October Month Articles
- Is Huji powering Maoists?
- by Sumanta Ray Chaudhuri
Spy agencies have traced the source of the additional firepower the Maoists
have acquired of late to renew violence in the eastern parts of the nation,
especially Jharkhand and West Bengal, to Bangladesh. The agencies believe
the guerrillas have forged a quid pro quo understanding with Bangladesh-based
terror outfit Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (Huji) and set up shelter pockets
across the border. ...
- Indian land handed over
to Bangla: AGP
- by The Assam Tribune
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today alleged that the National
Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) Ltd had handed over a huge stretch
of the country's international border area land to Bangladesh in Karimganj
and Dhubri sectors. The NBCC has been implementing the border road-cum-fencing
projects along the Indo-Bangla border in the two sectors. ...
- CPM has left W. Bengal
in the throes of turmoil
- by Prafull Goradia
Unlike the Punjab in the early years of Partition, there was very little
of a population exchange in Bengal. It was a one way traffic which has
made the state also over populated, one of the compulsions of which is
a shift from agriculture to manufacture. ...
- ULFA in grip of ISI: CRPF
DG
- by The Assam Tribune
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has confirmed that ULFA is in
grip of ISI of Pakistan and operating out of Bangladesh. Addressing an
annual press conference to mark the 68th anniversary of the Force, CRPF
Director General SIS Ahmed said they had inputs that ULFA was getting
support from Pakistan's ISI. ULFA also operated from Bangladesh, he added.
...
- Division of the people
more disastrous than Partition (Part I of II)
- by Dr. M. Rama Jois
Under our Constitution, there is no necessity at all to classify the citizens
into majority or minority for the reason that Article 14 mandates the
State to give protection to all the persons and to ensure equality before
law for all of them. Article 15 prohibits the State from discriminating
against any citizen on the ground of religion, race or caste. ...
- AASU calls for correct
NRC update
- by The Assam Tribune
The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today pleaded for an impregnable
provision to prevent the illegal migrants from entering their names in
the National Register of Citizens (NRC) with misleading information. ...
- Maternal benefits can't
continue for six-seven children: SC
- by The Pioneer
The Government's decision to dispense with the cap on number of children
of mothers benefited under a Union Health Ministry scheme came under attack
on Tuesday from the Supreme Court, which criticised the move for being
anti-people. ...
- Oklahoma lawmakers object
to donated Qurans
- by MSNBC.com
A gift intended to promote diversity in Oklahoma is generating controversy
instead. Several state lawmakers are returning copies of the Quran to
a state panel on diversity after one lawmaker claimed the Muslim holy
book condones the killing of innocent people. ...
- SSCP vs Rama Sethu: The
game of sinister pawn brokers - (Part IV of IV)
- by News Today
Sri O P Gupta, an Officer be longing to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
1971 batch and a Former Diplomat who had served with distinction as India's
Ambassador in several Countries has sent a strongly worded letter to the
Office of the Committee of Eminent Persons in Chennai on 17.10.2007 inviting
their attention to their known attitude of contempt ...
- SSCP vs Rama Sethu: The
game of sinister pawn brokers - (Part II of IV)
- by News Today
The Government of President Nixon (1913-1994) of USA became famous in
world history as the Government of Watergate by Watergate for Watergate.
The imbecile Government of Dr Manmohan Singh-lifeless and listless in
every area of Government activity excepting in the most abominable field
of transnational Himalayan corruption-has already become world famous
as a Surrogate-Watergate-Watergate for Surrogate-Government. ...
- SSCP vs Rama Sethu: The
game of sinister pawn brokers - (Part I of IV)
- by News Today
In Transferred Case (Civil) No. 25/2007 filed by Rama Gopalan and Transferred
Case (Civil) No. 26/2007 filed by Dr Subramanian Swamy, Gopal Subramanium,
Additional Solicitor General of India, appearing on behalf of the Union
government, made the following submission to the Supreme Court ...
- Zee's Subhash focuses on
Ekal and Education
- by Jaya Gautam
Subhash Chandra, of Zee TV fame, visited the Bay Area on Sunday, Oct 14.
The founder and Chairman of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and
the Essel Group of companies, he has interests across the globe in media,
entertainment, packaging, technology-enabled services, infrastructure
development and education. ...
