Root Cause of Riots for last 175 Years

POLITICS OF COMMUNALISM
By: Ms Zenab Banu
Appendix IV, Page 175-193

As published by Government of India

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Year	Place	Immediate Cause
1713 AD	Ahmedabad	Opposition to solemnise the holi festival on the one side and the cow slaughter on the other side between the neighbors of the two opposite communities.
1719-20	Kashmir	Vendetta of a Muslim gentleman of position against the Hindus
1729	Delhi	The murder of a Mussalman by a Hindu for reason not known
Dec.1782	Sylhet, Assam	The Muslims (having 2/3 majority) demanded the Hindus the discontinuance of their religious ceremonies during the Muharram. Hindus refused to comply with this and petitioned Jinday (Officer Incharge of the Distt) for redressal.
Sept.1786	Balpur & other places in Berar	Muslim committed armed attack on the Hindus who were busy in their prayers.
1809	Banaras	The attempted construction of a building by Hindus on the Veutrog construction ground between the Mosque (built by Aurangzeb) and the present temple of Bisheshwas.
1840	Moradabad	(no cause was given)
1851	Bombay	Publication of some thing undesirable against prophet Mohammed by a Parsi in Gujrati paper.
1857	Moradabad, Bijnaur	(After mutiny, no cause given)
1871	Bareilly	Moharram and Ramnavami festivals fall on the same day.
1874	Bombay	A book in Gujrati published by a RH Jalbhoy "Great Prophets of the World"
1873-84	Mopala riots near Calicut	Intense provocation given to the Mopalas by the action of Raman who married a Muslim woman and soon after marriage reverted to Hinduism.
Oct.1886	Etawah & Delhi	The simultaneous occurrence of two religious festivals, Ramlila of Hindus and Moharram of Muslims.
1887	Bareilly	Moharram and Ramnavami festivals.
1889	Delhi	Conversion of a Hindu to Islam
1890	Aligarh	Obstruction of places of worship -- A pot of flesh was thrown at night in a mosque then beef was hung into two Hindu wells.
May1891	Calcutta	Friction between the parties over the building of a mosque
1891	Polaked in Salur district	Religious Hindu procession attacked by Muslims
July 1892	Prabhaspatan	Moharram festival
Aug1893	Bombay-2	Muslims gathered an impression that they needed special protection and that the European system of administration tended to increase the influence of the Hindus at their expense.
Sept1893	Kolaba dist.	--do--
1893	Ballia in UP	A reaction to the cow protection movement
1894	Madras	Vijaya Dasmi Day – Muslims pelted the idol and the processionists with cow dung (?)
Feb1894	Yeola in Nasik	Obstruction of Moharram (Tazia) by Hindus
July1895	Porbundar	Muslim procession passing through Hindu quarter.
1895	Dhulia	Ganpati procession attacked by Muslims
1907	Morghat	Partition of Bengal
1907	Memonsingh	The reasons were partly the growing irritation of the Muslims with the Swadeshi agitation and the boycott of European goods, engineered by the Hindus.
1910	Peshawar	Holi and Muslim festival Bara Wafat were on the same day.
1912	Ayodhya, Faizabad	Over the sacrifice of cows by the Muslims on the occasion of Bakri Id.
1913	Nellore	Construction and demolition of a mosque
1913	Kanpur	Muslim's resentment over the demolition of a lavatory attached to a mosque in connection with Municipal improvements.
1916	Patna	On Bakri-Id Hindu mob tried to prevent Muslims for performance of sacrifice.
1918	Gaya & Shahabad	Hindus terrorised the Muslims and prevented them from performing the sacrifice.
1921	Malegaon	Indian Council's Act of 1919
1921	Bangalore	Resentment of non-coperation movement
1922	Multan	--do--
1923	Amritsar, Lahore, Saharanpur in UP	All over India 15-20 severe riots took place due to Shudhi movement originated by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
1924	Allahabad, Calcutta, and many other cities	Id festival and growing influence of Shidhi movement
1925	Calcutta	(no reason given)
1926	Calcutta	Music before the mosque
1926	Delhi, Patna, Rawalpindi, Allahabad, Dacca	Deep-rooted hatred and animosity engineered the riots with a minor incident.
Jan.1927	Paluakhali and Poonabalia	A quarrel between two persons of opposite communities.
Feb, 1927	Larkana, Lahore	---do---
June 1927	Dinapur, Multan Bettiah, Comila	Suspicion and deep rooted hatred engineered the riot.
Sept.1927	Nagpur	Muslim procession molesting a Hindu passerby
Sept.1927	Ahmedabad	Muslim prayer in Mosque and Hindu song in temple coming into conflict.
Sept.1927	Dehradoon	Ram Lila procession
Nov.1927	Delhi	The procession of a Muslim dead body who killed a Hindu Mahant
1928	Bangalore, Surat Nasik, Hydrabad	Bakri-Id
1929	Bombay	Some labour dispute engineered riot
1930	Dacca	In reaction of civil disobedience movement
1931	Banaras	---do---
1932	Bombay, Alwar	---do---
1933	Alwar, Calcutta	---do---
1935	Bharanga	---do---
1935	Hazaribagh	Ram Navami and Moharram on the same day
1935	Firozabad	Burnt a house with 11 persons including 3 children in continuance of above chain
1935	Champaran	---do---
1935	Shikandarabad	---do---
1935	Lahore	Out of some old vendetta
1935	Dudhial	Lahore reaction
1936	Poona-Khanapur	---do---
1936	Jamalpur	Music before a mosque by Hindu wedding procession
1936	Byculla	Temple-Mosque dispute
1937	UP	Cattle fair
1939	Asansole	Demolition of a holy book Ramayana by an opposite communty person
1939	Delhi	Quarrel between two persons
1939	Gawanpore	An attack by Muslims on Hindu marriage party
1939	# of dists. in UP	Holi festival and Calcutta
1939	Gaya	Music before a mosque
1939	Kanpur	Processionists attacked by opposite community persons.
1939	Meerut	Reaction to it.
1939	Sindh	---do---
1939	Sukkar	---do---
1941	Calcutta	Occasion of Moharram
1941	Ahmedabad	Muslims set fire to Maneckchowk bazaar, Predominance of Hindus
1946	Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Bombay, Noakhali, Patna, Dacca, et al	Muslim league gave a call for liberation week
