Out of My Mind: What would reverberate is for the VHP to say sorry for destruction of Babri Masjid | The Indian Express

Out of My Mind: What would reverberate is for the VHP to say sorry for destruction of Babri Masjid | The Indian Express

Written by Meghnad Desai |Updated: November 17, 2019 9:34:13 am

Meghnad Desai loves to cook, watch and write about old Bollywood movies and shuttles between London, Delhi and Goa. He pursues controversies on economics, history and anything else which catches his attention. He is also a British parliamentarian sitting in the House of Lords. He has written over 25 books, over 200 articles in learned journals and hundreds of newspaper columns in UK and India.

Out of My Mind: What would reverberate is for the VHP to say sorry for destruction of Babri Masjid

The beauty of the present judgment is that it accommodates the realities of power with requirements of legality in a way which bequeaths a legitimacy which is conducive to public peace if not harmony.

In 1992, the Parivar was harbouring a sense of deprivation and exclusion. Now being in power, it should accept responsibility. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar/File)

It is easy for the winner to say there is no winner and no loser. The loser is the one who has to be truly magnanimous, swallow the humiliation of the loss and not ask for a review of the verdict. It was said immediately after the Supreme Court verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi case on November 9 that this will provide a closure. Maybe, as to legal proceedings, it might. But will the wounds heal?