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Page 1: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,
Page 2: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,
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ther

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ar in

whi

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n In

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load

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reat

pers

onag

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nive

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now

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2 O

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869

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Jan

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atio

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d th

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ifier

of

the

prin

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and

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ith th

e In

dian

Uni

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Lal B

ahad

ur S

hast

ri (O

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er 2

, 190

4 -

Janu

ary

11, 1

966)

,w

ho e

lect

rifie

d th

e na

tion

with

his

‘Jai

Jaw

an, J

ai K

isan

,’ w

ho s

tout

lyst

ood

up to

the

fishi

ng-in

-trou

bled

-wat

ers

Chi

na, w

ho s

owed

the

seed

sfo

r the

cou

ntry

’s G

reen

& W

hite

revo

lutio

ns.

Lok

Nay

ak J

ayap

raka

sh N

aray

an (O

ctob

er 1

1, 1

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, who

spu

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pos

ition

s of

pow

er, a

nd th

rew

out

of p

ower

the

drac

onia

n E

mer

genc

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gim

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y em

bold

enin

g th

e pe

ople

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by

wel

ding

dis

para

te p

oliti

cal g

roup

s in

to a

sin

gle

one.

We

pay

our o

beis

ance

s to

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wam

i Ram

atirt

ha (O

ctob

er 2

2, 1

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- Oct

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17,

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mat

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atic

s pr

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sor t

urne

d A

dvai

ta s

chol

ar, w

ho in

spire

d ed

ucat

edyo

uth

and

who

se A

mer

ican

mis

sion

was

pre

cede

d by

Sw

ami

Viv

ekan

anda

and

follo

wed

by

Par

amah

amsa

Yog

anan

da.

Sis

ter N

ived

ita (o

rigin

ally

Mar

gare

t Eliz

abet

h N

oble

) (18

67-

1911

), th

ough

an

Ang

lo-Ir

ish

wom

an, w

ho b

ecam

e a

disc

iple

of S

wam

iV

ivek

anan

da, w

orke

d to

impr

ove

the

lives

of I

ndia

n w

omen

, and

pro

-m

oted

pan

-Ind

ian

natio

nalis

t vie

ws.

Thi

s is

sue

carr

ies

othe

r art

icle

s be

side

s ou

r reg

ular

feat

ures

.

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murt

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Ind

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Insu

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in H

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

3

‘Min

e is

a g

over

nm

ent t

ota

lly o

f th

e m

i-

no

riti

es’,

dec

lare

d t

he

Ch

ief

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iste

r o

f A

nd

hra

Pra

des

h,

him

self

a 7

th D

ay A

dv

enti

st s

ect

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ris-

tian

at a

funct

ion d

istr

ibuti

ng s

chola

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to M

us-

lim

stu

den

ts a

t a

pu

bli

c fu

nct

ion

in

Hy

der

abad

in

Feb

ruar

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008. I

n a

det

erm

ined

bid

, si

de-

step

-

pin

g th

e H

igh C

ourt

ver

dic

ts th

rough r

epea

ted a

p-

pea

ls,

the

A P

go

ver

nm

ent

has

bee

n i

mp

lem

ent-

ing

4%

res

erv

atio

ns

for

Mu

slim

s in

pro

fess

ion

al

coll

eges

in

sp

ite

of

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Sta

te’s

Mu

slim

s h

avin

g a

larg

e n

um

ber

of

coll

eges

wh

ere

the

adm

issi

on

cap

acit

y i

s in

ex

cels

of

the

Mu

slim

can

did

ates

ap

pe

ari

ng

in

th

e

co

mm

on

e

ntr

an

ce

te

st

(EA

MC

ET

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the

Sta

te lev

el. I

n tw

o y

ears

, (de-

spit

e th

e p

roce

edin

gs

in t

he

cou

rts)

at

an I

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r

par

ty g

iven

by

th

e A

nd

hra

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on

gre

ss

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mm

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ief

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r

dec

lare

d t

hat

23

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im s

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ents

ben

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by

th

e 4

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vat

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in

co

lleg

es f

or

med

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g,

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nd

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rvic

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t o

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mea

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o R

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0

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to

pay

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in

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y o

f th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

co

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go

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n-

men

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; 12 p

re-m

etri

c, 1

6 p

ost

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host

els

and 1

2 E

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sh m

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wer

e buil

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Wh

ith

er A

nd

hra

Pra

des

h (

and

In

dia

) A

re H

urt

ling

?

for

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is y

ear.

All

lo

ans

ow

ed to

th

e g

ov

-

ern

men

t b

y M

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fo

r R

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ad

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Nat

ional

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niv

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ours

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its

poly

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d

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in

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, B

eng

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and

n B

ihar

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his

is

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riv

ileg

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nd

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o

any T

amil

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ugu r

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ven

Hin

di univ

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n-

dia

an

d a

lso

rev

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on

to

pre

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tem

ber

17

19

48

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am s

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g i

n t

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enti

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m p

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pto

and in

cludin

g U

ni-

ver

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te, e

ven

for

engin

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law

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imit

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r en

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edic

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enti

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cou

ld b

e p

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ith

su

ch

bo

un

ties

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can

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rist

ian

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ft o

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no

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in

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f

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per

per

son

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r b

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ver

tise

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new

spap

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eme

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

4

wil

l co

me

from

the

tax m

oney

s fr

om

the

budget

of

the

Gover

nm

ent

of

Andhra

Pra

des

h,

whic

h i

s

req

uir

ed t

o b

e ‘s

ecu

lar’

. A

sim

ilar

sch

eme

wil

l

be

ado

pte

d f

or

the

mar

riag

e o

f M

usl

ims.

Th

e

Co

ng

ress

go

ver

nm

ent

pro

ud

ly c

laim

s th

at w

hil

e

the

TD

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over

nm

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ent only

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80 c

rore

s fo

r

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elfa

re d

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9 y

ears

ru

le,

th

e

Congre

ss g

over

nm

ent s

pen

t Rs.

200 c

rore

s w

ithin

fou

r y

ears

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y t

hes

e sp

ecia

l p

leas

ing

mea

sure

s,

the

‘sec

ula

r’ C

ongre

ss p

arty

hopes

that

about 1

5%

Musl

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nd 1

0%

to 1

2%

(unoff

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l; o

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1.4

4%

) C

hri

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s in

th

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wo

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be

gar

-

ner

ed b

y i

t. A

nd i

f it

can

get

about

10%

to 1

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from

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ty.

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Congre

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us

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the

schem

e

of

gover

nm

ent p

arty

fundin

g, t

hat

is b

uyin

g, v

ote

s

for

itse

lf, f

or

elec

tio

ns.

Det

erm

ined

in

ves

tig

atio

ns

at l

east

th

is

tim

e, in

to th

e bom

bin

gs

in A

hm

adab

ad ,

Del

hi a

nd

Ben

gal

uru

are

sh

ow

ing

th

at H

yd

erab

ad i

s th

e

cen

ter

fro

m w

her

e al

l th

e ji

had

i b

om

bin

gs

are

pla

nn

ed a

nd

ex

ecu

ted

. So

me

tim

e ag

o, i

t w

as th

e

ISI

agen

ts’

pla

nts

th

at w

ere

wag

ing

th

e ji

had

in

India

. B

ut n

ow

it is

the

hom

e-gro

wn o

utf

its,

wit

h

sou

rces

of

fun

ds

yet

to

be

esta

bli

shed

, th

at a

re

wag

ing

th

e ji

had

. T

he

old

cit

y o

f H

yd

erab

ad i

s

no

w m

ore

or

less

un

der

th

e co

ntr

ol o

f su

cces

sors

to t

he

noto

rious

Raz

akar

s of

the

pre

-1948 S

ep-

tem

ber

Niz

am’s

Mu

slim

-ru

led

sta

te.

Arr

ests

of

susp

ecte

d c

rim

inal

s, d

emo

liti

on

by

au

tho

riti

es o

f

bu

ild

ing

s b

ein

g i

lleg

ally

co

nst

ruct

ed,

resc

ue

of

chil

d-l

abo

ur

are

all

ob

stru

cted

, re

sist

ed a

nd

pre

-

ven

ted

by

in

cite

d m

ob

s co

llec

ted

wit

hin

min

ute

s

of

acti

on

s o

f la

w-e

nfo

rcem

ent

and

sec

uri

ty a

u-

tho

riti

es,

wh

ich

is

ev

iden

ce o

f a

wel

l-o

rgan

ised

and

gro

win

g n

etw

ork

fo

r p

aral

lel

go

ver

nan

ce.

Sen

ior

reti

red p

oli

ce o

ffic

ers

of

the

rank o

f D

i-

rect

or

Gen

eral

, had

over

TV

med

ia la

men

ted th

at

des

pit

e th

eir

hav

ing

in

form

atio

n a

s to

wh

ere

the

terr

ori

sts

are

host

ed, a

nd w

ho a

re fac

ilit

atin

g th

em,

they

could

not t

ake

acti

on b

ecau

se o

f ord

ers

from

‘hig

her

ups’

, th

at i

s th

ere

is n

o p

oli

tica

l-w

ill

to

des

troy t

erro

rism

and n

urt

ure

of

terr

ori

sts

in t

he

stat

e. A

bove-

gro

und m

ilit

ants

’ org

anis

atio

ns

are

able

to

th

war

t ex

pre

ssio

n o

f an

y i

nco

nv

enie

nt

op

inio

n. F

or

exam

ple

, wh

en a

Tas

lim

a N

asre

en’s

bo

ok

was

to

be

rele

ased

at a

pu

bli

c m

eeti

ng

, sh

e

was

po

un

ced

up

on

by

th

e R

azak

aris

t m

ilit

ants

.

Inst

ead

of

tho

se l

aw-b

reak

ers

and

pu

bli

c d

iso

r-

der

-cre

ators

bei

ng c

har

ge-

shee

ted, t

he

org

anis

ers

wer

e p

ut

on

th

e d

efen

siv

e.

Ah

med

iyas

, an

Is-

lam

ic S

ect

pro

scri

bed

in P

akis

tan , b

ut

suff

erin

g

no s

uch

dis

abil

ity in

India

wan

ted to

hav

e a

publi

c

mee

ting in

Hyder

abad

. P

erm

issi

on w

as fir

st g

iven

bu

t ca

nce

lled

wh

en t

he

Raz

akar

sist

ter

rori

stic

org

anis

atio

n thre

aten

ed to d

isru

pt it

.

All

po

liti

cal

par

ties

, ex

cep

tin

g t

he

BJP

are

com

pet

ing w

ith o

ne

anoth

er to p

rom

ise

more

and

mo

re w

elfa

re a

nd

mo

re a

nd

mo

re r

eser

va-

tions,

not o

nly

for M

usl

ims

and C

hri

stia

ns

but s

ev-

eral

cas

tes

amo

ng

Hin

du

s. P

arti

es in

th

e L

egis

la-

tiv

e A

ssem

bly

un

anim

ou

sly

vo

ted

a r

eso

luti

on

call

ing u

pon t

he

gover

nm

ent

of

India

to b

ring i

n

legis

lati

on f

or

rese

rvat

ions

for

BC

s in

the

Leg

is-

Page 7: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

5

lati

ve

Ass

emb

ly a

nd

Co

un

cil.

Th

is w

ill

be

bu

t a

pre

lude

for

rese

rvat

ions

for

Musl

ims

and C

hri

s-

tian

s an

d e

ven

tual

ly,

for

sep

arat

e el

ecto

rate

s fo

r

“min

ori

ties

”, s

ched

ule

d c

aste

s, s

ched

ule

d tri

bes

,

and

BC

s as

th

e fo

reig

n c

olo

nia

l B

riti

sh g

ov

ern

-

men

t co

nte

mp

late

d a

nd

im

ple

men

ted

to

so

me

exte

nt

in t

he

1930s,

to d

isru

pt

the

India

n n

atio

n

and p

repar

e it

for

dis

inte

gra

tion in

to s

ever

al in

de-

pen

den

t st

ates

. Th

e fe

ars

that

wer

e ex

pre

ssed

by

Dr

B R

Am

bed

kar

and D

r R

ajen

dra

Pra

sad o

n

the

occ

asio

n o

f ad

opti

ng th

e C

onst

ituti

on o

f In

dia

are

wo

rth

rec

alli

ng

to

rea

lize

wh

ere

we

are

hea

d-

ing.

Dr

B R

Am

bed

kar

’s s

pee

ch a

fter

wri

t-

ing th

e C

onst

ituti

on “

……

… m

y m

ind is

so full

of

the

futu

re o

f our

countr

y t

hat

I f

eel

I ought

to

tak

e th

is o

ccas

ion

to

giv

e ex

pre

ssio

n t

o s

om

e o

f

my

ref

lect

ion

s th

ereo

n.

On

26

th J

anu

ary

19

50

,

Ind

ia w

ill

be

an I

nd

epen

den

t co

un

try.

(C

hee

rs)

What

would

hap

pen

to h

er I

ndep

enden

ce ?

Wil

l

she

mai

nta

in h

er I

nd

epen

den

ce o

r w

ill sh

e lo

se it

agai

n?

Th

is i

s th

e fi

rst

tho

ug

ht

that

co

mes

to

my

min

d.

It

is n

ot

that

In

dia

was

nev

er a

n I

nd

epen

-

den

t co

untr

y. T

he

poin

t is

that

she

once

lost

the

Ind

epen

den

ce s

he

had

. W

ill

she

lose

it

a se

con

d

tim

e? I

t is

th

is t

ho

ug

ht

wh

ich

mak

es m

e m

ost

anxio

us

for

the

futu

re. W

hat

per

turb

s m

e gre

atly

is th

e fa

ct th

at n

ot o

nly

In

dia

has

on

ce b

efo

re lo

st

her

Indep

enden

ce ,

but s

he

lost

it b

y th

e in

fidel

ity

and t

reac

her

y o

f so

me

of

her

ow

n p

eople

.

Wil

l h

isto

ry r

ep

eat

itse

lf? I

t is

th

is

thought w

hic

h f

ills

me

wit

h a

nxie

ty. T

his

anxie

ty

is d

eep

ened

by

th

e re

aliz

atio

n o

f th

e fa

ct t

hat

in

addit

ion t

o o

ur

old

enem

ies

in t

he

form

of

cast

es

and

cre

eds,

we

are

go

ing

to

hav

e m

any

po

liti

cal

par

ties

wit

h d

iver

se a

nd o

pposi

ng p

oli

tica

l cre

eds.

Wil

l In

dia

ns

pla

ce c

reed

ab

ov

e co

un

try

? I

do

no

t

kn

ow

. B

ut

this

mu

ch i

s ce

rtai

n t

hat

if

the

par

ties

pla

ce c

reed

above

countr

y, o

ur

Indep

enden

ce w

ill

be

pu

t in

jeo

par

dy

a s

eco

nd

tim

e an

d p

rob

ably

be

lost

fore

ver

……

.”

(So

urc

e: T

he

Ma

kers

of

Ind

ian

Co

nst

itu

-

tio

n –

Myth

an

d R

ea

lity

b

y S

hesh

rao

Ch

ava

n,

Bh

ara

tiya

Vid

ya B

ha

van

pu

bli

cati

on

)

Dr.

R

ajen

dra

Pra

sad

th

e P

resi

den

t o

f

the

Const

ituen

t Ass

embly

and futu

re R

astr

apat

hy

ob

serv

ed,

“ if

th

e p

eop

le w

ho

are

e

lect

ed a

re

cap

able

an

d m

en o

f ch

arac

ter

and

in

teg

rity

th

ey

wo

uld

be

able

to

mak

e th

e b

est

ev

en o

f d

efec

-

tiv

e C

on

stit

uti

on

. If

they

are

lac

kin

g in

th

ese,

th

e

Const

ituti

on ca

nnot

hel

p t

he

co

untr

y .”

If

this

pre

sent d

ispen

sati

on o

f th

e U

PA

rule

un

der

th

e co

mm

and

of

So

nia

Gan

dh

i d

oes

no

t en

d,

and

un

less

we

do

n’t

rec

aptu

re t

he

spir

it

of

Ind

ian

nati

on

ali

sm i

nst

ille

d b

y S

wam

y

Viv

ekan

anda,

Lokam

anya

Til

ak, A

uro

bin

do G

hosh

and

S

ard

ar P

atel

an

d S

ub

has

Ch

and

ra B

ose

, it

app

ears

th

at w

e w

ill

be

fast

pro

gre

ssin

g t

ow

ard

s

a dis

aste

r, “

min

ori

ties

” unit

ing b

y r

elig

ion to

rule

ov

er “

maj

ori

ty”

div

ided

by

cas

te, w

hic

h w

e m

ust

aver

t.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

6

In r

ejec

tin

g t

he

Just

ice

GT

Nan

avat

i

Co

mm

issi

on

re

po

rt t

ha

t in

qu

ire

d i

nto

th

e

Sab

arm

ati

Expre

ss f

ire

at G

odhra

and t

he

vio

-

lence

that

foll

ow

ed in

Guja

rat i

n F

ebru

ary-M

arch

20

02

, th

e C

on

gre

ss a

nd

its

UPA

all

ies,

as

also

th

e

Lef

t, h

ave

acte

d w

ith

ex

pec

ted

cu

ssed

nes

s. T

he

Co

ng

ress

has

des

crib

ed t

he

rep

ort

as

a “m

urd

er

of

de

mo

cra

cy

”.

Th

e

CP

I(M

) h

as

call

ed

it

“p

iecem

eal”

. R

ail

way

Min

iste

r L

alu

Pra

sad

Yad

av

has

term

ed

th

e

report

untr

ue

and c

om

-

par

ed i

ts f

ind

ing

s w

ith

tho

se o

f th

e Ju

stic

e U

C

Ban

erje

e C

om

mit

tee,

set

up

as

an i

n-h

ou

se p

anel

by

th

e M

inis

try

of

Rai

lway

s. T

he

Ban

erje

e re

-

po

rt h

ad c

on

clu

ded

th

at t

he

Go

dh

ra f

ire

had

be-

gu

n i

nsi

de

com

par

tmen

t S

-6 o

f th

e S

abar

mat

i

Expre

ss o

n F

ebru

ary 2

7, 2002. T

he

Nan

avat

i re

-

po

rt h

as,

on

th

e o

ther

han

d,

go

ne

alo

ng

wit

h t

he

fin

din

gs

of

the

po

lice

an

d e

yew

itn

ess

acco

un

ts

that

hav

e h

eld

th

at t

he

com

par

tmen

t w

as s

et o

n

fire

by

a f

ren

zied

mo

b t

hat

had

gat

her

ed o

n t

he

Insu

ltin

g J

ust

ice

Nan

avat

i

pla

tform

and, i

n f

act,

att

empte

d to

set

fir

e to

oth

er

coac

hes

as

wel

l. W

ith

ou

t g

oin

g i

nto

an

an

aly

sis

of

the

Nan

avat

i rep

ort

, it i

s w

ort

h c

om

men

ting o

n

the

per

ver

se r

esp

on

ses

it h

as d

raw

n f

rom

th

ose

poli

tica

lly o

ppose

d to

the

Guja

rat C

hie

f M

inis

ter.

No

t b

oth

erin

g t

o s

o m

uch

as

stu

dy

a

report

wri

tten

by a

form

er j

udge

of

the

Supre

me

Court

, not ca

ring to g

o into

specif

ic a

rgu

men

ts a

nd

poin

ting o

ut l

ogic

al in

consi

s-

ten

cies

or

flaw

s, t

he

Co

n-

gre

ss-U

PA

a

nd

L

eft

lead

ers

hip

s h

av

e t

rash

ed

Just

ice

Nan

avat

i’s

asse

ss-

men

t. T

hey

hav

e q

ues-

tio

ne

d t

he

ho

ne

sty

an

d

cre

dib

ilit

y

of

Just

ice

Nan

avat

i, b

ut

off

ered

no

rea

son

s fo

r d

oin

g s

o.

Such

hit

-and-r

un t

acti

cs c

ould

be

expec

ted f

rom

the

fam

ilia

r bunch

of le

ft-l

iber

al a

ctiv

ists

who h

ave

mad

e a

care

er o

f G

uja

rat

bas

hin

g —

an

d w

ho

hav

e, i

nd

eed

, sa

id t

hat

Ju

stic

e N

anav

ati

has

no

t

“in

spir

ed m

uch

co

nfi

den

ce”.

Th

at i

t co

mes

fro

m

mai

nst

ream

par

ties

th

at a

re r

un

nin

g t

he

Un

ion

Gover

nm

ent i

s al

arm

ing. C

onsi

der

the

hypocr

isy.

Th

e st

ran

ges

t of

the

stra

nge,

if

not

the

wil

des

t of

wil

d c

an

com

e on

ly f

rom

th

e per

pet

u-

all

y a

pp

ease

men

t-o

rien

ted

‘se

cula

rist

’, M

arx

ist,

ca

stei

st s

et o

f p

oli

tici

an

s.

Th

e C

on

gre

ss a

nd

the

com

mu

nis

t p

art

ies,

an

d n

ot

un

exp

ecte

dly

Sri

La

loo

Pra

sad

Ya

da

vji,

ha

ve t

rash

ed t

he

Js

Na

nva

ti C

om

mis

sio

n’s

Rep

ort

. W

e h

ave t

he p

rivil

eg

e t

o r

ep

rod

uce t

he e

dit

ori

al,

b

y T

he

Pio

nee

r .

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

7

Th

e sa

me

Just

ice

Nan

avat

i in

qu

ired

into

the

anti

-

Sik

h v

iole

nce

fo

llo

win

g th

e as

sass

inat

ion

of

Mrs

Ind

ira G

an

dh

i in

19

84

. O

n t

he b

asi

s o

f th

at

Nan

avat

i rep

ort

, tw

o C

ongre

ss le

ader

s, M

r S

ajja

n

Ku

mar

an

d M

r Ja

gad

ish

Tytl

er,

wer

e p

ut

in t

he

do

ck.

Mr

Tytl

er w

as e

ven

fo

rced

to

res

ign

fro

m

the

Un

ion

Go

ver

nm

ent.

Th

e C

on

gre

ss a

ccep

ted

the

rep

ort

, as

did

th

e U

PA

all

ies

and

th

e L

eft.

The

cabal

of pro

fess

ional

civ

il rig

hts

act

ivis

ts h

aile

d

Just

ice

Nan

avat

i’s

do

gg

ed p

urs

uit

of

the

tru

th. I

n

Del

hi ,

he

was

a h

eroic

judge;

in G

uja

rat ,

he

is a

n

untr

ust

wort

hy c

har

lata

n!

Th

ere

was

a tim

e in

In

dia

wh

en a

ju

di-

cial

Com

mis

sion o

f In

quir

y h

ad a

cer

tain

san

ctit

y.

It w

as l

eft

free

of

poli

tics

and i

ts f

indin

gs

wer

e

deb

ated

, d

iscu

ssed

, d

isp

ute

d a

nd

dis

agre

ed w

ith

— b

ut n

ot d

ebunked

whole

sale

. Even

Just

ice

MC

Jain

’s s

om

ewh

at e

xag

ger

ativ

e st

ud

y o

f th

e b

ack

-

gro

und c

onsp

irac

y w

hil

e goin

g in

to R

ajiv

Gan

dhi’

s

assa

ssin

atio

n w

as tak

en s

erio

usl

y e

no

ug

h f

or

the

Congre

ss to

wit

hdra

w s

upport

to th

e U

nit

ed F

ront

Go

ver

nm

ent

and

fo

rce

the

cou

ntr

y i

nto

an

ele

c-

tio

n b

arel

y 1

8 m

on

ths

afte

r th

e p

rev

iou

s o

ne.

To-

day

, fo

r th

e sa

me

par

ty t

o r

idic

ule

a j

udic

ial

in-

quir

y a

nd r

efuse

to p

oin

t out

spec

ific

ally

whic

h

sect

ion

s it

dis

agre

es w

ith

, w

hat

ev

iden

ce i

t fe

els

has

no

t b

een

co

nsu

lted

an

d w

hy

it

is f

law

ed,

is

sim

ply

not

on.

The

Congre

ss-U

PA

and t

he

Lef

t

can

no

t d

eno

un

ce a

nd

rej

ect

a re

po

rt s

imp

ly b

e-

cause

it d

oes

n’t

suit

thei

r poli

tica

l ends

or

does

n’t

del

iver

th

e v

erd

ict

they

wo

uld

hav

e w

ante

d i

t to

.

Tom

orr

ow

the

BJP

-ND

A c

ould

pla

y t

his

gam

e;

and I

ndia

n ju

risp

ruden

ce w

ould

be

the

poore

r fo

r

it.

We

are

apt t

o ho

ld te

rror

ism

as

a cr

ime.

But

the

redo

ubta

ble

Arif

Moh

amm

ed K

han

has

the

cour

age

of c

onvi

ctio

n an

d co

mm

itmen

t to

trut

h fo

r cal

ling

it an

‘Act

of W

ar’.

All

thos

e jih

adis

who

are

thro

win

g bo

mbs

kill

ing

non-

belie

vers

and

inno

cent

s ar

e th

emse

lves

pro

udly

ass

ertin

gth

at th

ey a

re w

agin

g a

war

aga

inst

non

-bel

ieve

rs. B

ut th

eir a

polo

gist

s, m

ostly

‘sec

ular

ists

and

abov

e-gr

ound

jiha

dis

and

terr

oris

ts a

ctin

g th

roug

h fr

ont o

rgan

isat

ions

in th

e na

me

of h

uman

right

s, c

ivil

liber

ties,

fre

edom

of

faith

, ju

stic

e fo

r m

inor

ity e

tc.,

neve

r ca

ll it

a w

ar o

f Is

lam

ists

agai

nst H

indu

s bu

t say

that

the

root

cau

se o

f jih

adis

m is

inju

stic

e an

d d

enia

l of e

qual

opp

ortu

-ni

ty a

nd s

uppr

essi

on a

nd in

adeq

uate

rep

rese

ntat

ion

to M

osle

ms

and

unl

ess

the

root

cau

sead

dres

sed,

jiha

dism

can

not b

e el

imin

ated

.

We

cong

ratu

late

Sri

Arif

Moh

amm

ed K

han

for h

is in

tegr

ity a

nd b

oldn

ess.

Rea

ders

mus

tre

call

that

he

was

one

true

nat

iona

list M

uslim

Con

gres

smen

in th

e C

abin

et o

f Raj

iv G

andh

i who

deno

unce

d th

e fu

ndam

enta

list M

uslim

s an

d Is

lam

ists

who

wer

e ag

itatin

g ag

ains

t Sup

rem

e C

ourt

judg

men

t tha

t Sha

h B

ano,

an

old

Mus

lim d

ivor

ced

lady

sho

uld

be g

iven

alim

ony

acco

rdin

g to

Indi

an la

ws.

It is

als

o w

ell t

o re

call

that

Raj

iv G

andh

i firs

t enc

oura

ged

Arif

Moh

amm

ed K

han

tosp

eak

the

trut

h an

d la

ter

he a

nd h

is C

ongr

ess

pref

erre

d to

fol

low

the

tra

ditio

nal p

ract

ice

ofap

peas

emen

t an

d ig

norin

g In

dia’

s se

cula

rism

, en

acte

d a

new

law

whi

ch d

oes

not

do a

way

with

in ju

stic

e to

div

orce

d M

uslim

wom

en b

ut c

omm

its o

ur ‘s

ecul

ar’ I

ndia

n st

ate

to g

o to

thei

rre

scue

thro

ugh

spec

ial f

unds

.-E

dito

r

Terr

ori

sm,

a C

rim

e

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

8

Sar

dar

Val

lab

hai

Pat

el i

nte

gra

ted

56

0

pri

nce

ly s

tate

s in

to I

ndia

by 1

5th o

f A

ugust

1947,

incl

ud

ing

Ju

nag

arh

. Tw

o s

too

d o

ut.

On

e w

as th

e

Niz

am o

f H

yd

erab

ad a

nd

th

e o

ther

was

Jam

mu

& K

ash

mir

. Ja

mm

u &

Kas

hm

ir w

as n

ot al

low

ed

to b

e d

ealt

wit

h b

y S

ard

ar P

atel

as

wit

h o

ther

Sta

tes

by

Jaw

ahar

lal

Neh

ru.

He

Kep

t th

at t

ask

for

him

self

. H

e in

tern

atio

nal

ised

it b

y ta

kin

g it

to

the

Un

ited

Nat

ion

s.

To

sco

tch

th

e ac

cess

ion

of

Niz

am’s

Hy

der

abad

to

Pak

ista

n a

nd

th

e N

izam

’s

inte

nti

on o

f dec

lari

ng it

as

an I

ndep

enden

t Isl

amic

Kin

gd

om

, S

ard

ar P

atel

su

ccee

ded

aft

er g

reat

labours

in g

etti

ng th

e N

izam

to a

ccep

t a S

tandst

ill

Agre

emen

t in N

ovem

ber

1947 v

alid

for

one

yea

r.

He

sen

t S

ri K

M M

un

shi as

th

e A

gen

t G

ener

al o

f

the

Gover

nm

ent o

f In

dia

in H

yder

abad

. M

unsh

iji

was

ey

e w

itn

ess

to t

he

rap

acit

y a

nd

go

on

dai

sm

of

Raz

akar

s an

d th

e co

mp

lici

ty o

f th

e N

izam

an

d

his

Pri

me

Min

iste

r, L

aik A

li. H

e w

as r

eport

ing to

Jaw

ahar

lal N

ehru

, the

Pri

me

Min

iste

r. T

he

atro

ci-

ties

of

Raz

akar

s an

d N

izam

’s p

oli

ce o

n H

ind

us

[an

d a

lso

Co

mm

un

ists

’ g

ueri

lla w

ar

to t

urn

Tel

ang

ana

as Y

enan

(C

hin

a) o

f In

dia

in

to a

co

m-

munis

t bas

e fo

r th

e co

nques

t of

India

and th

e co

n-

spir

acie

s o

f th

e N

izam

an

d R

azak

ars.

Neh

ru w

as

not

only

ignori

ng M

unsh

iji’

s re

port

s, b

ut

was

al-

mo

st d

ism

issi

ng

th

em a

s re

po

rts

of

a H

ind

u c

om

-

munal

ist!

Res

urg

ence

of R

azak

aris

m in

Hyd

erab

adD

r T H

Ch

ow

dar

y

Pra

sad

on

th

e o

ther

wo

uld

be

wri

tten

about

in f

utu

re e

ssay

s].

Munsh

iiji

was

als

o r

e-

port

ing to

Sar

dar

Pat

el; m

ore

import

antl

y, th

rough

con

ver

sati

on

s.

Mu

nsh

iji

and

Sar

dar

Pat

el w

ere

pri

vy

to

on

e an

oth

er’s

pla

ns

to e

nsu

re th

e u

nco

n-

dit

ion

al a

cces

sio

n a

nd

in

teg

rati

on

of

Niz

am’s

Hy

der

abad

to

th

e re

st o

f In

dia

. M

un

shij

i in

his

books,

“T

he

End o

f A

n E

ra”

and “

Pil

gri

mag

e to

Fre

edom

” has

not

only

rep

ort

ed t

he

fact

s but

in-

terp

rete

d th

em to

bri

ng o

ut t

he

Isla

mis

t min

d w

ork

-

ing

in

Hy

der

abad

an

d t

he

anti

Hin

du

bia

s o

f

Jaw

ahar

lal

Neh

ru a

nd

th

e fe

arle

ss a

nd

un

swer

v-

ing d

eter

min

atio

n o

f th

e S

ardar

to r

emove

this

cance

r of

Isla

mic

kin

gdom

in P

akis

tan f

rom

the

hea

rt o

f In

dia

. We

are

giv

ing c

erta

in e

xce

rpts

fro

m

thes

e tw

o b

oo

ks.

Th

ese

are

imp

ort

ant

to b

e k

no

wn

fo

r,

the

ruli

ng

Co

ng

ress

par

ty, t

he

Tel

ug

u D

esam

an

d

the

Tel

ang

ana

Ras

htr

a S

amit

i an

d a

ll o

ther

par

-

ties

in

clu

din

g o

f co

urs

e, c

om

mu

nis

ts e

spec

iall

y,

under

gro

und M

aois

ts, a

re s

how

ing th

eir

indif

fer-

ence

bo

rder

ing

on

en

cou

rag

emen

t, t

o t

he

resu

r-

gen

ce o

f R

azak

aris

t Isl

amis

t mil

itan

cy.

The

chil

d

of

the,

Itt

ehad

ul-

Mu

slim

een

of

Kas

im R

izv

i, t

he

MIM

is ta

kin

g u

p th

e m

antl

e of

its

ignom

ious

for-

bea

r. T

he

ruli

ng C

ongre

ss C

hie

f M

inis

ter

pro

udly

say

s th

at t

his

is

a g

ov

ern

men

t o

f m

ino

riti

es a

nd

his

Min

iste

r fo

r M

usl

im W

elfa

re, S

hab

bir

Ali

, day

Th

e A

rtic

le e

luci

da

tes

the

role

ab

ly p

laye

d b

y S

ri K

.M.M

un

shi

as

the

Ag

ent-

Gen

eral,

Gove

rnm

ent

of

India

in

Hyd

erabad d

uri

ng w

hat

is p

opu

larl

y kn

ow

n a

s P

oli

ce

Act

ion

.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

9

afte

r d

ay i

s an

no

un

cin

g h

un

dre

ds

of

cro

res

of

rup

ees

of

gra

nts

fo

r M

usl

ims.

T

he

TD

P a

nd

th

e

TR

S a

re c

om

pet

ing

wit

h o

ne

ano

ther

to

ple

ase

and

ap

pea

se M

usl

ims

in th

e fo

nd

ho

pe

of

get

tin

g

thei

r vote

s. We

are

rep

rod

uci

ng

in

th

is i

ssu

e, a

se-

nio

r M

usl

im C

on

gre

ss l

ead

ers’

pu

bli

c d

eman

d

[Andhra

Jyoth

i 24.0

8.2

008]

that

Musl

ims

should

be

giv

en p

rop

ort

ion

ate

rep

rese

nta

tio

n in

leg

isla

-

ture

s an

d a

reb

utt

ing

res

po

nse

to

that

fro

m t

he P

rag

na B

hara

ti.

Wh

ile

this

is

go

ing

on

, al

l th

e

‘sec

ula

r’ p

arti

es c

om

bin

e in

th

e

And

hra

Pra

des

h L

egis

lati

ve

As-

sem

bly

to

pas

s a

reso

luti

on

cal

l-

ing u

pon g

over

nm

ent

of

India

to

amen

d t

he

Co

nst

itu

tio

n t

o g

ive

pro

po

rtio

nal

rep

rese

nta

tio

n t

o

BC

s, t

he

pre

lud

e to

sim

ilar

res

o-

luti

on f

or

giv

ing p

roport

ional

rep

-

rese

nta

tio

n to

Mu

slim

s an

d s

epa-

rate

ele

cto

rate

fo

r th

em a

s b

efo

re

1947. -

Edit

or

“…

Th

e P

resi

den

t o

f th

e

Itte

had

ul-

Mu

slim

een

h

as

ap

peale

d f

or

fiv

e l

ak

hs

of

Raz

akar

s. H

e has

sta

ted th

at w

om

en a

re a

lso b

eing

pre

par

ed f

or

a fi

ght o

n th

e bord

ers

of

Hyder

abad

,

wh

ich

nec

essa

rily

im

pli

es a

war

wit

h I

nd

ia.

He

has

op

en

ly d

ecla

red

ag

ain

an

d a

gain

th

at

Hy

der

abad

is

an I

slam

ic S

tate

an

d t

hat

so

ver

-

eignty

ther

ein v

ests

in th

e M

usl

ims

in H

yder

abad

.

He

has

cal

led

up

on

th

e R

azak

ars

to l

iber

ate

the

Musl

ims

of

India

fro

m t

he

gover

nm

ent

of

India

and h

as c

har

ged

my [

India

’s]

Gover

nm

ent

wit

h

supply

ing a

rms

to those

who c

arry

on v

iole

nt po-

liti

cal ac

tiv

itie

s in

Hy

der

abad

. Th

ese

pro

no

un

ce-

men

ts,

com

ing a

s th

ey d

o f

rom

the

Pre

siden

t of

the

Par

ty t

o w

hic

h a

maj

ori

ty o

f th

e M

inis

ters

in

your

pre

sent G

over

nm

ent o

we

alle

gia

nce

, are

cal

-

cula

ted to

infl

ame

the

Musl

ims

of

the

Sta

te a

nd in

the

wh

ole

of

Ind

ia a

gai

nst

th

e n

on

-Mu

slim

s an

d

the

Dom

inio

n o

f In

dia

. …

...”

“…..

Jaw

ahar

lal

Neh

ru w

as a

ver

se t

o

the

lin

e fo

llo

wed

by

Sar

dar

. A

t o

ne

stag

e, i

t w

as

sugges

ted to

Sar

dar

that

I [K

ula

pat

i K M

Munsh

iji]

sho

uld

be

rep

lace

d b

y s

om

eon

e

else

at

Hy

der

abad

. S

ard

ar w

ou

ld

not

thin

k o

f it

. M

ore

than

once

I

was

dis

gu

sted

at b

ein

g d

istr

ust

ed

by m

y P

rim

e M

inis

ter,

hav

ing h

ad

to p

rovid

e in

dep

enden

t c

orr

obo-

rati

on

ev

ery

tim

e I

rep

ort

ed a

n

atro

city

on th

e par

t of

the

Itte

had

.

I w

ould

hav

e th

row

n u

p t

he

job

bu

t fo

r S

ard

ar’s

co

nfi

den

ce i

n

me.

RE

VIV

AL

OF

RA

ZA

KA

RIS

M I

N H

YD

ER

AB

AD

In J

une

1948 i

tsel

f af

ter

lot

of

per

sua-

sio

n b

y M

ou

nt

Bat

ten

wh

o w

as v

ery

fav

ou

rab

ly

incl

ined

to

Niz

am t

o g

ive

spec

ial

stat

us

and

lik

e

any

oth

er I

nd

ian

sta

te a

nd

des

pit

e th

e ad

vis

e f

or

Sir

Wal

ton

Mo

nct

on

, w

ho

m S

ard

ar P

atel

rec

k-

on

ed a

s a

leg

al l

um

inar

y o

f fe

arle

ss e

xce

llen

ce

the

Niz

am d

ecli

ned

to a

ccep

t the

lines

whic

h h

ave

bee

n d

raw

n u

po

n b

y M

on

cto

n a

nd

Mo

un

t B

at-

ten. “

If they

had

bee

n a

ccep

ted it w

ould

hav

e le

ft

a n

ew P

akis

tan

in

th

e ce

nte

r o

f In

dia

”, o

bse

rved

Ku

lap

ati

K M

Mu

nsh

iji.

Th

ose

ter

ms

and

co

nd

i-

tio

ns

were

accep

tab

le t

o J

aw

ah

arl

al

Neh

ru.

Sar

dar

Pat

el d

id n

ot

inte

rven

e fo

r h

e w

as s

ure

as

Ku

lap

ati K

M M

un

shiji

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

10

adv

ised

Ku

lap

ati

K M

Mu

nsh

iji

that

th

e N

izam

wh

o w

as u

nd

er t

he

thra

ll o

f R

azak

ars

and

ad

-

vic

e, P

akis

tan

wo

uld

nev

er a

ccep

t th

em.

