Shoaib Malik, Ayesha Siddiqui Issue & Marriage registration in Islamic

All-India Muslim Personal Law Board has opposed recent recent Supreme Court order making marriage registration certificates mandatory. The AIMPLB has said that community would not accept the directive, as it was an infringement of the Muslim personal law.

Mohammed Hashmi Kanpuri, a member of the board, stated that each and every Muslim was bound with Shariat laws, given by Islam and guaranteed by the country's Constitution. According to him, "Any marriage in Islam is certified by three people including a Kazi, and there is no need for any other certification. Muslims are governed by their own rules which are different from the rules of other communities,".

Interestingly, according to Shariat law, a girl can marry once she attains the age of 16 years, whereas the Constitution allows marriage only after the girl reaches the age of 18.

The alleged ‘marriage’ of Pakistan cricket team skipper Shoaib Malik & Ayesha Siddiqui, a girl from Hyderabad has shown the importance of Marriage registration. Shoaib Malik and Ayesha met in Jeddah, KSA, in 2001.  After two months of courtship, the couple married on June 3, 2002, over phone, with witnesses from both sides as per the Muslim law.

However, Now Shoaib Malik has backed off and is denying the claim. Accordning to him, he was just  engaged with Ayesha

I hope atleast now All-India Muslim Personal Law Board will understand the importance of Marriage Registration!

Whats cooking at China Front?

If you have noticed in last several weeks there has been some high level activity at China Front.
This week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled to Arunachal Pradesh on his maiden visit, First Prime Minister to Visit after a Gap of 13 Years! Unfortunately, he skipped Tawang! Tawang has symbolic and historic significance as several Indian soldiers laid down their lives during the 1962 war with Chinat. It was all the more important as China was laying claim on it.

"The sun kisses India first in Arunachal Pradesh," Singh said at a public rally in Itanagar, the state capital. "It is our land of the rising sun."

During his visit he laid foundation of a number of major projects. The projects include the 3,000 MW Debang Multi Purpose Hydro Electricity Project, the largest in the country to be executed by NHPC. Singh will also lay the foundation stone of the Harmoti-Itanagar railway line putting the state on India's railway map.  Dr. Singh announced a grant of 60 lakh rupees to improve the facilities in the transit camps for the forces posted in the border area. 

Only last Week, Former Army chief Gen Joginder Jaswant Singh was today appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. JJ Singh is known for his intimate knowledge of Arunachal Pradesh.

Today, Army and air force commanders in Arunachal Pradesh will apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of their concerns about their assessment of China's infrastructure growth and its military capabilities.

In another incident,
China has lodged a diplomatic protest over Indian military activity in Sikkim and claimed that Indian troops were trying to be active on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that divides their troops along the disputed Himalayan border.

Is Govt suspecting something sinister?

Question: Who is gentleman who is so "lovingly" Hugging Chinese armymen?

Answer: None otherthan Arunachal Pradesh Congress Chief Minsiter Dorjee Khandu

Commenting on the controversy, Gegong Apang, Former Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh said:"Neither did he obtain prior permission from me or from Governor or from the Union Ministry of External Affairs."

While it is obligatory for all ministers, who want to travel to a foreign country, to obtain necessary clearances from the Centre.!!

Story of a Magnate

She was born on January 18, 1956 into a Dalit family in Delhi and grew up with eight siblings in a modest home in a crowded neighbourhood. Her father  Mr. Prabhudayal was employed as a supervisor with the Post and Telegraph department in Delhi and her mother Ram Lata was housewife. Her family traces its roots to Baadalpur village of the then Bulandshahar and now Ghaziabad district of UP.

According to her, Her relatives' used to live in huts and were always in the most neglected and impoverished part of the village.

She did a BA and LLB from Kalindi College at Delhi University and later took a BEd degree from Delhi University.

According to her father, her biggest qualities was her fighting spirit. He believes she draws her fighting spirit from her grandfather who was a soldier and has fought in Italy in World War I. A Italian Connection here also!!!

Between 1977 and 1984, she taught at various schools run by the Delhi administration. She left teaching in 1984 and joined Kanshi Ram, who had by then floated a non-political outfit, the Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation, and the DS-4, another organisation set up to look after the interests of Dalits and Backward castes.

