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Modernity poses the greatest challenge to Muslim societies - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Times of India
- 2 December 1996
>>>Is Islam incompatible with democracy and gender equality?
This debate has been raging within and outside the Islamic world, for some time. The activities of Muslim fundamentalist groups throughout the world and especially in
Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt, Sudan and Bangladesh have
ve
...
Price of extremism - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 2 December 1996
>>>The North-East will have to first resolve extremism
before its huge natural wealth can be exploited. Last
week's bomb-blasting of two crude oil pipelines by suspected ULFA extremists may disrupt supplies to Barauni
and Bongaigaon refineries for weeks. The act is doubly
...
Long Taming - Coomi Kapoor
- The Indian Express
- 1 December 1996
>>>David Loyn, BBC's South Asia Bureau Chief, is in hot
water with the Indian Government. The Ministry of External Affairs had even asked him to leave the country some
time back. It was only after the intervention of British
High Commissioner David Gore-Booth that a face-saving
...
The rise of the backwards is BJP's Waterloo - Seema Mustafa
- The Asian Age
- 30 November 1996
>>>How the mighty fall. The facade has crumbled for the
invincible party which had aroused religious passion
through Hindutva and appealed to the basic middle class
obsession with discipline, morality and, of course,
stability. The Bharatiya Janata Party was "not like the
...
Militants creep back into mainland Kashmir as NC looks on - AAsha Khosa
- The Indian Express
- 30 November 1996
>>>The Kashmir Valley has not seen a violent funeral demonstration for the past six years. But, when two Hizbul
Mujahideen militants killed by the Army at Pulwama township were laid to rest last week, a massive procession
was taken out. As the post-election euphoria recedes, the
he
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In the name of Kashmir mullahs minting money - Press Trust of India
- The Observer
- 2 December 1996
>>>Huge amount of funds raised by various Pakistani organisations for the so-called Kashmir Jehad Fund have allegedly been siphoned off for personal use, Pakistani media
reports here said.
The Pakistani Federal Investigative Agency is probing
ng
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Religion sans speaker - Parwez Ghiasuddin (Lucknow)
- The Observer
- 3 December 1996
>>>It is reported (as in The Hindustan Times of November 23,
1996, front page) that Muslims are upset by the Calcutta
High Court order banning the use of loudspeakers at all
places of worship.
The order was provoked by the sound pollution caused by
...
CPI(M-L) for national unity but firm on right to secede - Vinode Mishra
- The Observer
- 3 December 1996
>>>The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) or the
Liberation Group among the Naxalite political formations
wants national unity genuinely without compromising on
the question of the right of nations to self-determination, including right to secede from the Indian unity.
...
JNU culture demands indiscipline - The Indian Express
- Rahul Ramagundam
- 3 December 1996
>>>The editorial "Futility of Education: Time to crack the
whip in JNU", (November 20) touched the raw nerves on the
campus, due to its disturbing and dangerous content.
"Because the truth involves us all", reiterates the
punchline of The Indian Express in its propaganda blitz.
...
Confession as a farce - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 5 December 1996
>>>Disingenuity mars Dr Manmohan Singh's confession of overreliance on private investment for power generation in
the eighth plan. True, the public sector failed to invest
appreciably in the power sector during the last five
years. To dress this up as the result of a deliberate
...
Setting the record straight - a letter - Syed Shahabuddin
- Sunday
- 1-7 December 1996
>>>I appreciate much in Vir Sanghvi's Demeaning Hinduism
(20-26 October). But it is based on a narcissistic assumption about Hinduism being the world's greatest religion and . Hindus being a tolerant, peace-loving people.
While I have no desire to convince you to, the contrary,
y,
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The Taliban menace - a letter - Kris Mitel (Connecticut)
- The Observer
- 5 December 1996
>>>Two months ago, Muslim clerics knows as the Taliban,
educated in "religious" schools (madarsas) in Pakistan
and armed and trained by its ISI, captured Kabul and
thereby seized control of most parts of Afghanistan. One
of the first things Taliban mullahs did after entering
...
Shun negativism - a letter; and a response - Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan
- The Times of India
- 4 December 1996
>>>During the recent tragic air disaster at Charkhi Dadri,
RSS volunteers played a remarkable role despite the fact
that the majority of the victims were Muslims. I myself
witnessed this and have said so clearly in my report
published in the Saudi daily Al-Riyad (November 16), of
...
Case for a quantum leap - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 5 December 1996
>>>We hear a lot in the media about the internal crisis of
the BJP. There is a systematic effort by the BJP baiters
to create an image that like all other parties, the BJP
too suffers from the same maladies like internal bickering, rebellion, and what not. The Vaghela episode, a lone
...
