They Shared a Gallows. Why Do You Share the Hate?
Ashfaqulla Khan was born on 22 October 1900. A Muslim poet from Shahjahanpur. His closest comrade was Ram Prasad Bismil, a Hindu from the same town. Together they stopped a train at Kakori in 1925. Both were hanged in December 1927. Different prayers. Same cause. One country. Today his name trends. Scroll one inch lower and meet the other India. A Samajwadi Party spokesperson attends a Delhi event marking Dr. Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism. A video of the 22 vows spreads. BJP voices ask whether his party despises Hindu voters. He replies that he is still Hindu and calls the outrage propaganda. Each camp gets a clip. Each camp gets a war. Nobody gets the full event. A retired JNU professor's old interview resurfaces with one ugly phrase. Within hours come demands to stop her pension. Was the clip old? Yes. Was the anger fresh? Manufactured fresh, every hour. Hear this clearly. The ruling party's army of handles trims video to paint the opposition as anti-Hindu. The...
