If the recent violence in Orissa’s Kandhamal District was all about Hindutva Goons hounding Christian Missionaries why did Orissa Steel and Mines Minister Padmanabha Behera, who hails from the violence-hit Kandhamal district, resign from his post ?
In the answer to this question lies the disingenuous template the media has applied in reporting recent events in Orissa.
It is amazing how the lexicon on the controversy changed from what it was before Christmas and what it became after Christmas.
Dig these 3 news stories from October and September.
Sep 22nd Communal trouble brewing up in Kandhmal dist. - No mention of VHP, Hindutva or violence against christians
Oct 9th Communal tension in Kandhamal - again no mention
Oct 15th Kui tribals up in arms in Kandhamal district – no mention
In fact the first time the Christian angle emerges is on Dec 23rd when Christian organizations led by 15-member delegation led by Fr Bijay Naik, Bishop Rt Rev BK Naik and Bishop Rt Rev Gabriel Pradhan urge Kandhamal collector and SP to provide adequate security at churches in light of the Bandh call by Kui Samaj Samanya Samiti on Christmas.
Following this were the incidents related to erection of an arch at Baliguda’s Brahmanigaon village which saw Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati with his supporters was proceeding to Brahmanigaon in a vehicle which came under attack at Dasingibadi under Daringibadi police limits.
The media as usual jumped on the VHP Christian conflict template here to color its reportage and the original Kui versus Pana conflict related to ST status faded into the background. This story in the NDTV is a great example where the Kui get a passing reference.
It is strange that All India Catholic Union in its memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the Kui Janakalyan Samiti for the assaults with no reference to VHP and Bajrang who are ascribed all the blame in the NDTV story. The Christian Organizations have also glossed over the ST status issue making no reference to it and not before long activists like John Dayal All India Christian Council secretary general jumped into the fray demanding CBI enquiry.
Offstumped Bottomline: The incendiary politics of entitlement in Orissa which are not unlike the Gurjar-Meena clashes of Rajasthan have acquired a communal overtone with the media obscuring the core social issues while playing up the Hindutva versus Missionaries template. The Judicial Enquiry ordered by the Naveen Patnaik Government must establish the truth and hold those responsible for the violence accountable to remind us once again of the dangers of the Culture of Entitlement.
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Another spin by rogue media: the conflict is projected as between “VHP” and “Christians” whereas it ought to be either Hindus vs Christians or VHP vs proselytizers.
Its interesting that whenever the media reports “Islamic terrorists” they are always referred to using a caveat called “alleged”. But when they have to report about activities of VHP/Bajrang dal, such niceties are always done away with!
What are the moderate christians doing? Fundamentalist christians like john dayal etc are presented to the general public as moderates by our media.
The modus operandi by the christians is quite similar to muslims. In this instance, christians (muslims too) start a fight, Hindus react and two bit national media forgets who started the fight and goes after Hindus reacting.
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What are the moderate christians doing? Fundamentalist christians like john dayal etc are presented to the general public as moderates by our media.
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For our mass media there is only one fundamentalism, and that is hindu fundamentalism. The rest are all power less minorities who have a justification to do violent things like bomb blasts, coercive proselytization etc.,
Well…Indian ELM…as we all now, by now, is full of ‘bleeding heart liberals’…the heart just bleeds for Muslims n Christians…so no surprise over whats being reported regarding the recent events in Orissa…actually, methink this one-sided or blinkered reporting is not for Indian masses (who frankly are much more aware of the duplicity of these ruling media-elites) but for the consumption of the Western politicians, human right groups n pinkos n commies of all hues…that are happily ensconced in the comfortable climes of US, UK n elsewhere…what better way for these ‘Catholic school’ educated n JNU graduated sycophants…then these kind of events…to wear their badge of ’sickularism’ on their sleeves.
…n the second quote from Zomo Kenyatta…one of the foremost African leaders from Kenya…’bout missionaries…that invaded Africa…”When they (meaning the missionaries) came (here)…they had the bible…n we had the land…they said…that this was the book of god…and asked us to meditate…when we opened our eyes…they had the land…n we had the bible!”…;)…:(
Regarding…the brow-beating by these missionaries as well as their local agents…one should always keep history in mind…(as someone said long back: you judge yourself…by what u feel capable of doing…while others judge you…by what you’ve already done!)…in that context, it would b wise to recall, as to what Malcolm X (a black leader in US during the 60s civil-rights movement) said about white men (here, this comes into picture ‘coz its safe to assume that Western media, money as well as that perennial culprit Vatican are the factors behind all these going on…everywhere in the world, leave alone India)…so to quote Malcolm X…”A white man always speaks with a forked tongue”…
Offstumped: May thanks for this well researched piece.
Indian English Press has become a joke.
Offstumped: TRUTH ALWAYS PREVAILS !!!! You are right. Another yarn from the media ( the worst being NDTV), the problems of KUI and PANA have been forgotten. VHP/ Bajrang Dal are now being systematically attacked.