Back to the basics - Neena Vyas
- The Hindu
- 24 November 1996
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party has tried to beat the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at their
own game in the caste-ridden politics of Uttar Pradesh,
but the results of the recent Assembly elections have set
the alarm bells ringing in the party - less because it
...
In defence of Hinduism - a book review - Prof. Uma Erry
- Bhavan's Journal
- 15 October 1996
>>>A review of "Arise Arjuna" a book by David Frawley.
David Frawley in his book "Arise Arjuna" has fortunately
included in the last section of the book an autobiographical note, 'An American Discovers The Vedas'. Who is this
American writing on the Vedas? one may ask. We are accusus-
...
Militancy rears head as Punjab elections near - Asit Jolly
- The Asian Age
- 8 December 1996
>>>With state elections only two months away, Khalistani
separatism once again appears to be casting its shadow
over Punjab. Intelligence agencies in Punjab believe
"the terrorists are now adopting a dangerous new stratagem in bid to influence the electorate in the state."
;
...
Secular in spirit - M V Kamath
- Mid-day
- 7 December 1996
>>>There was a strange news item in some newspapers recently. I wouldn't have believed it were it not attributed to
the Press Trust of India, our sarkari news agency.
It said that when two planes collided mid-air over Haryana, with wreckage strewn over a vast area, the first to
to
...
Amend the order - a letter - Syed Shahabuddin
- The Pioneer
- 7 December 1996
>>>This has reference to a Press report regarding the ban
imposed by the Calcutta High Court pm the use of the
public announcement system for Azaan. Unless this order
is amended, the ban would be applicable throughout the
country. It is, therefore, necessary to approach the High
...
Laloo seeks divine help to ward off CBI evil - Kay Benedict
- The Asian Age
- 7 December 1996
>>>Where was Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal president
Laloo Prasad Yadav between 3 and 7 pm on last Monday?
Not many in Bihar Niwas, where he was staying, had any
clue. Even senior Dal leaders were kept in the dark
about the mysterious disappearance of the chief minister.
Militancy regaining hold of J&K, Punjab - K Mursleen
- Sunday Observer
- 8-14 December 1996
>>>The indications are ominously familiar. Both Jammu &
Kashmir and Punjab are sliding back into the vicious grip
of secessionist militancy.
Apparently unmindful of this disturbing drift, the rulers
in Jammu and Kashmir are basking in the euphoria of their
...
BJP retreat from Ayodhya - Koenraad Elst
- The Observer
- 6 December &
>>>Four years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, the
Bharatiya Janata Party hardly dares to mention Ayodhya
anymore. "You cannot cash on a cheque twice," explains
the party's spokesperson.
At the outset, the BJP never had its heart in the Ayodhya
...
Ready Selfless Service - Pramod Kumar
- The Organiser
- 8 December 1996
>>>"I am indeed very grateful to these organisations for the
invaluable service they are rendering", said the Union
Civil Aviation Minister of the United Front Government
Shri Chand Mahal Ibrahim outside the relief camp set up
by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) when he saw the
...
Gowda vs Gowda: 'PM is super Sukh Ram' - B R Srikanth
- The Asian Age
- 8 December 1996
>>>A noted economist and former member of Parliament, Prof.
K. Venkatagiri Gowda, who has described Prime Minister
H.D. Deve Gowda as the "super Sukh Ram of India," said he
would continue the tirade against the leader despite his
arrest and subsequent release on Friday.
The Communist role in the Quit India Movement - M V Kamath
- The Organiser
- 8 December 1996
>>>August 7, 8 and 9 should be three dates indelibly etched
in the minds of all truly patriotic citizens. For, during
those three days the Indian National Congress made final
preparations for what turned out to be the last fight
against the British. 44 ears ago. August 9, 1942, was
...
Andre Malraux on Hinduism
Gandhi's mistake, Gunnar's too; and a response - Sauvik Chakraverti
- The Indian Express
- 10 December 1996
>>>Going through Gandhi, one sees how his mind was working
on the confusing question of technology - boon or bane?
In Young India, November 13, 1924, he attacked machinery:
"Helps a few to ride on the backs of millions". He warned
that 'the machine should not tend to make atrophied the
...
Prehistoric inscriptions discovered in Bihar caves - PTI & UNI
- Telegraph
- 23 November 1996
>>>An Army officer has discovered rock shelters and caves
housing pre-historic tools, artefacts, engravings and
paintings dating back from B.C. 1,60,000 to B.C. 4,500 in
remote areas of central Bihar.
Col. A.K. Prasad, a scholar of ancient history, who made
...
