Farce of marrying a Hindu woman and rape by a married Muslim

Farce of marrying a Hindu woman and rape by a married Muslim: "Belgaum (Karnataka): A Muslim youth deceived a Hindu woman working with him by creating drama of getting married to her and then raping her. He was already married with a Muslim woman and another Hindu woman."

Belgaum: Muslims attack Hindus on a flimsy reason, but Police arrest Hindus

Belgaum: Muslims attack Hindus on a flimsy reason, but Police arrest Hindus: "Belgaum (Karnataka): Muslims attack Hindus on a flimsy reason in planned way. After getting report of the riots, Police came and started to arrest only Hindus and didn't take any action against Muslims. Muslims also insulted saffron flag."

Bangalore blast mastermind Madani's spa treatment will cost Govt. Rs. 8 lakhs

Bangalore blast mastermind Madani's spa treatment will cost Govt. Rs. 8 lakhs: "Bangalore (Karnataka): The alleged mastermind of the July 2008 Bangalore blasts, Abdul Naseer Madani, will undergo panchakarma treatment at Soukya International Holistic Centre in Whitefield. It will cost Govt. Rs. 8 lakhs"

Haindava Keralam - Guj min's daughter ties the knot at mass marriage in Mumbai

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Guj min's daughter ties the knot at mass marriage in Mumbai
03/06/2011 01:49:18  PTI

Mumbai : With an aim to eradicate evils of dowry system, Gujarat minister Parshottam Solanki today conducted the wedding of his youngest daughter in a mass ceremony here, where 64 other couples also tied the knot. 

 "I feel the mass marriage system will eliminate the dowry system. I have been supporting this since last 30 years. Two of my daughters - Deepmala and Chetna got married in a mass marriage. Today my youngest daughter Jignisha is also getting married the same way," Solanki told PTI here.

A total of 65 marriages will be solemnised at the SRPF ground in suburban Goregaon. Altogether 38 Maharashtrian and 27 Gujarati weddings will take place at the ground here.
The Odhavji Ramji Solanki Trust, which is in the name of the minister's father, conducted the mass marriages here.

The marriages would be conducted in accordance with the rituals of the community to which the couples belong, he said. 

Revolt of the Outlander

Revolt of the Outlander: "

The last occasion I witnessed this was the Ayodhya movement. Till L.K. Advani's rath yatra in 1990, cosmopolitan India treated the fuss over Ram's birthplace with sneering contempt. It was blind to the raw emotions unleashed in the hinterland, a phenomenon that was dismissed as 'false consciousness'.

Anna Hazare and Ramdev appeal to two distinct social classes

By Swapan Dasgupta

There is nothing as yet to indicate that Ramdev is likely to trigger a similar explosion of sentiment. Yet, the yogic entrepreneur has succeeded in extending the reach of the anti-corruption movement into the deep interior of the Hindi heartland. He has complemented a modernist unease with corrupt governance with populist anger against a venal, elitist order—note how his demand to secure the return of black money stashed in foreign shores was cleverly twinned with the demand to replace English with the vernacular. Ramdev has triggered the revolt of the outlander.

The Hindu faith has traditionally been caste-based and localised. Yet, there has been a congregational undercurrent that has subsumed these divisions. Over the past two decades and thanks in no small measure growing TV viewership, a new congregational faith has injected a new energy into the Hindu universe. Particularly noteworthy is the growing marginalisation of the Brahmanical order. Ramdev, a Yadav by caste, personifies this phenomenon. The Congress may have miscalculated by declaring total war on him.

The Telegraph, June 10, 2011

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