http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/VHP_activist_shot_dead_in_Kandhmal/articleshow/3679181.cms
BHUBANESWAR: Riot-torn Kandhmal appeared on the brink of a fresh spiral of violence with the killing of a VHP worker Dhanu Pradhani by three
unidentified persons at Kumbharigaon in Brahmanigaon area of the district.
Pradhani is the first VHP activist after Swami Laxmananda Saraswati to be killed since the ethnic and communal violence gripped southern Orissa on August 23. Pradhani was also associated with the ruling BJP and his brother is a panchayat samiti member. Police sources said three unknown persons fired at Pradhani at 12.30 pm while he was at a school in Kumbharigaon. The 32-year-old VHP activist received wounds in his chest and head.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Gandhi on proselytisation
“Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?’ (Harijan, January 30, 1937)
“I hold that proselytisation under the cloak of humanitarian work is unhealthy to say the least.” (Young India: April 23, 1931)
“If I had power and could legislate, I should certainly stop all proselytising. It is the cause of much avoidable conflict between classes and unnecessary heart-burning among missionaries…”
Would you prevent missionaries coming to India in order to baptize?
Who am I to prevent them? If I had power and could legislate, I should certainly stop all proselytizing. It is the cause of much avoidable conflict between classes and unnecessary heart-burning among missionaries. But I should welcome people of any nationality if they came to serve here for the sake of service. In Hindu households the advent of a missionary has meant the disruption of the family coming in the wake of change of dress, manners, language, food and drink.
Is it not the old conception you are referring to? No such thing is now associated with proselytization ?
The outward condition has perhaps changed but the inward mostly remains. Vilification of Hindu religion, though subdued, is there. If there was a radical change in the missionaries’ outlook, would Murdoch’s books be allowed to be sold in mission depots? Are those books prohibited by missionary societies? There is nothing but vilification of Hinduism in those books. You talk of the conceptionbeing no longer there. Only the other day a missionary descended on a famine area withmoney in his pocket, distributed it among the famine-stricken, converted them to his fold, took charge of their temple and demolished it. This is outrageous. The temple could not belong to the converted Hindus, and it could not belong to the Christian missionary. But this friend goes and gets it demolished at the hands of the very men who only a little while ago believed that God was there.
But, Mr. Gandhi, why do you object to proselytization as such? Is not there enough in the Bible to authorize us to invite people to a better way of life?
Oh yes, but it does not mean that they should be made members of the Church. If you interpret your texts in the way you seem to do,you straight away condemn a large part of humanity unless it believes as you do. If Jesus came to earth again, he would disown many things that are being done in the name of Christianity. It is not he who says “Lord, Lord” that is a Christian, but “He that doeth the will of the Lord” that is a true Christian. And cannot he who has not heard the name of Jesus Christ do the will of the Lord?
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These were Gandhi's thoughts on proselytisation. Hindus need to wake up and ban missionaries, ban their foreign funding, free hindu temples from taxation and government control ( churches and mosques conveniently dont have that problem ! secularism, eh? ) and use that money to launch a massive reconversion 'ghar vapasi shuddi' program for hinduism to survive in India.
“I hold that proselytisation under the cloak of humanitarian work is unhealthy to say the least.” (Young India: April 23, 1931)
“If I had power and could legislate, I should certainly stop all proselytising. It is the cause of much avoidable conflict between classes and unnecessary heart-burning among missionaries…”
Would you prevent missionaries coming to India in order to baptize?
Who am I to prevent them? If I had power and could legislate, I should certainly stop all proselytizing. It is the cause of much avoidable conflict between classes and unnecessary heart-burning among missionaries. But I should welcome people of any nationality if they came to serve here for the sake of service. In Hindu households the advent of a missionary has meant the disruption of the family coming in the wake of change of dress, manners, language, food and drink.
Is it not the old conception you are referring to? No such thing is now associated with proselytization ?
The outward condition has perhaps changed but the inward mostly remains. Vilification of Hindu religion, though subdued, is there. If there was a radical change in the missionaries’ outlook, would Murdoch’s books be allowed to be sold in mission depots? Are those books prohibited by missionary societies? There is nothing but vilification of Hinduism in those books. You talk of the conceptionbeing no longer there. Only the other day a missionary descended on a famine area withmoney in his pocket, distributed it among the famine-stricken, converted them to his fold, took charge of their temple and demolished it. This is outrageous. The temple could not belong to the converted Hindus, and it could not belong to the Christian missionary. But this friend goes and gets it demolished at the hands of the very men who only a little while ago believed that God was there.
But, Mr. Gandhi, why do you object to proselytization as such? Is not there enough in the Bible to authorize us to invite people to a better way of life?
Oh yes, but it does not mean that they should be made members of the Church. If you interpret your texts in the way you seem to do,you straight away condemn a large part of humanity unless it believes as you do. If Jesus came to earth again, he would disown many things that are being done in the name of Christianity. It is not he who says “Lord, Lord” that is a Christian, but “He that doeth the will of the Lord” that is a true Christian. And cannot he who has not heard the name of Jesus Christ do the will of the Lord?
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These were Gandhi's thoughts on proselytisation. Hindus need to wake up and ban missionaries, ban their foreign funding, free hindu temples from taxation and government control ( churches and mosques conveniently dont have that problem ! secularism, eh? ) and use that money to launch a massive reconversion 'ghar vapasi shuddi' program for hinduism to survive in India.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
UPA's Jehadi Votebank strikes Assam, 60 killed, 400 injured
I wonder if the blasts were payback for the recent riots. This really frames the debate on illegal immigration in a stark manner. When the bangladeshi jehadis start blowing up our cities because god forbid we protest their illegal occupation of india, its a wake up call.
Blasts highlight issue of illegal immigrants: Advani
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20081030/818/tnl-blasts-highlight-issue-of-illegal-im.html
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Condemning the serial bomb blasts in Assam Thursday, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said the terror attack highlighted the need to take action against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
“It (terror attack) again highlights the issue of Bangladeshi illegal immigrants in the country,” Advani told reporters criticising the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, he said the incident proved “the government’s soft stand on terror”.
The BJP has been criticising the government, saying it was not taking effective steps to stop illegal immigrants from Bangladesh “involved in operating (terrorist) sleeper cells in various parts of India”.
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But Advaniji has to be wrong, because the Congressi CM of Assam says ‘there are no illegal immigrants from bangaldesh in Assam”. the NHRC meanwhile is concerned with the ‘well being’ of illegal bangladeshis!
NHRC issues notice to Assam govt
The NHRC has also decided to sent its investigation team to the affected areas in the state to study the situation in relief camps.
“If the contents of the press report are true, then these raise serious issue of violation of human rights of victims,” the NHRC said. Quoting the media report, the Commission said that over 60,000 people have taken shelter in relief camps.
Meanwhile, asserting that all victims of the communal violence at Udalguri and Darrang districts were ‘genuine Indian citizens’, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Tuesday that the clashes took place at the behest of vested interests.
“During my visit to the relief camps in the affected areas I have not come across a single foreign national,” Gogoi said in a statement, reacting to reports that the clashes took place between Bangladeshi migrants and indigenous people.
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In the meantime jehadi UPA minister had to say this about assam blasts. One hopes he feels the same way if him or his dear ones suffered in a terror attack. Never mind the fact that the jehadis were bangladeshis and had nothing to do with India!
“Such acts of terror are the result of the politics of hate that is being spread (in India),” said Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmed.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
India, Japan in security pact - New architecture for Asia? - Reuters
While much of the media attention during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Japan this week was focused on a free trade deal the two sides failed to agree on, another pact that could have even greater consequences for the region was quietly pushed through.
This was a security cooperation agreement under which India and Japan, once on opposite sides of the Cold War, will hold military exercises, police the Indian Ocean and conduct military-to-military exchanges on fighting terrorism.
It doesn’t sound very grand, but its significance lies in the fact that pacifist Japan has such a security pact with only two other countries - the United States and Australia.
And it comes in the same month that India and the United States closed a nuclear cooperation deal that won New Delhi a place on the world’s nuclear high table, ending three decades of isolation following its first nuclear tests in 1974.
And finally if you remember that India, the United States, Japan , Australia and Singapore held naval exercises last year off the Arabian Sea, you begin to see the outlines of a new security architecture for Asia, which according to some has the containment of China written all over it.
Call it what you will - a league of democracies perhaps - but the idea of some of the most powerful navies in Asian seas exercising together points to a dramatic shift of alliances, one that would have raised an eyebrow not just in Beijing and Islamabad, but other regional capitals such as Jakarta and Bangkok.
A January 2008 report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service on the emerging security architecture in Asia involving India, the United States, Japan and Australia refers to the opportunities inherent in such a partnership but also to the limits of it as well as concern among those nations kept out of it. A PDF of the report is available here.
Singh and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso were at pains to stress their security pact wasn’t aimed at anyone, least of all China. “We regard security cooperation with India as very important … and we do not have any assumption of a third country as a target such as China, Aso said.
Singh was even more direct, saying India’s security and economic cooperation with Japan would not be at the “cost of any third country, least of all China”.
Indeed, there is plenty that binds both countries to China. Trade between India and China, as Singh told his hosts, had grown in the past year by an amount greater than the whole trade with Japan.
And then Japan, the only country to have suffered a nuclear attack, hasn’t yet fully overcome its sense of outrage over the Indian nuclear tests in 1998, which triggered nuclear tests by Pakistan.
An India-Japan nuclear cooperation deal, along the lines agreed with the United States, seems some distance away, given lingering reservations in Japan. Tokyo, as the The Mainichi commented, must continue to urge New Delhi to fully renounce nuclear testing.
So where does this all leave China and “all weather ally” Pakistan ? Should they be worrying about this new concert of democracies on their doorstep or is it just one more element in a fast-changing world that is getting harder to predict?
http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/10/25/india-japan-in-security-pact-a-new-architecture-for-asia/
This was a security cooperation agreement under which India and Japan, once on opposite sides of the Cold War, will hold military exercises, police the Indian Ocean and conduct military-to-military exchanges on fighting terrorism.
It doesn’t sound very grand, but its significance lies in the fact that pacifist Japan has such a security pact with only two other countries - the United States and Australia.
And it comes in the same month that India and the United States closed a nuclear cooperation deal that won New Delhi a place on the world’s nuclear high table, ending three decades of isolation following its first nuclear tests in 1974.
And finally if you remember that India, the United States, Japan , Australia and Singapore held naval exercises last year off the Arabian Sea, you begin to see the outlines of a new security architecture for Asia, which according to some has the containment of China written all over it.
Call it what you will - a league of democracies perhaps - but the idea of some of the most powerful navies in Asian seas exercising together points to a dramatic shift of alliances, one that would have raised an eyebrow not just in Beijing and Islamabad, but other regional capitals such as Jakarta and Bangkok.
A January 2008 report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service on the emerging security architecture in Asia involving India, the United States, Japan and Australia refers to the opportunities inherent in such a partnership but also to the limits of it as well as concern among those nations kept out of it. A PDF of the report is available here.
Singh and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso were at pains to stress their security pact wasn’t aimed at anyone, least of all China. “We regard security cooperation with India as very important … and we do not have any assumption of a third country as a target such as China, Aso said.