Of Blood and Dust, Tears and Graves - Excerpts - Radiance Views Weekly (Nov 24, 1996)
- Organiser
- 8 December 1996
>>>(Excerpts from an article "Of Blood and Dust Tears and
Graves" in Radiance Views. weekly, 24-30/11/96)
One of the victims of the deadly disaster was 35-year old
wife of Mansoor Mumtaz, a Delhi-based businessman. Showing utter disgust for Indian authorities working at the
...
RSS role in Chakri Dadri - Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan
- Organiser
- 8 December 1996
>>>During the recent tragic disaster of two aircraft near
Charkhi Dadri, the RSS people played a remarkable role
despite the fact that the majority of the victims were
Muslims. I saw and experienced this myself and I have
said this clearly in my report published in the Saudi
...
Imams locked in legal dispo\ute over recovery of wage arrears - Rakesh Bhatnagar
- The Times of India
- 10 December 1996
>>>The country's three lakh Imams, who offer prayers in as
many number of mosques,are locked in yet another legal
battle with the Union government over the recovery of Rs
1,500 crores as wage arrears.
They have knocked at the supreme court's door seeking
...
The crux of the matter - On Vastushastra - Muktirajsinhji Chauhan
- The Economic Times
- 17 November 1996
>>>Adherence to Vastushastra, the ancient and medieval
canons on city planning and architecture, has suddenly
assumed tremendous significance, particularly among the
well-educated, well-to-do as well as largely westernized
urban India. It may be difficult to predict if this is
...
ABCL has cheated us say silk shop owners - Arindam Bhattacharjee
- The Asian Age
- 10 December 1996
>>>Silk shop owners of Bangalore are angry with the Amitabh
Bachchan Corporation Limited and allege they have been
taken for a ride.
ABCL had asked city-based Vijayalakshmi Silk Enterprises
to sponsor silk saris for the 88 contestants during the
...
The Dynasty - Book Extract - Part 3 of 3 - Rajiv - S S Gill
- The Asian Age
- 10 December 1996
>>>Rajiv was as free of communal bias as his grandfather.
But he had little appreciation of its deadly nature. For
him, it was one of the several counters in the game of
politics, and he handled it rather casually. Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Indira's minister of state, once invited him, the
...
The Dynasty - Book Extract - Part 2 of 3 - Indira - S S Gill
- The Asian Age
- 10 December 1996
>>>Perhaps the most worrisome development was the worsening
of the communal situation owing to communalisation of
politics. Two specific factors may be noted here. One,
Jana Sangh had fully exploited its position as the senior
partner of the Janata Party. It had not only broadened
...
The Dynasty - Book Extract - Part 1 of 3 - Nehru - S S Gill
- The Asian Age
- 10 December 1996
>>>Secularism as a credo was formulated and propagated by
leaders of the national movement. But for the lead given
by Gandhi and Nehru, India might have gone the Pakistan
way. Yet, within the Congress organisation, and even at
senior levels, there were persons with strong communal
...
Left buries hatchet with Netaji - Ritwik Mukherjee
- The Economic Times
- 11 December 1996
>>>As in love and war, every-thing is fair in politics too.
In politics, it does not really matter if someone is
rejected outright as an untouchable at one point of time
and then given, say a 21-gun salute a few years down the
line. That is exactly the case with the Indian Communists
...
Distance from Parliament, not from power - Sankar Ghosh
- The Asian Age
- 10 December 1996
>>>For no fault of its own, Calcutta has been denied the
honour and privilege of welcoming the Prime Minister for
a half day. Calcutta had suddenly been informed by New
Delhi last week that the Prime Minister planned to visit
the city to wish the ailing Mother Teresa a speedy recov-
...
Malraux meets Jawaharlal Nehru - Raja Rao
- Biblio
- 1996 November
>>>Place de la Sorbonne ... Panditji and I get out of a
taxi, opposite a Chinese Restaurant-Shanghai, was it
called? (it is still there!). Green shrubs, in square
lacquer boxes at the windows, with red Chinese characters
on the glass walls, it had a modest but intimate ap-
...
Lessons unlearnt - a letter - R Das
- The Observer
- 11 December 1996
>>>Paris, the city of light is under siege. The police and
other law enforcement agencies are out in force ever
since a bomb went off in a train killing few and injuring
many.
The toll would have been higher but for some fortunate
...
RSS set to tighten grip over BJP - Bhaskar Roy
- The Times of India
- 13 December 1996
>>>In a clear move to tighten its grip over the BJP, the RSS
has called a meeting of its pracharaks who are holding
important positions in the party.
The parent organisation has of late made no bones about
its unhappiness over increasing instances of indiscipline
...