It

is

shee

r p

rov

iden

tial

fo

r b

har

at t

hat

th

e N

izam

re-

ject

ed t

ho

se t

erm

s an

d c

on

dit

ion

s le

adin

g t

o a

stan

dst

ill

agre

emen

t an

d t

hen

fin

ally

mar

ch o

f

India

n tr

oops

to f

inis

h a

ll h

opes

of

rear

ing a

Pak

i-

stan

wit

hin

In

dia

. H

ow

Jaw

ahar

lal

Neh

ru w

as

upse

t wit

h M

unsh

iji a

nd S

ardar

Pat

el f

or

liquid

at-

ing th

e Is

lam

ist P

akis

tani c

ance

r in

hea

rt o

f In

dia

is

bro

ught

out

in t

he

foll

ow

ing

nar

rati

on

[p

age

17

2 &

175]

“……

Wh

en I

[K

ula

pat

i

K M

Munsh

iji]

was

bac

k i

n D

elhi

Sar

dar

insi

sted

that

I s

hould

cal

l on

Jaw

ahar

lal

Neh

ru a

s a

mat

ter

of

court

esy.

When

I w

ent t

o th

e P

rim

e

Min

iste

r’s

off

ice i

n P

arl

iam

en

t

Ho

use

, h

e ca

me

ou

t in

th

e an

te-

roo

m a

nd

fri

gid

ly a

cco

sted

me:

“Hel

lo, M

un

shi”

. “

I h

ave

com

e to

call

on

yo

u,

no

w t

hat

I a

m b

ack

in

Del

hi,

” I

said

. H

e

alm

ost

turn

ed a

s if

to g

o;

then

he

turn

ed r

ound,

sho

ok

han

ds

wit

h m

e an

d l

eft.

“I t

old

Sar

dar

how

sorr

y I

was

to h

ave

acce

pte

d h

is a

dv

ice

to s

ee J

awah

arla

l N

ehru

.

Sar

dar

lau

gh

ed a

nd

sai

d,

“So

me

of

them

are

an

-

gry

that

you h

elped

in li

quid

atin

g th

e It

tehad

pow

er.

Som

e oth

ers

are

angry

that

you d

id a

llow

them

to

rem

ove

the

Niz

am f

rom

Hyder

abad

str

aighta

way

.

So

me

can

no

t v

ent

thei

r an

ger

on

me,

an

d t

her

e-

fore

mak

e you t

he

targ

et…

…..”

SA

RD

AR

’S W

AR

NIN

G R

EJ

EC

TE

D

“…

If J

awah

arla

l had

his

way

, Niz

am’s

Hy

der

abad

wo

uld

hav

e re

mai

ned

un

inte

gra

ted

and

wo

uld

hav

e b

eco

me

a se

con

d P

akis

tan

in

th

e

“bel

ly”

of

Ind

ia,

an i

nte

nse

ly h

ost

ile

Sta

te s

epa-

rati

ng the

Nort

h f

rom

the

South

— a

lthough a

fter

the

succ

ess

of

the

poli

ce a

ctio

n J

awah

arla

l Neh

ru

was

th

e fi

rst

to g

o t

o H

yd

erab

ad t

o r

ecei

ve

an

ov

atio

n a

s th

e li

ber

ato

r o

f H

yd

erab

ad!

Bu

t fo

r Ja

wah

arla

l

Neh

ru,

who,

under

the

infl

u-

ence

of

Shei

kh A

bdull

a, t

ook

away

the

port

foli

o o

f K

ashm

ir

from

Sar

dar

’s S

tate

s M

inis

try,

Kas

hm

ir w

ou

ld n

ever

hav

e

bec

om

e th

e pro

ble

m th

at it

has

bee

n.

Bu

t fo

r Ja

wah

arla

l

Neh

ru’s

rej

ecti

on

of

Sar

dar

’s

advic

e on th

e T

ibet

an q

ues

tion,

we

wo

uld

hav

e h

ad a

bu

ffer

Sta

te

be

twe

en

In

dia

a

nd

Ch

ina.

S

ard

ar’s

un

can

ny

vis

ion

en

able

d h

im t

o

dis

cern

as

far

bac

k a

s 1

95

0 t

he

po

rten

ts a

cro

ss

our

nort

h-e

aste

rn b

ord

er a

nd t

he

dan

ger

ous

im-

pli

cati

ons

of

our

fore

ign p

oli

cy in

that

dir

ecti

on.

Duri

ng t

he

Cab

inet

mee

ting o

n t

he

Ti-

beta

n q

uest

ion

all

of

us

acq

uie

sced

in

wh

at

Jaw

ahar

lal

Neh

ru h

ad a

lrea

dy

do

ne,

on

ly o

ne

or

two

of

us

ven

turi

ng

to

vo

ice

feeb

le c

riti

cism

.

Am

ong th

em w

as S

ri N

V G

adgil

for

whom

ther

e

was

a s

nub: “

Don’t

you r

eali

ze th

at th

e H

imal

ayas

are

ther

e?”

I t

imid

ly v

entu

red

to

say

th

at i

n t

he

sev

en

th c

en

tury

Tib

eta

ns

ha

d c

ross

ed

th

e

Him

alay

as a

nd

in

vad

ed K

anau

j…”

Sar

dar

Pat

el

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

11

In t

he

Sar

la M

ud

gal

cas

e o

f 1

99

5 J

us-

tice

R M

Sah

ay o

f th

e S

upre

me

Court

of

India

had

ad

vis

ed t

he

go

ver

nm

ent

“to

en

tru

st t

he

re-

spon

sibil

ity”

of

sug

ges

ting r

eform

s in

the

fam

ily

law

s of

the

min

ori

ties

to the

Law

Com

mis

sion o

f

India

. “T

he

only

pla

ce

wh

ere

cod

ific

atio

n o

f

Mu

slim

per

son

al l

aw

can

be

seri

ou

sly

co

n-

sid

ere

d

is

the

L

aw

Co

mm

issi

on

,”

said

Man

i S

han

ker

Aiy

er in

his

book C

onfe

ssio

ns

of

a S

ecu

lar

Fu

nd

amen

-

tali

st p

ub

lish

ed a

de-

cade

late

r. R

evea

ling h

is s

cepti

cism

he,

how

ever

,

po

sed

a q

ues

tio

n: “W

hat

fai

th w

ill th

e m

ino

riti

es

hav

e in

the

pro

noun

cem

ents

of

an a

ll-H

indu L

aw

Co

mm

issi

on

?” H

e w

as c

om

men

tin

g o

n t

he

fact

that

in its

then

lif

e of

fift

y y

ears

the

Com

mis

sion

had

had

“a

Musl

im a

s a

mem

ber

of

the

Law

Com

-

mis

sio

n o

nly

on

ce —

Ju

stic

e N

asru

llah

Beg

who d

ied w

ithin

month

s of

his

appoin

tmen

t an

d

wh

o w

as n

ever

an

ack

no

wle

dg

ed e

xp

ert

in I

s-

lam

ic j

uri

spru

den

ce.”

Wil

l th

e M

usl

im m

ino

rity

no

w h

ave

“fai

th”

in th

e C

om

mis

sio

n w

hic

h is

no

more

“al

l-H

indu”

and h

as o

n it

a M

usl

im m

ember

know

n n

ot

only

for

his

spec

iali

sati

on i

n M

usl

im

law

but

also

for

his

pro

-Shar

iat

stan

ce?

Unfo

rtu-

Law

Co

mm

issi

on

An

tics

Tah

ir M

ahm

oo

d

nat

ely

th

is i

s n

ot

the

case

. M

ani

Sh

ank

ar w

as i

n-

dee

d w

ron

g i

n h

is p

resu

mp

tio

n t

hat

th

e p

rese

nce

of

a M

usl

im m

emb

er o

n t

he

Co

mm

issi

on

wo

uld

chan

ge

po

pu

lar

Mu

slim

tre

nd

s in

res

pec

t o

f it

s

resp

on

sib

ilit

y t

o s

ug

ges

t re

form

mea

sure

s fo

r

Musl

im la

w.

For

consi

der

ing r

e-

form

s in

Musl

im la

w th

e L

aw

Com

mis

sion m

ay n

eed e

xper

-

tise

in

Mu

slim

law

an

d n

ot

nec

essa

rily

a M

usl

im m

em-

ber

, but

the

fact

rem

ains

that

—w

het

her

du

e to

th

e la

ck o

f

the

req

uir

ed e

xp

erti

se o

r fo

r

wh

atev

er o

ther

rea

son

— n

o

reco

mm

endat

ion h

as e

ver

bee

n m

ade

by th

e C

om

-

mis

sio

n to

res

olv

e an

y s

oci

o-l

egal

pro

ble

m r

elat

-

ing t

o M

usl

ims.

Unti

l th

e en

d o

f th

e 17th

Law

Co

mm

issi

on

’s t

erm

in

20

07

as

man

y a

s 2

01

re-

port

s had

bee

n s

ubm

itte

d to

the

gover

nm

ent,

four-

teen

of

wh

ich

wer

e in

th

e ar

eas

of

fam

ily

law

and s

ucc

essi

on —

fiv

e ea

ch r

elat

ing to

Hin

du a

nd

Ch

rist

ian

law

s an

d t

he

rest

to

th

e g

ener

al q

ues

-

tions

of

civil

and f

ore

ign m

arri

ages

, dow

ry a

nd

husb

and’s

mai

nte

nan

ce li

abil

ity to

the

wif

e.

The

pre

sent 1

8th

Com

mis

sion h

as s

ince

its

ince

pti

on

in

Ju

ne

20

07

sen

t n

ine

rep

ort

s in

-

cludin

g f

our

in t

he

area

of

Hin

du f

amil

y l

aw a

nd

succ

essi

on

.

Th

e a

uth

or

exp

lain

s h

ow

th

e la

w c

om

mis

sio

n f

ail

ed t

o s

ug

ges

t m

easu

res

to

refo

rm a

nd

ex

clu

de,

ob

sole

te a

nd

ou

tda

ted

pra

ctic

es f

rom

th

e M

usl

im L

aw

.

Page 14: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

12

Wh

at a

bo

ut

Mu

slim

law

? W

ill

the

reli

-

gio

us

lead

ersh

ip o

f th

e M

usl

ims

ever

all

ow

th

e

Com

mis

sion to

thin

k o

f it

s pro

ble

ms?

Ear

ly e

xpe-

rien

ce h

as p

rov

ed t

hat

it

wil

l n

ot.

An

in

no

cuo

us

mo

ve

to s

ug

ges

t en

actm

ent

of

a n

ew l

aw o

nly

to

stre

amli

ne

the

sco

pe

and

ex

ten

t o

f M

usl

im l

aw

— n

ow

dif

fere

nt

from

reg

ion t

o r

egio

n a

nd s

ect

to s

ect —

was

scu

ttle

d a

s so

on

as

it w

as r

epo

rted

in t

he

pre

ss.

A s

ub

stan

tiv

e m

ea-

sure

, if ev

er rec

om

men

ded

, wil

l

ob

vio

usl

y m

eet

a st

iffe

r re

sis-

tan

ce.

In a

ny c

ase

the

Com

-

mis

sio

n i

s ju

st a

rec

om

men

da-

tory

body.

If

bra

vin

g th

e fo

rces

of

resi

stan

ce i

t ev

er s

ug

ges

ts a

refo

rm,

wil

l th

ere

be

eno

ug

h p

oli

tica

l w

ill

to a

ct

on th

e su

gges

tion?

Succ

essi

ve

gover

nm

ents

at t

he

Cen

tre

hav

e due

to p

oli

tica

l com

puls

ions

ignore

d

the

pre

ssin

g n

eed f

or

soci

al r

eform

s fo

r M

usl

ims.

A rep

ort

fro

m th

e L

aw C

om

mis

sion w

ill

no

t ch

ang

e th

e sc

enar

io. B

y a

ll a

vai

lab

le i

nd

ica-

tions

legis

lati

ve

refo

rm o

f M

usl

im la

w in

any fore

-

seea

ble

fu

ture

see

ms

hig

hly

im

pro

bab

le.

In s

uch

a s

itu

atio

n r

efo

rmer

’s r

ole

has

to b

e p

lay

ed b

y th

e ju

dic

iary

.

The

Bri

tish

rule

rs o

f In

dia

had

inher

ited

from

the

Mughal

s a

mult

i-ti

er s

yst

em o

f ci

vil

and

crim

inal

co

urt

s k

no

wn

as

diw

ani

adal

ats

and

faujd

ari a

dal

ats

resp

ecti

vel

y b

ut h

ad s

tuff

ed a

ll o

f

them

wit

h E

ngli

shm

en n

ot fa

mil

iar

wit

h the

law

s

of

India

. To a

ssis

t the

non-l

awyer

judges

they

had

app

oin

ted

in

all

th

ese

cou

rts

‘nat

ive

law

off

icer

s’

— k

azis

and p

andit

s —

who w

ere

gen

eral

ly p

etty

reli

gio

us

off

icia

ls th

emse

lves

not w

ell c

onver

sant

wit

h M

usl

im a

nd

Hin

du

law

s. U

nd

er th

is s

yst

em

of

judic

ial

adm

inis

trat

ion M

usl

im l

aw s

uff

ered

seri

ous

dis

tort

ions.

Th

e ju

risd

icti

on

in

Mu

slim

law

mat

ters

was

late

r as

sum

ed b

y p

rovin

cial

Hig

h C

ourt

s co

n-

stit

ute

d s

ince

1861 o

nw

ards,

and a

t the

low

er le

vel

by

new

civ

il c

ou

rts

wh

ose

fu

nct

ion

ing

was

reg

u-

late

d b

y l

oca

l ci

vil

co

urt

law

s.A

pp

eals

fro

m t

he

Hig

h C

ourt

would

go to the

Pri

vy C

ounci

l in

En-

gla

nd

w

hic

h

in

cours

e of ti

me

del

iv-

ered

man

y i

mp

or-

tan

t ju

dg

men

ts i

n

the

area

of

Mu

slim

law

. C

om

men

tin

g

on t

he

Pri

vy C

oun-

cil r

uli

ngs

Just

ice

V

R K

rish

na

Iyer

had

,

how

ever

, once

rem

arked

: “W

hen

the

Judic

ial C

om

-

mit

tee

in N

o, 10 D

ow

nin

g S

tree

t has

to i

nte

rpre

t

Man

u a

nd

Mu

ham

mad

of

Ind

ia a

nd

Ara

bia

mar

-

gin

al d

isto

rtio

ns

are

inev

itab

le.”

In

dep

end

ent In

-

dia

inher

ited

this

syst

em fro

m th

e B

riti

sh rule

. The

Pri

vy

Co

un

cil

was

rep

lace

d w

ith

th

e S

up

rem

e

Co

urt

of

Ind

ia w

ho

se j

uri

sdic

tio

n,

as a

lso

of

the

stat

e h

igh

co

urt

s, c

ame

to b

e re

gu

late

d b

y t

he

Const

ituti

on o

f In

dia

. M

usl

im l

aw i

s now

to b

e

app

lied

an

d a

dm

inis

tere

d b

y t

he

hie

rarc

hy

of

cou

rts

in a

cco

rdan

ce w

ith

th

e p

rov

isio

ns

of

the

Const

ituti

on. T

he

dis

tort

ions

of M

usl

im fam

ily la

w

con

tin

uin

g s

ince

ear

ly B

riti

sh r

ule

wer

e al

so i

n-

her

ited

by

th

e co

urt

s in

in

dep

end

ent

Ind

ia a

nd

,

obvio

usl

y, th

ey w

ill t

ake

tim

e to

rem

ove

them

. The

flaw

s in

her

ent

in t

he

so-c

alle

d “

Ind

o-A

ng

lica

n”

under

stan

din

g o

f M

usl

im l

aw h

ave,

how

ever

, to

be

sooner

or

late

r co

rrec

ted. A

beg

innin

g h

as b

een

mad

e, a

nd

man

y d

ecis

ion

s in

kee

pin

g w

ith

th

e

Ju

stic

e V

R K

ris

hn

a I

yer h

ad

,

ho

wev

er,

on

ce r

em

ark

ed

: “

Wh

en

th

e

Ju

dic

ial

Co

mm

itte

e i

n N

o,

10

Do

wn

ing

Str

ee

t h

as

to

inte

rp

re

t M

an

u

an

d

Mu

ham

mad

of

Ind

ia a

nd

Ara

bia

marg

inal

dis

torti

on

s a

re i

nev

ita

ble

.”

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

13

spir

it o

f th

e tr

ue

Musl

im la

w h

ave

bee

n p

ronounce

d

by t

he

Supre

me

Court

and v

ario

us

Hig

h C

ourt

s,

tho

ug

h t

hey

hav

e al

so d

emo

nst

rate

d a

t ti

mes

th

e

truth

of th

e popula

r sa

yin

g ‘to

err

is h

um

an.’

Som

e

cou

rts

hav

e so

met

imes

sai

d t

he

rig

ht

thin

g i

n

wro

ng

wo

rds

and

th

is h

as a

nn

oy

ed t

he

com

mu

-

nit

y. A

litt

le c

auti

on o

n th

e par

t of

the

court

s dea

l-

ing w

ith a

dis

tort

ed v

ersi

on o

f M

usl

im la

w w

ould

go

a l

on

g w

ay t

ow

ard

s th

e re

sto

rati

on

of

tru

e

hum

anit

aria

n a

nd p

ro-w

om

en M

usl

im la

w.

The

19th

cen

tury

judic

ial d

ictu

m th

at n

o

court

should

att

empt

to p

ut

its

ow

n c

onst

ruct

ion

on a

ny o

rigin

al t

ext

of

the

Qura

n o

r H

adit

h, pro

-

no

un

ced

by

th

e P

riv

y C

ou

nci

l in

Ag

a M

aho

med

Jafa

r’s

case

of

18

97

an

d t

he

An

jum

an A

ra r

uli

ng

of

19

02

may

hav

e it

s o

wn

wis

do

m, b

ut

ther

e ar

e

oth

er w

ays

to e

nfo

rce

tru

e Is

lam

ic l

aw o

n a

ny

giv

en p

oin

t. Th

e m

ult

iple

sch

oo

ls o

f Is

lam

ic l

egal

thou

ght

off

er a

wid

e ch

oic

e fo

r ec

lect

ic r

eform

.

A s

core

of

mo

der

n M

usl

im n

atio

ns

hav

e m

ade

“…

You

r good

nes

s is

im

ped

imen

t in

you

r w

ay,

so

let

you

r ey

es b

e re

d w

ith

an

ger

, an

d t

ry t

o f

igh

t th

e in

jus-

tice

wit

h a

fir

m h

an

d.”

(S

ard

ar

Pate

l, w

hil

e ad

dre

ssin

g t

he

peo

ple

at

Bard

oli

on

12 M

arc

h,

1928) .

* *

* *

* *

* *

Tw

o w

ay

s o

f b

uil

din

g c

ha

ra

cte

r-cu

ltiv

ati

ng

stre

ngth

to c

hall

enge

op

pre

ssio

n a

nd

tole

rate

th

e re

sult

-

an

t h

ard

ship

s th

at giv

e ri

se to c

ou

rage

an

d a

ware

nes

s.(1

3th

jun

e,1935 -

at a m

eeti

ng h

eld

at K

ara

di i

n J

ala

lpore

Dis

-

tric

t)

use

of

it to

en

forc

e n

eces

sary

ref

orm

s b

y leg

isla

-

tive

acti

on o

r ju

dic

ial v

erdic

t.

In o

ur co

untr

y, w

hil

e th

e le

gis

latu

re m

ay

hav

e it

s ow

n p

oli

tica

l com

puls

ions

to d

rag it

s fe

et,

the

judic

iary

must

com

e fo

rwar

d t

o f

ill

the

void

.

The

solu

tion to

the

seem

ingly

insu

rmounta

ble

pro

b-

lem

of en

suri

ng M

usl

im w

om

en th

eir pro

per

rig

hts

under

Isl

amic

law

lies

in ju

dic

ial w

isdom

to s

earc

h

in t

he

rich

es o

f th

at l

aw f

or

pro

vis

ions

that

are

more

com

pat

ible

wit

h m

oder

n I

ndia

’s c

onst

itu-

tio

nal

ju

risp

rud

ence

. T

he

jud

icia

ry m

ay r

est

as-

sure

d th

at th

ere

is n

o d

eart

h o

f su

ch p

rov

isio

ns

in

Isla

mic

legal

lite

ratu

re.

We

hav

e th

e te

stim

ony o

f a

juri

st-j

udge

of

Just

ice

Kri

shn

a Iy

er’s

sta

tus:

“In

dee

d a

dee

per

stu

dy

of

the

sub

ject

rev

eals

a r

emar

kab

ly m

od

-

ern a

nd r

efre

shin

gly

hum

ane

syst

em o

f la

w.”

The

judic

iary

would

do w

ell t

o th

oughtf

ull

y e

xplo

re th

e

syst

em t

o r

id M

usl

im s

oci

ety

of

its

ob

sole

te a

nd

ou

tdat

ed s

oci

al p

ract

ices

.

(Ta

hir

Ma

hm

oo

d i

s a

Mem

ber

of

th

e L

aw

Co

mm

is-

sio

n o

f In

dia

. p

roft

ah

irm

ah

mo

od

@g

ma

il.c

om

)

Qu

ote

s o

f Ir

on

Man

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

14

Act

ress

-act

ivis

t S

hab

ana

Azm

i is

ver

y

ang

ry b

ecau

se p

eop

le h

ave

fail

ed t

o a

pp

reci

ate

the

mes

sag

e sh

e so

gra

cio

usl

y g

ave

to t

he

nat

ion

wh

en s

he

rece

ntl

y a

pp

eare

d o

n K

aran

Th

apar

’s

tele

vis

ion

sh

ow

, D

evil

’s A

dv

oca

te.

Du

rin

g t

he

cou

rse

of

the

inte

rvie

w,

Ms

Azm

i sa

id s

he

had

been

den

ied

ow

ners

hip

of

an

ap

art

men

t in

Mu

mb

ai b

ecau

se s

he

was

a M

usl

im. N

o o

ne

ever

thought M

s A

zmi,

the

much

-adm

ired

and a

dula

ted

actr

ess,

act

ivis

t an

d s

ecu

lari

st, c

ou

ld b

e so

an

gry

.

Lat

er,

afte

r th

ere

was

a h

ug

e p

rote

st

agai

nst

her

com

men

ts, s

he

wro

te a

n a

rtic

le, “

Why

shoot t

he

mes

senger

”, d

efen

din

g h

er p

osi

tion. T

he

Hin

du

sta

n T

imes

an

d t

he

Tim

es o

f In

dia

pu

b-

lish

ed it

on A

ugust

24 f

or

the

ben

efit

of

thei

r re

ad-

ers.

It

was

a w

ell-

dra

fted

art

icle

.

Sh

e p

lead

ed t

hat

her

sec

ula

r cr

eden

-

tial

s m

ust

be

reca

lled

. The

pro

ble

m a

rose

bec

ause

the

mes

sen

ger

had

del

iver

ed t

he

mai

l at

a v

ery

inap

pro

pri

ate

tim

e. J

amm

u w

as in

turm

oil

. Kas

h-

mir

was

in

fla

mes

. Y

et M

s A

zmi

had

fo

un

d t

his

the

mo

st o

pp

ort

un

e m

om

ent

to g

ive

ven

t to

her

sup

pre

ssed

an

gu

ish

.

She

cert

ainly

is n

ot a

lone.

Med

ia is

wit

h

her

an

d s

o a

re o

ther

sec

ula

r lu

min

arie

s. M

ost

of

them

hav

e pre

ferr

ed to

mai

nta

in s

ilen

ce in

publi

c,

but B

ooker

-win

ner

Aru

ndhat

i Roy h

as a

lso d

eliv

-

ered

her

mes

sag

e: K

ash

mir

Val

ley

wan

ts a

zad

i.

No

po

int

in d

elay

ing

th

e in

evit

able

an

d n

o n

eed

Sh

aban

a M

ust

Rea

d H

isto

ryJS

Raj

pu

t

for

Ind

ia t

o s

qu

and

er r

eso

urc

es o

n i

ts c

on

tin

ued

‘mil

itar

y o

ccupat

ion’.

Pro

bab

ly tex

tbook w

rite

rs

of

the

secu

lar

var

iety

hav

e b

egu

n d

raft

ing

a n

ew

chap

ter

titl

ed “

Aza

di

for

Kas

hm

ir”

for

the

nex

t

acad

emic

ses

sio

n.

That

apar

t, th

e en

tire

nat

ion is

ser

iousl

y

wo

rrie

d a

bo

ut

wh

at i

s h

app

enin

g i

n J

amm

u &

Kas

hm

ir. I

t is

tim

e w

e ponder

ed o

ver

how

bit

ter-

nes

s b

etw

een

th

e tw

o c

om

mu

nit

ies

has

bee

n f

u-

elle

d t

o s

uch

an

ex

ten

t. W

ho

are

res

po

nsi

ble

?

The

two lu

min

arie

s m

enti

oned

above

are

rep

rese

nta

tiv

es o

f a

gen

erat

ion

th

at h

as p

urs

ued

its

ow

n m

ean

ing

an

d p

urp

ose

of

secu

lari

sm s

o a

s

to s

uit

its

poli

tica

l an

d i

deo

logic

al i

nte

rest

s. T

he

legac

y o

f m

isin

terp

reta

tion a

nd p

oli

tica

l explo

ita-

tion o

f H

indu-M

usl

im r

elat

ions

runs

far

dee

per

in

his

tory

th

an i

s g

ener

ally

per

ceiv

ed.

Wh

at w

as

pla

nte

d, nurt

ure

d a

nd e

xplo

ited

by t

he

Bri

tish

to

sub

jug

ate

Ind

ian

s co

nti

nu

es t

o f

lou

rish

ev

en i

n

curr

ent

tim

es.

Both

com

munit

ies

hav

e under

gone

suf-

feri

ng

s fo

r o

ver

a c

entu

ry.

It i

s a

fact

th

at t

he

popula

tion o

f In

dia

rem

ained

the

sam

e in

1900

and

18

00

. T

he

reas

on

was

th

e u

nre

stri

cted

mas

-

sacr

e of

India

ns

wit

hout a

ny d

isti

nct

ion d

uri

ng th

e

1857-5

9 u

pri

sing a

nd s

ever

al f

amin

es o

f th

e 19th

cen

tury

. T

he

Bri

tish

mad

e co

nsi

sten

t ef

fort

s to

wid

en th

e g

ap b

etw

een

th

e tw

o c

om

mu

nit

ies

and

sow

enm

ity a

nd d

istr

ust

bet

wee

n th

em. T

hey

suc-

ceed

ed a

nd

In

dia

was

par

titi

on

ed.

Th

e au

thor

des

crib

es S

haban

a ‘

s acc

usa

tion

as

an

aber

rati

on

.

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ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

15

Th

e p

rod

uct

s o

f th

e in

her

ited

sy

stem

con

tin

ued

th

e tr

adit

ion

of

thei

r co

lon

ial

mas

ters

.

Po

liti

cia

ns,

no

t fr

eed

om

fig

hte

rs,

em

bra

ced

com

munal

isat

ion a

s a

short

-cut t

o v

ote

-ban

ks.

And

all

this

is

bei

ng

do

ne

in t

he

nam

e o

f se

cula

rism

.

This

is th

e m

ajor

cause

of

the

erosi

on a

nd d

ecli

ne

in t

he

cred

ibil

ity o

f th

e C

ongre

ss o

ver

the

yea

rs.

The

gre

at p

oli

tica

l par

ty th

at le

d th

e glo

-

rio

us

mo

vem

ent

for

free

do

m s

tan

ds

red

uce

d t

o

beg

gin

g f

or

support

fro

m th

ose

who a

re a

vai

lable

pro

vid

ed t

he

pri

ce i

s ri

ght.

In t

he

nam

e of

secu

-

lari

sm th

e par

ty p

layed

wit

h f

ire

and b

urn

t its

ow

n

bo

at.

If i

t h

ad r

emai

ned

a p

arty

co

mm

itte

d t

o

Gan

dhia

n tr

adit

ions

and le

gac

y, In

dia

’s p

oli

ty w

ould

no

t h

ave

reac

hed

th

e lo

w w

itn

esse

d d

uri

ng

th

e

con

fid

ence

mo

tio

n d

ebat

e o

n J

uly

22

.

Wh

at w

as t

he

idea

of

secu

lari

sm i

n I

n-

dia

wh

en n

on

e o

f th

e p

rese

nt d

ay p

oli

tica

l p

arti

es

was

on

th

e sc

ene?

Rec

all

the

up

risi

ng

of

18

57

wh

en d

uri

ng

th

e B

riti

sh r

epri

sals

In

dia

ns

wer

e

butc

her

ed ir

resp

ecti

ve

of

whet

her

they

wer

e H

in-

dus

or M

usl

ims.

To m

eet t

he

dem

and for re

sourc

es

nee

ded

to

su

pp

ress

In

dia

ns,

th

eir

pro

per

ties

wer

e

taken

over

by t

he

Bri

tish

and p

ut

up f

or

auct

ion.

Th

e fa

mo

us

mo

squ

es o

f D

elh

i, J

ama

Mas

jid

an

d F

ateh

pu

ri M

asji

d w

ere

amo

ng

th

ose

tak

en o

ver

by

th

e B

riti

sh.

Th

e Ja

ma

Mas

jid

was

clo

sed

to

Mu

slim

s an

d t

hey

wer

e n

ot

even

al-

low

ed t

o o

ffer

nam

az t

her

e. I

t w

as r

eop

ened

fo

r

Mu

slim

s fo

llo

win

g g

reat

eff

ort

s sp

earh

ead

ed b

y

Hin

du

s in

18

63

. B

y t

hen

it

was

in

a b

ad s

hap

e

and

req

uir

ed e

xte

nsi

ve

rep

air,

wh

ich

was

un

der

-

tak

en b

y H

ind

us.

In 1

85

8,

the

Fat

ehp

uri

Mas

jid

was

pu

t

un

der

th

e h

amm

er. O

ne

of

the

rich

est

per

son

s o

f

that

tim

e, L

ala

Chunna

Mal

, mad

e th

e hig

hes

t bid

and th

e m

osq

ue

bec

ame

his

per

sonal

pro

per

ty f

or-

ever

. B

ut

Lal

a C

hu

nn

a M

al r

etu

rned

th

e m

osq

ue

to M

usl

ims

in 1

88

6 w

ith

ou

t ch

arg

ing

an

y m

on

ey

for

this

tra

nsf

er o

f w

hat

was

th

en h

is p

erso

nal

pro

per

ty.

His

tori

ans

and

sch

ola

rs o

f In

dia

’s h

eri-

tage

and c

ult

ure

could

put

forw

ard u

mpte

en i

n-

stan

ces,

tra

dit

ion

s an

d p

ract

ices

sh

ared

by

In

di-

ans

of

all h

ues

as

they

had

lea

rnt “t

o liv

e to

get

her

and

wo

rk t

og

eth

er”.

Att

end

an

y i

nte

rnat

ion

al

mee

ting a

nd y

ou w

ill c

om

e ac

ross

the

sam

e st

ate-

men

t in

th

e id

iom

of

the

21

st c

entu

ry:

In t

he

era

of glo

bal

isat

ion a

nd c

onnec

tivit

y, p

eople

fro

m d

if-

fere

nt cu

ltu

res

and

fai

ths

hav

e to

lea

rn to

liv

e to

-

get

her

.

Th

e B

riti

sh c

olo

nia

l G

ov

ern

men

t h

ad a

reas

on

to

so

w t

he

seed

s o

f d

isco

rd.

Th

ey m

ade

ever

y a

ttem

pt

to d

estr

oy

in

ter-

fait

h a

mit

y. B

ut

it

is d

iffi

cult

to

co

mp

reh

end

wh

y I

nd

ian

lea

der

s

should

conti

nue

to f

oll

ow

in t

hei

r fo

ots

teps.

It

is

dif

ficu

lt t

o u

nder

stan

d w

hy t

hey

can

not

thin

k o

f

Ind

ia b

eyo

nd

th

e n

ext el

ecti

on

.

It is

the

poli

tica

l le

ader

ship

’s r

esponsi

-

bil

ity

to

set

an

ex

amp

le o

f co

mm

un

al a

mit

y a

nd

soci

al h

arm

on

y b

efo

re s

cho

ol

chil

dre

n w

ho

wil

l

be

con

du

ctin

g t

he

affa

irs

of

Ind

ia a

fter

a c

ou

ple

of

dec

ades

. Y

et t

hey

are

sh

red

din

g t

o p

iece

s

Gan

dhi’

s pri

nci

ple

of

trust

eesh

ip e

ver

y d

ay.

Fu-

ture

gen

erat

ions

shal

l hold

the

pre

sent g

ener

atio

n

in p

ow

er r

esponsi

ble

for

the

fail

ure

to p

rote

ct I

n-

dia

an

d p

roje

ct I

nd

ia f

or

wh

ich

Bh

agat

Sin

gh

,

Su

bh

as C

han

dra

Bo

se, G

and

hi,

an

d th

ou

san

ds

of

oth

ers

sacr

ific

ed e

ver

yth

ing, i

ncl

udin

g th

eir

lives

.

Som

ebody i

n M

um

bai

ref

usi

ng t

o s

ell

his

fla

t to M

s A

zmi i

s no m

ore

than

an a

ber

rati

on.

Bu

t a

mo

squ

e b

ein

g p

rote

cted

, p

rese

rved

an

d r

e-

turn

ed a

s a

gif

t to

Mu

slim

s is

a t

rad

itio

n t

hat

is

bas

ed o

n p

rinci

ple

s an

d v

alues

. This

trad

itio

n h

as

to b

e re

viv

ed.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

16

Tw

o y

ears

in

ten

se n

ego

tiat

ion

s, m

any

up

s an

d d

ow

ns

wh

ich

sta

rted

wit

h t

he

12

3 c

ivil

nu

clea

r ag

reem

ent

bet

wee

n I

nd

ia a

nd

th

e U

nit

ed

Sta

tes

of

Am

eric

a w

as f

inal

ly c

lear

ed b

y t

he

45

-

mem

ber

car

tel o

f N

ucl

ear

Suppli

ers

Gro

up (

NS

G)

on

Sep

tem

ber

7. In

dia

get

s th

e cl

eara

nce

wit

ho

ut

sig

nin

g t

he

NP

T a

nd

CT

BT

. Th

e N

SG

cam

e in

to

exis

ten

ce 3

4-y

ears

ag

o a

s a

resp

on

se t

o I

nd

ia’s

1974 P

okhra

n te

st, a

nd th

e sa

me

org

anis

atio

n h

ad

to b

end

its

str

ing

ent

rule

s to

acc

om

mo

dat

e In

dia

in t

he

nu

clea

r ca

rtel

.

Th

e N

SG

’s e

xem

pti

on

did

no

t co

me

easi

ly b

ut

hap

pen

ed b

ecau

se o

f re

cog

nit

ion

fo

r

Ind

ia a

s an

em

erg

ing

po

wer

wit

h a

sta

ble

dem

o-

crat

ic s

yst

em, g

row

ing m

arket

eco

nom

y a

nd b

usi

-

nes

s ap

pea

l. I

nd

ia’s

ear

lier

un

ilat

eral

mo

rato

riu

m

to n

ucl

ear

test

ing m

ade

by th

e fo

rmer

Pri

me

Min

-

iste

r, M

r. A

tal

Beh

ari

Vaj

pay

ee,

go

ver

nm

ent

and

cite

d b

y F

ore

ign M

inis

ter,

Mr.

Pra

nab

Mukher

jee,

hel

ped

win

nin

g o

ver

th

e la

st s

ix n

aysa

yer

s. A

s

per

NS

G c

onven

tion e

ven

a s

ingle

dis

senti

ng c

oun-

try

co

uld

hav

e k

ille

d t

he

exem

pti

on

res

olu

tio

n

moved

by t

he

Am

eric

an g

over

nm

ent.

Both

Pre

siden

t B

ush

and S

ecre

tary

of

Sta

te C

on

do

leez

za R

ice

- ev

en o

n h

er tri

p to

Po

r-

Civ

il N

ucl

ear

Wai

ver

Fo

r In

dia

Ind

u P

raka

sh S

ing

h

tugal

and L

ibya

- pic

ked

up th

e phone

more

than

once

to c

all t

hei

r co

unte

rpar

ts in

Chin

a, I

rela

nd,

Aust

ria,

New

Zea

land a

nd o

ther

countr

ies

dur-

ing t

he

thre

e day

s of

inte

nse

neg

oti

atio

ns.

Rus-

sia,

Fra

nce

and U

K, t

oo, w

ere

equal

ly b

usy

can

-

vas

sing s

upport

to p

ush

thro

ugh t

he

NS

G t

he

India

n e

xem

pti

on.

Th

ere

wer

e m

any

op

po

nen

ts e

ven

in

the

US

A t

o t

he

civil

nucl

ear

dea

l, w

ho t

ried

to

mis

lead

or

sab

ota

ge

the

nu

clea

r co

mm

erce

by

leak

ing

ou

t a

lett

er s

ent

by

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t to

the

chai

rman

of

the

house

fore

ign r

elat

ions

com

-

mit

tee

in J

anuar

y this

yea

r. I

t is

par

t of

the

regu-

lar

com

munic

atio

n th

at a

lway

s goes

on b

etw

een

the

leg

isla

ture

an

d t

he

exec

uti

ve

in a

ny

dem

oc-

racy

.

Wh

at S

tate

Dep

artm

ent

off

icia

l Je

f-

frey

Ber

gner

wro

te t

o t

he

then

house

com

mit

-

tee

chai

rman

of

fore

ign

rel

atio

ns,

th

e la

te T

om

Lan

tos,

is

stra

ightf

orw

ard.

His

com

munic

atio

n

said

th

at th

e n

ucl

ear

agre

emen

t w

ill en

d th

e d

ay

Ind

ia t

ests

an

d t

hat

tra

nsf

ers

of

sen

siti

ve

tech

-

nolo

gie

s w

ere

not p

art o

f th

e dea

l. T

hat

has

bee

n

on t

he

table

fro

m d

ay o

ne.

India

wen

t in

to i

t

wit

h full

know

ledge,

but g

ave

a poli

tica

l spin

to it

Th

e A

uth

or

feel

s th

at

nu

clea

r S

uppli

er G

rou

p’s

cle

ara

nce

has

com

e as

a s

hot

in t

he

arm

to I

ndia

- c

han

gin

g i

ts s

trate

gic

Equ

ati

on

s w

ith

man

y co

un

trie

s, d

ram

ati

call

y.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

17

say

ing

th

at I

nd

ia w

as a

lrea

dy

ob

serv

ing

a v

olu

n-

tary

mora

tori

um

, dec

lare

d b

y n

one

oth

er than

the

nat

ion

alis

t B

har

atiy

a Ja

nat

a P

arty

(B

JP)-

led

Na-

tio

nal

Dem

ocr

atic

All

ian

ce (

ND

A)

go

ver

nm

ent.

The

Pri

me

Min

iste

r, D

r. M

anm

ohan

Sin

gh,

and

his

Co

ng

ress

co

llea

gu

es h

ad i

n f

act

emp

has

ised

that

it

was

no

t C

on

gre

ss t

hat

had

esc

hew

ed f

u-

ture

tes

tin

g.

It w

as c

lear

as

day

lig

ht

that

as

and

wh

en I

nd

ia c

ho

ose

s to

co

nd

uct

a n

ucl

ear

test

, it

wo

uld

be

read

y t

o f

ace

the

con

seq

uen

ces

of

glo

-

bal

san

ctio

ns

on

ce a

gai

n.

