This Months Article

Starting: Fri June 6, 2000
Ending: Fri June 30, 2000

Messages: 70

• It's all about the chair
• T V R Shenoy - Rediff on Net - June 2, 2000
>>> Five weeks ago I mentioned the possibility of the Muslim League and the CPI-M joining hands in Kerala. The deal is now virtually complete; the state secretariat of the CPI-M has decided, after quite a bit of debate, to welcome the organisation which it once denounced as "communal" and equated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. The state committee shall, I am told, meet on June 5 to make it official. ......
 
• Why there's 'the smell of blood still' in J&K
• Arvind Lavakare - Rediff on Net - June 6, 2000
>>> Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" That famous angst of Lady Macbeth's mind infested with King Duncan's blood on her hands could well describe Bharat Mata's plight at the cancer of Kashmir, our just cause for which was murdered by her darling son, named Jawaharlal Nehru. ......
 
• Islamic varsity opposes Laksmi on Dena Bank
• Deccan Chronicle - June 8, 2000
>>> The World Islamic University, based at Dambvel on Navsari-Surat Road, has threatened that it would close its account with the Dena Bank, a Government of India undertaking, if the bank did not do away with its logo of goddess Laxmi. ......
 
• Fiji Fumbles Race
• Editorial - The Wall Street Journal - June 8, 2000
>>> Toss out those old copies of National Geographic that depict the islands of the South Pacific as amiable outposts, places where locals roast pigs on spits against a backdrop of palms and bougainvillea. Nothing could be further from today's truth. Paradise, in fact, is going to the dogs. ......
 
• The Left Front's Pyrrhic victory
• T V R Shenoy - Rediff on Net - June 9, 2000
>>> "Another such victory," the king of Epirus sighed after beating a Roman legion at horrendous cost, "and we are totally undone." ......
 
• Pakistan Outlines Plans to Curb Militant Networks
• Judith Miller - The New York Times - June 10, 2000
>>> After months of criticism from Washington of its handling of terrorism, Pakistan today outlined an ambitious campaign aimed at slowly curbing networks of militants that have taken root here and in Afghanistan. ......
 
• Fiji's Bigotry of Domain
• Salman Rushdie - The New York Times - June 8, 2000
>>> ''They are trying to steal our land.'' Such is the accusation made by a gang of usurpers against Fiji's Indian community in general and the deposed Indian-led government, whose ministers it now holds hostage, in particular.  ......
 
• Hindu outfit to counter Christian missionaries
• Sharat Pradhan - Rediff on Net - June 11, 2000
>>> A Hindu outfit has come up with a programme to counter Christian missionaries.  ......
 
• Island Strategy: Why Fiji May Matter
• Global Intelligence Update - June 12, 2000
>>> Last month a political crisis erupted in Fiji. Last week, another exploded in the Solomon Islands. So far, the world has largely shrugged. After all, these are isolated islands in a region that has become a bit of a strategic backwater. But taken together with the steady crumbling of Indonesia, instability on these islands can allow an outside power to gain a strategic advantage. Why? To keep the U.S. Navy out of Asia.  ......
 
• 'Hundreds of soldiers fell in Kargil': Army kept Govt in dark: Nawaz
• Rafaqat Ali  - Dawn, Karachi  - June 13, 2000
>>> Deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday revealed that the military command had kept him completely  in the  dark while  advancing  towards  the  Kargil  heights,  where  hundreds  of  Pakistan soldiers died.  ......
 
• A sturdy pillar or a decrepit column?
• Arvind Lavakare  - Rediff on Net  - June 13, 2000
>>> The time seems to have come for Indian journalists to go back to school... To learn moral science! It is time for them to intone that subject's fundamental prayer seeking god's help in never offending his holy law in thought, word or deed.  ......
 
• Where are 2 cr missing Bangladeshis?
• The Hindustan Times  - June 14, 2000
>>> Dhaka's Insistence that there are no  Bangladeshis in India has been repudiated by Assam's anti-alien police force. They  cite the last Bangladesh census, which recorded a drastic drop in its population,  in their defence.  ......
 
• Sacred duty of truth must apply to the Vatican too
• Christopher Lockwood - The Daily Telegraph - June 8, 2000
>>> Journalists, it seems, have a new admirer in the Vatican. But only if they stick to the objective pursuit of truth.  ......
 