- India threatened by 'failed
States': NSA
- by Rakesh K. Singh
Intelligence inputs available with the Government indicate the possibility
of imminent jihadi attacks on country's "economic and iconic targets".
...
- For first time, Pak accepts
Indian dossier on terror in J&K
- by Pranab Dhal Samanta
The Indo-Pak anti terror meeting last week may not have led to any major
breakthrough, but for the first time Pakistan has accepted a dossier on
terror in Jammu and Kashmir. This is being seen as a significant movement
from Islamabad's earlier position of not discussing Kashmir-related terror.
...
- Gujarat Govt counsel quits
- by The Indian express
Two days after the Tehelka expose where Arvind Pandya, special counsel
for the Gujarat Government before the Nanavati-Shah Commssion, was shown
making statements that undermined the authority of the commission and
cast aspersions on the 'neutrality' of the judges, he has said he made
the statements believing he was "acting in a television serial called
Madshow and reading from a written script". ...
- Al-Umma chief, 30 others
get life term
- by The Indian Express
There was palpable relief in the special court here, as amidst tight security
Special Judge K Uthirapathy summoned one accused after another to read
out the sentences from the screen on his laptop. The judge avoided awarding
death sentences in the high profile blast case though the accused faced
major charges including criminal conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder.
...
- Farmer uses grated coconut
to save seedlings that power crisis kills
- by Pia Chandavarkar
The thought of planting a seedling in grated coconut instead of soil may
sound odd. But for farmer-turned-entrepreneur Harivijay Kanchan, it turned
out to be a novel idea that is a profitable venture and a boon for over
1,500 farmers in energy-starved Maharashtra. ...
- Ramayana recall
- by Harinder Sikka
The epic, Ramayana, recently in the news because of the Sethusamudram
controversy, was a great childhood favourite of ours. Lord Rama was deeply
etched in our young minds, and we imagined him fighting all kinds of demons
and emerging victorious in his battle against the mighty Lankan king,
Ravana. ...
- Moral Guardians?
- by Jaideep Mazumdar
The wheel has come a full circle in Bengal. Four decades ago, the Left
led what was called the 'food riots' in the southern districts of the
state. The protests, sparked by an acute shortage of food, marked the
beginning of the end of Congress rule. ...
- The Soil Tells its Story
- by Shyamlal Yadav
I feel younger these days", says Phul Singh Yadav, honorary captain
(retd) of Indian Army's 13 battalion of Kumaon Regiment. The septuagenarian
adds, "I remember vividly the battle of Rezang La and the bravery
of fellow soldiers who gave their lives for the nation." ...
- The myth and truth of Godhra
- by Arvind Lavakare
Since no 'secularist' or 'liberal' or 'objective' person ever challenged
the above sets of figures, some questions arise: Who killed 200-odd Hindus
so early in those riots? Was it the police or the Hindus themselves? And
what made those 40,000 Hindus rush to relief camps? Was it fear of Hindu
mob violence, rape, arson and murder? ...
- Immersion clash leaves
one dead
- by The Times of India
Tension prevailed in Murarai, Birbhum, following a clash involving people
carrying a Durga idol for immersion at Rudranagar village on Monday. One
person was killed and six others injured, one of them critically. ...
- Zee's Subhash focuses on
Ekal and Education
- by Jaya Gautam
Subhash Chandra, of Zee TV fame, visited the Bay Area on Sunday, Oct 14.
The founder and Chairman of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and
the Essel Group of companies, he has interests across the globe in media,
entertainment, packaging, technology-enabled services, infrastructure
development and education. ...
- It's about the job, stupid
- by Aditya Sinha
In the spirit of our recent politics, your columnist puts tongue firmly
in cheek and makes a revelation: the real reason why Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh lost his nerve and chose to save his government. The choice before
him, after the last meeting between the UPA and the Left front was this:
either lose the nuclear deal, or lose the government and the nuclear deal.
...
- Ramayana, the first recorded
history of the world
- by Dr Indulata Das
Those who are ignorant of this Indian tradition of writing history measure
the great historical works of India with the twentieth century rod of
measurement and adjudge that India had no written history. Besides Ramayana
and Mahabharata there are other historical literatures like Rajatarangini
of Kalhana. ...
- India Whining
- by Hiranmay Karlekar
One would have called it the theatre of the absurd had the consequences
not been so tragic. A terrorist blast occurs; lives are lost; a Bangladeshi
link is established; Bangladesh goes into the denial mode; and, we express
our firm resolve to put down terrorism. ...