On BJP's economic policy - three notes
End this madness - Inder Malhotra
- The Observer
- 11 December 1996
>>>It is nice to know that the Prime Minister's son, H D
Kumaraswamy, has joined 40 other members of Parliament's
standing committee on defence in criticising the Deve
Gowda government for taking national defence casually.
The charge, which was laid at the door of the Narasimha
...
Promises unkept - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 12 December 1996
>>>When the United Front government had come into being more
than six months back, members of the steering committee
had trumpeted the common minimum programme as the blueprint of achievable time-bound programmes. But practically nothing happened in the right direction barring on
on
...
Sati and other outrages; and a response - Amulya Ganguli
- The Indian Express
- 13 December 1996
>>>No sooner had the Miss World contest ended than the
worship of Rani Sati Mata started in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, but there was not a squeak from those who had
threatened to disrupt the Bangalore show. Neither the
karate champion Sashikala with her cyanide-popping briri-
...
Sir, it it news or your own views? - a letter
RSS Relief activity in Andhra Pradesh - a report
New developments in J&K causing concern - H V Sheshadri - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Economic times
- 13 December 1996
>>>Shri Padmaker Bhate of Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Nagpur,
talked to Shri H.V. Seshadri - the General Secretary of
R.S.S., who was the Nagpur this week, just after touring
Jammu. The main focus of the interview was on the new
development in J. & K. state in the wake of the coming to
...
Karunanidhi institutionalised corruption; Jayalalitha beat him blue - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Sunday Observer
- 15-21 December 1996
>>>Cho S Ramaswamy, the editor with the vitriolic pen, took
to writing and, later, politics for a cause: to expose
the corrupt. His politics is more of unassailable oratory
than empty rhetoric. Cho was instrumental in dethroning
the Muthuvel Karunanidhi government in Tamil Nadu in 1991
...
RSS keen to assert its hand in choice of new BJP leader - Bhaskar Roy
- The Times of India
- 15 December 1996
>>>For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) it is clearly not
the best of times. Paradoxically the party which only a
few months ago touched a peak bagging the highest number
of parliamentary seats is now betraying signs of its
inability to cope with the consequences and implications
...
Nuancing the concept of human rights
Industry's fear of MNCs is baseless: Chidambaram; and a response - Business Times Bureau
- The Times of India
- 16 December 1996
>>>Despite having gone through five years of consistent
economic reform, there remains a suspicion of foreign
investment and a fear that India will become a dumping
ground for outdated technology. This was stated by Union
finance minister P. Chidambaram at a seminar on foreign
...
We have been taken for a rid by smooth talk - Jay Dubashi
- The Sunday Observer
- 15-21 December 1996
>>>It is unusual for a prime minister to criticise his own
finance minister, and that too in such savage terms. But
that is what H D Deve Gowda did, though indirectly, in
his speech in Ahmedabad on 7 December when he said that
Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh had ruined the nation's
...
Sena counsel to seek summons on Olga Tellis - PTI
- Pioneer
- 12 December 1996
>>>In a sequel to the summons served by Srikrishna Commission on CNN journalist, Ms Anita Pratap in connection
with her controversial interview of the Sena chief, Mr
Bal Thackeray in January 1993, the Sena counsel, Mr Balkrishna Joshi has indicated that he would seek issue of
of
...
Left gives Gowda six more months in Delhi - Seema Mustafa
- The Asian Age
- 17 December 1996
>>>Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, after leading his government through a
"dismal" performance in Parliament, is being accused by his own Cabinet
colleagues and allies of "just marking time" until the government falls. The
Left party leaders are now giving this government less than six months to
survive.
Throwing away the crutches - Vivek Deshpande
- The Indian Express
- 17 December 1996
>>>Nearly five decades ago, the noblest possible activity, small in magnitude
but containing seeds of an unprecedented revolution was undertaken by a man
who could have been dismissed by sceptics as an eccentric. At the end of a
long and tortuous journey, the results are apparent.
A lot has been said and volumes have been written about Baba Amte and
...
The BJP: Victim of its Own Strategy; and a comment - Surendra Mohan
- The Times of India
- 17 December 1996
>>>The zig-zags of the BJP's political line would baffle anyone, including its
staunchest supporters. The flexibility of manoeuvre it has displayed in
moving from the core agenda of Hindutva to moderation and back is an
indication of its confusions rather than its suppleness. In 1994, when it was
preparing for assembly elections in six states, it opted for the three-point
...
East is East, West is West and both are declining - K Natwar Singh
- The Asian Age
- 17 December 1996
>>>On 23rd November, 1996, Mr Nirad C. Chaudhuri entered his 100th year. He is
still writing and is intellectually alert. This is indeed unique. There is no
other instance in the history of literature of all author still creative at
100 - Shaw died in his 95th year, but had not written any thing exceptional
after reaching 85. Bertrand Russell died at 98. but after his autobiography,
...
