[Why Hindutva is anti-development 7 May 2009, TK Arun, ET Bureau Hindutva is the anti-thesis of the very idea of development... During the 1930s, ‘development’ was being vigorously pursued by three leaders: Depression-buster FDR in the US; Hitler, rebuilding the military-industrial muscle the Aryan race needed to acquire some ‘elbow room’; and Stalin in Russia, to defend the fatherland against inevitable imperialist attack. All of them built new roads, factories, power plants, military might and all other external symbols of development. Even as they shared ‘development’ as a common endeavour, they pursued very different political projects. The minority-bashing Nazis could not sustain their prosperity long. The violence inherent in their project of ridding the world of Jews, in the end, laid waste Germany itself. This danger is inherent in all visions of development that exclude and oppress certain sections of society. For development, ultimately, is not about material prosperity alone.]
[Nitish disapproves of Modi as PM Business Standard Press - Trust of India - New Delhi May 7, 2009, 16:09 IST
Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar who is being wooed by the Congress, today clearly disapproved of the talk that Narendra Modi could be the future BJP candidate and said that the "Gujarat blot" of 2002 riots "can never be erased"... He also condemned the riots in which a large number of Muslims were killed in the aftermath of the Godhra carnage in 2002.
"What happened in Gujarat should never have happened. However, much we criticise, it will never be enough. The Gujarat blot can never be erased," he added. Asked whether he felt Modi should apologise to the country, Kumar said "we are not not talking about individuals. Anyway an apology won't do. If somebody asks for an apology will he be forgiven?]
Nitish Kumar, clearly the man of the moment, seems to have seen the light at long last. [TNM]
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