Alternative universe edition

[chickenfeet]

There are times when I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. Responding to complaints that Andrew Symonds was subjected to racist abuse by the spectators at a match in Boroda, Gujarat, a spokesman for the Boroda Cricket Association claimed that "We are a cosmopolitan country, with many religions and dialects living peacefully together." In Gujarat, home of the government run pogrom. Surely he jests.

Comments

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Well, the Hindus live peacefully. It's all those dumb Muslims who get in the way of the weapons.

Oy. That really is awful.

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

Nah, he doesn't jest. He peddles the official line, in the hope that someone may believe it.

What makes me want to cry is the fact that I can remember the days when Gujarat was described as the home of Gandhi.