- Communists Thugs Attack
Anti-Islamist Activist in West Bengal
- by Dr. Richard L. Benkin
On October 5, Indian communists attacked an anti-Islamist activist in
West Bengal. According to witnesses, Bimal Sarkar "has been brutally
attacked by CPIM [Communist Party of India Marxist] criminals at Dinhata
in Cooch Bihar District." Sarkar is president of the Bharatiya Refugee
Front, "and the major pillar of our [anti-Islamist] activities in
North Bengal." ...
- India can learn from Israel
- by Kanchan Gupta
Hidden in the mountains, the stark, grey concrete structure of Yad Vashem
looms before you as you approach the Avenue of the Nations dedicated to
brave individuals who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
Sycamore trees line the avenue, and crowd the rugged space around Yad
Vashem, each planted in the memory of men and women who defied Adolph
Hitler's 'Final Solution' programme. ...
- On terror, a policy of
evasion
- by Tavleen Singh
It so happens that shortly before the terrorist attack on Benazir Bhutto's
homecoming procession in Karachi last week, I met a Pakistani friend of
Sufi disposition who told me in casual conversation about random things
that he did not believe Al Qaeda was responsible for 9/11. ...
- Asked to bend, they crawl
- by Joginder Singh
"With the politicians busy running fragile coalitions and more keen
to stick to power at any cost, the bureaucracy, including its retired
personnel, had never had it so good in India. Despite the claims that
the Government service is not attracting the best talent, only eight officers
from the IAS have quit in the last four years, that also after earning
their pension for life. More than half a million try every year to enter
this elite service. ...
- False eloquence does PM
in
- by Swapan Dasgupta
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered himself for direct election
only once: In 1999, when he was the Congress candidate for South Delhi.
...
- Tamil Rebels Raise Cash
by Movies, Temples, Meeting Hears
- by Jay Shankar
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, who are present in 44 countries, raise funds
through drug trafficking, distribution of Tamil movies, retailing international
phone cards and managing Hindu temples, a conference on terrorism heard.
...
- Maldives cracks down on
Islamic extremism
- by Amal Jayasinghe
The Maldives unveiled tough measures to combat Islamic extremism and protect
its vital luxury tourism industry after an unprecedented bombing wounded
British, Japanese and Chinese holiday makers. ...
- Ramsetu: Arguments in a
wrong direction
- by Dr Radhasyam Brahmachari
The Setusamudram Channel Project has triggered a nationwide debate and
people are evaluating its beneficial aspects in one hand and disadvantageous
features like causing damage to the so called Ramsetu on the other. ...
- On religion and law
- by Nina C George
Justice K T Thomas spent some time with Metrolife to share his perspectives
on religion, religious conversion and the law. ...
- A Special Moment - Sonia
Gandhi spoke at an informal plenary at the UN
- by K.P. Nayar
Sonia Gandhi did not address the United Nations general assembly on October
2 as commonly believed in India. Whoever told the chairperson of the United
Progressive Alliance that she was addressing the 62nd general assembly,
which opened in New York on September 18, did her and the nation a disservice.
...
- A gold medal for the Tibetan
cause?
- by Claude Arpi
As the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China gears up
to its grand finale, another show, in another Congress, is being enacted,
on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. ...
- In the corridor of royalty
- by Dhananjaya Bhat
Dhananjaya Bhat goes back into history to take a look at 'Sethupatis',
the royal family who guarded the Rama Sethu. ...
- Arrogance, Thy name is
Karunanidhi!
- by Cho Ramaswamy
It is not new for the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to hate-speak and hurt
religious Hindus. But his speech at the recent DMK convention in Erode
is a new chapter in his continuing saga of hatred against the Hindu religion.
...
- A hostage in office
- by T N Ninan
Manmohan Singh knew before signing that the Communists were opposed to
the Indo-US nuclear deal. He went ahead and signed anyway, after defending
it in ringing tones in Parliament. His Cabinet then put its stamp on the
deal, and his non-Communist allies sang its praises. ...
- N-deal: BJP accuses PM,
Sonia of volte-face
- by Rediff.com
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday dubbed as somersault Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh's [Images] "not the end of life" talk on the
India-United States nuclear deal, alleging that the Congress has developed
cold feet over the prospect of mid-term polls. ...
