Vijayvaani.com - Jammu RSS helping in Hindu capitulation in J&K

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  • Jammu RSS helping in Hindu capitulation in J&K
  • Ajaat Jamwal

  • The tone and tenor of Arun Kumar’s presentation, as per the understanding of people present at the meeting, from whom I later tried to garner information, indicated an almost-overt  though still indirect support to the so-called ‘peace process.’ It was construed as an attempt to secure even a piece-meal return of Kashmiri Hindus to the Valley, in order to demonstrate the return of ‘normalcy.’ What upset and irked the listeners most was his expression (actually a kind of insistence) that Kashmiri Hindus have to make this sacrifice in the ‘national interest’ (phir se Balidan dene ke liye taiyaar ho jaiye).

     

    By design or coincidence, Arun Kumar’s visit took place the very same day that Yasin Malik reiterated his commitment to the struggle for Independent Jammu & Kashmir and ‘advised’ Kashmiri Hindus to return and join the Kashmiri Muslims in the valley! That same day, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also hinted at the unfolding of the return plan. This convergence of views of RSS officials at the ground in Jammu & Kashmir, the separatist leaders, and the State Government, is intriguing to say the least.

     

    In retrospect, the presence of Madhu Kishwar, a known supporter of a Hindu ‘compromise’ in Jammu & Kashmir, at the Jan. 19. Exodus Day function at Constitution Club in New Delhi, organized by RSS think tank, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Foundation, reeks of an ugly synchronicity.

  • Some senior RSS activists in Jammu aver that Kishwar’s presence was at the instance of the RSS Prant Pracharak in Jammu, and if voices doing the rounds here are true, then the RSS here wanted to signal to the Prime Minister’s Office that it is aligned in favour of the PM’s perspective on the peace process as well as return of Kashmiri Hindus, even though these have been rejected outright by the community and the nationalist people in Jammu & Kashmir.

  • This approach has a wider ideological connotation, which I shall try to elucidate with an example. During the course of my interactions with RSS activists in Jammu, Pracharak Arun Kumar was ruffled and angry when Union Home Minister P Chidambaram declared his ‘Quiet Dialogue’ with the separatists.

     

    Kumar insisted with his colleagues in the RSS to mobilize for an agitation on the lines of the Sri Amarnath land restoration movement. But after being called to Delhi for a briefing, he returned a different man and began to advocate a mainly academic approach to the policy of compromise unfolding in Jammu & Kashmir. The directive to him was perhaps on the lines of - Make noises but do not involve in building public resistance.

    
    The process of dividing Jammu to carve out Greater Kashmir is now clearly unfolding. When the resolution to carve out Chenab Valley Hill Council was passed in the upper house of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislature, the BJP MLAs ignored it. When the Prime Minister hinted about a final settlement on Jammu & Kashmir, BJP legislators in Jammu did not even indulge in symbolic breast-beating.

     

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Vijayvaani.com - Lal Chowk: Tiranga betrayed

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  • Lal Chowk: Tiranga betrayed
  • Nancy Kaul

  • It is also pertinent that though the BSF and the CRPF have been unfurling the flag on Republic Day and Independence Day, one never sees officials of Jammu & Kashmir Police, not even the closest police station SHO, attend it? True, the official Government function takes place in Bakshi Stadium, but that does not mean that hoisting the flag at the Lal Chowk Clock Tower is unconstitutional or not within the parameters of Indian democracy.

    This abject negation of a ceremony so pregnant with the symbolism of the Republic cannot be without an ulterior motive. Behind the façade of untruth are murmurs that point a finger at the corridors of power. Indeed, the courage of men involved in counter terror operations is unquestionable, but the conduct and aspirations of certain politicians and top level officials is debatable.

    During the unrest created by the PDP and Hurriyat and other politicians in the Kashmir Valley over the making of makeshift Yatri tents in Baltal to provide better facilities to Amarnath pilgrims, the National Flag was torn down and spitted upon.

    “De ragda, de ragda, Hindustan (after vehemently beating their shoes on the flag and ground), jive jive Pakistan,” was followed by a mad frenzy of slogans and hoisting of the Pakistani flag. The CRPF was asked to be a mute spectator to disrespect of such magnitude, and State DG allowed it to flutter at Lal Chowk for hours, atop the very same clock tower!

    Interestingly, it was the son-of-the-soil inclination of the PDP-NC combine that allowed the coronation of Kuldeep Khuda as State Police Chief, though better, more competent officers were available. He also enjoys an enviable proximity to certain Central leaders (the Home Minister attended the marriage of his daughter in Jammu).

    Today there are whispers that he suggested that the act of unfurling the flag was resented by the local population and the CRPF should not unfurl it, though they had been maintaining this tradition for two decades.

  • But today even the BJP is mum at this national sacrilege. Is this silence in acceptance of the separatists’ demands or self-rule and the erosion of Indian sovereignty in Jammu & Kashmir? Recently, BJP think tank Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation invited a supporter of PDP’s demand for self-rule at a function to observe Exodus Day on Jan. 19!
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  • The concerns raised by Nancy Ji need serious attention by the powers that be.Just down the memory lane, when this particular clock tower was set up in Lal Chowk some four decades earlier, the ( Indian ) name " BAJAJ ", prominently displayed on two sides of the said tower ( with a running clock on other two sides) was removed within days of its installation by the Islamic fundamentalists. So Lal Chowk was 'Pakistan' then and no wonder it continues to be same now as well and nearly half a million Kashmiri Pandits continue to live a life of refugees in their own country for the last over two decades out of six decades of Indian Republic....Orzuv ! RAMESH MANVATI

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HINDU SAMHATI: Major Hindu Event in Eastern India by SAMHATI

• HINDU SAMHATI: Major Hindu Event in Eastern India by SAMHATI

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  • A HUGE PUBLIC RALLY ON THE 2^ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF HINDU SAMHATI.

    Date: 14^th February, 2010 at 1 PM

    Venue: Shraddhananda Park, Kolkata

    With the Blessings of Reverend Swami Pradiptanandaji Maharaj, Bharat Sevashram Sangh

    President: Shri Tapan Kumar Ghosh, Hindu Samhati.

    Chief Guest: Shri Pramod Mutalik, President, Sri Rama Sena, Karnataka.

    Special Guest: Shri Sunil Deodhar, International Human Rights Manch, Mumbai

    Speakers: Shri Shailendra Jain, Hindu Nirman Dal, New Delhi, Shri Vinod Yadav, Go Raksha Andolan, Bihar.