Singh was even more direct, saying India’s security and economic cooperation with Japan would not be at the “cost of any third country, least of all China”.
Indeed, there is plenty that binds both countries to China. Trade between India and China, as Singh told his hosts, had grown in the past year by an amount greater than the whole trade with Japan.
And then Japan, the only country to have suffered a nuclear attack, hasn’t yet fully overcome its sense of outrage over the Indian nuclear tests in 1998, which triggered nuclear tests by Pakistan.
An India-Japan nuclear cooperation deal, along the lines agreed with the United States, seems some distance away, given lingering reservations in Japan. Tokyo, as the The Mainichi commented, must continue to urge New Delhi to fully renounce nuclear testing.
So where does this all leave China and “all weather ally” Pakistan ? Should they be worrying about this new concert of democracies on their doorstep or is it just one more element in a fast-changing world that is getting harder to predict?
http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/10/25/india-japan-in-security-pact-a-new-architecture-for-asia/
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Missionaries are Colonialists - Gregory F. Fegel
Christian missionaries make no secret of the fact that they use medical services, education, and employment opportunities to lure impoverished indigenous populations throughout the world into conversion to Christianity.
According to the popular and scholarly history of Christianity, the early Christian Church found its greatest appeal and attracted its greatest number of converts from the poor people of the Roman Empire. The early Christian churches raised money through a tithe, or ten per cent income tax, levied on their members, and the early Christian church is said to have had a strong 'sense of community', which implies that it had a well-organized social, financial, and political network among its membership.
Using your wealth to purchase other people's loyalty is a game as old as humanity itself. Rich men use their wealth to attract women, unscrupulous employers use material incentives and disincentives to manipulate their workers, and wealthy countries like the USA use their national wealth to keep their citizens loyal to the cause of aggressive and genocidal Imperialism. But historical longevity and common practice don't make the manipulation or exploitation morally or ethically right.
Organized religions are inherently POLITICAL organizations. There is a fundamental difference between the financial enterprise and political machinations of an organized religion versus a mass of independent, unaffiliated believers, philosophers, and mystics who do not support any organized religion.
Christianity and Islam are known as proselytizing religions because they make an organized and systematic effort to gain converts, and they often provide services, products, or employment to attract
converts. Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism show far less zeal about gaining converts, which is why you almost never hear about Jewish, Hindu, or Buddhist missionaries.
Modern medical and nursing schools usually teach their students the moral principle that the provision of medical services should never be used as a means to proselytize or promote a religion, but that does not deter many Christian health care providers from doing exactly that. Most of the medical and charitable organizations based in Christian countries are fronts for Christian proselytizing activities.
One of the largest international medical relief organizations based in the USA, Northwest Medical Teams, states in their recruitment brochure that their chief 'mission' is to 'spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ', that their medical relief services are subordinate to their stated goal of proselytizing Christianity, and that their medical relief work is merely an 'aegis', or facade, for spreading Christianity.
The religious and cultural Imperialism performed by missionaries nearly always goes hand-in-hand with political and economic Imperialism. Christian missionaries often work in partnership with the CIA, with the US government, and with wealthy corporations to subvert the religion, the culture, the economy, and the politics of vulnerable indigenous populations. The CIA often uses planes owned by Christian missionary organizations and flown by Christian missionary pilots to smuggle drugs, arms, and prisoners.
During the CIA's illegal Iran/Contra scam of the 1980s, Christian missionary pilots and planes smuggled drugs into the USA and arms into Central America and Iran. Now the CIA is using Christian missionary planes to smuggle heroin from Afghanistan, cocaine from Latin America, and for 'rendition' flights of 'Terrorist' prisoners to secret prisons
that practice torture and commit extra-judicial executions.
The USA's Faith Based Initiative law provides Christian missionary organizations with taxpayer funds that are used to proselytize Christianity to indigenous populations throughout the world. Christian missionaries are the leading edge of a religious, cultural, economic, and political aggression supported by the US government.
When missionaries bring outside wealth to an impoverished Third World country and use that wealth to provide services that are meant to attract converts, they are interfering with the local social and economic structure as well as the local cultural traditions. Indigenous people who take advantage of the privileges provided by the missionaries and convert to Christianity partake in a social organization that uses foreign wealth as a tool to eliminate the indigenous culture and replace it with Christianity.
A small and reclusive population of a few hundred people with a primitive Stone Age culture lives on North Sentinel Island, in the Andaman chain, which is administered by the government of India. To protect the culture of the inhabitants of North Sentinel Island, the Indian government has wisely banned anyone from visiting the island. I approve of the Indian government's policy of protecting the unique culture of the North Sentinels from outside influence. If anyone on North Sentinel Island should ever desire to leave, they can build a boat and do so.
Among a total of 195 nations in the world today, fifty-seven of those nations have a legally established, official State Religion. There are fourteen nations that claim Christianity as their State Religion, twenty-six nations that claim Islam as their State Religion, six nations that claim Buddhism as their State Religion, and the Jewish State of Israel. The Jewish State of Israel discriminates against its non-Jewish citizens and within its borders Israel officially prohibits the proselytizing of any religion other than Judaism. Many people believe that Israel has a ‘right to exist’ in this manner as a Jewish State.
Many Islamic countries strive to protect the cultural identity of their citizens by enforcing a ban on preaching any religion but Islam. Considering the aggressive, insidious, and highly political nature of Christian missionary programs, the banning of non-Moslem religious preaching by Moslem governments makes sense.
Currently there is no officially Hindu State anywhere in the world, but perhaps India should become a Hindu State in order to protect its indigenous religion and culture from the predatory missionaries and State-sponsored cultural Imperialism that are coming from both Christian and Moslem countries. If the Jews have the right to establish and maintain Israel as a Jewish State, then the Hindus certainly have a right to establish and maintain India as a Hindu State.
When Western leaders talk about a 'Clash of Civilizations', what they really mean is Judeo-Christianity and corporate Capitalism versus all non-Christians and non-Capitalists. Christian missionaries are essentially colonialists working for Christian cultural Imperialism.
When the Hindus of India rise up in riot and drive out the Christian missionaries and the Christian 'cash converts', they are doing what the Iraqi, Afghani, and Palestinian Freedom Fighters are doing. They are protecting themselves and their indigenous culture from wealthy and unscrupulous invaders who have no respect for them or for their culture. I wish the Hindu nationalists well in their efforts to defend and maintain the independence and survival of their indigenous culture and religion against the onslaught of predatory and disrespectful foreigners whose goal is to replace indigenous traditional cultures with a global Christian empire.
If Christian missionaries want to come to India and try to make converts to Christianity, let them come with empty pockets and compete on a level playing field. And if most of the locals don't want the missionaries interfering with their traditional way of life, they have the right to make the missionaries and their converts leave.
Gregory F. Fegel
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/106593-0/
According to the popular and scholarly history of Christianity, the early Christian Church found its greatest appeal and attracted its greatest number of converts from the poor people of the Roman Empire. The early Christian churches raised money through a tithe, or ten per cent income tax, levied on their members, and the early Christian church is said to have had a strong 'sense of community', which implies that it had a well-organized social, financial, and political network among its membership.
Using your wealth to purchase other people's loyalty is a game as old as humanity itself. Rich men use their wealth to attract women, unscrupulous employers use material incentives and disincentives to manipulate their workers, and wealthy countries like the USA use their national wealth to keep their citizens loyal to the cause of aggressive and genocidal Imperialism. But historical longevity and common practice don't make the manipulation or exploitation morally or ethically right.
Organized religions are inherently POLITICAL organizations. There is a fundamental difference between the financial enterprise and political machinations of an organized religion versus a mass of independent, unaffiliated believers, philosophers, and mystics who do not support any organized religion.
Christianity and Islam are known as proselytizing religions because they make an organized and systematic effort to gain converts, and they often provide services, products, or employment to attract
converts. Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism show far less zeal about gaining converts, which is why you almost never hear about Jewish, Hindu, or Buddhist missionaries.
Modern medical and nursing schools usually teach their students the moral principle that the provision of medical services should never be used as a means to proselytize or promote a religion, but that does not deter many Christian health care providers from doing exactly that. Most of the medical and charitable organizations based in Christian countries are fronts for Christian proselytizing activities.
One of the largest international medical relief organizations based in the USA, Northwest Medical Teams, states in their recruitment brochure that their chief 'mission' is to 'spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ', that their medical relief services are subordinate to their stated goal of proselytizing Christianity, and that their medical relief work is merely an 'aegis', or facade, for spreading Christianity.
The religious and cultural Imperialism performed by missionaries nearly always goes hand-in-hand with political and economic Imperialism. Christian missionaries often work in partnership with the CIA, with the US government, and with wealthy corporations to subvert the religion, the culture, the economy, and the politics of vulnerable indigenous populations. The CIA often uses planes owned by Christian missionary organizations and flown by Christian missionary pilots to smuggle drugs, arms, and prisoners.
During the CIA's illegal Iran/Contra scam of the 1980s, Christian missionary pilots and planes smuggled drugs into the USA and arms into Central America and Iran. Now the CIA is using Christian missionary planes to smuggle heroin from Afghanistan, cocaine from Latin America, and for 'rendition' flights of 'Terrorist' prisoners to secret prisons
that practice torture and commit extra-judicial executions.
The USA's Faith Based Initiative law provides Christian missionary organizations with taxpayer funds that are used to proselytize Christianity to indigenous populations throughout the world. Christian missionaries are the leading edge of a religious, cultural, economic, and political aggression supported by the US government.
When missionaries bring outside wealth to an impoverished Third World country and use that wealth to provide services that are meant to attract converts, they are interfering with the local social and economic structure as well as the local cultural traditions. Indigenous people who take advantage of the privileges provided by the missionaries and convert to Christianity partake in a social organization that uses foreign wealth as a tool to eliminate the indigenous culture and replace it with Christianity.
A small and reclusive population of a few hundred people with a primitive Stone Age culture lives on North Sentinel Island, in the Andaman chain, which is administered by the government of India. To protect the culture of the inhabitants of North Sentinel Island, the Indian government has wisely banned anyone from visiting the island. I approve of the Indian government's policy of protecting the unique culture of the North Sentinels from outside influence. If anyone on North Sentinel Island should ever desire to leave, they can build a boat and do so.
Among a total of 195 nations in the world today, fifty-seven of those nations have a legally established, official State Religion. There are fourteen nations that claim Christianity as their State Religion, twenty-six nations that claim Islam as their State Religion, six nations that claim Buddhism as their State Religion, and the Jewish State of Israel. The Jewish State of Israel discriminates against its non-Jewish citizens and within its borders Israel officially prohibits the proselytizing of any religion other than Judaism. Many people believe that Israel has a ‘right to exist’ in this manner as a Jewish State.
Many Islamic countries strive to protect the cultural identity of their citizens by enforcing a ban on preaching any religion but Islam. Considering the aggressive, insidious, and highly political nature of Christian missionary programs, the banning of non-Moslem religious preaching by Moslem governments makes sense.
