Valentine and RSS.

The Sunday Express column `All in the name of Hindu Culture’ (Feb.15-2009) has made my darling columnist Tavleen Singh far away from my noble thoughts about her. Her `politically incorrect’ columns have been some bold initiatives unfound in today’s journalism. Her smart analysis of jihad, madarsas and secularism has been widely appreciated by the nationalist intellectuals throughout. Yet her views about the controversy of protests against Valentine- Pubs gives rise to many questions.
Yes, you have the right to criticize elements opposed to the Un-Indian celebrations, by virtue of your biased education (admitted by Tavleen Singh), but is it not the other way round too? Those whose open eyes and minds feel offended by the open love-sex culture via valentine must also have the equal right to oppose the malady. The widely exaggerated media reports suggest the opposition of Valentine generally peaceful, some aberrations notwithstanding. Yet media calls these people Taliban- Gundaas- Criminals- Enemies of Love etc., etc. Are you the votery of making this country a free sex society? And Tavleen ji, you too are demanding strictest punishment for them! Oh! Tell me by your logic what should be done with the people behaving indecent in public in the name of valentine and what should be done to the supporters of this unsocial evil?
Painfully Tavleen has not stopped here. She rejects Shri Lal Krishna Advani’s candidature on this premise with a wonderful logic the Advani did not make a statement against this. Is it such a big issue for the leader of opposition to comment? The UPA leaders have spoken against pub culture. What to do about them? Most painful is her comment against the RSS chief. Can she tell any role of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh in this controversy?
The nation and its people are mature enough to take their decisions. If they alongwith you (Tavleen) are opposed to UPA’s antinational leadership the natural alternative for them is BJP and Shri Lal Krishna Advani. People would not opt for a chaos without NDA, I am confident. Those who draw inspiration from India’s golden past shall naturally accept RSS’s ideology of Cultural Nationalism, whatever you say through your columns, Madam!
Dr. Jai Prakash Gupta. Ambala.
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