http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pub_bha...how/4083214.cms


<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Turning the iconic freedom struggle slogan “ jail bharo” on its head, Minister of State for Women and Child Development since Renuka Choudhary on Thursday suggested that the only way to tackle the moral police was to launch a “ pub bharo andolan”. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Renukaji, I would also suggest hookah-bar-bharo-andolan, rojke-5-patiala-peg-piyo-andolan, one-night-stand-andolan, topless-bars-bharo-andolan, PDA-andolan, beef-khao-andolan, pork-mat-khao-andolan, hashish-peeyo-andolan.

Still i dont understand this - who are these statements targetted towards ? Is this politically a big deal in Karnataka ? Or anywhere in India ? Or is this to scare some outsiders ? Or just a storm in teacup ?

Chyetanya Kunte a blogger, published an “Unconditional Withdrawal” of his blog post where he had blasted NDTV and Barkha Dutt.
Original post from cache:

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Shoddy journalism   New window
Date: Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 20:39

Appalling journalism. Absolute blasphemy! As I watch the news from home, I am dumbfounded to see Barkha Dutt of NDTV break every rule of ethical journalism in reporting the Mumbai mayhem. Take a couple of instances for example:

    * In one instance she asks a husband about his wife being stuck, or held as a hostage. The poor guy adds in the end about where she was last hiding. Aired! My dear friends with AK-47s, our national news is helping you. Go get those still in. And be sure to thank NDTV for not censoring this bit of information.
    * In another instance, a General sort of suggests that there were no hostages in Oberoi Trident. (Clever.) Then, our herione of revelations calls the head of Oberoi, and the idiot confirms a possibility of 100 or more people still in the building. Hello! Guys with guns, you’ve got more goats to slay. But before you do, you’ve got to love NDTV and more precisely Ms. Dutt. She’s your official intelligence from Ground zero.

You do not need to be a journalist to understand the basic premise of ethics, which starts with protecting victims first; and that is done by avoiding key information from being aired publicly—such as but not limited to revealing the number of possible people still in, the hideouts of hostages and people stuck in buildings.

Imagine you’re one of those sorry souls holed-up in one of those bathrooms, or kitchens. A journalist pulls your kin outside and asks about your last contact on national television, and other prying details. In a bout of emotion, if they happen to reveal more details, you are sure going to hell. Remember these are hotels, where in all likelihood, every room has a television. All a terrorist needs to do is listen to Ms. Barkha Dutt’s latest achievement of extracting information from your relative, based on your last phone-call or SMS. And you’re shafted—courtesy NDTV.1

If the terrorists don’t manage to shove you in to your private hell, the journalists on national television will certainly help you get there. One of the criticisms about Barkha Dutt on Wikipedia reads thus:

    During the Kargil conflict, Indian Army sources repeatedly complained to her channel that she was giving away locations in her broadcasts, thus causing Indian casualties.

Looks like the idiot journalist has not learnt anything since then. I join a number of bloggers pleading her to shut the f⋅⋅⋅ up.

Update: In fact, I am willing to believe that Hemant Karkare died because these channels showed him prepare (wear helmet, wear bullet-proof vest.) in excruciating detail live on television. And they in turn targeted him where he was unprotected. The brave officer succumbed to bullets in the neck.

Update 2 [28.Nov.2300hrs]: Better sense appears to have prevailed in the latter half of today—either willfully, or by Government coercion2, and Live broadcasts are now being limited to non-action zones. Telecast of action troops and strategy is now not being aired live. Thank goodness for that.

Update 3 [30.Nov.1900hrs]: DNA India reports about a UK couple ask media to report carefully:

    The terrorists were watching CNN and they came down from where they were in a lift after hearing about us on TV.

    — Lynne Shaw in an interview.

   1. Oh, they have a lame excuse pronouncing that the television connections in the hotel has been cut, and therefore it is okay to broadcast. Like hell!
   2. I’m thinking coercion, since Government has just denied renewing CNN’s rights to air video today; must’ve have surely worked as a rude warning to the Indian domestic channels.
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NDTV's forced this blogger to retract his posts. Threats of lawsuit I believe.
This from the cry-me-a-free-press - NDTV <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Other bloggers on this:
http://shripriya.com/blog/2009/01/28/shame...nd-barkha-dutt/
http://www.vmohanty.com/posts/open-letter-to-ndtv/
http://www.blogbharti.com/kuffir/media/ndt...o-the-defiance/
http://unjustly.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/l...for-2009-01-30/
http://naiveindian.in/2009/01/30/ndtv-arm-...into-submission
http://retributions.nationalinterest.in/nd...on-free-speech/
http://www.sandeepweb.com/2009/01/29/barkh...joke-is-on-you/
http://thecapeofgoodhope.blogspot.com/2009...timidation.html
http://www.prempanicker.com/index.php?/sit...rs_a_price_tag/
http://indianrealist.wordpress.com/2009/01...hey-hate-blogs/
http://www.desipundit.com/2009/01/28/blogg...lenced-by-ndtv/
http://thecapeofgoodhope.blogspot.com/2009...timidation.html
http://thecomicproject.blogspot.com/2009/0...ution-away.html
http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/indian-b...-terror-attack/
http://www.labnol.org/india/indian-blogger...rkha-dutt/6853/
http://placidfreedom.wordpress.com/2009/01...nged-yet-again/
http://lifeandsomething.blogspot.com/2009/...ng-by-ndtv.html

Gujarat govt to celebrate Republic Day at Godhra
24 Jan 2009, 2300 hrs IST, PTI
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AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Government will hold official Republic Day celebration and flag hoisting ceremony at Godhra, a government release said.

Gujarat Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma and chief minister Narendra Modi will hoist the flag on January 26 at Godhra, where a slew of programmes and cultural events have been organised by the state government, said the release.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/G...how/4027640.cms

My first post is on Anil Ambani

Ostensibly a devout hindu,
funding the islamist Samajwadi party,
funding the anti-hindu UPA

Use goodsearch.com, instead of google

Once inside www.goodsearch.com

You have to specify your charity

"India Development Relief Fund"

Then in the search box, do your search

Each search will get a few pennies to IDRF

Thanks

G.S

<!--QuoteBegin-Swamy G+Jan 15 2009, 07:06 AM-->QUOTE(Swamy G @ Jan 15 2009, 07:06 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Narasimhan Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of 'The Hindu'.
N.Ram's first wife was Susan.
Susan, an Irish, was in charge of Oxford University Press publications in India.
N.Ram and Susan's daughter is Vidya Ram.
Vidya Ram is a reporter in Forbe.com's London bureau.
N.Ram is now married to Mariam.
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<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Swami G, any particular reason that you refuse to disclose the religious identity of certain individus in your list?