Currently there is no officially Hindu State anywhere in the world, but perhaps India should become a Hindu State in order to protect its indigenous religion and culture from the predatory missionaries and State-sponsored cultural Imperialism that are coming from both Christian and Moslem countries. If the Jews have the right to establish and maintain Israel as a Jewish State, then the Hindus certainly have a right to establish and maintain India as a Hindu State.
When Western leaders talk about a 'Clash of Civilizations', what they really mean is Judeo-Christianity and corporate Capitalism versus all non-Christians and non-Capitalists. Christian missionaries are essentially colonialists working for Christian cultural Imperialism.
When the Hindus of India rise up in riot and drive out the Christian missionaries and the Christian 'cash converts', they are doing what the Iraqi, Afghani, and Palestinian Freedom Fighters are doing. They are protecting themselves and their indigenous culture from wealthy and unscrupulous invaders who have no respect for them or for their culture. I wish the Hindu nationalists well in their efforts to defend and maintain the independence and survival of their indigenous culture and religion against the onslaught of predatory and disrespectful foreigners whose goal is to replace indigenous traditional cultures with a global Christian empire.
If Christian missionaries want to come to India and try to make converts to Christianity, let them come with empty pockets and compete on a level playing field. And if most of the locals don't want the missionaries interfering with their traditional way of life, they have the right to make the missionaries and their converts leave.
Gregory F. Fegel
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/106593-0/
Friday, October 17, 2008
‘Dark side of India’ gets sellout Adiga his Booker award
‘Dark side of India’ gets Adiga Booker
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-Dark-side-of-India--gets-Adiga-Booker/373997
The moral of the lesson is this, if you trash india enough, like arundhati 'suzanna' roy you will definitely win a 'prize' for your mental slavery from your former colonial masters. The british love little brown babus. Adiga is nothing but a sell out. Trash Bharat mata, sell your soul to make a few bucks.
Another headline read 'white light', should really be the last great 'white hope' i.e. self hating hindus.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-Dark-side-of-India--gets-Adiga-Booker/373997
The moral of the lesson is this, if you trash india enough, like arundhati 'suzanna' roy you will definitely win a 'prize' for your mental slavery from your former colonial masters. The british love little brown babus. Adiga is nothing but a sell out. Trash Bharat mata, sell your soul to make a few bucks.
Another headline read 'white light', should really be the last great 'white hope' i.e. self hating hindus.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ascent of the Anti-Hindu - Sandhya Jain
Barely a month after his visit to New Delhi for support in rebuilding his Maoist-ravaged country, Nepal's appointed interim Prime Minister GP Koirala has delivered his unhappy nation into the hands of its worst tormentor and retired to a hospital bed. Whispers from Kathmandu suggest that Prachanda, would-be President-King of the former Hindu kingdom, is a Christian. There is little reason to doubt these voices, as similar murmurings about LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran proved correct, and Sri Lanka's Tamil Hindus admit that the organisation does not serve their political, economic or cultural interests in any way. Its objective is to provide its covert Western backers a foothold in the region.
With Prachanda's ascent in India's hinterland, the West has executed a far greater coup than the secession of East Timor from Indonesia. If South Block is unmoved, it is only because an Italian Roman Catholic has successfully subverted the national ethos and subjugated the country to American geo-strategic interests. It is truly shocking that New Delhi has refused to react to the fact that an aged politician, appointed for an interim period in the wake of a popular agitation, has inaugurated the most audacious changes in Nepal's polity without any mandate from the Nepali people.
Instead of supporting Hindu Nepal, its civilisational ally, the Sonia Gandhi-dominated UPA regime is shamelessly working to accomplish the West-sponsored Maoist agenda. The centuries-old Hindu character of the country has been tossed aside, and the monarchy and the Royal Nepal Army which symbolise the nation discredited. Though the supposedly popular uprising (the cognoscenti say the streets were crammed with paid lumpens) aimed at electing a government and restoring the democratic process, it now transpires that Nepal is going to be subverted through a new constituent assembly, which was never on the people's agenda.
It is true that King Gyanendra is not respected like his late brother. Yet realisation is beginning to dawn in some quarters that the political parties that constituted Nepal's fractious democratic process have been rendered completely irrelevant by plans for a new constituent assembly. This is because the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) regime is being blackmailed by Maoist threats of renewed violence and bloodshed, and this threat may impact upon the results whenever elections are held. Prachanda, dreaming of the Nepali version of the Imperial Presidency, is advocating United Nations supervision of the polls, when everyone knows that the UN is an agent of the West, especially under Kofi Annan.
America is seeking to enthrone Christian stooges wherever it has strategic interests. Ideology is a ruse, mere washable distemper. This will become apparent when the new constitution officially abolishes the Hindu nature of the State and espouses minority rights, despite the fact that there were no minorities in Nepal until the West and the ISI jointly evangelised the region as part of a policy of containing India. Nepal's new constitution will offer freedom of religion (sic), a euphemism for the freedom to convert Nepalis to Christianity.
Eradication of the Hindu character of Nepal is the sole raison d'etre for the present de facto regime change, and its instigators are the American-led West, operating through anti-Hindu communist groups in both India and Nepal. Notwithstanding their pretended anti-imperialist rhetoric, there should be no misunderstanding that Communists serve any power other than the West. Russia is officially non-Communist and China is Communist in name only. Left radicals enjoy untold luxury and wealth solely in America, populating its elite universities and NGOs. They are Christian America's natural allies in hurting the native civilisational ethos in non-Christian countries targetted by the West, and are doing a thorough job in Nepal.
The great Pashupatinath mandir, as critical to Nepal's cultural traditions as India's Vishwanath temple at Varanasi, has been singled out for secular assault. It has been asked to submit its accounts for scrutiny by unelected unbelievers. This is an outrage, an act of iconoclasm as grave as the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the American-trained Taliban. If Nepalis fail to respond to this insult with the ferocity it deserves, they should be prepared to witness the cross replacing the shikar over the sanctum sanctorum.
Prachanda has made several revealing statements. Last year, he told Time magazine that when he launched the so-called people's war in 1996, he did not have a single modern weapon or any trained armed cadres (April 18, 2005). Anybody who has observed the insurgency in India's North-East would readily identify the religious affiliations of the international sponsors of such 'people's movements.'
More importantly, Prachanda is determined to keep his arms and armed cadres intact even after elections to the proposed constituent assembly are over. This is obviously to secure an advantage (sic) which the elections might deny him. He could then emulate Lenin and enact a Winter Palace-style of coup against the country's effete politicians, who have so far behaved with sheep-like stupidity. This has emboldened him to suggest that his Maoist insurgents could join and take over the Royal Nepal Army (RNA)!
Ms Sonia Gandhi's supremacy having ensured an unfriendly India, it is not known what kind of cards the King and Army still retain to defeat this virtual colonisation of Nepal. But it is almost certain that they cannot beat back this challenge alone. Nepal's notoriously divisive political parties have not shown any awareness of the nature of the threat facing the nation, so it is too early to say if they can unite with the King and Army for a larger purpose. If Prachanda formally seizes all power in Nepal, there is little doubt that America will seek bases on Nepali soil, in order to 'contain' China. This does not augur well for India. Yet we must prepare for this eventuality, as there is no other reason to plant a Christian in Kathmandu.
The 21st century seems set to witness a major geographical realignment with old national boundaries being merged into larger conglomerates. America already calls the shots in Pakistan and through it, in Bangladesh. It has bases in Afghanistan, and Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, has been cultivated and controlled through a Hollywood star. Christian supremos have been put in place in India and Nepal, while Christian protégés are being promoted in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. That gives you a new political entity already christened by the US State Department - South Asia. Not a nice thought; not one that can be readily dismissed either.
With Prachanda's ascent in India's hinterland, the West has executed a far greater coup than the secession of East Timor from Indonesia. If South Block is unmoved, it is only because an Italian Roman Catholic has successfully subverted the national ethos and subjugated the country to American geo-strategic interests. It is truly shocking that New Delhi has refused to react to the fact that an aged politician, appointed for an interim period in the wake of a popular agitation, has inaugurated the most audacious changes in Nepal's polity without any mandate from the Nepali people.
Instead of supporting Hindu Nepal, its civilisational ally, the Sonia Gandhi-dominated UPA regime is shamelessly working to accomplish the West-sponsored Maoist agenda. The centuries-old Hindu character of the country has been tossed aside, and the monarchy and the Royal Nepal Army which symbolise the nation discredited. Though the supposedly popular uprising (the cognoscenti say the streets were crammed with paid lumpens) aimed at electing a government and restoring the democratic process, it now transpires that Nepal is going to be subverted through a new constituent assembly, which was never on the people's agenda.
It is true that King Gyanendra is not respected like his late brother. Yet realisation is beginning to dawn in some quarters that the political parties that constituted Nepal's fractious democratic process have been rendered completely irrelevant by plans for a new constituent assembly. This is because the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) regime is being blackmailed by Maoist threats of renewed violence and bloodshed, and this threat may impact upon the results whenever elections are held. Prachanda, dreaming of the Nepali version of the Imperial Presidency, is advocating United Nations supervision of the polls, when everyone knows that the UN is an agent of the West, especially under Kofi Annan.
America is seeking to enthrone Christian stooges wherever it has strategic interests. Ideology is a ruse, mere washable distemper. This will become apparent when the new constitution officially abolishes the Hindu nature of the State and espouses minority rights, despite the fact that there were no minorities in Nepal until the West and the ISI jointly evangelised the region as part of a policy of containing India. Nepal's new constitution will offer freedom of religion (sic), a euphemism for the freedom to convert Nepalis to Christianity.
Eradication of the Hindu character of Nepal is the sole raison d'etre for the present de facto regime change, and its instigators are the American-led West, operating through anti-Hindu communist groups in both India and Nepal. Notwithstanding their pretended anti-imperialist rhetoric, there should be no misunderstanding that Communists serve any power other than the West. Russia is officially non-Communist and China is Communist in name only. Left radicals enjoy untold luxury and wealth solely in America, populating its elite universities and NGOs. They are Christian America's natural allies in hurting the native civilisational ethos in non-Christian countries targetted by the West, and are doing a thorough job in Nepal.
The great Pashupatinath mandir, as critical to Nepal's cultural traditions as India's Vishwanath temple at Varanasi, has been singled out for secular assault. It has been asked to submit its accounts for scrutiny by unelected unbelievers. This is an outrage, an act of iconoclasm as grave as the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the American-trained Taliban. If Nepalis fail to respond to this insult with the ferocity it deserves, they should be prepared to witness the cross replacing the shikar over the sanctum sanctorum.
Prachanda has made several revealing statements. Last year, he told Time magazine that when he launched the so-called people's war in 1996, he did not have a single modern weapon or any trained armed cadres (April 18, 2005). Anybody who has observed the insurgency in India's North-East would readily identify the religious affiliations of the international sponsors of such 'people's movements.'
More importantly, Prachanda is determined to keep his arms and armed cadres intact even after elections to the proposed constituent assembly are over. This is obviously to secure an advantage (sic) which the elections might deny him. He could then emulate Lenin and enact a Winter Palace-style of coup against the country's effete politicians, who have so far behaved with sheep-like stupidity. This has emboldened him to suggest that his Maoist insurgents could join and take over the Royal Nepal Army (RNA)!