The

impli

cit I

ndia

n a

ssum

pti

on h

ad b

een

that

In

dia

did

no

t se

e th

e n

eed

fo

r co

nd

uct

ing

Pokhra

n I

II i

n t

he

nea

r fu

ture

, an

d t

hat

ther

e w

as

no n

eed f

or

faci

ng u

p to

the

fall

out o

f a

hypoth

eti-

cal q

ues

tion. D

r. S

ingh h

ad m

ade

it c

lear

on m

ore

than

on

e o

ccas

ion

.

Ev

en t

he

BJP

an

d i

ts p

rim

e m

inis

teri

al

hopef

ul M

r. L

.K. A

dvan

i know

s th

at th

ey w

ill n

ot

con

du

ct a

nu

clea

r te

st i

f th

ey a

re r

etu

rned

to

po

wer

bec

ause

su

ch a

tes

t d

oes

no

t ad

d t

o t

he

countr

y’s

mil

itar

y p

row

ess.

The

Lef

t’s

opposi

tion

was

the

over

ridin

g a

nti

-Am

eric

an s

enti

men

t at t

he

beh

est of

thei

r m

ento

rs in B

eiji

ng.

Th

e b

reak

thro

ug

h s

ho

wed

th

at t

he

US

stil

l w

ield

s si

gn

ific

ant

clo

ut

in t

he

inte

rnat

ion

al

com

munit

y a

nd r

eport

s of

its

imm

inen

t dem

ise

or

dec

line

mig

ht b

e ex

agger

ated

. Pre

siden

t Bush

too

reta

ins

a g

oo

d d

eal

of

equ

ity

in

th

e w

anin

g d

ays

of

his

pre

siden

cy,

alth

ough I

ndia

’s o

wn s

pir

it o

f

acco

mm

od

atio

n w

ent

a lo

ng

way

in

get

tin

g t

he

dea

l o

ver

th

e p

enu

ltim

ate

hu

rdle

.

The

Def

ence

Min

iste

r, M

r. A

.K. A

nto

ny,

is in

Was

hin

gto

n a

nd

he

is e

xp

ecte

d to

dis

cuss

in

det

ail

the

Ind

o-U

S s

ecu

rity

iss

ues

, in

clu

din

g t

he

12

3 a

gre

emen

t an

d r

elat

ed s

ub

ject

s o

n I

nd

o-U

S

civil

nucl

ear

dea

l wit

h h

is U

S c

ounte

rpar

t Rober

t

Ga

tes,

a

nd

a

lso

S

ec

reta

ry

of

Sta

te

Ms.

Condole

ezza

Ric

e an

d N

atio

nal

Sec

uri

ty A

dvis

er

Ste

ph

en H

adle

y.

Bu

t th

e im

pli

cati

on

s g

o m

uch

bey

on

d

ener

gy

an

d tec

hn

olo

gy.

In

str

ateg

ic ter

ms,

it n

ow

bri

ng

s In

dia

clo

ser

to th

e U

S a

nd

sev

eral

key

Eu

-

ropea

n c

ountr

ies.

At t

he

sam

e ti

me,

it m

ight b

ring

cert

ain

fro

stin

ess

to I

nd

ia’s

rel

atio

ns

wit

h C

hin

a

as e

xp

ecte

d a

fter

Bei

jin

g’s

su

dd

en o

bje

ctio

ns

in

Vie

nna

to t

he

wai

ver

. E

ven

so,

Bei

jing f

orm

ally

wel

com

ed N

ew D

elh

i to

th

e n

ucl

ear

clu

b a

fter

the

NS

G f

inal

ly n

odded

it th

rough.

Chin

a al

most

spoil

t In

dia

’s p

arty

. T

hat

wil

l re

mai

n the

last

ing m

emory

of

Bei

jing’s

str

a-

tegic

mis

calc

ula

tion in

opposi

ng I

ndia

’s w

aiver

at

the

NS

G m

eeti

ng.

The

Nat

ional

Sec

uri

ty A

dvi-

sor,

Mr.

M.K

. N

aray

anan

, ex

pre

ssed

his

dis

ap-

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

18

po

intm

ent

at C

hin

a’s

beh

avio

ur

bec

ause

Pre

si-

den

t H

u J

inta

o a

nd

PM

Wen

Jia

bao

had

ass

ure

d

Man

mohan

Sin

gh B

eiji

ng w

ould

pla

y a

const

ruc-

tive

role

. T

his

could

hav

e im

pli

cati

ons

for

bil

at-

eral

tie

s b

ecau

se a

go

ver

nm

ent

lon

g a

ccu

sed

of

win

kin

g a

t Bei

jing’s

tran

sgre

ssio

ns

dec

ided

to g

o

publi

c w

ith it

s dis

appoin

tmen

t.

Am

eric

ans

hav

e st

arte

d c

ou

nti

ng

N-

chic

ken

s. T

he

sale

of

nu

clea

r re

acto

rs t

o I

nd

ia

wil

l tra

nsl

ate

into

thousa

nds

of

jobs

for

US

work

-

ers

and

del

iver

a b

oo

st t

o t

he

Am

eric

an n

ucl

ear

po

wer

in

du

stry

. T

he

26

-pag

e st

ate

dep

artm

ent

resp

onse

to th

e ques

tions

sent b

y th

e H

ouse

com

-

mit

tee

on

fo

reig

n a

ffai

rs h

as s

pel

t o

ut

po

ssib

le

ben

efit

s th

at t

he

US

-In

dia

civ

ilia

n n

ucl

ear

dea

l

wil

l y

ield

to

Am

eric

a. S

enio

r In

dia

n a

tom

ic e

n-

ergy o

ffic

ials

hav

e in

dic

ated

that

they

pla

n to

im-

po

rt 4

0 n

ucl

ear

reac

tors

wit

hin

th

e n

ext 1

2 y

ears

,

incl

udin

g a

t lea

st e

ight 1

,000M

W-s

ize

reac

tors

by

2012.

If A

mer

ican

ven

do

rs w

in j

ust

tw

o o

f

thes

e re

acto

r co

ntr

acts

, it

co

uld

ad

d 3

,00

0-5

,00

0

new

dir

ect

jobs,

and 1

0,0

00-1

5,0

00 i

ndir

ect

jobs

in t

he

Un

ited

Sta

tes.

At

leas

t 1

5 n

ucl

ear-

rela

ted

US

fir

ms,

in

clu

din

g G

en

era

l E

lec

tric

an

d

Wes

tin

gh

ou

se,

had

bee

n p

art

of

a b

usi

nes

s d

el-

egat

ion

led

by

th

e U

S c

om

mer

ce d

epar

tmen

t in

Dec

ember

2006.

Par

tici

pat

ion in

India

’s m

arket

wil

l hel

p

mak

e th

e A

mer

ican

nu

clea

r p

ow

er i

nd

ust

ry g

lo-

bal

ly c

om

pet

itiv

e, th

ereb

y b

enef

itin

g U

S n

ucl

ear

po

wer

sec

tor.

India

n s

cien

tist

s vie

w F

rance

and R

us-

sia

as t

he

pri

mar

y p

ote

nti

al p

artn

ers

for

futu

re

import

of

reac

tors

or

fuel

. T

his

vie

w s

tem

s fr

om

the

his

tori

cal r

elat

ionsh

ips

bet

wee

n I

ndia

and th

e

two c

ountr

ies

in h

igh-t

echnolo

gy c

oll

abora

tion.

Fra

nce

had

hel

ped

In

dia

wit

h s

pac

e te

chn

olo

gy

and

Ru

ssia

had

pro

vid

ed t

wo

nu

clea

r re

acto

rs

under

a d

eal

in t

he

1990s.

A c

ivil

ian

nu

clea

r tr

ade

pac

t w

ill

also

allo

w s

cien

tist

s fr

om

both

countr

ies

to w

ork

to-

get

her

to m

ake

nucl

ear

ener

gy s

afer

, le

ss e

xpen

-

sive

and p

roli

fera

tion-r

esis

tant.

Th

e N

SG

cle

aran

ce h

as a

lso

ch

ang

ed

Ind

ia’s

str

ateg

ic e

qu

atio

ns

in a

big

way

, w

hic

h i

s

the

mai

n c

ause

fo

r C

hin

ese

ob

du

racy

. T

he

Na-

tional

Sec

uri

ty A

dvis

or,

Mr.

M.

K.

Nar

ayan

an,

has

pla

ced

on

rec

ord

In

dia

’s c

om

pla

int,

a n

ote

-

wort

hy d

evel

opm

ent on the

par

t of

a gover

nm

ent

wh

ich

has

bee

n a

ccu

sed

of

win

kin

g a

t th

e fr

e-

qu

ent

Ch

ines

e b

ord

er t

ran

sgre

ssio

ns,

bel

lico

se

rhet

ori

c o

n A

run

ach

al P

rad

esh

an

d o

ther

act

s o

f

pro

voca

tion.

Those

cam

pai

gnin

g f

or

bet

ter

ties

wit

h C

hin

a ar

e su

re t

o r

egre

t th

e C

hin

ese

ind

is-

cret

ion

, p

oss

ibly

th

e re

sult

of

a ra

re m

isca

lcu

la-

tio

n a

bo

ut

the

US

sto

ck w

ith

th

e E

uro

pea

ns,

as

well

as

its

ow

n u

nsa

vo

ury

rep

uta

tio

n a

s th

e

“mo

ther

pro

life

rato

rs”.

In

dia

has

em

erg

ed a

s a

po

wer

nar

rati

ve

at a

tim

e w

hen

th

e co

un

try

has

mo

ved

ou

t o

f th

e S

ou

th A

sia

bo

x b

ecau

se o

f th

e

mis

fort

une

of

get

ting c

ouple

d w

ith P

akis

tan.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

19

I am

wri

tin

g t

his

fro

m O

riss

a w

hic

h,

qu

ite

un

char

acte

rist

ical

ly,

do

min

ated

nat

ion

al

new

s sp

ace

du

rin

g t

he

last

wee

k o

f A

ug

ust

fo

r

alt

og

eth

er

wro

ng

reaso

ns.

Bh

ub

an

esw

ar,

th

e

Sta

te’s

nea

tly

pla

nn

ed p

ost

-In

dep

end

ence

Cap

i-

tal,

is tr

anquil

enough b

ut i

nte

rior

dis

tric

ts a

re s

till

sim

mer

ing f

rom

the

fall

out

of

the

hei

nous

assa

s-

sin

ati

on

o

f th

e

ve

ne

rate

d

mo

nk

S

wa

mi

Lax

man

anan

da,

80

-yea

r-o

ld m

essi

ah o

f th

e p

oo

r

and d

ow

ntr

odden

in o

ne

of

Ori

ssa’

s re

mote

st a

nd

leas

t d

evel

op

ed d

istr

icts

— K

and

hm

al.

To m

y s

urp

rise

, I

found p

assi

ons

run-

nin

g h

igh e

ven

in t

he

Cap

ital

par

ticu

larl

y o

ver

what

peo

ple

all

ege

is th

e bia

sed a

nd u

ndes

ervin

gly

neg

ativ

e p

ub

lici

ty th

e S

tate

rec

eiv

ed in

th

e af

ter-

mat

h o

f th

e m

urd

er a

nd

th

e v

iole

nce

th

at p

red

ict-

ably

foll

ow

ed.

It i

s a

tryin

g t

ime

for

the

Sta

te’s

usu

all

y u

nfl

ap

pab

le C

hie

f M

inis

ter

Nav

een

Pat

nai

k w

ho

ap

pea

rs s

et t

o b

e el

ecte

d f

or

a th

ird

stra

igh

t te

rm in

off

ice

wh

en A

ssem

bly

po

lls

hap

-

pen

nex

t y

ear.

Th

e fa

llo

ut h

as a

lso

bee

n a

tes

t fo

r

his

co

alit

ion

par

tner

BJP

, w

ho

se H

ind

u c

on

stit

u-

ency

is

ou

trag

ed b

y th

e k

illi

ng

of

the

Sw

ami.

Fo

rtu

nat

ely,

th

e B

JD-B

JP a

llia

nce

is

ho

ldin

g f

irm

des

pit

e h

oth

ead

s p

erio

dic

ally

see

k-

Fo

r C

hri

st’s

Sak

eC

han

dan

Mit

ra

ing t

o s

tir

up t

rouble

. T

he

vio

lence

, w

hic

h o

mi-

no

usl

y a

ffec

ted

vil

lag

es r

ath

er t

han

cit

ies

— u

n-

lik

e th

e p

atte

rn o

f o

ther

co

mm

un

al d

istu

rban

ces

— i

s al

so s

imm

erin

g d

ow

n.

Bu

t th

e q

ues

tio

ns

it

has

rai

sed

dra

mat

ical

ly a

ll o

ver

ag

ain

nee

d t

o b

e

add

ress

ed i

f re

curr

ence

is

to b

e co

nta

ined

in

th

e

futu

re.

What

has

agit

ated

aver

age

mid

dle

cla

ss

peo

ple

in

Ori

ssa

is t

he

man

ner

in

wh

ich

a o

ne-

sid

ed p

ersp

ecti

ve

is b

ein

g p

edd

led

as

fact

in

th

e

nat

ion

al m

edia

, to

th

e co

urt

s an

d e

ven

am

on

g

sch

oo

l ch

ild

ren

. T

her

e is

co

nst

ern

atio

n o

ver

th

e

on

e-d

ay s

trik

e ca

lled

by

Ch

rist

ian

org

anis

atio

ns

that

sh

ut d

ow

n m

any

sch

oo

ls a

nd

co

lleg

es a

cro

ss

the

countr

y. “

The

Court

s ar

e quic

k t

o d

enounce

stri

kes

an

d b

and

hs

ever

yw

her

e. P

oli

tica

l p

arti

es

are

even

fin

ed f

or

call

ing

a b

and

h.

Wh

y h

asn

’t

anybody c

ondem

ned

the

enfo

rced

str

ike

in C

hri

s-

tian

ed

uca

tio

nal

in

stit

uti

on

s?”

ask

ed a

n a

ng

ry

teac

her

.

Ap

par

entl

y, s

om

e sc

ho

ol

auth

ori

ties

even

dis

trib

ute

d a

cir

cula

r am

ong s

tuden

ts e

xpla

in-

ing

wh

y t

he

ban

dh

had

bee

n c

alle

d.

Th

e le

tter

com

pla

ined

in

a h

igh

-pit

ched

to

ne

abo

ut

the

at-

tack

s o

n c

hu

rch

es,

pri

ests

, o

rph

anag

es a

nd

ord

i-

Th

e w

rite

r o

pin

es t

ha

t a

sec

tio

n o

f p

rose

lyti

zin

g m

issi

on

ari

es h

ave

mil

ked

th

e

Po

st-L

ax

ma

na

nd

a v

iole

nce

to

th

eir

Ad

van

tag

e. E

xp

erts

in

ma

rket

ing

, “

go

spel

” l

ies.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

20

nar

y C

hri

stia

n v

illa

ger

s by r

ampag

ing m

obs.

The

circ

ula

r, a

dm

itte

dly

als

o r

egre

tted

th

e m

urd

er o

f

the

oct

ogen

aria

n S

wam

i, b

ut

only

in a

pro

form

a

fash

ion. T

he

purp

ose

of

the

expla

nat

ory

lett

er w

as

not

real

ly t

o e

xpla

in b

ut

to c

ondit

ion y

oung, im

-

pre

ssio

nab

le m

inds

into

a p

arti

cula

r li

ne

of

thin

k-

ing.

A p

aren

t to

ld m

e ab

out

the

foll

ow

ing

exch

ang

e w

ith

his

sch

oo

l-g

oin

g d

aug

hte

r: “

Wh

y

is y

ou

r sc

ho

ol

clo

sed

to

mo

rro

w?”

he

had

ask

ed.

Pat

cam

e th

e re

ply

, “B

ecau

se H

ind

us

are

kil

lin

g

innoce

nt C

hri

stia

ns

in O

riss

a.”

When

he

per

sist

ed

and q

uer

ied w

hy H

indus

are

suppose

dly

doin

g th

at,

his

dau

ghte

r lo

oked

nonplu

ssed

and c

onfe

ssed

she

had

no id

ea, b

ut a

fter

som

e th

ought a

dded

, “T

hey

did

th

at t

o M

usl

ims

in G

uja

rat

also

, N

o?”

Th

e

bra

inw

ashin

g o

f ch

ildre

n, e

spec

iall

y in u

rban

In-

dia

, h

as a

cqu

ired

a n

ew d

imen

sio

n.

So

met

imes

I g

et t

he

feel

ing

th

at a

dia

-

bo

lica

l se

ctio

n o

f p

rose

lyti

sin

g m

issi

on

arie

s ar

e

det

erm

ined

to

mil

k t

he

po

st-L

axm

anan

and

vio

-

lence

to th

e hil

t to furt

her

thei

r ca

use

. Sig

nif

ican

tly,

as e

ven

die

har

d s

ecu

lar

TV

ch

ann

els

hav

e re

-

vea

led, t

he

vio

lence

in O

riss

a, u

nli

ke

post

-Godhra

Guja

rat,

was

har

dly

one-

sided

. C

hri

stia

n-d

om

i-

nat

ed v

illa

ges

per

secu

ted H

indus

as m

uch

as

vic

e

ver

sa a

nd

, in

an

y c

ase

the

dis

turb

ance

s w

ere

con

-

fined

to j

ust

tw

o d

istr

icts

. A

nd,

by t

he

way

, no

nu

n w

as b

urn

t to

dea

th;

it w

as a

Hin

du

wo

man

wh

o w

as u

nfo

rtu

nat

ely

tra

pp

ed i

n a

hu

t se

t o

n

fire

by v

andal

s. N

o w

onder

larg

e num

ber

s of

Hin

-

du

s, e

spec

iall

y w

om

en,

con

ver

ged

on

a r

elie

f

cam

p f

or

Chri

stia

ns

in T

ikla

bar

i in K

andhm

al la

st

Wed

nes

day

, dem

andin

g th

at e

ither

ever

ybody g

et

off

icia

l rel

ief

or

the

Chri

stia

ns-

only

cam

p b

e sh

ut.

Th

ey t

old

vis

itin

g p

oli

tici

ans

and

th

e m

edia

th

at

they

to

o h

ad s

uff

ered

in

th

e v

iole

nce

. B

esid

es,

the

po

lice

was

str

ictl

y e

nfo

rcin

g c

urf

ew p

rev

ent-

ing th

em f

rom

goin

g to

work

to e

arn a

livel

ihood.

“Why a

re C

hri

stia

ns

get

ting a

ll th

e at

tenti

on w

hil

e

we

are

star

vin

g?”

th

e ch

arg

ed c

row

ds

dem

and

ed

to k

now

. I

am r

efer

ring t

o t

his

inci

den

t only

to

un

der

lin

e th

at t

he

issu

e is

no

t as

sim

ple

as

the

counse

l for

Chri

stia

n o

rgan

isat

ions

mad

e it

out i

n

the

Supre

me

Court

las

t T

hurs

day

.

It i

s a

mea

sure

of

the

effi

cacy

of

the

Chri

stia

n n

etw

ork

that

wit

hin

hours

of

the

dis

tur-

ban

ces

hap

pen

ing

, th

e P

op

e is

sued

a s

tro

ng

de-

nu

nci

atio

n o

f th

e “p

erse

cuti

on

” o

f C

hri

stia

ns

in

India

. W

ors

e, t

he

Ital

ian F

ore

ign O

ffic

e had

the

tem

erit

y to

sum

mon I

ndia

’s A

mbas

sador

in R

om

e

to a

dm

on

ish

him

an

d d

eman

d a

n i

mm

edia

te e

nd

to t

he

har

assm

ent

of

Ch

rist

ian

s in

th

is c

ou

ntr

y.

Inci

den

tall

y, b

oth

th

ese

acti

on

s h

ave

con

trib

ute

d

to t

he

ang

er o

f p

eop

le i

n O

riss

a.

I w

as r

epea

ted

ly a

sked

wh

y N

ew D

elh

i

had

no

t is

sued

a s

tro

ng

sta

tem

ent

tell

ing

Ro

me

A F

ore

ign

er in

th

e jo

b o

f co

nve

rtin

gan

in

no

cen

t la

dy.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

21

and

th

e H

oly

See

r th

at O

riss

a is

In

dia

’s i

nte

rnal

affa

ir a

nd t

hey

should

kee

p t

hei

r m

outh

s fi

rmly

shu

t. “

Eac

h t

ime

ther

e ar

e so

me

pro

ble

ms

be-

twee

n H

ind

us

and

Mu

slim

s, P

akis

tan

to

o m

akes

gra

tuit

ous

nois

es a

bout M

usl

ims

in India

. But D

elhi

tell

s th

em to

sta

y a

way

fro

m o

ur

inte

rnal

mat

ters

.

Why d

oes

the

Gover

nm

ent l

ack th

e guts

to d

o th

e

sam

e w

ith I

taly

?” a

sked

an i

rate

journ

alis

t, h

int-

ing

th

at t

he

reas

on

fo

r b

ein

g d

efer

enti

al t

ow

ard

s

Ital

ians,

res

iden

t or non-r

esid

ent, w

ould

not b

e ver

y

far

to s

eek

. In f

airn

ess,

though, t

he

ven

erab

le P

ope,

as s

pir

itu

al h

ead

of

the

Ro

man

Cat

ho

lic

wo

rld

,

has

a r

igh

t to

ex

pre

ss c

on

cern

if

his

co

-rel

igio

n-

ists

fac

e in

secu

rity

in

an

y p

art

of

the

wo

rld

. B

ut

the

po

nti

ff w

ou

ld h

ave

do

ne

wel

l to

ap

pre

ciat

e

the

gra

vit

y o

f th

e si

tuat

ion

an

d a

lso

rec

og

nis

ed

the

root

cause

of

the

fric

tion. T

her

e w

ould

be

no

tro

ub

le b

etw

een

Hin

du

s an

d C

hri

stia

ns,

wh

o a

re

mo

stly

a p

eace

ful

com

mu

nit

y l

ivin

g i

n h

arm

on

y

wit

h H

ind

us

for

cen

turi

es, b

ut

for

the

agg

ress

ive

cam

pai

gn

to

“h

arv

est

sou

ls”,

mea

nin

g,

con

ver

t

poor

Hin

dus.

It

is t

he

infl

ux o

f m

assi

ve

funds,

mai

nly

fro

m E

uro

pe,

to f

urt

her

a r

enew

ed e

van

-

gel

ical

off

ensi

ve

in I

nd

ia t

hat

is

the

cau

se o

f

mounti

ng te

nsi

ons

bet

wee

n H

indus

and C

hri

stia

ns

in m

any p

arts

of

India

.

An

Ori

ssa

leg

isla

tor

(no

t B

JP)

nar

rate

d

som

e in

stan

ces

of

gli

tzy

au

dio

-vis

ual

cam

pai

gn

s

by

Ch

rist

ian

mis

sio

nar

ies

in th

e S

tate

’s in

teri

ors

.

Alt

ho

ug

h t

he

Sta

te G

ov

ern

men

t w

as f

orc

ed t

o

ban

the

entr

y o

f fo

reig

n e

van

gel

ists

foll

ow

ing p

ro-

test

s so

me

yea

rs a

go

, th

ere’

s n

o s

top

pin

g t

he

funds.

Pro

mis

es o

f good e

duca

tion, j

obs

and e

ven

care

ers

abro

ad a

re f

reel

y m

ade,

tem

pti

ng

man

y

impover

ished

vil

lager

s.

Dis

pen

sin

g w

ith

th

e u

sual

par

aph

ern

a-

lia

of bap

tism

, som

e pri

ests

appar

entl

y p

resi

de

over

mas

s co

nver

sions

wher

eby th

ose

wil

ling to

chan

ge

thei

r re

ligio

n n

eed o

nly

to ta

ke

a dip

in th

e vil

lage

po

nd

to e

xp

iate

thei

r p

ast s

ins.

As

man

y in

dep

en-

den

t so

cio

log

ists

hav

e p

oin

ted

ou

t, n

ew c

on

ver

ts

in v

illa

ges

bec

om

e par

ticu

larl

y a

ggre

ssiv

e to

war

ds

thei

r er

stw

hil

e co

mm

unit

y a

nd t

he

resu

ltin

g s

o-

cial

cle

avag

e ev

entu

ally

spil

ls o

ver

into

vio

lence

.

This

is

pro

bab

ly t

he

stro

nges

t ar

gum

ent

for

en-

acti

ng w

ater

tight a

nti

-conver

sion le

gis

lati

on.

The

Gover

nm

ent i

s re

quir

ed to

pre

serv

e

an

d p

rom

ote

so

cia

l h

arm

on

y,

reb

uff

ing

th

e

Churc

h’s

am

bit

ion to

“har

ves

t souls

”. I

n th

e fi

nal

anal

ysi

s, h

ow

ever

, H

ind

u s

oci

ety

to

o i

s to

bla

me

for

the

stea

dy

ex

pan

sio

n o

f C

hri

stia

n m

issi

on

ary

ac

tiv

ity.

Wh

y

are

th

ere

so

fe

w

Sw

am

i

Lax

man

anan

ds

amo

ng

us?

Wh

y d

on

’t H

ind

u

org

anis

atio

ns

work

more

eff

ecti

vel

y in

bac

kw

ard

and

tri

bal

-do

min

ated

are

as?

Th

at is

the

on

ly w

ay

to d

eny n

on-I

ndic

rel

igio

ns

a fo

oth

old

in s

ensi

tive

par

ts o

f th

e co

un

try

an

d t

her

eby

pre

serv

ing

so

-

cial

har

mony.

Co

nve

rsio

n o

f a

new

Bab

y

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

22

Pash

yan

nap

i ca n

a p

ash

yati

mo

od

o

(See

ing y

ou d

o n

ot s

ee, h

ey fool!

) —

Adi S

han

kar

a

inB

ha

ja G

ovi

nd

am

Th

ey s

eein

g s

ee n

ot;

an

d h

eari

ng

th

ey

hea

r n

ot,

nei

ther

do

th

ey u

nd

erst

and

— M

ath

ew

13:1

3, T

he

Bib

le

Hea

r n

ow

th

is,

O f

oo

lish

peo

ple

, an

d

wit

hout u

nder

stan

din

g; w

hic

h h

ave

eyes

, and s

ee

no

t; w

hic

h h

ave

ears

, an

d h

ear

no

t —

Jer

emia

h

5:2

1, T

he

Bib

le

Th

ere

are

no

ne

so b

lin

d a

s th

ose

wh

o

wil

l n

ot

see.

Th

e m

ost

del

ud

ed p

eop

le a

re t

ho

se

wh

o c

ho

ose

to

ig

no

re w

hat

th

ey a

lrea

dy

kn

ow

Joh

n H

eyw

oo

d (

15

46

AD

)

It a

lmo

st s

eem

s th

at

all

th

ese

gre

at

min

ds

wer

e ab

le to

pee

r m

ille

nn

ia in

to th

e fu

ture

and

co

rrec

tly

cap

ture

th

e le

adin

g p

erso

nal

itie

s o

f

the

Congre

ss p

arty

in the

Unit

ed P

rogre

ssiv

e A

l-

lian

ce g

ov

ern

men

t. T

he

des

crip

tio

ns

in a

ll t

hes

e

qu

ota

tio

ns

exac

tly

to

th

e le

tter

T f

it t

he

spo

kes

-

per

son

s o

f th

e U

PA g

ov

ern

men

t w

ho

are

mak

ing

a p

ub

lic

spec

tacl

e o

f th

emse

lves

by

ty

ing

th

em-

selv

es in

to k

nots

fobbin

g o

ff o

n ‘

We,

The

Peo

ple

who

m t

hey

dis

dai

nfu

lly r

egar

d a

s m

oro

ns,

pre

-

po

ster

ou

s st

atem

ents

to

ex

pla

in a

way

th

e re

po

rt

publi

shed

in T

he

Was

hin

gto

n P

ost

on th

e 26-p

age

do

cum

ent

sen

t to

Rep

To

m L

anto

s, t

hen

ch

air-

man

of

the

US

House

Fore

ign R

elat

ions

Com

-

mit

tee

on J

anuar

y 1

6.Rei

tera

tio

ns,

no

t re

vela

tio

ns B

S R

agh

avan

‘I t

old

yo

u s

o!’

is

no

t a

ple

asan

t p

hra

se

at t

he

bes

t of

tim

es f

or

a co

lum

nis

t to

use

, an

d i

t

bec

om

es p

arti

cula

rly u

nple

asan

t in b

ad ti

mes

like

thes

e w

hen

the

gover

nm

ent i

s fi

ndin

g it

self

out o

f

its

dep

th c

op

ing

wit

h n

atu

ral

and

man

-mad

e ca

-

lam

itie

s over

whel

min

g it

on a

ll s

ides

. Sti

ll, b

eing

only

hum

an, I

can

not r

esis

t the

tem

pta

tion o

f poin

t-

ing

ou

t th

at n

oth

ing

th

at is

con

tain

ed in

th

e le

tter

of

the

Bush

Adm

inis

trat

ion t

o C

hai

rman

Lan

tos

would

or

should

hav

e bee

n a

rev

elat

ion to

anyone

fam

ilia

r w

ith the

seri

es o

f 20 a

rtic

les

I hav

e w

rit-

ten r

ight

from

July

20,

2005 c

om

men

ting o

n t

he

firs

tJo

int

Sta

tem

en

t b

etw

een

US

Pre

sid

en

t

Ge

org

e W

B

ush

, a

nd

P

rim

e M

inis

ter

Dr

Man

mo

han

Sin

gh

iss

ued

on

Ju

ly 1

8 th

at y

ear.

Co

lum

n a

fter

co

lum

n s

ince

th

en h

ad

bee

n p

oin

tin

g o

ut

that

th

e so

-cal

led

‘fu

ll c

ivil

ian

nu

clea

r co

op

erat

ion

ag

reem

ent’

is

any

thin

g b

ut

full

, that

the

US

had

wit

hout a

ny q

ual

ms

inco

rpo-

rate

d i

n t

he

Hy

de

Act

an

d t

he

12

3 A

gre

emen

t a

num

ber

of

‘ifs

’ an

d b

uts

’ an

d t

hat

India

was

en-

teri

ng in

to a

mes

sy a

nd u

nnec

essa

ry a

rran

gem

ent

in w

hic

h a

ll th

e tr

um

ps

wer

e on th

e U

S’s

sid

e. A

ll

this

was

ju

st f

or

rais

ing

th

e n

ucl

ear

ener

gy

co

m-

ponen

t of

India

’s p

ow

er p

ort

foli

o f

rom

les

s th

an

thre

e p

erce

nt

as o

f n

ow

to

ab

ou

t ei

gh

t o

r n

ine

per

cen

t at

bes

t in

th

e n

ext

25

yea

rs.

In t

hat

sen

se,

the

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t re

-

ply

to C

hai

rman

Lan

tos

cover

ed b

y T

he

Was

h-

Th

e a

uth

or

ela

bo

rate

s o

n 1

23

ag

reem

ent

an

d

the

leg

al

req

uir

emen

ts o

f H

YD

E a

ct.

Page 25: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

23

ingto

n P

ost

is

not

a re

vel

atio

n, but

only

a r

epet

i-

tion o

f w

hat

was

pla

in a

s noon-d

ay s

un f

or

any-

one

wit

h a

modic

um

of poli

tica

l sav

vy.

In th

at s

ense

,

agai

n, U

S A

mbas

sador

to I

ndia

Dav

id M

ulf

ord

is

spo

t o

n w

hen

he

say

s th

at a

ll t

hat

th

e le

tter

say

s

had

alr

ead

y b

een

co

nv

eyed

in

an

op

en a

nd

tra

ns-

par

ent

man

ner

to

New

Del

hi

and

was

alr

ead

y

kn

ow

n t

o t

ho

se w

ho

se b

usi

nes

s it

was

to

kee

p

trac

k o

f d

evel

op

men

ts o

n s

uch

a s

ensi

tiv

e is

sue

as t

his

.

Fo

r in

stan

ce,

as

earl

y a

s on J

uly

27, 2

007, U

S

Under

Sec

reta

ry f

or

Poli

ti-

cal

Aff

airs

Nic

ho

las

Bu

rns

was

on r

ecord

dec

lari

ng th

at

‘..w

e h

ad t

o m

ake

sure

th

at

ever

yth

ing in this

US

-India

civil

nucl

ear

agre

emen

t, th

e

12

3 A

gre

emen

t, w

as c

om

ple

tely

co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

the

Hyde

Act

and w

ell

wit

hin

the

bounds

of

the

Hyd

e A

ct i

tsel

f.’

Confi

rmin

g t

his

, on S

epte

mber

19

, 2

00

7,

Ass

ista

nt

Sec

reta

ry B

ou

cher

mad

e it

clea

r in

his

sta

tem

ent

to t

he

US

Fo

reig

n R

ela-

tio

ns

Co

mm

itte

e th

at t

he

12

3 A

gre

emen

t w

as i

n

full

confo

rmit

y w

ith a

ll the

legal

req

uir

emen

ts o

f

the

Hyde

Act

.

Ap

pea

rin

g b

efo

re th

e sa

me

Co

mm

itte

e

on F

ebru

ary 1

3 t

his

yea

r, U

S S

ecre

tary

of

Sta

te

Co

nd

ole

ezza

Ric

e g

ave

a ca

teg

ori

cal

assu

ran

ce

that

any d

ecis

ion b

y th

e N

ucl

ear

Suppli

ers

Gro

up

‘wil

l h

ave

to b

e co

mp

lete

ly c

on

sist

ent

wit

h t

he

ob

lig

atio

ns

of

the

Hy

de

Act

.’

Bas

ed o

n t

his

, C

hai

rman

Ho

war

d L

Ber

man

wh

o h

ad s

ucc

eed

ed L

anto

s w

rote

to

her

on

Au

gu

st 5

: ‘A

s su

ch,

I ex

pec

t y

ou

to

in

stru

ct

the

US

rep

rese

nta

tive

to t

he

NS

G n

ot

to s

eek o

r

sup

po

rt a

ny

ex

emp

tio

n f

or

Ind

ia t

hat

do

es n

ot

fait

hfu

lly r

efle

ct a

ll o

f th

e H

yde

Act

condit

ions.

Thes

e par

t, f

rom

tim

e to

tim

e, h

igh o

ffi-

cial

s o

f th

e U

S A

dm

inis

trat

ion

hav

e b

een

fo

rce-

full

y g

ivin

g th

eir

under

stan

din

g o

f th

e le

gal

posi

-

tio

n.

On

e o

f th

e m

ost

un

amb

igu

ou

sly

wo

rded

stip

ula

tions

of

the

Hyde

Act

is S

ecti

on 1

06 w

hic

h

lay

s d

ow

n th

at th

e w

aiv

er e

nab

lin

g n

ucl

ear

trad

e

an

d

sup

pli

es

‘sh

all

ceas

e to

be

effe

ctiv

e if

the P

resi

den

t d

ete

r-

min

es

that

Ind

ia h

as

deto

nate

d a

nu

cle

ar

explo

sive

dev

ice?

Th

e

UP

A

gover

nm

ent s

pokes

per

-

sons

hav

e ad

van

ced th

e

spec

iou

s ar

gu

men

t th

at u

nd

er A

rtic

le 1

4 o

f th

e

12

3 A

gre

emen

t, a

yea

r’s

no

tice

is

nec

essa

ry f

or

con

sult

atio

ns

bef

ore

an

y t

erm

inat

ion

an

d c

essa

-

tio

n o

f co

op

erat

ion

can

tak

e ef

fect

. In

th

is t

hey

are

bei

ng

dis

ing

enu

ou

s.?

Th

e sa

me

Art

icle

say

s:

‘The

par

ty s

eekin

g t

erm

inat

ion h

as t

he

right

to

ceas

e fu

rth

er c

oo

per

atio

n i

f it

det

erm

ines

th

at a

mutu

ally

acc

epta

ble

res

olu

tion o

f outs

tandin

g is

-

sues

has

no

t b

een

po

ssib

le o

r ca

nn

ot b

e ac

hie

ved

thro

ug

h c

on

sult

ati

on

s’ (

em

ph

asi

s su

pp

lied

thro

ughout)

.

Fro

m t

he

US

sid

e it

has

bee

n r

epea

t-

edly

mad

e know

n t

hat

any f

utu

re t

est

wil

l au

to-

mat

ical

ly r

esu

lt i

n t

erm

inat

ion

an

d d

eman

d f

or

retu

rn o

f al

l th

e su

ppli

es e

nta

ilin

g t

ens

of

thou-

san

ds

of

cro

res

of

rup

ees

alre

ady

in

ves

ted

go

ing

wast

e.

Fro

m t

he

US

sid

e it

has

bee

n r

e-

pea

ted

ly m

ad

e k

now

n t

hat

an

y f

utu

re t

est

wil

l au

tom

ati

call

y r

esu

lt in

ter

min

ati

on

an

d

dem

an

d f

or

retu

rn o

f all

th

e su

pp

lies

en

-

tail

ing t

ens

of

thou

san

ds

of

crore

s of

ru-

pees

alr

ea

dy

in

vest

ed

go

ing

wa

ste.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

24

Sim

ilar

ly,

as r

egar

ds

sen

siti

ve

nu

clea

r

tech

nolo

gy,

her

e ar

e a

few

extr

acts

fro

m t

he

let-

ter

of

US

Ass

ista

nt

Sec

reta

ry f

or

Leg

isla

tive

Af-

fair

s Je

ffre

y T

Ber

gner

, dat

ed J

anuar

y 1

6,

2008,

add

ress

ed t

o C

hai

rman

Lan

tos

(wh

ich

has

bee

n

avai

lab

le o

n th

e w

eb):

‘Wh

ile

the

pro

po

sed

US

-In

dia

ag

ree-

men

t pro

vid

es f

or

tran

sfer

of

the

item

s in

ques

-

tio

n, i

t d

oes

no

t co

mp

el a

ny

su

ch tra

nsf

ers

and

as

a m

atte

r of poli

cy th

e U

nit

ed

Sta

tes

does

not t

ransf

er d

ual

use

ite

ms

for

use

in

sen

si-

tiv

e n

ucl

ear

faci

liti

es?

Th

e

Ad

min

istr

ati

on

do

es

no

t

pla

n..

. to

tra

nsf

er t

o I

nd

ia

sensi

tive

nucl

ear fa

cili

ties

or

crit

ical

com

ponen

ts o

f su

ch

faci

liti

es?’

On

fu

el s

up

pli

es a

lso

, th

e 1

23

Ag

ree-

men

t co

nta

ins

on

ly a

vag

ue

pro

vis

ion

to

th

e ef

-

fect

th

at t

he

US

‘w

ill’

in

corp

ora

te a

ssu

ran

ces

in

the

US

-In

dia

Ag

reem

ent

(wh

at o

ther

ag

reem

ent

do

es t

he

US

hav

e in

min

d t

han

th

e 1

23

Ag

ree-

men

t?)

whic

h w

ould

be

subm

itte

d t

o U

S C

on-

gre

ss a

nd ‘

support

an I

ndia

n e

ffort

to d

evel

op a

stra

teg

ic r

eser

ve

of

nu

clea

r fu

el t

o g

uar

d a

gai

nst

any d

isru

pti

on o

f su

pply

over

the

life

tim

e of In

dia

’s

reac

tors

. If

, d

esp

ite

thes

e ar

ran

gem

ents

, a

dis

-

rupti

on o

f fu

el s

up

pli

es t

o I

ndia

occ

urs

, th

e U

S

and India

would

join

tly c

onven

e a

gro

up o

f fr

iendly

sup

pli

er c

ou

ntr

ies

to p

urs

ue

such

mea

sure

s as

would

res

tore

fuel

supply

to I

ndia

.’

