Texy Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 source The article "India's Divider in Chief" is written by Aatish Taseer, son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and late Pakistani politician and businessman Salmaan Taseer. Adi BB, beetle, DHONI_FANN and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I have huge respect for Tavleen as an author. Her book Durbar is one my favorite books on Indian politics. Salman Taseer was one of the true liberals of Pakistan, was shot dead by a fundamentalist named Mumtaz Qadri because he was shielding a blasphemy accused. In the book Durbar she writes just 2-3 sentences about her affair with Salman Taseer. She was impregnated when she was unmarried and Salman Taseer was married and the length of their affair was one week. It must have been really difficult for Aatish growing up in India-Pak society. I sort of agree that almost everyone in India is now either pro-Modi or anti-Modi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ankit_sharma03 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Number said: I sort of agree that almost everyone in India is now either pro-Modi or anti-Modi. yes that how it is now, so no debates can lead to anywhere now. People have made their minds strongly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I am not unhappy about divisions. I think multiple view points is good thing. Fundamentalism is not. Quite frankly, biased media houses, false narratives, backlog of intelligentsia and congress rule is pushing people like me more and more towards unconditional support. I try to keep myself in check. But to me the battle lines are drawn whether I choose to fight or not. I know which side I will choose. Yoda-esque 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh bling Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Number said: Salman Taseer was one of the true liberals of Pakistan, was shot dead by a fundamentalist named Mumtaz Qadri because he was shielding a blasphemy accused. True liberal? Then why was Aatish raised as Muslim ? He must had dictated it. Also women like Tavleen are reason why inter religious relationships are not accepted by orthodox society. She gave caste and religion to his son of his father who never saw him. ravishingravi, chewy, Under_Score and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Singh bling said: True liberal? Then why was Aatish raised as Muslim ? He must had dictated it. Also women like Tavleen are reason why inter religious relationships are not accepted by orthodox society. She gave caste and religion to his son of his father who never saw him. Not sure if Aatish was raised as a muslim. Just the surname is of his father which I too find strange and I don't think it was imposed by Salman Taseer. (<-- I may be wrong on this) Aatish is gay and married to a christian Ryan Davies. Also Salman Taseer risked his life and finally took a bullet for shielding a christian woman in a rabid islamic country. That in my view makes him a great human being. Edited May 11, 2019 by Number ravishingravi and Alam_dar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 6 hours ago, Number said: Not sure if Aatish was raised as a muslim. Just the surname is of his father which I too find strange and I don't think it was imposed by Salman Taseer. (<-- I may be wrong on this) Aatish is gay and married to a christian Ryan Davies. Also Salman Taseer risked his life and finally took a bullet for shielding a christian woman in a rabid islamic country. That in my view makes him a great human being. Aatish may be liberal in his personal life, but has expressed India-phobic views which pretty much reflect the mainstream Pakistani view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShankarShailendra Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Sanjukta Basu and Barkha Dutt fighting on Twitter because of Tavleen Singh and her son Aatish who wrote this article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Where have you heard it before? Sitting in USA, has the baboony logic of telling down the locals how to think? Knowing our civilization is medieval theocracy for this idiot. Glad he didn't choose to live in India and identifies himself of his Pakistani roots. Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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