- 'The Trouble Is the West'
- by Rogier van Bakel
It was a heinous murder that made the best-selling memoirist Ayaan Hirsi
Ali internationally famous, but she was neither the victim nor the perpetrator.
The corpse was that of Theo van Gogh, a writer and filmmaker who in November
2004 was stabbed, slashed, and shot on an Amsterdam street by a Dutch-born
Muslim extremist of Moroccan descent. ...
- Bangladeshis in Mumbai
feel impact of Ajmer
- by Mamta Sen
While the Rajasthan police are interrogating pilgrims from Bangladesh
in connection with Thursday's blast at the revered shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin
Chisti in Ajmer, police officials in Mumbai have focussed on the illegal
Bangladeshis in the city. ...
- Indians develop new iron
using ancient technology
- by K.S. Jayaraman
Indian metallurgists have developed a type of corrosion-resistant iron
that construction engineers would love. And vital clues for it came for
Delhi's famous Iron Pillar that has been standing tall for over 1,600
years. ...
- The mocking of an India
resurgent
- by M.V. Kamath
Presently, there is a civil war in Sonia Gandhi's durbar. This tamasha
has to stop. India's march to progress should not be held up because of
the weakness of a leaderless, visionless party that has long lost its
bearings. ...
- Manmohan Singh India's
weakest prime minister: Advani
- by Rediff.com
In a scathing personal attack on the prime minister, Opposition leader
L K Advani said on Saturday that Manmohan Singh [Images] had lost whatever
little legitimacy he had in the high office he occupies by doing a U-turn
on the India-United States nuclear agreement. ...
- Bias cry over madarsa tag
- by Mita Mukherjee
The state government's decision to grant minority status to madarsas has
upset the Christian missionary and church-run institutions, which need
a nod from Delhi to enjoy the same rights. ...
- 2nd largest Vishnu idol
in Bihar
- by Pranava K Chaudhary
The largest idol of Lord Vishnu in North India has been spotted at Samas
village in Sheikhpura district. The Bihar State Board of Religious Trusts
has urged the state government to construct a mini-Tirupati temple in
the village on the pattern of the one at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. ...
- 'Taliban' writ in Haryana
village
- by C Shamsher
Barely 25 km from the bustling township of Karnal is village Mundogari,
where people don't buy television sets, don't get themselves photographed,
or even listen to Hindi film music. ...
- Imperiled Frontiers: Security
Scenario in Northeast India
- by Upasana Mahanta
The enchanted frontiers of the Northeast with a 4,500 km long international
boundary is connected to the rest of mainland India only by a narrow corridor
known as the 'chicken's neck'. Of the neighbouring countries surrounding
Northeast India, China continues to be influenced by 1962, particularly
because of the non-delineation of the LAC (Line of Actual Control) facilitating
Chinese claims over Arunachal Pradesh despite CBMs. ...
- French writer to curate
exhibition on Shivaji
- by Anuradha Mane
Much has been said and written about Maratha warrior-king Chatrapati Shivaji,
but considering the far reaching reign of Shivaji and his life as a warrior,
much is yet to meet the public eye. ...
- Ram was for real
- by Saroj Bala
We Indians are the products of one of the oldest civilisations. We need
to be really proud of our ancient history and cultural heritage. However,
during the British Rule, we developed an inferiority complex, which adversely
affected our quest to unearth facts relating to our glorious past. ...
- Beware of wolves in sheep's
clothing
- by Sesha Samarajiwa
I am at the ancient Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya in Sri Lanka. I have come
to this sacred Buddhist place seeking some sorely needed serenity. In
a great hallway there, I see once again a painting - a panel of paintings
- that tells a familiar story of brutal intolerance. It shows an army
of Portuguese soldiers destroying this very temple. In fact, they did
set fire to this sacred place and partially destroyed it. ...
- Guess Who Came to Iftar
for Dinner?
- by Diana West
I wasn't going to write about Ramadan in official Washington this fall
season -- not again. But I just can't resist. First, there are all the
holiday trappings of this by-now annual column -- such seasonal staples
as my all-time favorite "war on terror" quotation from Abu Qatada,
the Al Qaeda-linked cleric. ...