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Passionate About India: THE SANCTITY OF PADMA AWARDS ARE AT QUESTION, AND WITH THAT THE DESTINY OF OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENIUSES!!- Arindam Chaudhuri

• Passionate About India: THE SANCTITY OF PADMA AWARDS ARE AT QUESTION, AND WITH THAT THE DESTINY OF OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENIUSES!!- Arindam Chaudhuri

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  • Since Independence, the Padma awards have been one of the most coveted set of awards of this country, and for not just the award in itself, but for the prestige and honour that it carries. It is meant for the best and is meant to encourage others to strive for excellence.
  • But to believe that some US-based Sant Chatwal would be getting this award even when there are allegations of his being involved in some financial scam and being charge-sheeted for the same by CBI on four accounts (he reportedly has a $9 million default with SBI and some other public sector banks), raises the questions in terms of the veracity of these awards. And now, one is again forced to wonder how could someone like him receive the nation’s most coveted award? Let’s get it straight – Sant Chatwal is no Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, and neither has he conjured up any major contribution to society, barring some failed efforts to promote his son Vikram Chatwal in Bollywood. So, is it for all of these that he is being awarded and put on the same league as the brilliant Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, an Indian American and a Padma awardee who won the most recent Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

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महाजाल पर सुरेश चिपलूनकर (Suresh Chiplunkar): “संतों के समक्ष हार चला था असहिष्णु इस्लाम”... ... Radical Islam, Traditional Hindu Saints, Effect on Islam

• महाजाल पर सुरेश चिपलूनकर (Suresh Chiplunkar): “संतों के समक्ष हार चला था असहिष्णु इस्लाम”... ... Radical Islam, Traditional Hindu Saints, Effect on Islam

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  • दीर्घकाल तक इस्लाम की आंधी से हिन्दुस्थान ने टक्कर ली है। इस प्रक्रिया में जहां एक ओर हिंदू समाज को मर्मांतक पीड़ा मिली और उसका सामाजिक एवं आर्थिक जीवन बुरी तरह से अस्त-व्यस्त हो गया वहीं इस्लाम को भी हिंदुत्व के उदात्त विचारों ने अपने रंग में गहरे रंग देने में कोई कसर बाकी नहीं रखी। भक्ति आंदोलन को अगर इस रूप में देखें तो उस कालखण्ड में एक बार ऐसा लगने लगा था कि इस्लाम का असहिष्णु जीवन प्रवाह भक्ति की महान सुरसरिता में समाहित हो जाएगा।
  • भक्ति को कभी कोई भेदभाव स्वीकार नहीं था। इसी के प्रभाव में आकर बहुत से मुसलमान भी हिंदू संतों के शिष्य बन गए और संतों के समान ही जीवन जीने लगे। मध्यकाल में हम देखें तो पाएंगे कि ऐसे हजारों मुस्लिम संत थे जिन्होंने हिंदुत्व के अमर तत्व को अपने इस्लाम मतावलंबियों के बीच बांटना शुरू कर दिया था। यहां हम कबीर, संत रज्जब, संत रोहल साहेब और संत शालबेग के अतिरिक्त ऐसे संतों की चर्चा करेंगे जिन्होंने भारतीय इस्लाम को एक नवीन चेहरा दिया।
  • हिंदू भक्ति आंदोलन ने सामान्य मुस्लिमों से लेकर मुस्लिम सम्राटों तक के परिजनों को हिलाकर रख दिया। रहीम, अमीर खुसरो और दारा शिकोह इसके प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण हैं। और केवल पुरूष ही नहीं मुस्लिम शहजादियां भी भक्ति के रंग में रंग गईं। इसी कड़ी में औरंगजेब की बेटी जैबुन्निसां बेगम तथा भतीजी ताज बेगम का नाम बहुत आदर से लिया जाता है।
  • यही कारण था कि इस्लाम के हिंदुत्व के साथ बढ़ते तादात्मीकरण ने कट्टरपंधी मुल्लाओँ की नींद हराम कर दी। मौलाना हाली ऐसे ही एक कट्टरपंथी मुसलमान थे जिन्होंने हिंदू-मुस्लिम समन्वय के इस महान कार्य पर चिंता जताई। उन्होंने कहा-
    
    वो दीने हिजाजी का बेबाक बेड़ा,
    निशां जिसका अक्साए आलम में पहुंचा,
    मज़ाहम हुआ कोई खतरा न जिसका,
    न अम्मां में ठटका, न कुलज़म में झिझका,
    किए पै सिपर जिसने सातों समंदर,
    वो डुबा दहाने में गंगा के आकर।।
    
    
    यानी मौलाना हाली दुःख प्रकट करते हुए कहते हैं कि इस्लाम का जहाज़ी बेड़ा जो सातों समुद्र बेरोक-टोक पार करता गया और अजेय रहा, वह जब हिंदुस्थान पहुंचा और उसका सामना यहां की संस्कृति से हुआ तो वह गंगा की धारा में सदा के लिए डूब गया।
    
    मुस्लिम समाज़ पर हिंदू तथा मुस्लिम संतों की भगवद्भक्ति का इतना प्रभाव बढ़ता गया कि इस्लामी मौलवी लोगों को लगने लगा कि इस प्रकार तो हिंदुत्व इस्लाम को निगल जाएगा। इस कारण प्रतिक्रिया में आकर भारतीय मुसलमान संतों पर मौलवियों ने कुफ्र अर्थात नास्तिकता के फतवे ज़ारी कर दिये।
  • आज यह पक्के तौर पर कहा जा सकता है कि यदि अंग्रेज़ भारत में न आए होते तो निर्मल भक्ति, प्रेम तथा संतों के पवित्र एवं त्यागमयी आचरण के दैवीय आकर्षण से करोड़ों मुसलमान अपने पुरखों की संस्कृति, धर्म और परंपरा से उसी भांति जुड़ जाते और आनन्द मानते जैसे एक बच्चा अपनी मां की गोदी में सुख का अनुभव करता है।
  • लेखक: डॉ. कृष्णगोपाल
  • कृष्णगोपालजी राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के जीवन समर्पित प्रचारकों की टोली से जुड़े यशस्वी और मेधावी प्रचारक हैं।

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Why so much hue and cry when churches were not attacked; HJV

• Why so much hue and cry when churches were not attacked; HJV

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  • Bhatkal
  • “We condemn the two incidents of churches being attempted to be attacked in Bhatkal taluk, and stringent action should be taken against those who are involved in these incidents. However, it should be noted that no church has been attacked in Bhatkal and only a cross installed in an illegal land was damaged by some miscreants and a glass of a frame of a statue situated out side the church in Taranmakki village in Bhatkal taluk was broken. There was much hue and cry on these petty incidents and media is presenting it as if any church had been attacked or as if any type of vandalism has been made in a church. However, a temple in Bhatkal town was set ablaze and a Jatka idol from a temple in Makhdoom colony was concealed. A back flag was hoisted on a temple. The religious places of Hindus were desecrated, but no action has been taken regarding these incidents, neither any condemnation. The state governor has not mentioned the oppression made on Hindus, during his speech. Despite, the occurrence of many incidents of such types, no condemning statement has appeared and state human right commission has not visited the town. However, when something appear regarding the church, everyone is condemning the incident. Why it is so”, asked Govinda Naik, the north Karnataka convener of Hindu Jagran Vedikke.
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  • “Whether it is a temple, mosque or church, the attacks on all the religious places should be condemned. However, it makes no sense on making hue and cry only on name of churches. Everyone is aware that churches were attacked in Mangalore city and mosques and churches were attacked or damaged in other places. However, in Bhatkal except temples no other religious place has been attacked. No mosque in Bhatkal town has been ever stoned nor has any church been treated in such way in the town. If any religious structure in Bhatkal town has been ever targeted than it were only temples”.

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Coimbatore admn brings down ‘untouchability wall’

• Coimbatore admn brings down ‘untouchability wall’

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  • A wall built twenty years ago by upper caste Hindus allegedly to keep out Dalits, was finally demolished by the authorities in Coimbatore district on Saturday. The 20-feet long wall built across a public road is the second such ‘untouchability wall’ found in the state, the first being the one at Uthapuram village near Madurai.