Bending backwards to please Bangladesh - Sankar Ghosh
- The Asian Age
- 17 December 1996
>>>With the details of the Ganga waters treaty still unknown, any balance sheet
at this moment is bound to be tentative. Assuming that the bulk of what has,
appeared about the treaty signed by the Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and
India are correct. it would seem that the visiting Prime Minister got all she
wanted out of this treaty. The most significant feature of the treaty appears
...
Re: VHP moves to embarrass Vaghela - Pioneer News Service
- The Pioneer
- 17 December 1996
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) are
bracing to launch an offensive against the Shankersinh Vaghela Government in
Gujarat.
Putting its ample workforce and lawyers' base to good use, the BJP has
chalked out a strategy to file a string of cases against the Government as
...
Bangla asset law forced Hindu exodus; and a response - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - Telegraph
- 8 December 1996
>>>A staggering 5.3 million members of the Hindu minority community in
Bangladesh immigrated to India due to the Vested Property Act in operation in
the country. the Act declares all firms, companies, and buildings owned by
Hindus to be under the custody of the government.
A recent study in the country revealed that the Enemy Property Act, imposed
...
UF Govt, at best, is mutispeak: HDFC chief - Business Times Bureau
- The Times of India
- 19 December 1996
>>>"Neither here nor there, just about sums up the first six months of the
13-party coalition government. We had expected the politics of compromise but
we have been served the politics of confusion," said Housing Development
Finance Corporation (HDFC) chairman Deepak Parekh. Delivering his acceptance
speech after being declared businessman of the year, Mr Parekh contrasted the
...
A call to collaboration; and a comment - Archbishop Joseph Powathil
- The Examiner
- 14 December 1996
>>>The preparation for the Special Assembly of the Bishops' Synod for Asia has
now entered a crucial stage. The Lineamenta is already received. This
document is the basis for an Asia-wide discussion on the Synodal theme "Jesus
Christ, the Saviour and His Mission of Love and Service in Asia: 'that they
may have life, and have it abundantly' [Jn 10,10]". At this stage the Synodal
...
Hinduism, incomplete and abridged; and a response - Ramesh Menon
- The Indian Express
- 19 December 1996
>>>I am a Hindu. I saw Husain's picture of Saraswati and was not outraged by
it. It is no labour of devotion but a modern, stylised work. Perhaps, as
many artists do, he drew a young lady he knew in the Devi's image. But the
splayed legs, and her state of near-nudity, could indeed give offence to a
conservative Hindu.
ABVP to launch stir if Centre fails to repeal IMDT Act - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Observer
- 8 November 1996
>>>Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Dhubri Branch has threatened a
nation-wide stir if the Central Government fails to repeal the IMDT Act as
promised by the Prime Minister to the people of Assam, according to Sri Anil
Kumar Das, general secretary ABVP, Assam on November 3 at Dhubri.
Sri Das was addressing a general meeting of the members of the Dhubri ABVP on
...
How to halt politicians' unprincipled race for power - Sudheendra Kulkarni
- The Pioneer
- 19 December 1996
>>>Of the 11 prime ministers India has had so far, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee may
have served for the shortest stint in office, but few can deny that he has
the highest popularity ratings among all the likely candidates for the
nation's top job today. Uniquely, his popularity transcends the support base
of his party. The veteran BJP leader has once again given proof of his
...
Prospects for Indo-Pak Unity; and a comment - Editorial
- The Spokesman Monthly
- 1996 August
>>>Note : This article is republished by Muslim India 167, November 1996
The partition of the country in 1947 was wrong and it should not have taken
place... The Hindu leaders wanted to preserve the integrity of India without
granting any special rights to the minorities. This being against the
democratic spirit, the country came to be divided. Now, if we wish to rectify
...
On spiritual entreprenuers; and a comment - Badrinath K Rao
- Frontline
- 29 November 1996
>>>Divine Enterprise: Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement by Lise McKean;
University of Chicago press, Chicago and London; 1995; Pages xvii + 361; $60
(cloth-bound), $21.95 (paperback).
Though disturbed by the communal violence and the rhetoric of hatred and
intolerance accompanying the Hindutva movement, well-intentioned Hindus think
...
Manmoha sympathises with FM, admits reforms slowdown after '92 - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 20 December 1996
>>>Former finance minister Dr Manmohan Singh feels that political compulsions of
a 13-Party government at the Centre was preventing it from taking hard
economic decisions thereby giving an impression to the world community that
economic reforms have stopped.