She contested her first Lok Sabha election from Kairana (Muzaffarnagar) in December 1984, but could not win. She then contested the Lok Sabha by-election to Bijnor and Hardwar in 1985 and 1987 respectively. She stood second with 1.39 lakh votes in the Hardwar by-election.

She was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1989 from the Bijnor seat. from then she never looked back.

She became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time with the BJP's support on June 3, 1995. In 1997, She again became UP Chief Minister with an agreement between BJP and BSP that both parties would have its own chief minister by rotation for six months each. However, At the end of her six-month tenure, Mayawati withdrew support from the coalition government, saying the Dalit Act had not been properly implemented in the state.

Her third tenure as UP chief minister commenced on May 3, 2002 but abruptly ended on July 25, 2003 after the Taj Heritage Corridor scam surfaced. The Supreme Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the controversy. Later, the apex court also ordered a probe into the alleged disproportionate assets of Mayawati and her family.

Last year, her income was estimated at an impressive Rs 52 crore, while she has already grossed Rs 60 crore and is expected to close the fiscal with an even bigger kitty. Till the December quarter, the Dalit leader had paid Rs 15 crore advance tax.

Based on her Rs 9.7 crore payout on December 15, Mayawati was already ranked 18th in the all-India individual taxpayers category, a remarkable rise for the former government schoolteacher. And based on her payments till December, which amounted to Rs 15 crore, she was placed 19th. She is ranked a few notches below Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan in the advance tax list. Not only is Mayawati's income more than that of any politician, she ranks higher than the Ambani brothers, Birlas, Bachchans, Ratan Tata and Infosys' Nandan Nilekani. Kumaramangalam Birla trails the Dalit leader, at 57th place, while the richest cricketer, 'Master Blaster' Tendulkar is a distant 85th. Aamir Khan is placed even farther, at a not-so-impressive 123rd. She has attributed her remarkable financial rise to her supporters who had given her large amounts of cash and pledged their personal properties out of "love and affection" and for the welfare of the downtrodden and the Dalits.

On her 47th Birthday, her birthday bash cost the state exchequer around Rs10 crore, Even by conservative estimates

She is None other that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati

Sethu Samudram Shipping Canal Project: A economic Perspective

The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP) envisages the creation of a navigable canal from the Gulf of Mannar to the Bay of Bengal to facilitate movement of ships. The project documents claim that ships moving from the west coast to the east coast of India do not need to navigate around Sri Lanka but can use the channel to save 36 hours of shipping time and 570 nautical miles. One of the major Hyped claim is that it will save up to 30 hours of shipping time. Lets look at various aspects as told by several experts in their respective fileds:-

1. Security of Ships: Setu project a threat, says Coast Guard. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has said that the controversial Sethusamudram shipping canal project has “security implications” which have been “conveyed” to the government.

Addressing the media ahead of the 31st anniversary of the ICG, its Director-General Vice-Admiral Rusi Contractor said, “There are security implications because of the closeness of the India-Sri Lanka maritime boundary”.

I guess in such a Narrow channel all the ships would be a sitting duck for Pirates and LTTE

2. Long term Cost: The wind and waves bring in a large amount of silt and wash it ashore. The same thing is going to happen to the Sethu Samudram Canal. Marine scientists have identified five areas on the Indian coastline they call high-sinkage pits, and one of them happens to be the Palk Straits.

What is left unsaid by the Sethu Samudram authorities is that maintaining the 12 metre depth (of the channel) will entail round the year dredging. But this cost is not mentioned anywhere. It is estimated that 2 million cubic metres per annum of sand needs to be dredged, the total amount of maintenance dredging could in fact go up significantlydue to the fact that the Palk Bay is a sediment sink for the rivers of the southern peninsula as well as due to the action of
the sea on the coastline of Tamil Nadu.

3. Travel Time: The voyages that are used as reference points in the draft project report (DPR) start either at Kanyakumari or Tuticorin and move to the east coast. While this might be true for journeys that originate along the west coast of India, for other voyages, the choice of these starting points overstates the distance saved.

