Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Saudi clerics issue fatwa okaying adult breast-feeding as way of circumventing Islamic law




    • While it has been common for women to breast-feed their young male relations so that they may be allowed together alone later, two Saudi clerics recently advocated extending the practice to unrelated adult males.
      As part of Islamic law, men and women are forbidden to be alone together, unless they are blood relatives or have established maternal relations, in order to prevent sexual contact.
      As a way to avoid breaking this rule — which can result in lashings or prison time — Sheikh Al Obeikan, adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, told Gulf News that women should give their breast milk to male colleagues, acquaintances or anyone with whom they come into regular contact.
      "The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman," Al Obeikan said, according to Gulf News. "He should drink it and then becomes a relative of the family, a fact that allows him to come in contact with the women without breaking Islam's rules about mixing."
      While Al Obeikan advises that milk should be pumped and then given in a glass, another Saudi sheik, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, argues that men should suckle directly.
      Soon after these proclamations, a Saudi bus driver allegedly asked a female teacher, whom he drives frequently, for her breast milk, according to AOL News. The teacher refused and is threatening to sue.


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India Retold: SECULARISM: FROM 16 ANNAS TO 16 PERCENT


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Haindava Keralam - Joker Naik banned in Canada too..

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    • Following the path of Britain , Canada too decided not to entertain the nonsenses by Zakir Naik in their country. Canada also banned Indian Jihadi terrorist Zakir Naik from addressing fanatic crowds in Toronto.

      The "Keep Zakir Naik Out of Canada" Facebook group, which was launched over the weekend was instrumental in moulding public opinion against this Jihadi's true colour. Muslim Canadian Congress also campaigned against his visit. "We certainly don't want hate-mongers to come here.", Told Tarek Fateh leader of Muslim Canadian Congress.

      Mean while back in India Zakir Naik and his cohorts like Mahesh Bhatt were seen airing threats and use of diplomatic channel to convince Britain to revoke their decision. According to Zakir he plans to approach Union external affairs minister SM Krishna to get the ban revoked. Mean while his Jihadi followers will stage protest infront of British High Commission in Mumbai demanding justice to their 'Innocent' leader.    

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Haindava Keralam - Major Minorities of Kerala

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    • When A.K. Antony said it earlier, the whole Malayalam media jumped on him and it even affected the results of some subsequent elections. Every one of the so-called intellectuals accused Antony for his anti-minority statement. All that he said was ‘Minority communities in Kerala are more organized and they are getting much more than what is legitimately due”. For anyone who is familiar with Kerala’s politics and sociology, this is the truth and nothing but the truth. Christians and Muslims who make up 25% each of the state’s population are enjoying much more their share in everything that is state funded and state owned. The condition of paper-majority Hindus is going from bad to worse under the alternate UDF and LDF governments.

      When a state’s Chief Minister (who belongs to the minority community himself) is making such a statement, the gravity of the situation is obvious. One should remember that he is a constitutional authority and he is speaking with all authority and knowledge. It is not like any other politician or he himself when is not the Chief Minister. Yet no one took it seriously in the way it should have been. An independent and alert media would have completely exposed the situation with all facts and figures. But the minority-managed (and NRI funded) media was too eager to put out the fire of truth unleashed in their unworthy ‘fortress of minority rights’ by the Chief Minister.  The silence of NSS, SNDP, KPMS etc., was too loud and pathetic.

      And now, the state’s Chief Minister has said it again. This time by comrade Achudanandan. Kerala’s minority community outfits are growing in strength and their bargaining power is intimidating even the state authority. KCBC, Jamat-E-Islami, PDP, NDF etc., are openly challenging authority of a duly elected state government in all spheres. In the educational sector, the Church run institutions are in open defiance and they care two hoots for the state government. And extremist Islamic elements, with a growing terrorist identity, are openly challenging state’s authority in even law and order issue. Very soon the state will not be in a position to protect even the lives and basic fundamental rights of its majority citizens if the trend continues. Under UDF the situation is expected to be worse, until & unless the truly secular leaders start blowing their whistles

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Haindava Keralam - Blow to Bail dreams of Terrorist couples

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    • Madani’s bail petition deferred again
    • The Fast Track Court (5), Bangalore on Tuesday deferred the anticipatory bail application of Islamist leader Abdul Nasser Madani, 31st accused in the Bangalore bombings case, to June 29 for detailed examination after the Karnataka Police filed its counter-affidavit vehemently arguing against granting bail. This was the second deferment of Madani’s bail application in four days.

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Haindava Keralam - Shutdown enforced to restore Nepal as Hindu state

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    • KATHMANDU: Normal life in Nepal's western districts was disrupted today as a lesser known Hindu organisation enforced a two-day shut down in support of its demand to restore the country as a Hindu state.

      Transport services, businesses, markets and educational institutions remained closed in western districts, including Dang, Salyan, Rukum, Rolpa and Pyuthan, for the past two days as Bhishma Ekta Parishad enforced its shut down.

      The group underlined its demand for restoring Nepal as a Hindu state.

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Haindava Keralam - Kerala temple honours Muslim girl

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    • Thrissur: Paremekkavu Temple under Cochin Devaswom honoured a Muslim girl with Gold Medal for gaining high marks in Plus 2. Suharabi, A Muslim student of Paremmekkavvu Devaswom college had earlier waived the college fees and other educational expenses as she was from a poor family.

      While HK appreciate the gesture shown by Temple authorities would like to ask about the stand taken by Cochin, Travancore and Malabar Devaswom boards in supporting Hindu students from poor background. When whole government machinery is utilized to provide 'n' number of schemes and scholarships to 'empower' children in the name of 'Minority' upliftment, Hindu students are neglected and pushed aside by the very same government. Why not the Devaswom board who came forward to support Suharabi come up with projects to support Hindu students who are struggling to compete with others due to one sided Government initiatives?

      HK wishes all success to Suharabi in her future life and hopes that she will be able to liberate herself through the power of true knowledge and wisdom from the shackles of suppression and oppression imposed upon her by her male counterparts . And we pray that let no Deobands in the country impose fatwa on her for collecting a honour from the money generated by Kafirs. 
    • All stupids are going behind secular image
      No problem in helping a Muslim girl by Devaswom college.

      But the main question arising from this article is about the policy of negligene towards the Hindu students by their own Devaswom boards!

      These Devaswom boards are for what purpose ? Are they doing any favour for Hindus ? Only looting Hindus money and not doing anything for the improvement of Hindu society ! Shame .. we are Indians .. where we will go to complain ?

      All the impotent political leaders are shameless in neglecting Hindus and taking their votes and money, and the majority Hindu voters are also stupids in India especially in the so called "100%" Literacy state Kerala !
    • Sunil Nair

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Jagran - आस्था पर दोहरा रवैया

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    • ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि मौजूदा सरकार धड़ल्ले से पैसा बटोरने में लगी है। सरकार को हिंदू श्रद्धा स्थलों पर लिए जाने वाले टैक्स को तुरंत समाप्त करना चाहिए अन्यथा कल हर गली कोने के मंदिर में देवी-देवताओं के दर्शन करने से पहले गरीब श्रद्धालुओं को टैक्स देना होगा। सरकार को सभी संप्रदायों के लिए एक जैसी प्रणाली बनानी चाहिए ताकि किसी के दिल को ठेस न लगे। उदाहरण के तौर पर हम अमरनाथ यात्रा को ही लें। यह कोई सरल यात्रा नहीं। साथ ही साथ दर्शनार्थियों को अच्छा-खासा खर्चा भी झेलना पड़ता है। तमाम खर्चे के बाद भी अगर अपने देवी-देवताओं को देखने के लिए कर अदा करना पड़ता है तो इससे अधिक शर्मिदगी वाली कोई बात नहीं होगी।

