Comments on: Asma Jahangir on freedom of religion and belief in India

By: anasuya

anasuya — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:09:46 +0000

Thanks Ellora! Give my Fundamentalisms of the Progressive essay a read when you have time, and let me know what you think. I’d be really interested in hearing what you have to say.

By: ellora

ellora — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:07:19 +0000

Interesting statement, yeah. Among other places she visited on this trip, Asma came to J&K as well. We helped arrange some meetings for her in Jammu, where I’m based at the moment. Like most Pakistani liberals she loves India’s secular/democratic moorings. I was, therefore, somewhat worried that she might not notice some obvious failings of our system. Am glad she did. She was also perceptive enough to look at J&K somewhat dispassionately, go beyond the usual liberal/progressive rhetoric of oppression etc. and talk about how this oppression has been perpetuated, as well as experienced, differently by different ppl. So yup, the statement does give us ‘progressives’ some food for thought…

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