1948	Udaipur	Quarrelling between two groups belonging to two opposite communities
1949	Secundrabad, Hydrabad, Saharanpur, Hambal	Started round Tonga, which was suspected to be carrying beef through a Hindu locality.
1949	Akola	Slaughter of a cow in a Muslim household
1950	Calcutta, Delhi Pilibhit, ALigarh Dhubri, Bombay,	Hindu militant group RSS tried to frustrate Indian Muslims to leave India
1951	Mangrol	---do---
1952	Banaras	Hindus tried to carry out repairs to a place of worship of theirs adjacent to a mosque sanctioned by the city Magistrate.
1953	Viramgaom	Holi festival
1953	Bhopal	Stone throwing by some miscreants at a procession taken by the Hindu Mahasabha to protest against cow slaughter.
1953	Gauhati	Angry crowd tried to prevent a Muslim family from sacrificing cow
1953	Nasik, Poona, Sangli	Ganapati festival and Moharram coincide
1953	Ahmedabad	---do---
1953	Poona	Arson bid in Poona
1953	Sholapur	Ganpati immersion day playing music before a mosque.
1953	Jamnagar	A boy stabbing a cow near a hotel
1954	Ghaziabad	Slaughter of a stolen cow
1954	Aligarh	Over the price of a melon between a hawker and a customer
1954	Nizamabad	Some persons hoisted the Pakistani flag on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
1954	Mathura	Some persons broke the idol of Krishna, which was installed for worship in a temple near Idgah mosque
1954	Gulbarga, Mannila, Fatehpur	Paskistani flag was hoisted over a temple of Ganesh
1956	Bhopal	Holi festival – Muslims threw bones in the Holi fire and an idol in a temple was defiled.
1956	Sholapur	Rival claims to a shrine made by the two communities.
1956	Many parts of UP	A publication of the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan alleging insulting reference to Prophet Mohammed.
1956	Jabalpur	Forcibly closing down of shops in protest against damage to an idol of Ganapati.
1956	Khamgaon	Attack on a Ganapati procession before a mosque by a crowd.
1957	Hazaribagh	A clash between students in Moharram procession
1958	Belgaun	A procession of Hindus with music before a mosque
1958	Dulhia	Unauthorised cow slaughter
1958	Yeola	Muslims objecting a procession of Ganpati Idol.
1958	Bagalkot	A procession of RSS was stoned near Panka mosque
1959	Lucknow	Sprinkling of colour on Muslim on Holi festival by a Hindu
1958	Bhopal	----do----
1958	Sitamarhi	Spreading of a rumour that a cow was slaughtered
1960	Hubli	Idol of Maruti disfigured by someone
1960	Firozabad	Ramlila procession
1960	Saharanpur	Ramlila procession
1961	Jabalpur, Sangore, Narsinghpur, Damoh	Effort to molest a Hindu girl
1961	Palanpur	Discovery of animal bones in the place of worship
1961	Many cities in UP	Aligarh University hostel boy misbehaved with hostel girl
1961	Bhopal	Meeting of Jana Sangh Dist. Committee
1961	Vidisha, Bhopal	Hindu procession being disturbed by Muslims
1962	Sikundra	Slaughter of a cow
1962	Malda in WB	A week's agitation against the publication of a picture of Mohammed
1962	Agra	A quarrel between two persons belonging to opposite communities
1962	Mandsaur	A dispute over a business transaction
1962	Bareilly	Throwing of stones on a procession of Hindus passing through Muslim residential area
1962	Ratanagiri	Ganpati procession attacked by Muslims
1963	Junagarh	Criminal assault by two Muslim youths on a Hindu girl
1963	Islampur	Muslim participants of Moharram procession attacked by the police with lathi
1963	Akola	Ganpati idol was attacked by stones
1963	Nadia, Calcutta	Hair of Mohammed from Hazratbal mosque were stolen
1963	Srinagar	---do---
1964	Bihar, Orissa	Train carrying refugees of East Pakistan
1965	Udaipur	Scuffle between the two neighbors of opposite community
1966	Udaipur	Scuffle between the two wrestlers of two communities
1967	Ranchi	Brick batting on the Urdu agitators' procession
1967	Srinagar	Religious conversion and marriage of a girl of the Pandi community to a Muslim youth
1968	Meerut	A conference organised by the Jamaat-e- Islami in a college and a procession crossed by Jan Sangh
1968	Karimganj	Scuffle between two boys of opposite community on a cow of a Muslim
1968	Vizhinjam	Clash between Muslims and Christians when Muslims embarked on aggressive violent acts against catholics
1968	Allahabad	Holy reveller threw water color on a Muslim who pulled out a pistol
1968	Auditanda	Ramnavmi procession
1968	Manglore	Muslims had assaulted a Hindu fisherman
1968	Aurangabad	A Muslim bakery servant's attack on a cow with a knife
1968	Nagpur	Scuffle between a Muslim barber and a Neo Buddha
1968	Parbhani	A Hindu college student stabbed by one Muslim Rikshaw puller
1968	Mabajogi	Scuffle among students
1968	Pupri	Durga procession passed through a Muslim inhabited area
1968	Gumdum	A Hindu procession
1968	Cuttack	Music in front of mosque
1968	Veeranal	News of a death of a Muslim in his house
1969	Kendrapa	Music near a mosque
1969	Calcutta	Muslim demonstration before the office of the 'Statesman'
1969	Anjar	A clash between two persons of opposite community
1969	Hubli	Muslims objected to throwing of colored water on them on Holi
1969	Mau in UP	Beating of a Hindu boy by Muslim boys
1969	Anjar	An armed mob of Muslims attacked Hindus
1969	Gujarat	Mutual suspicion and animosity between the two communities
1969	Ahmedabad	Atack on Jaganath temple by Muslims
1969	Other cities in Guj	Repurcussions of above
1970	Chaibasa	Ram Navmi procession
1970	Bhiwandi and other parts of Maharashtra	Beginning with a quarrel between two persons of opposite communities
1972	Tonk	Bakri Id
1972	Banaras	Bakri Id
1973	Delhi	Two groups of miscreants clashed at Bara Hindu Rao area
1974	Jugeshwari	Anti-Muslim feeling injected by Shiv Sena workers in the minds of general people
1974	Delhi	Quarreling of two persons belonging to two opposite communities
1975	Jogeshwari	Militant action of Shiv Sena volunteers
1977	Chittorgarh	Id Festival
1977	Benaras	Durga procession