- N.Ram's first wife Susan - the Irishwoman - is christian, so too is the Kerala christian Mariam. It is a *very* important factor in understanding who N.Ram, the head editor of The Chindu, is. (Also, if the wives are catholic, you can bet ya the children - such as 'Vidya Ram' - are baptised.) The religious connection to N. Ram is as important in understanding The Chindu as the christian ownership of NDTV, CNN-IBN, and the many other 'Indian' media.
<b>You are doing the Dharmics in your target audience a great disservice by concealing such crucial information.</b> It is in fact the most important piece of info. It is not <i>secularism</i> that is destroying Bharatam and Nepal and Sri Lanka. Whereas <b>pseudo-</b>secularism - and frequently communism too in our countries - is a *christian* facade.

To mistake the onslaught of christianism in the unconverted part of the subcontinent as merely some psecular/communist tide is to be blind to the real enemy. Nothing spells 'Defeat' more definitely.

<b>ADDED</b> More for your list:
http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/11/06/divisive-outlook/
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Prominent among this leftist/communist, HIndu-baiting cabal are worthies like Prannoy Roy (who is married to Brinda Karat’s sister), Arundhati Roy (a Kerala Chrisitan and cousin of Pranoy Roy), Rajdeep Sardesai, Sagarika Ghosh, Vindo Mehta, N. Ram, Vir Sanghvi, Praful Bidwai, and almost all Bengali editors.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/20...eversibly/
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->prannoy roy is married to Radhika Roy (sister of Brinda Karat, married to prakash karat), who was a speech therapist and is the Director of NDTV. He is the cousin of award winning novelist and activist Arundhati Roy.
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Rajdeep is married to journalist Sagarika Ghose, who is also a journalist with Cnn-Ibn. They met at Oxford University.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
- Prannoy Roy is a christian. Like Ambika Soni with her pseudo-bindi and Hindu name, his name serves to distract and confuse the viewership.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Suzanna Arundhati Roy is neice of Prannoy Roy (CEO of NDTV)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Isn't Suzanna his cousin instead of his niece?
In any case, she is a Kerala christian (with a Bengali dad).

Her name is most specifically NOT "Suzanna Arundhati Roy". The Arundhati is an alias she adopted for getting published, as explained by fellow catholic Richard Crasta. Arundhati is not any of her real names - certainly not her christian ('middle') name. Her real names are Margaret (as per Richard Crasta) and Suzanna, as per Wackypedia and some interview sites.

Unimportant:
I'm guessing Suzanna is her baptised (christian, middle) name and that Margaret is the first/calling name. That's because, from what I observed many years ago, the heretical Catholic cultists often tended to give pagan Roman or otherwise saintly or papal names as first names, and then they baptise them with biblical or ME names for the christian name. In this case Margaret Suzanna would fit the observed pattern of many catholic-born in Europe, as Margaret is pagan Roman (and Persian), and Suzanna is an ME name.
Modern fundy christians tend to choose all-biblical names, as is the proper and christian way to do it. Anglicans, being heretical in their naming just as the Catholics and other Protestants (though <i>Martin</i> Luther was born catholic), often stick with pagan Roman or Greek names plus NT names in either order. Sometimes they go full pagan when they toss an additional AngloSaxon name or Roman name in. But in all christo types there are cases where both names are biblical. For example, "John Michael Nitwit" is such a non-heretical choice.

Another example that comes to mind of a christian of India who is most probably catholic: there's apparently a "Diana Maria Kurien", a really weird looking actress in Kerala, who's predictably been given a Hindu screen name. (I think she goes under my childhood friend's name of Nayantara, because it was when I recently Googled to confirm whether I got the meaning of Nayantara right that I think I came across the christian fraudster with the stolen Hindu name. Yes, confirmed.)
Maria Kurien's deeply ignorant Kerala christian parents stole the Greek Goddess Artemis' Roman name (Diana) for the daughter's calling name, and gave her the ME and biblical 'Maria' as the christian name.

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Suzanna Arundhati Roy is niece of Prannoy Roy (CEO of NDTV)

Prannoy Roy sits Council on Foreign Relations' International Advisory Board.

Mukesh D. Ambani also sits on CFR's International Advisory Board.

Mukesh is MD, Reliance Industries Ltd.

Prannoy Roy married to Radhika Roy

Radhika Roy is sister of Brinda Karat (CPI(M))

Brinda Karat married to Prakash Karat (CPI(M) - General Secretary)

Arundhati Roy meets Ghulam Nabi Fai in London and reiterates independence of 'Kashmir' from India. (June 2011)

Fai is arrested by FBI in July 2011



Prakash was part of debating club in Madras (Chennai).

N.Ram, P.Chidambaram & Mythili Shivaraman were part of this group.

This group started a magazine "Radical Review".



CPI(M)'s senior member of Politburo and Parliamentary Group Leader is Sitaram Yechury.

Sitaram Yechury is married to Seema Chisthi.

Seema Chisthi is the Resident Editor of Indian Express

Burkha Dutt works at NDTV

Prabha Dutt was mother of Burkha Dutt.

Prabha Dutt was a chief reporter for Hindustan Times.

Bahar Dutt is sister of Burkha Dutt.

Bahar works for CNN-IBN as an Environment Editor.

Rajdeep Sardesai was Managing Editor at NDTV

Rajdeep Sardesai married to Sagrika Ghose

Sagarika Ghose is daughter of Bhaskar Ghose.

Bhaskar Ghose was Director General of Doordarshan.

Sagarika Ghose's aunt is Ruma Pal.

Ruma Pal is former justice of Supreme Court.

Sagarika Ghose's another aunt is Arundhati Ghose.

Arundhati Ghose was India's permanent representative/ambassador to United Nations.

Rajdeep is now Editor-in-Chief at CNN-IBN

CNN-IBN is a tie up between GBN (Global Business Network) and Turner International.

GBN is a Network 18 company.

CNN is one of Turner International's asset.

Sagarika also works at CNN-IBN as senior editor and as an anchor.

Dilip D'Souza was member of PIPFD

Dilip D'Souza's father was Joseph Bain D'Souza.

J.B.D'Souza was former Maharastra Chief Seccretary and activist.

Teesta Setalva member of PIPFD

Teesta Setalvad married to Javed Anand

Teesta and Javed run Sabrang Communications.