      यदि हम कैलाश-मानसरोवर यात्रा की बात करें तो पता चलेगा कि यह तो उससे भी अधिक कठिन है। यहा पर चीन की सीमा होने के कारण और भी अधिक कठिनाइया श्रद्धालुओं को झेलनी पड़ती हैं। ऐसे ही वैष्णो देवी यात्रा का भी मामला है। एक ओर तो सरकार हिंदू श्रद्धालुओं पर विभिन्न प्रकार के टैक्स ठोंक रही है तो दूसरी ओर हज यात्रा पर जाने वाले मुस्लिम श्रद्धालुओं को सब्सिडी प्रदान कर रही है। इस सब्सिडी पर भी सरकार ने दस हजार रुपये का खर्च और बढ़ा दिया है। शायद कुछ इसी प्रकार की सब्सिडी ननकाना साहब, लाहौर जाने वाले सिखों को भी प्रदान की जाती है। यहा यह सवाल उठता है कि सरकार दोहरे मापदंड क्यों अपना रही है? धार्मिक यात्राओं के मामले में बहुत अच्छी बात है कि मुस्लिमों एवं सिखों को कुछ आर्थिक सहयोग सरकार प्रदान कर रही है, मगर क्या हिंदू श्रद्धालु उसकी निगाहों से गिर गए हैं?

    • [फिरोज बख्त अहमद: लेखक स्वतंत्र टिप्पणीकार हैं]

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Jagran - जातीय व्यवस्था की विकृति



    • जो लोग भारत के भविष्य के प्रति आशावादी हैं वे आर्थिक विकास के गिलास को आधा भरा हुआ देखते हैं और जो निराशावादी हैं वे आधा खाली। मेरे विचार में दोनों ही मूल पहलू से भटके हुए हैं और यह पहलू उस मेज से संबंधित है जिस पर गिलास रखा हुआ है। अगर मेज की लकड़ी में घुन लगा हुआ है तो यह जल्द ही गिर जाएगी और मेज पर रखा हुआ गिलास लुढ़क जाएगा। भारत के भविष्य के सामने अहम सवाल यह है कि व्यवस्था की बुनियाद कितनी मजबूत है, न कि इसकी आर्थिक संवृद्धि दर कितनी ऊंची या नीची है। बहुत से लोगों को यह अहसास नहीं है कि तुच्छ राजनीति हमारी व्यवस्था में नकारात्मक शक्तियों का संचार कर रही है। यह दीमक की तरह लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों को चट कर रही है और देश को अधिकाधिक अस्थिरता के मुंह में धकेल रही है। अगर व्यक्तिगत हितों के लिए देश के आधारभूत हितों को तिलांजलि देने का वर्तमान ढर्रा जारी रहता है तो देर-सबेर व्यवस्था ध्वस्त हो जाएगी। सामाजिक असंतोष और स्वतंत्रता के हनन के हजारों वर्र्षो के दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण अतीत का प्रेत किसी न किसी रूप में हमें फिर से आ दबोचता है। इस विध्वंसात्मक सिलसिले की हालिया कड़ी है जातीय आधार पर प्रस्तावित जनगणना। इससे पुराना संक्रमण फैलने की पूरी आशंका है।

    • यह त्रासदी इस तथ्य से और गहरा जाएगी कि जाति व्यवस्था हिंदुत्व के मूल ढांचे के खिलाफ है।
      यह मूल ढांचा उपनिषद सोच में निहित है। इसका केंद्रीय संदेश है कि ब्रह्मंांड में तमाम जीवन दिव्य है और जीव विशेष परम दिव्यात्मा की दिव्य अभिव्यक्ति है। इस अलौकिक सिद्धांत में समता का आशय सन्निहित है। भविष्य पुराण के अनुसार, 'चूंकि तमाम जातियों के सदस्य ईश्वर की संतान हैं इसलिए वे एक ही जाति से संबद्ध हैं। तमाम मानव एक ही पिता की संतान हैं और एक पिता की संतान की अलग-अलग जाति नहीं हो सकती।' महाभारत में भृगु को उत्तर देते हुए भारद्वज इस विषय के मूल पहलू पर प्रकाश डालते हैं, 'हम सब इच्छाओं, क्रोध, भय, दुख, चिंता और श्रम से प्रभावित होते हैं, इसलिए हमारे बीच में जातिगत भेद कैसे हो सकता है।' हिंदुत्व की मूल भावना ही जाति व्यवस्था के विरुद्ध है। इस व्यवस्था से आबद्ध एकमात्र स्त्रोत ऋग्वेद में वर्णित है। इसके अनुसार, पुरुष चार भागों में विभक्त है। पहला भाग मुंह है, दूसरा भुजाएं, तीसरा जंघा और चौथा पैर। इस बयान की व्याख्या इस प्रकार की गई है कि ब्राह्मंाण सबसे ऊंचे अंग से संबंधित हैं और शूद्र सबसे निचले अंग से। इनके बीच में क्षत्रिय, यानी योद्धा और वैश्य अर्थात व्यापारी और किसान आदि आते हैं। यह व्याख्या स्पष्ट रूप में मनगढ़ंत और अस्वीकार्य है।
      कोई धार्मिक सत्ता जन्म के आधार पर जाति व्यवस्था का निर्धारण नहीं कर सकती। 'अन-हिंदू स्पिरिट ऑफ कास्ट रिजिडिटी' आलेख में अरविंद ने अवलोकन किया है, 'जातीय व्यवस्था की विकृति के अधम विचार और श्रेष्ठता की दिमागी खपत जो असमानता पर निर्भर है, परम शिक्षा से असंगत है। यह विचार हिंदुत्व की मूल भावना के विपरीत है। हिंदुत्व प्रत्येक व्यक्ति में अकाट्य देवत्व देखता है। निहित हितों के विशुद्ध स्वार्थ के कारण ही हिंदुत्व की असली भावना विलुप्त हो गई है और एक अविवेकपूर्ण व जड़ सामाजिक व्यवस्था ने जन्म लिया है।' समाज का ढांचा इस तरह का बना दिया गया कि ब्राह्मंाण जाति खुद को सूर्य के समान समझने लगी जिसके चारों ओर अन्य जातियां उपग्रह की तरह घूमती हैं। शूद्रों के साथ आपत्तिजनक व्यवहार किया गया। हिंदू विचार का मूलाधार, जो पूरी मानवजाति को एक परिवार के तौर पर देखता है, को किनारे कर दिया गया और ऐसी व्यवस्था की स्थापना की गई, जिसे तमाम मानव संस्थानों में सर्वाधिक विध्वंसक कहा जाता है।
      ब्रिटिश साम्राज्यवादी हितों ने लोगों के बीच विभेद को गहरा करने में अपना भला समझा। 1901 में जनगणना आयुक्त हर्बर्ट रिस्ले ने जातीय वर्गीकरण में सामाजिक श्रेष्ठता के तत्व घुसा दिए। इससे जातीय भावना को संजीवनी मिली और विभिन्न जातीय सभाएं विकसित हो गईं। 1921 में जनगणना सुपरिंटेंडेंट मिडलटन ने कहा था, 'हमारे भूमि रिकॉर्ड और आधिकारिक दस्तावेजों ने जाति की पुरातन जड़ता को और पुख्ता कर दिया। हमने पूरे समाज को जातियों में विभक्त कर दिया।' दमित वर्गो के लिए अलग निर्वाचन के माध्यम से ब्रिटिश शासन ने हिंदुओं में विभेद के स्थायी बीज रोपने का भी प्रयास किया। इस फैसले को तब बदला गया जब गांधीजी आमरण अनशन पर बैठ गए और डा. अंबेडकर के साथ समझौते की स्थिति बनी जिसे हम पूना पैक्ट के नाम से जानते हैं।
      [जगमोहन: लेखक पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री हैं]

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Nitish smells opportunity in Third Front | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-06-23


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Too late for Nitish to mount moral high horse: Rediff.com India News

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    • V R Shenoy
    • Ashoka was so horrified by the devastation caused by war that he renounced unnecessary violence. He did not, however, renounce Kalinga.