Secular and Non Secular Violence

As we speak there is a major law and order problem brewing in Kerala.

Twelve people were injured Wednesday in clashes between activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) at Nadapuram. Clashes erupted in the evening when the two parties were taking out processions in Nadapuram, about 70 km from here. Members of the two rallies started attacking each other with stones and country-made bombs. The trouble started when an IUML panchayat secretary was injured in an attack Tuesday night allegedly by CPM goondas.

On one side we have a huge media coverage on clashes in Orissa and on the other side such violence is not even mentioned in media. However, the scenario would have been different if one of the party was BJP(or any member of sangh Parivar) instead of CPM. Have Media started categorising even the violence as secular and non secualr violence and on non secular violence?

Fart Alert

Rahul Gandhi said on Friday.

"A sapling was planted which has grown into a tree in Amethi. Now, I want to create a jungle and spread it all over Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere in the country,"

Dont worry crown price, UPA govt. is working hard to have Jungle Raj in this country.

Rahul while talking to 1,000 odd women in Amethi

"do you know Bangladesh?"

I guess next time in Loksabha he will cover the plight of poor people who are managing to survive without knowledge of geography( just like he narrated the saga of Kalawati and sasikala during last speech)

Indian Express supporting conversion?

The banners prominently displayed on Indian Express site belongs to World Vision. World Visions claims themselves to be "Christian relief and development agency" but there are allegations that they are involved in conversion in India.

Earlier this month, police detained Pradesh Kumar Das, an employee of the World Vision from Khadagpur while escaping from the district at Buguda. He is suspected to be linked to murder of 85 year old Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati

I suggest people should visit World Vision website and browse thru the names of child's "to be sponsored" do you see something missing?

Sarah Palin - Mccains running mate

Currently the hottest governor in US

So Pope's deploration can do wonders!

After Popes strong condemnation Manmohan Singh on Thursday described the ongoing violence in Orissa as a “shame on the nation” and is understood to have assured a delegation of church leaders that Rs. 3 lakh would be given as compensation to the families of those killed. I am not sure whether this would be applicable for the seer & the four others of the ashram who were killed earlier.

Briefing mediapersons after meeting the Prime Minister, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) spokesman Babu Joseph said that besides Dr. Singh’s compensation promise, funds would be released from the Prime Ministers’ Relief Fund for providing relief and rehabilitation to all those affected by the violence.

Since Poe has the ear of Manmohan singh, I think we should request Pope to take up the Ram Sethu and Amarnath issue also with Manmohan singh.

Fart Alert

CPM central committee member Shyamal Chakraborty .

"The Chief Minister has been censured by the Politburo for his anti- bandh stand and he has not opposed it and accepted the decision,"

J&K facts and figures (Figures are based as of 2002)

- Since the beginning of militancy in 1990, the J&K has managed to get the lion's share of Central resources-over Rs 35,571.3 crore in grants and assistance. In 2001-2, for instance, Jammu and Kashmir got Rs 4,577 crore from the Centre or over 10 per cent of the assistance to states. It has got more than any other state every year since 1995. Add to this projects in the state worth over Rs 25,000 crore being funded by the Centre.

- A Kashmiri gets eight times more money from the Centre than citizens from other states. While per capita Central assistance to other states moved from Rs 576.24 in 1992-93 to Rs 1,137 in 2000-1, that of the Kashmiri spiralled from Rs 3,197 to Rs 8,092.

- Jammu and Kashmir has the lowest poverty level in the country. The number of people living below the poverty line has dropped from 24.24 per cent in the 1980s to a mere 3.46 lakh people (3.48 per cent), compared to 26.10 per cent across India though the state's contribution to the GDP was less than 1 per cent in 2000-1.

- In 2002, In ACNielsen opinion poll only 1 per cent of the respondents favored being a part of Pakistan. Earlier in May, London-based Mori International, an independent research outfit, along with facts Worldwide asked respondents from the strife-torn state to choose between India and Pakistan. Sixty-one per cent of the Kashmiris polled asserted that they would "be better off politically and economically as an Indian citizen" and only 6 per cent favored a switch to Pakistani citizenship.

- In 2002, the Pakistan Government unveiled a Khushal Kashmir Programme with a corpus of Rs 28.9 crore. Compare this with the Rs 6,165 crore package announced by Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee in May this side of the border.

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Lies they say!

