Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Call To All Secular & Democratic People in Karnataka


The twin menace of Communalism & Terrorism is getting deep into the minds of Indian youths. The print and electronics medias fuel negative feelings, e-mail campaigning's instigate delusive ideas which nurture the reactionary tendencies of these younger people.

IT industry which employs a considerable section of these youth from the middle & upper classes is now becoming susceptible for the spread of Communal and Fundamentalist ideas by the continuous involvement of Communal groups in various forms. RSS and its affiliates are in the forefront of this divisive campaigning and are organising themselves in the IT Sector. These targeted youth, though mostly apolitical and socially unaware are falling into the traps of these Communal and Fundamentalist forces that indirectly become very useful for the political progress of the latter whether in terms of Volunteering activities or in case of fund mobilisation. Chunk of other white collar professionals too are increasingly falling into this trap. The different NGO type of activities and charity activities being largely carried out by these forces are attracting more and more youth into their folds. This is causing the youth in the minority community also getting snared by the communal forces such as NDF and terror groups such as SIMI, Lashkar-E-Toiba, etc in search of security or retaliate against the open Terrorism done by the majority fanatics. The fanatics among the minority groups utilize these youth to fulfill their vested interests. Both the majority and minority terror groups hence nurture each other and require each other for their existence.

In such a situation it becomes imperative for the progressive individuals in IT Industry with Secular and Democratic values to create awareness against Communalism & Terrorism and to uphold the Secular Democratic traditions of our country and to maintain Unity & Fraternity. Bangalore, the IT hub of India has seen a rise of Communalism in the recent period especially after the BJP Government assumes power for the first time in Karnataka. The State government is using all its power to spread their hatred campaign and providing suitable environment for RSS and its affiliate organisations to proliferate and reach out to every sections of the society and instigate venom in the minds of the youth. This is helping their twin terror groups of the minority community to recruit more people showing these acts of violence and instigating hatred in the young minds. Now this is getting rapidly spreading into the IT professionals who are getting divided on these religious lines leading to a very dangerous situation.

We request all the Secular minded and Peace loving Indians to join the campaign against the spreading of Communalism and to create the awareness on Secular and Democratic values in the society. We also request all the youths to unite & create a strong and counter balance against global terrorist and imperialist leaders, the USA and Israel. We deem every religious fundamental organization which promote communalism and terrorism, either national or international, is equally danger for Indian society irrespective of their religious identity. Terrorism has no religion and no language and no nationality.

Quoting a poem originally from that by Pastor Martin Niemöller written against Fascism and adapted to the present situation in India

"They came first for the Communists,
And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Muslims
And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Muslim.

Then they came for the Christians,
And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Christian.

Then they came for the Dalits,
And I didn't speak up because I was a Hindu.

Then they came for me,
And there was no one left to speak up ..."


LET US JOIN OUR HANDS TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNALISM & TERRORISM