Re: [IAC#RG] “I am Narendra Modi’s Wife”

Dear Mr Pannu

On what basis did you come to the conclusion that I am pro-Congress ? Life is not only  Orange, White or Green, there is also Blue, Red and Yellow etc (not to mention Brown, Olive and Khaki).

If you agree with AAP's view on politics being the solution, then you are quite obviously not TOUGH enough for the battle which is sure to come. WIMPY things like Voting, Gandhism, Satyagraha etc are not really within the toolset which IAC will use. If you wait a week or 2 you can go watch Prakash Jha's ersatz "SatyaGraha" and "feel good" about Big_B impersonating Anna (or not) with lots of Indian flag waving. All that is not the IAC of today (and the IAC which is to come).

While going on about your "respect" for Namo's handling of his domestic situation, have you looked at it from his wife's POV ? A male can go plant his seed / staff anywhere, but such options are not really available to Hindu womenfolk.

Let me say this very baldly from the hitherto uncontested / uncontradicted facts.

A) Namo contracted a child mnarriage to Jashodabehn ? He then took sanyaas, joined the RSS (an avowedly misogynist body which accords to women the status of chattel) and completely abandoned his wife as part of the misogynist RSS pracharak norms. (My own equally Hindutva based nationalist movement OTH encourages familyhood and makes it compulsory for its pracharaks to be householders).

B) The child marriage (it was a marriage and not a sagaai) once contracted (may or may not be consummated) is LEGAL and preserved under the Hindu Marriage Act (I trust Namo does not deny he is a Hindu). Such marriage is NOT "void" but it is "voidable" at the instance of any party once they attain adulthood. (There are "n" number of BJP advocates on this list who can correct me on the law)

C) Poor Jashodabehn is a Good devoted Hindu wife pining for her husband to call her, and havng to uplift Muslim students in the meantime to maintain herself. What sort of Hindu would you describe the husband  of such a lady as ? What is the difference between such a person and, say, the husband of a Shah Bano ? Would it really make a difference if India had a Uniform Civil Code if such people administer it ?

D) The only thing which prevents Namo from taking his wife into his home, is the love which dare not speak its name that binds Iron Man and Prince Charming to their respective mothers.

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 1:44 AM, T Pannu <tpannu@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Mr Sarbajit,

 

  I am not impressed with your public statement. It was not called for. May be, readers' views have started pricking your conscience. Nobody stops you from being anti-Modi or pro-Congress; what hurts is your pretence of saying to hide your inner feelings. Modi's personal life (will come to this as I proceed) and Rahul calling himself a Brahmin are flimsy grounds on which they can be judged. We need to rise to much higher levels.

   Coming to the debate part, I hate to dump all the politicians (there are good people & bad people every where but the politicians appear rascals because they are seen to be breaking the rules, which they make). Let us be realistic. Can we get rid of them? If they are all bad, would you like to import politicians from outside? You can answer it yourself without much of strain on your mind ????. Hence till the present system changes, we have to live with the menace. The only option before us is to choose the better out of the lot till we succeed or to infiltrate the system by getting into it thru electoral process. Kejriwal rightly understood it and has taken a plunge but unfortunately, he is also under your hammer (looks like you have some personal score to settle with him). Let us also accept that it is difficult to find even one politician, who can claim to be 100% above board; this truth also limits our options. So my personal request to you would be to keep your prejudices as your own secrets. Being National Convenor of IAC, it doesnt behove you to seem to ride two boats simultaneously.

 

  Now coming to Modi specifics (your action of enclosing links related only to Modi and NIL to Rahul again smacks of your bias against the former). Anyway, I have gone thru both the links sent by you related to Modi's personal life. The first one saying that Modi accepts Jashodaben as his wife is dated 01 April 13 & the second one coming from Modi's wife saying "I am Modi's wife" is dated 11 Apr 13. I feel the matter should have been gracefully buried after the first one but the hungry media would have then starved.

    Notwithstanding, after reading the stories my respect for Modi as well as his wife has increased manifold. Differences between husband and wife are common and they are acceptable as long as they escape public eye. I admire both the parties here that they decided to live separately and no mud was thrown at each other. The fact that they did not separate/divorce also speaks of their greatness, if viewed from the old Indian traditions. Modi, if not his wife, could have easily thrown her away and picked up another partner like Mr Putin, the Great but he did not do so. It is unfortunate that virtue is being displayed as being ugly by the media hounds. We dont really like to let people live in peace. If Modi had married another lady after becoming CM, we would not have spared him, either. Honestly speaking, we should encourage politicians to remain unmarried or if married, staying away from family/ relations (utopian idea); this will, to a great extent, reduce nepotism and corruption besides devoting full time to the profession. Full marks to Modi, on this account. Please look at the similar cases and you will find some resemblance except one.

   Hope my thoughts havent annoyed you, Mr Sarbajit.

Regards.

Air Commodore (Retd) T Pannu