“Nandi’s Query: The Moral And Obvious At Gyanvapi”, Swarajyamag, July 25, 2023:
“The issue of whether the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi was built on a Shiva temple, or not, is entering its denouement phase in various courts.
A number of questions are being asked: many are legal; more are legalistic; others are technical; and some, as always, are wretchedly political ones pregnant with instigative intent.
At one level, the entire legal ruckus seems slightly mindless and wholly needless, since the three domes of the mosque rest on the intricately sculpted remnant western wall of what is clearly a Hindu temple.
But then, defending the indefensible using word play has long been the preferred modus operandi for some schools of politics…..”
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