Th

e o

nly

ne

w e

lem

en

t in

th

e U

S

Adm

inis

trat

ion’s

let

ter

to C

hai

rman

Lan

tos

is i

ts

cav

eat

in r

egar

d t

o f

uel

su

pp

lies

. It

s v

ery

nar

row

and

co

nd

itio

nal

in

terp

reta

tio

n o

f th

is c

lau

se r

ule

s

ou

t an

y r

eal

pro

spec

t o

f re

gu

lar

and

co

nti

nu

ed

suppli

es.

Th

ere

are

two

oth

er i

ntr

igu

ing

asp

ects

of

this

ep

iso

de

con

cern

ing

th

e re

leas

e o

f th

is l

et-

ter

to t

he

med

ia.

Th

e fi

rst

is t

hat

co

ntr

ary

to

th

e

US

pra

ctic

e of

putt

ing i

n t

he

publi

c dom

ain t

he

exch

anges

of

com

munic

atio

ns

bet

wee

n t

he

Ad-

min

istr

atio

n a

nd

th

e v

ario

us

con

gre

ssio

nal

co

m-

mit

tees

on

mat

ters

of

pu

bli

c in

tere

st,

the

Bu

sh

Adm

inis

trat

ion r

eport

-

ed

ly

req

ue

ste

d

the

chai

rman

to

kee

p t

he

lett

er

(wri

tte

n

nin

e

mo

nth

s a

go

) u

nd

er

wra

ps

lest

it

sho

uld

‘to

pp

le th

e M

anm

oh

an

Sin

gh g

over

nm

ent’

.?

Th

at m

ean

s th

e U

S w

as c

on

scio

us

that

the

lett

er c

onta

ined

poli

tica

l dynam

ite

even

at t

hat

stag

e w

hen

th

e U

PA

go

ver

nm

ent w

as s

till

hav

ing

par

ley

s w

ith

th

e L

eft

and

th

e tr

ust

vo

te w

as n

o-

wh

ere

on

th

e h

ori

zon

. It

was

po

liti

cal

dy

nam

ite

no

t b

ecau

se i

t w

as s

om

eth

ing

th

at h

ad n

ot

bee

n

kn

ow

n b

efo

re, b

ut

bec

ause

it

bro

ug

ht

tog

eth

er a

t

on

e p

lace

wh

at t

he

US

co

nsi

der

ed t

o b

e th

e n

a-

ture

an

d s

cop

e o

f th

e d

eal.

Ap

par

entl

y, t

he

US

was

pre

par

ed t

o g

o t

o a

ny

len

gth

s to

kee

p t

he

UPA

gover

nm

ent

in p

ow

er!

Th

e se

con

d a

spec

t w

hic

h h

as a

bit

of

mis

chie

f-m

akin

g in

it is

th

e ti

min

g ju

st a

day

be-

fore

wh

at i

s as

sum

ed t

o b

e th

e m

ake-

or-

bre

ak

mee

tin

g o

f th

e N

SG

. H

ow

ever

, n

o o

ne

can

qu

ar-

rel

wit

h t

he

right

of

dis

sente

rs t

o a

dopt

all

the

wea

pons

in t

hei

r ar

moury

to i

nfl

uen

ce t

he

NS

G.

To

wh

at e

xte

nt

they

hav

e su

ccee

ded

wil

l b

e

know

n v

ery s

oon.

Th

e on

ly n

ew e

lem

ent

in t

he

US

Ad

min

istr

ati

on

’s l

ette

r to

Ch

air

-

man

Lan

tos

is i

ts c

avea

t in

reg

ard

to

fuel

sup

pli

es.

Its

very

na

rro

w a

nd

co

nd

itio

na

l in

terp

reta

tio

n o

f th

is

clau

se r

ule

s ou

t an

y r

eal

pro

spec

t of

reg

ula

r a

nd

co

nti

nu

ed s

up

pli

es.

Page 27: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

25

Wh

y K

ash

mir

is

up

in

fla

mes

In a

tele

vis

ion d

ebat

e, N

atio

nal

Confe

r-

ence

lea

der

Far

oo

q A

bd

ull

ah m

ock

ed a

Jam

mu

Mu

slim

wh

o s

up

po

rted

th

e ag

itat

ion

. L

ittl

e d

oes

he

or

oth

ers

real

ise

that

th

e M

usl

ims

of

Jam

mu

hav

e al

so s

uff

ered

fro

m t

he

stu

pid

go

ver

nm

ent

po

licy

of

app

easi

ng

th

e se

par

atis

ts a

nd

kic

kin

g

the

nat

ion

alis

ts. J

ust

on

e ex

amp

le s

ho

uld

su

ffic

e.

Sch

oo

l te

ach

ers’

jo

bs

in e

ven

rem

ote

Jam

mu

re-

gio

ns

go to

Kas

hm

iris

fro

m th

e val

ley.

The

teac

h-

ers

so a

pp

oin

ted

(at

a g

oo

d s

alar

y)

are

abse

nt

mo

st o

f th

e ti

me

exce

pt

on

th

e fi

rst

ever

y m

on

th

to c

oll

ect t

hei

r sa

lary

. The

educa

tion le

vel

s am

ong

Jam

mu

’s M

usl

ims

are

aby

smal

. In

a t

ehsi

l o

f

Men

dhar

in P

oonch

dis

tric

t, f

or

exam

ple

, ther

e is

not

a si

ngle

gra

duat

e!

In R

ajo

uri

div

isio

n,

wh

en I

led

a t

eam

of

scie

nti

sts

ten

yea

rs a

go

(in

an

att

emp

t at b

rin

g-

ing i

n h

ort

icult

ure

tec

hnolo

gy t

o J

&K

to b

ette

r

peo

ple

’s l

ife)

, w

e w

ere

agh

ast

to s

ee a

so

il t

est-

ing la

bora

tory

that

had

a c

lean

look a

bout i

t — a

ll

the

equ

ipm

ent

for

soil

tes

tin

g w

as n

ever

use

d!

Th

is is

the

leg

acy

of

val

ley

ap

pea

sem

ent th

at th

e

Jam

mu

peo

ple

rev

olt

ed a

gai

nst

.

Th

e H

urr

iyat

an

d o

ther

sep

ara

tist

s,

mar

gin

alis

ed b

y t

he

pea

ce p

roce

ss,

jum

ped

in

to

the

fray

, cr

ied

wo

lf a

nd

wen

t b

ack

to

th

e b

ad o

ld

day

s o

f sh

utd

ow

ns

and

mar

ches

to

th

e U

nit

ed

Kas

hm

iri S

epar

atis

ts A

re Is

ola

ted

Fro

m R

ealit

yC

olo

nel

Dr A

nil

A A

thal

e (r

etd

)

Nat

ions

off

ice

in S

rinag

ar. A

new

innovat

ion this

tim

e ro

un

d w

as a

cal

l to

mar

ch t

o a

nd

a t

hre

at t

o

take

thei

r fr

uit

s to

Pak

ista

n.

In a

rev

ersa

l of

for-

tune

the

slogan

of

‘Aza

di’

(fr

eedom

) w

as r

epla

ced

by t

he

cry f

or

mer

ger

wit

h P

akis

tan.

Root

cau

ses

of

curr

ent

un

rest

in

Kash

mir

Th

e ro

ot ca

use

of

the

pre

sen

t tr

ou

ble

in

the

val

ley

is

the

fact

th

at b

egin

nin

g i

n t

he

19

80

s

the

Sufi

tra

dit

ion o

f K

ashm

ir h

as b

een o

n t

he

re-

treat

an

d i

n i

ts p

lace t

he v

iru

len

t W

aah

ab

i/

Deo

ban

di Is

lam

has

bec

om

e th

e d

om

inan

t cr

eed

.

Sau

di m

oney

, the

infl

ux o

f m

ull

ahs

from

UP

hav

e

dea

lt a

dea

th b

low

to

th

e K

ash

mir

iya

t th

at t

oo

k

pri

de

in to

lera

nt I

slam

. The

burq

a, t

ota

lly a

lien

to

Kas

hm

ir,

mad

e it

s ap

pea

ran

ce.

Su

fi s

hri

nes

lik

e

the

on

e o

f B

aba

Ris

hi

at T

ann

emar

g (

on

th

e w

ay

to G

ulm

arg

) an

d C

har

ar-e

-Sh

arif

wer

e b

urn

t

do

wn

by

th

e m

ilit

ants

. G

irls

sch

oo

ls w

ere

de-

stro

yed

an

d A

yesh

a A

nd

rab

i o

f D

uk

hta

ran

e

Mil

lat?

was

em

bo

lden

ed t

o t

hro

w a

cid

on

gir

ls

dar

ing

to

wea

r je

ans.

Th

e S

tate

, su

ch a

s it

was

,

abdic

ated

its

resp

onsi

bil

ity a

nd w

atch

ed h

elple

ssly

.

Th

is is

the

un

der

lyin

g c

ause

of

the

pre

sen

t u

nre

st

— n

eith

er t

he

use

of

forc

e b

y s

ecu

rity

fo

rces

no

r

the

so-c

alle

d e

con

om

ic b

lock

ade.

The

idea

of

Ka

shm

iriy

at

tod

ay e

xis

ts

only

in th

e m

inds

of

a lu

nat

ic f

ringe

of

candle

car

-

Kash

mir

i S

epara

tist

’s a

re l

ivin

g i

n a

iso

late

d i

slan

d o

f i

llu

sion

, fa

r aw

ay

from

rea

l-

ity

wit

hou

t u

nder

stan

din

g t

he

chan

ged

worl

d s

een

ari

o.

Page 28: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

26

ryin

g p

eace

nik

s an

d i

n t

he

stu

dio

s o

f p

oli

tica

lly

corr

ect te

lev

isio

n c

han

nel

s.

But

it w

ill

be

wro

ng o

n t

he

par

t of

the

India

n S

tate

and e

ven

more

for

the

Kas

hm

iris

to

thin

k t

hat

th

ey c

an r

epea

t th

e sh

enan

igan

s o

f th

e

earl

y 1

99

0s.

Ch

an

ged

geo

poli

tics

Th

e w

orl

d,

specia

lly

th

e W

est

, h

as

chan

ged

rad

ical

ly s

ince

1989-9

0.T

he

sole

super

-

pow

er w

as th

en in

support

of

the

Kas

hm

iri c

ause

,

such

as

it w

as.

BB

C,

the

par

ago

n o

f W

este

rn

ob

ject

ivit

y, r

epea

ted

ly s

ho

wed

a c

lip

of

a to

oth

-

less

old

Kas

hm

iri

wo

man

sh

ou

tin

g ‘

We

wan

t

Sh

ari

a’

in K

ash

mir

. T

he U

S w

as

ben

t u

po

n

teac

hin

g a

les

son

to

ers

twh

ile

So

vie

t al

lies

lik

e

Ind

ia.

Osa

ma

bin

Lad

en w

as t

he

blu

e-ey

ed b

oy

of

the

Am

eric

ans

and M

uja

hid

s (M

usl

im r

elig

ious

fighte

rs)

wer

e st

ill b

askin

g in

the

afte

rglo

w o

f th

e

vic

tory

over

the

Sovie

ts in

Afg

han

ista

n. T

he

Wes

t

had

sti

ll t

o l

earn

th

e d

isas

ter

that

aw

aite

d i

t b

y

pat

ron

isin

g t

he

Waa

hab

i cr

eed

.

Th

e at

tack

s o

n t

he

US

on

Sep

tem

ber

11, 2

001, c

han

ged

all

that

.

On

e w

on

der

s if

th

e K

ash

mir

i se

par

at-

ists

hav

e n

oti

ced

th

e ab

sen

ce o

f an

y c

om

men

t

from

the

Wes

t on th

e cu

rren

t hap

pen

ings

in K

ash-

mir

. E

ven

th

e P

akis

tan

is a

pp

eare

d s

urp

rise

d,

though d

elig

hte

d, b

y th

e pre

sent h

appen

ings.

The

Pak

ista

n S

enat

e p

rom

ptl

y p

asse

d a

res

olu

tio

n

con

dem

nin

g ‘

exce

ssiv

e’ u

se o

f fo

rce

by

th

e In

di-

ans.

It

was

co

mic

sin

ce a

t th

at v

ery

tim

e P

aki-

stan

was

usi

ng

hel

ico

pte

r g

un

ship

s an

d f

igh

ter

airc

raft

agai

nst

its

ow

n tr

ibal

s in

the

fronti

er a

rea.

Th

e d

ay t

he

mar

ch t

o M

uza

ffar

abad

to

ok

pla

ce,

ov

er 5

0 S

hia

Mu

slim

s w

ere

kil

led

in

an

att

ack

on

a h

osp

ital

in

Pak

ista

n. P

akis

tan

is w

ere

del

igh

ted

that

wh

ile

Bal

uch

ista

n a

nd

th

e tr

ibal

are

as w

ere

in o

pen

rev

olt

ag

ain

st t

he

fed

eral

au

tho

riti

es,

Kas

hm

iris

wer

e cl

amouri

ng t

o j

oin

them

. P

aki-

stan

is w

ere

ind

eed

gra

tefu

l th

at a

t le

ast

som

eon

e

in w

orl

d th

ought t

hat

they

wer

e not a

fai

led S

tate

.

Bu

t d

esp

ite

som

e n

ois

es,

even

Pak

i-

stan

is s

eem

ed a

gh

ast

at t

he

mo

vem

ent

in K

ash

-

mir

. T

han

ks

to t

he

pea

ce p

roce

ss a

nd

peo

ple

to

peo

ple

co

nta

cts,

mo

st P

akis

tan

is n

ow

acc

ept

the

secu

lar

cred

enti

als

of

Ind

ia.

Th

e av

erag

e P

aki-

stan

i is

kee

n to

est

abli

sh tr

ade,

cu

ltu

ral?

an

d e

du

-

cati

on

al c

on

tact

s w

ith

In

dia

.

Is t

her

e a w

ay f

orw

ard

?

The

val

ley K

ashm

iris

’ outb

urs

t was

and

is li

ke

a re

acti

on o

f a

spoil

t chil

d w

ho r

evolt

s ir

ra-

tio

nal

ly w

hen

den

ied

his

dem

and

s. T

he

reac

tio

n

in J

amm

u w

as t

he

firs

t ti

me

ever

th

at t

he

val

ley

peo

ple

rec

eiv

ed a

jo

lt.

It i

s n

ote

wo

rth

y t

hat

th

e

trouble

s in

J&

K, o

f th

e se

par

atis

t var

iety

, are

con-

fin

ed to

Sri

nag

ar v

alle

y. I

t is

th

e v

alle

y th

at is

ou

t

of

sync

wit

h t

he

regio

n a

nd t

he

worl

d.

Ther

e is

no h

ope

of

any s

upport

to the

irra

tional

dem

ands

of

a fu

ndam

enta

list

min

ori

ty.

Nei

ther

th

e U

S n

or

UK

wan

ts a

no

ther

safe

hea

ven

fo

r th

e A

l Q

aed

a to

co

me

up

in

th

e

sub

con

tin

ent.

Ev

en C

hin

a, w

hic

h f

aces

Mu

slim

sep

arat

ism

, is

war

y. T

he

Ru

ssia

ns

kn

ow

wh

at i

t

is l

ike

to c

reat

e an

oth

er C

hec

hen

ya.

Kas

hm

iri se

par

atis

ts a

re iso

late

d f

rom

rea

lity

.

Ind

ia m

ust

sit

tig

ht

and

no

t su

ccu

mb

to

pre

ssu

re

tact

ics.

Aft

er r

elat

ive

pea

ce th

at K

ash

mir

has

go

t

use

d t

o,

let

ther

e b

e a

do

se o

f u

nre

st f

or

the

Kas

hm

iri

to c

om

e to

his

co

llec

tiv

e se

nse

s.

(Co

lon

el D

r A

nil

Ath

ale

(re

td)

is t

he

Ch

ha

tra

pa

ti

Shiv

aji

Fel

low

at t

he

Unit

ed S

ervi

ces

Inst

ituti

on, D

elhi,

and c

oord

inato

r of th

e P

une-

base

d I

nst

itute

for

Pea

ce

and D

isarm

am

ent)

Page 29: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

27

Hu

ma

n b

ein

gs

are

lik

e li

mb

s o

f o

ne

an

oth

er,

as

they

are

cre

ate

d f

rom

th

e sa

me

es-

sen

ce.

Wh

en o

ne

lim

b i

s h

urt

th

e o

ther

lim

bs

can

no

t b

e b

ut

in p

ain

.

Yo

u w

ho

are

in

dif

fere

nt

to t

he s

uf-

feri

ng

of

oth

ers

do

no

t d

eser

ve t

o b

e ca

lled

a

ma

n.

Shei

kh S

adi,

the

gre

at I

rania

n p

oet

, had

said

th

is a

bo

ut

tho

se w

ho

are

in

sen

siti

ve

to h

u-

man

pai

n a

nd m

iser

y, a

nd I

wonder

what

he

would

hav

e sa

id a

bo

ut

tho

se h

eart

less

bru

tes

mas

qu

er-

adin

g a

s m

en w

ho

by

th

eir

ow

n h

and

s ca

use

su

ch

hea

rt-r

end

ing

tra

ged

y a

s w

e w

itn

esse

d i

n D

elh

i

on S

epte

mber

13.

India

has

bee

n a

vic

tim

of

terr

ori

sm f

or

the

last

mo

re t

han

tw

o d

ecad

es a

nd

has

su

ffer

ed

more

than

any o

ther

countr

y i

n t

erm

s of

loss

of

pre

cious

hum

an li

ves

and p

roper

ty. T

he

pro

xy w

ar

that

we

hav

e b

een

su

bje

cted

to

has

alr

ead

y b

een

dis

cuss

ed i

n s

uch

gre

at d

etai

ls t

hat

no

w i

t h

as

atta

ined

fo

r m

any

peo

ple

a r

ote

qu

alit

y.

Th

e p

eop

le a

nd

Go

ver

nm

ent

of

Ind

ia

know

, rat

her

the

whole

worl

d k

now

s w

ho is

spon-

sori

ng

th

ese

terr

or

att

ack

s in

In

dia

, w

ho

is

org

anis

ing

th

e te

rro

r tr

ain

ing

cam

ps

and

wh

ere

Terr

ori

sm- N

ot J

ust

A C

rim

e n

ow

,It

’s A

n U

nd

ecla

red

War

Ari

f M

oh

amm

ed K

han

thes

e ca

mps

are

loca

ted. S

adly

we

appea

r to

hav

e

dev

elo

ped

a s

ense

of

inu

rem

ent

to h

orr

or.

Aft

er

ever

y a

ttac

k w

e co

ndem

n te

rrori

sm a

nd g

ive

rou-

tine

expre

ssio

n t

o o

ur

reso

lve

to f

ight

terr

or

and

stre

amli

ne

our

secu

rity

est

abli

shm

ent a

nd th

en s

it

bac

k a

nd

wai

t fo

r an

oth

er a

ttac

k t

o r

epea

t th

e

sam

e p

erfo

rman

ce.

We

are

no

t th

e o

nly

co

un

try

wh

o h

as

suff

ered

at

the

han

ds

of

inte

rnat

ional

ter

rori

sm,

but w

e su

rely

are

the

only

countr

y w

ho h

as s

how

n

this

sto

ic p

assi

vit

y in

the

face

of

such

gre

at p

rovo-

cati

on

. Is

it

bec

ause

we

are

inh

erit

ors

of

a g

reat

trad

itio

n c

alle

d g

am

bhir

ta (

indif

fere

nce

to p

ain

and p

leasu

re)

and t

her

efore

we

should

not

get

pro

vo

ked

eas

ily,

or

is i

t b

ecau

se w

e ar

e in

sen

si-

tiv

e to

th

e lo

ss o

f o

rdin

ary

peo

ple

wh

o b

eco

me

targ

ets

of

such

ter

ror

atta

cks?

If

no

t, t

hen

su

rely

we

hav

e under

esti

mat

ed o

r ig

nore

d th

e gra

vit

y o

f

the

thre

at t

o a

n e

xte

nt

suff

icie

nt

to h

ave

mad

e

the

task

of

its

per

pet

rato

rs f

ar e

asie

r.

Ter

rori

sm is

no o

rdin

ary c

rim

e, in

pla

in

wo

rds

it i

s w

arfa

re d

elib

erat

ely

wag

ed a

gai

nst

civil

ians

wit

h th

e purp

ose

of

des

troyin

g th

eir

wil

l

to s

upport

eit

her

lead

ers

or

poli

cies

that

agen

ts o

f

such

vio

lence

fin

d o

bje

ctio

nab

le. T

his

cro

ss-b

or-

der

ter

rori

sm h

as n

ow

ass

um

ed m

ore

dan

ger

ou

s

Jeh

adi

is s

pre

adin

g i

ts n

ast

y te

nta

cles

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e co

un

try

now

. T

he

wri

ter

feel

s th

at

it i

s a P

roxy

War

on

us.

We

are

bli

nd t

o t

he

terr

or

train

ing c

am

ps

acr

oss

th

e

bord

er a

nd w

ith

in I

ndia

an

d f

ail

ed m

iser

ably

to a

ttack

th

em.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

28

pro

port

ions

wit

h th

e ai

d a

nd a

bet

men

t of

dom

es-

tic

elem

ents

.

Her

e I

am n

ot

go

ing

to

mak

e an

y a

lle-

gat

ions

agai

nst

any c

ountr

y b

ut

would

lik

e to

re-

fer

to s

om

e p

ub

lic

wri

tin

gs

and

sta

tem

ents

of

Pak

ista

ni

colu

mn

ists

an

d s

enio

r o

ffic

ials

. T

his

is

what

an I

slam

abad

-bas

ed f

reel

ance

journ

alis

t, D

r

Far

rukh S

alee

m, h

as s

aid in o

ne

of

his

colu

mns:

‘For

the

pas

t 40 y

ears

our

unif

orm

ed

decis

ion

-mak

ers

hav

e

bee

n fed

noth

ing b

ut a

nti

-

Ind

ia r

atio

ns.

Ou

r ci

vil

soci

ety h

as b

een in

doct

ri-

nat

ed t

o e

qu

ate

Pak

ista

n

wit

h I

slam

, In

dia

wit

h

Hin

dus,

both

bei

ng in

tan-

dem

wit

h ‘

Hin

dus

bei

ng

ete

rnal

en

em

ies

of

Is-

lam

’. O

ur el

emen

tary

and

seco

nd

ary

sch

oo

l cu

r-

ricu

lum

conti

nues

to b

e fu

ll o

f hat

e li

tera

ture

. My

9 -yea

r-old

son h

as a

pro

ble

m c

om

pre

hen

din

g th

at

an I

nd

ian

can

als

o b

e a

Mu

slim

.’

Th

is w

as w

ritt

en s

om

e 2

5 y

ears

bac

k,

bu

t th

e si

tuat

ion

has

on

ly w

ors

ened

th

erea

fter

.

Ahm

ad S

alim

and A

H N

ayyar

, in thei

r 140-p

age

repo

rt o

n ‘

The

stat

e of

curr

iculu

m a

nd tex

tbooks

in P

ak

ista

n’,

say

‘th

e t

hem

es

of

jih

ad

an

d

shahadat (

mart

yrdom

), c

lear

ly d

isti

nguis

h th

e pre

and

po

st-1

97

9 e

du

cati

on

al c

on

ten

ts.

Th

ere

was

no m

enti

on o

f th

ese

in th

e pre

-Isl

amis

atio

n p

erio

d

curr

icula

and te

xtb

ooks,

whil

e th

e post

-1979 c

ur-

ricu

la a

nd

tex

tbo

ok

s o

pen

ly e

ulo

gis

e ji

had

an

d

shahadat

and

urg

e st

ud

ents

to

bec

om

e m

uja

hid

s

(rel

igio

us

war

riors

) an

d m

arty

rs.’

No

w t

his

is

no

t ab

ou

t th

e b

oo

ks

in a

madra

ssa, b

ut a

bout t

he

books

that

are

pre

scri

bed

in g

over

nm

ent

schools

for

the

chil

dre

n o

f fi

ve

to

17

yea

rs o

f ag

e.

On

th

e o

ther

han

d t

he

chie

f o

f In

ter

Ser

vic

es I

nte

llig

ence

, whil

e re

spondin

g to

a q

ues

-

tio

n a

t a

sem

inar

at

Isla

mab

ad i

n 1

99

9,

pu

bli

cly

stat

ed th

at ‘O

ur ai

m is

to w

eaken

India

fro

m w

ithin

and

we

can

do

it’

. O

nly

rec

entl

y, s

om

e h

igh

ly-

pla

ced

off

icia

ls o

f th

e U

S S

tate

Dep

artm

ent h

ave

confi

rmed

that

the

Pak

ista

ni a

rmy c

hie

f w

as a

war

e

of

the

ISI’

s pla

ns

to

bom

b th

e In

dia

n e

m-

bass

y i

n K

ab

ul

in

July

.

Th

ese

are

not new

rev

elat

ions,

mer

ely

a r

efer

ence

to s

how

that

the

per

-

pet

rato

rs o

f vio

lence

are

no

t an

d c

ann

ot

be

trea

ted

as

ord

i-

nar

y c

rim

inal

s; i

n f

act

they

are

fo

ot

sold

iers

of

the

mas

term

ind o

per

atin

g f

rom

acr

oss

the

bor-

der

. Ter

rori

sm is

no o

rdin

ary c

rim

e, it is

an a

ct o

f

war

wag

ed a

gai

nst

In

dia

by

tar

get

ing

its

civ

ilia

n

po

pu

lati

on

. It

is

bey

on

d t

he

cap

acit

y o

f th

e lo

cal

po

lice

or

stat

e g

ov

ern

men

ts t

o m

eet

this

th

reat

adeq

uat

ely. O

nce

we

ack

no

wle

dg

e th

at t

erro

rism

is a

n a

ct o

f w

ar w

aged

ag

ain

st I

nd

ia t

hen

it

be-

com

es th

e p

aram

ou

nt d

uty

of

the

cen

tral

go

ver

n-

men

t to

dec

ide

ho

w lo

ng

we

wil

l al

low

ou

rsel

ves

to b

leed

an

d h

ow

so

on

sh

all w

e p

ut an

en

d to

th

is

aggre

ssio

n. We

mu

st a

lso

dis

abu

se o

urs

elv

es o

f th

e

no

tio

n t

hat

all

th

ese

terr

or

pro

ble

ms

hav

e ar

isen

as a

res

ult

of

the

so-c

alle

d u

nre

solv

ed K

ash

mir

dis

pu

te.

Mo

re t

han

Kas

hm

ir,

it w

as t

he

crea

tio

n

Ou

r c

ivil

so

cie

ty h

as

been

in

do

c-

trin

ate

d t

o e

qu

ate

Pak

ista

n w

ith

Isl

am

, In

-

dia

wit

h H

ind

us,

both

bei

ng i

n t

an

dem

wit

h

‘Hin

du

s b

ein

g e

tern

al

en

em

ies

of

Isla

m’.

Ou

r el

emen

tary

an

d s

eco

nd

ary

sch

oo

l cu

r-

ric

ulu

m c

on

tin

ues

to b

e f

ull

of

ha

te l

itera

-

ture.

- D

r F

arru

kh

Sa

leem

, Is

lam

ab

ad

(freela

nce j

ou

rn

ali

st)

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

29

of

Ban

gla

des

h in

19

71

an

d th

e su

rren

der

of

mo

re

than

90,0

00 P

akis

tani s

old

iers

that

ran

kle

s th

e m

ind

of

the

Pak

ista

ni m

ilit

ary e

stab

lish

men

t. T

hey

hold

us

resp

onsi

ble

for

thei

r dis

mem

ber

men

t an

d h

u-

mil

iati

on a

nd f

eel t

hat

but f

or

India

’s in

terv

enti

on

they

co

uld

hav

e r

uth

less

ly s

up

pre

ssed

th

e

Ban

gla

des

hi d

isaf

fect

ion a

nd a

spir

atio

ns.

At

the

sam

e ti

me

they

are

co

nsc

iou

s o

f

the

resu

lt o

f th

ree

con

ven

tio

nal

war

s an

d d

o n

ot

hav

e th

e b

ile

for

ano

ther

dir

ect en

cou

nte

r. O

n th

e

oth

er h

and

, th

ey c

an t

ake

sati

sfac

tio

n t

hat

by

th

e

stra

tagem

of

pro

xy w

ars

in t

he

guis

e of

terr

or-

ism

, th

ey h

ave

bee

n a

ble

to

in

flic

t g

reat

er d

am-

age

on

In

dia

. A

cco

rdin

g t

o t

his

str

ateg

y t

he

ac-

tion i

s dir

ecte

d a

t des

troyin

g I

ndia

fro

m w

ithin

,

wh

ich

mea

ns

usi

ng

In

dia

ns

to c

arry

ou

t th

e o

p-

erat

ions

wit

hout

risk

ing t

hei

r ow

n b

lood a

nd i

n-

fras

tru

ctu

re.

We

nee

d n

ot b

lam

e an

ybody b

ut r

eali

se

that

ou

r se

curi

ty is

excl

usi

vel

y o

ur

ow

n c

on

cern

.

Pak

ista

n h

as e

ver

y r

easo

n to

beh

ave

the

way

they

are

beh

avin

g, b

ut

we

hav

e n

o e

xp

lan

atio

n t

o j

us-

tify

our

sloth

and i

ner

tia.

Ther

e ar

e oth

er c

oun-

trie

s w

ho

if

atta

cked

pu

rsu

e th

e te

rro

rist

acr

oss

con

tin

ents

, an

d w

e h

ave

fail

ed to

tak

e ca

re o

f th

e

terr

or

trai

nin

g c

amps

at a

sto

ne’

s th

row

fro

m o

ur

bo

rder

s.

En

ou

gh

is

eno

ug

h,

we

mu

st m

ake

it

clea

r th

at w

e sh

all not su

ffer

any m

ore

spil

ling o

f

blo

od o

n o

ur st

reet

s an

d s

hal

l put n

oth

ing to

chan

ce

in m

atte

rs o

f n

atio

nal

sec

uri

ty.

(Ari

f M

oh

am

med

Kh

an

res

ign

ed a

s m

inis

-

ter

fro

m R

aji

v G

an

dh

i’s

Co

un

cil

of

Min

iste

rs i

n 1

98

7

in p

rote

st a

fter

th

e g

ove

rnm

ent

mo

ved

a b

ill

in P

ar-

lia

men

t to

ove

rtu

rn t

he

Su

pre

me

Co

urt

ver

dic

t in

th

e

Sh

ah

Ba

no

ca

se.

He

ha

s si

nce

rem

ain

ed a

co

nsi

sten

t

voic

e o

f M

usl

im p

rog

ress

ives

)

The

bas

ic r

easo

n fo

r its

ire

aga

inst

the

New

Life

pray

er h

alls

, is

a bo

ok ti

tled

'Sat

ya D

arsh

ini'

whe

re th

e H

indu

gods

and

god

dess

es h

ave

been

sho

wn

in a

bad

ligh

t hur

ting

the

relig

ious

sen

timen

ts...

Thi

s ‘h

umili

atin

g lit

erat

ure’

is b

eing

circ

ulat

ed a

mon

gth

e so

ciet

y en

cour

agin

g co

nver

sion

of

Hin

dus.

As

per

the

avai

labl

e pa

ges

of ‘

Sat

ya D

arsh

ini,’

the

book

has

bee

n or

igin

ally

writ

ten

in T

elug

u (R

uju

Dar

shin

i) by

one

Rev

Par

avas

tu S

oory

anar

ayan

a, w

hich

has

bee

n tr

ans-

late

d to

Kan

nada

by

Srir

amre

ddy

of B

anga

lore

, and

rev

ised

by R

ev S

amso

n S

Mal

ekar

of

Dav

ange

re.

The

edi

tor

of t

hebo

ok is

A G

Pra

kash

of

Suv

arta

Sev

adal

, B

ella

ry.

Rev

Par

avas

tu S

oory

anar

ayan

a pu

blis

hed

the

orig

i-n

al

bo

ok

thro

ug

h h

is K

aru

na

ma

ya M

inis

trie

s, b

ase

d i

nH

yder

abad

. Acc

ordi

ng to

the

book

, he

took

his

birt

h in

a tr

a-di

tiona

l Bra

hmin

fam

ily a

nd w

as e

duca

ted

in J

agan

nath

amut

tV

idya

pe

eth

. H

e w

as

the

ch

ief

pri

est

(a

rch

ak)

in

Sri

Laks

hmin

aray

anas

wam

y Te

mpl

e, a

nd l

ater

em

brac

ed t

hete

achi

ngs

of J

esus

Chr

ist.

Con

tin

ued

on

page

no 4

4

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

30

Del

hi

liv

ed t

hro

ug

h a

no

ther

ho

rrif

ic

even

ing o

f je

hadite

rrori

sm o

n S

aturd

ay, 1

3 S

ep-

tem

ber

. A

ser

ies

of

bo

mb

bla

sts

rock

ed t

he

city

from

one

end to

the

oth

er. E

ach lo

cati

on h

ad c

hil

-

dre

n, y

oung m

en,

wom

en, e

lder

ly p

eople

out o

n a

Sat

urd

ay e

ven

ing. T

he

hea

rt o

f D

elhi

was

pie

rced

wit

h i

mp

un

ity

an

d s

uch

acc

ura

cy t

hat

it

cou

ld

har

dly

be

dei

gn

ed a

n a

ct o

f m

isg

uid

ed o

r d

is-

gru

ntl

ed y

outh

. N

o, pro

fess

ional

te

rrori

sts

wer

e

chal

lengin

g th

e In

dia

n S

tate

.

This

is

terr

or

at i

ts m

ost

off

ensi

ve.

It

seek

s to

ter

rori

ze t

he

nat

ion

to

su

bm

issi

on

to

th

e

wil

l of

jeh

ad

is.

Rep

eate

d a

ttac

ks

wit

ho

ut

reta

li-

atio

n i

n t

he

form

of

det

erre

nt

punis

hm

ent

to t

he

per

pet

rato

rs o

f su

ch i

nh

um

ane

vio

len

ce e

nco

ur-

age

mo

re v

iole

nce

.

To

un

der

stan

d t

he

aim

s an

d o

bje

ctiv

es

beh

ind

th

e te

rro

r at

tack

s, w

e n

eed

to

un

der

stan

d

the

phil

oso

phy b

ehin

d ji

had

. This

is b

est e

xpla

ined

by

Bri

g S

.K.

Mal

ik o

f th

e P

akis

tan A

rmy i

n h

is

bo

ok

, ‘

Th

e Q

ura

nic

Co

nce

pt

of

War

,’ p

enn

ed

under

the

tute

lage

of

Gen

Zia

-ul-

Haq

, Is

lam

ic

Pre

siden

t of

Pak

ista

n, w

ho d

ilig

entl

y p

urs

ued

the

‘th

ou

san

d y

ear

war

’ la

un

ched

by

dep

ose

d P

rim

e

Min

iste

r Z

ulf

iqar

Ali

Bhutt

o. Z

ia f

ell bac

k o

n the

con

cep

t o

f ‘t

ho

usa

nd

cu

ts’

afte

r P

akis

tan

fai

led

to d

efea

t In

dia

on

th

e b

attl

efie

ld –

th

e ‘c

uts

’ w

ere

to b

e del

iver

ed thro

ugh jih

adi ac

ts o

f te

rror.

Terr

ori

sm V

s V

ote

Ban

k P

olit

ics

N S

Mal

ik

Wh

at M

alik

in

th

e Q

ura

nic

co

nce

pt o

f

war

expla

ins

most

forc

efull

y, i

s th

e ro

le o

f ‘t

er-

ror’

in t

he

imple

men

tati

on o

f w

ar:

“In

war

our

ma

in o

bje

ctiv

e is

th

e o

pp

on

ent’s

hea

rt o

r so

ul,

ou

r m

ain

wea

po

n o

f o

ffen

ce a

ga

inst

th

is o

b-

ject

ive

is t

he

stre

ng

th o

f o

ur

ow

n s

ou

ls,

an

d t

o

lau

nch

su

ch a

n a

tta

ck,

we

ha

ve t

o k

eep

ter

ror

aw

ay

fro

m o

ur

ow

n h

eart

s…Ter

ror

stru

ck i

nto

the

hea

rts

of

the

enem

ies

is n

ot

on

ly a

mea

ns,

it i

s th

e en

d i

tsel

f. O

nce

a c

on

dit

ion

of

terr

or

into

th

e o

pp

on

en

t’s

hea

rt i

s o

bta

ined

, h

ard

ly

an

yth

ing

is

left

to

be

ach

ieve

d.

It i

s th

e p

oin

t

wh

ere

the

mea

ns

an

d t

he

end

mee

t a

nd

mer

ge.

Ter

ror

is n

ot

a m

eans

of

imposi

ng d

ecis

ion o

n

the

enem

y; i

t is

th

e d

ecis

ion

we

wis

h t

o i

mp

ose

on h

im.”

(p.

59)

Th

is i

s a

stu

nn

ing

sta

tem

ent.

His

war

do

ctri

ne

stat

es t

hat

ter

ror

is n

ot

a m

ean

s, b

ut

an

end, t

he

mai

n o

bje

ctiv

e of

that

oper

atio

n. H

e goes

on t

o d

escr

ibe

the

role

of

terr

or

as a

des

troyer

of

fait

h:

“It

(te

rror)

can b

e in

stil

led o

nly

if

the

op

po

nen

t’s

fait

h i

s d

estr

oye

d..

.To

in

stil

l te

rro

r

into

th

e h

eart

s o

f th

e en

emy,

it

is e

ssen

tia

l, i

n

the u

ltim

ate

an

aly

sis,

to

dis

loca

te h

is F

ait

h”

(p.6

0).

Fai

th c

an b

e re

lig

iou

s, p

atri

oti

c v

alu

es,

cult

ura

l, b

ut his

thru

st is

on r

elig

ious

fait

h.

Ter

rori

sts

can

no

t fu

nct

ion

wit

ho

ut

the

sup

po

rt f

rom

lo

cals

- W

rite

r ca

lls

for

stri

ng

ent

an

d f

oo

lpro

of

leg

isla

tive

mea

sure

s to

ta

ckle

ta

cit

sup

po

rter

s.

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ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

31

Her

e w

e se

e in

ex

pli

cit

term

s th

e re

li-

gio

us

dim

en

sio

n t

o t

err

ori

sm.

Acco

rdin

g t

o

Mal

ik, t

erro

r is

des

ign

ed to

sh

ake

the

fait

h o

f th

e

enem

y. T

err

or

is a

co

un

ter-

reli

gio

us

att

ack

.

Wh

en

Lask

ar-

e-T

oib

a t

arg

ett

ed

Ak

shard

ham

Man

dir

, S

ank

at M

och

an a

nd

oth

er t

emp

les

and

even

mo

squ

es,

Mu

mb

ai r

ailw

ay s

yst

em,

sto

ck

exch

ang

e, t

he

Sci

ence

Cen

tre

at B

ang

alo

re a

nd

the I

nd

ian

Parl

iam

en

t, t

hese

wer

e n

ot

mil

itar

y o

r ec

on

om

ic

targ

ets

as d

on

e in

war

. E

ven

th

e

Kalu

ch

ak

att

ack

on

an

arm

y

cam

p in

Jam

mu

was

a s

ym

bo

lic

targ

et.