Javed Anand is General Secretary of Muslims for Secular Democracy { ?? }

Javed Akhtar is spokesperson for Muslims for Secular Democracy

Javed Akhtar married to Shabana Azmi



Karan Thapar owns ITV

ITV produces shows for BBC

Karan Thapar's father was General Pran Nath Thapar COAS during 1962 war, when India lost under his watch.

Karan Thapar was very good friend of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari.

Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan's Prime Minister.

Benazir Bhutto's father was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Z.A.Bhutto served as Pakistan's President.

A.A.Zardar is the current Pakistani's President.

Karan Thapar's Mama was married to Nayantara Sahgal.

Nayantar Sahgal is daughter of Vijayalakshmi Pandit.

Vijayalakshmi Pandit was sister of Jawharlal Nehru.

Romesh Thapar is Karan Thapar's cousin.

Romesh founded "Seminar" published from N.Delhi.

Valmik Thapar is Romesh's son.

Valmik is married to Sanjana Kapoor.

Sanjana is Shashi Kapoor's daughter.

Valmik is an Indian Natural Historian, expert on tigers and written several books.

Romilla Thapar is aunt of Valmik Thapar (niece of Pran Thapar)

Romilla is a Marxist Historian.



Medha Patkar is a leading spokesperson for Narmada Bacho Andolan.

NBA was helped by Patrick McCully of International Rivers (formerly Internal Rivers Network.)

Angana Chatterjee was on the board of IRN

Dipti Bhatnagar was an Intern/Volunteer at IRN.

Dipti Bhatnagar is an activist at NBA.

Dr. Angana Chatterjee part of PROXSA

PROXSA mother-ship of FOIL

ASHA endorsed by FOIL

Sandeep Pandey co-founder of Asha for education (ASHA)

Dr. Angana Chatterjee is married to Richard Shapiro

Richard Shapiro is Director and Associate Professor of the Grad. Anthropology Prgm at CIIS.

Richard was barred from entering India in 2010.

In 2009, Angana and Richard attended the 10th International Kashmir Freedom Conference (IKFC).

IKFC was organized by Kashmir American Council (KAC) to Internationalize Jammu & Kashmir.

Ghulam Nabi Fai is the Executive Director of KAC.

Fai was arrested in July 2011 by the FBI, leveling several charges.

Fai was the conduit of Pakistan's ISI to funnel money into USA for lobbing US Politicians against India.

Fai also was involved in funnleing money into Jammu & Kashmir aiding Terrorists.

Dileep Padgaonkar attended on of the KAC 'International Conferences'.

Dileep is one of the three interlocutors for Jammu & Kashmir.

Kuldip Nayar attended on of the KAC 'International Conferences'.

Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajinder Sachar attended on of the KAC 'International Conferences'.

Rajinder Sachar was appointed by Manmohan Singh to head a high level Committee.

This Committee prepared a report on the socio-economic & educational conditions of Muslims in India.

Gautam Navlakha attended on of the KAC 'International Conferences'.

Gautam joined Angana and others under the umbrella International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice (IPTK).

KAC conducted a conference in 2009 in Washington DC.

The conference was attended by Howard Schaffer.

Howard along with his wife Teresita have written books on J&K, with US-Pakistan relationship as the basis.

Tereista and Howard have been US Ambassdors to India, Pakistan, Srilanka and/or Bangladesh.

Tereista is the co-founder of the website site SouthAsia.com

Shubh Mathur co-wrote a letter with Angana on 'Humanitarian Crisis in J&K'

Biju Matthew is co-founder of FOIL.

Vijay Prasad is co-founder of FOIL.

Vijay Prasad co-authored with Angana Chatterjee and wrote against IDRF.

ASHA has association with AID

AID works with FOSA

FOSA started by a Pakistani - Ali Hasan Cemendtaur.

Amitava Kumar associated with FOIL

FOIL & FOSA opposed California Text Book Edits.

California Text Book Edits was opposed by Michael Witzel.

M.Witzel is Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University.





Rahul Bose is brother-in-law of Khalid Ansari.

Khalid Ansari is the Chairman of Mid-Day Group of Publication based in Mumbai.

Khalid Ansari is Chairman of M.C.Media Ltd.

M.C.Media Ltd. has a join-venture with BBC for FM radio brodcasting.

Khalid Ansari's father was Abdul Hameed Ansari.

A.H.Ansari was a freedom fighter and active Congressman.

Dr.John Dayal worked as a journalist with the N.Delhi edition of Mid-Day.



Narasimhan Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of 'The Hindu'.

N.Ram was part of a CPI(M) debating club along with Prakash Karat

N.Ram's first wife was Susan.

Susan, an Irish, was in charge of Oxford University Press publications in India.

N.Ram and Susan's daughter is Vidya Ram.

Vidya Ram is a journalist.

N.Ram is now married to Mariam.

N.Ram, Jennifer Arul and K.M.Roy participated in closed door Catholic Bishops Conference of India in Thrissur, Kerala.

Jennifer Arul is the Resident Editor and Bureau Chief in South India for NDTV.

Jennifer Arul is Chief Operating Office for Astro Awani - Indonesian news and information channel.

Jennifer Arul is also Managing Editor and COO of "NDTV Hindu".

NDTV-Hindu is a Chennai specific channel from NDTV and "The Hindu".

K.M.Roy was a reporter in "The Hindu"

K.M.Roy is the General Editor of the group of the "Mangalam" Publications.

Mangalam Group of Publications was started by M.C.Varghese

K.M.Roy received the "All India Catholic Union Lifetime Award"

All India Catholic Union's National Vice President is Dr.John Dayal.

Dr.John Dayal is also Secretary General of All India Christian Council (AICC)

AICC's President is Dr. Joseph D'souza

Dr. Joseph D'souza founded Dalit Freedom Network (USA)

Dr.Joseph D'Souza participated in the inaugural Religious Freedom Day

The Religious Freedom Day was attended by former Republican Sentor Rick Santorum

AICC claims Confederation of SC/ST Organizations (India) as a sister organization.

AICC claims Christian Solidarity Worldwide (UK) as a sister organization.

AICC claims Release International (UK) as a sister organization.

Release International states it supplies bibles and literature to meet the need of growth and evangelism.

Dalit Freedom Network's partner's with Operation Mobilization India.

OM India's South India Regional Director is Kumar Swamy

Kumar Swamy is the State President of Communal Harmony Committee.

Kumar Swamy serves with Karnataka State Human Rights Commission.

OM India's North India Regional Director is Moses Parmar.