      Nitish Kumar was so horrified by a photograph -- apparently! -- that he is on the verge of renouncing a -- seemingly! -- unnecessary ally. He will not, however, resign the chief ministership.
    • Sushil Kumar Modi's wife, you see, is Jessie George, a Christian lady whose roots are in Kerala [ Images ]. (Doesn't quite fit the popular conception of an RSS member, does it?) Back in the days before he was surrounded by layers of ministerial security, Modi would escort his wife to church each Sunday, patiently waiting outside on his scooter until services finished. It is going to be slightly difficult to paint such a man as 'anti-secular'.

      Nor has Sushil Kumar Modi been anything but an ideal colleague. He has been both honest and diligent. If Bihar is now on the highway to growth the state's finance minister deserves some credit for the fact.
    • Let us check the facts. Nitish Kumar was the Union railway minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee [ Images ] ministry when there were riots in Gujarat in 2002, and he did not resign at the time, did he? And the chief minister of Bihar knew who his Gujarat counterpart was when he accepted a cheque for flood relief after the Kosi [ Images ] rose in spate, didn't he? Isn't it slightly late in the day for Nitish Kumar to mount the moral high horse?

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Caste has no relevance these days: MG Vaidya - dnaindia.com

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    • Kiran Tare
    • The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has approached spiritual leaders to appeal to their followers not to mention their caste in the second phase of the census. The organisation is also trying to launch a national forum to oppose the caste-based census. Senior RSS functionary MG Vaidya spoke to DNA
      regarding the organisation’s stand and the politics behind the issue.
    • I fear that once such a census is approved there will be a demand to reserve constituencies on the basis of caste. It will divide society and the country.
    • Though the caste-based census was stopped in 1931, the opposition to this practice had begun in 1911 itself. A British officer had mentioned in his report that the so-called lower caste was trying to register itself as upper caste. Till date we have no mechanism to verify caste. I fear now people from higher castes will try to register themselves as lower castes to get the benefit of reservation.
    • I see confusion in two major political parties, Congress and BJP, over the issue. There is no way to understand what their stand is. A Congress MP Ajay Makan has openly told the party’s MPs to oppose the move. BJP’s deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde demanded the caste-based census, but did not get any party support. I sought clarification from the BJP on the issue, but did not get an answer. Manmohan Singh can ask a GoM to give an early report on the Bhopal gas tragedy. Is the caste issue not important for him?

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US taxpayers funding Afghan warlords

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    • Criminal investigators are examining allegations that Afghan security firms have been extorting as much as $4 million a week from contractors paid with US tax dollars and then funneling the spoils to warlords and the Taliban.

       

      If the allegations are true, the U.S. would be unintentionally financing the enemy and undermining international efforts to stabilize the country.

       

      The payments reportedly end up in insurgent hands through a $2.1 billion Pentagon contract to transport food, water, fuel and ammunition to American troops stationed at bases across Afghanistan. To ensure safe passage through dangerous areas, the trucking companies make payments to local security firms with ties to the Taliban or warlords who control the roads. If the payments aren't made, the convoys will be attacked, according to a US military document detailing the allegations being examined by investigators.

    • The document says the companies hired under the Afghan Host Nation Trucking contract may be paying between $2 million and $4 million a week to insurgent groups.

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Varun Gandhi to marry a Bengali - dnaindia.com

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    • Deepak Gidwani / DNA
    • Bharatiya Janata Party’s fiery orator Varun Gandhi is set to pip the country’s most eligible bachelor, cousin Rahul Gandhi, to marriage.
    • Family sources said the member of Parliament from Pilibhit will tie the knot with Yamini Roy Chowdhury, a Bengali, in December. Political watchers feel the occasion could turn out to be an opportunity for the revival of relations between the ‘bahus’ of the Nehru-Gandhi clan, Sonia and Maneka.

      News about the high-profile wedding broke when Varun’s mother Maneka Gandhi, the BJP MP from Aonla in West Uttar Pradesh, visited Varanasi to do trousseau-shopping for her would-be daughter-in-law. The sources said she was looking for Banarasi sarees, but since she didn’t like the gaudy colours available, she left after placing an order for sarees to be specially made.

      Varun has known the Delhi girl for a few years. Originally from Shanti Niketan (West Bengal), Yamini graduated from Delhi’s St Stephen’s College, and pursued a fashion designing course at a university in France.

      The marriage promises to be a major event in the political calendar given the probability of Sonia Gandhi attending the nuptials along with Rahul and Priyanka. Despite Maneka’s strained relations with Sonia, Varun is known to have maintained close ties with the Gandhi family all along.


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Centre asks President to reject Afzal’s plea

Centre asks President to reject Afzal’s plea

  • The union home ministry has asked President Pratibha Patil's office to reject parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's mercy plea, informed sources said.Guru is on the death row since 2002 for the 2001 parliament attack. His wife Tabassum filed a mercy petition with the Rashtrapati Bhavan four years ago.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

visfot.com । विस्फोट.कॉम - घाना में हिन्दुत्व और घनानंद

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    • राजेश जोशी
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    • संगमरमर के फ़र्श पर बैठकर भजन गा रहे सभी श्रद्धालु अफ़्रीक़ी मूल के हैं. एक भक्त लेबनान का भी है जिसने इस्लाम छोड़कर हिंदू धर्म अपना लिया है. हिंदू भजनों के साथ-साथ यहाँ सिखों के सतनाम वाहेगुरू का उच्चार भी लगातार सुनाई पड़ता है. सभी का हिंदी उच्चारण इतना स्पष्ट कि ये यक़ीन करना मुश्किल होता है कि भजन गाने वाले हिंदी भाषा का एक शब्द नहीं बोल सकते और न ही समझ सकते हैं. लेकिन धार्मिक विश्वास के कारण उन्होंने तमाम भजन कंठस्थ कर लिए हैं. एक ओर रखी बड़ी सी कुर्सी पर बैठे हैं भगवा वस्त्र पहने हुए स्वामी घनानंद सरस्वती जिन्होंने 1975 में द हिंदू मॉनेस्ट्री ऑफ़ अफ़्रीक़ा और इस मंदिर की स्थापना की थी.

      स्वामी घनानंद घाना के ही एक गाँव में पैदा हुए. उनके माता-पिता एक परंपरागत अफ़्रीक़ी धर्म को मानते थे. असली नाम पूछने पर जवाब मिलता है, “मेरा नाम गाइड है. दिशा देने वाला.” स्वामी घनानंद बताते हैं कि बचपन से ही वो ब्रह्माण्ड के रहस्यों के बारे में सोचते रहते थे. स्कूल में उन्हें ईसाई धर्म की शिक्षा मिली लेकिन उन्हें अपने किसी सवाल का जवाब नहीं मिला. संयोगवश उन्होंने हिंदू धर्म और दर्शन संबंधी कुछ किताबें पढ़ीं जिसके बाद वो ऋषिकेश की यात्रा पर निकल पड़े जहाँ स्वामी श्रद्धानंद के आश्रम में उन्होंने हिंदू धर्म को समझा. स्वामी घनानंद कहते हैं, “मेरे गुरू स्वामी श्रद्धानंद ने मुझे घाना लौटने और वहाँ एक मंदिर की स्थापना करने की सलाह दी.” शुरुआत में उन्हें कुछ मुश्किलों का सामना करना पड़ा लेकिन धीरे धीरे मंदिर में आने वाले स्थानीय लोगों की संख्या बढ़ती चली गई. स्वामी घनानंद ने बताते हैं कि “अब लगभग दो हज़ार अफ़्रीक़ी मूल के लोग हिंदू धर्म में दीक्षित हुए हैं और इस मंदिर से जुड़े हैं.”

