Haindava Keralam - Israel PM Netanyahu at his best

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  • Even those who aren't particularly sympathetic to Benjamin Netanyahu could get a good measure of satisfaction from this interview with British Television during the retaliation against Hamas' shelling of Israel .
     
    The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Palestinians have been killed in this conflict than Israelis?" (A nasty question if there ever was one)
     
    Netanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?
     
    Interviewer:  Why not?
     
    Netanyahu: "Because in World War II more Germans were killed than British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the war was caused by Germany 's aggression. And in response to the German blitz on London , the British wiped out the entire city of Dresden , burning to death more German civilians than the number of people killed in Hiroshima ... Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen , some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish children's hospital, killing 83 little children. Perhaps you have another question?"

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राजनीति के मैदान का अक्खड़ वकील - LiveHindustan.com

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  • जेठमलानी ने भारतीय लोक पंचायत, भारत मुक्ति मोर्चा और पवित्र हिन्दू कसम नाम की सियासी पार्टियां भी बनाईं। पाकिस्तान के सिंध प्रांत के शिकारपुर में 14 सितम्बर 1923 में जन्मे जेठमलानी बचपन से ही जुझारू, मेधावी और जज्बाती थे। उनकी दो पत्नियां, दो बेटे और एक बेटी है। उन्होंने कराची के गवर्नमेंट लॉ कॉलेज से कानून की डिग्री ली और फिर एलएलएम किया।

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India Retold: NITISH RETURNS MODI CHEQUE, ASKS FOR MUCH MORE

• India Retold: NITISH RETURNS MODI CHEQUE, ASKS FOR MUCH MORE

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  • "Inclusive" politics is the new mantra that is being liberally used -- pun intended -- to ensure that Congress and like-minded parties can keep capturing power in the Centre as well as in certain demographically vulnerable states. Notwithstanding the secular cloak under which it is being concealed, let no one be in any doubt that this is communal politics which is potentially extremely dangerous and incendiary. Simply put, it seeks to leverage the disproportionate block voting power of Muslims to ensure the defeat of parties whose primary appeal is to the non-existent majority that never has voted as a block in most parts of India and probably never will under normal circumstances.
    
    For now, the appeal is primarily to the insecurities and fears of the Muslim block by projecting BJP as an anti-Muslim party. Crumbs are also being thrown so that other 'secular' claimants don't make a dent that significantly reduces the advantage of the Congress. For now, the demands of the block are not such as to arouse the insecurity of a majority of the majority in a manner that awakens it to the realisation that the power it can command as a block can totally nullify that of the Muslim block. But that will inevitably happen if "inclusive" politics yields rich dividends over a period of time and more 'secular' parties fight over the Muslim pie, increasing its bargaining power enormously. Political dividends as a result of this strategy will come at a steep social price. How steep will that be one cannot say now. But a quick look over the shoulder at what has happened in the last less than hundred years should be enough to make anyone shudder and never wish it, much less cause it, again for the people of India.
    
  • Therefore, if the BJP falls prey to temptation in Bihar, it will mean that it has no answer to the Muslim strategy of the Congress except to play a defensive second fiddle where the arithmetic is challenging. Its capitulation in Bihar will also mean that it has not even thought of a counter strategy that can consolidate a big chunk of the majority vote to nullify the efforts of the Congress, without sounding anti-Muslim. The Congress doesn't utter an anti-Hindu word. It lets the media do that dirty work while it cleverly works to win over Muslims by talking for them, not against Hindus, except those belonging to the Sangh Parivar, a definition that now includes anyone who speaks for Hindus.

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जनगणना में “धर्म” शामिल करने की माँग साम्प्रदायिकता है क्या??…… Religion & Caste in India Census 2011

• महाजाल पर सुरेश चिपलूनकर (Suresh Chiplunkar): जनगणना में “धर्म” शामिल करने की माँग साम्प्रदायिकता है क्या??…… Religion & Caste in India Census 2011

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  • चारों ओर ऐसी हवा बनाई जा रही है, मानो जनगणना में “जाति” शामिल होने से और उसके नतीजों से (जिसका फ़ायदा सिर्फ़ नेता ही उठायेंगे) भारत में कोई क्रान्ति आने वाली हो।
    
    इस सारे हंगामे में इस बात पर कोई चर्चा नहीं हो रही कि –
    
    1) जनगणना फ़ॉर्म में “धर्म” वाला कॉलम क्यों नहीं है?
    
    
    2) धर्म बड़ा है या जाति?
    
    
    3) क्या देश में धर्म सम्बन्धी आँकड़ों की कोई अहमियत नहीं है?
    
    
    4) क्या ऐसा किसी साजिश के तहत किया जा रहा है?
    