Moses Parmar serves as North India Public Relations officer of the All India Christian Council (AICC)

OM seeks to plant and strengthen churches in areas of the world where Christ is least known.

OM ministries work with Dalit-Bahujan people in India.

Operation Mercy Charitable Company (OMCC) grew out of OM India

OMCC works with Dalit Freedom Network.

DFN has Dr. Kancha Illaiah on its Advisory Board.

Dr. Kancha Illaiah is a Professor in Osmania University, Hyderbad.

DFN has William Armstrong on its Advisory Board.

William Armstrong is a former US Senator from Colarado (Republican).

William Armstrong is currently the President of Colorado Christian University.

Colorado Christian University's one of the strategic objective is to share the love of Christ around the World.

DFN has Udit Raj on its Advisory Board.

Udit Raj claims Joseph Pitts as a great friend of India.

Joseph Pitts is a Republican US Congressman from Pennsylvannia.

Joseph Pitts sent a letter to Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State USA, requesting USA to deny visa to N.Modi.

Joseph Pitts has led a Congressional delegation to Pakistan & India.

Joseph Pitts is Founder and Co-Chairman of the "Kashmir Forum".

Joseph Pitts along with Congressman John Conyers introduced legislation condemning actions of N.Modi.

John Conyers is Congressman from Michigan's 14th congressional district.

The 14th district contains Dearbon, a major city.

Dearbon has the largest Arab Americans for a city of its size.

Udit Raj is member of National Integration Council, Government of India.

Udit Raj is National Chairman of Buddha Education Foundation.

Udit Raj is National Chairman of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations.

Udit Raj leads Dalit International Foundation

Udit Raj leads Lord Buddha Club.

Udit Raj was part of an international Steering Committee on Kashmir

Majid Tramboo promoted the Steering Committee.

DFN has Baroness Caroline Cox on its Advisory Board.

Baroness Caroline Cox is Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, England.



Suhasini Haidar is daughter of Subramanian Swamy

Suhasini Haidar is daughter-in-law of Salman Haidar



Salman retired as Foreign Secretary in 1996.

Salman was later appointed as High Commissioner to the UK.

Salman was also India's ambassador to China.

Salman has written weekly columns for "The Statesman".

Salman was Minister/Deputy permanent representation of India at UN.

Salman directed South Asian Political Initiative, a Ford Foundation funded project.



Nadira Alvi married V S Naipaul

Nadira Alvi, a journalist, is sister of recently assassinated Maj Gen Amir Faisal Alvi, the ex-chief of Pakistan's elite SSG



"Resalat" is a Tehran-based Persian daily.

"Ettela'at" is another Tehran-based Persian daily.

"Resallat" and "Ettela'at" signed MoU with "Siyasat" and "Munif"

Siyasat and Munif are Hyderbad, Andhra Pradesh based dailies.

Toseeh is another Persian daily.

Toseeh has tied up with Vaarta.

Vaarta is one of the dailies from A.G.A.Publications Pvt Ltd.

A.G.A Publications Pvt Ltd is one of the companies in Sanghi Group

Sanghi Group was co-promoted by Gireesh Sanghi with his brothers.

Gireesh Sanghi is Congress M.P, Rajaya Sabha

Gireesh Sanghi is All India Vaish Federation National President.

Mahendra Mohan Gupta is on the Advisory Board of AIVF

Mahendra Mohan Gupta is Chairman of Dainik Jagran Group



Ramoji Group is headed by Ramoji Rao

Ramoji Rao is Founder & Chairman of Eenadu

Eenadu is the largest Telugu news daily in Andhra Pradesh.

Ramoji Group also owns ETV Network.

ETV Network produces content in Telugu, Bangla, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu & Hindi.

Ramoji is reported to be close to Chandra Babu Naidu and supported of Telugu Desam Party.

Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd's parent company is Ramoji Group.

Blackstone Group is reported to have invested Rs600 crore in UEL.



Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd brings out The Deccan Chronicle newspaper.

DCHL also brings out "Andhra Bhoomi" a telugu newspaper.

DCHL also brings out "Asian Age."

DCHL became a publishing parter of "The New York Times".

DCHL began publishing 'The International Herald Tribune'

T.Venkatram Reddy is the Chairman of DCHL.

T.Venkatram Reddy is fromer MP, Rajhya Sabha from Congress.

M.J.Akbar was Editor-in-Chief of Deccan Chronicle and Asian Age.

M.J.Akbar is Founder and Chairman of the fortnightly the Covert.

M.J. Akbar worked at 'Times of India', 'Sunday' & 'The Telegraph'

M.J.Akbar was an Congress MLA from 1989 to 1991.

M.J.Akbar joined The Brookings Institution, Washington in 2006, as a Visiting Fellow on U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic World.

M.J.Akbar was a member of the 'Forum of Islamic Scholars and Intellectual' held in Makkha al-Mukaramma in 2005.

M.J.Akbar's wife is Mallika Joseph.

Mallika Joseph worked at Times of India.



Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

YSR Reddy is from the Congress party (INC).

YSR Reddy's father, Raja Reddy, setup a degree college and a Polytechnic in Pulivendula.

YSR Reddy has said that his one year study at Andhra Loyola College (ALC), a Jesuit institution, influenced him so much that he handed over the Pulivendula colleges to the Loyola Group.

The YS family has established several educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh.

YSR Reddy's daughter is Sharmila.

Sharmila married Anil Kumar, Anil Kumar converted to Christianity after the marriage.

Anil Kumar set up 'Anil World Evangelism' and is an active Evangelist.

YSR Reddy's son is YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

YS Jagan is a youth Congress Leader.

YS Jagan is Chairman of Jagati Publications Pvt. Ltd.

Bhumna Karunakara Reddy is close to YSR Reddy.

Karunakara Reddy is the Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.

JPPL publishes the newspaper Sakshi.

Chandra Babu Naidu has claimed that Lanco group was forced to invest in JPPL.

L. Sridhar is alleged to have made the investment from Lanco Group.

L Sridhar is Lanco Infratech's Vice Chairman

L Sridhar's brother is L.Rajagopal.

L.Rajagopal joined Congress in 2003.

L Rajagopal is the son-in-law of P.Upendra.

P.Upendra is a former Minister from Congress.

Lanco Group's Chairman is L. Rajagopal



Andhra Prabha is a telugu newspaper started in 1938.

Andhra Prabha is owned by The New Indian Express Group.



Andhra Jyothi is a telugu newspaper.

Andhra Jyothi's Managing Director is Vemuri Radhakrishna.



SUN TV Network is owned by Kalanidhi Maran.