      घाना की कुल आबादी लगभग 22 करोड़ है और यहाँ हिंदू धर्म को मानने वाले लोगों की संख्या पंद्रह हज़ार के क़रीब है. इनमें से तीन हज़ार अफ़्रीक़ी मूल के लोग अफ़्रीक़ा हिंदू मठ से जुड़े हुए हैं. घाना में हिंदू धर्म की शुरुआत 1947 के बाद से हुई जब भारत के विभाजन के बाद सिंधी समुदाय के कुछ लोग यहाँ आकर बसे और उन्होंने राजधानी अंकरा में एक मंदिर की स्थापना की. ये मंदिर आज भी मौजूद है.

      घाना में रहने वाले भारतीय मूल के हिंदुओं का अफ़्रीका हिंदू मठ से नज़दीकी संबंध है और वो यहाँ के कार्यक्रमों में लगातार शामिल रहते हैं. इस मंदिर की अदभुत बात ये है कि यहाँ शिव-पार्वती, गणेश, काली, राम और कृष्ण के साथ-साथ ईसा मसीह की तस्वीर भी रखी हुई है. पूछने पर स्वामी घनानंद इसका दार्शनिक जवाब देते हैं. उन्होंने कहा, “हिंदू देवी देवताओं के साथ ईसा मसीह और मरियम की तस्वीर रखने में बुराई क्या है? समुद्र में जाओ तो वहाँ रेखाएँ खिंची नहीं मिलतीं. ये इंसानों ने ही बनाए हैं अटलांटिक महासागर और हिंद महासागर. ठीक वैसे ही ईश्वर एक है पर हम उसे अलग-अलग रूपों में पूजते हैं.”


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Organiser - Warren Hastings to Warren Anderson By Dr Pravin Togadia

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    • Warren Hastings to Warren Anderson
      By Dr Pravin Togadia
    • It has always been a practice of many-people, political parties, NGOs, some media-to keep on criticising ‘others’ without even trying to peep into own verandah! After the Holocaust, the second global biggest gas chamber took place nowhere else but in the independent Bharat. Bhopal reeled under it. Over 20,000 deaths, millions of physical and mental disabilities then and continuing even now. Except the then news coverage in a few print media and some purposely weakened court cases, nothing was said and done about it by the same people, who from 2002 have been blaming all Hindus in Gujarat, same people who dug out graves even in Bhagalpur just to punish Hindus and by the very same people who always took a pseudo-moral high ground whenever Hindus stood up against injustice meted out to them by the residues of invaders!

      There is truly no difference between the attitude of Warren Hastings and Warren Anderson. Those who did not have any heirs or those who were weak-such kings in the then Bharat were literally reduced to slaves by Warren Hastings even though people they ruled were happy with them. It was just to gobble up the states of the then Bharat as an imperial craze. Obviously the wealth of those states was all looted by Warren Hastings and his types then. Warren Anderson too did the same in a modern corporate way. Manipulating the then industrial scenario of Bharat Union Carbide pushed its way in Bharat. Bharat never needed the product they made anyways. In any other developed nation they would have to have a plant fully complying with the environmental safety standards. Not in Bharat. Didn’t Bharat have any such standards? Bharat had the rules-but on papers and that too for Indian companies.
    • Those who helped Warren Anderson flee Bharat enjoyed power for years. Their progeny is also enjoying power, money and life today whereas millions of Indians are still suffering. Do not get surprised if now to prevent any more cases on Warren Anderson and the types, if the same people come out with the new laws and constitutional amendments! Hafiz Sayeed, Dawood etc can’t be brought into Bharat because Pakistan doesn’t care a hoot for Bharat, Headly can’t be brought into Bharat because America manipulates with its sweet-Nuke-talk, Warren Anderson can’t be brought to books in Bharat for 25 years because the then ruling people helped him to flee after causing the second largest global gas chamber in Bharat! It is not shameful or disgusting; it is a gross violation of the law. But those who kept on saying in each election rally and even in their old age on the new electronic media that RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi (for which there were defamation cases on him and he had to apologise. But his then leader's progeny yet keeps on saying the same about RSS and sure to prevent such cases on him now his accomplices may even amend the constitution!)
    • Those who claim so much love for Malegaon and Ajmer victims are so conspicuously silent about Bhopal victims! Who really are the names in Bhopal escape saga? Ex-Justice Ahmadi, ex-Additional Solicitor General Aftab Ahmed, the then External Affairs Minister-state-Salman Khursheed, Pilots Hassan and Ali.... This is Bharat; not Pakistan. Bharat has its own CRPC. Sharia is only for personal matters; but those who shout every now and then about their ‘so called religious’ freedom under Sharia-what would they have done to all these people named above had the victims been allowed to follow Sharia? Sounds strange from me?

      But now there would be not uneasy but very studied and arrogant silence or some heavy English blah blah by these people. When Jamait-e-Ulema-e-Hind officially announced that they had created a pool of lawyers to help all those who had been caught for jehadi terrorism including the recently banned IM (Indian Mujahidin) Italian born madam recently sat on their dais and said, "Jamait ke aur humaare usool ek hain"-(Ours and Jamait’s ideology is the same!) Now is the time for Bharat to stand up again and ask all those who matter "Is yours and Warren Anderson’s ideology same too? So, you openly ban Indian Mujahidin but ensure that your state police file such a weak defense that Pune blast accused Abdul Samad gets bail, Faheem Ansari and the likes get acquitted and Warren Anderson, Headly flee Bharat! No brilliant lawyer or a prudent non-corrupt judge can do anything if the rulers mess up or influence the judicial process or even changes the law or creates bodies like NIA to jail all Hindus. Once the then Gujarat police officer Srikumar blamed the then Gujarat government for 2002 riots and the same people who helped Warren Anderson, Headly, Dawood flee Bharat lapped it up like a chocolate by a kid, NGOs and a few media treated that as ‘credible’ evidence, went to the Supreme Court and somehow got to set up even an SIT to send Hindus to jail. But now when the similar level government people in Bhopal-the then Collector-DM, Aviation Director are blaming the then governments and the same chocolate-lapping politicians and others are behaving as if those government officers don’t even exist! Same with Maharashtra Miraj riots! The then SP blamed a ruling political party’s leader there for riots and the SP is transferred, the leader is arrested just as a show but sure soon he would be out on bail. So if a government officer blames Hindus, he is honest; and if he blames anyone other that Hindus or RSS, VHP, then he does not even exist!
    • (The writer is a renowned cancer surgeon and International General Secretary of VHP. He can be contacted on drtogadia@gmail.com)

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Govt should desist from appeasing militants: VHP

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    • VHP today criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to provide employment to the kin of former militants and said it should desist from following policies to appease the ultras.

      "Omar should know that SRO-43 is just a safeguard for a government employee who, while serving the state, dies in duress leaving behind his resourceless family including unemployed children," Ramakant Dubey, VHP state president said in a statement here.

      The J&K Chief Minister at a high level meeting at Srinagar yesterday had approved the extension of benefits of SRO-43 (appointment on compassionate grounds) to surrendered militants.