• Christians warned on alternative therapies
• Bess Twiston Davies - The Daily Telegraph - June 8, 2000
>>> The Church of England has urged Christians to question the use of popular healing therapies such as reiki, shiatsu massage, and yoga.  ......
 
• Kargil and Nawaz
• Editorial - Dawn Karachi - June 14, 2000
>>> COMING precisely one year after the Kargil operation when he himself was prime minister, Mr Nawaz Sharif's statement in Attock on Monday must cause consternation at home and arouse interest abroad. The points he has raised are important, for they have a bearing on a crucial politico-military issue that brought Pakistan and India to the brink of a full-fledged war.  ......
 
• The Golden Diaspora
• Anthony Spaeth - www.time.com - June 19, 2000
>>> Indian immigrants to the U.S. are one of the newest  elements of the American melting pot--and the most  spectacular success story  ......
 
• Christians, Hindus in 'reconversion' war
• M I Khan - Rediff on Net - June 19, 2000
>>> Christian missionaries in Orissa are planning to organise a 'reconversion camp' in tribal dominated Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts.  ......
 
• Probe into reconversion, VHP denies law violation
• The Utkal Age - June 19, 2000
>>> The Cuttack district administration has started an inquiry into the reconversion at Keutibereni, where five persons were reconverted from Christianity to Hinduism at Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, on Saturday. According to official sources, an official of additional tehsildar rank along with police officials visited the ashram and talked to those persons who were reconverted.  ......
 
• A War of Vengeance
• Rajiv Chandrasekaran - Washington Post - June 19, 2000
>>> Armed Indonesian soldiers restrain a man following fresh sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians in which six people were killed in downtown Ambon, Indonesia.  ......
 
• The wonder that was India
• Francois Gautier - The Indian Express - June 19, 2000
>>> Is it not time for India to adapt another Constitution to break away from the colonial legacy left by the British and evolve its own system based on its particular genius?  ......
 
• Azhar's slow turn
• Editorial - The Indian Express - June 19, 2000
>>> It would take a brave soul indeed to unequivocally declare who's innocent and who's guilty as the worms keep slithering out of the grimy can that is international cricket. In its stead, we have everybody and his grandmother leaping into the controversy and shouting out his/her ever-changing verdicts on the growing list of protagonists, and accordingly prescribing a remedy.  ......
 
• Azhar's No-ball
• Editorial - The Times of India - June 19, 2000
>>> What had been simmering under the surface has finally erupted, and it is none other than Mohammad Azharuddin who has brought it out into the open. Azhar says he is being targeted because he belongs to a minority community. With this he has opened up a dangerous can of worms; moreover, and the `minority card' Azhar is playing may turn out to be a loser's hand. After all, he would have to explain why -- if his allegations of being made a victim of minority-bashing is valid -- he was made the captain and kept on as skipper for so long.  ......
 
• Shoals of history
• Editorial - The Pioneer - June 19, 2000
>>> History has its treacherous shoals and none should know this better than Marxists who premise their praxis on what they regard as its inexorable unfolding.  ......
 
• Al Badr Chief, associate arrested, 4 kg RDX seized
• www.expressindia.com - June 20, 2000
>>> The Special cell of Delhi police has nabbed self-styled chief commander of Al-Badr militant outfit Saifullah, a Pakistani National, and his Indian associate Muneer Ahmed and seized 4 kg RDX, two pencil timers and five detonators from their possession,reports PTI.  ......
 
• But for one spoilsport this party spells fun and games
• Arvind Lavakare - Rediff on Net - June 20, 2000
>>> Aha, a self-confessed agent of Pakistan's ISI is soon to set up a new Muslim political party -- in India! The imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Abdullah Bukhari, made that historic announcement in Calcutta on June 12.  ......
 
• Are the red fort, church blasts linked?
• Vishwas Kumar - The Pioneer - June 20, 2000
>>> Is there a link between the June 8 church blasts in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa and Sunday's twin blasts in the Capital's Red Fort area, which left two dead and 11 injured?  ......
 