Original Amarnath Pilgrim Land transfer Order

Government Order No 104 - FST of 2008 DATED 26-05-2008

Sanction is accorded to the diversion of forest land measuring 39.88 hectares falling under the compartment No 63a/Singh in Block Kullan, Range Sindh, Sindh Forest Division for raising pre-fabricated structures only for camping purposes of pilgrims, without going in for construction of permanent structures, at Baltal and Donnail by Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board on the following terms and conditions.

1: The proprietary status of forest land shall remain unchanged.

2: The forest land so diverted shall be utilised only for the purpose for which it has been diverted. It shall not be transferred to any other agency without approval of the Forest Department.

3: The forest land so diverted shall not be mortgaged, reassigned or sub-leased by user agency in any manner whatsoever to any other agency.

4: The User Agency shall pay net present value of the forest land to the tune of Rs 2,31,30,400/- (Rs Two crore thirty one lakh thirty thousand four hundred only) as calculated by the concerned DFO as per Hon'ble Supreme Court Order dated 30.10.2002 in IA No 566 in Writ Petition (Civil) No 202 of 1995 T N Godavarman Thirumalpad V/S Union of India.

5: The User Agency shall pay Rs 19,94,000/- (Rs Nineteen lakh ninety four thousand only) on account of Compensatory Afforestation to be carried over 79.76 hectares.

6: The User Agency shall take foolproof measures on modern scientific lines to ensure that water of nearby Sindh Nallah does not get polluted.

7: Any damage done to the forest by the user agency or its employees and contractors of people employed by them shall be charged from the user agency at the rate of ten times the standard rate of 1992.

8: The forest land so diverted shall return to the Forest Department free of any encumbrances when it is no longer required by the User Agency.

9: The User Agency shall construct complete retaining/breast walls on the both sides of the road/railway line/earth work/tunnelling etc. and take other necessary steps so as to minimise soil erosion/land slips. In this regard, the user agency shall seek technical guidance from Director, Soil Conservation Department of J&K.

10: The User Agency shall also pay any other amount which will become payable as per the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court or Government/Forest Department, J&K.

11: The User Agency shall be responsible to get requisite clearance under any other relevant law in vogue.

12: The User Agency shall submit an undertaking that in case of any upward revision of rates of Net Present Value the User Agency will pay the amount of differential Net Present Value.

13: Possession of Forest land diverted for non-forestry purpose under the orders of the competent authority should be handed over to the User Agency till all payments due against Compensation of trees, NPV/Compensation forest land, Compensatory Afforestation costs etc. are not deposited with Chief Accounts Officer in the office of the PCCF. Before handling over the possession of the Forest land, it should be further ensured that there are no outstanding dues with the said User Agency in respect of the cases sanctioned in the past.

14: The User Agency shall take all possible environmental safeguards in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board prior to erection of the pre-fabricated structures and their use by the pilgrims to ensure that no damage is caused to the ecology of the area.

The proposal stands cleared/approved by the Advisory Committee in its 39th meeting held under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary on 12th July, 2007.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

Sd/-
Principal Secretary to Government
Forest Department

NO- FST/Land/41/2007 Dated: 26-05-2008

Citizens of India and "liberals" need to take a hard look at the above GO and decide who is playing games

Secularism Again!

The largest chain of primary and secondary schools in India run by the government, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has decided to modify its logo by replacing the lotus flower associated with Goddess Saraswati with globe.

The decision to modify the logo taken earlier this year in a meeting of the KVS board of governors headed by HRD minister Arjun Singh.

Last month, all the 980 schools were informed about making required changes in the logo to reflect “broader national ethos and advances in science and technology”.

Joint Director (administration), KVS, Pragya Richa Srivastava. says "There is no politics behind it. We are going global as we have three KVS abroad, so the change has been undertaken,.

KV has 980 schools in India and they are changing logo because they have 3 schools out of India!!! Whom are you smoking! Even if there are more schools out of India, What is the need of changing one's cultural symbol! Then the comment that logo is to take into consideration "broader national ethos", Hindus consititute more than 75% of Indian population, I am not sure what can be broader than that.

Another shameful act!

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Fart Alert

Mr Kali Ghosh, state general secretary of the CITU

“We believe workers will resort to strike as long as capitalism and exploitation are there,”

CPI leader, Mr D Raja

“Staging bandhs is a democratic right. How can it be curbed?”

Going forward, I will try to capture most outrageos quote of the day in "Fart Alert". Folks if you see something interesting please let me know

A dangerous precident: India's Catholics to Rally, Shut Schools to Protest Killings

In a move fraught with great danger, India's Catholic bishops called for nationwide rallies and asked schools to close on Aug. 29 to protest against violence that has claimed more than 11 lives till date.

The violence in orissa is a localized issue between two groups of people(may be communally divided). It would be very wrong for church to take up this in an organised way across the country. This would nationalise an issue which is currently localised in one district.

Why is educational institutions being shutdown? Educational institutions are secular and public institutions which should be kept insulated from taking positions in such bipartisan issues. After schools what? Would Christian institution run hospitals be shutdown? If church is bend upon pitting such public and secular institutions in bipartisan controversies GOI should take a strategic view on whether such groups be allowed to own/run Schools and Hospitals

What happens if police after investigation finds some christian group responsible for the death of Swami? As we know last December riots were triggered by attack on swami by a Christian Mob.

Apple iPhone: Hype Vs Reality.

After long wait of one and a half years, Last week, I also became "proud" owner of this black beauty - Apple-3G iPhone. But to put it mildly it was an Anticlimax.

On the positive note, its an engineering marvel. The hardware capabilities of iPhone surpass its nearest competitor(which I think is Sony Erickson) by miles. As with all apple products, the product is an absolute beauty. The touch screen and other sensors inside the phone which enable screen flip etc is brilliant, Voice clarity is good. Though it might be slightly big for ladies to get a comfortable grip.