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Lack of priests holds off rites in Multan temples

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    • Biswajeet Banerjee | Lucknow
    • Kazmi was in UP to visit his ancestral village in Amroha, around 300 km south-west of Lucknow. His father Syed Ahmad Saeed Kazmi belonged to Amroha. The family migrated to Multan in 1935.

      The international wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which provides Hindu priests to the overseas temples, said it can supply priests if the Pakistan Government was ready to give visas and security to them.

      Apart from Prahlad and Sun temples, some shrines in the Sindhu valley are also hit by the priest crunch. Prahlad temple is an important religious place for Hindus because it is believed that the festival of Holi started here.

      “The Pakistan Govern-ment tried to restore religious rituals in these temples because the local Hindu population is missing their religious traditions,” he said, but added that Hindu population has declined in the region. He, however, refused to give reasons for this decline.

      The United Nations had offered to adopt Sun temple and Sindhu valley temples as World Heritage sites but the Pakistan Government had rejected the proposal, Kazmi said.

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Peace Party stirs the waters in eastern UP - Express India

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    • Sanjay Singh
    • If the recent Domariyaganj bypoll showed that the slide in the Samajwadi Party’s fortunes in the state hadn’t been stemmed, it also indicated the slow and steady rise of a little-known outfit of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Peace Party of India. By getting more votes than both the SP and the Congress, the PPI sent a strong signal to the two parties that its growing popularity among the state’s Muslim voters, particularly the poor, could not be ignored. And that when it went against the grain and fielded a Hindu candidate. This was the second time the PPI had made its present felt in the area after putting up a good show in five constituencies during the last Lok Sabha polls.
    • What makes the defeat worse perhaps for the party is that its former leader and now no-holds-barred enemy Amar Singh is supporting the PPI. Along with film star Sanjay Dutt and MP Jaya Prada, Singh had participated in a rally organised by the PPI in Domariyaganj.
    • What is worrying the two parties more is a change in the PPI’s strategy to expand its base beyond core Muslim supporters. The candidate fielded by the party this time was Sachchidanand Pandey, and it has entered into an alliance with two other little-known but important outfits — the Bhartiya Samaj Party and the Janvadi Party.

      “Our political strategy is based on the successful tricks adopted by the BSP in the past elections. Like the BSP, we are focusing on expanding our base among backward Muslims and fielding candidates from different communities,” a source in the PPI said.


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DeshGujarat.Com » There’s FIFA going on in Bihar for Minority votebank

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    • By Japan K Pathak
      Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat
    • It seems, if Muslim population rise to 50% in Bihar in future, the prominent politicians of that time will embrace Islam to woo the votebank
    • On Sunday evening, one of the news media houses exposed Nitish. While it is in public domain now that Nitish didn’t spend Rs 5 crore Gujarat aid meant for Kosi flood victims for two years, the news camera traveled to Kosi flood affected Madhepura area and interviewed one Yasmin Banu who told how she had not received any help from the state government after the flood that ruined her life. The TV channel also interviewed around half a dozen other flood affected people. All of them had faced hard time during to flood but had not received any help from the state government. The channel literally exposed Nitish’s Muslim appeasement drama by showing Muslim victims of Kosi flood, and their story.

      Muslims constitute 16% of Bihar’s total population. There are 1 crore 37 lac Muslims in Bihar. They are significantly present in 60 assembly areas of Bihar. In last three years Nitish government has initiated several schemes to win Muslim votes. Kabrastan walls, separate hostels for minority students, monuments in memory of minority leaders, computerization of Wakf board’s properties, Chief Minister minority student encouragement scheme, financial aid to Muslim widows, coaching for Muslim students etc. are some of the schemes.

    • Now read this. How Muslims became prominent group of voters in Bihar. One of the reasons is intrusion from Bangladesh.
    • In Kishanganj, the place that sent Taslimuddin to Parliament, Muslims constitute close to 68 per cent of the population. In Purnea, Araria and Katihar they are 37 to 42 per cent. In these districts the population of Muslms is growing a quarter to three-quarters faster than the population of non-Muslims. And these are precisely the districts in which Bangladeshis are settling down.
    • Narendra Modi’s Bihar visit and post-visit episodes could be well utilized by the BJP to awake the 84% voters of Bihar with realization campaign that, because they are not united, they are being victimized by minority appeasement politics of Lalu/Nitish/Paswan and Congress. But BJP would not play this gamble, because the party is afraid of using ‘H’ word anymore, and more afraid of doing long-term politics these days. Also because, BJP believes, anything and anyone is better than to give even a remote opportunity to Congress.

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Organiser - Manipur for Christ!

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    • Manipur for Christ!

      AFTER Nagaland and Mizoram, now it is Manipur which is all planned to be offered at the feet of Jesus Christ and whole of its population should be brought under chruch influence! Let it be politics, the thoughts and the social psyche, everything be controlled by church and its policies!

      Most of the Vanvasis of Manipur are already converted to Christianity. Now it is the turn of all the rest, may they have an ancient culture of Vaishnavite cult or whatever, they are being converted unabated.

    • Manipur is slowly coming under the grip of church. Its programme ‘Ecoho Night’ was convened by Sumpa Hamangte and Namethaai Thimai on October 6-8, 2009 at the Seminar Hall of MBC Centre, church of Imphal. Many of the church leaders and Pastors were invited to deliver lectures there. Most interesting is its colourful poster which was published with a Cross at the centre with ‘Manipur is for Christ’ as its main slogan. What does it mean? Is it to influence the social psyche of people in Manipur? They erect cross and statues of Jesus on the road side, construct church at prime location of cities to feel people their presence.

      Should the people of this country allow the states, one after another to be offered at the feet of Christ or should they follow the path of Eternal Religion or ‘Sanatan Dharma’ which is the core of the society of this country!

      (Heritage Explorer, May 2010)

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Indian Actor Refuses To Play Hitler In Bollywood Film | AHN

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    • Yamini Kaul - AHN News Contributor

      Mumbai, India (AHN) - A host of actors around the world have played the role of German dictator Hitler, much to the chagrin of many who felt that bringing him alive onscreen only furthered his name in public memory.

      Be it Charlie Chaplin, Bobby Watson, Steven Berkoff, Robert Carlyle, Bruno Ganz or Sir Alec Guinness, all have played the Nazi dictator onscreen without caring much for what the general public thought about it.

      However, veteran Indian film actor Anupam Kher is refusing to play Hitler in a Hindi film, "Dear Friend Hitler," to be directed by Rakesh Ranjan Kumar. Kher, who was already having second thoughts after first agreeing to play the role, has finally succumbed to calls from various quarters, asking him not to play the greatest dictator of the world.

      Kher said he was ready to compensate the producers of the film by doing another film for them, if they so wished.

    • However, out of all his fans, it was the German mother-in-law of his mentor, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt,whose opinion drove the point home for Kher. He got a call from Bhatt’s mother-in-law, saying, “It is not only the Jews who suffered because of Hitler. The Germans too suffered. I’m one and I know what I went through. Please don’t do anything to further the name of that blot from history.”

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Abhishek Bachchan lets down Aishwarya in Raavan as critics call Raavan flop : ndChronicle.com

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    • Abhishek Bachchan lets down Aishwarya in Raavan with his poor performance as critics call Raavan flop, says Sabiha of NDChronicle.com

      Aishwarya Rai’s role in Raavan is garnering good reviews from critics. But the praise seems to be confined to her as her husband Abhishek’s role is being criticized by almost all as listless and uninspiring.

      Though Mani Ratnam has great words for the films, the critics and film buffs have predicted that it is going to bomb at the box office.


