or "Love Jihad" or infringement upon their right of diet attire or mode of prayer by the Right-wing saffronites; immediately the "nationalists" offer sermon to them not to poke nose into the country's "internal matters"! 
 
However no problem in poking nose into the "internal affairs" of Pakistan or Bangladesh if any attack takes place allegedly against the Hindus or their place of worship! What an impeccable Double Standard indeed! 
 
Instead of commenting on the state of affairs of Bangladesh and allowing the government of that country to tackle the situation, the "Nationalists" must learn to clean up their own Indian backyard first! 
 
However just like the annihilation of "Hindu" tourists in Pahalgam, by the non-State actors of a foreign country, was brutally exploited to torture and malign Indian citizens of Islamic or  Kashmiri vintage; now the Bangladesh mayhem (where secular Muslims, rational intellectuals to media outlet also get targeted for violence) would be crudely exploited by the staunchly Anti-Bengali camp to inject communal hatred in West Bengal with devilish intention to grab power of the state in 2026 Assembly polls through the backdoor of religious polarisation! What a philistine communal camp of exploiting human tragedy, violence and deaths to serve petty electoral interests! 
 
Those elements who are so "perturbed" about the "assault" upon Bengali arts and culture; would they please clarify why Bengali has been dubbed as "Bangladeshi" language by the Central-controlled authorities with a saffron mandarin even went to the extent of declaring non-existence of any language named Bangla! Why has the Chief minister of a "Double Engine" state termed rendition of Rabindranath Tagore's "Aamar Sonar Bangla" as "Anti-national" with another mandarin calling Kabiguru as "Stooge" of the British! 
 
Even Raja Rammohan was also a "British agent" and less said about the barbaric demolition of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar bust the better! 
 
The "concern" of the saffronites towards Hindu Bengalis is also "legendary" to say the least! So no wonder why (along with their Islamic brethren) Bengali Hindus also get subjected to brute physical torture detention in several "Double Engine" states, thereby getting compelled to escape to Bengal with their lives by forsaking livelihood! Will the "sympathisers" of Bengali Hindus answer why not a single word of protest got emanated from the saffron camp when more than 160 homes of Bengalis had been cold-bloodedly burnt to ashes in "Double Engine" Odisha's Malkangiri district! Were those Bengalis not Hindus, that too displaced from erstwhile East Bengal during Partition of India! Oh so "love" towards the "persecuted" Bengali Hindus indeed! 
 
Those elements who are exploiting Bangladesh arson to shed crocodile tears for Bengali Hindus must also answer why did they remain absolutely silent when a certain Singh goon from "Double Engine" Uttar Pradesh made entry in a Krishnanagar home and shot dead a Bengali Hindu girl! Also what is the religion of that philistine Sanjai Rai who had raped and murdered the Bengali Hindu girl at RG Kar hospital! 
 
Yes, criminals are criminals who have no religion race country to speak of! So those who are communalising the antics and violence of Bangladesh mob to tarnish Islam to reap electoral dividend form the scandals of Humanity. 
 
And charity must begin at home. Instead of interfering in the internal matters of Bangladesh, the saffron brigade must answer why Mohammad Akhlaques Junaids Pehlu Khans Asgar Alis Tabrez Ansaris Afrazul Khans Sabir Maliks and innumerable innocent Indians had to meet horrific death on allegation of possessing/transporting Beef, smuggling cattle or engaging in that mythical "Love Jihad"! 
 
Last but not the least. The merchants of hatred who are exploiting the Bangladesh mayhem with barbaric zeal to imply how Hindus and Bangla culture are being specifically targeted in that country must be challenged with maximum force possible. 
 
Bangla culture is not the monopoly of Hindus only, rather Muslims of Bangladesh also form part of Bangla culture only! After all the birth of that Muslim-majority nation was itself based upon Bangla culture and language only! So no wonder why the President and General Secretary of Chhayanot (Dhaka's cultural centre which came under attack) respond to the name of Sarwar Ali and Laisa Ahmed Lisa respectively! And following the attack, the students of Chhayanot and other cultural personalities and the general public came out on streets to protest against the fundamentalists by singing the songs of Dwijendra Lal Roy Kazi Nazrul Islam Mukunda Das and of course Rabindranath Tagore with special emphasis on Songkocher Bihobolota Nijere Opoman!
 
This is called Bangali culture at its best. Will the Anti-Bengali brigade of the country, calling Bangla a "Bangladeshi" language with 'Aamar Sonar Bangla' being "Anti-national", stop shedding crocodile tears for Bangla culture by exploiting barbarities of stray fundamentalists in Bangladesh!
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