- Praising Gandhi earns Kashmir
CM a fatwa
- by Mukhtar Ahmad
Kashmir's Grand Mufti Mufti Bashir-ud-Din, Saturday asked Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to undertake penance for his recent utterances
asking people to adopt Gandhian philosophy for worldly success. ...
- Refusal to play Israel
sparks outrage
- by The Sydney Morning Herald
A German-Iranian soccer player's refusal to play in Israel has created
a public outcry, with the president of the Central Council of Jews calling
for his exclusion from the German national team. ...
- Setu must have been man
made
- by MP Ajithkumar
Many pieces of evidence from the science of ocean technology back the
argument that Ram Setu was man-made. Geological and geophysical survey
of the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project reveal that to the north
of Adam's Bridge on the Palk Bay side, the formations have undergone down
faulting and that the Adam's Bridge came up as an up-thrown block, a fact
confirmed both by the bathymetry survey and the NASA land image. ...
- ...A spiritual superpower
- by Swami Ramdev
After 60 years of independence, India presents the spectacle of a country
in which extreme affluence and poverty exist cheek by jowl. In this ancient
land, the rich are richer than the people of the US or UK, and its citizens
imbued with a sense of patriotism and technical knowledge which exceeds
that of the Japanese. And its people quite often outwit the Chinese. ...
- Ram Sethu: A controversy
uncalled for
- by Surendra Ullal & Ramesh Soparawala
The Ram Sethu episode has generated a lot of heat and discussion not only
among Indians back home but also among Indian Americans. It is not only
Hindus, who expressed dissatisfaction at this unsavory controversy but
many non Hindus too feel that a non issue has been spun into a "big"
issue. ...
- Muslim medical students
get picky
- by Daniel Foggo and Abul Taher
Some Muslim medical students are refusing to attend lectures or answer
exam questions on alcohol-related or sexually transmitted diseases because
they claim it offends their religious beliefs. ...
- Most Presidential hopefuls
won't condemn disruption of prayer: HAF
- by Aziz Haniffa
The Hindu-American Foundation is incensed over the apparent indifference
of the Presidential candidates -- especially the front-runners in both
parties who have gained from the Indian-American community's fundraising
efforts -- to publicly condemn the disruption of the first-ever prayer
offered by a Hindu chaplain in the US Senate July 12 despite repeated
calls, e-mails and requests to their campaign offices. ....
- Rama Setu: SSCP hey kaarasthaan
- by Hindu Civilization
Geological Survey of India was NOT involved in the project design/project
monitoring. This is a serious lapse. GSI is mandated by its charter as
a 200-year old institution to be consulted in projects like Narmada dam,
Nagarjunasagar project. GSI has the equipment and scientists with expertise
in seismology (earthquakes), oceanography. ....
- Probe Medha's foreign links,
MPs urge PM
- by Navin Upadhyay
Two Members of Parliament from Gujarat have urged Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh to order an inquiry into the shocking evidence suggesting Narmada
Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar tried to influence the Government
and the judiciary to obtain a favourable verdict in a case against her
NGO in the Supreme Court. ....
- 'Made in India' rising
to challenge China: Report
- by The Times of India
"Made in India" could be the next big economic story with the
country challenging China's position as the leading global manufacturing
hub within five years, says a new report. ....
- A dark area in heart of
India
- by C Shamsher
Barely 25 km from the bustling township of Karnal is Mundogari village,
where people don't buy television sets, don't get themselves photographed,
or even listen to Hindi film music. It's not because they don't have the
financial wherewithal; it's because the 5,000-strong Muslim population
of the village is under the near-total sway of retrograde maulvis whose
edicts have barred people from any form of recreation. ....
- Naked gopis promoting tourism
angers CM Modi
- by Krishnakumar
Breaking his silence for the first time on the Sohrabuddin encounter killing,
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, said Sohrabbudin was not
innocent and the Congress should be 'ashamed for trying to give him a
character certificate'. ....
- Kalyan women queue to board
a train
- by Somita Pal and Aditi Raja
Pratibha Kochrekar and Vandana Ahuja could teach us a lesson or two in
being civil. Tired of getting hurt, while trying to get into the packed
first class ladies compartment at Kalyan station every day, these two
women came up with an alternative - queuing up to get into the train.
....
