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Will Jama Masjid be torn down?

October 11

I hear rumors that the British want to raze the Jama Masjid to the ground.

I guess they are the victors (for now), they can do what they want but if they are smart, they will refrain from destroying Jama Masjid.

Any destruction of religious place inflames the passion; British might have won the battle in Delhi but the war is not over yet.

I would be lying if I said that I didn’t care - I do, I want them to leave the heritage alone. But at the same time, I can not compare one single life of a sepoy with a building. If razing the Jama masjid gives some satisfaction to British and in turn they kill fewer sepoys and lessen their brutal retaliation, I would gladly give away each and very brick of each and every temple and mosque.

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The red in the above picture reminds me of the sepoy blood that was spilled on these grounds.

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