Fundamentalism and Unrest in India
There are a lot of mistakes, either by ignorance or misinformation, in this article.
The idea that India willingly submitted to British rule is just poppycock.
The present mosque-temple controversy in Ayodhya is a legacy of British rule. About the middle of last century, the ruler of the local area, who was a Muslim, wanted to turn over the site to the Hindus. But the British would not allow it to keep up their divide-and-rule policy!
For the past 40 years, a Ram idol had been installed inside the masjid area and continually worshiped by Hindus. Muslims have not been offering any worship at this masjid in the last 40 years.
Singh appears to have made a rather clumsy attempt to win the Muslim votes, just as he tried with the lower caste Hindus in job reservations. He paid the price.
MOSES FENN, Fullerton
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