A Memory Buried Under The Debris Of Babri Masjid
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Today is the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest criminal acts that modern India witnessed, the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque. The sad thing is that the perprators of this crime are still roaming free.
Rutuja Deshmukh Wakankar gives a personal ancedote of the Babri demolition as it felt in a small town in central India. She writes, "What we lost forever and we did not even realize for many years to come, was a reality, a reality of harmony, love and co-existence. Even partition could not separate Eid and Holi celebrations in our town, but Babri demolition did it. And I hold one man accountable for this loss which my generation grew-up with- Lal Krishna Advani."
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A Memory Buried Under The Debris Of Babri Masjid
by Rutuja Deshmukh Wakankar
What we lost forever and we did not even realize for many years to come, was a reality, a reality of harmony, love and co-existence. Even partition could not separate Eid and Holi celebrations in our town, but Babri demolition did it. And I hold one man accountable for this loss which my generation grew-up with- Lal Krishna Advani.
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