For voyages from other destinations, will save just 215 and 70 nautical miles respectively: significantly lower than what is stated in the DPR.

Details Available here

4. Reduction in Cost: The primary claim of the SSCP is that less time at sea will mean both lower time charter rates (to hire ships) and lower fuel expenses as less distance has to be covered. The reduced expenditure by using the canal can then be charged as a tariff by the SSCP. In dollar terms, the DPR hopes to charge up to 50 per cent of the calculated savings as a tariff for using the canal. The saving as calculated by the DPR for a 20,000 DWT ship will give a canal tariff of around $ 8,981. On average, non-coastal ships, that constitute 70 per cent of the projected users, will lose $ 4,992.1 if they use the canal at the current tariff structure. Many from the shipping industry opine that ships will go around Sri Lanka rather than have to go through a canal with draught restrictions and with a need for a pilot to embark and disembark from the ship. If on the other hand, the company charges the total savings made by the ship (around $ 4,000), the pre-tax internal rate of return (IRR) of the project falls to just 4.5 per cent. On the other hand, if the SSCP charges 50 per cent of the amount saved by these ships, the pre-tax IRR falls to just 2.6 per cent!

Details Available here

5. Lack of Support: For a project like the SSCP, that is to be completed by November 2008,5 it is time to ask the company why it has not been signing up customers to use the canal or published possible sea lanes around the canal. The focus has been proclamations on how the canal would be beneficial for ship users, but there is little evidence in terms of customers (especially foreign shipping lines). Despite appeals by the finance minister that the shipping industry shares the costs of building the canal, there have been no takers for this proposal. In fact, if it is, as many report, the fulfillment of a 100-year-old dream, why are there no shipping companies lining up outside the SSCP office waiting to sign contracts with the company?

6. Short Term Vision: The Suez and Panama Canals save ships thousands of miles, and that makes them profitable. Sethusamundaram is not remotely comparable. It is designed for small ships (the project documents talk of 20,000 DWT), whereas the Panama Canal takes ships of up to 65,000 DWT and Suez takes ships up to 150,000 DWT. Global shipping is shifting to ever-larger vessels. Bulk carriers and tankers often exceed 200,000 DWT, and those under 60,000 DWT are being phased out as uneconomic. Old general cargo vessels have been replaced by container ships, which started small but now exceed 35,000 DWT, and may soon touch 75,000 DWT. Such vessels cannot use the canal.

7. Ecological Disaster: This would cause a Major Ecological Disaster!

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'Civility' in cricket is a thing of the 50s, says Ponting

I guess Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is trying to give a official burial for Decency in Cricket field. He has ignited another controversy by saying the public must not judge modern cricketers by the "civil and gentlemanly" standards of the 1950s.

news.com.au quoted Ponting as telling Fairfax Radio "I think one thing that a lot of people overlook is that we are not playing cricket in the 1950s and a lot of people I think are still living in the 1950s. It's now a fully professional game. It's not a game of just going out there and having a bit of a bat a nd a bowl and having a laugh and giggle with the opposition. This is fully fledged international sport played by fully professional athletes and we are trying to do the best by the game and by the Australian public and the on-field umpires and everyone involved in the game,"

Height of Helplessness

 

Height of Helplessness: Manmohan Singh as PM

Crown Prince or Clown prince?

Last month the congress crown prince created a political storm by claiming that "Babri Masjid (destruction) would not have happened had any Gandhi family member been there,". He went on to add "My father (former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi) told my mother: 'Were the Babri Masjid to be razed, I will stand there and get killed rather than allow the masjid to fall'." He was rubbishing his mummy’s first handpicked prime minister when he went to the den of fundamentalist Islam, the Dar-ul-Uloom in Deoband.

I guess we can excuse him for his naivety as apparently he was studying and making a living Overseas between 1990-1999. That brings an interesting question on Rahuls Education. Unlike father Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul did not go to Doon School. He went to St Stephen's College, Delhi, for a year. But the the most interesting part is he was not admitted to St Stephen's on merit, but on the sports quota. and the sport was (hold your breath... ) rifle shooting!!! Also, Most of the our English Media refer Rahul as Harvard Graduate but the fact of the day is he was at Harvard in 1991 then he transfered to Rollins College in Florida, from which he graduated with a BA in 1994.

