Violence in Vadodara : Stoking fire

I wrote earlier about violence in vadodara sparked due to demolition of a dargah by Municipal commision to demoliosh a durgah reported.

At that time I questioned the decision mostly on grounds of resistance by local commuinity.

While Vadodara is now quiet after intervention by Army,
I (as Swapan Dasgupta does) find the coverage of the incident by english media most biased.
In fact, it would not be very wide off the mark to claim that the media was trying to stoke communal fires and that too without any pretence.

In their ill concealed eagerness to knock Narendra Modi, practioners of "journalism of flatulance" have carried out the propaganda to suit their goals without regards to either the reality or even the consideration that total irresponsiblity of their reportage without regards to the fact can worsen the things.

The general picture projected by either Indian express, The Hindu or The Asian (and to a considerable extent Slimes also) was that Narendra Modi and BJP is attempting to consolidate the Hindu votes by deliberatily razing a place of worship and provoking Muslims.Further it was projected that Muslims were being persecuted by Gujarat Government. In short the same sort of exaggeration, half truths and out right lies to project a picture similar to post Godhra riots of 2002.

This ofcourse overlooks the fact that the order to demolish religious structures was passed by Gujarat High Court. Also that before the dargah was demolised many more Hindu temples had already been demolished.
Or when the violence started two Hindus were lynched by the Muslims mob.Or how a certain section of Vadodara muslim community tried to get their way by open threats of violence.Sad part is majority of Muslims will accept this as the gospel truth.

Hindu - Muslims reltation are very complicated.
This way of projecting that Muslims are always the wronged, victim or ever suffering minority overlooks that many time riots are started by members of Muslim community.

This is dishonest and does nothing but alienates the impressionable segment. Muslims have to understand that any progress of not only Muslims but all the Indians can not be accomplished by internalizing persecution complex.

PS CN also raises valid questions about objectivity of English media