Bones heal, words are forever.

"The Prime Minister's Office has dismissed comments from a former Indian diplomat, who says there is a 'credible rumor' that Justin Trudeau's plane 'was full of cocaine' during the recent G20 meeting in New Delhi." Toronto Sun. This ex-diplomat may be trying to show his patriotism to India at no apparent cost but every government in the world will begin to see India as a cesspit lacking in basic civility and courtesy. Not surprising then that, "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Ramesh Bidhuri used violent anti-Muslim slurs against his parliamentary colleague Danish Ali of the Bahujan Samaj Party. Bidhuri's words were televised as part of the Lok Sabha proceedings. 'Yeh ugrawaadi (militant), yeh aatankwaadi hai (terrorist), ugrawaadi hai, yeh aatankwaadi hai,' Bidhuri can be hear shouting during the proceedings. He also reportedly referred to Ali as a 'Mullah aatankwaadi, bharwa (pimp) and katwa (circumcised)." The Wire. This is the cesspit India has descended into. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi...said decisions and action taken during the 'Amrit Kaal' (heavenly period) - the period until the centenary of India's Independence in 2047 - will impact the next one thousand years." DH. He presumably means that the BJP will be in power till then. Terrifying. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey justified Bidhuri's attack, saying Ali provoked him by using 'unpardonable' words against PM Modi. "I think it was enough for any patriotic public representative 'to lose his calm'," he wrote. HT. 'Patriotic' defines a person who loves his/her country, not one man. Mr Modi is not India and Indians who do not agree with him are equally patriotic. In fact, groveling sycophants are a greater danger to India than rational critics. Not surprising that AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said, "We see that a BJP MP abuses a Muslim MP in the Parliament." "This is the representative of the people for whom you voted...The day is not far off when there will be a mob lynching of a Muslim in the Parliament of the country." DNA. These words will resonate in all the capitals of the world. "The opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have accused the BJP government of Gujarat of holding back waters in the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River for two days before releasing a huge volume - 18 lakh (1.8 million) cusecs - all at once on Sunday, September 17, leading to floods in five districts." The Wire. Apparently this was done to celebrate Modi's birthday. Sycophancy over patriotism. "The biggest misconception about hate is that you can control it," wrote Vir Sanghvi. "Even though the Prime Minister and his top ministers are careful not to say anything that can be termed communal, the hate has now reached a level where it makes no difference what they say. Even the rest of the parivar - the RSS, the VHP, the Bajrang Dal and all other liberal bogeymen and villains - lost control of the fires of hatred long ago." Vulgar abuse degrades India and Hindus. Sticks and stones may break bones (wikipedia) but bones heal. Words are forever. Especially now.