After Studying and working hard for nine long years, he did return to India with a Columbian girl friend Juvinita. The young Lovebirds were first photographed together watching the 1999 World Cup in England. More recently, Rahul was accused of 'immorality' after staying together with Juvenitta at a resort in Kumarakom, Kerala, even though they were not married! Since we are on the issue of Rahul and Juvinita, i am tempted to do some maths. Indian Rajiv + Italian Sonia = 1/2 Indian Rahul, 1/2 Indian Rahul + Columbian Juvinita = (I guess) 1/4 Indian?

In an Interview in 2004, Rahul claimed that "I learnt to be an Indian from my mother." I hope marrying a foreigner and not taking up Indian citizenship for the first fifteen years of her marriage were not part of this education.
In the same interview, He went on to add that he had certain ideas for the country that he would "keep them to myself for now". I guess it makes sense "why put your foot in mouth when it can be avoided"

West Bengal: Reverse Land Reforms

If we ask any communist about their single biggest achievement in Last 50 years of their existence in India. The answer will be always be Land Reform. According to Communists, its because of Land Reforms Kerala and Bengal are in better shape. But if Asked why Gujarat and Maharashtra is doing better in spite of not having Land Reforms, you will get a silent Stare. But this is a different issue.

Now it seems that the Communist Govt. is working hard to reverse the Land Reforms. They are busy creating new landlords on the Agricultural Land. In Last 1 year, Communist Government in West Bengal has given thousands of Acres of Prime Agriculture Land to Industrial Groups. The list include:-

1. 5,100 acre to the Salem Group: This will cause eviction of over 225,000 farmers from their agricultural land spread over seven mouzas in South 24-Parganas district.

2. 1,000 acres to Tata Group: for their Automobile Group: Approx. 20,000 Farmers would be Displaced due to this move.

3. Another 1,000 acres in Kharagpur for Tata Metaliks.

4. Infosys: 1000 acres.

5. Haldia chemical hub: 25,000 acres

6. Airport to Raichawk Expressway: 500 acres.

7. Kulpi Mini Port: 3,000 acres

8. Uluberia two-wheeler factory: 400 acres

It is said that in this mad rush for industrialization, Communist Government in West Bengal plan to acquire more than 60,000 Acres of agriculture land will be acquired. All this under the guise that it will provide Employment to the farmers. We would kindly request the Communist Lords to Educate us on "How can anyone even think of the locals, mostly farmers, getting any kind of work in such a highly mechanised unit?" I am waiting for the reaction for One Ms. Brinda Karat who was in fore Front of Sardar Sarovar Agitation.

I remember a statement from Mr. Buddha Months back.

As chief minister I cannot pursue socialism here. We are not fools. So, given the ground reality, we have to invite capitalists for the state’s development,” he said. “We have to bring in private and foreign capital for setting up industries.”

I agree Mr. Buddha you are not a foo, but Neither are We

Image: poster from 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Tebhaga Uprising, “Let the paddy no longer be sown with our blood, our life: fifty years of Tebhaga peasants uprising”, designer: Qayum Chowdhury.

Detailed Report on the Singur can be read here

Is MP = Minister on Parole?

In 2004, the UPA Ministry narrowly missed a golden opportunity of appointing First foreign born Prime Minister. However, it seems that are trying to makeup for missing the " firsts". Now they have the distinction of having the first Union minister to be convicted of murder. Other honorable "MP's" in the ministry are

Lalu Prasad, Railway Minister: Facing trial in five cases of Rs 1,000 cr fodder scam and a separate disproportionate asset case

Jaiprakash Yadav, Minister of State for Water Resources: Dropped from the Cabinet last year after he forced the police officials to release his brother involved in booth capturing during the elections. As Minister for Minor Irrigation in Bihar's Rabri Devi Government, Jaiprakash Yadav was named as accused by State's Vigilance Department under several provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act

MAA Fatimi, Minister of State for HRD: Alleged to have had close nexus with kidnapper/ extortionist syndicate. The then (1998) DSP of Darbhanga, Rama Shankar Rai, had stated in a report of a kidnapping case (No. 133/98): "To conclude from the study of facts and details, it is clear that the criminals had links with Fatimi." A warrant of arrest was also issued against Fatimi in 1998.