If only hardware would make a good phone, iPhone would have no rivals(even in immediate future). Its the OS which makes iPhone an unwieldy piece of electronics. Even the simple functions which is taken for granted in even basic phone is not available in iPhone. A lot has been written on the features that are not available on iPhone so I will not go in details. Things as mundane as editing a phone number from recent calls is not possible. A look at iTunes reminds me of Ambassador car.

I think the source of problem lies in apple not having knowledge base on preferences of a typical phone user. The traditional Phone companies(like Nokia and Sony) build this intimate knowledge base thru their years of experience in this market. As an analogy, Apple making a phone is like Escorts (the tractor manufacturer) trying to make a luxury car. Ya both tractor and car has four wheels/steering/accelerator etc. But these things do not make a good luxury car.

It is the failure of media and "expert reviewers" that they got blown away by marketing hype and failed to take Apple to task for the shortcomings. I hope and wish that apple would comeup with some serious revisions of OS and do justice to the people who supported them. Untill then its back to basics....

Who murdered Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati?

The killing of 85 year old Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati who, spearheaded the campaign against the religious conversion and cow slaughter in the tribal dominated district of Kandhamal for four decades, has once again sparked communal fires in Orissa. Last December, Kandhamal district, where the swami was based, saw a major communal clash – which lasted nearly a week — after the swami’s vehicle was stopped and he was attacked, allegedly by a Christian mob.

Orissa police was quick to blame naxals for the attack but now authorities have said other people besides a left extremist group may have been involved in the attack and investigators would look into all aspects of the case.

Meanwhile, Daily Pioneer reported that police have arrested Pradesh Kumar Das, an employee of the World Vision, a Christian Charity, from Khadagpur while escaping from the district at Buguda. In another drive, two other persons Vikram Digal and William Digal have been arrested from the house of Lal Digal, a local militant Christian, from Nuasahi at Gunjibadi, Nuagaan. They have admitted to having joined a group of 28 other assailants.

Meanwhile, Mgr Raphael Cheenath, archbishop of Cuttack-Bubaneshwar has added fuel to the fire by saying

Hindu nationalism is a cancer on India. The Cross has set deep roots in Orissa and The Church will be the light for generations to come in Orissa.

The Vatican condemned the attacks, calling for ‘an end to all bullying’ and a return to dialogue.

"It expresses its solidarity with local churches and the religious orders involved, and condemns these actions, which are an affront to dignity, peoples' freedom, and endanger peaceful civil coexistence,"

Desi bar girls bad, Videshi Belly dancers good

Few years back the Congress & NCP party took the moral high ground that Dance Bars corrupted people and heartlessly destroyed the lives of half a million families. They closed 3,500 dance bars, making over 500,000 people jobless.

But Sharad Pawar who heads BCCI had no qualms using scantly clad "foreign" cheerleaders during the IPL matches. During the IPL, Maharashtra deputy chief minister and home minister R R Patil from NCP, who led the campaign against dance bars, said

“The present question (of cheerleaders) cannot be equated with the police ban on dance bars. The ban on dance bars is commensurate with the sale of liquor. Cheerleaders’ is apparently a dance form by itself,”

Now Sinuous belly dancers from Ukraine and Mumbai entertained the audience during Janmashtami, which included State finance minister Jayant Patil and public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal besides several MPs and MLAs, at a dahi handi function organised by the NCP at Kherwadi, Bandra East, on Sunday

A senior cabinet minister who did not wish to be named asked

“What’s wrong if foreigners are dancing. They are like our Radha of olden days.”

Janmashtami, like many other religious festivals, is more than just for the devout —they are important social occasions where communities congregate and take part in traditions handed down over the years. NCP should have restricted its "liberal moralism" to IPL Matches

Communist Prachanda shows his colour

Prachanda's five-day official visit to Beijing is in a sharp departure from tradition where India has been the first port of call for most previous Nepalese prime ministers. It was India, which invited him first for the visit, but Prachanda went to China without accepting or rejecting the Indian invitation.

New Cause of Pseudo Liberal - Kashmir

The Pseudoliberals who till recently basked in secular glory by vilifying Hinduism and bashing everything it stands for have a new cause now - Kashmir freedom. The separatist cry for "Kashmir Freedom" has suddenly found much needed support from assorted armchair Pseudoliberals. It makes sense coming from the group which believes patriotism as last refuge of the scoundrel and the concept of Nation-State to be anachronism. It was Arundhati Roy(the mother Pseudo) who claimed herself to be an “independent, mobile republic”, while protesting the nuclear tests.

Nation was shocked when Arundhati Roy declared that Kashmir needs Independence from India while attending a Azadi rally in Kashmir. Not to be left behind Vir Sanghavi of HT also have taken up the cause. Vir Sanghavi thinks we are hanging on to Kashmir because of our misplaced machoism!! The other reason he gives for Independence of Kashmir is because valley has only a population of 4 million that is 98 per cent Muslim. So why hold on to it? Going by the same logic why are we holding on to Siachen? after all no one lives there!

Nation needs to be on guard against such fringe elements who in their zeal to increase their "liberal quotient" provide intellectual support for separatist movement. If it was communist party of India who provided intellectual support for creation of Pakistan during Independence movements, its the pseudo liberals who have donned the mantle now(though CPM/CPI is working hard to hold on to number uno pseudo liberal position).

Such Individuals who provides moral/intellectual support should be charged with abetment of crime under section 121 of IPC which deals with Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India. According to this section whoever wages war against the Government of India, or attempts to wage such war, or abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with death, or for life or/and shall also be liable to fine.

Then whom am I saying this to? Afsal Guru is still alive and may walk free....