     

    According to sources, the wall at Singanellur in Coimbatore was constructed by caste Hindus after 58 Dalit families were housed in a new colony named Thanthai Periyar Nagar under a government scheme in 1989. The structure blocked direct access to the main road in an attempt to prevent the Dalit families from traversing through the areas populated by the caste Hindus. A Vinayak temple was also built near it to impart religious sanctity to the structure.

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Husband and wife of same clan declared siblings in Haryana village

• Husband and wife of same clan declared siblings in Haryana village

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  • In a bizarre incident,a village council in Rohtak city of Haryana has nullified the marriage of a couple, who belonged to the same clan and declared the husband and wife to be brother and sister.

    The incident occurred in Rohtak’s Kheri village where Satish Berwal and Kavita Bainival, married each other three years ago. Today, they have a 10-month-old boy from this marriage.

    The controversy picked up momentum a few days ago, when a group of villagers learnt that both belonged to the same clan. The matter was raised in the village council of Kheri village.

  • Rohtak (Haryana)

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RSS asks volunteers in Maharashtra to protect north Indians

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  • Taking the Shiv Sena and the MNS head-on, RSS today said that it has asked its volunteers to protect north Indians in Maharashtra and prevent spread of anti-Hindi feelings.
    
    "The Sangh parivar has asked its volunteers in Maharashtra to try and prevent the spread of anti-north Indian and anti-Hindi feelings," RSS leader Ram Madhav told reporters here.
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  • File photo of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during a conference in Bhubaneswar.

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The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Sena is belittling Shivaji’s legacy

• The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Sena is belittling Shivaji’s legacy

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  • Sena is belittling Shivaji’s legacy
  • Swapan Dasgupta
  • To only blame the Shiv Sena, or its estranged cousin Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, for injecting intolerance into Mumbai is to exonerate another culprit. The State Congress played an equally cynical game by attempting to impose a language test on aspiring taxi drivers. It was apparent to everyone, not least the Congress high command, that this was Chief Minister Ashok Chavan’s way of getting a slice of the Marathi manoos constituency.
  • What the Shiv Sena is in effect demanding is an Article 370 for Maharashtra that would confer exceptional rights on ‘State subjects’ and deny these to others who would presumably be categorised ‘guest workers’. Apart from the sheer insanity of distorting the momentum of India’s business capital — whose beneficial fallout also touches the Marathi manoos — the Shiv Sena has now begun to question the primacy of Indian citizenship. In effect, the Sena is demanding a two-tiered sovereignty for Maharashtra, a demand that is qualitatively little different from the demand for ‘dual sovereignty’ in Jammu & Kashmir. Has Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin weighed the implications of what they have undertaken? Do they realise the chaos if every second State presses for exclusionary laws?
    
    It is time the BJP considered the implications of associating with a party that seems hell-bent on fracturing Indian nationhood. The muscle-flexing of the Sena has gone unchallenged and unquestioned for too long. If the BJP doesn’t want to stand up and be counted, it may as well proclaim that all that lofty talk of idealism and ideology is pure humbug.
    
    As for the Shiv Sena, it should realise that Shivaji didn’t proclaim himself the King of the Deccan; he was anointed the Hindu Maharaj; his kingdom was the Hindu pad padshahi. The Sena is ensuring that Shivaji’s grand canopy is shrunk to the size of a handkerchief.

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BJP trains workers in RSS way - dnaindia.com

• BJP trains workers in RSS way - dnaindia.com

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  • Kiran Tare / DNA
  • Following in the footsteps of its parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) completed a three-year orientation course for its cadre last week.

  • Around 50 workers at the district level completed the course at Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP) at Uttan in Thane.
    “The idea behind the course was to train the active workers in the party’s ideology, practical ways to work as a political party and ways to help the organisation to grow,” Ravindra Sathe, director of RMP said.

    “There were sessions on BJP’s ideology, policies, economic policies, interaction with media and communication skills. Now, we can say that the first batch of BJP’s trained workers has passed out. The party has decided to run the course at the national level too,” Sathe said.

    In RSS, the workers are trained in the organisation’s ideology in a three-year course. The workers have to gather for 21 days per year for the course. This practice is going on since 1940.

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EU team should not be allowed to visit Kandhamal : VHP

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  • Bhubaneswar
  • Demanding immediate withdrawal of permission given to a diplomtic delegation from European Union to visit Orissa's Kandhamal, VHP today said the tour could trigger fresh tension in the district.
    
    "The proposed visit of the EU delegation should be cancelled forthwith and Orissa government must withdraw the permission granted for the purpose," VHP state Secretary Gouri Kumar Rath told reporters here.

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Shiv Sena demonstrates outside Shah Rukh's residence - dnaindia.com

• Shiv Sena demonstrates outside Shah Rukh's residence - dnaindia.com

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  • Intensifying its protest against Shah Rukh Khan for supporting the cause of Pakistani cricket stars in IPL, Shiv Sena today held a demonstration outside his home here even as the Bollywood actor and his colleague Aamir Khan were dubbed by the party as "2 Idiots".

  • "In real life, Aamir and Shah Rukh have been proved as '2 Idiots' as both are making stupid statements supporting the cause of Pakistani cricketers," said a statement in the Sena's Hindi mouthpiece Dopahar Ka Saamna.

    Shah Rukh also earned the ire of firebrand Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) leader Praveen Togadia. who asked Hindus to boycott all his movies.

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महाराष्ट्र में उत्तर भारतीयों की ढाल बनेगा संघ-नैशनल-भारत-Navbharat Times

• महाराष्ट्र में उत्तर भारतीयों की ढाल बनेगा संघ-नैशनल-भारत-Navbharat Times

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  • जबलपुर।।
  • महाराष्ट्र में उत्तर भारतीयों के खिलाफ हिंसा के मुद्दे पर शिवसेना और राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ(आरएसएस)आमने-सामने आ गए हैं। आरएसएस ने साफ कर दिया है कि महाराष्ट्र में शिवसेना व एमएनएस की मनमानी नहीं चलने दी जाएगी और संघ के स्वयंसेवक उत्तर भारतीयों के खिलाफ हिंसा का विरोध करेंगे।
    
    उत्तर भारतीयों पर हमले के बावजूद हिंदू एकता की बात करने वाले संघ की चुप्पी को लेकर स्वयंसेवकों में काफी समय से बेचैनी महसूस की जा रही थी। संघ की जड़ें भले ही महाराष्ट्र में हो लेकिन उसकी शाखाओं को बल हिंदी पट्टियों से ही मिलता है।
  • संघ ने अब अपने स्वयंसेवकों को हिंदी भाषियों और उत्तर भारतीयों की रक्षा के लिए आगे आने का निर्देश दिया है।

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Jagran - Yahoo! India - मारा जा रहा हिंदुओं का हक: तोगड़िया

