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No nation can survive on lies - M. V. Kamath
- The Daily
- December 13, 1998
>>>There is something inexplicable about Indian 'intellectuals': they seem
to hate Hinduism and anything Hindu. One can understand if they hated
certain specific aspects of Hindu society like untouchability or child
marriage or casteism or that rarest of rare things, suttee. One should
not, of course, equate these with the fundamentals of Hinduism as
...
Wrongs, not rights - K.P.S. Gill
- The Hindustan Times
- December 15, 1998
>>>The Human rights debate in India has remained mired in a handful of
slogans and postures completely divorced from ground realities. Almost
30,000 civilians and 5,000 security personnel have lost their lives to
terrorism and low intensity warfare. Millions have been pushed,
relentlessly, into poverty and destitution as violence saps the economy.
Fringe culture and/or mainstream - B N Uniyal
- The Sunday Observer
- December 13-19, 1998
>>>What is the issue at stake in this controversy over this lesbo film?
Freedom of expression? No. If it were, they would have felt outraged
when Satanic Verses was banned or when the Godse team was told to fold
up the curtains. Hindu heritage? No. Burning books, torching theatres
and issuing threats is not the Hindu way of dealing with dissent. That
...
RSS for dialogue with Muslims, Christians - Arunkumar Bhatt
- The Hindu
- December 15, 1998
>>>The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Sangh Parivar are
reconciling themselves to the need for a dialogue with the Christian and
Muslim leadership to remove mutual misgivings and misunderstandings and
the process has already begun. But that has not deterred them from
accusing the Catholic Church of having hatched a global conspiracy,
...
North Block brushes off Christian cry - Posted By Ashok Chowgule - The Telegraph
- December 15, 1998
>>>The Christian community and the Centre appear to be heading for a
confrontation over the Jhabua nuns' gangrape.
The home ministry today strongly refuted the United Christian Forum for
Human Rights' stand that no Christian was involved in the nuns' gangrape
...
Advanis information on Jhabua rape case correct - Posted By Ashok Chowgule - The Hindu
- December 15, 1998
>>>The Union Home Ministry today clarified that the Home Minister, Mr. L.
K. Advani's information given recently in Parliament on Jhabua nuns rape
case was correct and based on the report submitted by the Madhya Pradesh
Government.
...
ISI plot in North-East exposed - Posted By Ashok Chowgule - The Daily
- December 13, 1998
>>>A PLOT of the Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for fanning
insurgency and subversive activities in the north-east region have been
exposed with the recent seizure of explosives from the city, said Assam
deputy Inspector General of Police, CID, S P Kar, today. reports PTI.
...
Catholic priest incurs wrath of Pope John Paul II - Michael Gonsalves
- Maharashtra Herald
- November 30, 1998
>>>Close on the heels of banning popular Indian Jesuit spiritual
guru the late Fr Anthony de Mello's books, Pope John Paul II has
virtually banned another world renowned Jesuit priesttheologian's book, sending shockwaves among Asian Christian
theologians.
.
Conversion Job - Vinay Krishna Rastogi
- Mid-Day
- December 21, 1998
>>>Recently ousted administrative officer of the Allahabad
Agriculture Institute (AAI) has demanded a high level probe
against forcible conversion to Christianity that is being
practised by the management of the institute.
...
Gist of some Court cases connected with Dattatreya Peetha-Bababudangiri shrine (Part III) - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - Organiser
- December 20, 1998
>>>The Inam Dattatreya Peetha situated at Bababudan Hills
(Chandradrona Parvatha) on Western Ghats 30 km to the north of
Chickmagalur is a revered place of Pilgrimage for Hindus and
Muslims alike. Before 17th century this Peetha was said to be
under the control of Hindus. Brahmin and "Veerashaiva priests
...
Home Minister Shri L.K. Adavani's statement on Dattatreya Peetha-Baba Budangiri shrine (part II) - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - Organiser
- December 20, 1998
>>>Text of the statement made in the Lok Sabha on December 3, 1998.
1. There is a religious shrine atop a hill, 30 kms from
Chikmagalur in Karnataka. This is under the control of the
Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, Government of
...
Hindus denied puja at Dattatreya Peetha - Part I - Venugopalan
- Organiser
- December 20, 1998
>>>A planned, well orchestrated attempt was made to create tension
and disturb communal harmony throughout the country when the
dispute about Dattatreya Peetha-Baba Budangiri shrine near
Chickmagalur in Karnataka was blown up by spreading the canard
that Hindus led by Bajrang Dal were preparing to enact another
...