In an interview to Sunday, Dr Singh said: "I think the problem is one of
...
Verdict a boost to democratic principles - Sujit Chakraborty
- The Observer
- 20 December 1996
>>>Perhaps for the first time, a landmark constitutional judgement delivered by
the full bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday is far more than a
mere academic exercise as it provides an effective remedy as well.
Similar judgements in the recent past have only been a matter of historical
record. But today's verdict seeks to undo a patent wrong done to the
...
Cong, Left blast UF on UP tangle - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 20 December 1996
>>>The Congress AICC spokesman V N Gadgil has blamed the United Front for
"totally mishandling the situation In Uttar Pradesh" and held it responsible
for creating a "first class constitutional crisis" in the state.
Speaking to newsmen informally, at the AICC headquarters, in New Delhi on
Thursday, Gadgil said that had the "UF accepted Mayawati as the chief
...
A Way of Life and More; and a response - C N Venugopal
- The Pioneer
- 15 December 1996
>>>Introduction: Cognitive, institutional, ritualistic, spiritual, devotional
and secular - Hinduism's greatest strength lies in its ability to harmonise
diversity and its proficiency in internalising change without altering its
fundamental philosophy of life.
Hinduism has had a protean character. During the five millennia of its
...
Turkish leader inspierd by the Gita - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - Statesman
- 16 December 1996
>>>The former Turkish Prime Minister and well known writer, Mr Bulent Ecevit,
revealed that the Indian scripture, Bhagwad Gita, was a source of solace and
guidance in hours of crisis, reports, PTI.
"The Gita has been source of inspiration for me particularly when I had to
take critical decisions in my political career," Mr Ecevit, who has
...
Ongoing saga of ingratitude - Kuldip Nayar
- The Indian Express
- 23 December 1996
>>>Nations, like individuals, do not like to recall gratitude. It is
embarrassing. It makes them feel indebted. Bangladesh is no different, It is
reluctant to remember the help of Indian armed forces to the Mukti Bhahini.
But the general impression is that Bangladesh would have become independent,
with or without India's help. It was only the question of time. General
...
BJP taking steps to rectify past mistakes: Joshi - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 23 December 1996
>>>Calling for a more effective and quicker response from the party leadership
to tackle the "epidemic" of infighting afflicting different state Bharatiya
Janata Party units, former BJP president Murali Manohar Joshi has said the
party is corrective steps to rectify its past mistakes.
According to Mr Joshi, these mistakes cost the party an absolute majority in
...
Resist temptation for power and egoism - Advani - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - Organiser
- 22 December 1996
>>>BJP President, Shri Lal Krishna Advani cautioned parts. leaders to resist
temptations for power and egoism and hobnobbing with the media. releasing
statements to settle personal scores with other leaders within the party. He
said that only strictly self-disciplined leaders would help in keeping the
party united and proceeding towards attaining power in the State. He was
...
BJP-Akali does it again - Chandigarh Municipal Election - Pramod Kumar
- The Organiser
- 22 December 1996
>>>One of the most literate towns in the country has fully rejected
pseudo-secularism in the municipal corporation elections held recently.
Upsetting all pre-poll equations and predictions of a hung House coming to
power in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation the BJP won 13 seats out of the 20
elected seats to claim a thumping majority. Its ally, the Siromant Akali Dal
...
Scattered Dalit votebank - Sudhir Kumar Mishra
- The Economic Times
- 23 December 1996
>>>The jubilation over the triumph of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the recently
concluded assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh may have fetched snobbery for
Mr Kanshi Ram, but his party is yet to gain a ground in the neighbouring
state of Bihar the citadel of social justice. Although, the scheduled castes
comprise of nearly 22 per cent of the total population of this state, the BSP
...
Rise above Ego - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 23 December 1996
>>>In staying the Allahabad high court ruling quashing the re-imposition of
Central Rule in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court has recognised the need to
settle with some urgency the larger constitutional questions tied to the
issue. If fractured verdicts and isolationist tendencies are today's
political reality, then, the UP impasse would inevitably be replicated in
...
Archbishop of Canterbury visits Swminarayan Mandir - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Observer
- 21 December 1996
>>>On 13 December 1996, The most Reverend George Carey, the Archbishop of
Canterbury visited Europe's first traditional Hindu Mandir in Neasden,
London.
The freezing temperatures of the outside were quickly forgotten with the warm
and hearty welcome that he received. Indeed, the Archbishop said that the
...
The swadeshi serpent bites its tail; and a response - Sauvik Chakraverti
- The Indian Express
- 21 December 1996
>>>History does not reveal the lurid picture of colonial exploitation that
Indian economic historiographers have painted in our minds. Well into this
century, when laissez-faire ruled British thinking, it was quite clear that
foreign capital was a good thing, and that foreign capitalists were
profit-seeking individuals with interests quite distinct from that of the
...