• Jagran - Yahoo! India - National :: Politics News

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  • बरेली।
  
  • उन्होंने हिंदुओं को ललकारते हुए कहा,'जैसे जीवन सुरक्षा के लिए बीमा कराते हो, वैसे ही धर्म रक्षा के लिए धर्मरक्षा निधि में अपना खाता बनाओ। यहां रोज एक रुपये जमा करो। बड़े व्यापारियों को भी अपनी आमदनी का कुछ हिस्सा इसमें अंशदान करना चाहिए। यही धन हिंदू धर्म की रक्षा के काम आएगा। इसी धर्म से हिंदुओं का सम्मान स्वाभिमान सुरक्षित रहेगा।' डा. तोगड़िया ने कहा कि भारत को हिंदू राष्ट्र बनाने के संघर्ष में जो लोग जेल जाएंगे, उनके लिए विहिप संघर्ष करेगी। उनके परिवार को राशन-पानी तक की व्यवस्था करेगी।

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राष्ट्र बड़ा या पिता पुस्तक की बिक्री पर रोक लगे :: सहारा समय

• राष्ट्र बड़ा या पिता पुस्तक की बिक्री पर रोक लगे :: सहारा समय

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  • राजस्थान प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमेटी ने पुस्तक ‘राष्ट्र बड़ा या पिता' की बिक्री पर तुरन्त रोक लगाने और पुस्तक के लेखक के खिलाफ मुकदमा दर्ज कर गिररफ्तार करने की मांग की है।
  • जयपुर
  
  • गौरतलब है कि भारतीय जनता पार्टी के जयपुर के एक पार्षद अखिलेश दुबे द्वारा पुस्तक ‘राष्ट्र बड़ा या पिता' का लोकार्पण विश्व हिन्दू परिषद के डा. प्रवीण भाई तोगडिया ने किया था।

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प्रीस्ट नहीं बनना चाहता था युवक

• प्रीस्ट नहीं बनना चाहता था युवक

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  • झागरिया के सेंट टेरेसा चर्च परिसर में फांसी लगाने वाला छात्र प्रीस्ट नहीं बनना चाहता था। ये खुलासा उसके रूममेट ने शनिवार को पुलिस को दिए बयान में किया। पुलिस ने शनिवार को दोबारा छात्र के कमरे की तलाशी ली।

    
    
    

    चर्च परिसर में बने टेनिस कोर्ट में एशु बाबू उर्फ वेणुकुमार ने गत दिवस फांसी लगा ली थी। शनिवार को पुलिस दोबारा चर्च में गई। वेणु के रूममेट ने कहा कि वेणु ने बातचीत के दौरान उससे तीन-चार बार जिक्र किया था कि वह प्रीस्ट नहीं बनना चाहता है। पुलिस को वेणु के कमरे से उसके पिता द्वारा चर्च के फादर थॉमस वर्गीस को लिखा पत्र भी मिला। इसमें उनके बेटे को चर्च में एडमिशन देने की सिफारिश की गई है।

    
    
    

    हिंदू संगठनो का आरोप: बजरंग दल और संस्कृति बचाओ मंच के एक दर्जन कार्यकर्ताओं ने आरोप लगाया कि वेणु पर प्रीस्ट बनने का दबाव बनाया जा रहा था। उन्होंने चर्च के फादर के खिलाफ वेणु को आत्महत्या के लिए प्रेरित करने का मामला दर्ज करने की मांग की।

  • भोपाल.

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मेरी बात: धीमे जहर का घूंट, कब तक! on सहारा समय

• मेरी बात: धीमे जहर का घूंट, कब तक! on सहारा समय

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  • sanjeev srivastava
  • नतीजा यह है कि अब इन दो भाइयों की होड़ में एक के बाद एक आज की मुम्बई का प्रत्येक आधुनिक, लोकप्रिय और सही बात करने वाला नायक, ठाकरे बुंधुओं के जैसे निशाने पर हैं।
    
    खेल शुरू किया राज ठाकरे ने। मराठी बनाम गैर-मराठी मामले को हिंसक हवा दी, माहौल को विषैला बनाया और भारत के सबसे बड़े शहर को जैसे बंदूक की नोक पर घुटने टिकवा दिये। शिवसेना प्रमुख बाल ठाकरे को उनकी राजनीतिक जगह दिखाने और आधिकारिक शिवसेना को कमजोर करने के लिए कांग्रेस-एनसीपी गठबंधन ने राज ठाकरे का कमोवेश वही इस्तेमाल किया जो कभी कांग्रेस ने पंजाब में अकालियों से निबटने के लिए भिंडरावाले का किया था।
    
    सरकारी शह पर राज ठाकरे ने कभी अमिताभ बच्चन तो कभी बिहारियों तो कभी सभी उत्तर भारतीयों को निशाना बनाया।
    
    उद्धव कुछ स्वभाव और सोच से शालीन रहे तो लोकसभा और विधानसभा चुनावों में उनकी पार्टी निबट गई।
  • इन दिनों असल जहर उगल रहे हैं बाला साहब। कभी सचिन तेंदुलकर उनका निशाना होते हैं तो कभी मुकेश अंबानी। कभी शाहरूख को वह चुनौती भरे अंदाज में सचेत करते हैं और धमकाते हैं तो कभी उनके शालीन, मृदुभाषी पुत्र सैफ अली खान को टपोरी कह सार्वजनिक रूप से हड़काते हैं।
  • पर इस ‘कहीं पर निगाहें, कहीं पर निशाना’ की राजनीति में हमारा समाज एक ऐसे दलदल में फंसता जा रहा है जहां से अगर कभी निकलना नहीं हो पाया तो लेने के देने पड़ सकते हैं।

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SWOT analysis of RSS — Conclusions | Great Hindu

• SWOT analysis of RSS — Conclusions | Great Hindu

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  • It was Dr. Hedgewar’s vision that the organisation would be a success and Hindu Rashtra would be a reality when 0.5 percent of Indian villages and 1 percent of Indian cities were active swayamsewaks.  Despite growth, that target has not yet been reached.  But the RSS ideology has no opposition despite virulent propaganda by the media.

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SWOT analysis of RSS: Threats | Great Hindu

• SWOT analysis of RSS: Threats | Great Hindu

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  • Who can possibly threaten the RSS?

  • The ideal RSS dream is to have both the political party having a Swayamsewak as its head.  Preferably, the RSS wants its swayamsewaks to be everywhere… but this omniscience has not happened for reasons best known to destiny.

    Anyway, these are 4 major threats to RSS:

  • 1. UPA/Commie aliance (along with Mullah-Missionary nexus)
  • 2. Other fledgling organisations like HJS & Rama Sena: They raise inconvenient questions when there are stupid assertions like, “Every Indian Muslim is a Hindu” and especially when the RSS would like to protect BJP’s Muslim appeasement.
  • 3. Ideological opposition from the Voice of India school of thought: This is the greatest threat to RSS.   The RSS likes to align itself with the stupid Gandhian creation, “Sarva Dharma Samabhava”.  It does not want to ruffle feathers and would like to move with the times.  The sloppy dithering ideology of RSS cuts no ice with the intelligent Hindu — who is looking for a better articulate organisation.
  • 4. The anti-Hindu media

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SWOT Analysis of RSS: Opportunities | Great Hindu

• SWOT Analysis of RSS: Opportunities | Great Hindu

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  • The opportunities for RSS is unlimited for the simple reason that they are a monopoly.

    It is humanly impossible to create another RSS for Hindu society.

    However, it is also possible that Hindu Rashtra will make RSS redundant.  As Hedgewar himself wanted RSS to be disbanded on the creation of Hindu Rashtra.

