Ritwik Agrawal

EDIT: Shivam Vij of Kafila has reponded to this post. His comment and my response to it can be read in the comments area.

Please judge whether the following comment is either profane or ad hominem in nature:

My heartfelt thanks to Susmita and Nivedita for providing some much needed comic relief in the midst of an overheated debate on Ayodhya.

Susmita, in the course of your researches (?) did you bother inquiring from the Nirmohi Akhara as to their religious persuasion? Specifically about whether they consider themselves within or without the fold of hindusim.

I posted the above comment at Kafila.org this afternoon. It appears to have been rejected/deleted without assigning any reason. Comments made after mine have made their way on the website, which would indicate that my comment has been rejected/deleted/held till “higher authorities” take a call.

Kafila’s stated comment policy can be read here: http://kafila.org/about [link will open in new tab; scroll down to read section entitled “comments policy”]

• The authors of posts reserve the right to not publish a comment, to delete one after having published it, or to close a thread.
  
• We do this but rarely. Our archives speak of our tolerance; our only concern is to keep the debate civil.

I leave it to the wisdom of the reader to judge whether my comment was in contravention of the policy or of the bounds of fair debate. The reader is of course free to make their own judgement about whether Kafila’s writers and moderators are trying to muzzle uncomfortable questions.

As for the high and mighty who write at Kafila, I would advise that they amend their comment policy to add sarcasm and humour to their list of undesirable traits.