Rohit Dhankar
“One thing I feel very solemnly is that, if indeed some of these statements were made, such as “destroy the nation,” “barbadi Bharat,” and so on—they ought not to have been made. Anything that borders on condemnation of the national integrity and unity as such should be severely punished. That much is clear to me: whether they [the accused] said that, or who said what, and how, and when, will come out as a result of these enquiries.” Upendra Baxi. (Emphasis as bold and underlined added, italics original.)
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/democracy-must-not-distrust-suspect-dissent-disagree
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We are the nation
We are the guardians of the true culture of this land.
All that is different from what we think is contamination in our pristine culture.
We are the guardians of the nation and the culture.
If you disagree with us: We will attack you, every where
We will attack you in the courts, on the streets
We will tell you how to express your patriotism, all other form are of no consequence.
Some of us will talk nice and legal language
Others will threat to kill
We are the same, the legal talk is to assure you; threat is necessary to bring you to the right path.
We will decide what you can eat, if you disagree our vigilante groups will attack you.
We will tell our women what to wear, whom to love. Those who disagree will be punished, insulted.
If you disagree with us: Go to Pakistan.
Amen!
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We want justice
We are the law unto ourselves.
If committees are to be appointed they should have all the people we want. If not, they are a farce.
If the police acts before the University processes are given time, that is wrong (This is genuinely wrong—Rohit), if the University processes follow, we do not accept the result. As you know, they are dictated by the RSS.
If Supreme Court gives a judgment it is determined by the Brahamanical conscience.
If the punished happen to belong to Dalits, Minority, or OBC it is the dominant castes suppressing and silencing them.
If the committees ask us to depose, we reject the committees.
We reject the legitimacy of the Indian state. (Not all of us, but we don’t allow to single out those who do, some of us make noises of accepting the nation and the constitution to shield all of us.)
We do not consider nation important.
We are fighting for greater justice.
We are the law, we are the judge.
If you touch us we will raise an international hue and cry. Our Guru’s are too well connected, their word is the truth.
We are engaged in bringing about a revolution.
We are the law unto ourselves.
If you disagree with us you are status-quoist, a rightist, a casteist, a majoritarian. You do not understand.
You see, we are the law and we are also the truth.
Amen!!
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We are the sheep
We are the sheep
We follow, blindly
We make crowd in your speeches and slogans
We shout what you want us to shout
Clap when you want us to clap.
We remain invisible and give you visibility
We make the stool on which you stand and look tall
Our eyes and shut
Our minds are closed
We go by our emotions which you know how to manipulate
We lose our mind
And our existence
In your mind and your existence
We cease to be, to make you exist
Someday, yes, someday
Ours eyes will open
Our eyes when opened
Become the third eye of Shiva
Then we will get our minds back
Then we will get out existence back
Then you will cease to be
The opened eye of Shiva
Burns all evil
Amen!!!
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Thinking Aloud 