  • SO OPPORTUNITIES ARE UNLIMITED.

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SWOT analysis of RSS — Weakness | Great Hindu

• SWOT analysis of RSS — Weakness | Great Hindu

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  • Most of the defects of RSS and Hindu society have its roots in the long successive history of Hindu defeats.

  • Weakness No. 1: Gerontocracy:

    The RSS is an ageing organisation caught in a time warp.  Most of the leaders are stuck in 1977 Emergency and have not moved forward ever since.

  • Weakness No. 2: Stunted Growth:
  •  More knickers are sold than ever before.. but there is no daily shakha attendance as the swayamsewaks give some excuse or the other.
  • Weakness No. 3: Dominatrix:
  • Nobody likes being dominated and remote controlled.  However, these two seem to have become a mantra for growth…. Now you know why people avoid the organisation although the network is raking in the moolah.  

  • Weakness No. 4: Masochism, Gandhigiri & Sexual repression:

    To be frank, this is not the RSS defect.. but a defect of Hindu society.  Masochism, Gandhigiri and sexual repression.  And this is a problem that Gandhi magnified and one which RSS internalised.

  • Weakness No. 5: A passion for outer growth:

    Senior leader Ashok Singhal once said that these days there is a loss of adhyathma and gain of pradarshan in the new crop.

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SWOT Analysis of RSS — Strengths | Great Hindu

• SWOT Analysis of RSS — Strengths | Great Hindu

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  • He loathed the slavish mentality of the Hindus and sought to activate them.  He was in awe of the revolutionary spirit of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.  However, as he grew up, Dr. Hedgewar saw revolutionary defects in his icons.  He found out that the revolutionaries were high on emotions and totally disorganised.  Besides, they were not able to rouse the common man.

  • STRENGTH No, 1: SO THIS IS THE STRENGTH NUMBER ONE OF RSS — ITS AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING ON VIJAYADASHAMI DAY.  ALL WEAKENESS — HOWEVER WEAK — AND ALL ENEMIES — HOWEVER POWERFUL — CAN NEVER STOP THE RSS FROM ITS AIM OF A HINDU RASHTRA.

    Strength No. 2: The second strength of RSS is its strong ideological mooring. Advaita Vedanta — unqualified non-duality — happens to be the unstated philosophical position of RSS.

  • Strength No. 3: Strength Number 3 is no doubt the massive organisational infrastructure that has been built across the past 85 years of its existence.  Today, RSS is the world’s largest voluntary service organisation.

  • Today, it is perhaps the only organisation in India that can deliver a nation-wide protest anytime.  Its grassroot activists can stop or make during  an emergency — whether it be a protest or relief or even a political rally.  The people’s strength is there.

    Strength No. 4:  The remote control is the strength number four of this organisation.  

  • Dr. K B Hedgewar had given a famous line: The Sangh won’t do anything.  The Swayamsewak will.  Despite three bans on this organisation, RSS has grown from strength to strength.  That is because the Sangh does not do anything.  It is the swayamsewaks who do it.
  •  Despite its international presence, the RSS does not own even a piece of land.  With its past experience during bans, the organisation has learnt how to buck the law without sounding illegal.

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SWOT Analysis of RSS today — My new book | Great Hindu

• SWOT Analysis of RSS today — My new book | Great Hindu

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  • Today, I am going to present the SWOT analysis of RSS today. SWOT analysis is usually a corporate acronym for Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats.

  • Its founder Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was into revolutionary activities along with Hindutva icon Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.  Hedgewar saw through the hollow fury of Hindu revolutionaries.  His analysis was that Hindu society was perfect as it is except that it lacked an organiser who could cohesively lead the Hindus.

    Hedgewar seemed to be highly influenced by the effective organisations of the British, French and the Fascists too — something that our friendly neighbourhood pseudosecularists seem to have taken undue advantage.  Today, the Sangh Parivar is a hydra-headed organisation that has an international presence.  It has produced one Prime Minister and a host of chief Ministers and is highly influential.  BBC described RSS as the largest voluntary organisation in the world — larger than even the Red Cross and other organisations.

    In this book of mine, I won’t dwell into the history, unless and until it is necessary.  I will be focussing on RSS and its affiliates in the context of 2010, in the context of globalisation and in the context of this rapid era of communication.

  • If you want to study the history of RSS, you may go through the book — Brotherhood in Saffron — co-authored by Walter Anderson and Shridhar Damle.

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Some of the Muslim scientists invented-PHOTO

Opened in London Muslim scientists invented the world to shed light on the works exhibited are on display.





'1001 Meeting opened in London; Islamic Heritage Explore Our World 'exhibition at the art of science and technology of the Islamic civilization to the west of the contributions that are described in historical works.

İngiltere'nin başkenti Londra'da Bilim, Teknoloji ve Medeniyet Vakfı tarafından gerçekleşen '1001 İcat-İslam Mirası' adlı sergide tarihte Müslüman bilim adamlarının bulduğu icatlar sergileniyor. In London, the capital of the UK Science, Technology and civilization made by the Foundation for Innovation-Islamic Heritage of '1001 'in the exhibition of scientists has found Muslim inventions in history are on display. Sergilenen icatlar arasında El-Cezire'nin bulduğu 'fil saat' ve su ile çalışan 'çizgi saat', bugün hala ameliyatta kullanılan bıçak, makas gibi aletlerin yanı sıra günlük hayata ışık tutan yüzlerce buluş Londra'daki Bilim Müzesi'nde (Science Museum) ziyaretçilere tanıtlıyor. Exhibited between the invention of Al-Jazeera finds 'elephant hours' work with water and the 'time line', still used in surgical knife, scissors or tools, as well as shed light on the daily life of hundreds of meetings in London's Science Museum (Science Museum) prove to visitors.

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Muslims in the city of Tiruvarur of Tamil Nadu | TwoCircles.net

• Muslims in the city of Tiruvarur of Tamil Nadu | TwoCircles.net

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  • By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net
  • Tiruvarur is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu with its surrounding area having a strong Muslim belt. Though it is an ancient temple town with the history of Chola heartland famous for Sri Tyagaraja Temple, there are some mosques in the town as well – the oldest near the market and the latest one is just fifteen years old built in modern architecture.
  • The Muslims and Hindus of Tiruvarur are quite friendly and no incident of any communal violence has been reported either in the near past or in the distant past. Tiruvarur Muslims have borrowed some festivals like Pongal (Harvest Festivals) and they celebrate it in the same way as Hindu brethren except immolation of animals or offerings to gods and goddesses. They speak fluent Tamil.
  • The anniversary of the saint is celebrated every year for 14 days commencing from the first day of the Islamic calendar month of Jamathul Akhir. The regular celebrity visitor to this Dargah is renowned music director A.R.Rahman.

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No talks should be held with Ulfa on sovereignty issue: RSS - dnaindia.com

• No talks should be held with Ulfa on sovereignty issue: RSS - dnaindia.com

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  • GUWAHATI
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat today echoed the government's stance on peace talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) stressing that the country's sovereignty and unity are non-negotiable.
  • Discounting Shiv Sena's claim that Mumbai was for Marathi manoos only, the RSS chief said, "Mumbai is for all Indians. People of all languages, communities, tribes are children of India...Nobody can prevent Indians from moving to any part of the country in search of employment."

