Vir Sanghvi's communist background revealed
In an editorial titled "The Foreign Hands" on July 22, 2006, Vir Sanghvi reveals that his parents were communists. to quote him:
"My parents were trendy Lefties with communist links, so I have no difficulty in believing that the so-called ‘progressive’ lobby (a sort of Indian code phrase for fellow travellers and crypto communists) was happy to parrot whatever Moscow said -- all this in the name of global revolution."
While Sanghvi may try to portray that his thinking is different from his parents, Sanghvi's current writing and that of his fellow travellers in the English media reflect the same "trendy leftist" grooming. "Trendy leftists" are those who have a romantic relationship with communism. There are plenty of those in India particularly in the media, art and literary circles. Think UR Anantamurthy and Shabana Azmi types...
While clasically communism is supposed to be opposed to all religion, the hallmark of "trendy leftists" in the Indian media and the intellectual elite in general is the marked hostility towards anything to do with the Hindu cause and the belligerent defence of Islamic and Christian causes. Why does Karunanidhi, who has a son named Stalin impose a ban on The Da Vinci code in Tamil Nadu if he was a religion hater in general? Karunanidhi and the Indian left in general reserve their hatred only for lowly Hindus, Brahmins in particular. For all the professed hatred of religion, when was the last time the lefties/commies in India demanded the implementation of the UCC in India? Also while many such "leftists" actually claim that they are Hindus by virtue of having Hindu names and performing pooja and aartis in private, the gloves are off when it comes to their show of disdain for Hindu causes in public.
The Indian English Media in general has been the exclusive preserve of the likes of Sanghvi and Shekhar Gupta and Naxal Ram, who are mostly from a Marxist/JNU background . A study of the media would reveal some interesting statistics on how many are from the hallowed halls of JNU, that venerable anti-Hindu institution which has churned out the likes of Prachanda the current leader of the Maoists in Nepal.
"My parents were trendy Lefties with communist links, so I have no difficulty in believing that the so-called ‘progressive’ lobby (a sort of Indian code phrase for fellow travellers and crypto communists) was happy to parrot whatever Moscow said -- all this in the name of global revolution."
While Sanghvi may try to portray that his thinking is different from his parents, Sanghvi's current writing and that of his fellow travellers in the English media reflect the same "trendy leftist" grooming. "Trendy leftists" are those who have a romantic relationship with communism. There are plenty of those in India particularly in the media, art and literary circles. Think UR Anantamurthy and Shabana Azmi types...
While clasically communism is supposed to be opposed to all religion, the hallmark of "trendy leftists" in the Indian media and the intellectual elite in general is the marked hostility towards anything to do with the Hindu cause and the belligerent defence of Islamic and Christian causes. Why does Karunanidhi, who has a son named Stalin impose a ban on The Da Vinci code in Tamil Nadu if he was a religion hater in general? Karunanidhi and the Indian left in general reserve their hatred only for lowly Hindus, Brahmins in particular. For all the professed hatred of religion, when was the last time the lefties/commies in India demanded the implementation of the UCC in India? Also while many such "leftists" actually claim that they are Hindus by virtue of having Hindu names and performing pooja and aartis in private, the gloves are off when it comes to their show of disdain for Hindu causes in public.
The Indian English Media in general has been the exclusive preserve of the likes of Sanghvi and Shekhar Gupta and Naxal Ram, who are mostly from a Marxist/JNU background . A study of the media would reveal some interesting statistics on how many are from the hallowed halls of JNU, that venerable anti-Hindu institution which has churned out the likes of Prachanda the current leader of the Maoists in Nepal.
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