Amarnath row: 'Govt looking for give and take formula'

As Jammu and Kashmir continues to be on the boil over the Amarnath land row, Home Minister Shivraj Patil has said the government was seeking a give and take formula that would satisfy both the regions of the state.

I guess coming from this government it would mean jammu gives, kasmir takes

Are we a selfish nation?

The news headlines read

Gurgaon-based low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd announced on Thursday that freestyle wrestling champion Sushil Kumar, who won a bronze at the Beijing Olympics, can travel free on the airlines all his life.

The Haryana government on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs 2.5 million for Beijing Olympic wrestling bronze medalist Sushil Kumar.

It is a great achievement by Sushil. He is the new icon for Delhi and I will give him a cash award of Rs 5 million. His coach Satpal will also get promotion,"

Proud nation cheered the Olympic hero with Cash awards to the tune of Rs.1.65 crores with many more to come.

But the question is - where was the nation when they required it the most? The founder and head coach of Guru Captain Chandrup Akhara Captain Chandrup uses his Army pension and farmland resources to maintain the place. The akhara houses 150 pehelwans, who have to share the small hacks — 13 to a room. In fact, wrestlers at this akhara are lucky as it is part of a stadium and uses equipment supplied by the Sports Authority of India. Still, the wrestlers do not have proper access to weight-training facilities!

The situation gets more outrageous considering the fact that Kumar had to grapple with absence of a masseur as survived bout after bout to win India's second medal in Beijing Olympics.

Sushil reveales...

"Going into my fourth bout of the day, I was really tired and there was hardly any time to relax in between. I badly needed the rubbing and massaging. We did not have a dedicated masseur. I asked a masseur 'Do you have time to attend me?' and he said no. "So team manager Kartar Singh had to do the job. We did not have any idea about the doctors either, who had been attached with the contingent,. .

By the way, it may be be a minor fact that Sushil Kumar hails from the same neighbourhood as that of Virender Sehwag, the crowned Nawab of Najafgarh.

Have we become a nation who celebrates only success? Is there no support for people who are striving for success?

Go Vijender Go... Get to the top of medal podium

People who say don't worry about Demographic Changes should look no further than South Korea

Korea was a Buddhist country 120 years ago, with only a few thousand Christians, mostly Catholics, who faced intense persecution. By the 1960s, Korea had about a million Christians, but their numbers exploded in the decades that followed. Today, Christianity has grown overtaking Buddhism as the dominant religion in South Korea. About 30 per cent of South Korea's 49 million people are Christians, compared to 22 per cent for Buddhists.

With President Lee Myung-Bak who is a devout Christian assuming power issues have boiled over. Conflict between Buddhists and the Lee Myung-bak government has escalated with Buddhists openly denouncing what they call a series of discriminative measures against the religion.

Tensions grew late last month after police stopped a car carrying Reverend Jigwan, the Buddhist order of Jogye's respected head monk, outside Jogye-sa temple and searched the car.

The 1,200-year-old order has around eight million followers, making it South Korea's largest religious sect.

Reverend Hyegyeong, head of the Jogye order's administrative office says

"President Lee's favouritism of Christianity has led to the government's unequal treatment of different religions"

Buddists also cite several issues like temple information being unavailable in GPS navigational systems in cars. In June, it was found that a transportation information service provided by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs did not include locations of temples across the nation. Days later, it was also found that information maps for the Cheonggye Stream, which is Lee's most symbolic achievement during his Seoul mayorship, omitted temples.

Almost at the same period, police chief Eo appeared on a poster promoting a Christian event for police, aggravating the Buddhist backlash against the government's ``pro-Christian'' attitude.

Even before these incident, a feud between Lee and Buddhist leaders had been brewing after he appointed fellow churchgoers to key government posts. Opponents accused Lee of installing several of his church friends, including Lee Kyung-sook, a former chief of the now-defunct presidential transition team.

Former presidential secretary Choo Bu-ghil stepped down after making a contentious speech in a Christian prayer ceremony in which he called anti-U.S. beef candlelight protesters "satanic."

In May, President Lee's staff failed to send cards delivering his congratulatory message to Buddhist monks nationwide on Buddha's Birthday, breaking an annual tradition.

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A protest in contrast

Protest in Jammu

Protests in Jammu

During Idgah march.

Protests in Kashmir

Protests in kashmir



But Congress feels the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti and the Hurriyat are two sides of the same coin.

Abu Bashar's house becomes centre of attraction for secualr forces

From a teacher at a madarassa to an alleged mastermind of the horrific serial blasts that rocked the nation, the prime accused in the Ahmedabad blasts case Abu Bashar's house has become the centre of activity for "secular parties"

After strong vocal support from Laloo, UP's former chief minister and Congressman Ram Naresh Yadav went calling on Abu Bashar's family. However, he had to beat a hasty retreat when people shouted slogans against the administration.

HOW MUCH MORE LOW CONGRESS CAN STOOP?

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Olympic Controversies: Sweet 16? Really?

After the Chinese women’s gymnastics team won its first Olympic gold medal, Martha Karolyi, the U.S. national team coordinator, continued to question the ages of some of China’s gymnasts. Concerns over eligibility on the team surfaced before the Olympics and have continued all week.

“One of the girls has a missing tooth,” Karolyi said, suggesting that the gymnast was so young that she lost a baby tooth.

The grin of Deng Linlin, a Chinese gymnast who is listed as 16, indeed revealed a wide gap. To be eligible for the Olympics, gymnasts must turn 16 this year.

Olympic controversies: Spanish photo sparks controversy

Players on Spain’s Olympic basketball team defended a photo in an ad showing the players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese.

The photo, which has been running as a newspaper spread in Spain since Friday, shows all 15 players making the gesture.

I personally think it was really insensitive and distasteful picture amounting to racial insult.