Ms Sonia Gandhi's supremacy having ensured an unfriendly India, it is not known what kind of cards the King and Army still retain to defeat this virtual colonisation of Nepal. But it is almost certain that they cannot beat back this challenge alone. Nepal's notoriously divisive political parties have not shown any awareness of the nature of the threat facing the nation, so it is too early to say if they can unite with the King and Army for a larger purpose. If Prachanda formally seizes all power in Nepal, there is little doubt that America will seek bases on Nepali soil, in order to 'contain' China. This does not augur well for India. Yet we must prepare for this eventuality, as there is no other reason to plant a Christian in Kathmandu.
The 21st century seems set to witness a major geographical realignment with old national boundaries being merged into larger conglomerates. America already calls the shots in Pakistan and through it, in Bangladesh. It has bases in Afghanistan, and Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, has been cultivated and controlled through a Hollywood star. Christian supremos have been put in place in India and Nepal, while Christian protégés are being promoted in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. That gives you a new political entity already christened by the US State Department - South Asia. Not a nice thought; not one that can be readily dismissed either.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Shivraj Patil defends himself
Is Mr Patil weak? Any weak kneed person would have given up the post long time ago. It needs a person of thick skin to waive off the death of 5000+ Indians (97% Hindus) and say, my leader (Sonia) has confidence in me. What about the victims of terrorist attacks Mr Patil? What about the orphaned children? what about the widows? What about the families that now are cursed with a life of poverty because they lost their bread winner? What confidence should they have in you Mr Patil?
Shivraj Patil reacts to being perceived as a weak Home Minister.
New Delhi, Sept 25 (PTI) “If I shriek and shout, if I abuse people, if I frighten you or if I misuse law, will I become a strong Home Minister?” This was Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil’s response when he was asked during an interview to ETV to comment why he was perceived as a weak home minister. Patil, who has come under flak for the way internal security has been handled, described terrorists as “misguided brothers” and said everybody was the fruit from the same seed.
“Some brothers are misguided and some reformed. Some are cunning and some simple,” he said.
The Home Minister had raised eyebrows for changing three sets of clothes on the night of Delhi blasts earlier this month. He had reacted to such reports saying “Main so gaya, main patte khel raha hoon, main daru peeke baitha hoon, main dance club jaata hoon toh aap mujhe dosh dijiye (Blame me if I am sleeping (on the job), playing cards, drinking and whiling away time and frequenting dance clubs)”.
Patil, in the course of the interview, wondered how he could be dubbed as a weak home minister when during his tenure in North Block the number of incidents and casualties in terrorist acts and other violence have come down and law and order has improved. “Figures will bear testimony to what I am saying but still I am termed as weak,” he said.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20080925/1416/tnl-shivraj-patil-reacts-to-being-percei.html
Shivraj Patil reacts to being perceived as a weak Home Minister.
New Delhi, Sept 25 (PTI) “If I shriek and shout, if I abuse people, if I frighten you or if I misuse law, will I become a strong Home Minister?” This was Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil’s response when he was asked during an interview to ETV to comment why he was perceived as a weak home minister. Patil, who has come under flak for the way internal security has been handled, described terrorists as “misguided brothers” and said everybody was the fruit from the same seed.
“Some brothers are misguided and some reformed. Some are cunning and some simple,” he said.
The Home Minister had raised eyebrows for changing three sets of clothes on the night of Delhi blasts earlier this month. He had reacted to such reports saying “Main so gaya, main patte khel raha hoon, main daru peeke baitha hoon, main dance club jaata hoon toh aap mujhe dosh dijiye (Blame me if I am sleeping (on the job), playing cards, drinking and whiling away time and frequenting dance clubs)”.
Patil, in the course of the interview, wondered how he could be dubbed as a weak home minister when during his tenure in North Block the number of incidents and casualties in terrorist acts and other violence have come down and law and order has improved. “Figures will bear testimony to what I am saying but still I am termed as weak,” he said.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20080925/1416/tnl-shivraj-patil-reacts-to-being-percei.html
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Why should all Hindus join the RSS?
Who will protect hindus and hinduism from the Indian government? Recent terrorist attacks and the Government of India's non-response have clearly shown that the GOI has no interest in protecting hindus, who constitute 97% victims of terrorism in India. The words and actions of Congressi-UPA-Sonia Miano government show that they think 5,000+ dead hindus are definitely worth their muslim votebank.
Who will protect the hindus from the murdering missionaries? The brutal killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati & the gross insults heaped on hindu gods by missionaries in mangalore show that hindus are under attack in India. The missionaries will do whatever it takes, including murdering hindus in order to convert them and destroy hinduism.
The Vatican speaks for the christians, the Wahhabi Maulvis speak for the muslims, who will protect the hindus? The Govt of India? think again! Which organization has always been in the forefront protecting hindu rights? Which Organization helped hindus with resettlement after the murderous partition riots? Which organization comes at the fore every time there are natural disasters in Bharatvarsha? Which organization is working with tribals, children's education, women's welfare and provides relief without asking people to convert first? The RSS. It's time ALL hindus joined the RSS.
If you want to remain hindu in India, join the RSS. If you want India to remain hindu, join the RSS. If you want your children to be able to freely practice hinduism in India without fear of persecution, join the RSS. If you want to pay homage to the sacrifices made by millions of hindus in the face of the brutal Islamic persecution and crude Macaulay degradation in preserving their Sanatana Dharma, join the RSS.
Sangathan mein hain dum !
Thus Far And No Further - B Raman
http://outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20080920&fname=raman&sid=1&pn=1
The events in New Delhi since the terrorist strike by the so-called Indian Mujahideen (IM) on September 13, 2008, which killed 26 innocent civilians, should be a matter of concern for all right-thinking Indians.
The pent-up anger of large sections of our society over the helplessness and ineptitude of Shivraj Patil, the home minister of the government of India, who occupies a position similar to that of the British home secretary and the secretary for homeland security in the US, burst out with many demands either for his resignation from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh or for his dismissal if he refused to resign.
Neither happened. Patil brazenly said: "There is no question of my resigning so long as I retain the confidence of my leader." Whom did he mean by "my leader"? Dr.Manmohan Singh? No. Sonia Gandhi. He himself said so. What he said amounted to his asserting that so long as Sonia Gandhi had confidence in him, he did not have to worry about Manmohan Singh, who cannot touch him, or about the hundreds of innocent civilians, who have been killed by the jihadi terrorists in recent months.....
Dasmunshi did not stop with debunking his own Prime Minister and others who spoke of the need for additional laws to deal with jihadi terrorism. He even ridiculed the concerns of the public over the recurring jihadi terrorist strikes across the country. The same issue of The Hindu has quoted him as saying : "Can anyone predict a terrorist strike? No government can prevent it." So, to go by his words, the innocent civilians of this country have no other option but to keep dying at the hands of the jihadi terrorists.
The events of the past few days have further indicated--if further indication was necessary--as to who lays down the counter-terrorism policy of this country against jihadi terrorism.
Sonia Gandhi? No.
The Prime Minister of India? No.
The Home Minister of India? No.
The intelligence chiefs? No.
The police chiefs? No.
It is laid down by some of the leaders of the Muslim community themselves. They indicate the dos and don'ts and the government does not have the courage to go against them. There is a systematic attempt by some of the leaders of the Muslim community to ridicule the results of the police investigation into the activities of the IM. The police are accused of fabricating evidence and of targeting innocent Muslim youth in order to discredit Islam and the Muslim community. Everytime a suspected jihadi terrorist is sought to be arrested by the police, these leaders and some of the members of the community rally to his support. They either try to prevent him from being arrested or if the police manage to arrest, to frustrate his interrogation by making allegations of targeting the Muslim community in order to discredit it......
Fortunately, we are a democratic country. At the time of voting, every voter should have before his or her eyes the pictures of the death and destruction being caused right across the country by the jihadis and the faces of Sharma and other similar brave officers of the security forces, who have sacrificed their lives in the fight against jihadi terrorists despite the lack of support from the so-called secular political class.
Every vote in the forthcoming elections should be a vote against jihadi terrorism and against the political leaders who are not prepared to act against the jihadi terrorists.Let there be an anti-jihadi tsunami against all of them.
Thus far and no further--that is the message that should go across to the jihadi terrorists and their political backers and secular apologists.
The events in New Delhi since the terrorist strike by the so-called Indian Mujahideen (IM) on September 13, 2008, which killed 26 innocent civilians, should be a matter of concern for all right-thinking Indians.
The pent-up anger of large sections of our society over the helplessness and ineptitude of Shivraj Patil, the home minister of the government of India, who occupies a position similar to that of the British home secretary and the secretary for homeland security in the US, burst out with many demands either for his resignation from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh or for his dismissal if he refused to resign.
Neither happened. Patil brazenly said: "There is no question of my resigning so long as I retain the confidence of my leader." Whom did he mean by "my leader"? Dr.Manmohan Singh? No. Sonia Gandhi. He himself said so. What he said amounted to his asserting that so long as Sonia Gandhi had confidence in him, he did not have to worry about Manmohan Singh, who cannot touch him, or about the hundreds of innocent civilians, who have been killed by the jihadi terrorists in recent months.....
Dasmunshi did not stop with debunking his own Prime Minister and others who spoke of the need for additional laws to deal with jihadi terrorism. He even ridiculed the concerns of the public over the recurring jihadi terrorist strikes across the country. The same issue of The Hindu has quoted him as saying : "Can anyone predict a terrorist strike? No government can prevent it." So, to go by his words, the innocent civilians of this country have no other option but to keep dying at the hands of the jihadi terrorists.
The events of the past few days have further indicated--if further indication was necessary--as to who lays down the counter-terrorism policy of this country against jihadi terrorism.
Sonia Gandhi? No.
The Prime Minister of India? No.
The Home Minister of India? No.
The intelligence chiefs? No.
The police chiefs? No.
It is laid down by some of the leaders of the Muslim community themselves. They indicate the dos and don'ts and the government does not have the courage to go against them. There is a systematic attempt by some of the leaders of the Muslim community to ridicule the results of the police investigation into the activities of the IM. The police are accused of fabricating evidence and of targeting innocent Muslim youth in order to discredit Islam and the Muslim community. Everytime a suspected jihadi terrorist is sought to be arrested by the police, these leaders and some of the members of the community rally to his support. They either try to prevent him from being arrested or if the police manage to arrest, to frustrate his interrogation by making allegations of targeting the Muslim community in order to discredit it......
Fortunately, we are a democratic country. At the time of voting, every voter should have before his or her eyes the pictures of the death and destruction being caused right across the country by the jihadis and the faces of Sharma and other similar brave officers of the security forces, who have sacrificed their lives in the fight against jihadi terrorists despite the lack of support from the so-called secular political class.
Every vote in the forthcoming elections should be a vote against jihadi terrorism and against the political leaders who are not prepared to act against the jihadi terrorists.Let there be an anti-jihadi tsunami against all of them.
Thus far and no further--that is the message that should go across to the jihadi terrorists and their political backers and secular apologists.