• Remnants of 4,000 yr old civilisation discovered
• Sanjeev Majupuria - The Pioneer - June 21, 2000
>>> Archaeological experts of Madhya Pradesh Government have discovered existence of a 4,000 year old civilisation 60 kilometres from Bhopal in Gangakheri village of Berasia block.  ......
 
• World court blow for Pakistan
• BBC News - June 21, 2000
>>> The International Court of Justice has ruled against Pakistan in a dispute with India over the shooting down of a naval plane. ......
 
• UP students' body calls for all-out jihad
• Amita Verma - The Asian Age - June 21, 2000
>>> The Students' Islamic Movement of India, a frontal organisation of the Jamait-e Islami, has started a campaign to prepare Muslim minorities for a full blown jihad (holy war) against Hindus, "who are responsible for the martyrdom of the Babri Mosque." ......
 
• Thousands cheer as Islamic law proclaimed in northern Nigerian state
• Gilbert Da Costa - www.boston.com - June 21, 2000
>>> Muslims in Nigeria's north cheered the formal declaration of Islamic law Wednesday, despite an upsurge in religious violence that has already killed thousands of people and forced many of the region's minority Christians to flee. ......
 
• Not quite the bogeyman
• Rakesh Sinha - The Hindustan Times - June 9, 2000
>>> The up Religious Places and Buildings Regulation Bill has been with the President of India awaiting his consent for the last three months. ......
 
• Adi Shankara didn't drive Buddhists out of India: Prof Ramachandra Rao
• The Free Press Journal - June 12, 2000
>>> Renowned indologist Prof S K Ramachandra Rao has ridiculed the 'pernicious theory' advanced by British historians that Adi Sankaracharya, the first in the lineage of the three Acharyas, drove Buddhists out of India, reports PTI. ......
 
• Where are 2 cr missing Bangladeshis?
• The Hindustan Times - June 13, 2000
>>> Dhaka's insistence that there are no Bangladeshis in India has been repudiated by Assam's anti-alien police force.  They cite the last Bangladesh census, which recorded a drastic drop in its population, in their defence.  According to senior Assam Police (Border) officials, the last official Bangladesh population figure was two crore less than the previous one.  During the corresponding period, India recorded a 23.53 per cent jump in the number of Bangladeshis living illegally in the country. ......
 
• Building new bridges
• M.V. Kamath - The Free Press Journal - June 15, 2000
>>> President K. R. Narayanan has now returned after his week-long, visit to China and it is time to assess Sino-Indian relations in the context of this visit. Has it done any good to India? Have Sino-Indian relations improved significantly? Narayanan had talks with several Chinese leaders starting from President Jiang Zemin. We are told that President Jiang attended an extraordinary concert in he forbidden city with India's violin maestro L. Subramaniam performing with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra conducted by Li Xinaco and that this is a rare event. ......
 
• Vatican UN Genocide
• Jon Levy - June 16, 2000
>>> UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been called upon to investigate claims of World War II era Genocide by the Vatican and Franciscans. An open letter on behalf of Serb and Jewish survivors of wartime atrocities by the fanatical Catholic Croatians known as the "Ustasha" requests the UN Secretary General to investigate allegations of genocide committed by the Vatican and Franciscans. ......
 
• Majuli Monasteries wake up to conversion threat
• Pullock Dutta - The Telegraph - June 21, 2000
>>> A spate of religious conversions on the world's largest river island of Majuli has set the stage for a major confrontation between the upholders of Vaishnavaite culture and the Church. ......
 
• Syed Shahabuddin on talaq (Letter to Editor)
• Syed Shahabuddin - The Hindu - June 21, 2000
>>> Sir, - The Panigrahi judgment has taken us back to the position that existed at the time of Chandarchud's judgment in the Shah Bano case. ......
 
• Surrendered Pak Militant seeks asylum in India
• www.dailyexcelsior.com - June 22, 2000
>>> A surrendered militant from Pakistan has sought asylum in India after repenting that so-called `jehad' being waged by Pakistan was nothing but a farce and crime. ......
 
• Christians flee spread of Islamic law in Nigeria
• The Telegraph, UK - June 22, 2000
>>> Hundreds of thousands of Muslims gathered in the city of Kano yesterday for the proclamation of Islamic sharia law in northern Nigeria's most populous state - prompting fears of a fresh wave of religious violence. ......
 