Th

ey w

ere

targ

etti

ng

the

core

ele

men

ts o

f th

e In

dia

n

dem

ocr

acy,

soci

o-r

elig

ious

be-

lief

s, e

conom

ic s

truct

ure

s, m

ili-

tary

str

eng

th,

and

dem

ocr

atic

val

ues

The

terr

ori

sts

under

stood

that

bri

ngin

g th

e st

ock

exch

ange

do

wn

or

hu

rtin

g M

um

bai

rai

lway

sy

stem

was

n’t

goin

g to

cau

se th

e co

llap

se o

f th

e In

dia

n e

conom

y;

des

tru

ctio

n o

f th

e K

alu

chak

bas

e w

asn

’t g

oin

g to

mak

e m

ilit

ary d

ecis

ions

and s

trik

es im

poss

ible

in

J&K

; an

d a

ttac

kin

g I

nd

ian

Par

liam

ent

was

n’t

goin

g to

end d

emocr

acy in

India

. The

stri

kes

wer

e

des

ign

ed to

sh

ake

ou

r co

nfi

den

ce in

ev

ery

thin

g.

Ter

ror,

it

was

hoped

, w

ould

inst

ill

fear

into

ou

r h

eart

s an

d c

reat

e co

nd

itio

ns

of

hat

red

tow

ard

s a

par

ticu

lar

com

mu

nit

y, a

nd

cre

ate

con

-

dit

ion

s fo

rcin

g t

he

cou

ntr

y t

o r

etal

iate

har

shly

agai

nst

the

Musl

im c

om

munit

y, a

s el

emen

ts f

rom

wit

hin

this

co

mm

unit

y a

re r

esponsi

ble

for

pla

nt-

ing

may

hem

. As

peo

ple

lo

ok

up

on

Mu

slim

s w

ith

susp

icio

n, th

e ji

hadi

wil

l ac

hie

ve

his

fir

st a

im o

f

crea

tin

g d

isco

rd in

th

e so

cio

-cu

ltu

ral fa

bri

c.

So h

ow

do w

e fi

ght th

is ter

ror,

and p

ar-

ticu

larl

y t

he

phil

oso

phy o

f te

rror

as ‘

the

end i

n

itse

lf,’

as

advoca

ted b

y B

rig S

.K. M

alik

and w

idel

y

pra

ctic

ed b

y t

he

foll

ow

ers

of

LeT

, H

UJI

, S

IMI

and n

ow

India

n M

uja

hid

in.

Un

fort

un

atel

y, w

e h

ave

allo

wed

th

e te

rro

rist

s to

att

ain

th

e

seco

nd s

tage

of

this

war

of

terr

or,

wher

e th

ey g

et r

ecru

its

wit

hin

In-

dia

and t

rain

them

wit

h t

he

terr

or

ph

ilo

sop

hy

an

d m

eth

od

s fr

om

ab

road

. T

hey

mak

e t

heir

ow

n

bo

mb

s, c

arry

ou

t re

con

nai

ssan

ce,

gat

her

in

tell

igen

ce a

nd

tar

get

so

ft

and s

ensi

tive

area

s. T

he

pre

cisi

on,

tim

ing a

nd d

emonst

rati

on o

f de-

stru

ctiv

e pow

er o

f th

e In

dia

n M

uja

hid

in is

on the

rise

, an

d t

hey

may

sta

rt s

elec

tin

g m

ore

cri

tica

l

targ

ets.

The

ethnic

cle

ansi

ng o

f H

indus

from

the

Kas

hm

ir v

alle

y w

as th

e fi

rst ac

t o

f th

is a

ttem

pte

d

poli

tica

l ta

keo

ver

of

India

, to

be

foll

ow

ed b

y t

he

tota

l ali

enat

ion o

f th

e val

ley a

nd it

s at

tem

pt t

o b

reak

away

as

the

wri

t o

f th

e g

ov

ern

men

t w

ou

ld s

top

runnin

g a

nd m

uja

hid

in o

r Tal

iban

in d

isguis

e w

ould

rule

th

e st

ate.

Hu

rriy

at a

nd

PD

P c

on

stit

ute

su

ch

dis

gu

ised

fo

rms.

Sim

ult

aneo

usl

y, t

he

rest

of

the

cou

ntr

y w

ou

ld b

e p

aral

yse

d w

ith

‘th

ou

san

d c

uts

of

terr

or.

Terr

ori

sts

wh

o a

re th

ey

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

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gna

32

Th

e Q

ura

nic

co

nce

pt

also

ad

vo

cate

s

‘an e

ye

for

an e

ye,

’ and te

rror

to f

ight t

erro

r. C

ould

India

adopt t

his

met

hod, o

r w

ill i

t conti

nue

to tu

rn

the

oth

er c

hee

k?

We

hav

e a

go

ver

nm

ent

tod

ay

that

bel

ieves

in a

ppea

sem

ent o

f m

inori

ties

, in li

eu

of

thei

r su

pport

in e

lect

ions.

Th

ou

gh

oft

en d

isap

po

inte

d w

ith

th

is

route

, fa

ilure

som

ehow

rei

nfo

rces

wro

ng b

elie

fs

and m

ore

eff

ort

is in

ves

ted w

ith m

ore

dis

appoin

t-

ing

res

ult

s. I

n t

he

pro

cess

, th

e n

atio

n i

s le

ft o

pen

to t

erro

r in

the

nam

e of

Isla

m.

The

gover

nm

ent

dit

her

s an

d s

hie

s aw

ay f

rom

fir

m m

easu

res

to

tack

le t

he

men

ace.

Th

e o

nly

act

ion

tak

en a

fter

ev

ery

at-

tack

is

enh

ance

d c

om

pen

sati

on

fo

r th

e k

ille

d a

nd

mai

med

. Wo

rse,

th

e st

atem

ents

by

th

e g

uar

dia

ns

of our se

curi

ty s

hak

e our fa

ith in

the

syst

em. “

Wit

h

ever

y b

last

we

are

gai

nin

g e

xp

erie

nce

. In

eac

h

inci

den

t y

ou

lea

rn,

gai

n e

xp

erie

nce

s,”

wo

rds

of

wis

do

m f

rom

Un

ion

Ho

me

Sec

reta

ry M

adh

uk

ar

Gu

pta

! O

ften

en

ou

gh

th

ere

is a

‘R

ed A

lert

’ in

citi

es a

s H

om

e M

inis

ter

Sh

ivra

j P

atil

“re

vie

ws

step

s to

fil

l g

aps

in s

ecu

rity

.” T

he

last

str

aw t

o

bro

ke

publi

c co

nfi

den

ce w

as “

Gham

ka

pyal

a pee

jay

iye”

– t

he

inan

e ad

vic

e o

f M

r. S

hiv

raj

Pat

il

(Pio

nee

r). H

ow

lo

ng w

ill

this

dra

ma

go o

n;

and

wh

en w

ill

the

‘Gh

am k

a p

yal

a’ b

e em

pty

?

Tough m

easu

res

wil

l ali

enat

e th

e m

inor-

ity,

it

is a

rgued

. As

the

min

ori

ty a

par

t of

the

na-

tion,

terr

ori

st a

cts

hurt

the

min

ori

ty a

s w

ell.

In

fact

, the

pro

ject

ed Q

ura

nic

conce

pt v

isual

izes

the

gre

ates

t d

ang

er t

o j

iha

dfr

om

the

Musl

im w

ho

does

not

adher

e to

the

conce

pt.

So t

he

terr

ori

st’s

firs

t ai

m i

s to

mak

e ‘b

elie

ver

s’ b

elie

ve.

It

is t

hu

s

an a

ssau

lt o

n ‘

bel

iev

ers’

fir

st, b

ecau

se o

nce

th

ey

are

read

y t

o f

igh

t fo

r th

e ca

use

of

Isla

m a

s v

isu

-

aliz

ed b

y t

he

jih

ad

i, h

alf

the

bat

tle

is w

on.

Th

e

jih

adi

is n

ot

figh

tin

g f

or

the

cau

se o

f In

dia

n

Mu

slim

s, h

e i

s en

ga

ged

in

a b

igg

er b

att

le

for

the

‘Per

ceiv

edU

mm

ah

’, a

nd

in

th

at

figh

t

if a

mil

lion

or

so I

nd

ian

Mu

slim

s get

kil

led

,

so b

e it

.

So, w

e nee

d to f

ight th

e ji

ha

di in

a w

ay

that

he

is is

ola

ted a

nd n

ot a

ble

to in

fect

oth

er M

us-

lim

s. W

e hav

e to

kee

p t

he

nat

ion t

oget

her

by e

n-

suri

ng

so

cio

-rel

igio

us

har

mo

ny.

Th

en a

lon

e fi

rm

acti

on a

gai

nst

per

pet

rato

rs o

f ji

had

wit

h n

o m

ercy

tow

ards

coll

abora

tors

in th

eir

das

tard

ly d

eeds

wil

l

be

seen

in

th

e co

rrec

t p

ersp

ecti

ve.

Th

e n

atio

n

must

rea

lize

this

is

ever

y c

itiz

en’s

war

. Any p

er-

son a

idin

g, a

bet

ting o

r not a

ctiv

ely s

upport

ing th

e

war

ag

ain

st t

erro

rism

is

as g

uil

ty o

f w

agin

g w

ar

agai

nst

th

e S

tate

as

a te

rro

rist

per

se.

Rel

igio

n o

r

eth

nic

ity

has

no

ro

le in

th

is.

This

is

a fi

ght fo

r th

e nat

ion’s

surv

ival

.

Coll

ate

ral

dam

age

has

to b

e acc

epte

d i

f a f

ew

no

n-t

erro

ris

ts a

re k

ille

d i

n c

ro

ssfi

re o

r b

y

mis

tak

e. N

o m

ercy

can

be

show

n t

o w

illi

ng o

r

forc

ed s

upport

ers.

Ter

rori

st c

annot f

unct

ion w

ith-

A S

ho

cked

Cap

ital

aft

er b

last

s.

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ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

33

out l

oca

l logis

tics

, inte

llig

ence

and m

ora

l support

.

Th

is c

ruci

al s

up

po

rt n

eed

s to

be

den

ied

by

str

ict

acti

on w

ithout l

etti

ng h

um

an r

ights

act

ivis

ts’

cow

dow

n th

e gover

nm

ent m

achin

ery.

Str

ict a

nd f

ool-

pro

of le

gis

lati

ve

and ju

dic

ial m

easu

res

are

imper

a-

tive.

Med

ia h

as a

n i

mp

ort

ant

role

in

th

is

bat

tle.

Un

fortu

na

tely

, m

ost

cit

izen

s fe

el

the

med

ia a

cts

as

a b

yst

an

der

, ad

voca

tin

g e

ven

-

han

ded

tre

atm

ent

tow

ard

s vic

tim

s an

d m

ur-

der

ers

ali

ke,

an

d a

dd

ing t

o t

he

terr

or

effe

ct.

Oth

erw

ise

the

likes

of A

fzal

would

hav

e m

et th

eir

mak

er a

long t

ime

ago.

An

an

gu

ish

ed w

rite

r fr

om

th

e sc

ene

of

the

Del

hi b

om

b b

last

s w

rote

: “M

y in

ten

tio

n h

ere

is n

ot

on

ly t

o c

on

dem

n t

he

terr

ori

st a

ttac

k b

ut

to

bri

ng to

your noti

ce a

noth

er e

qual

ly im

port

ant p

oin

t

on b

ehav

ior

of

our

med

ia a

nd in

par

ticu

lar

the

TV

new

s ch

annel

s. W

e al

l saw

what

was

bei

ng s

how

n

imm

edia

tely

aft

er t

he

atta

cks,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

the

yo

un

g w

om

an in

a y

ello

w to

p a

nd

bla

ck tr

ou

sers

,

hurt

in t

he

bom

bin

g o

f th

e C

onnau

ght

Pla

ce’s

Cen

tral

Par

k.

Sh

e w

as s

ho

wn

bei

ng

car

-

ried

aw

ay, fo

ur

per

sons

hold

ing a

lim

b e

ach, to

a

po

lice

veh

icle

sev

eral

yar

ds

away

. S

he

was

dri

p-

pin

g b

lood,

her

hea

d s

nap

ped

bac

k u

nder

its

ow

n

wei

gh

t an

d i

n a

go

ny.

S

ever

al o

ther

s w

ere

yel

l-

ing f

or

hel

p, tr

yin

g to f

igure

out in

vai

n w

hat

has

hap

pen

ed t

o t

hem

. A

nd

her

e w

ere

ou

r n

ewsm

en

on t

hei

r im

port

ant

job o

f co

ver

ing t

his

inci

den

ce

giv

ing li

ve

cover

age

and p

assi

ng o

n e

ver

y in

ch o

f

info

rmat

ion to

peo

ple

wit

h th

e sp

eed o

f li

ght.

Ev-

ery

on

e w

ante

d t

o b

e fa

ster

th

an t

he

oth

er. In

th

e

pro

cess

TV

cre

w w

ere

mo

re i

nte

rest

ed i

n g

et-

ting t

he

live

foota

ge

of

peo

ple

lyin

g d

ow

n t

her

e

wai

ting f

or

hel

p, t

he

gir

l I m

enti

oned

above

hel

p-

less

ly h

op

ing

th

at s

om

eon

e w

ill

giv

e su

pp

ort

to

her

hea

d a

nd

ble

edin

g n

eck

…”

Bes

ides

th

e sh

ock

ing

cal

lou

snes

s o

f

such

co

ver

age,

it

is o

bv

iou

s th

at t

he

med

ia w

as

inse

nsi

tive

to t

he

import

ance

of

‘Fir

st A

id.’

The

pri

me

con

sid

erat

ion

in

su

ch a

tra

ged

y s

ho

uld

be

to s

hif

t the

inju

red a

nd d

yin

g to

hosp

ital

, aft

er f

irst

giv

ing f

irst

aid

on th

e sp

ot.

This

is th

e fi

rst d

uty

of

all

citi

zen

s, a

s th

e m

ajo

r ca

use

of

dea

th i

n s

uch

even

ts i

s ‘b

leed

ing’

and ’

shock

.’ S

hock

is

con-

troll

ed b

y ‘

the

hel

pin

g h

and’ o

n th

e vic

tim

’s h

ead

and

en

cou

rag

ing

him

to

kee

p h

op

e al

ive.

Ble

ed-

ing

req

uir

es l

oca

l p

ress

ure

to

co

ntr

ol

the

sam

e.

Th

e g

irl

abo

ve

was

dri

pp

ing

blo

od

an

d n

eed

ed a

hea

vy

clo

th b

and

age

ov

er h

er w

ou

nd

s. A

ll c

iti-

zen

s m

ust

be

trai

ned

in

th

e si

mp

le a

rt o

f sa

vin

g

lives

.

Com

ing b

ack to f

ighti

ng ter

ror,

I q

uote

from

an A

mer

ican

journ

al:

“An i

nte

rest

ing p

oin

t

has

bee

n t

he

succ

ess

ach

iev

ed b

y t

he

US

Go

v-

ernm

ent

agai

nst

the

terr

or.

In d

enyin

g A

NY

ter

-

rori

st s

ucc

esse

s, a

nd

by

su

pp

ress

ing

an

y k

no

wl-

edg

e or

adm

issi

on o

f te

rrori

st s

ucc

ess

or

of

ac-

Page 36: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

34

tive

pla

nnin

g i

n t

hei

r oper

atio

ns

- th

e U

S f

eder

al

go

ver

nm

ent

has

eff

ecti

vel

y m

itig

ated

an

d o

ut

rig

htl

y d

enie

d t

he

pri

mar

y g

oal

of

the

Isla

mis

ts.

Th

us

the

US

go

ver

nm

ent

has

pre

ven

ted

th

e te

r-

rori

zing o

f th

e A

mer

ican

popula

tion. I

t has

bee

n a

reso

un

din

g s

ucc

ess

and

a s

ign

ific

ant

def

eat

for

the

terr

ori

sts

as r

elat

es t

o t

hei

r Q

ura

nic

co

nce

pt

of

war

.”

Fig

hti

ng f

ight only

req

uir

es a

nat

ional

wil

l. F

ou

r p

oin

ts

ne

ed

im

me

dia

te

imp

lem

en

tati

on

-

vig

ilan

ce,

acco

un

t-

ab

ilit

y o

f la

w e

n-

forc

emen

t agen

cies

,

an

eff

ecti

ve l

eg

al

reg

ime,

an

d c

hec

k

on

so

urc

es o

f te

r-

rori

st f

undin

g.

Vig

ilan

ce h

as v

ario

us

connota

tions,

es-

pec

iall

y t

he

wat

chfu

lnes

s o

f ci

tize

ns

at a

ll t

imes

,

as t

erro

rist

s ca

nn

ot

surv

ive

in a

vac

uu

m.

Th

ey

nee

d lo

gis

tics

, in

tell

igen

ce, a

nd

res

ou

rce

sup

po

rt

fro

m t

he

loca

l ar

ea, w

hic

h a

vig

ilan

t co

mm

un

ity

can d

eny.

Gover

nm

ent t

akes

cer

tain

sec

uri

ty m

ea-

sure

s b

ut

un

less

we

hel

p i

n e

nfo

rcin

g t

hem

, th

e

mea

sure

s w

ill

rem

ain

on

pap

er.

Acc

ou

nta

bil

ity

of

law

en

forc

ing

ag

en-

cies

, incl

udin

g in

tell

igen

ce a

gen

cies

, get

s re

sult

s.

Ever

y f

ailu

re t

o p

reven

t te

rror,

to p

erse

cute

ter

-

rori

sts,

mu

st b

e ac

cou

nte

d f

or

at th

e p

oli

tica

l an

d

exec

uti

ve

level

.

An

eff

ecti

ve l

eg

al

reg

ime w

ith

fast

trac

k c

ou

rts

to t

ry c

ases

of

terr

ori

sm w

ith

ad

-

equ

ate

po

wer

s to

im

po

se e

xem

pla

ry p

un

ish

men

t

is i

mp

erat

ive.

Ter

ror

atta

cks

can

no

t b

e tr

eate

d a

s

no

rmal

cri

min

al c

ases

an

d a

llo

wed

to

lin

ger

fo

r

yea

rs,

lik

e th

e M

um

bai

rai

lway

bla

st.

Th

e le

gal

syst

em m

ust

str

eng

then

th

e h

and

s o

f th

e la

w e

n-

forc

emen

t ag

enci

es a

nd

of

the

jud

icia

ry.

Re-

sourc

es t

o t

erro

rist

org

ani-

zati

on

s m

ust

be b

lock

ed

.

Most

funds

are

eith

er f

rom

abro

ad o

r fr

om

nar

co-t

er-

rori

sm –

they

can

be

curb

ed

by k

eepin

g a

str

ict w

atch

on

the

acco

unts

of

crim

inal

and

nar

co-r

elat

ed p

erso

nnel

.

Cert

ain

reli

gio

us

en

do

wm

en

ts a

nd

NG

Os

are

also

use

d f

or

fundin

g b

y t

erro

rist

s.

Our

thru

st h

as to

be

to m

ove

India

fro

m

a so

ft s

tate

to

a f

irm

nat

ion

alis

t st

ate

that

wil

l n

ot

bro

ok a

ny a

nti

-nat

ional

act

ivit

y. T

her

e m

ust

be

no p

lace

for

hes

itan

cy a

nd h

elple

ssnes

s. W

e m

ust

also

den

y t

he

terr

ori

st t

he

oxygen

of

publi

city

.

Road

blo

cks

in th

e fo

rm o

f th

e poli

tici

an-c

rim

inal

-

po

lice

nex

us

and

vo

te b

ank

po

liti

cs m

ust

be

de-

moli

shed

. Guja

rat h

as s

how

n th

e w

ay in

bri

ngin

g

the

per

pet

rato

rs o

f A

hm

edab

ad t

erro

rist

att

ack

to j

ust

ice

at t

he

earl

iest

.

(Lt.

Gen

. N

.S.

Ma

lik,

PV

SM

, is

fo

rmer

Dep

uty

Ch

ief o

f A

rmy

Sta

ff)

Acc

ou

nta

bil

ity o

f la

w e

nfo

rc-

ing

ag

en

cie

s, i

nclu

din

g i

nte

llig

en

ce

ag

en

cie

s, g

ets

resu

lts.

Ev

ery

fa

ilu

re

to p

rev

en

t te

rro

r, t

o p

erse

cu

te t

er-

rori

sts,

mu

st b

e acc

ou

nte

d f

or

at

the

po

liti

ca

l a

nd

ex

ecu

tiv

e l

ev

el.

Page 37: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

35

Ag

ain

th

e sa

me

old

sto

ries

, th

e sa

me

thre

ats

and

sam

e re

solv

e o

f p

oli

tico

s, l

ike

wet

,

squ

eeze

d p

aper

. W

e to

ld y

ou

so

, at

th

at d

ate

and

tim

e, b

ut

you d

idn’t

lis

ten. W

e as

ked

for

a st

rin-

gen

t la

w.

Ou

r in

tell

igen

ce d

ep

art

men

t w

as

war

ned

, y

et n

o o

ne

acte

d.

It’s

a p

lot

to d

erai

l th

e p

eace

pro

cess

wit

h P

akis

tan, w

e sh

all n

ever

get

trap

ped

but c

on-

tin

ue

ou

r m

oh

abb

at. T

hey

are

no

t Is

lam

ists

. B

ad

gu

ys

hav

e n

o r

elig

ion

, so

do

n’t

say

it

is I

slam

ic

terr

ori

sm.

Th

ey c

om

e fr

om

no

wh

ere.

May

be

from

Mar

s b

ut

cert

ainly

not

from

Pak

ista

n o

r

Sau

di

Ara

bia

. T

hey

are

no

t o

ur

peo

ple

, n

ot

Kas

hm

iris

or

Del

hi-

ites

.

Do

n’t

em

bar

rass

Pak

ista

n b

y p

oin

tin

g

fin

ger

s at

it

or

at S

IMI

or

Hu

rriy

at —

we

are

conti

nuin

g w

ith o

ur C

onfi

den

ce B

uil

din

g M

easu

res

and

su

ch b

last

s ai

m t

o d

isru

pt

it. W

hy

sh

ou

ld w

e

allo

w th

at? A

no

ther

featu

re,

an

oth

er

mag

azin

e:

SIM

I is

an a

ssoci

atio

n li

ke

the

YM

CA

, thes

e co

m-

munal

hat

e-m

onger

s hav

e co

nniv

ed w

ith th

e C

on-

gre

ss g

over

nm

ent t

o im

pli

cate

them

wro

ngly

whil

e

they

wer

e co

nd

uct

ing

ad

ult

ed

uca

tio

n c

lass

es.

Ple

ase

see

the

tru

th f

rom

sec

ula

r ey

es a

nd

de-

feat

th

e an

ti-A

fzal

Gu

ru c

row

d.

May

be

the

nex

t

tim

e w

e w

ill in

clu

de

Afz

al a

s a

min

iste

r fo

r in

ter-

nal

sec

uri

ty a

fter

hav

ing

ex

per

imen

ted

wit

h t

he

Mu

slim

Lea

gu

e as

a p

artn

er i

n g

ov

ern

ance

.

Wh

en C

ow

ard

s R

un

th

e S

tate

, th

e N

atio

n B

leed

sTa

run

Vija

y

The

Deo

ban

d’s

conce

rned

mau

lvis

wil

l

agai

n i

ssu

e a

stat

emen

t to

be

wel

com

ed b

y a

ll

pea

ce-l

ov

ing

peo

ple

. L

oo

k, th

ey h

ave

agai

n s

aid

that

thei

r sc

riptu

res

don’t

rec

om

men

d th

is k

ind o

f

vio

lent

jihad

and k

illi

ng i

nnoce

nt

peo

ple

. B

ut

no

one

would

ask

them

how

man

y k

ille

rs o

f th

e ji

had

i

var

iety

hav

e tu

rned

pea

cenik

s an

d le

ft th

eir

bom

b

fact

ori

es a

fter

su

ch d

icta

tes.

‘Hin

du

in

tole

ran

t g

rou

ps

beh

ind

su

ch

bom

b b

last

s!’

— a

noth

er s

ecula

r te

levis

ion c

han

-

nel

wo

uld

scr

eam

— b

ecau

se t

hey

cre

ate

an a

t-

mo

sph

ere

to m

alig

n M

usl

ims

and

get

vo

tes,

it

is

elec

tio

n t

ime

folk

s. T

hes

e b

om

b b

last

s, l

ike

the

Go

dh

ra t

rain

fir

e, h

ave

bee

n p

lan

ned

by

Hin

du

chau

vin

ists

.

A j

ob

wel

l d

on

e. W

e ca

n a

ll g

o t

o s

leep

.

Wh

en c

ow

ard

s ru

n t

he

Sta

te,

the

nat

ion

ble

eds.

A w

ill

to e

lim

inat

e th

e w

eed

s an

d f

ace

the

wra

th o

f m

alev

ole

nt el

emen

ts w

ith

th

e co

nfi

-

den

ce o

f a

vic

tor

is t

he

pre

req

uis

ite

to b

e a

rule

r

and, yes

, to

be

a ci

tize

n. If

it’

s th

ere,

you b

uil

d a

nat

ion. I

f not,

civ

ilis

atio

ns

van

ish.

If c

itiz

ens

enco

ura

ge

and

har

bo

ur

the

wic

ked

, forg

et d

ates

like

Dec

ember

13 th

at s

hould

be

rem

emb

ered

, fo

rget

to

tak

e re

ven

ge

on

an

ti-

nat

ion

als,

co

nti

nu

e w

ith

th

eir

late

-nig

ht

par

ties

when

dea

d b

odie

s of

thei

r fe

llow

cit

izen

s li

e sp

lat-

tere

d i

n b

usy

fas

hio

n m

ark

ets,

no

on

e ca

n s

ave

that

dea

dw

oo

d s

oci

ety.

“W

ha

t sa

crif

ices

we

ha

ve o

ffer

ed t

o s

ave

th

e N

ati

on

al

Inte

gri

ty a

nd

Civ

il L

ife

of

ou

r co

un

try

?”.

Sri

Taru

n V

ijay

call

s fo

r a s

elf-

retr

osp

ecti

on

.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

36

Wher

e w

rite

rs a

nd c

olu

mnis

ts a

dvoca

te

yie

ldin

g to

the

gun-w

ield

ing s

eces

sionis

ts b

ecau

se

‘they

wan

t it

’, n

o o

ne

can s

ave

that

countr

y f

rom

dis

inte

gra

ting a

s ev

ery d

ay n

ew s

eces

sionis

ts w

ill

emer

ge.

It’s

use

less

to

bla

me

this

par

ty o

r th

at

org

anis

atio

n. S

ee w

hat

we

hav

e done

and to

what

lev

el t

he

stat

e o

f af

fair

s h

ave

bee

n b

rou

gh

t to

.

Ever

yth

ing b

oil

s dow

n to

per

sonal

war

s an

d w

ins,

and

ho

mem

ade

po

tbo

iler

s ru

le t

he

top

ech

elo

ns

of

org

anis

atio

ns.

The

nat

ion a

s a

mat

ter

of

seri

ous

pla

n-

nin

g a

nd v

isio

n h

as s

imply

van

ish

ed o

ff t

he

agen

das

of

tho

se

wh

o

are

th

e

know

n f

aces

of

our

lead

-

ersh

ip a

nd d

ecis

ion-m

ak-

ing

mech

an

ism

of

the

Sta

te.

Per

sonal

jeal

ou-

sies

, ven

det

tas

and m

andi-

isat

ion o

f th

e hig

h a

nd m

ighty

turn

peo

ple

s’ s

ecu-

rity

into

a j

oke

of

the

ghost

lan

d w

her

e si

gnal

-

jam

mer

s an

d b

lack

cat

co

mm

and

os

ico

nis

e th

e

Ner

os

and t

he

Rep

ubli

c is

lef

t to

fen

d f

or

itse

lf.

This

is

our

stat

e of

affa

irs

today

.

Any d

ay, an

y tim

e, a

nyone.

Fre

e A

fzal

co

mm

itte

es.

Vis

its

to t

he

Aza

mg

arh

ho

me

of

a te

rro

rist

. D

eman

d c

itiz

en-

ship

for

Ban

gla

des

hi i

nfi

ltra

tors

. Dem

and b

an o

n

pat

rio

tic

org

anis

atio

ns.

Win

th

e el

ecti

on

. T

hat

’s

the

final

aim

of

gover

nan

ce a

nd o

ur

livin

g. O

nly

the

peo

ple

are

to

be

bla

med

. It

’s a

dem

ocr

acy.

Ch

oo

se t

ho

se w

ho

bri

ng

yo

u s

afet

y a

nd

su

cco

ur.

If y

ou

ch

oo

se t

he

mar

aud

ers

yo

u g

et b

ack

ma-

rau

der

s.

Th

e In

dia

n p

eop

le,

as I

nd

ian

s al

on

e,

hav

e d

on

e it

mar

vel

ou

sly

bef

ore

to

o w

hen

ever

the

occ

asio

n d

eman

ded

so

lid

arit

y a

nd

co

hes

ion

.

Kar

gil

saw

it,

19

65

saw

it,

19

62

had

a g

reat

so

li-

dar

ity o

f th

e pat

riots

. Alw

ays,

it’

s th

e le

ader

s an

d

po

liti

cia

ns

wh

o h

av

e f

ail

ed

th

e c

ou

ntr

y a

nd

bac

kst

abbed

the

trust

peo

ple

had

rep

ose

d in

them

.

Peo

ple

s’ p

ow

er s

aw t

hat

th

e cu

lpri

ts

beh

ind

th

e U

ph

aar

cin

ema

fire

tra

ged

y c

ase

wer

e

bro

ught t

o b

ook, h

ow

ever

infl

uen

tial

they

may

be.

It w

as b

ecau

se o

f th

eir

pre

ssu

re a

nd

med

ia b

uil

d-

up

th

at t

he

Nan

das

wer

e p

un

ish

ed i

n t

he

BM

W

case

. T

he

Rig

ht

to I

nfo

r-

mat

ion A

ct i

s a

gre

at i

n-

stru

men

t g

iven

to

th

e

peo

ple

no

t b

ecau

se p

oli

-

tic

ian

s w

an

ted

it

bu

t

ther

e w

as p

ubli

c pre

ssure

to h

ave

it a

nd

fin

ally

it

was

do

ne.

An

d l

oo

k h

ow

Jam

mu

ro

se t

o s

ee t

he

tric

olo

ur

win

ag

ain

st t

he

Pak

ista

ni

flag

-wal

lah

s. N

o o

ne

had

ev

er i

mag

-

ined

a p

eop

le c

an c

reat

e an

up

surg

e u

nk

no

wn

in

regio

nal

his

tory

and w

in to

o. G

reat

thin

gs

hap

pen

nim

ble

-foote

d.

The

Bri

tish

nev

er h

ad a

y i

nkli

ng

of

the

1857 u

pri

sing t

ill

Man

gal

Pan

dey

shot

the

Bri

tish

off

icer

in B

arr

ack

po

re.

Jay

ap

rak

ash

Nar

ayan

’s t

oo

was

a m

ov

emen

t w

ho

se e

xp

anse

and

im

pac

t n

o o

ne

had

an

tici

pat

ed,

and

so

was

the

Ram

Jan

amb

ho

om

i m

ov

emen

t th

at c

han

ged

the

conto

urs

of

the

India

n p

oli

ty.

If p

eople

wil

l, they

can

.

Ind

ian

s w

ill

hav

e to

dec

ide

ho

w m

any

mo

re w

ill h

ave

to d

ie b

efo

re th

ey f

eel co

mp

elle

d

to r

ise

in r

evolt

. India

nee

ds

a re

bel

lion o

f In

dia

n

Wh

en t

he

na

tio

n i

s in

per

il,

go

ds

mu

st b

e d

isco

vered

in

na

tio

na

l u

nit

y a

nd

not

wit

hin

con

cret

e st

ruct

ure

s. T

hes

e u

gly

,

nin

com

po

op

po

liti

cos

nee

d t

o b

e th

row

n in

to

the

du

stb

in lock

, st

ock

an

d b

arr

el. T

he

tru

th

is w

e, a

s In

dia

ns,

nev

er p

aid

a p

rice

fo

r o

ur

ind

epen

den

ce a

nd

ho

no

ur.

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ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

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gna

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peo

ple

who w

ould

mer

ge

all t

hei

r oth

er id

enti

ties

under

one

ban

ner

— th

e tr

icolo

ur.

Forg

et te

mple

s,

chu

rch

es a

nd

mo

squ

es.

Th

e fi

rst

to p

rote

ct t

he

churc

h s

hould

be

a H

indu l

ike

the

firs

t to

pro

tect

a sw

ami

sho

uld

be

a C

hri

stia

n. T

hat

’s w

her

e th

e

nat

ion g

ets

life

.

Wh

en t

he

nat

ion

is

in p

eril

, g

od

s m

ust

be

dis

cover

ed in

nat

ional

unit

y a

nd n

ot w

ithin

con-

cret

e st

ruct

ure

s. T

hes

e ugly

, nin

com

poop p

oli

ti-

cos

nee

d to

be

thro

wn in

to th

e dust

bin

lock

, sto

ck

and b

arre

l. T

he

truth

is w

e, a

s In

dia

ns,

nev

er p

aid

a pri

ce f

or

our

indep

enden

ce a

nd h

onour.

When

I

had

in

terv

iew

ed M

ora

rji D

esai

, wh

ich

tu

rned

ou

t

to b

e one

of

his

last

, in h

is M

um

bai

apar

tmen

t, h

e

said

no

t m

ore

th

an f

ive

per

cen

t In

dia

ns

had

par

-

tici

pat

ed i

n t

he

ind

epen

den

ce s

tru

gg

le.

Th

e re

st

wer

e ei

ther

to

o l

azy

to

co

me

ou

t o

r h

ad l

ined

up

bef

ore

the

Bri

tish

for

bak

shis

h a

nd b

e th

eir

off

ic-

ers

.

Rea

d w

hat

Ab

rah

am L

inco

ln d

id t

o

save

Am

eric

a fr

om

dis

inte

gra

tion a

nd h

is f

amous

Get

tysb

urg

ad

dre

ss a

nd

als

o h

is in

aug

ura

l o

ne

as

pre

sid

ent.

He

acce

pte

d a

civ

il w

ar b

ut

refu

sed

the

dem

and to

div

ide

Am

eric

a. N

earl

y s

even

lakh

Am

eric

ans

die

d i

n t

hat

war

, b

ut

a n

ew s

un

ro

se

on it

s hori

zon th

at in

spir

ed m

illi

ons

acro

ss th

e glo

be

wit

h its

eg

alit

aria

n a

nd

dem

ocr

atic

val

ues

.

What

sac

rifi

ces

hav

e w

e off

ered

to s

ave

nat

ional

inte

gri

ty a

nd th

e ci

vil

life

of

our

nat

ion?

Isn’t

it ti

me

to a

sk th

is q

ues

tion a

nd r

ise

in r

ebel

lion to

say

‘no’

to th

is b

loodbat

h u

nit

edly

?

Bh

arat

iya

Pra

gn

a(A

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on

ali

st M

agazi

ne

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thin

kin

g p

eop

le)

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

38

“T

he

moth

er’s

hea

rt,

the

her

o’s

wil

l

Th

e sw

eetn

ess

of

the

sou

ther

n b

reez

e, T

he

sa-

cred

ch

arm

an

d s

tren

gth

th

at

dw

ell,

On

Ary

an

alt

ars

, fl

am

ing

, fr

ee;

All

th

ese

be

you

rs a

nd

man

y m

ore

, N

o a

nci

ent

sou

l co

uld

dre

am

be-

fore

- B

e th

ou

to I

ndia

’s f

utu

re s

on

, T

he

mis

-

tres

s, s

erva

nt,

fri

end

in

on

e.”

Th

e a

bo

ve w

ord

s a

re t

he b

less

ing

s

giv

en

by S

wa

mi

Viv

eka

na

nd

a t

o h

is W

est

ern

dis

cip

le o

f Ir

ish

ori

gin

, M

iss

Ma

rga

ret

Eli

za-

beth

No

ble

. H

e d

ed

ica

ted

her

to I

nd

ia a

nd

call

ed h

er “

Niv

edit

a”

.

Sh

e ca

me

to I

nd

ia,

un

der

sto

od

In

dia

’s

hea

rt a

nd b

ecam

e one

wit

h I

ndia

. “

India

” h

ad

bec

om

e her

lif

e bre

ath

til

l her

last

bre

ath

. Sta

y-

ing

at

Ca

lcu

tta

, sh

e w

ork

ed

in

th

e s

lum

s o

f

Ca

lcu

tta

, sh

e s

tart

ed

a s

ch

oo

l fo

r g

irls

of

Ca

lcu

tta

,w

hic

h t

od

ay

is a

mig

hty

in

stit

uti

on

;

Pla

gu

e o

r fa

min

e,

she p

lun

ged

to

serv

e t

he

aff

ecte

d;

Po

or

or

dest

itu

te ,

she h

elp

ed

th

em

every

wa

y. Auro

bin

do c

alle

d h

er “

Agni

Sik

a”(

the

flam

e of

fire

); R

avin

dra

nat

h T

agore

pra

ised

her

as a

n e

xce

pti

on

al s

ou

l; T

amil

leg

end

ary

Po

et

Su

bh

ram

any

a B

har

ati

rev

ered

her

as

his

gu

ru

and

cal

led

her

“D

ivin

e M

oth

er”;

Mil

lio

ns

and

mil

lions

of

India

ns

cal

led h

er “

Sis

ter

Niv

edit

a”.

Sh

e d

esig

ned

th

e ea

rlie

r v

ersi

on

of

In-

dia

n N

atio

nal

Fla

g a

nd in

scri

bed

the

word

s “V

ande

Sis

ter

Niv

edita

Ind

ia In

spir

ed H

er –

To

Insp

ire

Ind

ian

s F

or

Ag

es.

J C

han

dra

Sek

har

Man

tara

m”

on

it at

Ko

lko

tta

con

gre

ss in

19

06

. It

was

sam

e fl

ag h

ois

ted

by

Mad

am C

ama

at t

he

Inte

rnat

ional

Com

munis

t Confe

rence

hel

d in

Ger

-

man

y.

She

trea

ded

on th

e sp

irit

ual

pat

h la

id b

y

Sw

ami

Viv

ekan

and

a. S

he

lear

ned

her

sp

irit

ual

less

on

s fr

om

Ho

ly M

oth

er S

arad

a D

evi b

y b

ein

g

wit

h h

er. W

hen

Sri

Auro

bin

do w

ent

into

sel

f-ex

-

ile,

sh

e ed

ited

his

Ka

rma

yog

in.

