HITTING HARD: Pooja Bedi

Have the Senas forgotten

....that they have been attacking Indians too - and in India, asks actress Pooja Bedi in a hard-hitting, thought -provoking blog on iTimes

I simply cannot comprehend...the Shiv Sena and MNS getting upset that Australians and Pakistani terrorists are attacking Indians. No doubt that it's an atrocity and is appalling in every sense, but somewhere, the Senas need to get their perspectives sorted. Have they forgotten that they themselves have been hitting, beating, ostracising, abusing and threatening Indians in India ? Er...yes, all Mr Thackerays...

Sorry to break this to you, but North Indians too ! And the same aggression, shock and anger you feel when Indians are being attacked is what we feel every time you do the same to other Indians ! Why do you expect others to love and respect all Indians when you clearly don't do so yourself ?

I simply cannot comprehend....how parties like the Shiv Sena that lost the elections still get to dictate to the city, state and country, their agenda. Clearly the masses voted against such ideologies. Then, why are they allowed to prevail with their rule of terror ?

I simply cannot comprehend...why a cosmopolitan city like Mumbai that contributes over 40 percent of the country's income tax and corporate tax hasn't had the state and central government jumping in to protect its image and tax-paying populace from terror attacks, menacing goons and divisive politics...

I simply cannot comprehend...why the Jain, Sindhi, Marwari, Parsi, Gujarati, south Indian communities and business/industry heads, along with every single tax-paying non-Marathi individual in Mumbai (that's a massive chunk of Mumbai and tax payers right there) don't demand an apology from the two Senas for their actions and from the elected government for its inaction.

What I can comprehend...is that peace cannot be achieved by violence. It can only be attained by understanding...but will the Senas comprehend that ? Probably not ! Because it's a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. And forger being Marathi,l he's not even Indian !