B. Raman is Additional Secretay (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai
Conversions: Faith in the closet - Shreerang Godbole
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Christian-Missionary Raj in India thru Sonia (Miano) Gandhi
Are we heading towards a Christian India ? Francois Gautier
I am a westerner and a born Christian. I was mainly brought up in catholic schools, my uncle, Father Guy Gautier, a gem of a man, was the parish head of the beautiful Saint Jean de Montmartre church in Paris ; my father, Jacques Gautier, a famous artist in France, and a truly good person if there ever was one, was a fervent catholic all his life, went to church nearly every day and lived by his Christian values. There are certain concepts in Christianity I am proud of : charity for others, the equality of system in many western countries, Christ’s message of love and compassion….
Yet, I am a little uneasy when I see how much Christianity is taking over India under the reign of Sonia Gandhi : according to a 2001 census, there are about 2.34 million Christians in India ; not even 2,5% of the nation, a negligible amount. Yet there are today five Christian chief ministers in Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
One should add that the majority of politicians in Sonia Gandhi’s closed circle are either Christians or Muslims. She seems to have no confidence in Hindus.Ambika Soni, a Christian, is General Secretary of the Congress and a very powerful person, with close access to Sonia Gandhi. Oscar Fernandes is Union Programme Implementation Minister. Margaret Alwa is the eminence grise of Maharasthra. Karnataka is virtually controlled by AK Anthony, whose secretaries are all from the Southern Christian association. Valson Thampu, a Hindu hater, is Chairman NCERT curriculum Review Committee, John Dayal, another known Hindu baiter, has been named by Sonia Gandhi in the National Integration Council ; and Kancha Ilaya, who hates Hindus, is being allowed by the Indian Government to lobby with the UN and US Congress so that caste discrimination in India is taken-up by these bodies. ( One can also add to list Ajit jogi, and Digvijay Singh both christian converts & also Pranoy Roy, his niece Arundhati 'suzanna' roy )
I have nothing personnally against Sonia Gandhi, in fact she probably is a good person to win the alliegance of so many and certainly a loving mother . I share with her a love for India, like her I have lived in this country for over 30 years and like her I have married an Indian. But nevertheless, since she is at the top, Christian conversions in India seem to have gone in overdrive. More than 4,000 foreign Christian missionaries are involved in conversion activities across different states. In Tripura, there were no Christians at independence, there are 120.000 today, a 90% increase since 1991. The figures are even more striking in Arunachal Pradesh, where there were only 1710 Christians in 1961, but 1,2 million today, as well as 780 churches! In Andhra Pradesh, churches are coming-up every day in far flung villages and there was even an attempt to set-up one near Tirupati. Many of the North-East separatist movements, such as the Mizo or the Bodos, are not only Christian dominated, but also sometimes function with the covert backing of the missionaries. In Kerala, particularly in the poor coastal districts, you find “miracle boxes” put in local churches: the gullible villager writes out a paper mentionning his wish: a fising boat, a loan for a pukka house, fees for the son’s schooling… And lo, a few weeks later, the miracle happens ! And of course the whole family converts, making others in the village follow suit. During the Tsunami, entire dalit villages in Tamil Nadu were converted to Christianity with the lure of money.
It is true that there have been a few backlashes against missionnaries and nuns, particularly the gruesome muder of Staines and his two sons. But Belgium historian Konenraad Elst laments that « When over a thousand Hindus are killed and a quarter million Hindus ethnically cleansed in Kashmir, the world media doesn't even notice, but watch the worldwide hue and cry when a few local riots take place and a few missionaries are killed by unidentified tribal miscreants. Christian Naga terrorists have been killing non-Christians for decades on end, and this has never been an issue with the world media, except to bewail the "oppression" of the Nagas by "Hindu India" ». More than 20,000 people have lost their lives to insurgency in Assam and Manipur in the past two decades. As recently as last week, four paramilitary Assam Rifles soldiers were killed in an ambush yesterday by the outlawed United National Liberation Front (UNLF).
The other day I was at the Madras Medical center, the foremost heart hospital in Madras. Right when you enter the lobby, you find a chapel, inviting everybody to pray, there are pictures and quotations of Christ everywhere and a priest visits all the patients, without being invited at all. Educational institutes and orphanages run by Christian organisations have become big business in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and other states. In Pondichery, where I am often, schools run by Adventists force their pupils, mostly Hindus, to say Christian prayers every day and attend mass. They are constantly fed anti Hindu slogans and biases under different forms, whether it is in history books, or discourses by priests during religious classes. Even in the elite schools or colleges, such as Saint Stephen in Delhi, Saint Xavier in Calcutta or Loyola college in Madras, where no direct proletization is attempted, Hindu pupils are subtly encouraged towards skepticism of their own religion, and admiration of whatever is Western. One should also say that it’s a one way traffic : remember the furor when MM Joshi wanted the Saraswati hymn to be sung at a Chief Ministers’ meet on education ? And imagine the uproar in secular India if portions of the Bhagavad Gita, this Bible for all humanity, were read at the beginning of the day in public schools ?
Sonia Gandhi said during the last National Integration Council meeting : « We are committed to ideological battle against communal forces which seek to destroy our diversity and polarise us. Certain parties promote polarisation and confrontation. And there are certain regimes in India which promote communalism ». But is not actually the Congress under Mrs Gandhi, which is promoting communalism, by insidiously installing Christians and Muslims (and Marxists) everywhere, propping up Christian states, allowing a free hand too missionnaries and pressing for reservations for Christian Dalits and Muslims, as recently done in AP, in a nation of 850 million Hindus ?
In my country, France, a Christian majority nation , it would be unthinkable to have Hindus – or even Indian born French for that matter – in so many positions of power. Impossible also to find a non-elected, non French, non-Christian person being the absolute ruler of the country behind the scene as Sonia Gandhi is in India. Indians like to say that the greatness of India is that it accepts a foreigner and a Christian like Sonia Gandhi. But is’nt it rather a weakness, and an aberration ? Can’t we find a worthy leader amongst one billion Indians ? This is an India where you see today Swami Avimukteshwarananda Saraswati of Dwarka Peeth, made to disembark from an Indian Airlines flight for carrying his holy dand, a thin bamboo stick which is a symbol of their spiritual designation, inside the aircraft cabin.
Are we heading then towards a Christian India under Sonia Gandhi’s helm? It would be a tremendous loss not only to India, but also to the world. For in India, you find the only living spirituality left on this planet.
François Gautier
I am a westerner and a born Christian. I was mainly brought up in catholic schools, my uncle, Father Guy Gautier, a gem of a man, was the parish head of the beautiful Saint Jean de Montmartre church in Paris ; my father, Jacques Gautier, a famous artist in France, and a truly good person if there ever was one, was a fervent catholic all his life, went to church nearly every day and lived by his Christian values. There are certain concepts in Christianity I am proud of : charity for others, the equality of system in many western countries, Christ’s message of love and compassion….
Yet, I am a little uneasy when I see how much Christianity is taking over India under the reign of Sonia Gandhi : according to a 2001 census, there are about 2.34 million Christians in India ; not even 2,5% of the nation, a negligible amount. Yet there are today five Christian chief ministers in Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
One should add that the majority of politicians in Sonia Gandhi’s closed circle are either Christians or Muslims. She seems to have no confidence in Hindus.Ambika Soni, a Christian, is General Secretary of the Congress and a very powerful person, with close access to Sonia Gandhi. Oscar Fernandes is Union Programme Implementation Minister. Margaret Alwa is the eminence grise of Maharasthra. Karnataka is virtually controlled by AK Anthony, whose secretaries are all from the Southern Christian association. Valson Thampu, a Hindu hater, is Chairman NCERT curriculum Review Committee, John Dayal, another known Hindu baiter, has been named by Sonia Gandhi in the National Integration Council ; and Kancha Ilaya, who hates Hindus, is being allowed by the Indian Government to lobby with the UN and US Congress so that caste discrimination in India is taken-up by these bodies. ( One can also add to list Ajit jogi, and Digvijay Singh both christian converts & also Pranoy Roy, his niece Arundhati 'suzanna' roy )
I have nothing personnally against Sonia Gandhi, in fact she probably is a good person to win the alliegance of so many and certainly a loving mother . I share with her a love for India, like her I have lived in this country for over 30 years and like her I have married an Indian. But nevertheless, since she is at the top, Christian conversions in India seem to have gone in overdrive. More than 4,000 foreign Christian missionaries are involved in conversion activities across different states. In Tripura, there were no Christians at independence, there are 120.000 today, a 90% increase since 1991. The figures are even more striking in Arunachal Pradesh, where there were only 1710 Christians in 1961, but 1,2 million today, as well as 780 churches! In Andhra Pradesh, churches are coming-up every day in far flung villages and there was even an attempt to set-up one near Tirupati. Many of the North-East separatist movements, such as the Mizo or the Bodos, are not only Christian dominated, but also sometimes function with the covert backing of the missionaries. In Kerala, particularly in the poor coastal districts, you find “miracle boxes” put in local churches: the gullible villager writes out a paper mentionning his wish: a fising boat, a loan for a pukka house, fees for the son’s schooling… And lo, a few weeks later, the miracle happens ! And of course the whole family converts, making others in the village follow suit. During the Tsunami, entire dalit villages in Tamil Nadu were converted to Christianity with the lure of money.
It is true that there have been a few backlashes against missionnaries and nuns, particularly the gruesome muder of Staines and his two sons. But Belgium historian Konenraad Elst laments that « When over a thousand Hindus are killed and a quarter million Hindus ethnically cleansed in Kashmir, the world media doesn't even notice, but watch the worldwide hue and cry when a few local riots take place and a few missionaries are killed by unidentified tribal miscreants. Christian Naga terrorists have been killing non-Christians for decades on end, and this has never been an issue with the world media, except to bewail the "oppression" of the Nagas by "Hindu India" ». More than 20,000 people have lost their lives to insurgency in Assam and Manipur in the past two decades. As recently as last week, four paramilitary Assam Rifles soldiers were killed in an ambush yesterday by the outlawed United National Liberation Front (UNLF).
The other day I was at the Madras Medical center, the foremost heart hospital in Madras. Right when you enter the lobby, you find a chapel, inviting everybody to pray, there are pictures and quotations of Christ everywhere and a priest visits all the patients, without being invited at all. Educational institutes and orphanages run by Christian organisations have become big business in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and other states. In Pondichery, where I am often, schools run by Adventists force their pupils, mostly Hindus, to say Christian prayers every day and attend mass. They are constantly fed anti Hindu slogans and biases under different forms, whether it is in history books, or discourses by priests during religious classes. Even in the elite schools or colleges, such as Saint Stephen in Delhi, Saint Xavier in Calcutta or Loyola college in Madras, where no direct proletization is attempted, Hindu pupils are subtly encouraged towards skepticism of their own religion, and admiration of whatever is Western. One should also say that it’s a one way traffic : remember the furor when MM Joshi wanted the Saraswati hymn to be sung at a Chief Ministers’ meet on education ? And imagine the uproar in secular India if portions of the Bhagavad Gita, this Bible for all humanity, were read at the beginning of the day in public schools ?