Kalanidhi Maran is the Chairman & Managing Director of SUN TV Network.

SUN TV network owns: Sun TV, Gemini TV, Teja TV, Surya TV, Kiran TV, Udaya TV, Surjo TV among other channels.

Kalanidhi Maran owns the tamil daily 'Dinakaran'.

Dinakaran was started by a former DMK Minister K.P.Kandasamy.

Kalanidhi Maran's brother is Dayanidhi Maran.

Dayanidhi Maran was Minister of Communications and IT in the UPA government.

Kalanidhi Maran's father was Murasoli Maran.

Murasoli Maran was a Union Minister from the DMK party.

Murasoli Maran edited a tamil daily 'Murasoli'.

Murasoli Maran was an editor to 'The Rising Sun' a English weekly.

Murasoli Maran as a publisher published the following tamil magazines: Kungumam, Muththaram, Vannathirai & Sumangali.

Murasoli Maran's uncle is M.Karunanidhi.

M.Karunanidhi is Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, from the DMK party.

M.Karunanidhi launched Kalaignar TV in 2007.

M.K.Azhagiri owns Kalaignar TV.

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M.K.Stalin is another son of the M.Karunanidhi..

M.K.Stalin was named after Joseph Stalin.

Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union.

M.K.Stalin is the Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration in Tamil Nadu.

Kanimozhi is one of the daughters of M.Karunanidhi.

Kanimozhi was a sub-editor for the 'The Hindu'.

Kanimohi was Editor in Charge of 'Kungumam' a tamil weekly.

Kanimozhi became a Rajya Sabha member in 2007.

Kanimozhi conducted programs in SUN TV and Vijay TV.

Kanimozhi's second husband G.Aravindan is Singapore based Tamil literary figure.



Dina Thanthi a tamil daily was founded bu Si.Pa.Aditanar.

Aditanar's second son is Sivanthi Athithan.

Sivanthi Athithan owns Dina Thanthi.

Aditanar had launced the tamil evening daily 'Malai Murasu'.

Aditanar set up Malar Publications Ltd.

Malar Publications Ltd. Brings out the tamil evening newspaper Malai Malar.

Balasubramanian Adityan son of Sivanthi Athithan managers Malar Publications Ltd.

B.Adityan set up 'Air Media Network Pvt Ltd' (AMN)

AMN is into cable distribution, content productions and broadcasting.

AMN owns AMN TV

AMN has produced content for FM radio, All India Radio, Doordarshan, Vijay TV.



Dina Mani is a tamil newspaper.

Dina Mani is owned by The New Indian Express Group. (NIEG)

NIEG owns Kannadaprabha, Andhraprabha, Malaylamvarikha, Indiavarta and Expressbuzz.

NIEG also owns Cinemaexpress & Tamilanexpress



STAR Vijay TV is a tamil TV channel.

Vijay TV is owned by STAR TV

STAR TV is owned by News Corporation based in Hong Kong.

News Corporation is owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Fox Entertainment Group is a subsidiary of News Corporation.

FEG owns Fox News Channel, in USA.

Fox News is a conservative, pro-church Republican Party channel in US

News Corporation owns the The Wall Street Journal

Jaya TV is a tamil TV channel.

Jaya TV is owned by Jaya Network.

Jaya Network is owned by J.Jayalalitha

Jayalalitha was the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (AIADMK party)



Makkal TV is owned by Makkal Tholaikatchi





Act Now for Harmony and Democracy's (ANHAD) Founding and Managing Trustee is Shabnam Hashmi

Shabnam's father was a freedom fighter.

Shabnam went to USSR on a cultural exchange scholarship for six years.

Shabham is married to Gauhar Raza.

KN Panikkar is a Founding trustee of ANHAD

Panikkar is an Indian Marxist Historian.

Panikkar was the Vice Chancellor of Sree Sankarcharya Sanskrit University, Kalady, Kerala.

Panikkar received Homi Bhabha Senior Fellowship.

Panikkar was awarded Padma Bhushan.

Harsh Mander is a Founding trustee of ANHAD

Harsh Mander is a Human Rights activist, author and was in the IAS.

Harsh Mander was close to Ajit Jogi

Harsh Mander, born into Sikh faith, was in-charge of the relief camps in Indore during the 1984 riots.

Harsh Mander served as Managing Director of SC/ST Finance Corporation.

Harsh Mander was the Director of ActionAid India.

Ajit Jogi was the Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh.

Ajit Jogi is from the Congress party (INC).

It is claimed that after Ajit Jogi, a tribal Christian became the CM the rate of Christian conversions has gone up.

Harsh Mander received the 2002 'Rev. M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award'

Rev M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award was awarded by Vigil India Movement.

Shubha Mudgal is a trustee of ANHAD

Shubha's parents Skand and Jaya Gupta were professors of English literature at Allahabad University.

Shubha's grand-father Prof. P.C.Gupta was also a professor at Allahabad University.

Shubha's first husband was Justice Mukul Mudgal of Delhi High Court.

Shubha is currently married to Aneesh Pradan, a tabla player.

Shubha received Padma Shri.

Shubha has received several awards in the field of music.

Kamla Bhasin is a trustee of ANHAD

Kamla is an Indian feminist.

Kamla was a lecturer in the Orientation Centre of the German Foundation for Developing Countries, Bad Honnef, West Germany.

Kamla was the Development Secretary of Seva Mandir, Udaipur.

Saeed Akhtar Mirza is a trustee of ANHAD

Saeed Mirza is a writer and director in Hindi films and television.

Saeed Mirza's father is Akhtar Mirza

Akhtar Mirza was a noted film script writer.





Asianet Communications Limited (ACL) has a majority stake in Asianet TV.

ACL is owned by Jupiter Entertainment Ventures Limited (JEVL).

JEVL is a subsidiary of Jupiter Capitals Ltd.

The other media outlets of ACL are: Asianet News, Asianet Plus, Best FM 95, Asianet Suvarana, Suvarna News, Asianet Sitara and Sitara News.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Chairman & Editor-in-chief.

Rajeev Chandrasekar entered Rajya Sabha in 2006.

Rajeev Chandrasekar's uncle is M.K.Narayanan

M.K.Narayanan is National Security Advisor

M.K.Narayanan headed the Intelligence Bureau from 1987 to 1990.



Malayalam daily, Mathrubhumi, is owned by M P Virendrakumar

Virendrakumar is a MP through Janata Dal (Secular), from Kerala

In Kerala, Deva Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular) party is a constituent of Left Democratic Front

Latest Editor of Mathrubhumi is Kesava Menon

Kesava Menon was the Associate Editor of The Hindu before taking up this position





Shashi Tharoor is an Indian Diplomat.