She

cris

scro

ssed

the

length

and b

read

th

of

India

, under

stan

din

g I

ndia

n c

ult

ure

and I

ndia

n

his

tory

; She

tire

less

ly c

ampai

gned

for

the

wom

en

edu

cati

on

; S

he

edit

ed c

om

ple

te w

ork

s o

f S

wam

i

Viv

ekan

and

a an

d h

ad w

ritt

en w

on

der

ful

bo

ok

s

on I

ndia

. ‘F

ootf

alls

of

India

n H

isto

ry’

and ‘

Cra

dle

Tal

es o

f H

induis

m’;

‘T

he

web

of

India

n l

ife’

(

Rav

ind

ra N

ath

Tag

ore

wro

te t

he

fore

wo

rd f

or

this

book)

and m

any e

ssay

s ;

Sis

ter

Niv

ed

ita’s

su

ccess

lay

in

th

e

met

ho

d s

he

ado

pte

d t

o b

rin

g e

du

cati

on

to

In

dia

n

mass

es.

Sh

e u

sed

th

e t

ime-t

est

ed

hab

it o

f

story

tell

ing, w

hic

h w

as a

gre

at f

orc

e in

educa

ting

Ind

ian

s. S

he

wo

uld

als

o r

elat

e th

e su

bje

ct t

o h

is-

tori

cal

det

ails

about

India

. In

this

man

ner

she

in-

stil

led

in

her

stu

den

ts a

rev

eren

ce a

nd

pri

de

for

thei

r ow

n tr

adit

ions.

Let

us

stop

Con

fusi

ng

You

ng m

ind

s ab

ou

t

ou

r R

ole

Mo

dels

:

Th

is n

atio

n s

hal

l b

e re

mem

ber

ing

th

e

A t

ribu

te p

aid

to S

iste

r N

ived

ita,

wh

ose

bir

th a

nn

iver

sary

fall

s on

28

th O

cto

ber

.

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ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

39

gre

at s

oul

on 2

8th O

cto

ber

, 2

00

8 t

o c

om

mem

o-

rate

her

141

st b

irth

day

. S

he

cam

e to

India

in 1

898

and

rem

ain

ed i

n I

nd

ia t

ill

her

las

t b

reat

h u

p t

o

1911

. She

insp

ired

mil

lions

of ord

inar

y India

ns

and

lead

ers

of

the

Nat

ion

al M

ov

emen

t.

Sh

e w

ork

ed

for

bet

term

ent

of

India

n w

om

en.

She

hel

ped

In-

dia

by h

elpin

g i

t to

red

isco

ver

its

elf.

No h

igher

serv

ice

cou

ld b

e re

nd

ered

to

a n

atio

n i

n t

he

gri

p

of

self

-forg

etfu

lnes

s. S

he

stood f

or

nat

ional

jus-

tice

for

India

and s

he

hel

ped

us

by g

ivin

g u

s na-

tional

pri

de. Yet

, how

man

y of

pre

sen

t

day

you

th k

now

abou

t h

er a

nd h

er

con

trib

uti

on

s to

In

dia

. If

we

ask

an

y s

ch

oo

l g

oin

g b

oy o

r g

irl

to

nam

e a f

ore

ign

wom

an

wh

o l

ove

d

an

d se

rve

d In

dia

; Im

me

dia

te

co

me

s th

e

an

swe

r,

“M

oth

er

Ter

esa”. T

han

ks

to e

van

gel

izati

on

eff

ort

s a

nd

c

ath

oli

c

vig

or

in

hyp

ing

th

e I

nd

ian

min

ds

wit

h

Ter

esa

fa

cto

r. S

om

e w

este

rn c

ol-

um

nis

ts e

ven

sym

boli

zed K

olk

att

a w

ith

Moth

er

Ter

esa,

byp

ass

ing a

ll t

he

noble

sou

ls l

ike

Sri

Ra

ma

Kri

shn

a, R

aja

Ra

m M

oh

on

Ro

y, S

wa

mi

Viv

ek

an

an

da

, R

ab

ind

ran

ath

Ta

go

re,

Neta

ji

Su

bh

as

Ch

an

dra

Bose

, S

ir J

.C.

Bose

an

d o

th-

ers

of

Ind

ia’s

ren

ais

san

ce c

ity.

What

hap

pen

ed to

oth

er f

ore

ign w

om

en

wh

o w

ere

insp

ired

by

In

dia

an

d s

erv

ed h

er i

m-

men

sely

? A

nn

ie B

esan

t, M

oth

er o

f A

uro

bin

do

Ash

ram

an

d S

iste

r N

ived

ita,

eac

h o

ne

of

them

did

exce

pti

onal

work

. T

hey

loved

India

and i

n-

spir

ed I

ndia

ns

about I

ndia

’s s

upre

mac

y in

spir

itu-

alit

y. A

ll t

he

thre

e o

f th

em w

ere

acq

uai

nte

d w

ith

San

skri

t an

d I

ndia

n p

hil

oso

phic

al thought unli

ke

Mo

ther

Tere

sa,

wh

o s

train

ed

ev

ery

nerv

e t

o

Chri

stia

nis

e m

illi

ons

of

India

ns

thro

ugh h

er c

har

-

ity

wo

rk. . W

hat

is

hap

pen

ing

to

us?

O

ff r

ecen

t,

even

a f

ilm

sta

r in

An

dh

ra P

rad

esh

dec

lare

s a

Poli

tica

l P

arty

on t

he

Moth

er T

eres

a’s

bir

thday

and

pro

clai

ms

her

as

his

in

spir

atio

n, as

his

tee

n

age

fan

s ta

ke

her

as

thei

r ro

le m

od

el;

w

her

e w

e

are

hea

din

g to

? W

hat

kin

d o

f th

e cu

ltu

ral le

gac

y,

we

are

tran

smit

ting to

futu

re I

ndia

ns?

Tom

orr

ow

,

on

e n

eed

no

t b

e su

rpri

sed

, if

ou

r ch

ild

ren

are

tau

gh

t, t

hat

Mrs

So

nia

Gan

dh

i is

only

fore

ign w

om

an w

ho w

ork

ed for

India

’s p

rosp

erit

y.

Sis

ter

Niv

edit

a st

ands

tall

,

as h

igh a

s H

imal

ayas

to in

spir

e gen

-

erat

ion

s an

d g

ener

atio

ns

of

Ind

ia.

Niv

edit

a’s

books

on I

ndia

are

the

in-

val

uab

le t

reas

ure

ab

ou

t In

dia

. E

v-

ery w

ord

of her

about I

ndia

is a

pow

-

ered

bu

llet

an

d c

an i

gn

ite

flam

es o

f

insp

irat

ion i

n h

eart

s of

India

ns

for

ever

. L

ove

tow

ards

India

bec

om

es th

ousa

nd f

old

as o

ne

under

stan

ds

the

burn

ing z

eal o

f N

ived

ita’

s

hea

rt.

Sw

am

i V

ivek

an

an

da p

rop

heti

call

y

ble

ssed

her

th

at “

Sh

e b

elo

ng

s to

th

e fu

ture

so

n

of

Ind

ia”.

On

e h

un

dre

d y

ears

ag

o S

iste

r N

ived

ita

anal

yze

d I

nd

ia a

nd

ex

pre

ssed

her

vie

ws

bo

ldly

.

To

day

aft

er o

ne

hu

nd

red

yea

rs,

con

fuse

d I

nd

ian

Youth

req

uir

e her

vie

ws

on I

ndia

more

str

ongly

to i

nsp

ire

and

rec

har

ge

them

sel

ves

. L

et u

s lo

ok

into

sele

cte

d e

xcerp

ts a

do

pte

d f

rom

Sis

ter

Niv

edit

a’s

Book: T

he

Web

of

India

n L

ife

(Chap

-

ter

XV

I-O

n T

he

Loom

of

Tim

e).

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

40

On

Pata

nja

li :

“Th

e d

eep

er w

e g

o i

nto

th

e h

isto

ry o

f

Hin

du p

hil

oso

phy,

the

more

per

ple

xed

we

are

that

wit

h i

ts o

bv

iou

sly

sci

enti

fic

char

acte

r it

sh

ou

ld

nev

er h

ave

crea

ted

a s

cien

tifi

c m

ov

emen

t o

f th

e

pre

stig

e an

d é

clat o

f th

at o

f th

e W

est.

Pat

anja

li, *

wh

o w

rote

his

gre

at p

sych

olo

gy

in

th

e se

con

d

centu

ry B

.C., w

as o

bvio

usl

y a

physi

olo

gis

t, s

tudy-

ing th

e li

vin

g b

ody in

rel

atio

n to

that

ner

vous

sys-

tem

wh

ich

in

its

en

tire

ty h

e w

ou

ld c

all

the

min

d.

The

acti

on a

nd i

nte

r-ac

tion o

f th

e li

vin

g n

euro

-

psy

cho

sis

is a

qu

es-

tio

n w

hic

h m

od

ern

scie

nce

, conte

nt w

ith

a m

ore

sta

tic

vie

w o

f

hum

an s

truct

ure

, has

har

dly

yet

ven

ture

d

to t

ack

le,

an

d s

tu-

den

ts o

f P

ata

nja

li

can

no

t b

e c

on

tro

-

ver

ted

if

they

ho

ld t

hat

wh

en i

t is

rea

ched

, it

wil

l

on

ly b

e to

co

rro

bo

rate

th

e an

cien

t in

ves

tig

atio

ns

step

by

ste

p.”

On

In

dia

n M

ath

em

ati

cs

an

d S

cie

nces:

“W

hat

is t

rue o

f th

e p

sych

olo

gy

is

equ

ally

tru

e o

f In

dia

n m

ath

emat

ics,

ast

ron

om

y,

surg

ery,

chem

istr

y. T

he

Ori

enta

l pre

dil

ecti

on f

or

med

itat

ive

insi

gh

t is

an

ad

van

tag

e in

th

e fi

eld

of

mat

hem

atic

s, w

her

e ded

uct

ion is

a n

eces

sity

. But

at th

e sa

me

tim

e it

s fu

ndam

enta

l soli

dit

y a

nd o

rigi-

nal

ity

are

sh

ow

n b

y t

he

fact

th

at h

igh

ly a

bst

ruse

pro

ble

ms

are

stat

ed b

y H

indu th

inker

s in

concr

ete,

and

ev

en i

n p

oet

ic t

erm

s. A

nd

it

wil

l b

e re

mem

-

ber

ed th

at le

ss th

an a

hundre

d y

ears

ago, D

e M

or-

gan

* c

eleb

rate

d t

he

solu

tio

n a

t si

gh

t o

f ce

rtai

n

hit

her

to u

nco

mp

lete

d p

rob

lem

s o

f “M

axim

a an

d

Min

ima,

” by a

young H

indu c

alle

d R

am C

han

dra

.

Th

e l

aw

of

gra

vit

ati

on

its

elf

wa

s

enu

nci

ate

d a

nd

dis

cuss

ed b

y B

ha

ska

r A

cha

rya

in t

he

twel

fth c

entu

ry.

And t

he

anti

quit

y of

the

Sa

nsk

rit

wo

rd s

hu

nyo

, fo

r n

ou

gh

t, t

og

eth

er

wit

h t

he

imm

emo

ria

l d

istr

ibu

tio

n o

f th

e sy

stem

all

ove

r th

e co

un

try,

co

ncl

usi

vely

pro

ves

tha

t

ou

r d

ecim

al

no

tati

on

is

Ind

ian

, a

nd

no

t A

ra-

bic

, in

ori

gin

.”

“An

cien

t In

dia

kn

ew w

hat

was

mea

nt

by

sci

enti

fic

co-o

per

atio

n,

bu

t b

y o

rgan

isat

ion

scar

cely

. And n

o o

ne

nat

ion, w

ork

ing a

lone,

could

hav

e p

rod

uce

d t

he

wh

ole

of

what

we

know

as

Moder

n S

ci-

ence

, or

even

one

div

isio

n o

f

it.”

On

neg

lect

of

ho

list

ic v

iew

of

life

by

Eu

ro

pe w

ith

th

e

Cra

ze f

or

Sci

ence

:

“Agai

n, w

e m

ust

re-

mem

ber

that

in E

uro

pe

to-d

ay

we

hav

e re

no

un

ced

alm

ost

ev

ery

thin

g f

or

sci-

ence

. Art

an

d l

ette

rs a

re a

lmo

st a

t a

stan

dst

ill.

In

thes

e d

epar

tmen

ts—

at l

east

, in

ev

ery

co

un

try

outs

ide

Fra

nce

and R

uss

ia—

we

are

livin

g a

lmost

enti

rely

on t

he

trea

sure

s of

the

pas

t. I

n r

elig

ion

we

see

the

sam

e su

per

fici

al e

clec

tici

sm, t

he

sam

e

abse

nce

of

gen

uin

e co

nte

mp

ora

ry i

mp

uls

e. B

ut

India

nev

er w

as in

this

posi

tion. S

ide

by s

ide

wit

h

the

lear

ned

man

, spec

ula

ting o

r ex

per

imen

ting o

n

the

secr

ets

of

Nat

ure

, th

e b

uil

der

s w

ere

rais

ing

the

vil

lag

e te

mp

le,

the

shu

ttle

fle

w t

o a

nd

fro

in

the

loo

m,

the

clin

k o

f th

e to

ols

was

hea

rd i

n t

he

bra

ss-s

mit

hy,

the

pal

ace

pundit

s busi

ed th

emse

lves

wit

h t

hei

r co

llec

tio

n o

f an

cien

t te

xts

, th

e sa

ints

poure

d f

ort

h t

he

raptu

re o

f th

eir

souls

, th

e pea

s-

ant

wak

ed a

nd

sle

pt

in t

he

go

od

co

mp

any

of

Na-

ture

, ric

e-fi

eld a

nd p

alm

-tre

e, c

attl

e an

d far

mst

ead.

Sis

ter N

ived

ita

sta

nd

s ta

ll,

as

hig

h

as

Him

ala

ya

s to

in

spir

e g

en

era

tio

ns

an

d

gen

era

tio

ns

of

Ind

ia.

Niv

ed

ita

’s b

oo

ks

on

In

dia

are

th

e in

valu

ab

le t

reasu

re a

bou

t

Ind

ia.

Ever

y w

ord

of

her

ab

ou

t In

dia

is

a

po

wered

bu

llet

an

d c

an

ig

nit

e f

lam

es

of

insp

irati

on

in

hea

rts

of

Ind

ian

s fo

r ev

er.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

41

Fai

th, ar

t, a

nd i

ndust

ry l

ived

on u

ndis

turb

ed. A

f-

ter al

l, is

it n

ot p

oss

ible

that

we

dec

eive

ours

elves

?”

On

Co

mm

ercia

l M

ind

set

of

Eu

ro

pea

ns:

“Th

e tr

ue

secr

et o

f o

ur

elim

inat

ion

of

ever

y o

ther

in

tell

ectu

al a

ctiv

ity

in

fav

ou

r o

f sc

i-

ence

, is

it

real

ly t

he

dep

th o

f o

ur

enth

usi

asm

fo

r

know

ledge,

or

is i

t not

rath

er o

ur

moder

n f

ever

for

its

mec

han

ical

ap

pli

cati

on

? H

ow

far

is

the

pas

sion f

or

pure

truth

unim

pai

red b

y c

om

mer

cial

inte

rest

s? H

ow

far

is o

ur su

bst

ituti

on o

f sp

ecia

lism

s

for sy

nth

esis

condit

ioned

by fin

ance

mer

ely?

When

our

uti

lita

rian

ingen

uit

y d

raw

s nea

rer

exhau

stio

n,

wh

en t

he

pre

sen

t sp

asm

of

inv

enti

ve

abil

ity

has

work

ed it

self

out,

then

, and n

ot t

ill t

hen

, wil

l com

e

the

tim

e fo

r es

tim

atin

g t

he

actu

al p

rofu

nd

ity

an

d

dis

inte

rest

ednes

s of

our

scie

nti

fic

ardour.

Wil

l our

lov

e o

f k

no

wle

dg

e co

nti

nu

e to

dri

ve

us

on

to

a

stil

l dee

per

theo

reti

c in

sight,

or

wil

l our

inves

tiga-

tions

languis

h in

our

han

ds,

linger

ing o

n a

s a

mer

e

fash

ion

in

lea

rnin

g, e

ven

as

Ari

sto

tle

lin

ger

ed o

n

thro

ug

h th

e M

idd

le A

ges

? T

ill s

uch

qu

esti

on

s ar

e

nea

rer

fin

din

g th

eir

answ

er w

e ar

e in

no

po

siti

on

to a

ssu

me

that

th

e p

rese

nt

per

iod

is,

or

is n

ot,

ult

imat

ely s

cien

tifi

c.”

Niv

edit

a’s

pro

ph

ecy a

bou

t fu

ture

In

dia

as

a

gia

nt

Sci

enti

fic

an

d S

pir

itu

al

Pow

er :

“On

th

e o

ther

han

d,

it i

s st

ill

op

en t

o

Ind

ia, f

acin

g th

e ac

tual

co

nd

itio

ns

of

the

mo

der

n

worl

d,

to p

rove

that

the

innat

e ca

pac

ity o

f her

peo

ple

for

scie

nti

fic

work

and in

quir

y h

as b

een in

no

way

les

sen

ed b

y t

his

lo

ng

ab

sten

tio

n f

rom

its

vulg

ar p

rofi

ts.

In s

pit

e, n

ever

thel

ess,

of

the

rela

tive

non-

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

nat

ura

l sc

ien

ce i

n I

nd

ia, it

is

the

per

fect

com

pat

ibil

ity o

f th

e H

indu r

elig

ious

hy-

poth

esis

wit

h th

e hig

hes

t sci

enti

fic

acti

vit

y th

at is

to m

ake

that

co

un

try

wit

hin

th

e p

rese

nt

cen

tury

the

mai

n s

ou

rce

of

the

new

sy

nth

esis

of

reli

gio

n

for

whic

h w

e in

the

Wes

t ar

e ce

rtai

nly

wai

ting.”

On

Ch

ris

tia

nit

y V

s M

od

ern

Scie

nti

fic D

is-

co

verie

s:

“Su

ch a

n o

ccu

rren

ce w

as i

nev

itab

le i

n

Engli

sh-s

pea

kin

g c

ountr

ies

under

pre

sent c

ircu

m-

stan

ces,

an

d h

as b

een

acc

eler

ated

, as

it

hap

pen

s,

by

th

e ag

no

stic

ism

bo

rn o

f sc

ien

tifi

c ac

tiv

ity.

Chri

stia

nit

y, m

ore

over

, has

bee

n f

urt

her

dis

cred

-

ited

by

th

e d

isco

ver

y t

hat

its

ad

her

ents

po

sses

s

no e

thic

s su

ffic

ientl

y c

ontr

oll

ing to

infl

uen

ce th

eir

inte

rnat

ional

rel

atio

ns,

and f

inal

ly b

y th

at w

ors

hip

of

ple

asu

re w

hic

h a

n a

ge

of

exp

loit

atio

n n

eces

-

sari

ly e

ng

end

ers.

Th

us

nei

ther

th

e se

nti

men

t o

f

chil

dhood, t

he

reas

onin

g o

f th

eolo

gy,

the

aust

erit

y

of co

nsc

ience

, nor th

e pow

er o

f id

eali

sm, h

as b

een

stro

ng e

nough t

o m

ainta

in t

he

cree

d o

f th

e W

est

agai

nst

th

e as

sau

lts

to w

hic

h t

he

age

has

see

n i

t

sub

ject

ed. E

ver

yth

ing

see

ms

to b

e g

oin

g th

rou

gh

a tr

ansi

tion. S

oci

al m

ora

lity

, inte

llec

tual

form

ula

s,

legal

and e

conom

ic r

elat

ionsh

ips,

all

hav

e bro

ken

loose

fro

m t

hei

r old

moori

ngs,

and a

re s

eekin

g

for

re-a

dju

stm

ent.

On

In

dia

’s S

pir

itu

al

legacy

:

“On

ly i

n I

nd

ia h

ave

insp

ired

tea

cher

s

bee

n a

ble

to

dec

lare

th

at t

he

nam

e o

f G

od

, b

ein

g

also

an il

lusi

on, d

iffe

red o

nly

fro

m w

orl

dly

thin

gs

in h

avin

g t

he

pow

er o

f hel

pin

g u

s to

bre

ak o

ur

bondag

e to

illu

sion, w

hil

e th

ey, o

n th

e oth

er h

and,

incr

ease

d i

t. O

nly

in

In

dia

has

it

bee

n c

ou

nte

d

ort

hodoxy t

o b

elie

ve

that

all

is

wit

hin

the

min

d

that

the

form

s of

gods

are

but

obje

ctif

icat

ions

of

ou

r o

wn

sen

se o

f w

hat

is

bes

t to

be

atta

ined

, th

at

pra

yer

is

only

the

hei

ghte

nin

g o

f w

ill.

And ther

e-

fore

it is

fro

m I

ndia

that

we

shal

l gat

her

that

inte

l-

lect

ual

izat

ion o

f bel

ief

whic

h is

to r

e-es

tabli

sh, i

n

the

nam

e of

a new

and g

reat

er s

ynth

esis

, our

con-

fid

ence

in

ou

r o

wn

pas

t.”

(Art

icle

Co

mp

iled

by

J.C

ha

nd

ra S

ekh

ar,

Co

ord

ina

tor,

Viv

eka

na

nd

a L

ife S

kil

ls A

ca

dem

y,

Hyd

erabad.

)

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

42

I h

ave

oft

en w

on

der

ed w

het

her

Ch

ris-

tian

s re

alis

e h

ow

mu

ch o

ffen

ce t

hei

r m

issi

on

ar-

ies

giv

e to

non-C

hri

stia

ns

in India

, mai

nly

Hin

dus,

by th

eir

acti

vit

ies.

Ther

e ar

e tw

o k

inds

of C

hri

stia

nit

y. O

ne

is t

hat

of

sim

ple

god-f

eari

ng p

eople

who g

o t

o

churc

h, sa

y t

hei

r pra

yer

s, d

o w

hat

lit

tle

they

can

for

less

enin

g t

he

suff

erin

g o

r ig

nora

nce

of

thei

r

fell

ow

cit

izen

s, a

nd

be

at p

eace

wit

h t

he

wo

rld

aro

un

d t

hem

. T

hey

are

resp

ecte

d,

lov

ed

an

d

honoure

d. T

he

oth

er is

the

‘Inst

ituti

onal

Chri

stia

n-

ity’,

whic

h c

ame

to I

ndia

wit

h th

e m

arau

din

g P

or-

tug

ues

e in

th

e 1

6th

cen

tury

. It is

th

is C

hri

stia

nit

y

that

has

bee

n c

ausi

ng

tro

ub

le i

n I

nd

ia i

n r

ecen

t

tim

es.

Th

e ar

gu

men

t ad

du

ced

by

In

stit

uti

on

al

Ch

rist

ian

ity

is

that

it

is G

od

’s c

om

man

d t

hat

his

good w

ord

be

spre

ad a

ll o

ver

the

worl

d.

They

insi

st o

n t

hei

r ‘r

igh

t’ t

o c

on

ver

t p

eop

le b

ecu

ase

God o

rdai

ned

that

peo

ple

must

be

conver

ted. S

uch

an a

ttit

ude

is in

sult

ing to

non-C

hri

stia

ns.

Som

e ti

me

in l

ate

Januar

y, t

he

South

Asi

an c

orr

esponden

t of

Le

Fig

aro, F

rance

’s m

ost

popula

r new

spap

er, w

rote

a s

cath

ing p

eice

agai

nst

mis

sio

nary

acti

vit

y i

n t

he H

ind

ust

an

Tim

es.

Th

e B

eam

In Y

ou

r E

yeM

. V. K

amat

h.

Fra

nco

is G

auti

er m

ust

hav

e fe

lt r

eall

y i

nce

nse

d

at th

e in

sensi

tivit

y o

f In

dia

n C

hri

stia

ns.

Mo

re r

ecen

tly,

Jo

n S

tock

, N

ew D

elh

i

corr

esponden

t of

the

Dai

ly T

eleg

raph (

a L

ondon

pap

er)

wro

te a

rev

elat

ory

pie

ce i

n t

he

Sp

ecta

tor,

anoth

er B

riti

sh jo

urn

al, a

bout t

he

acti

vit

ies

of m

is-

sio

nar

ies

in I

nd

ia. P

ut si

mp

ly, S

tock

wro

te, “T

he

India

n s

ubco

nti

nen

t has

bec

om

e th

e pri

nci

pal

tar-

get

fo

r a

wid

e ra

ng

e o

f w

este

rn C

hri

stia

n m

is-

sio

ns

det

erm

ined

to

sp

read

th

e G

osp

el t

o I

nd

ia’s

‘un

reac

hed

’ p

eop

le b

efo

re t

he

yea

r 2

00

0.”

Ch

rist

ian

mis

sio

ns

in t

he

US

hav

e b

e-

com

e p

arti

cula

rly

nas

ty a

nd

off

ensi

ve.

Sto

ck

qu

ote

s w

hat

the

US

-bas

ed B

eth

any

Wo

rld

Pra

yer

Cen

tre

has

bee

n w

riti

ng

ab

ou

t H

ind

uis

m.

An

y

Am

eric

an w

ho w

ants

to p

ray f

or

the

Ho t

ribal

s

of

south

Bih

ar a

nd n

ort

her

n O

riss

a, f

or

exam

ple

,

is g

iven

a p

ho

to,

he

say

s, a

det

aile

d m

ap a

nd

a

des

crip

tion o

f how

tri

bal

s li

ve

and w

hat

they

be-

liev

e in

, w

ith

th

e su

gg

esti

on

: “P

ray

ag

ain

st t

he

spir

its

of

anim

ism

an

d H

ind

uis

m t

hat

hav

e k

ept

the

Ho

in

sp

irit

ual

dar

kn

ess

for

cen

turi

es.”

Sto

ck

com

men

ts: “

Bet

han

y’s

exhort

atio

n to

pra

y a

gai

nst

anim

ism

and H

induis

m i

s har

dly

a m

ark o

f re

-

spec

t.”

He’

s b

ein

g k

ind

. I

call

th

at a

do

wn

rig

ht

insu

lt t

o H

ind

uis

m.

Bu

t w

e ar

e n

ot

sup

po

sed

to

pro

test

.

Sri

MV

Ka

math

ch

all

enges

th

e U

S E

van

gel

ists

to p

ou

r m

on

ey i

nto

Mu

slim

cou

n-

trie

s in

aid

of

con

vers

ion

s si

mil

ar

to t

hei

r pec

un

iary

eff

ort

s of

Pro

sely

tisa

tion

in

In

dia

.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

43

Th

en S

tock

qu

ote

s ‘T

he

Nat

ive

Mis

-

sio

nar

y M

ov

emen

t in

In

dia

’ as

say

ing

ab

ou

t

Ori

ssa:

“S

atan

has

su

cces

sfu

lly

cam

ou

flag

ed h

is

gri

p o

n the

peo

ple

of

Ori

ssa

wit

h a

thin

ven

eer

of

reli

gio

n.”

Is

Hin

du

ism

sat

anic

? A

s fo

r

‘AD

20

00

an

d B

eyo

nd

,’ i

t sa

ys

that

Var

anas

i, H

induis

m’s

holi

est c

ity,

is full

of te

mple

s

ded

icat

ed t

o S

hiv

a, “

an i

do

l w

ho

se s

ym

bo

l is

a

ph

allu

s. M

any

co

nsi

der

th

e ci

ty t

he

ver

y s

eat

of

Sat

an.”

Wh

y a

re o

ur

Ind

ian

Bis

ho

ps

qu

iet

in t

his

mat

ter?

Bu

t S

tock

go

es f

urt

her

. He

wri

tes:

“H

un

-

dre

ds

and

th

ou

san

ds

of

do

llar

s ar

e b

ein

g c

han

-

nel

led in

to India

thro

ugh w

ell-

org

anis

ed U

S-b

ased

evan

gel

ica

mis

sions.

The

met

iculo

usl

y res

earc

hed

eth

no

gra

ph

ic d

ata

they

are

co

mp

ilin

g o

n t

he

re-

gio

n e

nsu

res

that

fu

nd

s (a

s w

ell

as p

ray

ers)

are

bei

ng d

irec

ted w

ith m

ilit

ary p

reci

sion o

t the

right

pla

ces,

even

to s

pec

ific

PIN

codes

, in rem

ote

trib

al

dis

tric

ts.”

Sto

ck q

uote

s ‘A

D 2

000 a

nd B

eyond’

as s

ayin

g: “G

od

is

allo

win

g u

s to

sp

y o

n th

e la

nd

that

we

mig

ht

go i

n a

nd c

laim

both

it

and i

ts i

n-

hab

itan

ts f

or

Him

.” T

he

kin

d o

f la

nguag

e bei

ng

use

d b

y U

S e

van

gel

ical

mis

sions

to d

escr

ibe

Hin

-

duis

m is

appal

ing. B

ut t

her

e is

not a

word

of

apol-

ogy f

rom

our

Chri

stia

n b

ishops.

Acc

ord

ing

to

Su

resh

Ku

mar

Un

nit

han

,

wri

tin

g i

n t

he

Ob

serv

er (

Mar

ch 2

3),

“A

det

aile

d

stra

teg

y f

or

mas

siv

e co

nv

ersi

on

of

trib

als,

Dal

its

and

bac

kw

ard

cla

sses

an

d l

arg

e-sc

ale

chu

rch

pla

nti

ng

was

fo

rmu

late

d a

t a

mee

tin

g o

f ch

urc

h

an

d m

issi

on

ary

lead

ers

in

Bh

pal

recen

tly.”

Unnit

han

quote

s a

docu

men

t pre

par

ed b

y o

ne

Dr.

Vic

tor

Choudri

e, c

o-o

rdin

ator

of

‘Har

ves

t C

on-

sult

ant’

(a

pro

sely

tisa

tion p

rogra

mm

e of

the

Pro

t-

esta

nt

Ch

urc

h)

and

pre

sen

t at

th

e m

eeti

ng

, as

say

ing

th

at “

the

go

al i

s to

pla

nt

abo

ut

30

,00

0

chu

rch

es a

nd

rea

ch o

ver

10

mil

lio

n ‘

un

reac

hed

in t

he

stat

e by t

he

yea

r 2007.”

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

report

“M

P h

as 7

0 m

illi

on p

eople

in 7

0,0

00 v

il-

lages

and o

nly

70,0

00 C

hri

stia

n f

amil

ies.

We

sho

uld

str

ive

to h

ave

on

e ch

urc

h in

ever

y v

illa

ge

by 2

010.”

I c

all

this

Inst

ituti

onal

Ch

rist

ian

ity

an

d it se

ems

to b

e h

ell b

ent o

n c

reat

-

ing tr

ouble

in th

e nam

e of re

ligio

n. A

nd th

e m

oney

for al

l thes

e ch

urc

h-b

uil

din

g a

ctiv

itie

s co

mes

fro

m

the

US

S, w

her

e C

hri

stia

nit

y h

ardly

exis

ts. F

or th

at

mat

ter,

what

sort

of

Chri

stia

nit

y e

xis

ts in

Euro

pe?

In I

rela

nd

, C

ath

oli

cs a

nd

Pro

test

ants

are

at

each

oth

ers’

th

roat

s. N

ot

on

e o

f C

hri

st’s

pre

ach

ing

s

are

pra

ctis

ed a

ny

wh

ere.

Ger

man

s se

nt

go

d a

lon

e

know

s how

mil

lions

Jew

s to

dea

th d

uri

ng th

e N

azi

era.

Th

e F

ren

ch r

avag

ed V

ietn

am a

nd

Nig

eria

.

Ital

ians

alm

ost

des

troyed

Eth

iopia

. The

reco

rd o

f

the

Sp

ania

rds

is d

esp

icab

le a

s is

th

at o

f th

e P

or-

tug

ues

e. A

mer

ican

s al

mo

st l

evel

led

Vie

tnam

- a

smal

l nat

ion th

at h

ad d

one

them

no h

arm

- to

dust

.

Is t

his

Ch

rist

ian

ity

in

act

ion

? A

nd

th

ey

hav

e th

e ch

eek

to

co

me

to I

nd

ia t

o i

nst

ruct

us

in

A S

oft

Tar

get

to

Co

nve

rt -

Wo

men

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

44

pac

ifis

t w

ays?

Eu

rpo

ean

Ch

rist

ian

ity

is

the

ver

y

anti

thes

is o

f C

hri

stia

nit

y. I

t is

an

in

sult

to

Ch

rist

.

US

ev

ang

elis

ts d

are

no

t se

nd

mo

ney

to

su

pp

ort

pro

sely

tisa

tion in

Musl

im c

ountr

ies.

Let

them

try

to d

o s

o i

n a

ny M

usl

im c

ountr

y a

nd t

hey

would

know

what

would

hap

pen

. In

India

we

allo

w o

ur

reli

gio

n t

o b

e tr

ample

d u

pon, our

gods

insu

lted

-

all

in t

he

nam

e o

f se

cula

rism

.

I w

ould

like

to k

now

what

Sonia

Gan

dhi

thin

ks

of

all

this

and w

hat

her

India

n N

atio

nal

Co

ng

ress

Par

ty’s

vei

ws

are

on

th

is m

atte

r.

Th

e g

ov

ern

men

t n

eed

s to

be

war

ned

in

adv

ance

so

th

ere

is n

ot

rep

etit

ion

of

the

Sta

ines

inci

den

t. T

he

mis

sionar

ies

nee

d to

be

told

to c

ry a

hal

t to

th

eir

acti

vit

ies.

An

d f

ore

ign

ch

urc

h b

od

ies

should

be

told

to lay

off

.

Th

e p

oin

t ca

n b

e m

ade

that

if

no

n-r

esi-

den

t In

dia

ns

can

su

pp

ort

th

e In

tern

atio

nal

Hin

du

Counci

l (V

ishw

a H

indu P

aris

had

) fin

anci

ally

, why

should

n’t

fore

ign C

hurc

h b

odie

s fi

nan

ce I

ndia

n

chu

rch

es? T

he

po

int

is t

hat

th

ese

exp

atri

ates

are

not a

ttem

pti

ng to

conver

t Chri

stia

ns.

In a

ny e

ven

t,

it is

a m

atte

r of

India

ns

support

ing I

ndia

ns.

Th

e p

eop

le n

eed

ing

co

nv

ersi

on

s ar

e

Eu

rop

ean

s an

d A

mer

ican

s. W

e d

o n

ot

nee

d U

S-

style

or E

uro

pea

n-s

tyle

Chri

stia

nit

y in

India

; than

k

yo

u.

We

are

qu

ite

hap

py

an

d a

t p

eace

wit

h t

he

loca

l var

iety

.

In

his

book

“S

atya

dars

hini

” S

oory

anar

ayan

a in

terp

rets

sele

ct v

erse

s (s

hlok

as)

from

var

ious

Hin

du e

pics

and

exp

lain

sw

hy

did

he

dis

like

th

e r

elig

ion

, th

e g

od

s a

nd

go

dd

ess

es.

Ana

lysi

ng o

ne s

uch

vers

e, t

he b

ooks

sta

tes

“Lik

e hu

man

be-

ings

, the

div

ine

peop

le a

lso

com

mit

sins

. Nar

a an

d N

aray

an d

idth

e sa

me.

....

In f

act,

Ram

a an

d K

rishn

a ar

e no

t at

all

divi

ne in

-ca

rnat

ions

. The

y to

ok b

irth

like

hum

ans,

com

mitt

ed s

ins

and

ex-

perie

nced

its

afte

r ef

fect

s. H

ence

, the

y ar

e no

t god

s an

d ca

nnot

give

sal

vatio

n (m

ukth

i)...”

In a

noth

er c

hapt

er, i

t is

stat

ed “

Mad

igas

eat

mea

t. B

rah-

min

s ea

t gh

ee,

prod

uced

fro

m c

ow’s

fat

. W

hat

is t

he d

iffer

ence

betw

een

Mad

igas

eat

ing

mea

t and

Bra

hmin

s ea

ting

fat?

” (p

age

48).

Ano

ther

exp

lana

-tio

n on

the

sam

e pa

ge s

ays,

“S

eer

Vas

isht

a, t

he m

ento

r of

Sri

Ram

a, is

the

son

of

apr

ostit

ute,

Urv

ashi

.... V

ashi

shta

mad

e he

r hi

s ow

n w

ife...

Bra

hmin

s ar

e th

e pr

ogen

y of

this

cou

ple.

.. H

ence

, B

rahm

ins

are

Shu

dras

.”

“Sri

Kris

hna

is n

ot li

ght;

he is

dar

knes

s. O

ne w

ho is

not

ligh

t can

not b

e a

god.

..If

Sri

Kris

hna

is n

ot e

ligib

le t

o ho

ld S

ham

anta

kam

ani,

how

can

he

relie

ve y

ou f

rom

sins

? H

imse

lf be

ing

in d

arkn

ess,

how

can

you

pro

vide

ligh

t?”

the

book

ask

s (p

age

49,

50)

anal

ysin

g th

e in

cide

nt o

f S

ham

anta

kam

ani f

rom

Vis

hnup

uran

a.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

45

Mu

ch

is

no

w b

ein

g m

ad

e o

f th

e

‘indig

enis

atio

n’

of

Isla

mis

t extr

emis

m a

nd te

rror-

ism

in I

ndia

as

purp

ort

edly

oppose

d to the

earl

ier

Pak

ista

n-b

ack

ed t

erro

rist

act

ivit

ies.

It

is c

ruci

al,

at t

his

ju

nct

ure

, to

sco

tch

em

erg

ing

mis

con

cep

-

tions

on th

is c

ount.

Isl

amis

t ter

rori

sm in

India

has

alw

ays

had

an I

ndia

n f

ace

— b

ut h

as o

ver

whel

m-

ingly

bee

n e

ngin

eere

d a

nd d

irec

ted f

rom

Pak

i-

stan

, an

d n

oth

ing

has

ch

ang

ed i

n t

his

sce

nar

io.

Go

ing

bac

k t

o t

he

Mar

ch 1

99

3 s

eria

l ex

plo

sio

ns

in M

um

bai

, whic

h k

ille

d 2

57 p

eople

and lef

t 713

inju

red

, an

d w

ere

ex

ecu

ted

by

th

e D

aw

oo

d

Ibra

him

gan

g,

for

inst

ance

, it

is

use

ful

to r

ecal

l

that

nea

rly

1,8

00

kg

of

RD

X a

nd

a l

arg

e n

um

ber

of

det

on

ato

rs a

nd

sm

all ar

ms

had

bee

n s

mu

gg

led

from

Pak

ista

n thro

ugh I

ndia

’s w

est co

ast pri

or

to

the

bo

mb

ing

s. T

he

op

erat

ion

was

co

ord

inat

ed b

y

Pak

ista

n’s

Inte

r-S

ervic

es Inte

llig

ence

, and Ibra

him

and

a n

um

ber

of

his

gan

g m

emb

ers

hav

e si

nce

liv

ed u

nd

er s

tate

pro

tect

ion

in

Kar

ach

i.

Sim

ilar

ly, A

l Um

mah

, whic

h w

as res

pon-

sible

for a

seri

es o

f 19 e

xplo

sions

in F

ebru

ary 1

998,

wh

ich

lef

t 5

0 p

eop

le d

ead

in

th

e C

oim

bat

ore

dis

-

tric

t o

f T

amil

Nad

u, an

d w

hic

h h

ad e

stab

lish

ed a

wid

e n

etw

ork

of

extr

emis

t o

rgan

isat

ion

s ac

ross

sou

th I

nd

ia,

was

als

o a

ided

by

Pak

ista

n,

wit

h a

Ho

meg

row

n,

Yes

, B

ut

ISI

Insp

ired

KP

S G

ill

con

sid

erab

le f

low

of

fun

ds

fro

m P

akis

tan

-bas

ed

terr

or gro

ups,

oft

en th

rough th

e G

ulf

. The

Dee

ndar

Anju

man

, hea

ded

by Z

ia-u

l-H

assa

n, w

hic

h o

rches

-

trat

ed a

ser

ies

of

13

ex

plo

sio

ns

in c

hu

rch

es i

n

An

dh

ra P

rad

esh

, K

arn

atak

a an

d G

oa

bet

wee

n

May

and J

uly

2000, w

as, a

gai

n, b

ankro

lled

by th

e

ISI.