Sonia Gandhi said during the last National Integration Council meeting : « We are committed to ideological battle against communal forces which seek to destroy our diversity and polarise us. Certain parties promote polarisation and confrontation. And there are certain regimes in India which promote communalism ». But is not actually the Congress under Mrs Gandhi, which is promoting communalism, by insidiously installing Christians and Muslims (and Marxists) everywhere, propping up Christian states, allowing a free hand too missionnaries and pressing for reservations for Christian Dalits and Muslims, as recently done in AP, in a nation of 850 million Hindus ?
In my country, France, a Christian majority nation , it would be unthinkable to have Hindus – or even Indian born French for that matter – in so many positions of power. Impossible also to find a non-elected, non French, non-Christian person being the absolute ruler of the country behind the scene as Sonia Gandhi is in India. Indians like to say that the greatness of India is that it accepts a foreigner and a Christian like Sonia Gandhi. But is’nt it rather a weakness, and an aberration ? Can’t we find a worthy leader amongst one billion Indians ? This is an India where you see today Swami Avimukteshwarananda Saraswati of Dwarka Peeth, made to disembark from an Indian Airlines flight for carrying his holy dand, a thin bamboo stick which is a symbol of their spiritual designation, inside the aircraft cabin.
Are we heading then towards a Christian India under Sonia Gandhi’s helm? It would be a tremendous loss not only to India, but also to the world. For in India, you find the only living spirituality left on this planet.
François Gautier
Friday, September 19, 2008
'Jammu and Kashmir's accession to India unquestionable'
"There is no basis on which any change in the political status of Jammu and Kashmir could be considered. The UN itself has accepted that in the vastly changed circumstances the UN Resolutions of 1948 and 1949 are no longer relevant," they said in a statement released Thursday.
The signatories to the statement include Essel group chairman Subhash Chandra, Maj Gen Afsir Karim (retd), former Intelligence Bureau director Ajit Doval, journalist M.J. Akbar, former home secretary Anil Baijal, former diplomat G Parthasarthy, Lt General R K Sahwney (retd), Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi (retd) and Vikram Sood, a former head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Jammu_and_Kashmirs_accession_to_India_unquestionable/articleshow/3502475.cms
The signatories to the statement include Essel group chairman Subhash Chandra, Maj Gen Afsir Karim (retd), former Intelligence Bureau director Ajit Doval, journalist M.J. Akbar, former home secretary Anil Baijal, former diplomat G Parthasarthy, Lt General R K Sahwney (retd), Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi (retd) and Vikram Sood, a former head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Jammu_and_Kashmirs_accession_to_India_unquestionable/articleshow/3502475.cms
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
UPA is only passing time in office: Modi
BANGALORE: At BJP's national executive, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has been at the centre of action, delivering a much-noticed speech to his colleagues and leading a sharp attack on the government's handling of internal security. TOI asked Modi about the media projecting him as a BJP mascot, a rung below L K Advani.
Q: Don't you feel your work in Gujarat is almost over and it is time you moved to the national scene? A: As far as a chief minister is concerned, he is part of national politics, whether he is from Gujarat or elsewhere. As far as working for Gujarat's development is concerned, I feel sky is the limit. There can be no full stops to developmental work... innovation and initiatives are always required. You cannot fulfil people's needs in one lifetime.
Q: But as an individual you may want to do more at the national level. If you are asked to head the party, will you want to do it? A: When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was PM, Venkaiah Naiduji was party president, when Advaniji is the prime ministerial candidate, Rajnath Singhji is looking after the party! As far as organisational work is concerned, when I reach the bridge, I will cross it. Q: What is your opinion on BJP's prospects? A: BJP is at the centrestage. It is ahead in terms of leadership. Probably, India does not have another leader like Advaniji who has visited 400 districts in the course of his long political career and that is why he understands real issues and problems. Organisationally, BJP is the biggest in the country now and in power in most important states except Uttar Pradesh. Alongwith its NDA partners, it shares power in important states. As opposed to this, the present government at the Centre is a faceless one, meaning it has no issues, achievements or individuals that it can be identified with. They (UPA) are only passing time. It cannot control inflation it is the first government whose decisions one after the other has been overruled by SC. For the first time, we have a government that says something in Parliament and in the US, George Bush says something else. It protects terrorists. It repealed POTA, it has been denying legislations like GUJCOCA, national security is an issue today.
Q: You mentioned UP which is dominated by SP and BSP. Do you have a formula to improve things for your party in the state? A: The Congress was dominant in UP which is why the state was always very closely connected to national politics. The people of UP want to be part of the national mainstream. I am hopeful of drastic changes in UP this time.
Q: Congress is setting out on Navnirman yatra in Gujarat? A: Interestingly, Chimanbhai Patel was accused in the Navnirman scam, and today his son is heading a rathyatra in the state and calling it Navnirman yatra. What should I say after this. And, for the last 20 years, Congress hated raths and rathyatras, but now they are having to follow BJP's footsteps and set out on a rathyatra.
Q: Do you feel the need for a image makeover for acceptability at the national level? A: Image makeover? If I serve other people, I can't be thinking of my image. I'm working for the image of Gujarat and branding of Gujarat. I don't have time to think about my own image.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/UPA_is_only_passing_time_in_office_Modi/articleshow/3483585.cms
Q: Don't you feel your work in Gujarat is almost over and it is time you moved to the national scene? A: As far as a chief minister is concerned, he is part of national politics, whether he is from Gujarat or elsewhere. As far as working for Gujarat's development is concerned, I feel sky is the limit. There can be no full stops to developmental work... innovation and initiatives are always required. You cannot fulfil people's needs in one lifetime.
Q: But as an individual you may want to do more at the national level. If you are asked to head the party, will you want to do it? A: When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was PM, Venkaiah Naiduji was party president, when Advaniji is the prime ministerial candidate, Rajnath Singhji is looking after the party! As far as organisational work is concerned, when I reach the bridge, I will cross it. Q: What is your opinion on BJP's prospects? A: BJP is at the centrestage. It is ahead in terms of leadership. Probably, India does not have another leader like Advaniji who has visited 400 districts in the course of his long political career and that is why he understands real issues and problems. Organisationally, BJP is the biggest in the country now and in power in most important states except Uttar Pradesh. Alongwith its NDA partners, it shares power in important states. As opposed to this, the present government at the Centre is a faceless one, meaning it has no issues, achievements or individuals that it can be identified with. They (UPA) are only passing time. It cannot control inflation it is the first government whose decisions one after the other has been overruled by SC. For the first time, we have a government that says something in Parliament and in the US, George Bush says something else. It protects terrorists. It repealed POTA, it has been denying legislations like GUJCOCA, national security is an issue today.
Q: You mentioned UP which is dominated by SP and BSP. Do you have a formula to improve things for your party in the state? A: The Congress was dominant in UP which is why the state was always very closely connected to national politics. The people of UP want to be part of the national mainstream. I am hopeful of drastic changes in UP this time.
Q: Congress is setting out on Navnirman yatra in Gujarat? A: Interestingly, Chimanbhai Patel was accused in the Navnirman scam, and today his son is heading a rathyatra in the state and calling it Navnirman yatra. What should I say after this. And, for the last 20 years, Congress hated raths and rathyatras, but now they are having to follow BJP's footsteps and set out on a rathyatra.
Q: Do you feel the need for a image makeover for acceptability at the national level? A: Image makeover? If I serve other people, I can't be thinking of my image. I'm working for the image of Gujarat and branding of Gujarat. I don't have time to think about my own image.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/UPA_is_only_passing_time_in_office_Modi/articleshow/3483585.cms
Of thick hides and soft underbelly - P R Ramesh
...Patil is part of a government that has internalised the tripe that it is poverty, inadequate education and lack of development that breeds terrorism. The government leadership is naïve enough to believe that the country can get rid of the problem through Sachar committee recommendations, a few scholarships in universities and providing first right to resources. If the government and its cronies were to be believed, a bit of education and some prosperity will wean jehadis away from their current aim of the establishment of a world-wide Caliphate. Anyone who questions this dim-witted approach is termed a sub-human or at best, a rightist reactionary, whose voice should not be heard. ..
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/P_R_Ramesh/Of_thick_hides_and_soft_underbelly/articleshow/msid-3491221,curpg-2.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/P_R_Ramesh/Of_thick_hides_and_soft_underbelly/articleshow/msid-3491221,curpg-2.cms
BJP FOR 2009!
BJP for 2009 !
hum delhi delhi jayenge,
hum apna hind baneyenge,
sari Congressi kaum ka,
hum namo-nishan mitayenge!
hum delhi delhi jayenge,
hum apna hind baneyenge,
sari Congressi kaum ka,
hum namo-nishan mitayenge!
Terror vote bank: The secular fear factor - CJ: krishnabaalu
AS PREDICTED a long ago, that there is going to be a terror vote bank in India to serve our pseudo secular political parties like the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Communist Party (CPI), Communist Party Marxist (CPM) etc, if the trend of pseudo secularism was allowed to dance beyond a point of tolerance.The fear has come true today.
If the spine chilling headline in The Hindu ( September 15, 2008), is an indication towards this fear, then it is here to hold our breath for a while.
UP stalled action in Delhi blast
It is neither Pakistan, nor Bangladesh and nor Nepal that is stalling action against Delhi terror suspects, but it is our own heartland of Uttar Pradesh (UP), preventing the cops from arresting the Delhi blast suspects who are reportedly hiding in UP, giving the reason, that it might fuel communal clashes....
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?title=Terror%20vote%20bank:%20The%20secular%20fear%20factor&articleID=141415
If the spine chilling headline in The Hindu ( September 15, 2008), is an indication towards this fear, then it is here to hold our breath for a while.
UP stalled action in Delhi blast
It is neither Pakistan, nor Bangladesh and nor Nepal that is stalling action against Delhi terror suspects, but it is our own heartland of Uttar Pradesh (UP), preventing the cops from arresting the Delhi blast suspects who are reportedly hiding in UP, giving the reason, that it might fuel communal clashes....
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?title=Terror%20vote%20bank:%20The%20secular%20fear%20factor&articleID=141415
Pakistan may move WB against India over Chenab water
Islamabad, Sept 17 (PTI) Pakistan will seek arbitration by the World Bank over India's alleged violation of the Indus Water Treaty India if New Delhi did not concede the breach of the pact, a report said today.Islamabad had claimed that, in "gross violations of the Indus Water Treaty," India reduced the water flow to fill up the Baglihar dam lake in Jammu and Kashmir, causing to a "loss of agriculture" for farmers in Pakistan.
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/50AF81F72DEEFB5C652574C70038BE3B?OpenDocument
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/50AF81F72DEEFB5C652574C70038BE3B?OpenDocument
Orissa to change law relating to religious freedom
Orissa government on Monday said religious conversion was one of the factors behind the unrest in tribal-dominated Kandhamal district and promised to change the state's law relating to religious freedom."Religious conversion is certainly an issue in Kandhamal. We will deeply study the Orissa Freedom of Religion Act and make changes where required," state Home Secretary T. K. Mishra told after a review meeting in Bhubaneswar.