Did “Space-Age” swimsuit help Michael Phelps reach his 8-medal dream?

Eight records in swimming have ben broken by improbable margins in Beijing Olympics. In the men's 4x100m relay, the record was smashed by an astounding four seconds. All these record-breaking swimmers had one thing in common. They were wearing Speedo's new swimsuit, the "Fastskin" LZR Racer.

The LZR Racer breathes high tech. Speedo designed the suit with input from NASA, ran tests on more than 100 different fabrics, and conducted body scans of world-class swimmers. The ultra-thin suit material repels water, reduces muscle oscillations, and lowers hydrodynamic drag by up to 10%. The individual panels are ultrasonically welded together, rather than stitched. Speedo even claims it increases a swimmer's oxygen efficiency. It can take 30 minutes for a swimmer to struggle into it and, once on, shoehorns the body into a more aerodynamic shape.

Ad of the space age swimsuit -

'Indian democracy unfair to Muslims' : Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi in an interview has said that Indian politics has been unfair to Muslims and despite secularism Muslims are discriminated against.

Wipro Owner Aziz Premji who is one of the richest Indian is a Muslim. Muslims have risen to hold positions like president of India, Chief Justices of Supreme Court and captain of Indian cricket team(eventhough he betrayed the faith we put on him). The entire bollywood is ruled by Khans.Shah Rukh Khan reportedly was the top tax payer among actors for 2007-2008 with 34 crores in income taxes paid.

In fact the UPA Govt. as part of their appeasement policy has declared that

"minorities, particularly the Muslims, have first right over the national resources"

The minority welfare budget is Rs 1,000 crore, Maulana Azad educational fund corpus from Rs is 250 crore and in the 11th Plan the corpus is going to be increasede to Rs 750 crore. The UPA has also created a national commission for minority education. She herself have been an MP and an successful actress. She received the national awards consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in movies, Arth, Khandhar and Paar. Another film named Godmother (1999) brought her another national award taking her tally to five national awards.

I am not sure what caused her to make such outrageous comments. dont know what else we need to do to make her feel comfortable!

Update:

Four flats in Juhu, and a house in Khandala are what actor Shabana Azmi owns, if some of the prominent people from the film fraternity are to be believed.

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TOI decided to do a reality check. Its reporters posed as Muslim flat-buyers-Mohammed Hanif and Abdul Rashid-and called up several builders' offices and real estate agents at random, inquiring about the availability of flats. The results were by and large contrary to what Azmi alleged.

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Secular responses before and after Bangalore/Ahmedabad bomb blasts

India Milli Council (AIMC)

AIMCexpressed grave concern over the “excesses” committed against the Muslims in the ‘witch hunt’ in the name of fighting terrorism and demanded a judicial commission to examine alleged police excesses against innocent Muslims and other weaker groups.

(Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told AIMC that their proposal for setting up a judicial commission to look into alleged excesses against the Muslims in the name of fighting terror would be examined closely for possible remedial measures.)

Lalu Yadav, Railway Minister

The minority community members are being apprehended and harassed there. They have again started the same thing now. Bombs are now being found everywhere from roof tops to shrubs to trees. What was the state and its police doing when all this happened? Culprits should be booked but only after solid

Prof. Dinesh Oza, a journalist and human rights activist working in Gujarat

“Around 400 innocent Muslim youths have been picked up by the police for interrogation with regard to the recent serial blasts in Ahmedabad. We condemn the terrorist act, but demonizing of a particular community without investigations does not augur well,”

Asghar Ali Engineer of All India Secular Forum

“It is beyond anybody’s comprehension that all the live bombs in Surat did not explode, while in Ahmedabad most of them did. The bomb disposal squad defused the explosives without any safety gear and with smiling faces, even the bystanders showed no fear as they watched the bombs being defused,”

Shabnam Hashmi from ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy) voluntary group.

“The unexploded bombs in Surat were planted as high as on hoardings and tree tops and had to be brought down with the help of a crane. Shall we believe that terrorists were planting bombs with the help of cranes, about which Surat police were unaware,”

ICC general secretary Digvijay Singh

"People should take cognisance of the fact that the blasts took place when the BJP was in trouble. Whenever the BJP is in trouble, bomb blasts take place in the country. When the Tehelka issue rocked the House, Parliament was attacked, Jaipur blasts took place when the Karnataka elections were on and recently when the BJP's trust motion was defeated bomb blasts took place in Ahmedabad and Bangalore".

Holding the Sangh Parivar responsible for the blasts, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said:

"It is intriguing that in Surat bombs were found on trees. I have evidence to prove that the persons owing allegiance to the RSS and VHP were involved in making and planting the bombs." He added that fanatics of both communities were involved in terrorism.

Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in the Lok Sabha.

These are our brothers who have gone astray. We have a duty to bring them back to the family fold. It is only through dialogue that a solution is possible

Kashmir Protest

Kashmiri protester hoisting pakistani flag in Kashmir!

SIMI: All roads lead to Kerala

As per gujarat police, SIMI activist from Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat were involved in Ahmedabad case. Could precious lives have been saved in Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad had Kerala cops not "bungled" in a case involving some senior SIMI activists arrested by them in 2006?
Although a total of 18 SIMI men were rounded up from the venue, the police mysteriously registered a case against only five and let off the rest. The FIR registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act named five accused — Shaduli, Ansar Moulavi, Nizamuddin, Abdul Rafeeq and Shamas.
Almost two years into their arrest, cops are yet to even file a chargesheet in the case.

- Two of them — Ansar Moulvi and Sahduli — are now in the custody of the Rajasthan police in connection with the Jaipur blasts.

- A third one is reportedly detained in Bangalore after last week's serial blasts in the IT city.

- Nizamuddin fled India and is now said to be operating from Saudi Arabia, while the whereabouts of the fifth person isn't known.