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    Asked if the RSS made distinctions between Hindu and Muslim Bangladeshi infiltrators, Bhagwat said, "Under the Foreigners Act, all coming voluntarily, irrespective of religion, are foreigners. Those thrown out from there are refugees and are to be treated accordingly as per law."

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The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Theft ghost haunts BJP

• The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Theft ghost haunts BJP

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  • RADHIKA RAMASESHAN

  • A year-old theft of Rs 2.6 crore from the BJP headquarters has returned to haunt the party with a man’s attempt to snoop on the bank account of the functionary in charge of the BJP office, Shyam Jaju.

    Chandan Kumar Jha, 32, was allegedly thrashed at the BJP headquarters for his snoop bid and handed over to police last evening, bringing under the glare the December 26, 2008, theft that an embarrassed party had then tried to hush up.

    Jha is a student of the Sadhna Academy of Media Studies, owned by BJP investors’ cell member Dinesh Gupta and patronised by Sadhvi Rithambara and other VHP leaders.

    The snoop bid has raised the question whether Jha was put up to the job.

    “It looks like someone is determined to get to the bottom of the (theft) and see where the money went,” a party source said.

    Yesterday afternoon, Jha had gone to an Andhra Bank branch 200 metres from the BJP office with a photocopy of Jaju’s PAN card, the police said.

    He allegedly pretended to be Jaju and asked for an account statement for 2008-09.

    The manager got suspicious, called Jaju to cross-check and then detained the impostor.

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श्रीनगर: हिंदू-मुस्लिम ने दी एकता की मिसाल

• श्रीनगर: हिंदू-मुस्लिम ने दी एकता की मिसाल

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  • श्रीनगर के डाउन टाउन में आजकल लगी भीड़ एक खास मकसद से जुटी रही है। दरअसल ये जमीन एक मंदिर की है जहां राज भैरव का कुंड हुआ करता था। सदियों से यहां पूजा होती आ रही थी लेकिन पिछले करीब 20 सालों से यहां लैंड माफिया का कब्जा था। अब हिम्मत जुटा कर स्थानीय लोगों ने लैंड माफिया से मुकाबला कर उन्हें यहां से निकाल दिया। खास बात ये है कि इसके लिए उन्हें मदद मिल रही है स्थानीय मुस्लिमों की।

     

    कश्मीर में कई ऐसे मंदिर हैं जो काफी समय से बंद पड़े हैं। इन्हें खोलने के लिए स्थानीय लोग पूरी जद्दोजहद में लगे हैं। हिंदू-मुस्लिम सभी लोग यहां मिल जुलकर इस काम को बढ़ावा देने में जुटे हैं। इसके लिए अब जगह जगह ज्वाइंट कमेटी भी बनाई गई है जो इलाके के करीब 550 मंदिरों को धीरे धीरे खुलवाएगी। ये कमेटियां धीरे धीरे हिन्दू मुस्लिम एकता की मिसाल भी बनती जा रही हैं

  • ज्वाइंट कमेटी भी बनाई गई है जो इलाके के करीब 550 मंदिरों को धीरे धीरे खुलवाएगी।

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त्रिनिदाद में मोबाइल मंदिर :: सहारा समय

• त्रिनिदाद में मोबाइल मंदिर :: सहारा समय

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  • पोर्ट-ऑफ-स्पेन
  • त्रिनिदाद एंड टोबैगो में हिंदुओं ने एक धार्मिक आयोजन के लिए एक विशेष मोबाइल मंदिर की स्थापना की है, जिसमें हनुमान की सात फुट लंबी प्रतिमा स्थापित है।
    चलता-फिरता हनुमान मंदिर यहां के विभिन्न शहरों का भ्रमण कर रहा है। इस धार्मिक आयोजन की शुरुआत गुरुवार को हुई थी जो अगले सात दिनों जारी रहेगा।
    उल्लेखनीय है कि त्रिनिदाद की कुल आबादी का 44 फीसदी भारतीय मूल के लोग हैं, जिनमें अधिकांश हिंदू हैं। यहां लगभग 147,000 भारतीय 1845 और 1917 के मध्य उत्तर प्रदेश और बिहार से आए थे।
    धार्मिक आयोजन की व्यवस्था हिंदू उत्सव समाज ने की है।
  

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Jagran - Yahoo! India - गोडसे की चौथी कोशिश में हुई गांधीजी की हत्या

• Jagran - Yahoo! India - National :: Politics News

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  • राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी की हत्या के लिए प्रयास केवल 30 जनवरी 1948 को ही नहीं हुआ था बल्कि उससे पहले छह बार उन्हें मारने की कोशिश हुई थी। पांच बार के प्रयासों की जानकारी तो दस्तावेजों में दर्ज है लेकिन बिहार में हुए छठी कोशिश के बारे में कम लोग ही जानते हैं। यह प्रयास तब प्रकाश में आया है जब गांधीजी को बचाने वाले बत्तक मियां का परिवार मुश्किलों में घिरा है और बिहार सरकार उसे बचाने के लिए आगे आई है।
  

  • हत्या के छह प्रयासों में से पांच इन्हीं स्वदेशियों द्वारा रचित थे, जबकि एक का षडयंत्र अंग्रेजों का था। पांच प्रचलित षडयंत्रों में से तीन में नाथूराम गोडसे शामिल था। हिन्दू महासभा के कार्यकर्ता के रूप में गोडसे का गांधी विरोध काफी दिनों से था। उसने मई सन् 1944 में गांधी के समक्ष पहला उग्र प्रदर्शन किया था। तब गांधीजी पंचगनी के दिलकुश बंगले में स्वास्थ्य लाभ कर रहे थे। उस समय नाथूराम गोडसे ने दो दर्जन युवकों के साथ वहां पहुंचकर पहले पूरे दिन विरोध प्रदर्शन किया, शाम को प्रार्थना सभा के मौके पर नारे लगाते हुए गांधीजी के पास पहुंचने की कोशिश की। वहां मौजूद लोगों द्वारा पकड़ लिए जाने से गोडसे की यह कोशिश सफल नहीं हो सकी। गोडसे का दूसरा प्रयास गांधीजी और जिन्ना की वार्ता के विरोध में था। सितंबर 1944 में जिन्ना से वार्ता के लिए मुंबई जा रहे गांधीजी को रोकने के लिए हिन्दू महासभा के कार्यकर्ता सेवाग्राम आश्रम पहुंचे थे, वहां पर उनकी कोशिश सफल नहीं हुई। इसी दौरान नारेबाजी करते गोडसे को आश्रम के लोगों ने पकड़ लिया, तब उसके पास एक बड़ा चाकू बरामद किया गया था। तीसरा प्रयास गांधीजी की हत्या से मात्र दस दिन पहले किया गया था। 20 जनवरी 1948 को दिल्ली के बिरला भवन में बम विस्फोट करके पहले अफरा-तफरी पैदा करने और उसके बाद गांधीजी को गोली मारने की योजना अंतिम क्षणों में रद दी गई। उस षडयंत्र में गोडसे सहित सात लोग शामिल थे।