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&issueid=71&task=view&id=15389§ionid=4&Itemid=1
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&issueid=71&task=view&id=15389§ionid=4&Itemid=1
India deploys Sukhoi jets in Kashmir
According to Air Marshal PK Barbora, the Kashmiri deployment should "enable combat pilots to adapt to changing circumstances and environments in a responsive manner". An unnamed air force official termed the move "defensive", and explained that the planes "had [previously] been held deep down our strategic corridor in Pune".
http://www.itexaminer.com/india-deploys-sukhoi-jets-in-kashmir.aspx
http://www.itexaminer.com/india-deploys-sukhoi-jets-in-kashmir.aspx
SIMI's 'success' is a result of our secular polity
http://in.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/17guest.htm
The Students Islamic Movement of India, Wikipedia informs us, was formed in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh [Images], in April 1977. The stated mission of SIMI [Images] -- the 'liberation of India' from Western materialistic cultural influence and to convert it into an Islamic society -- makes it an enemy of the State of India. ...
...It is time that we need to wage a war, both against such terrorists and those who are apologists for such terrorists. In the interregnum, of course, politicians from the safe haven of Z-plus category security can continue to pontificate. Whether we will be alive to hear them is a different matter.
The author is a Chennai-based chartered accountant. He can be contacted at mrv1000@rediffmail.com
The Students Islamic Movement of India, Wikipedia informs us, was formed in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh [Images], in April 1977. The stated mission of SIMI [Images] -- the 'liberation of India' from Western materialistic cultural influence and to convert it into an Islamic society -- makes it an enemy of the State of India. ...
...It is time that we need to wage a war, both against such terrorists and those who are apologists for such terrorists. In the interregnum, of course, politicians from the safe haven of Z-plus category security can continue to pontificate. Whether we will be alive to hear them is a different matter.
The author is a Chennai-based chartered accountant. He can be contacted at mrv1000@rediffmail.com
Monday, September 15, 2008
EMAIL MANMOHAN!
Here’s how you can tell the chaprasi in chief, how exactly you feel about his govt’s non-existent ‘fight’ against terror! Feel free to REALLY let him know exactly how you feel, I just did, in choice language, this eunuch deserves no respect!
http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm
http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Modi says Gujarat police warned Centre of terorrists' plan
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20080913/816/tnl-modi-says-gujarat-police-warned-cent.html
Modi says Gujarat police warned Centre of terorrists' plan
Bangalore, Sept 13 (ANI): While condemning the serial blasts in Delhi, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the State police had informed the Centre of a detailed plan of the terrorists quite in advance.
While lashing out at the Congress-led UPA for keeping in cold storage the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime bill (GUJCOC) which was pending before the President for the last four years, Modi said, "Those who are less for terror and more for terrorists are the one who opposes GUJCOC and Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO)."
Modi says Gujarat police warned Centre of terorrists' plan
Bangalore, Sept 13 (ANI): While condemning the serial blasts in Delhi, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the State police had informed the Centre of a detailed plan of the terrorists quite in advance.
While lashing out at the Congress-led UPA for keeping in cold storage the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime bill (GUJCOC) which was pending before the President for the last four years, Modi said, "Those who are less for terror and more for terrorists are the one who opposes GUJCOC and Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO)."
BJP creating religious divide - Sonia
I'm surprised Ms Miano-Vaticano did not blame the Delhi blasts on the BJP!
BJP creating religious divide ahead of elections - Sonia Gandhi
Sat, Sep 13 10:37 PM
Sat, Sep 13 10:37 PM
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) With an eye on assembly election in six states, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday blamed the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other members of the saffron brigade of trying to divide and polarise the country on communal lines.
Addressing the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here, Gandhi, also the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson, alleged that the communal violence in Orissa was 'a carefully orchestrated ploy by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its sister organisations to inflame religious prejudices and passions.'
She called on the party-men to expose the 'mischievous designs' of the BJP, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and fight their 'malicious propaganda'.
'Every time their position is weakened, every time elections are around the corner the BJP and its sister organisations launch vicious communal campaign to divide and polarise society, with no regard to loss of lives and livelihoods,' Sonia said.
She urged Congressmen to go out and work hard to sustain the secular ethos of the country.
While condemning the terrorism, the Congress president said: 'We must also never under-estimate the long-term damage that is caused by communal and parochial forces of any kind that incite hatred wilfully and cynically provoke violence.'
The COngress president accused the RSS of advocating division of the troubled Jammu and Kashmir, where stir over bitter Amarnath land row sparked off unprecedented religious riots.
But she added the government would not be 'soft' on the separatists in Kashmir.
'There is no question of pandering to or being soft on separatists,' the Congress president said.
Gandhi hoped the final agreement on the Amarnath land row between the government and Hindu agitators in Jammu would bring peace to the state.
The meeting attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, chief ministers of the Congress-ruled states, union ministers and senior party leaders in the meeting held discussions on upcoming assembly polls. Party leaders of poll-bound states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir and Mizoram shared their views on how to galvanise the Congress in these states.
Modi strikes back at UPA
Narendra Modi: India at the Crossroads of History
Saturday 13th of September 2008The Country stands at the cross-roads of an important phase in its life when the government of the day has become a threat to the unity and sovereignty of India.
Historically the RSS, Jana Sangh and the BJP were parties of aggressive nationalism. The Communists, the Muslim league were subversive in their stand on issue of sovereignty and integrity. The Congress had a traditional centrist position on these issues.
During the past few years, the drift in the Congress has strengthened the forces which are out to weaken India. Congress under Mrs. Sonia Gandhi & Dr. Manmohan Singh have drifted the traditional Congress position on national sovereignty.
Analyses of the Congress / UPA functioning reveals the following ten issues were the UPA has seriously compromised national interest. This Government has tried to assault symbols of our national and cultural pride.
1. This government has been soft on terror. It has consistently sent a signal that its softness on terror is minority friendly. The repeal of POTA, the non execution of Afzal Guru, the refusal to give assent to the State level anti-organized crime laws are all evidence of the government's softness on terror. The softness on terror is being used by the UPA as an instrument for vote bank politics.
2. The government has bowed to its allies in agreeing to the demolition of the Ram Sethu. This was done essentially to hurt the majority sentiment in the country.
3. The decision to withdraw allotment of land to the Sri Amaranathji Shrine Board was an evidence of the government bending backwards to appease the separatist. The UPA government wanted to please the separatist even at the cost of alienating the nationalist.
4. The illegal immigrants from Bangladesh continue to invade India. The Government of India and the UPA don't perceive these illegal immigrants as a threat to the sovereignty and demography of India. They prefer to use these immigrants as a vote bank.
5. The Supreme Court quashed both the IMDT Act and "The Foreigner's (Control) Order Amendments” since they were intended to make detection of Foreigners' impossible. The UPA has failed to introduce a proper mechanism for foreigners' detection.
6. Three constituents of the UPA, the Samajwadi Party, the RJD and LJP have openly supported SIMI and the Congress continuous to maintain a relationship with them.
7. Religious conversion by missionaries is been protected and increased even though it has an adverse impact on demography and creates social tensions. The proposal to grant reservations to Dalit Christians and Muslims is intended to incentives conversion.
8. The Sachar Commission recommendation intended to introduce Communal budgeting in India and initiate reverse discrimination against the majority are now sought to be implemented.
9. Religion based reservations have no place in our Constitutional system. Yet the UPA has been trying to introduce religion based reservations in states ruled by the UPA.
10. The Indo-US nuclear deal seriously compromises national security in as much as it limits our testing option particularly when China and Pakistan have nuclear potentials.
As against this our state governments particularly in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are the only ones which have succeeded in resolving terrorist crimes. The Chattisgarh government has launched a crusade against Naxalism.
In Gujarat our police intelligence and investigating ability is being supported by the state government. Vote bank politics is not allowed to intervene. It is for this reason that the Gujarat police has cracked the recent Ahmedabad blast case.
We are handicapped since Gujarat's anti organized crime law has not been given central clearance. We are being prevented by those who act soft on terror from fighting terror. But we are determined to carry on the battle both against the terrorists and against those who prevent us from fighting terror.
It has been reported in a section of media that the National Security advisor has also supported the Gujarat government's proposal for an anti-terror law namely GUJCOC to fight terror. The Home Ministry has opposed it.
Those concerned about terror obviously support GUJCOC, those concerned about terrorists understandably oppose
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Gujarat warming up to concept of alternative power
Gujarat warming up to concept of alternative power
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Gujarat-warming-up-to-concept-of-alternative-power/358318/
Ahmedabad, September 06 Govt gets proposal for a 100 mw solar power project in Kutch district
With proposals of a 100 mw solar power plant by Euro Ceramics Ltd. and the world’s largest 5,000 mw solar power project by the Clinton Foundation under consideration, Gujarat is all set to take a major leap in new and renewable sources of energy.
The state government has apparently received a proposal by vitrified tiles manufacturer Euro Ceramics Limited to set up the state’s first 100 mw solar power project at Shivlakha village in Kutch district
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Gujarat-warming-up-to-concept-of-alternative-power/358318/
Ahmedabad, September 06 Govt gets proposal for a 100 mw solar power project in Kutch district
With proposals of a 100 mw solar power plant by Euro Ceramics Ltd. and the world’s largest 5,000 mw solar power project by the Clinton Foundation under consideration, Gujarat is all set to take a major leap in new and renewable sources of energy.
The state government has apparently received a proposal by vitrified tiles manufacturer Euro Ceramics Limited to set up the state’s first 100 mw solar power project at Shivlakha village in Kutch district
Why Narendra Modi’s Gujarat address on Teachers day was remarkable
Why Narendra Modi’s Gujarat address on Teachers day was remarkable
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/09/09/why-narendra-modis-gujarat-address-on-teachers-day-was-remarkable/
The way Modi’s machinery organized Teachers day speech was remarkable and bit historical too, because rarely in India, combination of modern communication technologies and government infrastructure at ground level was used so well, so widely and so effectively by the state government to educate common people on issues like hygiene and cleanliness. Modi was like a teacher in a leader. Modi was like a preached in a leader. Modi was like a doctor in a leader. Modi was like a concern good uncle for children. Modi was like a guiding torch for the teachers in his speech.
Modi proved a highest TRP puller for DD-11. When his Live telecast was on, TRP reached to the highest level for DD-11 in Gujarat which otherwise is a sleepy channel full of low quality repeat telecasts and government red tap.
Modi’s speech was perfectly on this line. He used technology to deliver some needed messages to his people. Mostly on good education and good hygiene. Leaders’ tv telecasts is not a new thing at all. But new thing is how Modi managed and used ground infrastructure of schools through government system across Gujarat.
Video of speech:
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/09/08/narendra-modis-teachers-day-addressgujarati-video/
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/09/09/why-narendra-modis-gujarat-address-on-teachers-day-was-remarkable/
The way Modi’s machinery organized Teachers day speech was remarkable and bit historical too, because rarely in India, combination of modern communication technologies and government infrastructure at ground level was used so well, so widely and so effectively by the state government to educate common people on issues like hygiene and cleanliness. Modi was like a teacher in a leader. Modi was like a preached in a leader. Modi was like a doctor in a leader. Modi was like a concern good uncle for children. Modi was like a guiding torch for the teachers in his speech.