Shashi is the son of late Chandran Tharoor.

Chandran was a journalist working for Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta.

Chandran headed "The Statesman" in 1959.

Shashi Tharoor is going to contest as INC (Congress) candidate in 2009.

Ishaan and Kanishk are twin sons of Shashi.

Ishaan lives in Hong Kong and works for "Time" magazine.

Kanishk lives in London and works for "OpenDemocracy".

Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan is a sister of Shashi.

Smita Tharoor is another sister of Shashi.

Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan is daughter of Shobha.

Ragini is the editor of "India Currents".

Shobha writes in "India Currents"

India Currents is an Indian American monthly.

Shashi's first wife was Tilottama Mukherji from Kolkata.

Tilottama was/is a journalist and scholar.

Sahshi's second wife is Christ Giles, a Canadian.

Christa is Deputy Secretary of the United Nations Disarmament Commission.

Mukundan Unni was Shashi's maternal uncle.

Tharoor Parameswar was Chandran Tharoor's elder brother.

Parameswar was the founder publisher of the Indian edition of "Reader's Digest".

Param resurrected & presided the Advertising Club of Bombay.

Param was also the Advertising Manager of Amrita Bazar Patrika.





Shobhana Bhartia is the Chairperson and Editorial Director of Hindustan Times group

Shobhana is the daughter of KK Birla; grand daughter of GD Birla.

KK Birla joined INC (Congress) party in 1984.

KK Birla was later elected Rajya Sabha member in 1984.

Shobhana is married to Shyam Sunder Bhartia

Shyam is the Chariman of Jubliant Organosys Ltd, a Pharma company

Shyam is the son of late Mohan Lal Bhartia.

Shamit Bhartia and Priyavrat Bhartia are their sons

Shamit is a Director at the Hindustan Times group.

Shobhana was nominated for Rajya Sabha in 2006.

Shobhana is politically affiliated to INC (Congress).

She was nominated by UPA headed by Sonia Gandhi.

Shobhana was a 2005 Padma Shree award. This was after UPA formed the government in 2004.

Priyavrat is a Director at the Hindustan Times group.

Shamit heads franchises of Dominoes Pizza and Hot Breads.

Shamit also looks after the chain store 'Monday to Sunday'

Shobhana is a close family friend of Scindias.

Late Madhavrao Scindia was a Minister from the INC (Congress) party.

Jyotiraditya Scindia is Madhavrao's son.

Jyotiraditya is a MP from the INC (Congress) party.

Karan Thapar writes a weekly column in Hindustan Times.

Vir Sanghvi writes two columns 'Counter Point' and 'Rude Food'

Barkha Dutt writes the column 'Third Eye'

Sonal Kalra is a editor of HT City a supplement of Hindustan Times and writes a column.



Pallavi Aiyar is Brussels Correspondent for Business Standard.

Pallavi was formerly China Bureau chief for "The Hindu".

Pallavi is the daughter of Swaminathan Aiyar.

Swaminathan Aiyar is a Consulting Editor for Economic Times.

Swaminathan regularly writes for the Economic Times & Times of India.

Swaminathan is a research fellow at Cato Institute - a libertarian think-tank in Washington DC.

Swaminathan acts as an occasional consultant to the World bank.

Swaminathan claims he is a "liberal atheist" and married to a Parsi - Shahnaz.

Swaminathan's brother is Manishankar Aiyar.

Mani served in IFS for 26 years.

Mani was a diplomat before he came to work for Rajiv Gandhi in 1989.

Mani is a member of Indian National Congress, and held various Cabinet posts.



Sreenivasan Jain is an anchor on NDTV 24X7.

Sreenivasan is the son of Devaki Jain.

Devaki is a feminist, social activist and works in the field 'feminist economics'.

Devaki is the daughter of M.A.Sreenivasan.

Devaki married Lakshmi Chand Jain.

L.C.Jain was a Gandhian freedom fighter associated with Quit India Movement.

L.C.Jain held various roles after Independence, gaining laurels and awards.

L.C.Jain won Ramon Magsaysay Award.

L.C.Jain was awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously, which the family rejected.

Sreenivasan Jain's brother is Gopal Jain.

Gopal Jain is an advocate.

M.A.Sreenivasan was Dewan of Gwalior State, under Maharaja Jivaji Rao Scindia.

M.A.Sreenivasan was a Civil Servant in Mysore State (Trade Commissioner in London during WWII).

M.A.Sreenivasan was the first Indian Chairman of John Taylor Company.

John Taylor Company mined at Kolar Gold Fields.

M.A.Parthasarthy was the son of M.A.Sreenivasan.

M.A.Parthasarthy was a Chairman of Bangalore Urban Arts Commission.



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Nidhi Razdan works for NDTV, as an anchor.

Nidhi is the daughter of Maharaj Krishan Razadan.

M.K.Razdan is the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of PTI {Press Trust of India}



Vidya Vilas Purie co-founded India Today in 1975.

V.V.Purie created Thomson Press along with Lord Thomson of Fleet.

Poorie's daughter Madhu Purie Trehan, co-founder, became the Editor of India Today.

Poorie's son Aroon Purie, co-founder, became the Publisher of India Today.



Koel Purie Richet is Aroon's daughter.

Koel hosts a talk show on Headlines Today.

Headlines Today is 24-Hr English TV channel owned by India Today group.



Ankoor Purie is Aroon's son.

Ankoor is the Managing Director of Thomson Press(I).



Kalli Purie is Aroon's another daughter.

Kalli is COO of India Today Groupd Digital.

Aaj Tak is a sister channel of Headlines Today.

Rahul Kanwal is an anchor and Editor-At-Large of Headlines Today and Aaj Tak.

Rahul began his career in Zee News.

Jasleen Dhanota, Rahul's wife is employed at UNICEF.



Aditya Birla Group, in 2012, acquired 27.5% stake in Living Media.

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Aditya Birla Group is a privately held conglomerate named after Aditya Vikram Birla.

Aditya was the grandson of G.D.Birla.

Aditya was the cousin of Shobhana Bhartia (Congress MP, Chairperson and Editorial Director of Hindustan Times).

Aditya was the Chairman of ABG until his death.

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Kumarmangalam is the current Chairman of ABG.



Gurmeet is father of Rahul Kanwal.

Gurmeet was the Director of Centre for Land Warfare studies.

Gurmeet is now a Fellow with Wadhwani Chair at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.