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Sunday, June 20, 2010

JAGO HINDU JAGO: बर्तमान हालात पर प्रहार करती आन्नद गोपाल शर्मा जी की कविता व गोआ मडगांव के वहाने देशभक्त हिन्दूओं पर किए गए हमले पर हमारा लेख वन्देमातरम् पत्रिका में एकसाथ।



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JAGO HINDU JAGO: क्या आप इस बात से सहमत हैं कि नैहरू-गांधी खानदान बयाभिचारियों,हिन्दूविरोधियों षडयन्त्रकारियों व गद्दारों का खानदान है?

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    • आपने देखा कि किस तरह भोपाल नरसंहार जिसमें 15500 लोग मारे गए व 500000 घायल हुए के अपराधी ईसाई ऐंडरसन को ततकालीन युवा प्रधानमन्त्री राजीब गांधी (वेशक एंटोनिया पढ़ें) ने सारी सरकारी मशीनरी का उपयोग कर देश छोड़कर अमेरिका भाग जाने की ब्यबस्थ की ।जिसमें हरवक्त हिन्दूओं पर हमला करने वाले अर्जुन सिंह ने भी सक्रिय भूमिका निभाई।


      इन बातों की पूस्टी ततकालीन CBI निदेशक बी आर लाल, DM मोति सिंह, PILOT हसन कर चुके हैं ।अब इस बात में कोई संदेह नहीं कि इन कातिलों को भगाने वाला नेहरू-गांधी परिवार के शिवा और कोई नहीं।


      ये वही खानदान है जिसने 1947 में भारत का धर्म के अधार पर बंटबारा कर बंटवारे की असली जड़ मुसलमानों को भारत में रककर हिन्दूओं को दूसरे दर्जे का नागरिक बना डाला।



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BAMULAHIJA: कार्टून : बेचारा कांग्रेस का हाथ


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visfot.com । विस्फोट.कॉम - इस अलगाव की कीमत जानते हैं नीतीश !

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      जैसा कि हम सभी जानते हैं नीतीश का गणित साफ है, महादलित-मुस्लिम-कोयरी-कुर्मी. अगर उनका यह गणित सफल हो जाता है तो इसमें कोई शक नहीं कि उन्हें आने वाले कई सालों तक बिहार की कुर्सी से कोई डिगा नहीं पायेगा. मगर..
      इंजीनियरिंग के छात्र रह चुके नीतीश इस बात को भूल रहे हैं कि राजनीति के गणित हर सवाल के दो जवाब होते हैं. यहां अत्यधिक सफलता और विफलता के बीच ज्यादा फासला नहीं होता. सफलता की राह कई बार नेताओं को विफलता के गड्ढे में भी ले जाती है.

    • मगर इस बार नहीं जब उन्होंने गुजरात को उनका पैसा लौटा दिया. इस बार पहली बार वे ईमानदार या दमदार नहीं बल्कि स्वार्थी नजर आ रहे हैं. इस बार लोगों की सहानुभूति मोदी की ओर है और भाजपा की ओर. उनकी इस चाल से ओछेपन की बू आ रही है. गुजरात के एक वेबसाइट ने मोदी के उस पुराने बयान को उद्धृत किया है, जिसके मुताबिक नीतीश ने ही कोसी आपदा  के दौरान मोदी से 5 करोड़ मांगे थे.

      नीतीश को अब कोसी वासियों की सहानुभूति भी शायद ही मिले क्योंकि उनकी सरकार ने गुजरात को यह कहते हुए पैसा वापस किया कि इस पैसा का उपयोग नहीं हो पाया. ऐसे में सवाल यह उठ रहा है कि आखिर इस पैसे का उपयोग क्यों नहीं हुआ. बिहार केंद्र  के सामने बार-बार कोसी और काल बैशाखी पीड़ितों के लिए मदद का रोना रोता रहता है और मुख्यमंत्री राहत कोश में करोड़ों बिना खर्च हुए बचे रह जाते हैं आखिर क्यों!


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    • लिमटी खरे
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    • बिहार का दर्द माना जाता है कोसी नदी को। हर साल कोसी नदी की बाढ से बिहार वासी बुरी तरह प्रभावित होते हैं। केंद्र और राज्य सरकारों की इमदाद इसमें पूरी नहीं पडती है। देश भर के हर सूबे से लोग कोसी नदी के प्रभावितों के लिए मदद भेजते हैं। इसी तारतम्य में गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने भी राज्य की ओर से पांच करोड रूपए की राशि की सहायता पहुंचाई थी, जिसे बिहार के निजाम नितीश कुमार ने वापस लौटा दिया है।
    • आपसी अहं और सियासी लाभ हानी का गणित अपने आप में अलग मामला हो सकता है पर नितीश कुमार को कम से कम इस मामले को मानवीय नजरिए से देखना चाहिए था। कारण चाहे जो भी हो पर यह राशि मोदी ने नितीश कुमार को व्यक्तिगत खर्च के लिए नहीं वरन कोसी प्रभावितों के लिए दी थी, और अपने अहं को निश्चित तौर पर नितीश को पृथक ही रखना चाहिए था।
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    • अधेड़ हुए युवराज
      कांग्रेस के युवराज ने चालीस बसंत देख लिए हैं, वे अब अधेडावस्था में कदम रख चुके हैं, फिर भी युवा और उर्जावान का तगमा उनके साथ है। नोकरी पेशा में जरूर साठ साल में सेवा निवृति का नियम हो या लोग बचकानी या बेहूदगी की बात पर ‘‘सठिया गए हैं‘‘ अर्थात साठ पूरे कर चुके हैं का मुहावरा कहें पर राजनीति में युवा की आयु 45 से 65 मानी जाती है। अरे देश जो चला रहे हैं राजनेता तो उनके हिसाब से अगर 45 से 65 की आयु युवा की है तो मानना ही पडेगा। इस हिसाब से कांग्रेस की नजरों में भविष्य के प्रधानमंत्री राहुल गांधी अभी बच्चे हैं, पांच साल के उपरांत वे युवा होंगे। विदेशों में पले बढे देश पर आधी सदी से ज्यादा राज करने और आजादी की लडाई में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाने वाली कांग्रेस के युवराज राहुल गांधी ने अपना चालीसवां जन्म दिन हिन्दुस्तान में किसी दलित की झोपडी में मनाने के बजाए हिन्दुस्तान पर हुकूमत करने वाले ब्रिटेन के लंदन शहर में मनाना उचित समझा। हो सकता है कि दलित और गरीब प्रेम के प्रहसन से राहुल गांधी उकता चुके हों और वे खुली हवा में विदेश में जाकर चेन की सांस लेने की इच्छा रख रहे हों।

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    • कांग्रेस के युवराज राहुल गांधी के जन्मदिन पर कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ता परेशान हैं. जो कार्यकर्ता बधाई देने के लिए राहुल गांधी के घर पहुंच रहे हैं उन्हें भी पता नहीं चल रहा है कि राहुल बाबा कहां है? इसलिए कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ता आपस में एसएमएस भेजकर राहुल गांधी के जन्मदिवस की बधाइयां दे रहे हैं लेकिन राहुल गांधी हैं कि घर ही नहीं देश छोड़कर दूर जाकर छुट्टियां मना रहे हैं.

      इधर देश में कार्यकर्ता राहुल गांधी को खोज रहे हैं उधर राहुल गांधी छुट्टियां बिताने के लिए लंदन चले गये हैं. उनके साथ उनकी बहन प्रियंका गांधी भी गयी हैं. हालांकि उनके कुछ नजदीकी सलाहकार उनके साथ नहीं गये हैं लेकिन वे भी राहुल गांधी के जन्मदिवस की बधाई लेने देने से बच रहे हैं.

