Some comments from Binayak Sen’s Family and Friends posted here and reproduced by Offstumped below.
Offstumped has responded via e-mail to some of them.
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Y2:
I now understand your POV. Regardless of the all the theories regarding the vedas and the upanishads, Indians were a proud and militaristic people in the vedic age according to the Rigveda itself. Vedic material(esp. the Rigveda) gives immense impotance to something that later came to be known as “Kshaatra Dharma”.
Here, I am being led to assume that you have not gone through the Rigveda. If I am right in assuming thus, I believe that continuing the discussion on Rigveda henceforth will not be fruitful. If you can find time to take up a basic study on Rigveda, you can easily understand how we were once.
Thanks.
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Aryan says:
The ‘business’ of Maoist movement in India
March 4th, 2008 at 8:43 am eFor someone hiding behind a pseudonym, you are putting out quite a smokescreen of your own, Yossarin. You have dealt with none of the substantial questions regarding the false evidence that the prosecution has painstakingly marshalled, and that have been raised in the Tehelka article. For instance, why do you persist in ignoring the fact that the connection that Dr. Sen established with Narayan Sanyal was legal, and conducted with the full knowledge and permission and invitation of the jail authorities?As for your own ?tough? question, have you considered that the two circumstances that you think are mutually exclusive are actually quite compatible. In other words, though Dr. Sen may have been aware of Sanyal?s medical and legal condition, Sanyal?s brother may not have been aware that Dr. Sen was aware, and merely wrote to him on the basis of his PUCL connection.
Why do you ignore the fact that the PUCL is still a legal organization, urging legal and non-violent solutions to the problems that are causing the people to resort to maoist violence?
Since when has someone been simply assumed to be guilty merely on the refusal of bail, before the trial had even started?
Deal with the facts, not with speculations and assumptions.
March 4th, 2008 at 8:39 pm eI am appalled at the naivete of this blogger, yossarin. He or she has dutifully quaffed the kool-aid rustled up by the anti-human government of Chhattisgarh in order to burden Dr. Binayak Sen with fabricated and bogus charges. Unfortunately, even the Indian Supreme Court sided with the goondas, and not the victim, in denying Dr. Sen bail. I read the article in Tehelka and found it thoughtful and even-handed. I knew Binayak Sen in medical school and can attest to his gentle and caring nature. Dr. Sen is a rare hero in these cynical times and courageously challenged the state government?s attempt to confiscate the resources and humiliate the underprivileged people in the district he served as a doctor. For this he was slapped with manufactured charges and incarcerated without bail. Such is the stuff that heroes are made from.
March 5th, 2008 at 8:41 am eAnyone or any orgaisation that is involved in standing up for the rights of the underpriveledged should be ready to expect bloggers like ?yossarin?. The fact that he goes by a pseudonym, testifies to his gutless nature. Come out in the open and then we can have a convincing chat. Besides, it is not just Tehelka, there have been others like Outlook, Hindustan Times etc that have written extensively about the good work done by Dr. Sen. These journalists have done some extensive investigation before committing their names to their articles. So, to dismiss them as ?batting for the maoists? is mean. Perhaps,yossarin is also suggesting that the National Academy of Social Science, that conferred the gold medal on Dr. Sen, is also a front for the Maoist movement? Has ?Yossarin? actually gone and seen the work that has been done by Dr. Sen and the band of dedicated professionals? Even the DGP, Mr. Vishwa Ranjan, had said in the Tehelka article that left to himself he would have put Dr. Sen under surveillance and not arrested him.Until then, Yossarin, please come with facts and try not to use your mind?.you just might expose yourself and blow your cover.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:30 am eHi Yossarin,Please take note of other notable batsmen for the maoists that I forgot to mention. The list below, by your standards, would be the opening batsmen. I do apologise to those whose names I have missed.:
Amnesty International
Human rights Watch
Naom chomsky
Amartya Sen
Indian Academy of Social Sciences ( apologies for getting the name wrong yesterday)
Dont you feel bad that you dont even have the decency to reply? Hiding again are we? You dont even respond to provocation.