Madhu P Trehan co-founded, along with 3 others, the www.newslaundry.com website.

Prashant Sareen, Abhinandan Sekhri and Roopak Kapoor are the 3 other partners.

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Maharaja Jivaji was the father of Madhavrao Scindia.

Madhavrao was an INC Union Cabinet Minister.

Vijayaraje was wife of Jivaji, and mother of Mahavaro.

Vijayaraje became a prominent politician in BJP, Vice-President of BJP.

Madhavrao's sister, Vasundra Raje is a prominent BJP politician.

Vasundra was BJP Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Yashodhara Raje is Maharaja Jivaji's youngest daughter.

Yashodhara is a prominent BJP politician.

Jyotiraditya is son of Madhavrao.

Jyotiraditya is a prominent INC politician.





[color="#006400"]Joseph Bain D'Souza was CEO of a housing project in which Mrinal Gore, PB Samant and Suresh Narvekar were trustees.

- N. Ram was a founder of Students Federation of India, CPI(M)'s student wing.

- N. Ram's niece is married to Dayanidhi Maran.

- Joseph D'Souza is the head of All India Christian Council.

- Dalit Freedom Network operates out of a church in Colorado. Melody Divine is part of DFN and Melody Divine works for Arizona Congressman Trent Franks.

- Joseph D'Souza is listed in Pat Robertson's 700 club, a group for fundamentalist Christians.

- Dalit Freedom Network is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

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I think it needs a thread to collect all about the facade called secularism in India.

Here to start with the latest hilarious mail from SABHA:

SABHA - 4M Report Arvind Kumar, 30 Dec 2008

<b>Hemant Karkare nominates himself for the Darwin Award </b>

Hemant Karkare of the Anti Terrorism Squad must surely rank as the front runner for winning the Darwin Award. Wikipedia quotes Wendy Northcutt, author of Darwin Award books, and explains the awards.

"The Awards honor people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion."

Karkare ignored terrorists and instead came up with an elaborate conspiracy theory according to which a former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Gen. SK Sinha, Art of Living Foundation, the Indian Army, Praveen Togadia of VHP, some members of parliament and many others were involved in one grand conspiracy to terrorize innocent Muslims. Intelligence reports about the terrorist strike in Mumbai were received in advance but Karkare's squad did nothing about it.
When Karkare finally faced real terrorists, he lasted less than 90 seconds. Apparently, he was clumsy at handling his helmet and he rushed in to meet the real terrorists ensuring that he removed himself from the human gene pool. The terrorists then took his jeep and used it to carry out more acts of terror.

Karkare also leaked operational information to members of the public. Click here to read about how he leaked information to one Julio Ribeiro, a member of the public.

<b>SABHA Moron of the Month award </b>

Self-nomination for the Darwin Award automatically ensures that one gets SABHA's Moron of the Month Award. So Hemant Karkare gets this award as well.

<b>Hindu Zionists and Mossad behind Mumbai terror attacks! </b>

Leading intellectuals from Baltistan and Waziristan and experts from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have cracked the Mumbai terror case.
A Pakistani TV station has claimed "Hindu Zionists" and the Mossad carried out the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which it said were a "botched" imitation of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
...
Hamid said that it was a "badly planned" operation that had gone horribly wrong. "The Americans executed the 9/11 attack perfectly. They managed the media very well. The Indians tried to repeat the formula but goofed up. The idiots made a complete mess of it," he argued.


<b>Pakistani claims Hindu Zionist is his son </b>

A Pakistani man claimed that the Hindu Zionist who was captured alive during the Mumbai terror attack is his son.

A man who said he was Amir Kasab confirmed to Dawn that the young man whose face had been beamed over the media was his son.


<b>Nepal's Maoists to be given degrees for their "skills" </b>

Nepal Maoist combatants, who were involved in a decade-long insurgency in the country, are set to be rewarded with academic degrees by the ultra left Government in 'recognition' of their ‘skills’ and sacrifice. Nepal's Finance Minister Bhattarai said on Thursday that preparations are underway to distribute academic certificates to the individuals who could not pursue their education due to their involvement in the civil war.

"Our friends abandoned study and got involved in the revolution (armed conflict). Whatever skill and knowledge they earned, they must receive recognition," he said. Bhattarai, the second in command of the CPN (Maoist) party which leads the coalition Government in Nepal, said the people 'who could not receive formal education due to financial problem and other reasons but possess sufficient skill and knowledge' must also be provided with degree.

"We are of the opinion that their skill and knowledge must be changed into academic degree and distributed through an open university," he added.
Nepal is now expected to attract a number of international students from Pakistan who seek degrees under the Jihad quota.

<b>Communists run away from gunfire</b>

Murli points out that a member of parliament belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was dining at the posh Taj Hotel along with his colleagues when the terrorists entered the hotel. The MP and his colleagues fled the place and were eventually rescued by the police.

It was a night without end for Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP N N Krishnadas who was having dinner at the Taj hotel in Mumbai when masked militants barged in.
...
"I was having dinner with some of my colleagues when two masked militants barged into the restaurant. They fired indiscriminately, I saw three people being shot. The terrorists left the room soon after that," Krishnadas said over the phone from Mumbai.

<b>The case of the Missing Apples</b>

Remember the Muslims in Kashmir who wanted to march to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan with their apples instead of trading with other Indians? They have stopped sending apples to Pakistan. This is what Haji Farooq Ahmed, the President of Kashmir Valley's Fruit Buyer's Association, says:

"We don’t know what happened to the 7,000 fruit boxes we sent to Muzaffarabad."
Here is a guess - we think the Pakistanis ate the apples. Hopefully this information will help Haji Farooq Ahmed.

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The idea of starting this thread is to gather opinions and views as to how we could effectively preserve the vedic culture and develop an action plan that will enable us to combat the degeneration of our customs and traditions under the attack of the urban pseudo - cable culture of globalization having not only changed our social behavior but also gradually alienating us from our roots .Any ideas and suggestions are welcome in containing this trend .It will build distinction from what is real understanding of the Saanaathana Dharma and what has been diluted by interpolation by bigots and anti – Brahmins .I intent to sponsor a Patshala that will take the best of the suggestions here.The following work really made me sit up and think as why we remain so passive to threats


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New Book Coming Soon

Crimes Against India

And The Need to Protect its Ancient Vedic Tradition

1000 Years of Attacks on Hinduism And What to do About it

by Stephen Knapp



India is a most resilient country, and is presently becoming a great economic power in the world. It also has one of the oldest and dynamic cultures the world has ever known, but few people seem to understand the many trials and difficulties that the country has faced, or the present problems India is still forced to deal with in preserving the culture of the majority Hindus who live in the country. This is described in the real history of the country, which a decreasing number of people seem to recall.