Deadly tentacles of terrorism - Gen. Ashok K. Mehta
- The Hindustan Times
- December 6, 1998
>>>The fount of the recent proliferation in global terrorism and
Islamic fundamentalism is undoubtedly Ayatollati Khomeini who
used terrorist methods to combat terrorist opposition to
consolidate his power after the Islamic fundamentalist
revolution which overthrew the Pehalvi dynasty in Iran in 1979.
Clear - headed Advani - Editorial
- The Free Press Journal
- December 18, 1998
>>>Following Union Home Minister L. K. Advani's categorical
assurance in Parliament that no one shall be allowed to suffer
due to his religious persuasion the ill-motivated campaign of
vilification against him by interested elements must cease.
Advani's clear-headed enunciation of the Government's position
...
Chain of command - Insulate armed forces from politics - K Subrahmanyam
- The Times of India
- December 21, 1998
>>>The controversy over the appointment of a deputy chief of staff
(operations) at the Naval headquarters highlights the confusion
in this country about the place and structure of the armed
forces in India. No democratic country, other than India, keeps
the headquarters of the armed forces outside the government. In
...
India on bin Laden's hit list: Sunday Times - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- December 21, 1998
>>>India has been listed along with the US and Israel as potential
target by world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden who has
reportedly rebuilt his 'terrorist universities' and is about to
launch a new international terror campaign, Sunday Times
reported.
Frustrated Pandits now seek rehabilitation outside state - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- December 21, 1998
>>>Approaching the tenth year in "exile", around 3 lakh migrant
Pandits are losing hope of a "honourable" and "secure" return to
the valley and have begun an exercise to formulate a consensus
within the community to chalk out the future strategy.
...
What about us? (letter) - M.G. Punoose, Mumbai
- The Times of India
- December 20, 1998
>>>This is with reference to Iqbal Masud's article 'Ayodhya: Song
of the fallen stones'. The destruction of the Babri Masjid on
December 6, 1992, was truly reprehensible. However, the Islamic
cause would be better served if its champions were equally
strong in the condemnation of the destruction of all places of
...
Kashmir: Soft Sufi to radical Islam - Ramesh Khazanchi
- The Times of India
- December 19, 1998
>>>Saraswati Vandana has rightly raised the hackles of all 'right thinking,
progressive' people. However, it is a matter of concern that not an
eyebrow has been raised at the preaching of religious antagonism at
madrasas that have grown manifold since Independence.
...
The saffron sage (letter) - Ikbal Kaul, New Delhi
- The Economic Times
- December 18, 1998
>>>The whole saffron belt of Kashmir is presently a riot of colour,
flaunted by the purple petals and bed stigmas. The sweet smelling
saffron flowers are lending an alluring charm and ethereal enchantment
to the environment. However, this very charm has been despoiled by the
fundamentalist dons of the Kashmir University who are falsifying
...
Canadian newspaper publisher is shot dead - Ajit Jain
- India Abroad
- November 27, 1998
>>>Tara Singh Hayer, 64, publisher of Canada's largest circulated
Punjabi newspaper, the Indo-Canadian Times, and recipient of the
Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian award, was shot dead
in the garage of his suburban Surrey home, near Vancouver, Nov.
18.
President's Hindutva elation - P. Venugopal
- The Indian Express
- December 18, 1998
>>>KR Bhaskaran, "a man wedded to the Hindu Dharma and culture" nothing dramatic till you know that the latter attributes
regarding the man come from a top RSS official; and the subject
is the 'Sarvadhikari', or chief patron, of the ongoing RSS Sangh
Shiksha Varg (training camp) at Mattancherry in Kochi. And, the
e
...
Now, ISI trains its guns at Kutch - United News of India
- The Indian Express
- December 17, 1998
>>>A gradual spurt in the activities of Pakistan's Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI) in this far-flung border belt of Gujarat has
alarmed the authorities who suspect that the neighbouring country
may now be trying to turn this district into another hotbed of
terrorism.
Diminishing Assam border? Governor writes to President - Samudra Gupta Kashyap
- The Indian Express
- December 17, 1998
>>>As important as the Kashmir dispute is the one involving influx
of Bangladeshis into the North East, says Assam Governor Lt Gen
(retd S K Sinha. For, this might first lead to a demand for
merger of North-East border areas with Bangladesh and ultimately
could create a situation when Dhaka will cut off the region from
...
United States and rogue countries - M. V. Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- December 3, 1998
>>>So Iraq has caved in. It has permitted the United Nations which, in effect, means the United States to inspect its
arsenals. Iraq has been charged with storing weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) which is a cruel joke, considering. that
practically every great power, and that includes, the United
d
...