The

then

Unio

n M

inis

ter

for

Hom

e A

f-

fair

s h

ad s

tate

d i

n P

arli

amen

t th

at i

nv

esti

gat

ors

had

est

abli

shed

lin

kag

es b

etw

een

th

e D

een

dar

An

jum

an

an

d P

ak

ista

n’s

co

vert

in

tell

igen

ce

agen

cy.

Has

san

him

self

was

bas

ed a

t P

esh

awar

in P

akis

tan

, w

her

e th

e se

ct w

as e

stab

lish

ed u

n-

der

th

e n

ame

of

An

jum

an H

izb

ull

ah,

and

he

is

said

to

hav

e fl

oat

ed a

mil

itan

t g

rou

p, t

he

Jam

aat-

e-H

izb-u

l-M

uja

hid

dee

n i

n P

akis

tan,

in o

rder

to

‘cap

ture

In

dia

an

d s

pre

ad I

slam

’.

It i

s en

tire

ly w

ithin

this

par

adig

m t

hat

the

evolu

tion o

f S

tuden

ts I

slam

ic M

ovem

ent

of

Ind

ia a

s a

terr

ori

st g

rou

p i

s lo

cate

d.

Ab

sen

t th

e

sup

po

rt a

nd

in

vo

lvem

ent

of

Pak

ista

n’s

co

ver

t

agen

cies

and a

n e

nduri

ng p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith a

ran

ge

of

Pak

ista

n-b

ased

or

bac

ked

ter

rori

st g

rou

ps,

SIM

I m

ay h

ave

had

an a

mat

eur

flir

tati

on w

ith

terr

ori

sm, a

n im

puls

e th

at w

ould

quic

kly

hav

e bee

n

exhau

sted

wit

h a

han

dfu

l of

low

-gra

de

and a

t lea

st

Earl

ier

Ter

ror

att

ack

s in

In

dia

wer

e att

ribu

ted t

o I

SI

an

d c

lean

ch

it w

as

giv

en

to I

ndia

n M

usl

ims;

now

Ter

ror

act

s are

dare

d b

y Jeh

adi

elem

ents

, li

vin

g i

n I

ndia

an

d

roam

ing a

t la

rge,

takin

g t

on

s of

Insp

irati

on

fro

m I

SI.

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ober

200

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tiya

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gna

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occ

asio

nal

ly a

ccid

enta

l b

om

b b

last

s. I

nst

ead

, it

s

lead

ersh

ip a

nd

cad

re h

ave

had

a lo

ng

ap

pre

nti

ce-

ship

alo

ngsi

de

Pak

ista

ni

terr

ori

st g

roups

oper

at-

ing in

Jam

mu &

Kas

hm

ir, a

nd s

ever

al o

f th

e m

ore

pro

mis

ing

can

did

ates

hav

e cr

oss

ed t

he

bo

rder

to

secu

re ‘

adv

ance

d tra

inin

g’

on

Pak

ista

ni so

il o

r in

Ban

gla

des

h.

Th

e co

ntr

ol

cen

tre

of

SIM

I h

as,

for

som

e ti

me

no

w,

bee

n b

ased

in

Pak

ista

n.

Op

era-

tional

com

man

d i

n a

num

-

ber

of

maj

or

atta

cks,

in

-

cludin

g t

he

Sam

jhau

ta E

x-

pre

ss b

om

bin

g o

f F

ebru

ary

18,

2007,

and t

he

two s

e-

rial

att

acks

in H

yder

abad

in

May

and A

ugust

2007, w

as

kn

ow

n t

o h

ave

bee

n e

xer

-

cise

d b

y M

oh

amm

ed S

hah

id a

ka

Bil

al. B

ilal

was

rep

ort

ed to

hav

e b

een

sh

ot in

Kar

ach

i in

Sep

tem

-

ber

20

07

, an

d,

wh

ile

Ind

ian

in

tell

igen

ce s

ou

rces

rem

ain

sk

epti

cal,

no

co

nfi

rmed

sig

hti

ng

has

su

b-

seq

uen

tly

bee

n r

epo

rted

. O

per

atio

nal

co

ntr

ol

ther

eaft

er h

as s

hif

ted

to

th

e L

aho

re-b

ased

sec

-

ond-i

n-c

om

man

d, M

oham

mad

Am

jad.

I h

ave

rep

eate

dly

em

ph

asis

ed t

he

fact

that

Pak

ista

n’s

IS

I —

as

an o

rgan

of

the

countr

y’s

mil

itar

y a

nd

po

liti

cal

esta

bli

shm

ent

— h

as b

een

,

and

rem

ain

s, th

e p

rin

cip

al s

ou

rce

of

the

imp

etu

s,

the

infr

astr

uct

ure

and th

e org

anis

atio

nal

net

work

s

of

what

is in

accu

rate

ly c

alle

d ‘

Isla

mis

t’ te

rrori

sm

acro

ss th

e w

orl

d. A

n o

ver

whel

min

g p

roport

ion o

f

so-c

alle

d ‘Is

lam

ist’

terr

ori

sm is

, in fac

t, s

imply

‘IS

I

terr

ori

sm’.

Whil

e th

e In

dia

n e

stab

lish

men

t rem

ains

unusu

ally

coy a

bout t

his

rea

lity

— w

ith f

itfu

l and

oft

en q

uic

kly

qu

alif

ied

ex

cep

tio

n —

so

me

mea

-

sure

of

sati

sfac

tio

n m

ay n

ow

be

der

ived

fro

m a

gro

win

g A

mer

ican

rec

ognit

ion o

f P

akis

tan’s

per

-

nic

ious

role

as

an a

bid

ing s

ourc

e of

Isla

mis

t te

r-

rori

sm.

Had

th

is r

eco

gn

itio

n c

om

e in

th

e fi

rst

wee

ks

afte

r 9/1

1, t

hat

could

hav

e sa

ved

thousa

nds

of

lives

, most

sig

nif

ican

tly in

Afg

han

ista

n a

nd I

n-

dia

, bu

t al

so in

Eu

rop

e an

d

acro

ss A

sia. Ne

ve

rth

ele

ss,

We

ste

rn c

om

me

nta

tors

and

Go

ver

nm

ents

are

no

w

incr

easi

ngly

ack

now

ledgin

g

Pak

ista

n’s

du

pli

city

in

th

e

‘glo

bal

war

on

ter

ror’

, th

e

pro

cliv

ity t

o a

ct a

s an

‘on-a

nd-o

ff a

lly o

f W

ash-

ingto

n’.

Whil

e pro

vid

ing f

itfu

l cooper

atio

n in

US

anti

-ter

rori

sm e

ffo

rts,

Th

e W

ash

ing

ton

Tim

es

note

s, “

in o

ther

way

s, P

akis

tan a

ids

and a

bet

s te

r-

ror.

US

off

icia

ls s

ay t

hat

Pak

ista

n’s

spy a

gen

cy,

the

Inte

r-S

erv

ices

In

tell

igen

ce..

. w

as b

ehin

d t

he

rece

nt b

om

bin

g o

f In

dia

’s E

mbas

sy in

Kab

ul.

And

the

Pak

ista

ni

Gover

nm

ent’

s re

fusa

l to

confr

ont

Al

Qae

da

has

hel

ped

cre

ate

a de

fact

o s

afe

ha-

ven

for

the

gro

up a

nd it

s al

lies

in lo

cati

ons

like

the

Fed

eral

ly A

dm

inis

tere

d T

rib

al A

reas

reg

ion

of

Pak

ista

n”. U

S I

nte

llig

ence

off

icia

ls, T

he

Wash

ing-

ton

Tim

es n

ote

s fu

rth

er,

com

par

e “A

l Q

aed

a’s

op

erat

ion

al a

nd

org

anis

atio

nal

ad

van

tag

es i

n t

he

FA

TA

to t

hose

it

enjo

yed

in A

fghan

ista

n p

rior

to

Sep

tem

ber

11

", a

nd

war

n t

hat

“A

l Q

aed

a w

as

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trai

nin

g a

nd p

osi

tionin

g it

s oper

ativ

es to

car

ry o

ut

atta

cks

in th

e W

est,

pro

bab

ly in

cludin

g th

e U

nit

ed

Sta

tes”

.

Thes

e dis

closu

res

coin

cide

wit

h r

eport

s

that

Pre

sid

ent

Geo

rge

W B

ush

had

sec

retl

y a

p-

pro

ved

ord

ers

in J

uly

20

08

, al

low

ing

Am

eric

an

Sp

ecia

l O

per

atio

ns

forc

es t

o c

arry

ou

t g

rou

nd

assa

ult

s in

side

Pak

ista

n w

ithout t

he

pri

or ap

pro

val

of

the

Pak

ista

ni

Go

ver

nm

ent.

US

Fo

rces

hav

e

exec

ute

d n

um

ero

us

mis

sile

att

ack

s fr

om

un

-

man

ned

Pre

dat

or

dro

nes

on P

akis

tani

soil

in t

he

pas

t, b

ut th

e S

epte

mb

er 3

, 20

08

, att

ack

by

NA

TO

and

US

gro

un

d t

roo

ps

at a

Tal

iban

-Al

Qae

da

stro

ng

ho

ld i

n S

ou

th W

azir

ista

n w

as t

he

firs

t in

-

stan

ce in

whic

h tr

oops

had

par

tici

pat

ed. T

he

inci

-

den

t h

as a

lrea

dy

bee

n f

oll

ow

ed b

y d

ron

e at

tack

s

on

Sep

tem

ber

9 o

n a

sem

inar

y r

un

by

Jal

alu

dd

in

Haq

qan

i, in

wh

ich

20

peo

ple

, in

clu

din

g s

om

e se

-

nio

r A

l Q

aed

a o

per

ativ

es,

wer

e k

ille

d;

and

on

Sep

tem

ber

12

at T

ul K

hel

in

No

rth

Waz

iris

tan

, in

wh

ich

an

Al

Bad

r M

uja

hid

een

co

mm

and

er w

as

targ

eted

. Haq

qan

i, it is

sig

nif

ican

t, w

as k

no

wn

to

hav

e en

gin

eere

d th

e at

tack

on th

e In

dia

n E

mbas

sy

in K

ab

ul,

usi

ng

a L

eT

su

icid

e c

ad

re H

am

za

Shak

oor,

a P

akis

tani f

rom

Gujr

anw

ala

dis

tric

t, o

n

beh

alf

of

the

ISI.

Th

e in

crea

sin

g f

req

uen

cy o

f U

S-N

AT

O

atta

cks

— m

ann

ed o

r u

nm

ann

ed —

in

to P

aki-

stan

i te

rrit

ory

, and the

Bush

Adm

inis

trat

ion’s

ap-

pro

val

of

Spec

ial

Oper

atio

ns

into

Pak

ista

n w

ith-

out p

rior sa

nct

ion fro

m Isl

amab

ad, h

as rec

onfi

rmed

the

cou

ntr

y’s

sta

tus

as a

saf

e h

aven

fo

r Is

lam

ist

terr

ori

sts

and a

n a

rea

of

gro

win

g a

nxie

ty f

or

the

worl

d.

Ther

e is

, how

ever

, st

ill

ver

y l

ittl

e under

-

stan

din

g o

f h

ow

hea

vy

an

d s

ust

ain

ed t

he

Pak

i-

stan

i fo

otp

rin

t h

as b

een

in

Isl

amis

t te

rro

rist

ac-

tivit

ies

acro

ss th

e glo

be.

The

enorm

ity o

f th

is ‘fo

ot-

pri

nt’

is,

for

inst

ance

, re

flec

ted i

n t

he

long s

uc-

cess

ion o

f te

rrori

st in

ciden

ts, a

rres

ts a

nd s

eizu

res,

sep

arat

ely,

in

In

dia

, th

e U

S a

nd

Eu

rop

e, in

wh

ich

a P

akis

tani l

ink h

as b

een s

usp

ecte

d o

r co

nfi

rmed

.

Bh

ara

tiya P

rag

na

bri

ngs

out

its

No

vem

ber

iss

ue

as a

SC

IEN

CE S

PE

CIA

L

To

co

mm

em

ora

te th

e 1

50

th b

irth

an

niv

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Ch

an

dra

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se,

(the

mul

ti-d

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cien

tist

)

Invi

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articles

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Scien

ce,

Scien

ce r

elat

ed t

opics

Dev

elop

men

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Sci

ence

in

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aScien

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n re

lation

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ion,

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atio

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rial

ists

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ndal

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poli

tici

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upt

IAS

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hav

e dep

osi

ted i

n

fore

ign

ban

ks

in th

eir

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per

son

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cco

un

ts a

sum

of ab

out $

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illi

on, w

hic

h h

ave

bee

n m

is-

appro

pri

ated

by t

hem

. T

his

am

ount

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bout

13

tim

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than

the

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tire

for-

eig

n d

ebt ca

n b

e re

pai

d in

24

ho

urs

. Aft

er p

ayin

g

the

enti

re f

ore

ign

deb

t, w

e w

ill

hav

e su

rplu

s

amount,

alm

ost

12 t

imes

lar

ger

than

the

fore

ign

deb

t. I

f th

is s

urp

lus

amount i

s in

ves

ted in

ear

nin

g

inte

rest

, th

e am

ou

nt o

f in

tere

st w

ill b

e m

ore

th

an

the

annual

budget

of

the

Cen

tral

gover

nm

ent.

So

even

if

all

the

tax

es a

re a

bo

lish

ed,

then

als

o t

he

Cen

tral

go

ver

nm

ent

wil

l b

e ab

le t

o m

ain

tain

th

e

countr

y v

ery c

om

fort

ably

.

Som

e 80,0

00 p

eople

trav

el to

Sw

itze

rlan

d

ever

y y

ear,

of w

hom

25,0

00 tr

avel

ver

y fre

quen

tly.

“Ob

vio

usl

y, th

ese

peo

ple

wo

n’t

be

tou

rist

s. T

hey

mu

st b

e tr

avel

lin

g t

her

e fo

r so

me

oth

er r

easo

n,”

bel

iev

es a

n o

ffic

ial

inv

olv

ed i

n t

rack

ing

ill

egal

money

. And, c

lear

ly, h

e is

n’t

ref

erri

ng to

the

com

-

mer

ce m

inis

try b

ure

aucr

ats

who’v

e bee

n f

litt

ing

in a

nd

ou

t o

f G

enev

a ev

er s

ince

th

e W

orl

d T

rad

e

Org

anis

atio

n (

WT

O)

neg

oti

atio

ns

wen

t into

a ta

il-

spin

!

Just

rea

d t

he

foll

ow

ing

det

ails

an

d n

ote

ho

w t

hes

e d

ish

on

est

ind

ust

rial

ists

, sc

and

alo

us

Is I

nd

ia p

oo

r, w

ho

say

s? A

sk S

wis

s b

anks

Ram

esh

Man

gh

irm

alan

i

po

liti

cian

s, c

orr

up

t o

ffic

ers,

cri

cket

ers,

fil

m a

c-

tors

, il

leg

al s

ex t

rad

e an

d p

rote

cted

wil

dli

fe o

p-

erat

ors

, to

nam

e ju

st a

few

, su

cked

th

is c

ou

ntr

y’s

wea

lth a

nd p

rosp

erit

y. T

his

may

be

the

pic

ture

of

dep

osi

ts i

n S

wis

s ban

ks

only

. W

hat

about

oth

er

inte

rnat

ional

ban

ks?

Bla

ck m

on

ey i

n S

wis

s b

ank

s —

Sw

iss

Ban

kin

g

Ass

oci

atio

n r

epo

rt, 2

00

6 d

etai

ls b

ank

dep

osi

ts in

the

terr

itory

of

Sw

itze

rlan

d b

y n

atio

nal

s of

fol-

low

ing c

ountr

ies:

To

pF

ive

India

$1456 b

illion

Rus

sia

$470 b

illion

Uk

$390 b

illion

Ukr

aine

$100

billion

Chi

na$ 9

6 b

illi

on

Now

do th

e m

aths

- In

dia

wit

h $

1456 b

il-

lion o

r $1.4

tril

lion h

as m

ore

money

in S

wis

s ban

ks

than

res

t of

the

worl

d c

om

bin

ed. P

ubli

c lo

ot s

ince

19

47

: C

an w

e b

rin

g b

ack

ou

r m

on

ey?

It is

on

e o

f

the

big

ges

t lo

ots

wit

nes

sed

by

man

kin

d —

th

e

loot o

f th

e A

am

Aadm

i (co

mm

on m

an) si

nce

1947,

by h

is b

reth

ren o

ccupyin

g p

ubli

c off

ice.

It

has

bee

n o

rch

estr

ated

by

po

liti

cian

s, b

ure

aucr

ats

and

som

e b

usi

nes

smen

. Th

e li

st is

alm

ost

all

-en

com

-

pas

sing. N

o w

onder

, ever

yone

in I

ndia

loots

wit

h

impunit

y a

nd w

ithout an

y f

ear.

Wh

at is

even

mo

re d

epre

ssin

g in

th

at th

is

ill-

go

tten

wea

lth

of

ou

rs h

as b

een

sta

shed

aw

ay

abro

ad in

to s

ecre

t b

ank

acc

ou

nts

lo

cate

d in

so

me

of

the

wo

rld

’s b

est

kn

ow

n t

ax h

aven

s. A

nd

to

Wit

h p

erso

nal

acc

ou

nt

dep

osi

t ban

k o

f $1500 b

illi

on

in

fore

ign

res

erve

wh

ich

ha

ve b

een

mis

ap

pro

pri

ate

d,

an

am

ou

nt

13

tim

es l

arg

er t

ha

n t

he

cou

ntr

y’s

fore

ign

deb

t,

on

e n

eeds

to r

eth

ink i

f In

dia

is

a p

oor

cou

ntr

y?.

Con

tin

ued

on

page

no 5

1

Page 51: 15/-Rs. 15/-Rs.15/- BHARATIYA BHARATIYA ... · Sister Nivedita (originally Margaret Elizabeth Noble) (1867- 1911), though an Anglo-Irish woman, who became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,

Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

49

Co

ntr

ary

to

wh

at I

nd

ian

s h

ere

and

Ch

ris-

tian

s el

sew

her

e h

ave

bee

n t

old

by

ev

ang

elic

al

mis

sionar

ies,

med

ia a

nd s

ecula

rs, t

he

Kan

dham

al

arso

n i

s n

ot,

as

it h

as b

een

co

nco

cted

, a

clas

h

bet

wee

n H

ind

u a

nd

Ch

rist

ian

fai

thfu

ls a

t al

l.T

he

tru

th is

that

it is

a c

on

tin

uat

ion

of

the

clas

hes

th

at

had

sta

rted

in

ear

ly 1

99

0s

bet

wee

n t

he

‘Kan

dh

a’

trib

e, w

hic

h d

id n

ot

conver

t to

Chri

stia

nit

y, a

nd

‘Pan

a’ c

aste

peo

ple

, most

of w

hom

had

conver

ted.

Rel

igio

n is

the

spic

e ad

ded

to

th

is m

ix.

Kan

dh

as a

re a

Sch

edu

led

Tri

be

(ST

) an

d

‘Pan

as’

are

a S

ched

ule

d C

aste

(S

C).

Bo

th a

re

enti

tled

to

res

erv

atio

n b

enef

its

un

der

th

e C

on

sti-

tuti

on

, y

et,

wit

h a

dif

fere

nce

. W

hil

e S

T r

eser

va-

tion w

ill c

onti

nue

even

if th

e ben

efic

iary

bec

om

es

a C

hri

stia

n, t

he

SC

res

ervat

ion w

ill c

ease

on c

on-

ver

sio

n. W

hen

th

e P

anas

bec

ame

Ch

rist

ian

s th

ey

lost

thei

r re

serv

atio

n r

ights

. B

ut

under

the

infl

u-

ence

of

the

mis

sio

nar

ies

and

sec

ula

r p

arti

es, an

d

clai

min

g t

o s

pea

k t

he

sam

e la

ng

uag

e ‘K

ui’

as

Kan

dh

as,

they

ag

itat

ed f

or

ST

sta

tus.

So

th

at,

des

pit

e b

eco

min

g C

hri

stia

ns,

th

eir

rese

rvat

ion

rights

would

conti

nue

if th

ey g

ot l

iste

d a

s S

T. B

ut

the

Kan

dh

as,

wh

o s

aw t

hat

th

eir

shar

e o

f re

ser-

vat

ion w

ould

be

cut i

nto

if th

e P

ana

dem

and w

ere

conce

ded

beg

an res

isti

ng it

. Res

ervat

ion is

a c

ause

of

the

Khan

d-P

ana

div

ide,

but n

ot t

he

only

cau

se;

dis

pu

te o

ver

lan

d is

ano

ther

.

Kan

dh

amal

an

d B

eng

alu

ruS

Gu

rum

urt

hy

Th

e K

and

has

wer

e th

e tr

adit

ion

al r

ule

rs

of

Kan

dh

amal

an

d t

hat

is

the

reas

on

th

e d

istr

ict

bea

rs t

hei

r n

ame.

Th

e la

nd

s at

Kan

dh

amal

be-

longed

to t

hem

by t

he

trad

itio

nal

rig

hts

that

go

wit

h t

he

trib

es.

It w

as t

hei

r m

isfo

rtune

that

the

Kan

dh

as c

ho

se t

o r

emai

n t

rue

to t

hei

r tr

adit

ion

al

fait

h a

nd r

esis

ted c

onver

sion to C

hri

stia

nit

y. T

he

Pan

as w

ere

fort

un

ate

as m

ost

of

them

bec

ame

Ch

rist

ian

s ac

cep

tin

g t

he

allu

rem

ents

off

ered

by

ov

er

36

0 e

va

ng

eli

ca

l o

utf

its

op

era

tin

g i

n

Kan

dham

al a

nd h

arves

ting s

ouls

for th

e ‘O

nly

Tru

e

Fai

th’

and ‘

God’

and,

in t

he

pro

cess

, ra

kin

g i

n

mil

lions

and m

illi

ons

of

doll

ars

from

glo

bal

funds

for

the

noble

har

ves

t.

Bes

ides

the

per

ks

that

conver

sion y

ield

ed,

the

Pan

as,

as C

hri

stia

n m

ino

riti

es,

hav

e th

e p

ro-

tect

ion

of

the

stat

e, p

atro

nag

e o

f th

e m

edia

an

d

secu

lar

par

ties

, an

d a

bo

ve

all,

th

e p

ow

erfu

l su

p-

port

of

the

Chri

stia

n n

atio

ns

all

over

the

worl

d.

Th

e K

and

has

,wh

ose

on

ly f

ault

was

th

at t

hey

did

no

t co

nv

ert,

hav

e n

on

e o

f th

ese.

So

th

ey s

uff

er

all th

e li

mit

atio

ns

of

the

maj

ori

ty c

om

munit

y u

n-

der

th

e sk

ewed

In

dia

n C

on

stit

uti

on

th

at c

lub

s th

e

Hin

dus

in M

um

bai

wit

h th

e K

andhas

in K

han

dm

al!

Wit

h s

uch

pow

erfu

l sec

ula

r fo

rces

ran

ged

agai

nst

them

, th

e K

and

has

are

bei

ng

fu

rth

er c

orn

ered

in

two

way

s. O

ne,

th

e P

anas

wh

o h

ave

bec

om

e

rela

tiv

ely

bet

ter

off

hav

e g

rad

ual

ly t

aken

ov

er

mu

ch o

f th

e la

nd

s o

f th

e K

and

has

, b

y c

om

mer

ce

Apple

s an

d O

ran

ges

can

not

be

Com

pa

red;

Kan

dh

am

al

an

d B

an

galo

re c

an

not

be

com

-

pa

red

; so

fee

ls w

rite

r .

Bu

t th

e E

van

gel

ists

ag

end

a s

eem

s to

be

dif

fere

nt

Ma

ng

alo

re,

Ba

ng

a-

lore

or

Kan

dh

am

al,

th

ey w

an

t G

lobal

att

enti

on

for

the

sam

e re

aso

ns

- w

hat

nex

t... f

or

Sec

ula

r

Med

ia H

yp

e..

..?

?

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

50

and

fra

ud

, as

th

e K

and

has

see

it.

Tw

o,

on

to

p o

f

it,

the

Pan

as a

re a

lso

cla

imin

g t

he

ST

sta

tus

to

gra

b a

shar

e of

the

rese

rvat

ion f

rom

the

Kan

dhas

,

and

th

ank

s to

th

e se

cula

r p

arti

es’

sup

po

rt,

seem

to b

e n

earl

y g

etti

ng

it.

In

su

bst

ance

th

us,

it

is a

Kan

dh

a v

s P

ana

war

ov

er l

and

rig

hts

an

d r

eser

-

vat

ion. S

urp

risi

ngly

, in the

face

of

the

‘itc

h o

f his

coll

eag

ues

’ to

pas

te H

ind

u-C

hri

stia

n l

abel

on

Kan

dham

al,

Unio

n H

om

e M

inis

ter

Shiv

raj

Pat

il

saw

the

truth

and ‘

refu

sed t

o t

reat

’ th

e ongoin

g

clas

hes

‘as

co

mm

un

al’!

Bu

t, m

ore

su

rpri

sin

gly

,

only

one

new

spap

er, a

fin

anci

al d

aily

, rep

ort

ed h

is

vie

w w

hil

e oth

ers

bla

cked

it out.

Th

is is

no

t th

e fi

rst ti

me

that

th

e K

and

has

and

th

e P

anas

are

at

war

. In

19

92

, th

e w

ar b

e-

twee

n t

hem

las

ted

fo

r th

ree

mo

nth

s, r

esu

ltin

g i

n

ov

er 2

0 d

eath

s. T

he

issu

e w

as t

hen

, as

it

is n

ow

,

lan

d a

nd

res

erv

atio

n, w

hic

h w

as t

he

ver

y c

on

se-

qu

ence

of

con

ver

sio

n o

f th

e P

anas

to

Ch

rist

ian

-

ity.

The

Pan

as g

ot

finan

cial

and p

oli

tica

l ad

van

-

tag

e a

nd

als

o g

ain

ed

lan

ds

belo

ng

ing

to

th

e

Kan

dh

as.

Though th

ey lo

st th

eir re

serv

atio

n b

enef

its

in th

e bar

gai

n, t

hey

beg

an rec

laim

ing th

em th

rough

thei

r dem

and f

or

ST

sta

tus.

It

nee

ds

no s

eer

to

say th

at it

is r

elig

ious

conver

sions

that

seq

uen

ced

into

host

ilit

ies

bet

wee

n th

e K

andhas

dis

advan

taged

as H

ind

u m

ajo

rity

an

d t

he

Pan

as p

rote

cted

as

Chri

stia

n m

inori

ty.

No m

ajor

clas

h b

etw

een th

e K

andhas

and

the

Pan

as w

as r

epo

rted

bef

ore

th

e m

issi

on

arie

s

ente

red

Kan

dh

amal

. T

he

Ch

rist

ian

po

pu

lati

on

in

Kan

dham

al w

hic

h w

as s

om

e tw

o p

er c

ent i

n 1

961

and

six

per

cen

t in

19

71

, ro

se t

o 2

7 p

er c

ent

in

2001.T

hes

e num

ber

s sp

eak v

olu

mes

. Yet

, now

the

mis

sio

nar

ies,

med

ia a

nd

th

e se

cula

rs s

ho

ut

fro

m

ho

use

to

ps

that

on

ly a

fter

VH

P a

nd

Baj

ran

g D

al

hav

e en

tere

d t

he

scen

e, t

her

e ar

e cl

ash

es a

nd

the

min

ori

ties

are

bei

ng b

utc

her

ed.

In 1

99

2,

ther

e w

as n

o V

HP

wo

rth

th

e

nam

e in

Ori

ssa;

an

d t

he

Baj

ran

g D

al w

as n

ot

yet

born

. Yet

blo

ody c

lash

es d

id o

ccur

in K

andham

al

bet

wee

n t

he

Kan

dh

as a

nd

th

e P

anas

.

Th

is p

oin

ts t

o t

he

on

e an

d o

nly

fac

t —

that

it

is n

ot

the

VH

P o

r th

e B

ajra

ng D

al, but

the

entr

y o

f glo

bal

evan

gel

ism

aid

ed b

y u

nli

mit

ed g

lo-

bal

funds

for

har

ves

ting the

Pan

as to C

hri

stia

nit

y

that

tu

rned

th

e K

and

has

an

d t

he

Pan

as h

ost

ile

to

each

oth

er a

nd

led

to

cla

shes

. No

w th

e re

sist

ance

of

Hin

du o

utf

its

is f

ault

ed.

But

what

about

the

cause

— th

e glo

bal

evan

gel

ical

conver

sions

pow

-

ered

by h

uge

glo

bal

funds?

Why is

the

enti

re s

ecu-

lar

esta

bli

shm

ent

dea

fen

ing

ly s

ilen

t? A

nd

wh

ere

do

es S

wam

i L

aksm

anan

da

fit

into

th

is t

hea

tre

of

Kan

dh

as a

nd

Pan

as, ev

ang

elis

ts a

nd

th

e se

cula

rs

and

wh

y w

as h

e m

urd

ered

? A

Ved

anta

sch

ola

r,

his

on

ly f

ault

was

th

at,

wh

en t

he

esta

bli

shm

ent

had

let

do

wn

par

ticu

larl

y t

he

Kan

dh

as,

wh

o r

e-

fuse

d t

o c

on

vert

, h

e s

too

d b

y t

hem

. H

e r

an

sch

oo

ls, c

oll

eges

, sat

san

gs

and

dis

cou

rses

wh

ich

bec

ame

a g

reat

hit

wit

h th

e K

and

has

an

d a

lso

th

e

Pan

as w

ho

ref

use

d t

o c

on

ver

t.

He

bec

ame

the

big

ges

t ro

adb

lock

to

th

e

mis

sionar

ies.

He

was

tar

get

ed b

y t

he

evan

gel

ists

fo

r a

lon

g t

ime.

In

Dec

emb

er 2

00

7,

an a

ttem

pt

was

mad

e on h

im in

the

vil

lage

of

a C

ongre

ss M

P a

nd

a C

hri

stia

n c

on

ver

t.A

gai

n, s

om

e 2

4 h

ou

rs b

efo

re

he

was

mu

rder

ed,

the

Sw

ami

go

t a

lett

er t

hre

at-

enin

g t

hat

he

wo

uld

be

do

ne

away

wit

h i

f h

e d

id

no

t cl

ose

do

wn

his

wo

rk a

gai

nst

co

nv

ersi

on

in

Kan

dham

al.

He

per

son

ally

lo

dg

ed t

hat

let

ter

as F

IR

wit

h t

he

poli

ce. Y

et,

the

Sw

ami,

alo

ng w

ith f

our

of

his

dis

ciple

s,w

as d

one

away

wit

h th

e ver

y n

ext

even

ing

. T

he

Kan

dh

as r

eact

ed v

iole

ntl

y w

hen

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ober

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gna

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thei

r bes

t hope,

the

Sw

ami,

was

snuff

ed o

ut.

This

was

the

conte

xt f

or th

e A

ugust

2008 c

lash

es w

hic

h

were

alw

ay

s w

ait

ing

to

hap

pen

betw

een

th

e

Kan

dh

as a

nd

th

e P

anas

. Y

et i

t w

as n

o o

ne-

sid

ed

affa

ir,

as m

ade

ou

t to

be.

A s

ecu

lar

new

spap

er

has

in

ves

tig

ated

an

d r

epo

rted

th

at t

he

Pan

as r

e-

sponded

to K

andhas

att

ack w

ith g

un fir

e an

d k

ille

d

fou

r w

hic

h h

as a

lert

ed th

e S

tate

to

th

e p

oss

ibil

ity

of

the

emer

gen

ce o

f C

hri

stia

n-e

xtr

emis

t al

lian

ce

in K

andham

al.

This

the

story

of

how

Kan

dham

al, a

bac

k-

war

d d

istr

ict

of

Ori

ssa,

co

mp

etes

fo

r g

lob

al s

ta-

tus

wit

h B

engal

uru

now

, but f

or

enti

rely

dif

fere

nt

reas

on

s. W

hil

e th

e fo

rtu

nat

e B

eng

alu

ru b

ecam

e

the

pri

de

of

India

, th

anks

to t

he

20-y

ear

old

soft

-

war

e te

chie

s w

ho

hav

e p

ut

the

nat

ion

on

th

e

kn

ow

led

ge

map

of

the

wo

rld

, th

e u

nfo

rtu

nat

e

Kan

dham

al h

as b

ecom

e th

e sh

ame

of In

dia

, than

ks

to t

he

secu

lars

ag

gre

gat

ing

vo

tes

and

th

e ev

an-

gel

ists

har

ves

tin

g s

ou

ls,

wit

h t

he

med

ia t

urn

ing

bli

nd e

ye

to b

oth

and f

inal

ly to tru

th

Ab

ou

t th

e a

uth

or:

S G

uru

mu

rth

y is

a w

ell-

kno

wn

co

mm

enta

tor

on

po

liti

cal

an

d e

con

om

ic i

s-

sues

.co

mm

ent@

gu

rum

urt

hy.

net

that

ext e

nt th

e In

dia

n e

conom

y h

as b

een s

trip

ped

of

its

wea

lth. O

rdin

ary I

ndia

ns

may

not be

exac

tly

awar

e of

how

such

sec

ret

acco

unts

oper

ate

and w

hat

are

the

rule

s an

d r

egula

tions

that

go o

n t

o

go

ver

n s

uch

tax

hav

ens.

Ho

wev

er,

on

e m

ay w

ell

be

awar

e o

f ’S

wis

s bank

acc

ounts

,’ t

he

sho

rth

and

for

murk

y d

eali

ngs,

sec

recy

and o

f co

urs

e pil

fera

ge

from

dev

elopin

g c

ountr

ies

into

ric

h d

evel

oped

on

es.

In f

act,

som

e fi

nan

ce e

xper

ts a

nd e

conom

ists

bel

ieve

tax h

aven

s to

be

a co

nsp

irac

y o

f th

e

wes

tern

worl

d a

gai

nst

the

poor

countr

ies.

By a

llow

ing t

he

pro

life

rati

on o

f ta

x h

aven

s in

the

twen

ti-

eth

cen

tury

, th

e w

este

rn w

orl

d e

xp

lici

tly

en

cou

rag

es t

he

mo

vem

ent

of

scar

ce c

apit

al f

rom

th

e

dev

elopin

g c

ountr

ies

to t

he

rich

.

In M

arch

2005, th

e T

ax J

ust

ice

Net

work

(T

JN)

publi

shed

a r

esea

rch f

indin

g d

emonst

rati

ng

that

$11

.5 t

rill

ion o

f per

sonal

wea

lth w

as h

eld o

ffsh

ore

by r

ich i

ndiv

idual

s ac

ross

the

glo

be.

The

findin

gs

esti

mat

ed t

hat

a l

arge

pro

port

ion o

f th

is w

ealt

h w

as m

anag

ed f

rom

som

e 70 t

ax h

aven

s.

Furt

her

, augm

enti

ng thes

e st

udie

s of

TJN

, Ray

mond B

aker

— in h

is w

idel

y c

eleb

rate

d b

ook

titl

ed ’

Cap

ital

ism

’s A

chil

les

Hee

l: D

irty

Money

and H

ow

to R

enew

the

Fre

e M

arket

Syst

em’

esti

mat

es that

at le

ast $5 tri

llio

n h

ave

bee

n s

hif

ted o

ut of

poore

r co

untr

ies

to the

Wes

t si

nce

the

mid

-

19

70

. It

is

furt

her

est

imat

ed b

y e

xp

erts

th

at o

ne

per

cen

t o

f th

e w

orl

d’s

po

pu

lati

on

ho

lds

mo

re t

han

57 p

er c

ent

of

tota

l glo

bal

wea

lth, ro

uti

ng i

t in

var

iably

thro

ugh t

hes

e ta

x h

aven

s. H

ow

much

of

this

is f

rom

India

is

anybody’s

gues

s.

What

is

to b

e note

d h

ere

is t

hat

most

of

the

wea

lth o

f In

dia

ns

par

ked

in t

hes

e ta

x h

aven

s is

ille

git

imat

e m

oney

acq

uir

ed t

hro

ugh c

orr

upt

mea

ns.

Nat

ura

lly,

the

secr

ecy a

ssoci

ated

wit

h t

he

ban

k

acco

un

ts i

n s

uch

pla

ces

is c

entr

al t

o t

he

issu

e, n

ot

thei

r lo

w t

ax r

ates

as

the

term

’ta

x h

ave

ns’

sugges

ts.

Rem

ember

Bofo

rs a

nd h

ow

India

could

not

trac

e th

e ult

imat

e ben

efic

iary

of

those

tra

ns-

acti

ons

bec

ause

of

the

secr

ecy a

ssoci

ated

wit

h t

hes

e ban

k a

ccounts

?IS

TH

ER

E A

NY

ON

E W

HO

WO

UL

D S

AV

E I

ND

IA ?

Go

d..

. N

o N

o N

o,

even

he

can

’t..

....

....

!!

Is In

dia

po

or,

wh

o s

ays?

Ask

Sw

iss

ban

ksC

on

tin

ued

fro

m p

age

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8

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ober

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IND

IAN

WA

R O

F IN

DE

PE

ND

EN

CE

185

7T

he

Volc

ano

CH

AP

TE

R I

I

NA

NA

SA

HIB

& L

AX

MI B

AI

V D

Savark

ar

Blo

w y

our

trum

pet

s lo

udly

now

, O

Her

-

ald

s o

f H

isto

ry, f

or

soo

n th

ere

are

to a

rriv

e o

n th

e

scen

e tw

o g

reat

her

oes

! T

hes

e ar

e tw

o b

rig

ht

pea

rls

in th

e nec

kla

ce o

f M

oth

er I

ndia

. Now

, then

dar

k n

ight h

as o

ver

spre

ad th

e hori

zon o

f th

e w

hole

cou

ntr

y, th

ese

two

alo

ne

are

shin

ing

as

lum

ino

us

star

s. T

hey

are

fie

ry A

kali

sre

ady

to

av

eng

e th

eir

countr

y’s

unju

st w

rong w

ith the

last

dro

p o

f th

eir

blo

od. T

hey

are

two m

arty

rs s

acri

fici

ng th

eir

lives

for

Countr

y, R

elig

ion, a

nd F

reed

om

. They

are

two

wit

nes

ses,

sw

ord

in

han

d, t

o p

rov

e th

at th

e b

loo

d

of

Hin

dust

han

that

gav

e bir

th to

Shiv

aji i

s not y

et

dea

d. T

hey

are

tw

o n

ob

le s

ou

ls t

hat

co

uld

en

ter-

tain

in thei

r hea

rts

the

gra

nt an

d h

oly

am

bit

ion o

f

Sw

araj

. Th

ey a

re t

wo

cru

sad

ers

in t

he

Ho

ly W

ar,

glo

rio

us

even

in

th

eir

def

eat.