• NCERT must learn history lessons: BSM
• The Deccan Chronicle - June 22, 2000
>>> "The Aryans wrote long poems about their kings and heroes, about their bravery and the battles which they fought.  These poems were later collected and became the two epics of ancient India, the Ramayana and the Mahabharat." ......
 
• Winds Of Change Even 'Natural' Allies Have Deserted Left
• Manash Ghosh - The Statesman - June 23, 2000
>>> The Left Front's defeat in the Panskura by-election signals the decline of Left politics in West Bengal. Not that this trend has surfaced just now. It was evident earlier; but not on the scale and dimension seen in Panskura. The result signifies the front's dwindling political appeal and clout, and the erosion in its commitment to uphold the causes it espouses. Corruption, nepotism and other "bourgeois vices" have further compromised the front's image and credibility. ......
 
• How the Islamic Right Is Gaining Ground in Pakistan
• Pamela Constable - International Herald Tribune - June 23, 2000
>>> Far from the gleaming office buildings and manicured army compounds where official power rests in Pakistan, Sami ul-Haq has quietly built an empire of soft-voiced, sandal-wearing followers that makes generals and bureaucrats quake in their boots. ......
 
• Tripura may explode any day
• T V R Shenoy - The Weekend Observer - June 24, 2000
>>> Thirty-seven years ago, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru made one of the most disgraceful speeches made by any Indian Prime Minister. With the Chinese battering away at Assam, he made what can only be described as a farewell address to the North-East. Mao's forces pulled back, but the people of that corner of India never forgot with what ease a Prime Minister would give them up. It was from that episode that the conviction began that nobody cared for the North- East except when there was a crisis. ......
 
• How to Make America an Islamic Nation
• Yahiya Emerick - www.angelfire.com
>>> Congress just passed a bill declaring the consumption of alcohol a felony, punishable by up to 120 days in jail. Although critics said the new law wouldn't work anymore than Prohibition did in the 1920's, supporters of the measure felt confident that it would hold, given the large support from the Muslim America community. ......
 
• Puri seer urges Sonia to recognise that conversion is unethical
• Tilak Sharma - The Times of India - June 16, 2000
>>> To win back Hindu votes, Congress president Sonia Gandhi must recognise that all conversions from Hinduism to Christianity, especially after Independence, have been made either forcibly or using unfair methods such as material inducements, said the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nishchchalanand Saraswati, here on Wednesday. ......
 
• Ponytail in a twist
• Varsha Bhosle - Rediff on Net - June 23, 2000
>>> In a time and a galaxy far, far away, I used to be a darn good food-and-travel writer. I'd painfully slog away with a pen for a fortnight, even do all the illustrations myself, after which, the sub-editor in charge of the colour supplement would merrily reduce my jewel of a composition by a third or a half (depending on how comfortable his train ride had been) and regularly bring me to tears. Princess that I am, I'd go over his head to the sainted editor and moan and groan and make threats.  ......
 
• India can keep China at bay: Pentagon study
• The Times of India - June 23, 2000
>>> India is powerful and stable enough politically, economically and militarily to ward off any but the most violent (read nuclear) threat that could be mounted by China, a study prepared for the Pentagon said. ......
 
• Public Invitation To The British To Embrace The Truth & Justice Of Islam
• AL-MUHAJIROUN - Press Release - June 23, 2000
>>> This Summer will once again witness an extraordinary public call to the British public, The Prime Minister and The Queen from Muslims in Britain to embrace Islam as a spiritual and as a political belief. Leaders from the Muslim community here and abroad will address the masses throughout a day on various issues affecting society not only in Britain but globally. The public invitation in Trafalgar Square in London on Sunday the 23rd of July 2000 will be the fourth time Al-Muhajiroun have brought converts to Islam from various backgrounds including Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Jew and atheist to come out openly and publicly declaring why they left their previous beliefs and have decided to embrace Islam. ......
 
• Mullah makes Pak rulers shiver
• PTI - The Deccan Heral - June 24, 2000
>>> Pakistani fundamentalist leader Sami ul-Haq, who heads an Islamic academy in the North-West Frontier Province, has quietly built an empire of soft-voiced, sandal-wearing followers that make generals and bureaucrats quake in their boots, the Washington Post newspaper reported. ......
 
