Know the facts

Over last one month almost every news article on Gujarat elections mentioned one ugly word about Gujarat riots - "pogrom". Yet our so-called "secular" media avoids using this word when (on rarest of all occasions) they write about the 1984 anti-sikh riots executed by Congress following Indira Gandhi's assassination by her Sikh bodyguards.

Every Indian voter who is concerned about communalism in India should read about what happened in 1984. Mentioned above is a good link from wikipedia. Only thing the wikipedia article does not mention is that in 5 days of rioting, 2733 Sikhs were killed (these are official figures, real figures might be higher), while the entire government machinery watched in silence. (On 4th Nov 1984 alone, 1000 Sikhs were killed!). Compare these figures with 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims killed in over two months in post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.

Know the facts, then read your favourite newspaper.

How Indian "secular" media labels events

While reading news reports on BJP's election victory in Gujarat, I came across this post by a reader on rediff, which is a beautiful expose of the India's "secular" media. Here it goes:

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* Sikhs getting slaughered in thousands = A MISTAKE.
* Hindus getting killed in Kashmir in thousands = Political problem.
* Muslims getting killed by a few hundred = Holocaust.
* Poor protestors getting shot in WB under Left Govt = Misunderstanding.

* Banning Parzania in Gujarat = Communal.
* Banning Da Vinci Code and Jo Bole So Nihaal = Secular.

* Kargil Attack = Government failure.
* Chinese invasion in 1962 = Unfortunate betrayal.

* Fake encounters in Gujarat [Sohrabuddin] = BJP Communalism.
* Fake encounters under Cong-NCP in Maharashtra [Khwaja Younus] = Police atrocity.

* Talking about Hindus and Hinduism appeasment = Communal
* Talking about Muslims and Islam = Secular.

* BJP freeing 3 terrorists to save 100 Indian hostages = Shameful
* Congress freeing 4 militants to save just a life of one daughter of a
Congress minister in Kashmir [Rubina Sayed] = Natural Political dilemma.

* Attack on Parliament = BJP ineptitude
* Not hanging Afzal Guru the mastermind despite Supreme Court orders =
Humanity and Political dilemma.

* BJP questioning Islam = Communal.
* Congress questioning Lord Rama existance = Clerical Error.
Is there any end to Congress and it shameless supporters hypocrisy
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