    • राहुल गांधी के जन्मदिन पर कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ता चाहे जो कर रहे हैं लेकिन मीडिया भी पूरी तरह से चापलूसी पर उतरा हुआ है. मीडिया का एक हिस्सा राहुल गांधी के जन्मदिन पर उनकी उपलब्धियां गिनाने में लगा हुआ है.

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    • फ़िरदौस ख़ान
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    • मैमूना का कहना कि यहां की महिलाएं बंदिशों के बीच ज़िन्दगी गुज़ारती हैं. उन्हें हर बात के लिए अपने पिता, भाई, शौहर या बेटे पर निर्भर रहना पड़ता है, लेकिन अब बदलाव की हवा चलने लगी है. जो लड़कियां यूरोपीय देशों में पढ़कर आती हैं, वे इस माहौल में नहीं रह पातीं. उनकी देखा-देखा देखी यहां की लड़कियों में भी बदलाव आया है. यहां की महिलाएं विदेशी लड़कों को पसंद करने लगी हैं, क्योंकि वो उन पर ज़ुल्म  नहीं करते. उनके जज़्बात को समझते हैं. उनके साथ जंगलियों जैसा बर्ताव नहीं करते.  वे हिन्दुस्तान और पाकिस्तान से रोज़गार के लिए आने वाले बेरोज़गार लड़कों को एक समझौते के तहत अपना शौहर बनाती हैं और इसके लिए बाक़ायदा उन्हें तनख्वाह देती हैं. उनका मानना है कि ऐसे रिश्तों में महिलाएं  अपनी बात रख सकती हैं और उनकी ज़िन्दगी ग़ुलामों जैसी नहीं होती.  

      अरब न्यूज़  के मुताबिक़ कुछ अरसे पहले ही ऐसी शादी करने वाली रिग़दा  का कहना है कि इस विवाह से उसकी कई परेशानियां दूर हो गई हैं. उसने बताया कि अपनी पहली नाकाम और तल्ख़ अनुभव वाली शादी के बाद उसने तय कर लिया था कि अब वह कभी शादी नहीं करेगी, लेकिन एक दिन उसकी एक सहेली ने उसे सलाह दी कि वह किसी बेरोज़गार लड़के से शादी कर ले. उसने बताया कि पहले तो उसे यह बात मज़ाक सी लगी, लेकिन जब मिसालें सामने आईं तो ऐसा लगा जैसे यह 'सौदा' दोहरे फ़ायदे का है यानी एक तो क़ानूनी सरपरस्त (संरक्षक) मिल जाएगा और वह हुक्म देने वाले के बजाय हुक्म मानने वाला होगा. उसने बताया कि वह जब भी किसी बात की इजाज़त मांगती थी तो उसका शौहर उसे बहुत प्रताड़ित और परेशान किया करता था और इस तरह उसके हर काम में महीनों की देर हो जाती थी, लेकिन अब हालत यह है कि उसका तनख्वाह वाला शौहर उसे हर काम की फ़ौरन इजाज़त दे देता है.

      इसी तरह का विवाह करने वाले माजिद  ने बताया कि शादी से पहले वो टैक्सी ड्राइवर था. एक दिन उसे वह सवारी मिल गई, जो अब उसकी बीवी है. उसने बताया कि बतौर ड्राइवर जहां वह बड़ी मुश्किल से दो हज़ार रियाल (अरब की मुद्रा) कमा पाता था, वहीं अब उसे बीवी से छह हज़ार रियाल मिल जाते हैं. माजिद ने बताया कि उसकी बीवी ने तो यहां तक कह दिया है कि अगर वो उच्च शिक्षा हासिल करना चाहता है तो उसका ख़र्च भी वह उठाने के लिए तैयार है. उसकी बीवी उम्र में उससे 14 साल बड़ी है. माजिद ने कहा कि उसकी बीवी ने उससे यह भी वादा किया है कि कुछ साल बाद वो किसी जवान लड़की से उसकी शादी करा देगी. रीम नाम की एक महिला ने बताया कि उसने भी एक बेरोज़गार लड़के से शादी की थी. इसके लिए बाक़ायदा वो अपने शौहर को तनख्वाह देती है, लेकिन उसने यह काम अपने घर वालों से छुपकर किया. जब लड़के को इस बात का पता चला तो वो उससे ज़्यादा पैसों की मांग करने लगा. इसके बावजूद यह रिश्ता फ़ायदे का ही रहा. 

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Haindava Keralam - Champakulam Boat Race & its tradition


    • Many of the boat races have curious legends and myths attached to their origin. The Champakulam Boat Race also has a century-old tradition and is believed to have started in 1545 A.D. According to legends, H.H. Pooradam Thirunal Devanarayanan, the Raja of Chempakasseri, a principality of Travancore kingdom built a temple at Ambalapuzha as per the suggestions of the royal astrologers. But just before the installation of the deity, he was informed that the idol was inauspicious. Therefore, it was necessary to install a suitable idol immediately. Accordingly, the priests identified another idol of Lord Krishna, at the Karikulam temple in Kurichi, a neighboring village. This idol was believed to have been given to Arjuna by Lord Krishna himself, and hence considered sacred.


      After getting the idol from the temple, the Raja's entourage set forth for the return journey to Ambalapuzha by boat. While returning night set in, and as instructed by the Raja, they took shelter in a Christian household of Mappilassery Itty Thommen, a confidant of the Raja in the Champakulam village. He and his family received the men and the idol with honour. The following day, the Raja and his entourage turned up at the Mappilassery household, accompanied by a large crowd. Pujas were offered to the deity. Itty Thommen and his men also travelled to Ambalapuzha where the idol was consecrated and installed. On the way, the priests and the laity of the Champakulam Kalloorkadu Church, received the Raja and the idol. The Raja was pleased with the hospitality shown by his Christian subjects and declared that a great water carnival would be held annually at Champakulam to commemorate the events. Thus the Champakulam Boat Race and related functions started which are continuing till today.

       


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Haindava Keralam - UK bans Indian 'Joker'

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    • London: Indian Jihadi leader Zakir Naik has been banned from entering UK by Britain's Home Secretary. He was due to start his hate mongering lecture tour of Britain at venues including Wembley Arena in London, Sheffield Arena and Birmingham’s LG Arena.

      Theresa May Britain's Home Secretary told “Coming to the UK is a privilege not a right and I am not wiling to allow those who might not be conducive to the public good to enter the UK”

      Zakir Naik is known for his derogatory attitude towards non-Muslims and he has an ambiguous attitude towards terrorism. Zakir is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) which sponsored Love Jihadi's with an aim to convert naïve Hindu and Christian girls into Islam.

      Zakir Naik is the Islamic version of tele-evangelist buffoons who thrive upon the ignorance of masses.Zakir Naik's main quality is that he is not ashamed of himself for airing utter foolishness and illogical comments to gain his popularity among ignorant illiterate Muslims.  

      Far away British leaders are aware of his extremist links but our Kerala University authorities are not . Zakir Naik along with another global terrorist Yusuf al Qaradawi were invited by Kerala University to attend a Islamic conference hoisted by them.

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Haindava Keralam - Nehru's interview with Yuvaraj Karan - A Leaf from History, The Price which we are still paying

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    • (We reproduce below a conversation between Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and an IAS probationer, Shri Yuvaraj Karan in 1950)
       
         Y. Krishna{quoting} (YK): Well, Sir, those who have brought about partition have been left behind in the partitioned India. The Muslim League had declared that the Hindus and Muslims were two nations and had asked for partition because they feared that the Muslims being a minority, would suffer oppression and atrocities at the hands of Hindu majority. Pakistan was to be their homeland where they could live in freedom from the tyranny of the Non-Muslim majority. But lo and behold! The vast majority of Muslims of UP, Bihar, Central provinces, Bombay etc remained behind in India and did not migrate to the homeland (Pakistan) created for them. We never accepted the two-nation theory though we were driven to accept partition to avoid bloodshed and to achieve Independence.
       