• Tripura may explode any day
• T V R Shenoy - The Weekend Observer - June 24, 2000
>>> Thirty-Seven years ago, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru made one of the most disgraceful speeches made by any Indian Prime Minister. With the Chinese battering away at Assam, he made what can only be described as a farewell address to the North-East. Mao's forces pulled back, but the people of that corner of India never forgot with what ease a Prime Minister would give them up. It was from that episode that the conviction began that nobody cared for the North- East except when there was a crisis. ......
 
• This litany of killings
• Mohammad Waseem - Dawn, Karachi - June 24, 2000
>>> IN Pakistan, you can kill with relative impunity. You should have the right kind of motive. A mob situation will help. You can kill not because you are against the person, whom you may not know, but because you want to give a message to others. ......
 
• The Education of a Holy Warrior
• Jeffrey Goldberg - The New York Times - June 25, 2000
>>> In a Pakistani religious school called the Haqqania madrasa, Osama bin Laden is a hero, the Taliban's leaders are famous alums and the next generation of mujahedeen is being militantly groomed. ......
 
• Musharraf justifies 'jihad'
• The Hindu - June 26, 2000
>>> Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has defended terrorist groups for ``waging holy war'' against India saying ``jihad''is a tolerant concept. ......
 
• British Muslims join 'holy war'
• BBC News - June 26, 2000
>>> The UK Government is being urged to investigate claims that young British Muslims are being trained and armed to fight abroad. ......
 
• Osama calls for jihad against Jews, Christians
• The Asian Age - June 27, 2000
>>> Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden has called upon Muslims, the world over to wage jihad against Jews and Christians who, he alleges, are perpetrating atrocities on them. "You are fully aware that Jews and Christians have, through their machinations, occupied the Muslim holy sites in Haramain Sharifain and in Palestine," Bin Laden said. ......
 
• French proposal targets 'proselytizing'
• Larry Witham - The Washington Times - June 28, 2000
>>> Religious liberty advocates on Capitol Hill are concerned about a proposed French law to imprison religious "proselytizers" for up to two years for "mental manipulation" of the public. ......
 
• Yasmin Tambiah and Hinduism: A final rejoinder
• D. Kandiah - The Island Newspaper - June 28, 2000
>>> I refer to Yasmin Tambiah's second letter to the editor ("Reply to D. Kandiah on Hindutva") that appeared in the Island Newspaper on May 24, 2000. I find it odd that she lives in Australia, writes to a Sri Lankan newspaper but largely confines her discussion to India. I am amazed at her obsession with Hindutva in the context of the uncertain political situation here in Sri Lanka. The Jaffna peninsula is once again a zone of war with several thousands displaced. The civilians face a precarious future there. ......
 
• Manusmriti to Madhusmriti
• Madhu Kishwar - The Pioneer - June 28, 2000
>>> In the last 20 years of my editing Manushi, I have been bored to death reading endless articles from those who consider themselves progressives with regard to women's rights and the caste question, carrying a mandatory attack on the author of Manusmriti. ......
 
• The women defying Taliban
• Stephen Farrell - The Statesman - June 28, 2000
>>> THEY fled their homes when the mullahs of Taliban made life in their native Afghanistan unbearable. But now, a few miles south of the Khyber Pass, a handful of Afghan women are preparing to return home to brave Taliban's harsh Islamic regime in order to bring desperately-needed skills to their benighted country. ......
 
• Clinton dismisses demand against India
• The Hindu - June 28, 2000
>>> The Clinton administration has rejected a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen, most of whom have campaigned against New Delhi, that India be declared a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches. ......
 
• Unsung Heroes
• The Statesman - June 25, 2000
>>> I HAD just returned from the summer training camp of the RSS held at Ban-galore. Some of us met on June 25, 1975 night at the RSS office in Mangalore to discuss what events would possibly take place and how to face them. We also discussed the mode of contacting each other in the eventuality of harsh measures. Things were still not clear. Then we decided to go to bed at the RSS office. ......
 
