Cycle of Hate

The violence in orissa reaches unprecedented level while the political leadership's failure only widens the chasm of hatred.

In 1998, 5,000 fanatics attack Ramgiri - Udyagiri and destroy 92 dwellings and a church.
In 1999, Australilan missionary Graham Stains and his two minor sons are burnt alive in Monaharpur. In the same year a catholic nun was gang-raped in Mayurbhanj and a priest was killed in jamabani
In 2007, mobs attack christians in Kandhamal on Christmas eve. Following attack on Swami lakshmananda, 800 houses are damaged, 580 families were displaced.

in the present context, the swami's death was the trigger for a wave of anti-christian violence that has engulfed Orissa for the last two weeks targetting Scheduled Caste (SC)-Dalit Converts. The attackers forced them to chant 'Vande Mataram' and 'bajrang bali ki Jai' and in addition to that their houses were burnt to ashes. orissa is no Stranger to religious violence, however what has happened is unparalled. According to reports, there's no evident that Christians were behind the Swami's death.

while this cycle of hate creates an unparallel significance in comuunal riot in Orissa, on the other side it has become a political affair where the loss is incurred by none other than the minority group. According to reports in INdia Today, september issue, the chief ministerof Orissa's attitude has led to the congress, the main opposition, issuing a warning that the state was being plunged inot a communal cauldron to help the BJP, the ruling partner, to expand its base eliminating the minorities. With the State government seemingly helpless and ineffective, the situation is moving from worse to worst reaching a new high in communal riots and establishing a high seat at the pinnacle.

As a result many christians have been homeless and had been moveds to a relief camp. the plight of the christians in orrisa is heartbreaking. I guess what i meant to say is that this cycle of hate can and may bring more bloodshed.