Mohd Taslimuddin, Minister of State for Agriculture: Apart from his violent and criminal record that compelled him to quit the Deve Gowda Ministry, he has suppressed several cases against him in his affidavit while filing nominations for the 2004 general elections.

Premchand Gupta, Minister of State for Company Affairs: ED has charged him in a $4.5 million embezzlment case.

How much more our democracy can sink? We have a HRD minister who is accused of Extortion and Kidnapping. I guess "Human Resource Management" takes a entirely different meaning here.

My question to Prime Minister is

Doctor what happened? We trusted you! Isnt it time that you took a stand. Your silence in issues ranging from Arunachal Pradesh to Minority appeasement is Deafening! Otherwise there is only one this which this nation will ask you "Et tu, Brutus"

Education or Religion? Its a decision which Muslims Society has to take

It seems the UPA government headed by Madam Sonia is in Christmas mood. Atleast it seems so by the gifts this government is showering on Muslim Community.

Its only weeks since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that he favored a "fair share" for minorities in central and state government as well as private sector jobs. I think Mr. PM should clarify whether he is suggesting that we are not "giving" fair share to Muslims in India? Never to be left behind in the race for Minority Votes, CPM also has now decided to ask the government to specifically allocate development funds for Muslims to improve their socio-economic levels.

Perhaps to prove the point, the Centre today decided to enhance the quota under haf subsidy scheme to 1.1 lakh pilgrims from the existing one lakh. With this, the Government Haj subsidy is all set to mount to Rs 385 crore approximately!

If this is the "fair share" which this government meant then sad to say that our "mai-baaps" has got it all wrong! As per NSS data Muslims comprised 12.2 per cent of the country’s population, their "fair share" in those who passed school was just 7.2 per cent. Due to low percentage of Pass out, Muslims formed just 6.5 per cent of the proportion of those enrolled in college, though they still managed to get 9.7 per cent of the total number of “professional, technical and managerial” jobs in the country.

Practicing religion is a personal Choice & Government has no role there. This "Secular" Government should put money where mouth is. Government should spend the limited funds in more useful ways. If this government would really like to Improve socio-economic status of Muslim community then they should spend money in education where it would cause impact.

On Hindsight, whom am I saying this to? This is afterall a secular government!

Tail piece:
- Our Revered "SECULAR" Leader Arjun Singh is now planning to fund madrassa education system!!
- On the issue of Government employment of Muslims, West Bengal(where CPM ruled for last 3 decades) ironically, is one of the worst, with a 24 per cent Muslim population having only 4 per cent of Government jobs. There is not a single Muslim officer in the public sector in West Bengal.

Kargil War - Pakistani Army surrenders and accepts bodies

 

BJP Back to Winning ways

BJP's win in UP Civic Elections will be turning point in Indian Political History. The BJP won eight of the 12 mayoral seats and the number of BJP corporators also went up from 237 to 324. This election was note worth for several reasons. First of all, this the first election after several years in which RSS has actively helped BJP. In fact, RSS pracharak Ram Lal Agrawal was loaned to the BJP to supervise the party’s election management in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Now it has been proved beyond doubt that BJP's political survival is closely linked to they following the Diktats of RSS and remaining within the boundaries of Ideology.

On the other side, Hindus in UP has every reason to Alarmed. In February this year, minister for haj and minorities welfare Yaqoob Qureshi shocked the world when he offered a Rs 510-million bounty to anyone who would kill the Danish cartoonists who drew images of the Prophet. His wife was put up as the SP's mayoral candidate in Meerut—a seat held by the party. She lost to the BJP. Then it was Azam Khan, the other big Muslim in Mulayam's set-up. He declared on July 17 this year that western UP be made into a Muslim Pradesh. There were also reports of eggs and meat being consumed at the holy ghat of Har ki Pauri in Haridwar during roza-iftar organised by SP.