Th

eref

ore

, O

rea

d-

ers,

sta

nd

up

in

all

aw

e an

d r

ever

ence

, fo

r th

e

no

ble

fig

ure

s o

f N

ana

Sah

ib P

esh

wa

and

th

e

Qu

een

of

Jhan

si a

re c

om

ing

on

th

e st

age

of

His

-

tory

!

We

do n

ot

know

whic

h t

o d

escr

ibe

more

– th

e sp

lendour

of

the

mounta

in to

ps

of

Mat

her

an

in th

e holy

Mah

aras

htr

a, o

r th

e gre

en, v

elvet

-soft

,

gra

ssy

mea

do

ws

ado

rnin

g t

he

feet

of

tho

se h

ills

.

In t

he

lap

of

the

gra

cefu

l p

late

au b

elo

w,

alm

ost

ov

erh

un

g b

y t

he s

ky

-reach

ing

peak

s o

f th

e

Mat

her

an, t

her

e n

estl

ed a

tin

y lit

tle

vil

lag

e ca

lled

Ven

u, h

eighte

nin

g th

e bea

uty

of

the

alre

ady b

eau-

tifu

l reg

ion. A

mong th

e old

and r

espec

table

fam

i-

lies

of

Ven

u,

the

fam

ily

of

Mad

hav

rao

Nar

ayan

Bh

att

was

th

e m

ost

pro

min

ent.

Mad

hav

rao

an

d

his

noble

wif

e G

angab

ai, t

hough li

vin

g in

cir

cum

-

stan

ces

of

dom

esti

c pover

ty,

wer

e hap

py i

n t

he

enjo

ym

ent

of

mu

tual

lo

ve.

In

th

e sm

all

ho

use

of

this

good f

amil

y, a

ll f

aces

bea

med

wit

h j

oy a

nd

hap

pin

ess

in 1

82

4,

for

the

go

od

Gan

gab

ai h

ad

giv

en b

irth

to

a s

on

. T

hat

so

n o

f M

adh

avra

o a

nd

Gan

gab

ai w

as n

o o

ther

th

an t

he

Pes

hw

a N

ana

Sah

ib,

at t

he

ver

y s

ou

nd

of

wh

ose

nam

e th

e

Fer

ing

hi

shu

dd

ers

wit

h f

ear,

- t

hat

sam

e N

ana

wh

o h

as m

ade

his

nam

e im

mo

rtal

in

his

tory

as

a

her

o w

ho f

ought

for

liber

ty a

nd f

or

his

countr

y.

About t

he

sam

e ti

me,

the

last

Baj

irao

had

abd

icat

ed h

is th

ron

e an

d w

as lea

din

g a

lif

e o

f re

-

tire

men

t o

n th

e b

ank

s o

f G

ang

es. M

any

Mar

ath

a

fam

ilie

s had

foll

ow

ed h

im a

nd, h

eari

ng th

at B

ajir

ao

was

gen

ero

us

eno

ug

h t

o s

up

po

rt t

hem

in

go

od

stat

e on h

is p

ensi

on, m

any n

ew f

amil

ies

also

em

i-

gra

ted th

ither

. Am

ong th

e la

tter

was

the

fam

ily o

f

Mad

hav

rao

, w

ho

wen

t to

Bra

hm

avar

ta i

n 1

82

7

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to s

eek

th

e g

ener

osi

ty o

f B

ajir

ao. T

her

e, th

e li

ttle

son o

f M

adhav

rao c

apti

vat

ed th

e hea

rt o

f B

ajir

ao,

and

lit

tle

Nan

a S

ahib

bec

ame

a g

reat

fav

ou

rite

of

the

whole

Durb

ar.

His

spir

it e

ven

in c

hil

dhood,

his

ser

ious

mie

n a

nd h

is in

tell

igen

ce m

ade

a dee

p

impre

ssio

n u

pon B

ajir

ao, w

ho e

ven

tual

ly res

olv

ed

to a

dopt

him

. O

n t

he

7th

of

Jun

e, 1

82

7,

Baj

irao

form

ally

pla

ced h

im o

n h

is l

ap a

nd a

dopte

d h

im.

At th

is tim

e N

ana

was

on

ly tw

o-a

nd

-a-h

alf

yea

rs

old

. In

this

man

ner

, th

e ch

ild

born

in t

he

vil

lage

of

Ven

u b

e-

cam

e, b

y a

str

ok

e o

f lu

ck,

the

hei

r pre

sum

pti

ve

to t

he

thro

ne

of

the

Pes

hw

as !

It w

as n

o d

ou

bt a

gre

at

good

fort

une

to b

e m

ade

hei

r

to t

he

seat

of

the

Pes

hw

as o

f

the

Mah

ratt

a E

mp

ire.

Bu

t, O

bri

llia

nt

Pri

nce

, d

o y

ou

rea

lise

the

gre

at r

esponsi

bil

ity a

ccom

-

pan

yin

g t

his

go

od

fo

rtu

ne

?

Th

e th

ron

e o

f th

e P

esh

was

is

not a

n o

rdin

ary th

ing !

It w

as o

n th

is th

at th

e gre

at

Baj

i sa

t an

d r

ule

d a

n E

mp

ire.

It

was

fo

r th

is t

hat

the

bat

tle

of

Pan

ipu

t w

as f

ou

gh

t. O

n t

his

hav

e

bee

n p

ou

red

th

e sa

cred

wat

ers

of

the

Sin

dh

u f

or

the

ano

inti

ng

of

gen

erat

ion

s o

f P

esh

was

; o

n t

his

the

trea

ty o

f W

arg

aon

had

bee

n m

ade

and

, m

ost

import

ant o

f al

l, o

n th

is is

to c

om

e, o

r an

y, a

lrea

dy

has

com

e, th

e co

nta

min

atin

g to

uch

of

slav

ery.

Do

yo

u r

eali

se a

ll t

his

? T

o b

e th

e h

eir

to a

th

ron

e is

to u

nder

take,

to g

uar

ante

e, th

e pro

tect

ion a

nd d

ig-

nit

y o

f th

at thro

ne.

Then

wil

l you o

r w

ill your

not

guar

d t

he

dig

nit

y o

f th

e P

eshw

a th

rone

? E

ither

the

Gadi

should

be

adorn

ed w

ith t

he

crow

n o

f

vic

tory

, or

it s

hould

be

burn

t in

a b

rill

iant pyre

of

glo

ry, l

ike

the

pro

ud w

om

en o

f C

hit

ore

! T

her

e is

no t

hir

d w

ay o

f sa

vin

g t

he

glo

ry o

f th

e P

eshw

a’s

thro

ne

! O

bri

llia

nt P

rince

! T

hin

k o

f th

is ter

rible

resp

on

sib

ilit

y, a

nd

th

en s

it o

n t

he

Ga

di

of

the

Pes

hw

as !

Sin

ce y

ou

r fa

ther

gav

e re

aso

n f

or

the

tau

nt

that

th

e P

esh

wa’

s G

ad

isu

rren

der

ed,

the

wh

ole

of

Mah

aras

htr

a h

as b

eco

me

bla

ck w

ith

sham

e, a

nd

all

des

ire

that

if

the

Ga

di

is t

o e

nte

r

afte

r al

l, it

should

end e

ven

as

it

beg

an –

th

at i

f it

is

to d

ie,

it

should

die

fig

hti

ng ! S

it p

roudly

on

th

at G

adi,

O y

oung N

ana,

so t

hat

His

tory

may

say

wit

h

pri

de

that

th

e G

adi,

whose

fir

st

Pes

hw

a w

as B

alaj

i Vis

hvan

ath,

had

fo

r it

s la

st o

ccu

pan

t N

ana

Sah

ib!

At ab

ou

t th

e sa

me

tim

e

in s

acre

d V

aran

asi,

th

ere

liv

es

in th

e re

tinue

of

Chim

naj

i Appa

Pes

hw

a, M

oro

pan

t T

amb

e an

d

his

wif

e B

hag

irat

hi B

ai. L

ittl

e did

the

couple

know

at th

e ti

me

that

thei

r nam

e w

ould

bec

om

e im

mor-

tal

in H

isto

ry !

Th

is c

ou

ple

, w

hic

h h

ad t

he

go

od

fort

une

of

giv

ing b

irth

to a

dau

ghte

r w

ho w

as t

o

be

a v

erit

able

fla

shin

g s

wo

rd i

n t

he

han

ds

of

Hin

dust

han

, this

couple

har

dly

under

stood it

s good

fort

une.

Do th

e th

orn

y b

ranch

es k

now

that

, in th

e

spri

ng,

a ro

se,

del

ighti

ng a

ll w

ith i

ts f

ragra

nce

,

would

spri

ng f

ort

h f

rom

out of

them

! B

ut th

ough

the

bra

nch

es k

new

it

no

w,

stil

l, a

s so

on

as

the

spri

ng t

ime

of

Hin

dust

han

cam

e, t

he

flow

er d

id

com

e fo

rth !

It

was

in 1

835 t

hat

Bhag

irat

hi

gav

e

bir

th t

o t

he

her

oin

e, R

anee

Lak

shm

i B

ai.

Th

is

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ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

54

bra

ve

wo

man

’s n

ame

in y

ou

th w

as M

anu

Bai

.

Wh

en M

anu

was

har

dly

th

ree

or

fou

r

yea

rs o

ld, t

he

whole

fam

ily le

ft B

enar

es a

nd w

ent

to t

he

cou

rt o

f B

ajir

ao a

t B

rah

mav

arta

. T

her

e

she

was

so

mu

ch lik

ed b

y a

ll th

e p

eop

le th

at th

ey

call

ed h

er “

Ch

abel

i”. P

rin

ce N

ana

Sah

ib a

nd

th

e

swee

t C

hab

eli

! W

hen

tw

o s

uch

ch

ild

ren

bra

ced

each

oth

er i

n c

hil

dis

h a

ffec

tio

n,

wh

at a

sig

ht

mu

st i

t h

ave

bee

n t

o

the

peo

ple

of

Bra

hm

avar

ta !

What

eyes

would

not g

list

en w

ith jo

y to

see

Pri

nce

Nan

a S

ahib

an

d t

he

Ch

abel

i p

lay

ing

to

get

her

in

th

e

arm

oury

and le

arnin

g th

eir le

ssons

in s

word

-pla

y –

less

ons

whic

h th

ey

wer

e d

esti

ned

to

use

in

lat

er l

ife

for

the

def

ence

of

thei

r co

un

try

and th

eir re

ligio

n?

How

lim

ited

, in-

dee

d, i

s th

e v

isio

n o

f m

an !

Wh

en

Nan

a S

ah

ib a

nd

Lak

shm

i B

ai

were

learn

ing

swo

rd-p

lay

to

get

her

, th

e sp

ecta

tors

did

no

t se

e

the

futu

re g

lory

of th

ese

bri

llia

nt c

hil

dre

n, a

nd n

ow

those

who d

o s

ee t

hei

r glo

ry,

hav

e no l

onger

the

go

od

fo

rtu

ne

to s

ee th

ose

ch

ild

ren

’s g

ames

of

the

pas

t! S

till

, if

, to

rem

ove

the

short

-sig

hte

dnes

s of

thes

e ey

es o

f fl

esh

, w

e p

ut

on

th

e sp

ecta

cles

of

imag

inat

ion

, th

en w

e ca

n e

asil

y s

ee t

ho

se g

ames

of

the

pas

t. W

hil

e N

ana

Sah

ib a

nd R

ao S

ahib

(his

cou

sin

) w

ere

lear

nin

g t

hei

r le

sso

ns

un

der

th

eir

tuto

r, th

is C

hab

eli t

oo w

ould

clo

sely

wat

ch th

em,

and

th

us

she

lear

ned

to

rea

d,

tho

ug

h s

tum

bli

ng

oft

en. N

ana

Sah

ib w

ou

ld b

e si

ttin

g in

ho

wd

ah

on

an e

lep

han

t an

d th

e sw

eet ch

ild

wo

uld

aff

ecti

on

-

atel

y c

all

up

to

him

, “W

on

’t y

ou

tak

e m

e to

o ?

”1

Som

etim

es N

ana

would

lift

her

up, a

nd b

oth

would

lear

n t

o r

ide

the

mag

nif

icen

t an

imal

. S

om

etim

es

Nan

a w

ou

ld b

e o

n a

ho

rse

and

wai

t fo

r L

aksh

mi

to c

om

e an

d j

oin

him

; j

ust

th

en s

he

wo

uld

co

me

up g

allo

pin

g w

ith a

sw

ord

at

her

sid

e, w

ith h

er

hai

r sl

ightl

y d

ishev

elle

d b

y th

e w

ind, a

nd h

er h

air

com

ple

xio

n b

ecom

ing r

uddie

r by h

er e

ffort

s to

curb

th

e sp

irit

ed h

ors

e. A

nd

bo

th w

ou

ld s

tart

aw

ay a

t a

smar

t pac

e. A

s th

is ti

me,

Nan

a

was

eig

hte

en y

ears

old

an

d

Lak

shm

i Bai

was

sev

en; w

hat

a p

leas

ant

mem

ory

to

us

that

the

her

oin

e sh

ould

hav

e st

arte

d

her

tra

inin

g f

or

the

holy

war

at t

he

age

of

sev

en ?

Th

ese

two

jew

els

wer

e ex

trem

ely

fon

d o

f ea

ch o

ther

fro

m t

hei

r

ea

rlie

st

ch

ild

ho

od

. In

Bra

hm

avar

ta, a

t that

tim

e, w

ere

bei

ng b

rought u

p

thre

e o

f th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t ch

arac

ters

of

the

Rev

olu

tio

nar

y W

ar o

f 1

85

7,

Nan

a S

ahib

, Q

uee

n

Lak

shm

i B

ai,

and

Tat

ya

To

pe.

It

is s

aid

, th

at o

n

ever

y f

esti

val

of

Yam

advi

tiya

, th

ese

two

, N

ana

Sah

ib a

nd L

aksh

mi

Bai

– h

isto

rica

l bro

ther

and

sist

er-

use

d to p

erfo

rm the

cere

mony o

f B

haubij

.

We

can

wel

l p

ictu

re t

o o

urs

elv

es t

he

swee

t at

-

trac

tive

spir

ited

Chab

eli,

wit

h a

gold

dis

h a

nd w

ith

lam

ps

in h

er h

and, p

erfo

rmin

g th

e ce

rem

ony.

Such

occ

asio

ns

wh

en a

Lak

shm

i B

ai i

s w

avin

g t

he

sa-

cred

lam

p r

ou

nd

th

e fa

ce o

f a

Nan

a S

ahib

, su

ch

occ

asio

ns

mak

e h

isto

ry m

ore

ro

man

tic

than

ro

-

man

ce !

to b

e C

on

tin

ued

......

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

55

(Co

ntd

fro

m S

epte

mb

er I

ssu

e)

No w

onder

an a

nguis

hed

Mah

atm

a w

rote

that

he

saw

a r

ay o

f h

op

e o

nly

in

Kas

hm

ir.

Th

at

was

th

e K

ash

mir

iyat

in

act

ion

th

at I

had

see

n i

n

tho

se c

riti

cal

day

s. O

ne

of

my

op

enin

g r

emar

ks

on

tak

ing

ov

er a

s G

ov

ern

or

of

the

Sta

te w

as t

hat

wh

ile

I ag

reed

wit

h J

ahan

gir

’s d

escr

ipti

on

of

Kah

mir

as

Par

adis

e on E

arth

for

its

scen

ic b

eauty

,

iwh

at

was

mo

re i

mp

ort

an

t to

me w

as

that

Kas

hm

iriy

at w

as th

e m

essa

ge

of

Par

adis

e. I

to

ok

var

iou

s m

easu

res

to p

rom

ote

Kas

hm

iriy

at b

e-

cau

se I

fel

t th

at t

his

wo

uld

be

a p

ote

nt

wea

po

n

for fi

ghti

ng rel

igio

us

fundam

enta

lism

whic

h la

y a

t

the

root of

mil

itan

cy in the

Sta

te. T

his

was

not to

the

lik

ing

of

the

fun

dam

enta

list

s. T

hey

sai

d t

hat

they

did

not

hav

e to

lea

rn K

ashm

iriy

at f

rom

a

non-

Kas

hm

iri.

They

als

o tr

ied to

rid

icule

my c

on-

cep

t o

f K

ash

mir

iyat

.

…..

As

Ch

airm

an o

f A

mar

nat

h S

hri

ne

Bo

ard

, I

use

d t

o i

nau

gu

rate

th

e Y

atra

by

off

erin

g

pra

yer

s at

th

e H

oly

Cav

e an

d th

e sa

me

day

fly

to

Ch

arar

-e-S

har

if t

o p

lace

a c

had

ar a

t th

e g

rav

e o

f

Shei

kh N

ooru

din

, th

e pat

ron S

aint

of

Kas

hm

ir,

gre

atly

rev

ered

by

Hin

du

s, a

s N

un

d R

ush

i. I

als

o

star

ted

a t

hre

e d

ays

Su

fi m

usi

c fe

stiv

al t

o m

ark

the

inau

gura

tion o

f A

mar

nat

h Y

atra

. In

2004 f

or

the

firs

t tim

e w

e had

Pak

ista

ni m

usi

cian

s per

form

-

ing

at

this

fes

tiv

al i

n K

ash

mir

. T

his

bec

ame

an

annual

fea

ture

duri

ng m

y te

nure

as

Gover

nor.

For

the

six

th A

mar

nat

h Y

atra

th

at I

in

aug

ura

ted

on

June

18 t

his

yea

r, w

e had

Sufi

musi

cian

s fr

om

Pak

ista

n,

Eg

yp

t, S

yri

a an

d U

zbek

ista

n,

bes

ides

our

ow

n t

op m

usi

cian

s. I

als

o g

ot

the

Arm

y t

o

hel

p i

n r

eno

vat

ing

Zia

rts,

wh

en r

equ

este

d t

o d

o

so b

y th

e lo

cal p

eople

and th

e lo

cal c

leri

c. I

n 2

007

I in

aug

ura

ted

a Z

iara

t at

Bad

hg

am,

wh

ich

had

bee

n r

eno

vat

ed a

t m

uch

co

st o

n m

y d

irec

tio

ns

on

the

req

ues

t o

f it

s im

am. A

lar

gel

y a

tten

ded

pu

bli

c

mee

ting w

as h

eld w

hen

the

loca

l peo

ple

expre

ssed

thei

r gra

titu

de

to t

he

Arm

y a

nd t

han

ked

me

for

wh

at I

had

go

t d

on

e. T

he

fun

dam

enta

list

s w

ere

upse

t at t

he

gro

win

g p

opula

rity

of th

e A

rmy a

mong

the

peo

ple

on

th

is a

cco

un

t. T

hey

iss

ued

a f

atw

a

agai

nst

the

Arm

y s

ayin

g th

at n

on-M

usl

ims

should

not h

ave

anyth

ing to

do w

ith M

usl

im s

hri

nes

. We

said

that

the

Arm

y h

ad n

o r

elig

ion.

It h

ad p

eople

fro

m a

ll r

elig

ions

incl

udin

g

Isla

m s

ervin

g i

n i

t. T

he

money

use

d f

or

renova-

tion w

as n

ot t

hat

of

any r

elig

ious

com

munit

y, b

ut

that

of

Gover

nm

ent

of

India

. If

Haj

subsi

dy w

as

acce

pta

ble

, h

ow

can

th

ere

be

any

ob

ject

ion

to

the

Arm

y r

eno

vat

ing

Zia

rats

. H

ow

ever

, w

e d

id

not w

ant t

o g

et in

volv

ed in

a rel

igio

us

contr

over

sy,

and

sto

pp

ed d

oin

g a

ny

wo

rk a

t Z

iara

ts. O

n 2

Oc-

tob

er 2

00

7,

Ch

ief

Min

iste

r G

hu

lam

Nab

i A

zad

org

aniz

ed a

n e

ssay

co

mp

etit

ion

fo

r sc

ho

ol

chil

-

Co

mm

un

alis

m i

n K

ash

mir L

t G

en S

K S

inh

a

Th

e te

xt

of

‘Th

e F

irst

Fie

ld M

ars

ha

l M

an

eksh

aw

Mem

ori

al

Lec

ture

del

iver

ed

at

Def

ence

Ser

vice

s V

eter

an

s C

on

clave

, N

ew D

elh

i in

Au

gu

st 2

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

56

dre

n o

n M

ahat

ma

Gan

dhi’

s phil

oso

phy.

The

fun-

dam

enta

list

s ca

lled

fo

r a

bo

yco

tt o

f th

is c

om

pet

i-

tion, but

ignori

ng t

hei

r ca

ll, 50,0

00 s

tuden

ts p

ar-

tici

pat

ed. Th

ey i

ssu

ed a

fat

wa

agai

nst

th

e C

hie

f

Min

iste

r. A

ll th

is o

nly

sh

ow

ed th

e m

ind

set o

f th

e

fundam

enta

list

s.

Th

e U

nit

ed J

ihad

Co

un

cil

had

ask

ed P

a-

kis

tan G

over

nm

ent

not

to s

end J

anoon S

ufi

Pop

musi

c ban

d to

Kas

hm

ir, b

ut t

hei

r re

ques

t had

bee

n

ignore

d. T

he

terr

ori

sts

hel

d

ou

t d

eath

th

reat

s an

d w

e

arra

ng

ed s

pec

ial

secu

rity

.

Th

e fu

nd

amen

tal-

ists

cal

led

fo

r a

bo

yco

tt o

f

the b

an

d f

un

cti

on

. Y

et

som

e te

n th

ou

san

d p

eop

le

asse

mb

led

nea

r D

al L

ake

and w

ere

enth

rall

ed b

y th

e

mu

sic.

Th

e le

ader

of

the

ban

d f

rom

Pak

ista

n i

n h

is

op

en

ing

rem

ark

s st

ate

d t

hat

he h

ad

co

me t

o

Sri

nag

ar t

o l

aun

ch a

mu

sica

l Ji

had

fo

r p

eace

. O

f

cou

rse

the

Val

ley

Pre

ss c

riti

cize

d t

he

ban

d f

un

c-

tion a

nd o

ur

nat

ional

med

ia ig

nore

d it

.

Ho

wev

er,

the

sep

arat

ists

an

d f

un

dam

en-

tali

sts

wer

e to

o r

attl

ed a

nd

th

is t

ime

inst

ead

of

issu

ing F

atw

a ch

ose

an in

nocu

ous

issu

e to

aro

use

com

munal

pas

sions.

…..

Th

ey c

ho

se t

he

Go

ver

nm

ent

ord

er

regar

din

g d

iver

sion o

f th

e hundre

d a

cre

plo

t of

land a

t B

alta

l to

the

Am

arnat

h S

hri

ne

Boar

d f

or

doin

g s

o.

The

Shri

ne

Boar

d h

ad a

sked

for

this

land f

or

putt

ing u

p t

empora

ry p

refa

bri

cate

d a

c-

com

modat

ion f

or A

mar

nat

h p

ilgri

ms

in 2

005.

It to

ok th

e gover

nm

ent t

hre

e yea

rs to

take

a dec

isio

n o

n th

is r

eques

t. T

he

two m

inis

ters

who

pro

cess

ed t

his

cas

e an

d r

eco

mm

end

ed i

t to

th

e

Cab

inet

wer

e fr

om

PD

P. T

hey

wer

e pre

sent

at

the

Cab

inet

mee

tin

g w

hen

a u

nan

imo

us

dec

isio

n

was

taken

on th

is is

sue.

Yet

when

they

found c

om

-

munal

pas

sions

get

ting a

rouse

d o

n th

e la

nd is

sue,

they

jum

ped

on t

o t

he

ban

dw

agon o

f th

e ag

ita-

tio

n. A

can

ard

was

sp

read

th

at t

he

Sh

rin

e B

oar

d

was

go

ing

to

set

tle

Hin

du

s o

n th

is lan

d a

nd

bu

ild

Hin

du

to

wn

ship

s in

th

e V

alle

y w

ith

a v

iew

to

chan

gin

g i

ts d

emo

gra

-

phy,

like

Isra

el h

ad d

one

in P

ales

tine.

The

clar

i-

fica

tions

and c

ontr

adic

-

tio

ns

issu

ed

b

y

the

Sh

rin

e

Bo

ard

w

ere

bla

cked

out o

r dis

tort

ed

by

th

e V

alle

y p

ress

.

Th

e

na

tio

na

l

med

ia i

nit

iall

y i

gnore

d

the

agit

atio

n t

hat

was

buil

din

g u

p. I

t’s

a pit

y th

at n

o p

oli

tica

l par

ty to

ok a

stan

d a

gai

nst

this

agit

atio

n a

nd e

xpla

ined

how

the

peo

ple

wer

e b

ein

g m

isle

d.

Th

e la

nd

was

to

be

div

erte

d t

o t

he

Boar

d s

ole

ly f

or

const

ruct

ion o

f

pre

fabri

cate

d a

ccom

modat

ion for th

e pil

gri

ms

and

no o

ther

purp

ose

. T

he

ow

ner

ship

rig

hts

over

the

land r

emai

ned

wit

h th

e S

tate

Gover

nm

ent.

Bal

tal

rem

ain

s co

ver

ed w

ith

sn

ow

fo

r se

ven

to

eig

ht

month

s in

the

yea

r, w

hen

it is

unap

pro

achab

le a

nd

un

inh

abit

able

. H

ow

co

uld

an

yo

ne

in h

is s

ense

s

acce

pt t

hat

a H

indu to

wnsh

ip c

ould

be

dev

eloped

in th

is p

lot o

f la

nd. F

urt

her

, the

Sta

te G

over

nm

ent

wo

uld

nev

er a

llo

w t

his

to

hap

pen

wh

en t

hey

had

den

ied c

itiz

ensh

ip rig

hts

to 3

0,0

00 H

indu a

nd S

ikh

refu

ges

th

at c

ame

fro

m W

est

Pak

ista

n t

o J

amm

u

in 1

947.

Sri

Am

arn

ath

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ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

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gna

57

Th

eir

nu

mb

er h

as n

ow

sw

oll

en t

o o

ver

one

lakh. T

hey

are

den

ied v

oti

ng r

ights

, em

plo

y-

men

t in S

tate

Gover

nm

ent,

ow

ner

ship

of

imm

ov-

able

pro

per

ty a

nd

th

eir

chil

dre

n a

re n

ot

allo

wed

adm

issi

on to

tech

nic

al in

stit

uti

ons

of

lear

nin

g.

Nev

erth

eles

s, th

e ag

itat

ion

ag

ain

st d

iver

-

sion o

f la

nd t

o t

he

Shri

ne

Boar

d c

onti

nued

un-

abat

ed g

ainin

g m

om

entu

m e

ver

yday

. On 2

4 J

une

the

agit

ato

rs h

ad b

eco

me

vio

len

t an

d t

he

po

lice

had

to o

pen

fir

e, k

illi

ng o

ne

of

them

. The

foll

ow

-

ing m

orn

ing I

was

dep

arti

ng f

rom

Kas

hm

ir h

av-

ing

rel

inq

uis

hed

my

ap

-

poin

tmen

t. A

t my f

arew

ell

at S

rinag

ar A

irport

, Chie

f

Min

iste

r G

hu

lam

Nab

i Aza

d a

ssure

d m

e th

at

he w

ou

ld b

e h

old

ing

a

Pre

ss c

onfe

rence

to c

lari

fy

mat

ters

an

d h

e w

as c

on

fi-

de

nt

tha

t th

e a

git

ati

on

wo

uld

die

do

wn

. H

e h

eld

his

Pre

ss c

on

fere

nce

that

day

, af

ter

I had

lef

t S

rinag

ar,

but

it h

ad n

o

imp

act.

Co

nd

itio

ns

in t

he

Val

ley

co

nti

nu

ed t

o

wo

rsen

an

d a

wee

k l

ater

un

der

a n

ew G

ov

ern

or,

the

Gover

nm

ent o

rder

reg

ardin

g th

e la

nd a

t Bal

tal

was

rev

ok

ed. A

no

ther

wee

k l

ater

th

e A

zad

Go

v-

ernm

ent f

ell b

ecau

se it

s co

alit

ion p

artn

er, t

he

PD

P,

led

by

Mu

fti M

oh

amm

ed S

ayee

d h

ad w

ith

dra

wn

sup

po

rt. O

ur

nat

ion

al m

edia

dis

pla

yed

ig

no

ran

ce

of

fact

s an

d o

ur

secu

lar

bri

gad

e am

on

g th

em w

as

only

too w

illi

ng to

be

mis

led a

nd m

isle

d th

e peo

ple

.

Th

ey s

tart

ed c

han

tin

g th

at I

was

co

mm

un

al a

nd

I

was

res

po

nsi

ble

fo

r th

e cr

isis

. T

hey

ev

en s

tart

ed

sayin

g t

hat

I h

ad o

rder

ed t

he

tran

sfer

of

the

land

at B

alta

l to

th

e S

hri

ne

Bo

ard

.[T

his

is

the

‘sec

u-

lar’

poli

tici

an

s an

d (

Marx

ist)

‘em

inen

t’ h

isto

-

ria

ns

an

d “

pro

gre

ssiv

e”

jo

urn

ali

sts

ch

ara

c-

teri

stic

ha

bit

ua

l cr

eati

on

of

fict

itio

us

fact

s to

bu

ry t

ruth

an

d p

rop

ag

ate

“fa

lse-

ho

od

The

Sta

te G

over

nm

ent h

ad b

een a

llott

ing

tho

usa

nd

s o

f ac

res

of

lan

d t

o v

ario

us

agen

cies

for

dif

fere

nt

purp

ose

s, t

o P

WD

for

const

ruct

ing

road

s, t

o R

elia

nce

fo

r co

nst

ruct

ing

co

mm

un

ica-

tion t

ow

ers,

to e

lect

rici

ty d

epar

tmen

ts f

or

tran

s-

mis

sio

n l

ines

, to

po

wer

co

rpo

rati

on

s fo

r h

yd

el

pro

ject

s, t

o e

duca

tion d

epar

tmen

t fo

r univ

ersi

ty

cam

pu

ses

and

so

on

. E

ven

on

th

e d

ay t

he

Cab

i-

net

appro

ved

of

div

ersi

on o

f la

nd in B

alta

l to

the

Shri

ne

Boar

d, f

ive

oth

er

tran

sfer

s of

land t

o d

if-

fere

nt a

gen

cies

had

bee

n

app

rov

ed.

Des

pit

e th

is,

the

com

mu

nal

an

d a

nti

-

nat

ion

al e

lem

ents

lik

e

the

PD

P, p

icked

on d

iver

-

sion o

f la

nd to

the

Shri

ne

Bo

ard

fo

r la

un

chin

g a

wid

esp

read

co

mm

un

al a

git

atio

n.

Th

e C

on

gre

ss,

wit

h a

new

Go

ver

no

r, w

ent o

n a

n o

ver

dri

ve

wit

h

its

app

ease

men

t p

oli

cy b

y n

ot

on

ly r

evo

kin

g t

he

land d

iver

sion o

rder

, but v

irtu

ally

dis

man

tlin

g th

e

Am

arnat

h S

hri

ne

Boar

d,

takin

g a

way

its

func-

tions

and try

ing to h

and it over

to the

Touri

st D

e-

par

tmen

t. A

ll t

he

mem

ber

s o

f th

e b

oar

d w

ere

ask

ed t

o r

esig

n a

nd

th

e C

hie

f E

xec

uti

ve

Off

icer

of

the

Boar

d r

emoved

. Per

hap

s, in thei

r th

inkin

g,

the

Boar

d in

mak

ing a

req

ues

t for th

e la

nd in

2005,

had

com

mit

ted a

cri

me.

Th

e ex

cell

ent w

ork

do

ne

by

th

e B

oar

d in

the

man

agem

ent

of

the

Yat

ra a

nd

pro

mo

tin

g f

a-

cili

ties

for

pil

gri

ms

had

res

ult

ed in the

num

ber

of

pil

gri

ms

goin

g t

o t

he

Cav

e by o

ver

fiv

e ti

mes

. It

reac

hed

an

all

-tim

e h

igh

of

nea

rly

six

lak

hs

this

yea

r.

Th

e Sta

te G

over

nm

ent h

ad

bee

n a

llott

ing

thou

san

ds

of acr

es o

f la

nd

to v

ari

ou

s agen

cies

for

dif

fere

nt

pu

rpo

ses,

to

PW

D f

or

con

stru

ctin

g

road

s et

c. D

esp

ite

this

, th

e co

mm

un

al an

d a

nti

-

nati

on

al el

emen

ts lik

e th

e P

DP

, pic

ked

on

div

er-

sion

of

lan

d t

o t

he

Sh

rin

e B

oard

for

lau

nch

ing a

wid

esp

read

com

mu

nal a

git

ati

on

.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

58

Su

ch i

ll-a

dv

ised

ap

pea

sem

ent,

ig

no

rin

g

Hig

h C

ourt

judgm

ents

and le

gal

pro

vis

ions,

cau

sed

gre

at c

onst

ernat

ion a

mongst

the

peo

ple

of Ja

mm

u.

The

jubil

ant s

epar

atis

ts a

nd f

undam

enta

list

s in

the

Val

ley a

lso s

tart

ed c

alli

ng f

or

the

reorg

aniz

atio

n

of

the

Shri

Mat

a V

aish

no D

evi S

hri

ne

Boar

d. T

his

resu

lted

in a

sponta

neo

us

outb

urs

t of

pen

t up f

eel-

ings

of

the

peo

ple

of

Jam

mu a

gai

nst

the

dis

crim

i-

nat

ion

th

ey h

ad b

een

su

ffer

ing

fo

r y

ears

. T

he

ongoin

g a

git

atio

n in

Jam

mu for th

e pas

t fort

y d

ays

is a

rec

ord

. T

her

e h

ad b

een

mu

ch v

iole

nce

an

d a

larg

e n

um

ber

of

dea

ths

in t

he

wak

e o

f a

tota

lly

unnec

essa

ry a

git

atio

n s

tart

ed b

y c

om

munal

ists

in

Kas

hm

ir V

alle

y. I

t is

per

tin

ent

that

wh

erea

s th

e

agit

atio

n i

n K

ash

mir

has

bee

n c

om

mu

nal

, th

e

movem

ent i

n J

amm

u h

as b

een n

on-c

om

munal

wit

h

man

y M

usl

ims

lik

e A

ll J

amm

u M

usl

im C

on

fer-

ence

an

d s

ever

al G

ujj

ars

sup

po

rtin

g it.

15

0 M

us-

lim

s af

ter

off

erin

g p

ray

ers

at J

um

ma

Mas

jid

at

Del

hi

wer

e fl

agg

ed o

ff u

nd

er t

he

lead

ersh

ip o

f

Tan

vee

r A

hm

ed,

form

er P

resi

den

t o

f th

e H

aj

Co

mm

itte

e to

go

to

Kas

hm

ir a

nd

dem

and

ret

urn

of

the

Bal

tal la

nd to the

Shri

ne

Boar

d. T

hey

wer

e

pre

ven

ted a

t Pat

han

kot f

rom

ente

ring J

amm

u a

nd

Kash

mir

.[T

his

is

Co

ng

ress

’s ‘

secu

lar’

act.

Neh

ru in

Del

hi an

d S

haik

h A

bdu

llah

in

Jam

mu

& K

ash

mir

sh

inin

g e

xpon

ents

of

‘sec

ula

rism

an

d I

nd

ia’s

un

ity

an

d i

nte

gri

ty p

reve

nte

d a

c-

tua

lly

arr

este

d (

an

d k

ille

d w

hil

e in

cu

sto

dy)

Sya

ma P

rasa

d M

ukh

erji

fro

m e

nte

rin

g I

ndia

’s

Ka

shm

ir!

Ca

n y

ou

tru

st C

on

gre

ss w

hen

it

says

“K

ash

mir

is

pa

rt o

f In

dia

?”

–E

d]

Th

ere

has

bee

n n

o e

con

om

ic b

lock

ade

of

Kas

hm

ir a

s su

ch, b

ut m

ovem

ent o

f veh

icle

s fr

om

Pat

han

kot

to K

ashm

ir h

ad g

ot

dis

rupte

d d

ue

to

the

dis

turb

ance

s in

Jam

mu

. B

y 4

Au

gu

st,

the

Arm

y h

ad e

nsu

red

th

at h

un

dre

ds

of

veh

icle

s ca

r-

ryin

g s

uppli

es w

ere

movin

g i

nto

and o

ut

of

the

Val

ley.

Yet

an

ti-n

atio

nal

an

d c

om

mu

nal

fo

rces

launch

ed a

mar

ch to

Muza

ffra

bad

acr

oss

the

LO

C

on 7

August

res

ult

ing i

n s

ecuri

ty f

orc

es p

reven

t-

ing th

em f

rom

doin

g th

is.

Th

e la

tter

had

to

op

en f

ire

agai

nst

vio

len

t

mobs

resu

ltin

g in

sev

eral

dea

ths.

The

situ

atio

n h

as

bee

n o

n t

he

boil

in J

amm

u a

nd K

ashm

ir f

or

over

a m

onth

now

wit

h the

Arm

y f

orc

ed to tak

e ac

tion

agai

nst

vio

lent ag

itat

ing m

obs

in b

oth

reg

ions.

In

Jam

mu

, th

e ag

itat

ors

hav

e b

een

car

ryin

g t

he

Na-

tional

Fla

g a

nd s

houti

ng s

logan

s in

support

of

the

Arm

y. W

her

eas,

in

Sri

nag

ar, th

ey h

ave

bee

n c

ar-

ryin

g P

akis

tan

i fl

ags

and

hav

e b

een

den

ou

nci

ng

the

Arm

y. Even

in t

his

dau

nti

ng a

nd d

iffi

cult

sit

ua-

tio

n, t

he

Arm

y h

as k

ept it

s co

ol an

d h

as b

een

car

-

ryin

g o

ut i

ts d

uti

es in

an im

par

tial

man

ner

, both

in

Jam

mu r

egio

n a

nd in the

Val

ley.

The

pre

sent c

onfl

ict i

n J

amm

u a

nd K

ash-

mir

is

no

t b

etw

een

Hin

du

s an

d M

usl

ims

as s

uch

,

but b

etw

een n

atio

nal

ists

and s

epar

atis

t forc

es. O

ur

nat

ional

inte

rest

s dem

and th

at th

e si

tuat

ion s

hould

be

bro

ught u

nder

contr

ol a

nd th

e pro

ble

m res

olv

ed

as q

uic

kly

as

po

ssib

le.

Fai

lure

to

do

so

wil

l g

reat

ly d

amag

e o

ur

nat

ion

al I

nte

rest

s an

d w

ill

be

a g

rav

e th

reat

to

our

Nat

ional

Sec

uri

ty. T

he

poli

cy o

f ap

pea

sem

ent

mu

st b

e es

chew

ed a

t al

l co

sts.

Th

e n

atio

nal

me-

dia

mu

st p

rese

nt

fact

s co

rrec

tly

an

d n

ot

atte

mp

t

to b

e o

ver

-zea

lou

s in

dis

pla

yin

g i

ts s

ecu

lar

cre-

den

tial

s. J

ust

ice

mu

st n

ot o

nly

be

do

ne

to a

ll, b

ut

mu

st a

lso

be

seen

to

be

do

ne.

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Oct

ober

200

8B

hara

tiya

Pra

gna

59

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sm

all b

ook is

a

com

pil

atio

n o

f a

ser

ies

of

28

art

icle

s p

ub

lish

ed

in

th

e

Org

anis

er W

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