    25 जून 1934 को सबसे पहले पुणे में गांधीजी के कार काफिले पर तब बम फेंका गया, जब वह एक बैठक को संबोधित करने जा रहे थे। इसके अतिरिक्त 29 जून 1946 को गांधी स्पेशल ट्रेन को दुर्घटनाग्रस्त करके गांधीजी की हत्या का प्रयास किया गया। अल्पज्ञात ताजा प्रकरण बिहार के चंपारण का है। तब चंपारण सत्याग्रह के दौरान महात्मा गांधी को नीलहे कोठी के अंग्रेज प्रबंधक ने दूध में जहर देकर मारने की कोशिश की थी। अंग्रेज अधिकारी के यहां रसोईए का काम करने वाले बत्तक मियां ने इस बारे में राष्ट्रपिता को इस बारे में सावधान कर दिया था। जबकि दूध में जहर मिलाने की जिम्मेदारी बत्तक मियां को ही सौंपी गई थी। मियां का निधन सन् 1957 में हो गया। अब उनके परिवारीजन बिहार में रहते हैं।

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लाखों लोगों ने लगाई गंगा में डुबकी

• लाखों लोगों ने लगाई गंगा में डुबकी

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  • दुनिया के सबसे बड़े धार्मिक मेले में से एक कुंभ मेला में माघ पूर्णिमा के शुभ अवसर पर शनिवार को लाखों श्रद्धालुओं ने गंगा में डुबकी लगाई। थरथराती ठंड और घने कोहरे के बीच लाखों लोगों में पुरुष, महिला, बच्चे और साधू-संतों ने गंगा में स्नान किया। हिंदू मान्यता के अनुसार आज के दिन गंगा में स्नान करने से सारी बाधाएं खत्म हो जाती हैं और मनुष्य को मुक्ति मिल जाती है।

  • हरिद्वार
  

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रामलला के दर्शन को सुप्रीम कोर्ट की शरण :: प्रेसनोट डाट इन | आपकी भाषा आपकी खबरें

• रामलला के दर्शन को सुप्रीम कोर्ट की शरण :: प्रेसनोट डाट इन | आपकी भाषा आपकी खबरें

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• • जनता पार्टी के अध्यक्ष सुब्रमण्यम स्वामी ने सुप्रीमकोर्ट में अर्जी दाखिल कर अयोध्या में रामलला के विधिवत पूजन-दर्शन की अनुमति मांगी है।
    सुब्रमण्यम ने कोर्ट से रामभक्तों को पूजा-अर्चना की कुछ और सुविधाएं दिये जाने और गैर जरूरी बाधाएं समाप्त किये जाने का अनुरोध किया। सुप्रीमकोर्ट ने भी स्वा� �ी को मामले में पक्षकार बनने की अनुमति देते हुए अन्य पक्षकारों से जवाब मांगा है।
    स्वामी की इस अर्जी से चौदह साल बाद रामलला की पूजा अर्चना का मामला फिर उठ खड़ा हुआ है।
  • दो फिट चौड़ी बैरीकेडिंग में भक्तों को करीब चार किलोमीटर पैदल चलना पड़ता है। इस बीच कोई परेशान होकर वापस लौटना चाहे तो नहीं लौट सकता। इसके अलावा वहां भक्तों के लिए किसी तरह की सुविधा भी नहीं है। कोर्ट को इन परेशानियों पर विचार करना चाहिए। यह था हाईकोर्ट का आदेश हाईकोर्ट ने फरवरी 2006 में आदेश पारित कर हिन्दू भक्तों को दर्शन और पूजा में कुछ और छूट दिये जाने की अनुमति दी थी। हाईकोर्ट ने माना था कि भक्तों को दर्शन के अलावा अर्चना का भी अधिकार है।
    हाईकोर्ट ने 15 फीट की दूरी के बजाय इसकी आधी दूरी से दर्शन कराये जाने और पुजारी को पूजन सामग्री रामलला के चरणों में चढ़ाने की अनुमति भी दी थी। पूजा व प्रसाद सामग्री के स्टाल लगाने व पार्किंग तथा सामान रखने के लिए क्लॉक रूम की व्यवस्था करने का भी आदेश था। यहां तक कि हाईकोर्ट ने पार्किंग के पास जनसुविधाएं भी मुहैया कराने को कहा था। लेकिन सुप्रीमकोर्ट ने 10 मई 1996 को हाईकोर्ट के इस आदेश पर रोक लगाते हुए यथास्थिति कायम रखने के आदेश दिये थे।

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The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Gay film poses tolerance test

• The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Gay film poses tolerance test

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  • TAPAS CHAKRABORTY

  • The Internet posters show two half-naked young men locked in passionate embrace.

    Bollywood movie Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun is set to test tolerance in Indian society after Delhi High Court last year legalised adult, consensual gay sex.

    The film, which promises to be Bollywood’s boldest portrayal of a serious and explicitly sexual relationship between two men, is months away from release but the excited Internet chatter it has generated has provoked strong emotions, especially among religious leaders.

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Dialogue between Islam & oriental religions must for peace in South Asia | TwoCircles.net

• Dialogue between Islam & oriental religions must for peace in South Asia | TwoCircles.net

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  • By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net
  • To ensure peaceful life in South Asia it is necessary that dialogues are initiated between Islam and oriental religions. For India to emerge strong global power, such dialogues are must, said scholars and leaders of different religions today in New Delhi while informing the media about the “International Dialogue Between Islam & Oriental Religions” going to be held here on February 20-21.

• • L-R: Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan (Editor, The Milli Gazette), Mujtaba Farooq (Secretary, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind), Dr J K Jain (owner, Jain TV), Maulana Abdul Hameed Nomani (Secretary, Jamiat Ulama-e Hind), Pandit NK Sharma (former advisor to the Prime Minister of India) and Sardar Mukhtar Singh Assal (Chairman, International Sikh Council)

  • He gave details about the program and said that besides religious leaders and scholars of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism from within India, leaders of these religions will also come from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Japan.

    The program to be inaugurated by Vice President of India Hamid Ansari and presided over by All India Muslim Personal Law Board president Maulana Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi will be held at Ansari Auditorium of Jamia Millia Islamia.

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Government’s stand sought on plea for resolving Ayodhya tangle

• Government’s stand sought on plea for resolving Ayodhya tangle

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  • The Supreme Court Friday sought the government’s stand on a plea for reviving a 1996 order of the Allahabad High Court to help Hindu pilgrims visit the make-shift Ram temple at Ayodhya, built at the site of the demolished Babri mosque.
    A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Justice Deepak Verma issued the notices to the central and the Utar Pradesh governments, seeking their stand within six weeks on a lawsuit by former union minister Subramanian Swamy, who also sought an early resolution of the Ayodhya dispute.

    Pursuing his lawsuit, filed early last year and pending since then in the apex court, Swamy pleaded to the court to allow Hindu pilgrims to have “darshan” of the idol of Lord Ram from close quarters.

  • “The devotees are not allowed to take even a pen” with them (for security reasons), said Swamy, adding “they cannot even perform archana (worship) and are allowed to witness the Ram Lala from a distance.”