- The Incredible Water Man
- by Ramesh Vinayak
At 18,380 ft in the Himalayas, Khardung La, a wind-swept pass with scanty
oxygen on the world's highest motorable road in Ladakh, is the ultimate
milestone for record-crazy adventure seekers. But, Ritesh Arya's fascination
with craggy and barren mountains runs deeper, literally. This intrepid
hydrogeologist is about to succeed in his quest for ground water on Khardung
La-a feat that could surpass his own world record of digging borewells
at high altitudes. ....
- A School of Sensitivity
- by Ambreesh Mishra
At first glance Gudbhela High appears to be like any other government
school so familiar on India's rural landscape. A closer look though, reveals
the difference. In contrast with most government organisations which flounder
when it comes to differently-abled children, this institution welcomes
them. ....
- 'We Are Making Fools of
Ourselves in the Eyes of the World'
- by Leon de Winter
Fear of fanatical Islamists prompted Ayaan Hirsi Ali to leave the Netherlands,
her adopted home, and now she has been forced to return. Paying for her
bodyguards in the United States is too expensive for the Dutch government
-- what a disgrace. ....
- Tamasha takes centrestage:
Artistes, academicians look forward
- by The Indian Express
A unique event brings tamasha artistes, researchers and academicians together
in the city for enriching discussions on the tradition of tamasha and
concerns of artistes. To be held on October 9 and 10 from 10 am to 7 pm
at Bal Gandhavra Rang Mandir, the Naad-Ninaad Tamasha Mahotsav will bring
together more than 500 artistes from sangeet baris, diwankhanas and travelling
troupes from the Pune district. ....
- Brave girl trio stand up
to teasers
- by Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
In a city where thousands of women suffer harassment on the road in silence,
three girls stood up to their tormentors on Thursday and ensured that
they paid for their misdeeds. ....
- Tirupati offers tips on
preserving the Hindu culture
- by Bhargavi Kerur
Alarmed by dalits converting to other faiths, especially Christianity,
India's richest temple Tirumala Tirupati Devsthanam (TTD) has geared up
to train its priests to take up the onus of preserving Hindu culture.
....
- When Myths Compete
- by Amrith Lal
It is tempting to read Karunanidhi's remarks on Ram and the Ramayana as
a return to DMK's rationalist origins. In the heyday of the Dravidian
movement, Periyar E V Ramasami Naicker, ideologue and mentor of the movement,
singled out Ram for special treatment. He read the Ram katha as a political
allegory that sought to preserve the social and political hegemony of
Brahmanism. ....
- 15 kg Rameshwaram rock that
stays afloat
- by Faizan Ahmad
A stream of devotees caused a stampede on the first floor of Mahavir Mandir
near Patna Junction on Tuesday while trying to take a close look at a
piece of rock brought specially from Rameshwaram. ....
- Young officers lead from
the front
- by The Times of India
Lt Kanavdeep Singh, Lt Dheerendra Singh Atri, Captain Sajjan Singh Malik,
Major James Thomas, Major Manish Hiraji Pitambare, Captain Vishal Bhandral,
Lt Natarajan Parthiban, Captain R Harshan... The martyrs' list goes on
and on. And now, Majors K P Vinay and Dinesh Raghuraman. ....
- Muslim Girl And Family Ostracised
For Practising Hindu Dance
- by Pradeep Kumar
The family of a young Muslim girl in India's southern state of Kerala
is being shunned and excommunicated by the local mosque committee (mahallu)
because she is practicing Bharatanatyam, the Indian classical dance. The
mahallu treat her family with contempt. ....
- Aiiya, abusing Ram is passe
- by Kanchan Gupta
The intemperate outburst of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi against
Sri Ram and the Ramayan tradition has left many questions unanswered.
For instance, whom was the DMK's paterfamilias addressing while pouring
scorn and abuse on an icon of Hindu reverence? Was he pandering to 'Dravidian'
sentiments? Was he sending out a not-so-subtle vote-for-DMK message to
Tamil Nadu's radical Islamists who believe the pearly gates swing open
even before suicide bombers knock on them? .....
- In Jews, Indian-Americans
See a Role Model in Activism
- by Neela Banerjee
When Anil Godhwani and his brother, Gautam, looked into creating a community
center for Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley, they turned to the Jewish
Community Center of San Francisco as a model. .....
- Hate based on false theory
- by Vivek Cumaste
The vicious diatribe against Lord Ram by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.
