http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2722515.cms
It is more important to ensure that the award goes to a deserving candidate than to waste precious time on who gives it away to whom and where. Since Taslima Nasreen has been chosen by the French to receive an award, all other considerations must be put on the back burner. The Government too must show some spine and let Sarkozy do the honours in New Delhi on Republic Day, rather than being influenced by muslim fanatics and the CPI-M trying to butt-in everytime and in every issue. It is a matter of national shame that prospects of street battles flaring up again over the Taslima issue, has made the government decline the French request to honour the Bangladeshi writer in New Delhi during their President's visit in Jan 2008. Is it wrong to assume, then, that resorting to goondaism is the best way to get the attention of this Goverment?
It is more important to ensure that the award goes to a deserving candidate than to waste precious time on who gives it away to whom and where. Since Taslima Nasreen has been chosen by the French to receive an award, all other considerations must be put on the back burner. The Government too must show some spine and let Sarkozy do the honours in New Delhi on Republic Day, rather than being influenced by muslim fanatics and the CPI-M trying to butt-in everytime and in every issue. It is a matter of national shame that prospects of street battles flaring up again over the Taslima issue, has made the government decline the French request to honour the Bangladeshi writer in New Delhi during their President's visit in Jan 2008. Is it wrong to assume, then, that resorting to goondaism is the best way to get the attention of this Goverment?
No comments:
Post a Comment