• CHURCH, SEX and a SECULAR MURDER
• Kerala Sabdam - June 25, 2000
>>> After the ruthless murder of Sister Abhaya which virtually shock the society it is the turn of sister Paulsy.  She was found dead on May 18th 2000 inside the bathroom of Snehagiri Mission is managed by the Catholic Church in Palai in Kottayam district of Kerala.  The Church authorities reported the death due to heart attack.  They did not take the victim to any nearby hospital or reported the matter to the Police or the victim's relatives. ......
 
• Emergency and The Motherland
• Arabinda Ghose - The Organiser - June 25, 2000
>>> The Motherland daily during its four and a half year of existence between 1971 and 1975 dial not have a large circulation, but was loved by all who cherished democracy and freedom and feared by the then establishment headed by Indira Gandhi. It was her wrath against this paper for the role is played in exposing most of her misdeeds, that resulted in its forcible closure on the night of June 26, 1975.  ......
 
• CPI-M's betrayal of anti-authoritarianism unmasked
• Rakesh Sinha - The Organiser - June 25, 2000
>>> The CPI's role during and before the Emergency is a well-known fact. It not only collaborated with the authoritarian regime of Smt Indira Gandhi but also acted as regime agent against the democrats. Their role during 1975-77 was similar to that of during the quit India movement in 1942 when they acted as an agent of the British imperialism against the Indian freedom fighters. It was difficult for them to accept Jay Prakash as their leader whom they had derided as Fascist in 1942 and had not changed their assessment about their role in 1942 and vilification of the heroes, particularly JP. ......
 
• Funding of terrorist in J&K
• Anil Sharma - The Daily Excelsior - June 29, 2000
>>> The birth and sustenance of fundamentalism in the State of Jammu & Kashmir is due to the nefarious designs of Pakistan.  As a Nation, Pak has lost its intellectual and spiritual moorings as, despite evidence to the contrary, it reiterates the life that its support to the Kashmir issue is only moral and it has no role in funding and arming of terrorists.  These lies are fraying at the edges, as the United States and other Western countries are gradually coming around to accepting the fact that Pakistan, as a State, is openly sponsoring terrorism. ......
 
• North America faces 'Sunni Muslim terrorist threat': Canada
• PTI - India Today - June 29, 2000
>>> Sunni Muslim extremists in Canada, who previously gave only limited support to Islamic terrorist groups, have escalated their activities to coordinate attacks on the US and Canada, according to Defense News Weekly reports. ......
 
• Batting for the Hurriyat
• Varsha Bhosle - Rediff on Net - June 29, 2000
>>> Seems like a lot of you guys agreed; I was surprised to see the many kilobytes of mail pointing out successful Muslims I had missed mentioning in my last article.  Two of them I kick myself for overlooking: Dr Abdul Kalam of ISRO - "The whole country's defence rests with a Muslim.  Now if that is not giving Muslims a fair deal, what else is?" - and Azim Premji of WIPRO - "Forget India, he is one of the most successful and richest man in the world!" How could I have missed them! Simple: only trophies stare at you from walls and shelves...  ......
 
• Jewellery market abuzz with rumours of Harappan find
• Sonu Jain - The New Indian Express - June 24, 2000
>>> The bylanes of the Muzaffarnagar sarrafa (gold market) are abuzz with rumours. Everyone talks about the brisk sale of 'Mandi gold.' There should be several sellers. That night, when the news that gold was found in Mandi village spread like wildfire, hundreds had descended on the field to grab their share of gold and history. ......
 
• 'Please stop my boy, he wants to be a militant'
• Muzamil Jaleel - The Indian Express - June 28, 2000
>>> It is a Thursday, and the shrine of Kashmir's famous Sufi saint Makhdoom Sahib is full of women devotees. They come for solace, and tears roll down their cheeks as they pray with hands raised. Some climb to the shrine in the urban foothills of Hari Parbat every morning to give vent to their emotions and pray for the safety of their husbands, children, parents or siblings. ......
 
• No mass conversions, please
• Saeed Naqvi - The Indian Express - June 30, 2000
>>> The unseemly rash of attacks on  Christian missionaries  has once  again brought centre-stage the entire issue of conversions.  The problem lies at the heart of India's civilisational turbulence through the centuries. ......

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