Tuesday, February 23, 2010

It does not stop at 49.5 percent - India's bestest Home Minister evah!



    • Yet, media persons covering the Pune terror attack proclaimed in reverent adulation how Chidambaram had "rushed" from Chennai to Pune and how well he handled the aftermath. This handling mainly consisted of a press conference, held in his preferred style, which is essentially a royal sermon. He does not like to be asked questions, setting the boundaries at the get go. The few he chooses to answer, he makes no attempt to hide his contempt towards the questioner, making hand gestures of impatience, his body language reeking of elitism. He drops recycled cliches ("they have to get lucky just once..") and his fanboys in the media lap it all up.

      After Pune, Chidambaram claimed that there had been no intelligence lapses, which is probably true. There had been ample information related to flourishing terror cells in Pune. What was lacking was the political will to act on this information. It is obviously hard to prevent terror attacks, but "you are a sitting duck, too bad" isn't exactly confidence inspiring.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

India Retold: AF-PAK: THE TIDE IS TURNING BUT INDIA HAS NO PLAN

  • India Retold: AF-PAK: THE TIDE IS TURNING BUT INDIA HAS NO PLAN

    tags: no_tag

    • Is it not matter of grave concern that it has taken American Senator Larry Pressler, to voice disappointment that India is not raising a voice about what's happening in Afghanistan, and warn the country that once the US leaves that country, "India is going to have on its border a highly armed loose canon in Pakistan, a rogue state whose government is not what we espouse or support. A rogue Pakistan on steroids of US money"? With Afghanistan back in Pakistan's pocket, Pakistan's military will have at its disposal thousands of jubilant jihadis who it will redirect to achieve victory in Kashmir and, at the same time, create mayhem in the rest of India. Let us not forget that Pakistan has been assiduously preparing the ground for greater jihadi intervention in India. Musharraf, in an interview to Karan Thapar, repeatedly spoke of the role of the LeT in protecting the interests of Indian Muslims. More recently, the way Hamid Mir twisted the reaction of Shiv Sena to Shahrukh Khan's idiotic statements, to appropriate for Pakistan the role of his friend and protector of India's Muslims, shows that, behind fake civil facades, its anti-India agenda remains unabated. The objective of luring more and more Indian Muslims to terror by creating disaffection in them against India is not limited to Pakistan's military alone.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

PunjabNewsline.com - SGPC President serves defamation notice on Delhi based Punjabi magazine

  • PunjabNewsline.com - SGPC President serves defamation notice on Delhi based Punjabi magazine

    tags: no_tag

    • The president of SGPC Jathedar Avtar Singh Makkar has served a legal notice against a Delhi-based Punjabi monthly magazine for allegedly defaming him by publishing his ‘morphed’ picture on the front page of its February ’10 issue.

      The notice, sent by Ajaib Singh, senior advocate of Punjab-Haryana high court, claims that showing him in RSS uniform (Khaki shorts) may create disunity and friction in the Sikh community and demands apology from the publisher and editor of the magazine.

      In the front page photo, Makkar clad in Khakhi shorts is shown bowing at the knees of RSS chief.The caption suggested that Makkar has appeased RSS by changing Nanakshahi calender.


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Abhinav Bharat denies involvement in Pune blast - Oneindia News

  • Abhinav Bharat denies involvement in Pune blast - Oneindia News

    tags: no_tag

    • Pune,
    • Abhinav Bharat, a radical group accused of a blast at Malegaon town in 2008, on Tuesday objected over allegations that the group was involved in the bomb blast at German Bakery in Pune that killed 15 people.
    • Himani Savarkar, President of right-wing group Abhinav Bharat and a relative of Indian freedom fighter Veer Savarkar, refuted all allegations and accused the Congress Party of hoodwinking people by making such claims.
    • She added that Abhinav Bharat is a revolutionary organisation involved in nationalist activities and also threatened to file a case of defamation.
    • Founded in 2006, Abhinav Bharat was established as an educational trust with Himani Savarkar - daughter of Gopal Godse, brother of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin - as its chairperson.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)