Page 1 | His Canon Spiked | Outlook India | Sourced

• Page 1 | His Canon Spiked | Outlook India | Sourced

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  • Kancha Ilaiah's Post-Hindu India should be essential reading for all who get panicky about Mayawati's brand of Dalit politics. Unlike the bsp supremo's bid to empower marginalised groups through the levers of electoral democracy by wooing a wider ‘sarvajan samaj', Ilaiah wants to launch an all-out civil war between Dalit Bahujans and Hindu society. This is an angry, provocative book written by a leading Dalit thinker, who is convinced that Hinduism is the root of all evil in the country. Indeed, virtually every sentence here drips with venom against Hindu society, underlining why we need Mayawati's social engineering skills to succeed.

    Despite the outrageous nature of Ilaiah's onslaught on Hinduism, it would be unfair and inaccurate to describe him as just a poseur. He is no armchair scholar but a self-made ‘organic' intellectual who grew up in an impoverished shepherd Kuruma Golla (not Dalit, but poor backward caste) family in the forests of Andhra Pradesh. His mother, who cast a seminal influence on his thinking, was a fierce fighter for his community and was actually killed while battling forest guards. So there is a ring of genuine commitment and passion in whatever Ilaiah says, however confrontational it may be.

  

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Throw Teesta Setalvad in Jail « Indian Realist

• Throw Teesta Setalvad in Jail « Indian Realist

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  • “India Today” has done a very good article about the industry of deciet that the so-called human rights activists, especially Teesta Setalvad, are running against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.
  • Inhuman rights
    
    “For eight years, canards have been spread against me. But the truth cannot be suppressed.”
    NARENDRA MODI, Gujarat Chief Minister
  • In her statement before the SIT on May 20, 2008, Madina, who has remarried now, said: “The charge made by Malek claiming that I was raped by a riotous mob is false. I wasn’t raped. When the riotous mob put my house on fire, I tried to run but was attacked by a rioter who injured me with a knife. Later I managed to merge in a Muslim crowd.”
  • I had wrongly claimed that Madina was raped. I made the charge because of Teesta Setalvad’s pressure.”
    NANUMIYA MALEK

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Christianisation of Chennai Doordarshan « Indian Realist

• Christianisation of Chennai Doordarshan « Indian Realist

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  • Christianisation of Chennai Doordarshan’s Podhigai Channel – 1  
    By Thamizhchelvan 

    Myriad evangelical programs are shown on Podhigai in different names. Evangelisation is going on blatantly in the name of ‘Happy Living’, ‘Success in Life’, ‘Progress in Life’ and ‘Personality Development’. Going by the names, readers could mistake them for Human Resources Development or Educational programs or personality enhancement programs. The conductors of these programs are not Professors or Intellectuals, but Pastors, Padires and Evangelists indulging in tele-harvesting.

  • At a time when private channels charge huge amounts for sponsorship program slots, these evangelical organizations easily get slots in Doordarshan for paltry sums from Rs.2500/- to Rs.5000/-, which helps them to harvest and reap more benefits at lesser investment.

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Haindava Keralam - Christian Fanatics behind the only sensible minister in UPA

• Haindava Keralam - global community of dedicated Hindu Keralites with a peace mission

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  • A Christian group on Sunday demanded an unconditional apology from Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh for terming the wearing of the traditional convocation robe as a "barbaric colonial practice".

    
    

    Describing Ramesh's statement as remarks against Pope and Christians around the world, Sajan K George, president of the Bangalore-based Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), said the remarks have deeply offended religious sentiment.

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Haindava Keralam - Bollywood actor Johny Lever's conversion programme thwarted by vigilant Hindus in Mauritius

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  • MAURITIUS, April 10, 2010: What was to be a big concert in Triolet to mark Mauritius’ Independence celebration anniversary was, surprisingly, just a mere tactic to lure Hindus to Christianity, reports the Hindu Common Front. The Light Ministries of Mauritius, a Christian Federation representing the several Protestant and Pentecost Churches of the island, invited Johnny Lever — a famous Bollywood star — as chief guest to entertain the audience at Triolet, a well known locality mostly populated by Hindus.
    
    What annoyed many Hindus attending the concert was that other than seeing Johnny Lever performing as a comedian, which he is usually in Bollywwod films, the latter was mainly involved in Christian prayers on the stage. The Voice of Hindu deplored that Johnny Lever was there to purposely convert the crowd and many Hindus were disappointed by his performance. This led to a serious a incident where the concert had to be immediately stopped due to angry reactions from Hindus of the locality.

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