Karunanidhi can be best described as frustrated vituperation by an ageing
demagogue whose ideological hypotheses stand demolished in the face of
fresh scientific evidence. For all its claims of rationalism, the DMK
looks a mish-mash of logical inconsistencies deeply rooted in hate. Its
relevance today is dictated more by political happenstance than any other
ideological allegiance. .....
- Rama: political engineering
- by Sandhya Jain
Tulsidas marvelled "it is impossible to keep count of the Ramakathas
in the world" (Ramakatha kai miti jaga nahi). Valmiki's account of
the evolution of Indian society's moral and cultural codes, notions of
kingship and the limits of political power, and above all, integration
of land and people into a civilizational matrix that enduringly transcended
the multiplicity of political authority, is enmeshed in the psyche of
every Indian. There is literally no one, not even adherents of other faiths,
unfamiliar with the narrative. .....
- Whither The Party-State
In China Abroad And At Home?
- by David Kilgour
We Canadians respect and like the people of China for many reasons, including
their courage, success with agriculture, culture, hard work and love of
education. It is no accident that more than one million Canadians of origin
in the Middle Kingdom are reportedly our most highly-educated cultural
community. It was an honour to represent those of them living in southeast
Edmonton in our national Parliament for about 27 years. .....
- Hirsi Ali leaves US, returns
to Holland
- by Dutch News
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the controversial former MP and outspoken critic of Islam,
returned to the Netherlands on Monday, according to media reports. The
news comes just a week after Hirsi Ali was presented with her American
green card in Washington. .....
- New evidence of Red, Islamist
cooperation
- by Dr. Richard L. Benkin
In 1939, Nazi Germany and Communist Russia - mortal enemies - signed a
non-aggression pact with each other. Though their ideologies were otherwise
in conflict, they were united in their hatred of freedom and their determination
to crush it. Last year, Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin reported on a similarly
deadly alliance forming in Asia. This time, communists are teaming up
with Islamist radicals. ......
- Cowardly deed
- by The Pioneer
The unsavoury saga of the UPA Government first denying the existence of
Lord Ram through an affidavit in the Supreme Court, thus unleashing outrage
across the nation, and then hastening to deny its earlier denial through
a fresh affidavit, has taken a new twist. ......
- 'The Sethu Samudram does
not make nautical sense'
- by Rediff.com
Continuing our series on the Sethu Samudram Shipping Canal Project, Shobha
Warrier speaks to Captain (retired) H Balakrishnan of the Indian Navy
to know a mariner's view of the project. Captain Balakrishnan has been
associated with the navy for 32 years. ......
- Ram Sethu affidavit derogatory:
Congress journal
- by Rediff.com
Distinctly unfortunate, unfair and downright derogatory. That's how the
latest issue of the Congress Sandesh describes the Archeological Survey
of India's affidavit on the Ram Sethu issue. The journal goes on to add
that the affidavit is offensive not only to Hindus but also to those who
treasure the country's cultural heritage. ......
- Patna swarms to see floating
'Setu' rock
- by The Times of India
A stream of devotees caused a stampede on the first floor of Mahavir Mandir
near Patna Junction on Tuesday while making a bid to have a close look
at a piece of rock brought specially from Rameshwaram. ......
- "You leave us alone,
don't divide our people" (An open letter to Sonia Gandhi)
- by Anwar Manippady
It is not possible for you to know the pulse of Indians as we belong to
a great heritage and culture. You are taking advantage of our people's
innocence and goodness. You have been trying to shatter our country's
peace and destroy the great heritage passed down to us from generations.
It's time you restrain yourself from committing such crimes against Indians.
......
- Assam: ULFA militant lynched,
2 hurt
- by Rediff.com
An United Liberation Front of Asom militant was beaten to death and two
others were critically injured by a mob on Monday when the trio had allegedly
come to extort money from an official of the district Agriculture Marketing
Board in Assam's Golaghat district. ......
- Celebrating everyday life
- by A. Srivathsan
The seven-storied Rani-ki vav in Patan is the largest of step wells in
Gujarat. It was built in the 11th century by Rani Udayamati of the Solanki
dynasty. Read more about it... ......
- Police crackdown on `hawala'
dealers in Kerala
- by The Hindu
In a major crackdown on suspected hawala dealers, police raided 13 houses
and seized three pistols, over 100 sovereigns of gold and documents pertaining
to bank transactions in the district on Saturday. ......