Modi proved a highest TRP puller for DD-11. When his Live telecast was on, TRP reached to the highest level for DD-11 in Gujarat which otherwise is a sleepy channel full of low quality repeat telecasts and government red tap.
Modi’s speech was perfectly on this line. He used technology to deliver some needed messages to his people. Mostly on good education and good hygiene. Leaders’ tv telecasts is not a new thing at all. But new thing is how Modi managed and used ground infrastructure of schools through government system across Gujarat.
Video of speech:
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/09/08/narendra-modis-teachers-day-addressgujarati-video/
US consul skirts Modi visa issue
US consul skirts Modi visa issue
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/US_consul_skirts_Modi_visa_issue_/articleshow/3461028.cms
Acknowledging Gujarat as an investment destination with robust economy and good business developing plan, Folmsbee said, "When you talk about India,everyone talks about Gujarat and its booming economy, infrastructure and opportunities for investment. There has been vast improvement in the economic scenario across India, specially in Gujarat, which has done a great job."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/US_consul_skirts_Modi_visa_issue_/articleshow/3461028.cms
Acknowledging Gujarat as an investment destination with robust economy and good business developing plan, Folmsbee said, "When you talk about India,everyone talks about Gujarat and its booming economy, infrastructure and opportunities for investment. There has been vast improvement in the economic scenario across India, specially in Gujarat, which has done a great job."
Stable Pakistan not in India’s interest
Say it like it is brother…
Stable Pakistan not in India’s interest
http://sify.com/news/columns/fullstory.php?id=14754284
brief excerpts..
That New Delhi is its own worst enemy became obvious when it permitted the creation of a pure Islamic State on its borders. This nation-state contradicts every democratic and multi-cultural value dear to India. Therefore, if New Delhi has not slept a wink since the creation of Pakistan, it has no one except itself to blame!
Hence, first we created a state with inbuilt characteristic of fundamentalism and extreme philosophy contrary to our professed beliefs; then the monster in it started ethnic cleansing in the Valley; and engineered demographic changes through Bangladesh in West Bengal, Assam and the Northeast.
At the height of the recent disturbances in the Valley, when a general asked me for a suggestion to resolve the issue, I said: “ Remove Pakistan. The threat will disappear permanently.” Today the collapse of Pakistan as a state is almost certain. All the King’s men cannot save it from itself.
Looking ahead, New Delhi should formulate an appropriate strategy for ‘post-Pakistan scenario’ to secure India’s interests in Central Asia.
It is intriguing, therefore, to hear New Delhi mouthing the falsehood that stable Pakistan is in India’s favour. Perpetuation of such illogic for vote-bank politics is harming the consolidation and integration of the Union.
Short-sighted politicians as usual are overlooking the national interest for the short-term personal gains of a few votes.
The writer is Editor, Indian Defence Review. bharat.verma@indiandefencereview.com
Stable Pakistan not in India’s interest
http://sify.com/news/columns/fullstory.php?id=14754284
brief excerpts..
That New Delhi is its own worst enemy became obvious when it permitted the creation of a pure Islamic State on its borders. This nation-state contradicts every democratic and multi-cultural value dear to India. Therefore, if New Delhi has not slept a wink since the creation of Pakistan, it has no one except itself to blame!
Hence, first we created a state with inbuilt characteristic of fundamentalism and extreme philosophy contrary to our professed beliefs; then the monster in it started ethnic cleansing in the Valley; and engineered demographic changes through Bangladesh in West Bengal, Assam and the Northeast.
At the height of the recent disturbances in the Valley, when a general asked me for a suggestion to resolve the issue, I said: “ Remove Pakistan. The threat will disappear permanently.” Today the collapse of Pakistan as a state is almost certain. All the King’s men cannot save it from itself.
Looking ahead, New Delhi should formulate an appropriate strategy for ‘post-Pakistan scenario’ to secure India’s interests in Central Asia.
It is intriguing, therefore, to hear New Delhi mouthing the falsehood that stable Pakistan is in India’s favour. Perpetuation of such illogic for vote-bank politics is harming the consolidation and integration of the Union.
Short-sighted politicians as usual are overlooking the national interest for the short-term personal gains of a few votes.
The writer is Editor, Indian Defence Review. bharat.verma@indiandefencereview.com
Monday, August 11, 2008
Indian Development and Relief Fund
MissionIDRF’s mission is clear: to support volunteer-based, honest and highly experienced non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India in serving their populations’ critical needs around education, healthcare, and welfare, without regard to religion, caste or creed. PhilosophyIDRF focuses on enabling the poor to overcome their deficiencies and empower them with necessary tools such as education to make them prosper as citizens of India. To ensure its philosophical roots, IDRF works with NGOs who share the same vision and prioritizes its distribution to the development projects. The NGOs supported by IDRF are committed to provide the tribal and urban poor with high-quality education, healthcare, and vocational training. AccomplishmentsThe results speak for themselves. Since inception, IDRF has expanded to twelve active chapters throughout the United States and its annual funds raised have grown tenfold. While IDRF has raised more than $10 million since 1987, nearly 90 percent of that has been raised in the last five years alone.
To Donate to IDRF
http://idrf.org/
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To Donate to IDRF
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Indo American Kashmir Forum
Indo-American Kashmir Forum, commonly known as IAKF, was formed in 1991. IAKF represents the socio-political voice of the Kashmiri Pandit community residing in the United States. The Kashmiri Pandits are the Hindu minority group arising from the Valley of Kashmir in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
IAKF was formed shortly after the period when armed Islamic insurgency in the state of Jammu and Kashmir turned violent and many Kashmiri Pandits were brutally killed by Islamic fundamentalists. The torture, rape, disfigurement, and murder of the peaceful community of Pandits was exceptionally cruel, resulting in the forced exodus of over 350,000 Pandits from their ancestral land. The internally displaced Pandits represent over 95% of their original total population in the valley.
IAKF was formed to inform the world community of the oppression against Kashmiri Pandits that led to their forced exile from Kashmir and the sad plight of the community members, many of whom are still living in makeshift 'refugee' camps. The organization seeks the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Kashmir valley with guaranteed security and freedom to exercise their religious faith and cultural way of life without fear or intrusion.
IAKF works in conjunction with several different organizations abroad, including its sister organizations, Indo-Canadian Kashmir Forum (ICKF) and Indo-European Kashmir Forum (IEKF).
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IAKF was formed shortly after the period when armed Islamic insurgency in the state of Jammu and Kashmir turned violent and many Kashmiri Pandits were brutally killed by Islamic fundamentalists. The torture, rape, disfigurement, and murder of the peaceful community of Pandits was exceptionally cruel, resulting in the forced exodus of over 350,000 Pandits from their ancestral land. The internally displaced Pandits represent over 95% of their original total population in the valley.
IAKF was formed to inform the world community of the oppression against Kashmiri Pandits that led to their forced exile from Kashmir and the sad plight of the community members, many of whom are still living in makeshift 'refugee' camps. The organization seeks the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Kashmir valley with guaranteed security and freedom to exercise their religious faith and cultural way of life without fear or intrusion.
IAKF works in conjunction with several different organizations abroad, including its sister organizations, Indo-Canadian Kashmir Forum (ICKF) and Indo-European Kashmir Forum (IEKF).
To Donate
http://www.iakf.org/main/payment.html
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Amarnath protests
I want to dedicate this prayer to the nationalists who have died in the Amarnath protests in Jammu.
Prabum pran natham vibhum vishwa natham
jagannatha natham sada nanda bhajam
Bhavat bhavya bhuteswaram bhutnatham
Shivam sankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who is the Lord, Who is the Lord of our lives, Who is Vibhu, Who is the Lord of the world, Who is the Lord of Viṣṇu (Jagannātha), Who is always dwelling in happiness, Who imparts light or shine to everything, Who is the Lord of living beings, Who is the Lord of ghosts, and Who is the Lord of everyone.1
Gala rundmalam tano sarp jalam
Mahakal kalam ganesha thee palam
Jata jut gangotaram jai vishalam
Shivam shankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who has a garland of skull around the neck, Who has a net of snakes around His body, Who is the destroyer of the immense-destroyer Kāla, Who is the lord of Gaṇeśa, Whose matted-hair are spread-out by the presence of the waves of Gańgā falling on His head, and Who is the Lord of everyone.2
Muda makaram mandalam mandayantam
Mahamandalam bhasma bhusha dharantam
Anadinha aparam mahamoh maram
Shivam shankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who scatters happiness [in the world], Who is ornating the universe, Who is the immense universe Himself, Who is possessing the adornment of ashes, Who is without a beginning, Who is without a measure, Who removes the greatest attachments, and Who is the Lord of everyone.3
Vata dho nivasam maha tatya hasam
Maha papa nasham sadya suprakasam
Girisham Ganesham suresham mahesham
Shivam shankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who resides below a Vaṭa (Banyan) tree, Who possesses an immense laughter, Who destroys the greatest sins, Who is always resplendent, Who is the Lord of Himālaya, various tormentor-groups (Gaṇa) and the demi-gods, Who is the great Lord, and Who is the Lord of everyone.4
Girindratam jasam tuhi tat deham
Giro sansthitam sarvoda sannageham
Parabhrahma brahma dibhivandyamanam
Shivam shankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who shares half of His body with the daughter of Himālaya¹, Who is situated in a mountain (Kailāsa), Who is always a resort for the depressed, Who is the Ātman, Who is reverred by (or Who is worthy of reverence by) Brahma and others, and Who is the Lord of everyone.5
Kapalam trishulam karabhayam dadhanam
Padam bhojanam bhray kamam dadanam
Shivam shankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who holds a skull and a trident in the hands, Who endows the desires of those who are humble to His lotus-feet, Who uses an Ox as a vehicle², Who is supreme and above various demi-gods, and Who is the Lord of everyone.6
Sharad Chandra gatram gunanand patram
Trinetram pavitram dhaneshasya mitram
Aparna kaletram sada
Shivam shankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who has a face like the Winter-moon, Who is the subject of happiness of Gaṇa (tormentor groups), Who has three eyes, Who is pure, Who is the friend of Kubera (controller of wealth), Who is the consort of Aparṇā (Pārvatī), Who has eternal characteristics, and Who is the Lord of everyone.7
Harm sarpa haaram chitta bhu vibharam
Bhavam ved saram sada nirvikaram
Smashane vasantam manojam dahantam
Shivam shankaram shambu meshan meda
I pray You, Śiva, Śańkara, Śambhu, Who is known as Hara, Who has a garland of snakes, Who roams around the cremation grounds, Who is the universe, Who is the summary of the Veda (or the One discussed by Veda), Who is always dispassionate, Who is living in the cremation grounds, Who is burning desires born in the mind, and Who is the Lord of everyone.8
Those who study this prayer every morning with effulgence and emotions for Trident-holding Śiva, achieve Mokṣa, after having attained a dutiful son, wealth, friends, wife, and a colorful life.9
Notes:
¹ The Ardhanārīśvara form of Śiva consists of half Śiva and half Pārvatī, the daughter of
² Thanks to Nandini Sivakumar and Arjun Kanagal for shedding light on the meaning of the phrase balīvardayānaḿ.
Translator: Animesh Kumar
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