This election also spelled bad news for Rahul Gandhi who had personally led Congress in the Civic Election. Rahul was expecting to lead congresss party in UP during the coming UP Assembly elections

On hindsight, it seems that BJP losing the General Elections was the best thing which could have happened to Hinduvta Movement

Blasting Mushy

Please watch this video in which a student in Pakistan gives a royal Tongue lash to Musharaf. Mushy's face is worth watching. 
The student even praised the  democracy in India and moans its absence in Pakistan

Looming Clash of Civilsation

Last month the Islamic world was drowned in protests over a lecture by Pope Benedict XVI's. The controversy revolves around a lecture by Pope Benedict XVI titled "Faith, Reason and the University — Memories and Reflections" given at the University of Regensburg . During the lecture, Pope used a quote originating from a 1391 “Dialogue Held With A Certain Persian, the Worthy Mouterizes, in Anakara of Galatia”and the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus, touching on such issues as forced conversion, holy war, and the relationship between faith and reason. It read :

Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.

The intensity of Protest surprised most of the observers coming only months after the Danish Cartoon Episode. It spread like a Wild fire from India to Middle East to Parts of Europe. As usual Al-Qaida second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri also chipped in. Demand for apology poured in from almost every Islamic Nation.

Buckling under intense pressure, Pope apologised atleast 4 times. Three times in Public and One time in person to Muslim ambassadors and representatives.

This is not the first time Pope Benedict has been at the centre of criticism for his views on Islam. During his time as a cardinal, Pope Benedict opposed Turkey's bid to join the European Union, saying it belonged to a different cultural sphere, adding that its admission would be a grave error against the tide of history. And in 1996, he wrote that Islam had difficulty in adapting to modern life.

Its Official that It was ISI again

Now its official that ISI was directly involved in the Mumbai attacks which killed more than 200 people . The extend of their involvement is scary, out of 15 people involved in conspiracy 11 were Pakistanis.

It is hilarious that only few weeks back our Man (or Woman) Mr. Manmohan Singh met Musharaf in Havana and made Musharaf his ally in war against jihadi terrorism in India. The nation was outraged when he set up an Indo-Pakistan anti-terrorism co-operation mechanism and we were made to believe that Pakistan is dying to help India against the very terrorists they are training and Pumping into India. We are told that General is not such a bad man, Poor guy, he has his own problems, we are told. Let us co-operate with him instead of fighting against him, we are told. What is also puzzling is why did the PM stall talks after 7-11 serial commuter traib bomb blasts in Mumbai and what has changed in the 60 days since 7-11 that he has now decided to not just resume talks. In an interview after the Havana Handshake, he said that "All that I am saying is that there is an explicit commitment on the part of Pakistan to say that they will work with us to do all that is in their control to control this scourge" It is hard to believe that he was not updated on 7/11 investigation and he was not aware that ISI was involved in the plot. I guess age is catching up with Manmohan Singh or was it the Cuban Cigars or the hair brained rhetoric of Hugo Chavez or his advisers are making a complete ASS of him.
Ever since the present Indian government came into office more than two years ago, it has not been able to control the activities of the jihadi terrorists in Indian territory outside Jammu & Kashmir. There has not been a single instance of successful investigation of any major jihadi terrorist strike. What more they are bending backwards to please the Muslim Fundamentalists. The Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) was abolished because the leaders of the Muslim community projected it as anti-Muslim. Now some of the Muslim leaders are projecting the Police itself as anti-Muslim because of its arrests of some Muslims for questioning after the 11/7 terrorist strikes in Mumbai. Will the Prime Minister abolish the Police to please them?

Is it not time for the Right Minded People of this nation to rise and throw away this Joke called UPA Government

One way Ticket

In the battlegrounds of Religious conversion, you will always hear one battle cry from Christian Evangelists "Freedom of Choice and Religious Practice". I fully agree with them. It is upon individual to choose what religion he follows.

But it seems that this policy do not hold when the wind blows in reverse direction. British priest Reverend David Hart learned this the hard way. Hart, who claims to be "as much a Hindu as a Christian", is currently on a lecture tour to Kerala. While in kerala, he bought a Ganesh idol, conducted a puja for 10 days and subsequently joined a Ganesotsav procession organised by the Kerala unit of Shiv Sena to immerse his idol in the sea. He is also a follower of Lord Krishna, and had offered prayers at his local temple.