- Shaduli's brother, Shibly Peediackal Abdul, was the outfit's key operative in south India. Wanted in the 2006 Mumbai serial blasts, he, too, was arrested in MP in March.

It is more shocking that two senior cops is said to have "sabotaged" the investigation and an MLA belonging to the ruling Left Democratic Front in Kerala is said to have called on the SIMI men in jail a few days after their arrest.

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Nalanda International University dream close to realisation?

Nalanda was one of the world's first residential universities which drew scholars from all over the world for nearly 800 years starting from the 5th century. In its heyday it accommodated over 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers. The university was considered an architectural masterpiece, and was marked by a lofty wall and one gate.

But nearly 800 years after its founding, Nalanda was destroyed burned by Turkish Muslim invaders under Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1197 A.D. The Persian historian Minhaz, in his chronicle the Tabaquat-I-Nasiri, reported that thousands of monks were burned alive and thousands beheaded, the burning of the library contin­ued for several months and smoke from the burning manuscripts hung for days like a dark pall over the low hills..

Now, it seems that we would be able to see the revival of this great centre of education as a International University. Dr. Abdul Kalam mooted the idea to revive this university while addressing the both houses of Bihar Assembly. Japan and Singapore have shown interest in investing about Rs.4.5 billion ($100 million) in the university. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has offered to donate Buddhist artifacts to the proposed university.

Amartya Sen isn't averse to the idea of taking a break from Harvard and lecturing at Nalanda International University in the heart of Bihar. The PM Manmohan Singh is expected to take along a resolution on the university to the 4th East Asia Summit in Bangkok and once adopted, Parliament would enact the concept as a law. It is expected that the university will start taking shape by February 2009 and teaching in some form should begin in 2010

Great Move, However, Lets keep our fingers crosses in these secular times

Ahmedabad blasts Cracked - Shocking response from "certain group of netizens"

Gujarat police today claimed to have cracked the Ahmedabad bombings as well as "almost unravelled" the past terror bombings in other Indian cities in which the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) had a "deep involvement".

Gujarat Director General Police P C Pandey, addressing media persons, said that the Ahmedabad crime branch and the State Anti Terrorist Squad, along with local intelligence, had "nearly solved" the serial bombings in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad and in Maharashtra.

Kudos to Gujarat Police for such a major success. I am sure every Indian would be Heaving a sigh of relief, finally.

However, I found response of certain group of netizens to this news really disturbing. I was going thru the readers responses of this news in TOI and found a vertical divide between the response of Hindus and Muslims. Most of the Hindus were ecstatic. While all of muslim who commented were sckeptic!

The responses ranged from

"all these arrests are fake arrest , this is only to safe face of Mr modi"

to

Another bunch of lies brought by the police against SIMI but people r sure about these lies & they will not beleave it, because until now they have arrested from all over INDIA to harass only muslims.

One of them even went to the extend of saying

Wake up Indians govt. administration seems involved in these blasts and I don't think Muslism arrest would stop these activities. I think Muslims should unite and do something about it

Blame for this skepticism completely goes to our messiah's of secularism and so called human right activists. Whether it was killing of Lashkar activist Ishrat or bringing to books the culprits responsible for attack on parliament, It was these self styled activists who were in forefront in sowing the seeds of doubt in the minds of minority community.

Even after the tragedy of Ahmedabad, the human right activists were in forefront protesting the arrests of people from minority community.

Which Independence Day is it anyway?

Which Independence day is it? is it 62nd as claimed by NDTV or 61st( 61nd as per Indian Express)?
I guess since NDTV is closest to the UPA Govt. I guess it would be 62nd!!

Global Imbalance - An imminent Dollar Crisis

Lecture by CA M.R. Venkatesh, Chennai Part of INDIA RE-DISCOVERED A Seminar on Global Economy By SWADESHI JAGARAN MANCH and VISION INDIA TRUST

In Hindustan, Hindus have no Sthan(space...)

The ongoing agitation in Kashmir (amply supported by secular parties) against allotment of 0.4 square kilometer of forest land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) is shocking! The land was allotted for building temporary colony for Amarnath pilgrims. As usual,  the secular parties like CPM is giving  full support to PDP and separatist groups.

Senior Congress leader and former minister Ghulam Rasool Kar, while describing the land transfer a ploy to turn Muslims into a minority in Kashmir, said,

"If the decision isn't revoked, mass agitation will break out in the Valley." 

CPM leadership also chipped into the secular chorus. State secretary of CPM M Y Tarigami in a statement said .

"Government is adopting tactics of dilly dallying over the land transfer issue. We ask the government to immediately rescind the order and ensure the smooth conduct of the yatra so that communal forces do not take undue advantage of the situation and mislead people",

To put things in proper perspective, the actual land transferred(actually sold) to  Shri Amarnath Shrine Board  is approx. 0.4 sq km. The land area of J&K is 2,22,236 sq km.

As expected Congress government has decided to take back the land sold to SASB! Again proving the theory that "only crying babies get milk"

This is not the first time such an incident is happening. A similar incident happened in kerala few years back. The Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala which draws millions of pilgrims and contributes several crores via sales and other indirect taxes every year has always been given a step motherly treatment by the successive Governments in Kerala. Few years back, the Devaswom Board, apex body in charge of the Hindu temples in Kerala was made to pay Rs. 6.5 crores as compensation for getting 110 hectares of forest land to provide amenities to pilgrims.  Even then the land transfer ran into several issues, only an agitation by the devotees could force the govt. to part with the land. 

Its amazing in Hindustan(land of Hindus), not a day passes without a new dole being given to minorities but Hindus are denied even the basic right of land!!! I guess its time to change this countries name from Hindustan to Hindus-without-stan