Opposing Hindutva to plift minorities - Organiser
- The Indian Express
- December 6, 1998
>>>The chairman of the Minorities Commission Tahir Mahmood, has made
a mission of organizing minorities against the supposed 'danger
of Hindu fascism'. He has strong secular credentials. His views
on a uniform civil code have been cited in Supreme Court
judgments. But he has now emerged as a messiah of minorityism,
...
Double-faced Congress - Organiser
- The Indian Express
- December 6, 1998
>>>For years the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has led a
campaign of abuse against the Congress party and said some of
the most unkind things about it. This is common knowledge. For
the CPM, the Congress was Enemy Number One. The CPM was
committed to revolution, not a non-violent one, but one
...
Interview: Sushma Swaraj - Swati Chaturvedi
- The Indian Express
- December 13, 1998
>>>Q: So where do you go from here?
A: I do not want anything. I sometimes think my party has given
me so much. Neither was I a contender for a ministerial berth in
the last expansion, nor will I be in the next expansion. I am
very satisfied.
Atal has a PR problem - Tavleen Singh
- India Today
- December 14, 1998
>>>In politics, reality is not half as important as the public
perception of it. This is even more true of countries like India
where the average voter is either Illiterate or semi-literate and
thereby less likely to go looking for realities. The BJP appears
to have lost Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to the Congress
...
Obsolete & discriminatory - Romy Chacko
- The Hindu
- December 1, 1998
>>>Recently some members of the Christian community approached the
High Court of Kerala challenging the Constitutional validity of
Section 118 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925. The Division
Bench of the High Court struck down the impugned provision on
the ground that it is violative of Articles 14, 15, 25 and 26 of
...
Let harma be your anchor, Mr PM - Sandhya Jain
- The Pioneer
- December 7, 1998
>>>Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has not acted a day too soon
to assert the majesty of his office vis-a-vis his party and
associated groups, and assure citizens' particularly minorities,
that his Government will be responsive to their legitimate
concerns. In a masterly statement, he has called for national
...
Unwilling to salute the nation (letter) - Aman Lekhi, New Delhi
- The Pioneer
- December 7, 1998
>>>There are some people like Bob Hope who are willing to lay an
egg for their country if they have to. There are others who will
not even sing their National Song. In a statement to the
Constituent Assembly on January 24, 1950, President Rajendra
Prasad had said: "The song, Vande Mataram, which has played a
...
Haunted by Macaulay's ghost - Francois Gautier
- Organiser
- November 29, 1998
>>>As a foreign journalist, one cannot understand all the excessive
noise made about the Education Agenda of Murli Manohar Joshi:
What is wrong in trying to "Indianise, nationalise and
spiritualise" education in India? Joshi's critics-and there have
been many-have called it "a hidden Hindu agenda". So what?
...
ISI yielding to pan-Islamic outfits? - Vinay Kumar
- The Hindu
- November 28, 1998
>>>After a decade of sponsoring and guiding terrorism and subversion
in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and elsewhere in India, Pakistan's
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) appears to be gradually
slipping into the hands of the pan-Islamic organisations in
Pakistan which are keen on establishing their puritanical brand
...
Why is the media telling blatant lies about the BJP? - M. V. Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- November 27, 1998
>>>Why is the media so mealy-mouthed when it comes to defending the
BJP against its mean and ruthless detractors? Does the media especially the English language media - think it is upholding
secularism by telling the most blatant lies about the BJP? The
reference is two instances of alleged rape reported, one from a
a
...
Backlash
Tuning a harmony of differences (and response) - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
- The Times of India
- December 7, 1998
>>>The world's religious systems fall into two broad categories: those
which uphold the concept of the multiplicity of reality and those which
believe in the oneness of reality. To the first category belong the
Aryan religions; to the second belong the Semitic.
...
Bangladeshis are world's happiest people - Abhik Sen
- The Asian Age
- December 12, 1998
>>>Would you believe it, Bangladesh is the happiest nation in the world!
The United Stats, on the other hand, is a sad story: it ranks only 46th
in the World Happiest Survey. That's way behind India, the fifth
happiest place in the world, and others including Ghana and Latvia,
...
Costs of not speaking up on Ayodhya - Virendra Parekh
- The Observer
- December 12, 1998
>>>'Babri demolition anniversary passes off peacefully', 'Peace prevails
in. Ayodhya and Faizabad', 'Ayodhya peaceful', 'Black day passes off
without a skirmish', reported national dailies on December 7, with one
of them rounding it off with 'Demolition unfortunate: Advani'.
...
