All these days, I've been coming across the TOI link, about one of the malls of Ahmedabad charging entry fee from Muslims on the occasion of Eid.It has got viral on Mark Zuckerburg's worth multi-million social-networking site!
The mall is just a few kilometers away from my residential area and among the top five of the city. Heavy traffics on that road & the amazing lightings is a usual sight if you pass by that road. You get a real feeling of being an Amdavadi when you’re strolling around that road! A sight of people eating the chats, kids forcing their parents to buy them a balloon, teenagers idly sitting there with their gang and chatting, love birds sitting at its CCD branch and enjoying the Hot-Chocó lava or some geeky guys smelling the new arrivals at the Croosword Store.In short, you’ll be able to observe all variety of people over there!
On the day of Eid-2013, a Friday, I had full plans of looting my sister, who recently received her first afterPG paycheck! How beautiful the city appeared that day, with Muslim men wearing their bright and beautiful Kurtas and women in their gorgeous dresses and high heels! The road was filled with them, the mall too was! Looking at the traffic there, at this mall, we decided to change our destination and hence headed towards the largest mall of A‘bad.
Joyous Shopping I had!
What shocked me was, when, the next day I read about my Muslim countrymen being charged with an entry fee of Rs.20/- in this particular mall. The report also read that they were victim of prejudice because the Hindus-entering the same mall, were allowed to get inside without shedding a single penny! You can read the full article here:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-10/ahmedabad/41265948_1_ahmedabad-mall-mall-officials-fee
These days, whenever, any bias is witnessed against the Muslims,Mr.Modi's name gets associated with it. Be it this mall issue or the declining number of students from Arab/Muslim nations coming to Gujarat for higher studies.I,as a mere engineering student, cannot judge my state-ruler. I agree to my knowledge that being an Indian citizen, I am given a freedom of speech, but at the same time, I was taught to open up my mouth only if I'm fully aware of the affair. I don’t know who actually was responsible for the deadly Godhra riots or as to whether Mr.Modi's Sadbhavana is just another way of strengthening his position.
I have already had many debates with my classmates, all of them in favor of Mr.CM,who make me count all the good that he has done to this state. And seriously there's no doubt in it. (Leave behind the education system Please!).Travel on the roads of Gujarat and you'll get to know why people vote for him! More than that, travel on the Ahmedabad-MP-border--Indore expressway and then on purely Gujju roads and you'll feel heaven! Mr.CM loves playing with the roads and the flyovers and the under bridges!I would once again like to clearly mention that I'm neither against and nor am I speaking in support of Mr.Modi.Even if I’m paid hefty to do so, I’ll not,untill and unless I know the behind-the-netas fact!And,Muslims are indeed wonderful people. So are the Hindus, The Sikhs, The Parsis and the rest! My anxiety forces me to ask the mall-authorities that whether they’re even planning to charge the Bollywood Badshah,an entry fee, if his Chennai Express ever halts there!(Specially if he has read this news!)!