      Prime minister (PM)-- We are not a communal state. The Muslims, who have decided to stay in India, are as much honorable citizens of the country as the members of the majority community. They cannot be victimized in the new situation for their actions and conduct before and at the time of partition. We cannot and must not live in the past
       
      YK : True Sir, but the immense suffering the people have undergone and the problems; only it has created new ones.
       
      PM: You are too young to understand. The overwhelming majority of the Indian Muslims are politically backward and have been misled by the pernicious and poisonous propaganda of the Muslim league. So it will be wrong to treat the vast majority of Indian Muslims as being responsible for the ills of our country
       
      YK: True Sir, the vast majority has been misled by the two-nation theory. But this does not absolve the Muslim League leadership; they are the authors of partition, and yet, the majority of this leadership has also stayed back in India. The Muslims of Pakistan, West Punjab, NWFP, Sindh and Baluchistan as such never wanted or asked for Pakistan, in fact that they did not need to.
       
            There was a pause and silence for a couple of minutes.
       
      The Raja of Mahamudabad, Begum Aizaz Rasul, Raja of Pirpur, Maulana Hasrat Mohanti etc, from UP, Syed Hussain Imam from Bihar, M.Mod.Ismail from Madras etc to name a few of the host of Muslim League leaders, have stayed back in India though they had actively worked for the creation of Pakistan as the homeland for the Indian Muslims. There is not an iota of justification for such leaders being allowed to stay in India after having got the country partitioned on the basis of the two-Nation theory. They ought to have gone to the homeland they asked for and obtained

            There was again a pause
    • PM Nehru's face was flushed. After a brief silence, he resumed
       
      PM: We cannot abandon the nationalist Muslims who had fought and sacrificed for India™s independence.
       
      YK: But the congress has already abandoned the khidmatgars led by the Frontier Gandhi
       
      PM: This was a most (unfortunate) decision forced on us by the geo-political realities
       
      YK: I am not sure of the loyalty of the so-called Nationalist Muslims, after the creation of Pakistan. Considering the speeches (mischievous and rabble rousing) of the National Muslim leaders (those who were opposed to partition) like Dr Syed Mahmud, Maulana Hafizur Rahman(of Jamiat-ul-ulema-e-Hind)etc at the Lucknow conference of Mussalman, Hind(Dec 1947)
       
      PM: This is false, mischievous, a canard intended to defame and denigrate the Nationalist Muslims who have played a glorious role in India,s independence.
       
      YK: The PM must be correct on this point. I have perhaps been wrongly informed. But the basic fact remains that the Muslim League leaders and worked from Western UP”Meerut, Moradabad, Aligarh, Saharanpur, etc “organised the riots in Rawalpindi in March 1947 which set the Punjab ablaze. It was not the work of the local Muslims of Rawalpindi in the initial stages but the Muslim League leaders from UP. Is it also not shocking that the Muslim League leaders of Rampur State in UP should have launched a violent agitation by setting on fire several Government buildings demanding accession of Rampur State (to) Pakistan?
       
         The face of the Prime Minister turned red in anger. He started puffing at his silver cigarette-holder
                At this point , I had a very strong urge to recall the advice PM Nehru had given to the Kashmiri Pandits in 1945 at a meeting in Sopore in the Kashmir valley that if non-Muslims wanted to live in Kashmir they should join the National Conference(which was overwhelmingly a Muslim party) or bid good bye to the country(Kashmir). But sensing the mood of the Prime Minister I was sullen and kept quiet.
       
            The Principal of the training school MJ Desai, ICS was visibly feeling uncomfortable and edgy. As there was palpable tension in the atmosphere and the PM Nehru was silent and red faced, the Principal asked for the dinner bell to be rung. This relieved the tension in all of us. We collected our plates and made a bee-line for the dining table ..

        {This was a copy of the print version from 'Secular Combat' magazine May 2010 issue}

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Haindava Keralam - Christian Missionary frauds to plant 'Jesus' in Vedas exposed

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    • Christian Missionaries after their failure in refuting Vedas and Hindu scriptures even after repeated attempts , their tactics to dupe naïve Hindus had changed. Now their  attempt is to – To prove that  Jesus arrival was prophesied in Vedas and there by Hindus should convert to Christianity. Following the path of these Christian propagandists , Jihadi's are also trying die hard to plant their Allah and  Muhammad into Vedas.
    • It is very interesting that the Christian propagandists are now willing to accept that Vedas originated even before their Bible and Jesus. It will also be interesting to search the truth that the life of Jesus was missing from his age 13 to 30 yrs from history books. In his research book titled ‘Christianity is Krishnanity’  by renowned historian and INA veteran Late Sri. PN Oak clearly proved with strong evidence regarding this view.  Since our missionary brothers started acknowledging the Vedas, it is right time for them to study more on Vedas, Hinduism and return to their parent religion i.e. Vedic Religion!

                                                     Om Krinvantho Vishwamaryam!

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Haindava Keralam - Our Motherland must be safeguarded at all costs

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    • Courtesy:GSK Menon

    • Kashmir is not at all a problem. Tiny Bangladesh has demonstrated that by changing the demographic profile how the entire scenario can be changed. Just turn a blind eye and allow Keralites, Tamilians, Biharis, U.P. people, and of course Bangladeshis to flood Kashmir.  Kashmir will change and cool down.

      The motherland must be safeguarded at all costs, there are educated Indians who care two hoots for Human rights and Rights of Kashmiri Jihadi's, I am one of them. The first and only concern is to keep the country intact, all other considerations are secondary.

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Haindava Keralam - Bangalore blast conspiracy held at Coorg, Madani attended the crucial meeting at Coorg

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    • Cops find proof of Madani's involvement in B'luru blasts
    • Madani has been booked for waging war against the state and concealing information. But sources in the city police say that the non-bailable warrant against him is yet to be executed.

      "We are waiting for the right moment since we don't want to trigger communal tensions during his arrest. But Madani's arrest is certain," added sources in the police.

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Haindava Keralam - “Dear Friend Hitler” - Conspiracy to derail Indo-Israel friendship

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    • Narain Kataria - INDIAN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS FORUM
    • It is a matter of great regret that first-time Bollywood  Director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar is making the movie “Dear Friend Hitler”, starring Anupam Kher and Neha Dhupia.  This movie is to be released by the end of the year.

      In the history of humanity Hitler is regarded as an ultimate evil that sent six million Jewish to the gas chambers and propelled the world to second world war  that caused the death of tens of millions of people.  Hence this news has sent shock waves to many Israeli friends of India in Israel , UK , USA and many other countries.

      Indo-IsraelI cooperation in the field of military intelligence, space and missile technology is  growing steadily, much to the chagrin,  disenchantment and mortification of the Left parties and pro-Islamic members within the Indian polity.  Anti-India forces are deeply disturbed and highly perturbed at this teamwork.  They want to sabotage this collaboration at any cost.  Hence, it is absolutely essential that pro-India and pro-Israeli forces wake up to expose, defeat and thwart the mean and mendacious designs of anti-India lobby.
    • This movie could also be the ploy of the sinister plot to drive a wedge between India and Israel ,  isolate India , militarily weaken it and balkanize it at an opportune time.

      It is based on the movie Downfall/Der Untergang, that came in for sharp criticism for being sympathetic of the man responsible for the holocaust.
    • Hence, on behalf of our Forum, I appeal to our supporters who value the Indo-Israeli and Hindu-Jewish friendship to raise their protest against this movie.

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