notsuperstitious
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Oh yes! & Bhatkal is a stronghold for muslims & that too very progressive & educated. But you'll find that kinda culture in quite a few areas of coastal Karnataka & bordering areas of Kerala, like Kasargod. But they are mostly populated around urban areas. Another thing you will notice in that part of the world... a deep segregation between the communities with regard how & where they live. Maybe that's why it's hard to know what goes on within that community & it acts kind of comfortable safe haven for miscreants.
Cultural separatism seems to be a choice for some Muslim though. Many Konkani marathi Muslims today use Urdu and have completely given up Marathi, their mother tongue and the local language. And BTW its not like Urdu has some religious or material significance, its a cultural separatist stand. When one separates from mainstream on purpose, what is the state or the majority community supposed to do, bend over backwards to shield the community from the negative consequences of the choices they make?????
Despite his apparent sincerity, what I've seen of Kejju this morning worries me. The arrogance, self righteousness and authoritarian traits were becoming more evident during his speech and the crackpot solutions to address corruption and mal governance, for instance turning aam aadmi into citizen journalists snooping on erring bureaucrats,have the potential to destroy whatever trust is left between the state and public and bring the whole system to a standstill within days.
This morning has exposed AAP as nothing but a bunch of communists/anarchists masquerading as a party of protest, thriving on support from the politically naive 'youth' of Delhi disaffected by mainstream politics. Based on this morning's performance, I expect Kejju and his coitere to be shown the door by the President within weeks before they can do any enduring damage to the state apparatus.
Excellent post. Except ''the politically naive 'youth' of Delhi disaffected by mainstream politics'' bit. Certainly not all of them. Had a young lady from Delhi complain y'day that her sis's family of 4 + 2 maids have to pay 3500 INR per quarter as water bill!!!
This is Delhi, the richest state in India and easily the most subsidised one (look at the $$$ center spent on infra).
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