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महाजाल पर सुरेश चिपलूनकर (Suresh Chiplunkar): क्या? वीर सावरकर को “भारत-रत्न”?? तू साम्प्रदायिक संघी है…… Bharat Ratna, Civil Awards of India

• महाजाल पर सुरेश चिपलूनकर (Suresh Chiplunkar): क्या? वीर सावरकर को “भारत-रत्न”?? तू साम्प्रदायिक संघी है…… Bharat Ratna, Civil Awards of India

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  • चूंकि गाँधी को तो “राष्ट्रपिता” का दर्जा मिला हुआ है, इसलिये इस नाम को छोड़ भी दें, तो अंधे को भी साफ़ दिखाई दे सकता है कि भारत रत्न सम्मान प्राप्त करने के लिये सिर्फ़ निस्वार्थ भाव से देश की सेवा करना जरूरी नहीं है, इसके लिये सबसे पहली शर्त है नेहरु-गाँधी परिवार की चमचागिरी, दूसरी शर्त है “सेकुलरिज़्म का लबादा” और तीसरी तो यह कि या तो वह कलाकार इतने ऊँचे स्तर का हो कि कोई भी समिति उसका विरोध कर
  • चूंकि गाँधी को तो “राष्ट्रपिता” का दर्जा मिला हुआ है, इसलिये इस नाम को छोड़ भी दें, तो अंधे को भी साफ़ दिखाई दे सकता है कि भारत रत्न सम्मान प्राप्त करने के लिये सिर्फ़ निस्वार्थ भाव से देश की सेवा करना जरूरी नहीं है, इसके लिये सबसे पहली शर्त है नेहरु-गाँधी परिवार की चमचागिरी, दूसरी शर्त है “सेकुलरिज़्म का लबादा” और तीसरी तो यह कि या तो वह कलाकार इतने ऊँचे स्तर का हो कि कोई भी समिति उसका विरोध कर ही न सके, जैसे कि लता मंगेशकर, रविशंकर या पण्डित भीमसेन जोशी।
  • आज़ादी के बाद सभी रियासतों को अपने बल, बुद्धि और चातुर्य के बल पर भारत संघ में मिलाने वाले सरदार वल्लभाई पटेल को भारत रत्न दिया गया 1991 में। इंदिरा गाँधी, मदर टेरेसा और एमजीआर के बहुत बाद। कारण सिर्फ़ एक – उनकी विचारधारा कभी भी गाँधी परिवार से मेल नहीं खाई, नेहरु की उन्होंने कई बार (चीन के साथ एकतरफ़ा मधुर सम्बन्धों तथा हज सबसिडी की) खुलकर आलोचना भी की।
  • संविधान के निर्माता के रूप में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाने वाले अम्बेडकर को यह पुरस्कार मिला 1990 में, वह भी इसलिये कि तब तक देश में “दलित आंदोलन” एक मजबूत वोट बैंक का रूप ले चुका था, वरना तब भी नहीं मिलता, क्योंकि ये महानुभाव भी देश की वर्तमान परिस्थिति के लिये नेहरुवादी नीतियों को जिम्मेदार मानते थे, तथा देश में ब्राह्मणवाद फ़ैलाने के लिये कांग्रेस की आलोचना करते थे।
  • मौलाना आज़ाद ने खुद ही भारत रत्न लेने से इसलिये मना कर दिया क्योंकि उनके अनुसार सरकार में मौजूद प्रभावशाली लोगों तथा समिति के सदस्य होने के नाते यह उनका नैतिक अधिकार नहीं था, जबकि नेहरु ने 1955 में ही भारत रत्न “हथिया” लिया। उनकी बेटी ने भी इसी परम्परा को जारी रखा और 1971 में (पाकिस्तान के 90000 सैनिकों को मुफ़्त में छोड़ने और बकवास टाइप शिमला समझौता करने के बावजूद) खुद ही भारत रत्न ले लिया, और पायलटी करते-करते “उड़कर” प्रधानमंत्री बने, इनके बेटे को भी मौत के बाद सहानुभूति के चलते 1991 में फ़ोकट में ही (“जब बड़ा पेड़ गिरता है तो धरती हिलती ही है” जैसे बयान और शाहबानो मामले में वोटबैंक जुगाड़ू, ढीलाढाला और देशघाती रवैया अपनाने तथा अपनी मूर्खतापूर्ण विदेशनीति के चलते श्रीलंका में शान्ति सेना के नाम पर हजारों भारतीय सैनिक मरवाने के बावजूद) भारत रत्न दे दिया गया।
  • जिस तरह से “भड़ैती मीडिया” सोनिया मैडम के “त्याग और बलिदान” के किस्से गढ़ रहा है, जल्दी ही उन्हें भी भारत रत्न देने की नौबत आ जायेगी, पीछे-पीछे देश के “कथित युवा भविष्य” राहुल गाँधी हैं ही, एक उनके लिये भी…।
  • हिरण मारने वाले सैफ़ अली को वरिष्ठ अभिनेता धर्मेन्द्र और सनी देओल पर भी तरजीह दे दी गई (क्योंकि धर्मेन्द्र भाजपा सांसद रहे)।
    
    आश्चर्य तो इस साल घोषित सम्मानों की लिस्ट में अमेरिकी NRI होटल व्यवसायी चटवाल का नाम  देखकर भी हुआ है। जिस व्यक्ति पर स्टेट बैंक ऑफ़ इंडिया के करोड़ों रुपये के गबन और हेराफ़ेरी का मामला चल चुका हो, जो व्यक्ति एक बार गिरफ़्तार भी हो चुका हो, पता नहीं उसे किस आधार पर पद्म पुरस्कार के लायक समझा गया है (शायद अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति चुनाव में अच्छा चन्दा दिया होगा, या मनमोहन-चिदम्बरम की उम्दा खातिरदारी की होगी इसने)।

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Marathas back with demand, ask for reservation in phases - dnaindia.com

• Marathas back with demand, ask for reservation in phases - dnaindia.com

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  • Ashutosh Shukla / DNA

  • The Marathas have reiterated their demand for reservation. The Maratha Arakshan Sangharsha Samiti (Mass), Maharashtra, an umbrella organisation of 15 Maratha bodies, has demanded reservation for Hindu Marathas in two phases. This was stated by Mass chairperson Suresh Patil while addressing the press after a meeting with home minister RR Patil on Wednesday.

    They want 25% reservation for Marathas in schools, colleges, and jobs in the first phase which they want implemented this year. In the second phase, they demand political reservation and reservation in promotions.

    “Marathas comprise approximately 35% of the total population in Maharashtra. Of these, 90-95% is socially and economically backward. We have asked the government for reservation,” said Patil.

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The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Saffron party goes green

• The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Saffron party goes green

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  • Kumar Uttam
  • BJP to set up eco-friendly camp for national council meet
  • His idea to hold the party’s national council meeting in tents raised many eyebrows within the BJP. Here comes another novel idea from BJP president Nitin Gadkari — an eco-friendly camp for the meeting venue.
    
    Gadkari, whose election as BJP president would be ratified in the meeting at Indore between February 17 and 19, had suggested this eco-friendly theme to the organsiers.
    
    Plastic would be completely banned at the meeting venue — named after former president Kushabhau Thackeray — and handmade products, recycled papers, jute bags and other eco-friendly articles would be used. Smoking would obviously be not allowed inside the meeting venue and the camp would have wireless Internet and telephone connectivity.
    
    “We are also making arrangements for bio-diesel and battery operated vehicles to ferry leaders from one point to the other at the meeting venue. Bicycles would also be made available to those who would prefer to work out a little bit,” Madhya Pradesh’s Commerce & Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya told The Pioneer here on Wednesday.

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