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Dear Rajdeep,
I watched your program on Bharat versus India (Jan.4,2013) and was deeply shocked by your treatment of Shri Seshadri Chari of the BJP and by your own approach to the question. You seemed to literally spit on the words bharat, bharatiya and bharatiya culture. I recall your saying once that you were a proud Hindu and also a proud citizen of the world. Fair enough. But I saw little of that in your words and body language and instead witnessed what seemed to be a virulent, contemptuous reference to the above words (whether you were aware of it or not that is how it came across).
It was as bad as the ignorance of the Madhya Pradesh minister who obviously has not read the Ramayana and spoke about Sita crossing the lakshman rekha and therefore being punished by Ravana's abduction.
I hope the BJP will send out a strict reprimand to this ignoramus. Sita is the unblemished hero of the Ramayana.She did not cross any lakshman rekha and was a victim of the wickedness of Ravana who abducted her.
Likewise, all Hindus consider the word Bharat as sacred. I would like to believe that this was was simply a blip on your part. I have heard people talking about boycotting CNNIBN. That would surely be a pity. In the short time that I have watched your programs I saw no reason for such an approach. But I must confess that I too was shaken by your manner and words.
Perhaps a word of apology to all Hindus both in India and in the diaspora is due. I regret having to say that to an editor who so far, in the short time that I have watched CNNIBN, has done good work as a journalist and has not shown any communal bias, and whom I hold in a certain degree of esteem.
Now to the larger question of the panelists' discussion (READ MORE).