First they came- a revolutionary poem by Martin Niemoller

This is a popular poem which is attributed to the German Pastor Martin Niemoller. I find this truly revolutionary. It perfectly fits into our present context, especially Karnataka where we have witnessed a series of attacks on the Christians, Muslims, Women and Dalits. Its time to believe that 'silence is crime'. Hopefully this poem would motivate all these groups to come together and fight the divisive and hate ideology of the present government.

THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.

THEN THEY CAME for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

The real culture of the 'culture police' exposed!

I don't think many would have forgotten about the infamous pub attack in Mangalore. The men who were invovled in the attack were some goons claiming to be members of Sri Ram Sene. To some extent, the real culture of these 'culture police' was revealed in the way they ill-treated, assaulted and molested those hapless women but now their real culture has been further exposed. Two senior functionaries of SRS, Prasad Attavar and Arun Puthila, have been arrested for their alleged links with anti-national underworld elements!

There is yet another report which states that Arunkumar Puthila has been arrested in connection with incidents of desecration of Gandhi Statue and gutting petty shops in Puttur.

Moreover, there is also the allegation that Mr Prasad Attavar was 'helping' many young men in getting jobs and in return demanding their 'services' for various anti-social activities.

Now that the real culture of these men has been exposed, it remains to be seen whether my Hindu brethren get convinced and enlightened that these men are merely extortionists and cultural goondas and have absolutely scant respect for any religious practices or would their 'hindutva mask' be too deep for my Hindu brethren to recognize the real culture of these 'culture police'?