  • सवाल मुँह बाये खड़े हैं कि आखिर नीलकेणि जी पर ऐसा कौन सा दबाव है कि उन्होंने जनगणना के इतने बड़े फ़ॉर्म में “सौ तरह के सवाल” पूछे हैं लेकिन “धर्म” का सवाल गायब कर दिया।
    
    अर्थात देश को यह कभी नहीं पता चलेगा कि –
    
    1) पिछले 10 साल में कितने धर्म परिवर्तन हुए? देश में हिन्दुओं की संख्या में कितनी कमी आई?
    
    2) भारत जैसे “महान” देश में ईसाईयों का प्रतिशत किस राज्य में कितना बढ़ा
    
    3) असम-पश्चिम बंगाल जैसे राज्यों में मुस्लिमों की संख्या कितनी बढ़ी,
    
    4) किस जिले में मुस्लिम अल्पसंख्यक से बहुसंख्यक बन गये
    
    5) उड़ीसा और झारखण्ड के आदिवासी कहे जाने वाले वाकई में कितने आदिवासी हैं और उनमें से कितने अन्दर ही अन्दर ईसाई बन गये।
    
    उल्लेखनीय है कि पिछले 10-15 साल में भारत में जहाँ एक ओर एवेंजेलिस्टों द्वारा धर्म परिवर्तन की मुहिम जोरशोर से चलाई गई है, वहीं दूसरी ओर बांग्लादेश से घुसपैठ के जरिये असम और बंगाल के कई जिलों में मुस्लिम जनसंख्या का अनुपात चिन्ताजनक तरीके बढ़ा है। ऐसे हालात में नीलकेणि जी को तो धर्म वाला कॉलम अति-आवश्यक श्रेणी में रखना चाहिये था। बल्कि मेरा सुझाव तो यह भी है कि “वर्तमान धर्म कब से” वाला एक और अतिरिक्त कॉलम जोड़ा जाना चाहिये, ताकि जवाब देने वाला नागरिक बता सके कि क्या वह जन्म से ही उस धर्म में है या “बाद” में आया, साथ जनगणना में पूछे जाने वाले सवालों को एक “शपथ-पत्र” समान माना जाये ताकि बाद में कोई उससे मुकर न सके।
  • प्रिय पाठकों, नीचे दी हुई लिंक पर देखिये, “भारत के माननीय ईसाईयों” की लिस्ट में आपको - विजय अमृतराज, अरुंधती रॉय, प्रणव रॉय, बॉबी जिन्दल, राजशेखर रेड्डी और जगनमोहन रेड्डी, टेनिस खिलाड़ी महेश भूपति, अभिनेत्री नगमा, दक्षिण की सुपरस्टार नयनतारा, अम्बिका सोनी, अजीत जोगी, मन्दाकिनी, मलाईका अरोरा, अमृता अरोरा जैसे कई नाम मिलेंगे… जिन्होंने धर्म तो बदल लिया लेकिन भारत की जनता (यानी हिन्दुओं) को “*$*%%**” बनाने के लिये, अपना नाम नहीं बदला।
    
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The Pioneer > Mani’s twisted Ramayan

• The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Mani’s twisted Ramayan

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  • Show time: Meenakshi Rao
    
    Raavan
    Stars:Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Chiyaan Vikram, Govinda
    Showing At: Odeon & others
    Rated: 4/10
  • Abhishek tells us that Mani Ratnam’s most favourite phrase on the sets always is: “Make it real.” Strange. Because Raavan is far, far, far and far away from even a hint of reality. And, if that is not enough, the strange animal-human characterisation of his lead hero in Abhishek (he roars, he hisses, he yaps and he gives a maniacal look, not to mention his eyes that dialate like a doctor would want them for corneal examination) kind of makes you wonder what went wrong with the otherwise compelling Mani.
  • Only, the tale was skewed. Was it an indictment of the State exploitation of the rural poor which gives rise to Naxalites? Was it showing how there is a Ram in every Raavan and Raavan in every Ram, as his Sita (Aish) discovers by the end of the film?
    
    Another matter though that Mani’s Ram looked and behaved more like Raavan and his Raavan, if he did not have that unexplained crazy streak in him, had shades of Ram — do-gooder, supremely sacrificial and a man of correctness. Another matter though that the real Raavan who was a pundit of knowledge, would turn in his grave hundred times if he were to know that a character played in his name was grossly illiterate!
    
    Then there was Hanuman too — what Govinda was doing as Hanuman will puzzle you for the rest of the time you will spend thinking about it.
  • Adaptation? Love Story? Naxalism? Hostage drama? Or just an unblended mix of all this? You never can make up your mind. That’s not what a Mani Ratnam film should be summed up as.

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