laha@uicsl.UUCP (12/05/85)
CLARIFICATION #1: /* Written 3:32 pm Nov 22, 1985 by muppala@sunybcs.UUCP */ > This refers to article 10400005@uicsl by > Pinaki Mazumdar. I have'nt seen a single communal riot > in Bombay. May be trade-union riots. Basically people > in Bombay are too busy for riots. I wonder Why he chose > to mention Bombay.? To my knowledge, last year there was a communal riot in Bombay. CLARIFICATION #2: /* Written 9:33 pm Nov 24, 1985 by jayasim@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU */ /* ---------- "MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING" ---------- */ /* MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING by D.N.Jayasimha */ It appears that the overall objective of my posting has fallen flat on you and you have misconstrued to conclude that I tried to justify the carnage that followed the assassination of Mrs Gandhi. Whether one hysterically (comparing the event with Hitler's holocaust or the "Train from Pakistan") protests or mutely observes, everyone condemns the dastardly and retributive acts that affected many innocent people. But I think it is inane to relentlessly (it's more than a year since Mrs. Gandhi episode occurred) censure the Govt. of India, the Indian media, etc., because of the mistake of a handful of demented people. That is raucous fuss which is LIKELY to yield NOTHING GOOD and hence MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Pinaki Mazumder University of Illinois, ihnp4!uiucdcs!uicsld Urbana-Champaign.