The Iberian proselytysers of yesteryears - Ashok Mahajan
- The Observer
- December 12, 1998
>>>This month, Goa will celebrate its 38th anniversary of liberation from
the Portuguese rule. It threw off its 400 years of foreign yoke on
December '61, when Indian troops invaded Salcete and captured the
garrisons based at Ponda and Panjim.
...
The Vatican Encyclical and India
Three letters
BJP vanquished by the media - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- December 10, 1998
>>>BJP suffered a massive defeat in the recent assembly elections in
Delhi and Rajasthan and failed to defeat the Congress in Madhya
Pradesh. Political pundits are giving numerous reasons like antiincumbency factor, price rise of a few essential goods,
factionalism, etc. Some others may add organisational lapses at
t
...
No first use - K Subrahmanyam
- The Economic Times
- December 10, 1998
>>>Some commentators in India consider that the no first use policy
adopted by India is a wimpish one which degrades the
effectiveness of deterrence. They point to the fact that barring
China none of the other nuclear weapon powers have adopted the
'no first use' policy. The westerners used to decry the 'no
...
BJP govt plans to go ahead with women's bill - Political Bureau
- The Economic Times
- December 10, 1998
>>>The BJP-led government on today announced its intentions of
bringing in the Constitution Amendment Bill to reserve quotas
for women members in the Lok Sabha and in state assemblies
during the current session, notwithstanding stringent opposition
from various parties.
Basu admits to ISI presence in Bengal - Calcutta Bureau
- The Economic Times
- December 10, 1998
>>>In what can give a new dimension to the Vajpayee government's
endeavour to table a white paper on Pakistan's Inter-Service
Intelligence (ISI) activities in India, West Bengal chief
minister and veteran CPI-M leader, Jyoti Basu on Wednesday said
the members of the Pakistani outfit were present in the state.
The fire within - Pritish Nandy
- Mid-Day
- December 8, 1998
>>>Last week, the media went for me because I was seen to defend in
Parliament, those who protested against the screening of Fire.
The burning refrain was: How can you allow the Shiv Sena to get
away with this? Are you defending the attack on the film? Are you
against freedom of expression?
...
A glorious day, not a black one! - Virendra Parekh
- The Observer
- December 5, 1998
>>>Was it a temple or a mosque that the kar sevaks destroyed in
Ayodhya? That was Rajat Sharma grilling Bal Thackeray in his
famous television programme Aap ki Adalat, soon after the
demolition of the Babri Mosque. The question was mischievously
clever. If it was a temple, how foolish of the kar sevaks to
...
Schools that do not enlighten - Firoz Bakht Ahmed
- The Observer
- December 5, 1998
>>>Sparsely-lit rooms (rather dungeons), dilapidated structures (or
none at all), choked and stinking lavatories, moth-eaten
furniture, dangerous fittings, unhygienic drinking water, lost
teachers and meandering students happen to be some features of
the beleaguered Urdu medium schools of India.
Insuring the future - Restrict entry of foreign companies - K R Malkani
- The Times of India
- December 8, 1998
>>>In 1963 - after the war with China - we were not in the best of
shape. In that situation of weakness, the US pressed us to let
it install a high-powered transmitter in India, to be used
during peak hours by the US, and, during lean hours, by us. When
this agreement became public, there was a furore in the country.
Catholic to say sorry for Bloody Mary's terror reign
ISI active in Calcutta, says Bengal GoC
Not social service, but community work
LOKMANYA TILAK AND AMARTYA SEN - MILIND GADGIL
- HINDU VIVEK KENDRA
- December 03, 1998
>>>The Nobel prize awarded to economist Dr. Amartya Sen has inevitably
become a topic of animated debate and discussion in this country,
more so perhaps because Dr. Sen is known for Leftist orientation in
his economic thinking. His two theories which are cited in the award
are: occurrence of famines is caused more by shortfall in the
...
Beyond religion - M. V. Kamath
- Mid-Day
- December 3, 1998
>>>Hatred is no answer to anything, as my Christian friends should
know and whipping up passions can be counter-productive. I
mention this in the context of reports that in a village in
Madhya Pradesh called Jhajjar, four Christian nuns were raped.
It set Christian opinion on fire. In several cities and towns
...
Secularism or anti-Hinduism? - K. Venkatasubramanian
- The Hindu
- December 1, 1998
>>>Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee is an intellectual with a rare sense of
humour. When he addressed a Delhi conference, recently, in
English, a member of the press corps said it was ironic that Mr.
Vajpayee should have addressed the United Nations Organisation
Summit in Hindi and a meet at home in English. Pat came the Prime
...
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