Disinvestment panel makes little progress - M Gautham Machaiah
- The Times of India
- 23 December 1996
>>>The disinvestment commission set up by the Centre to restructure public
sector undertakings (PSU) either by privatising them or off-loading shares in
favour of workers, has made little progress. Though the commission was
constituted two months ago, At Is yet to even formulate an opinion on whether
shares In PSUs should be diluted in the first place.
CPM warns comrades against being casteist - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 21 December 1996
>>>The central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has warned
leading comrades, particularly in Hindi-speaking states, against nurturing
casteist attitudes.
"It cannot be in any way accepted that in a party leader's house, lower caste
people are not allowed to eat or socially mix. Party members, particularly in
...
What's historic? - A letter on Chinese President's visit to India - Dr Sonali Hazarika, Melbourne (Australia)
- The Times of India
- 24 December 1996
>>>The recent visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin to India received wide
adulatory coverage in the national press, with commentators tripping over
each other to underline the "significance" of the visit and the "momentous"
nature of the new confidence-building agreement. This cajolery was out of
sync with ground realities.
No saris please, so what if we are Indian - Radha Basu
- The Times of India
- 24 December 1996
>>>Two trendy young women layers were denied entry into a city discotheque last
weekend for violating its unwritten dress code. They weren't wearing scruffy,
torn or dirty clothes. Nor were they skimpily dressed; quite the contrary.
"You cannot enter," Kavita Khanna and Meher Anlesaria were told, "simply
because you are wearing saris".
Gowda's remark on quota for Muslims angers all - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Economic Times
- 24 December 1996
>>>Prime Minister Deve Gowda's penchant for making promises without clearance
from the United Front steering committee has been a sore point with rest of
the constituents, but his latest pronouncement that left to him he would have
extended reservation in government jobs to minorities (read Muslims) has
angered his colleagues. That the prime minister should have tried to secure
...
Two editorials on Parliament elections 96. - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - Two London Papers
- 11 May 1996
>>>Note:
The two editorials are being sent to highlight the way in which the so-called
intellectuals viewed the issue at that time, and to evaluate the material
with hindsight. Of course, the so-called intellectuals are in a confused
states now, as they were then.
More than a 'gram' of care - a NGO at work - Meera Nair
- The Indian Express
- 24 December 1996
>>>With eyes widened in innocence, Taai stares at the feet passing by her,
occasionally looking up in vain for the familiar face of her mother.
Abandoned at the age of two at a bus-stop near Pune, because she was born a
female, her brother gained priority when it came to who would stay with the
mother in the face of poverty.
Sangeeta (or Ayesha) beware - advice to Smt Mohammed Azharuddin - Sultan Shahin
- Communalism Combat
- 96 December
>>>(The writer was sacked from the editorship of a Muslim-owned magazine in 1991
for his refusal to convert his Hindu wife to Islam).
I understand your plight, Sangeeta. Once you are caught up in the games of
conversion maniacs, there is no easy way out. But you do not understand your
own plight, the mess you are in along with your new found husband. Now listen
...
Develompment as Disaster - Cynical Carrerism of Green Brigades - Shastri Ramachandran
- The Times of India
- 24 December 1996
>>>The world has always been a theatre for conflicts spawned by contending
visions of how human living is to be ordered. It is a tribute to the human
spirit that people and communities have consistently prevailed in making
their own choices suited to their condition and genius unmoved by the
dictates of those who would direct their 'development'. The abiding moral of
...
Foreword to ISLAM IN INDIA'S TRANSITION TO MODERNITY - Achyut Patwardhan
- Orient Longmans Ltd.,
- 1968
>>>The author of the book is M A Karandikar
India's advance towards political emancipation was part of a larger process
of modernization. British domination first brought an awakening among Indian
intellectuals that Western countries were forging a brilliant future of
material prosperity and cultural advancement by the development of science
...
Preface to ISLAM IN INDIA'S TRANSITION TO MODERNITY - M A Karandikar
- Orient Longmans Ltd.,
- 1968
>>>PREFACE
The Constitution of India seeks to speed up the process of modernization in
the country. Yet during the last twenty-one years there are hardly any signs
of the gathering of any momentum to the change in the social structure. In
fact one wonders whether the anti-secular and anti-modernist forces have got
...
Centre only consistent policy has been to erode JK autonomy - Ritu Sarin
- The Indian Express
- 22 December 1996
>>>When the National Conference came back to power in Jammu
and Kashmir, the return of its former ruler, Karan Singh
to the centrestage was a forgone conclusion. Singh who at
36, became the Youngest Union Cabinet Minister, had kept
his links with the troubled state and was the only promi-
...