Hart, a professor of theology and religious studies at University of Winchester, says: "I celebrated Ganesha puja with the same piety and devotion with which I celebrate the Eucharist or namaz."

His actions has stirred a hot debate in UK and US, with pressure mounting on parish authorities to disrobe him as a priest of the Church of England.

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., current president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary - one of the largest seminaries in the world, offered scathing criticism of the Hindu convert.

"He is the poster-priest for the worst and most mindless form of theological relativism. You would be hard pressed to find two more radically distinct theologies than those of Christianity and Hinduism. He is an idolater who has repudiated Christianity and biblical theism. And now he expects the Church of England to allow him to continue as a priest."

Big B Vs SRK

A Unseemingly comment by Ram Gopal Verma that "Big B is an all time great actor & SRK is accidental Star"(not sure of exacts words) is starting to become a major controversy here in India.

I personally agree with Ram Gopal Verma. Big B is a Great Actor and he is gifted. Same cannot be said for SRK. He is a creation.

Other interesting aspect of this SKR Vs Big B Controversy is the communal overtones. Yesterday I was watching the Times TV and they were running some sort of program in which people cound send their comments. it seems most of the people who were speaking in Favour SRK were from Muslim Community. Like any other issue in India is this also going to take a communal turn?

Killing Our FUTURE for few votes

The Hands which are carrying the National Flag are being broken. These are the same hands to which we would be handing over our nation.
I am sure Mother India might be weeping!

Sexual Harrasment Kerala Ministers Leads by Example

It is a shameful fact that no woman is safe any time of the day in any city in Kerala. The narrow minded and lewd attitude of some men of my state is disgusting. Any woman traveling alone becomes a target of these nasty few. Public transportation can be a nightmare where there is ahigh chance of women being groped or their modest violated. Seems now this behaiviour is spilling over to Airline Travel also with State ministers leading the list of offenders

The latest incident reportedly happened on a Kingfisher flight from Chennai to Kochi on August 3. The victim's husband was quoted on a TV channel saying that the culprit, who originally had a different seat on the substantially empty flight, took one immediately behind the woman when the plane was set for take off. According to him, the man grabbed his wife from behind once the cabin lights were switched off for take off. The lady raised an alarm and told the cabin crew who rushed to her. Other passengers, mostly belonging to Kerala, identified the culprit A MINISTER FROM CURRENT CPM LED GOVERNMENT!!! The passenger list of the airline confirms that the minister alleged to be involved is P J Joseph. It was during the previous CPM led government their state Transport Minister A Neelalohita Dasan Nadar had to resign for sexually harassing IAS official Nalini Netto.

Not to be left behind UDF had infamous Industry Minister, P K Kunhalikutty of icecream parlour sex scandal. He sexually exploited Rejina a minor who worked as a counter girl at the RKS Ice Cream Parlour.

I am not sure how much low Indian Politics can fall? Well what more can we expect froma State Givernment when we have Rapists, Murderers etc in the cabinet.

It is Science. STUPID!

Its again and again proven that Stupidity has no boundaries.

'Allah's karishma' at Mahim
Mahim beachfront is known to be one of the most polluted in the world. In normal circumstances, People will not even touch the seawater there unless you want to get some sort of skin disease. But last week thousands thronged to the Mahim creek to drink the normally filthy coastal water believing that it was holy.
On Friday night after local fishermen washed their hands in a stream off the Mahim bay after namaaz and allegedly found that the water was sweet, word began to spread about the 'miracle'. The miracle-tales were further stoked by the fact that the 'happening' had occurred in the vicinity of the old Mahim Dargah.
It was hilarious that Mineral Water Vendors did brisk business selling for as high as Rs 50. People bought the bottles and promptly emptied the contents into the sea and filled the bottles with sea water! Tell me how more stupid you can get!
The Water samples show that the water is highly unfit to drink, It would be Allah's karishma if they donot die of Gastroenteritis and other water-borne diseases. Now already overloaded BMC is bracing themselves for a possible outbreak of waterborne diseases.
Of course the simple explanation of Dilution will not hold water when it comes to matters of faith