I dont understand one thing, Christians dont believe in caste , creed etc, then why dont the bishops, priests explain to the converts that once they adopt chsitianity it is blasphelmous to ask for reservations.
ELSE THE FACT IS THAT CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES WANT FORCED CONVERSIONS AND RESERVATIONS A PACKAGE ??????
These missionaries suck, bloody sods….
Strategy To Reconvert Xtians to Hinduism.
EDITOR: NO ABUSE PLEASE, make your point with resorting to abusive language
Why would a minority go on a rampage ?
..course the media does not have the full angle, its only after that VHP guy got attacked by said minority i noticed this in the press. What happened before that ?..did these ppl suddenly wake up and decide to do it. I don’t think so, evidently they were screwed with and decided not to put up with it anymore.
The 3 grps jockeying for mind share in the tribal belts, the Christians, the hindus & the commies. Each trying to provide schools, clinics and some respectabilty (thats the main draw for these tribals). Course along the course of things some feet get stepped on and you have the current drama.
[...] had pointed this out last month itself that the violence had an affirmative entitlement angle to it more than a communal [...]
[...] As this issue festers in the courts, it is important to remember that the recent spate of violence in Orissa’s Kandhamal District was also rooted in the demand for ST status for Dalit Christians. [...]
[...] violence had flared in Kandhamal during Christmas last yera Offstumped had pointed out that it was a feud over entitlements while highlighting the mischief mongering by the National Minorities Commission’s fact [...]
The conversion phenomenon needs to be seen in a larger context.Why there should be conversion of religious faith if the missionaries are selfless??.I have seen a fellow Indian commenting in Times of India that the Hinduism is a dying religion and it is a Myth.These kind of crooked mentality certain section of our society maintain and then they preach peace and co-existance!!!.IT IS VERY MUCH EVIDENT THE WHOLE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS CONVERSION PHENOMENA IS TO GAIN MORE AND MORE POLITICAL CULT AND THEREBY INCREASE THE BARGAINING POWER IN THE POLITICS IN INDIA.ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE. I would also like to say, the person who opined about Hinduism as a Myth should disown his forefathers if they are Indians!.
PEOPLE INCLUDING ME ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE FACTS AND FIGURES OF THIS RELIGIOUS GAME PLAN HAPPENING IN MY COUNTRY AND WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND IT.INDIA BECAME A COUNTRY RUN BY SELFISH,CROOKED PSEUDO SECULARISTS…AND I AM VERY MUCH SURE THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED.IF THERE IS A POINT WHEN THEY SUCCEED, THERE WILL BE AN UPRISING IN THIS COUNTRY.
I ALSO CALL UP ON THE NATIONALISTS TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER FURTURE OF OUR COUNTRY…HAVE A UNIFIED APPROACH TO UPLIFT THE POORER SECTION OF OUR CITIZENS SO THAT THEY CAN’T BE EXPLOITED BY THE FORIEGNERS AND PSEUDO SECUALRISTS IN OUR COUNTRY.IMPLEMENT THE UNIFORM CIVIL CODE, SHED THE BULLSHIT CASTE AND CREED, MAKE THE POOR LITERATE, DEMOLISH BLOODY QUOTA SYSTEM, ROOT OUT THE CORRUPTION SO THAT OUR SYSTEM TREAT EVERYONE EQUALLY, ALL RELIGION.
IF THE MISSIONERIES LOVE PEACE , HARMONY & CO-EXISTANCE THEY SHOULD NOT TRY TO CHANGE THE BALANCE IN EXISTING NATURAL RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS.OTHERWISE THEY WILL FACE BACKLASH.TRADITIONALY INDIA WELCOMED ALL RELIGIONS AND TODAY WE AS A NATION PAYS THE PRICE FOR IT.
IN INDIA SECULARISM MEAN – ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND RAPE OUR NATION….IT STARTED WITH MUGHALS, ARABS, PERSIANS, PORTUGESE, FRENCH, BRITISH…THEN THE LATEST BY CHINESE (1962 & ANYTIME SOON AGAIN!)…. AND THE LIST CONTINUES TO GROW!!!!….
THANKS TO PSEUDO-SECULARISTS IN INDIA.
THANKS TO SUCCEFULL VOTE BANK POLITICS OF GANDHI DYNASTY, TODAY INDIA IS MORE DIVIDED THAN ANYTIME BEFORE.
dear beloved Sister&brother,
holy greetings in the name of our lord and Jesus Christ.
kindly i inform you that 33 churches were destroyed by attacking of orisa people.and some other place karnataka many churches are sealed and killed many pastors in karnataka .and also in bihar state.some christian were killed by biharians,they were burnt Christians with fire.some Christians hostels also destroyed.35 villages people are away to far way to forest and hidden in the forest.our state people conducting dharna (strike) many christens are feared to death fear.kindly i request you pray for our lord’s people.i have a plane to help to the victims of christens and pastors.so pray for about this.
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yours brother in Christ,
Rev Raju.
yuvaraju,
ye toe trailer hai(even if what u say is true)
What are the moderate christians doing?
That species is as real as a pink, invisible unicorn.