Beyond qualification : Why Saudia is no longer a Mecca for Indian job-seekers. - Shiv Kumar
- The Indian Express
- 25 December 2096
>>>THE fabled pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was
snatched away from him just as R Ramachandran prepared to
dip his fingers in it. The 33-year old civil engineer
from Kerala had just sailed through his medical test and
was set to join a construction company in Saudi Arabia
...
Hindus in Bangladesh - Sisir K. Majumdar
- Organiser
- 22 December 1996
>>>The core issue in the relation between India and Bangladesh is the status of
religious minorities and the establishment of their fundamental human rights.
Bilateral problems like the Ganga water, etc, are secondary. The question of
Hindu rights is pricking the very moral fabric of the Indian nation.
The tale of religious minorities in Bangladesh has been a tale of tears,
...
The RSS ethos - a speech by Bhikuji Idate
Muslims must aim higher than quota - M YUSUF KHAN
- Times of India
- 27 December 1996
>>>A series of articles have recently Aappeared in Qaumi Awaz, a popular Urdu
daily published from Delhi and Lucknow, expressing divergent views on the
issue of job reservation for Muslims. But when eminent people like Syed
Hamid, an exbureaucrat and ex-Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University,
express their views in favour of job reservation for Muslims, it comes as a
...
Muslims' demand for reservation gains momentum
Bajrang Dal begins training cap in weapons for its youth; and a comment - Tilak Sharma
- The Times of India
- 31 December 1996
>>>The youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bairang Dal, has
started a week-long camp where training is being imparted to around 200
youths in weapons, including rifle and lathi (long stick).
They will also be trained in martial arts like judo and karate. Some
ex-servicemen have been engaged for the job. Before the camp concludes
...
Neo-Nazis desecrate Jewish tombs in Rome - Agence France Presse, Rome, Dec 30
- The Indian Express
- 31 December 1996
>>>NEO-NAZIS desecrated some 15 Jewish tombs in a
Rome cemetery ovemight, leaving swastikas and anger in their wake, the
Jewish community here said on Sunday.
The vandals had wrenched off Stars of David from tombs in the Jewish
section of the Prima Porta cemetery in central Rome, and left one tomb
...
Indian doctors in America switching to ayurveda - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Sunday Review
- 31 December 1996
>>>LOOKING back at his 37-year long career in the UK and US, Dr Majid Ali
says, "It has been a rainbow career. But then I also wonder where did
the first 25 years go?" For it was 12 years ago that Ali got interested
in holistic medication.
Ali recently resigned as director of the pathology division at Holy Name
...
Assam town 'lost' to Bangladesh - Gurmukh Singh
- Times of India
- 31 December 1996
>>>DHUBRI (Assam): The mere mention of this town evokes bitter reactions
from any son-ofthe-soil Assamese. "Oh, Dhubri? It's been lost to
Bangladesh!"
This last Assamese district, bifurcated by the Brahmaputra, has
virtually become an extension of Bangladesh because of the continuing
...
The secular agenda: Bane or boon for Dalits? - Chandrabhan Prasad
- The Economic Times
- 31 December 1996
>>>If MANDAL symbolises the political upsurge of
OBCS, the Babri demolition symbolises the political re-assertion of
upper castes. Since then, the twin agenda of social justice and
secularism have come to occupy the centrestaage of Indian politics.
While the agenda of social justice brought OBC (read shudra) parties
...
Dhubri (Assam) troubled by influx of migrants - Gurmukh Singh
- Times of India
- 29 December 1996
>>>The mere mention of Dhubri evokes bitter reactions from any Assamese.
This last Assamese district, bifurcated by the Brahmaputra, has
virtually become an extension of Bangladesh because of the continuing
influx from across the border.
Bangladeshi migrants are also reportedly sneaking in with the Indian
...
RSS chief asks Hindus to reunite - Statesman News Service
- The Statesman
- 31 December 1996
>>>The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief, Professor Rajendra Singh today
called upon all Hindus to sink their differences and unite again so that
they can revive the glory of the country and to provide "leadership to
the world" for which it was waiting.
Because of the pile up of nuclear weapons, the 21st century would of
...
Tolerate Dissent - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 30 December 1996
>>>Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray is known for his candour on many
contentious issues but when it extends to questioning Gandhiji's famed
celibacy, there is a predictable outpouring of horror and shock. While
it was certainly most irreverent of Mr Thackeray to describe Gandhiji's
celibacy as a "fraud" in the course of defending Mumbai's deputy chief
...
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