Therefore, this book is to honor the efforts that have been shown by those in the past who fought and worked to protect India and its culture, and to help preserve India as the homeland of a living and dynamic Vedic tradition of Sanatana-dharma (the eternal path of duty and wisdom).

There are also many people who do not know of the many angles and ways in which this profound heritage is being attacked and threatened today, and what we can do about it. There is much to do to protect this culture, and until we are aware of how it has been assaulted in the past, and how it is threatened in the present, we will not have the motivation to take a stand and defend it.



Therefore, we should carefully understand:

· How there is presently a war against Hinduism and its yoga culture.

· The weaknesses of India that allowed invaders to conquer her.

· Lessons from India’s real history that should not be forgotten.

· The atrocities committed by the Muslim invaders, and how they tried to destroy Vedic culture and its many temples, and slaughtered thousands of Indian Hindus.

· How the British viciously exploited India and its people for its resources.

· How the cruelest of all Christian Inquisitions in Goa tortured and killed thousands of Hindus.

<b>· Action plans for preserving and strengthening Vedic India today.</b>

<b>· How all Hindus and concerned people must stand up and be strong for protecting the universal spiritual traditions of Vedic culture. </b>


In the darkest of eras that this world has seen and will see in the future, the Vedic tradition, the culture of yoga, will remain India’s gift to the people who inhabit this planet. It is this spiritual culture of Sanatana-dharma that remains the spiritual guide of humanity. This is the reason why India is here, and for the contribution that she makes, and the reason why we must work to protect it.

[Three Part Series]

<span style='color:red'>The Cure for Terrorism is Virat Brihad Hindutva </span>

<b>Part I</b>

<i>Subramanian Swamy (Nov. 2008)</i>


What does the despicable terror and mayhem in Mumbai on November 26th signify for India? Shorn of the human tragedy, wanton destruction, and obnoxious audacity of the terrorists, it signifies a challenge to the identity of India from radical Islam. Cinema actor Shahrukh Khan may wax eloquent about the "true Islam" on TV, but it is clear that he and other such Muslims have not read any authoritative translations of the Koran, Sira and Hadith which three together constitute Islam as a theology, and which is a complete menu of intolerance of peoples of other faiths derisively labeled as kafirs. Hence instead of talking about the "correct interpretation" of Islam they ought instead be urging for a new Islamic theology consistent with democratic principles.

In 2003, two years after the 9/11 murderous and perfidious Islamic assault on USA, resulting in killing of more than 3000 persons within two hours, and which was perpetrated by leveraging the democratic freedoms in USA, the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the website of its Islamic Affairs Department [www.iad.org] laid down what a "good" Muslim is expected to do. Dr. Steven Stalinsky of the Middle East Media Research Institute [MEMRI] based in Washington DC accessed it and published it in issue No.23, of the Institute newsletter, dated November 26 [what irony!] 2003. I have to thank a NRI in US, Dr. Muthuswamy for this reference. In that site it is stated:

" The Muslims are required to raise the banner of Jihad in order to make the Word of Allah supreme in this world, to remove all forms of injustice and oppression, and to defend the Muslims. If Muslims do not take up the sword, the evil tyrants of this earth will be able to continue oppressing the weak and helpless"

Now who is more authoritative—Sharukh Khan or Saudi Arabia ? Obviously the latter.The above quote is what in substance is being taught in every madrassa in India, and can be traced back to the sayings of Prophet Mohammed. I can quote a plethora of verses from a Saudi Arabian translated Koran [e.g., verses 8:12, 8:60, and 33:26] which verses justify brutal violence against non-believers. If I delved into Sira and Hadith for more quotes, then I could risk generating much hatred, so it will suffice to say that Islam is not only a theology, but it spans a brutal political ideology which we have to combat sooner or later in realm of ideas.

Some may quote back at me verses from Manusmriti about brutality to women and scheduled castes. But as a Hindu I have the liberty to disown these verses [since it is a Smriti] and even to seek to re-write a new smriti as many, for example, Yajnavalkya have done to date. Reform and renaissance is thus inbuilt into Hinduism. But in Islam, the word of the Prophet is final. Sharukh Khan and other gloss artists cannot disown these verses, or say that they would re-write the offensive verses of the Koran. If they do, then they would have to run for their lives as Rushdie and Taslima have had to do. Leave alone re-writing, if anyone draws a cartoon of Prophet Mohammed, there will follow world-wide violent rioting. But if Hussein draws Durga in the most pornographic posture, the Hindus will only groan but not violently rampage.

We Hindus have a long recognized tradition of being religious liberals by nature. We have already proved it enough by welcoming to our country and nurturing Parsis, Jews, Syrian Christians, and Moplah Muslim Arabs who were persecuted elsewhere, when we were 100% Hindu country.

Moreover, despite a 1000 years of most savage brutalization of Hindus by Islamic invaders and self-demeaning brain washing by the Christians, even then, Hindus as a majority have adopted secularism as a creed. We have not asked for an apology and compensation for these atrocities. But the position of Hindus in this land of Bharatmata, where Muslims and Christians locally are in majority, in pockets---such as in Kashmir and Nagaland, or in small enclaves such as town panchayats of Tamil Nadu, is terrible and despicable. Even in Kerala where Hindus are 52% of the population, they have only 25% of all the prime jobs in the state, and are silently suffering their plight at the hands of 48% who vote as a vote bank. .

The 26/11Mumbai slaughter therefore should teach us Hindus that the time has come to wake up and stand up—it is now or never. If we do not stand up now to Islamic terrorism, then India will end up like Beirut, a permanent battlefield of international terrorists, buccaneers, pirates and missionaries.

What does it mean in the 21st century for Hindus to stand up ? I mean by that a mental clarity of the Hindus to defend themselves by effective deterrent retaliation, and also an intelligent co-option of other religious groups into the Hindu cultural continuum.

Mental clarity can only come if we are clear about the identity of the nation. What is India ? An ancient but continuing civilization or is it a geographical entity incorporated in 1947 by the Indian Independence Act of the British Parliament? What then does it means to say "I am an Indian" ? A mere passport holder of the Republic of India or a descendent of the great seers and visionaries of more than 10,000 years? Obviously our identity should be of a nation of an ancient and continuing Hindu civilization, legatees of great rishis and munis, and a highly sophisticated sanatana philosophy.

If Hindu culture is our defining identity then how can we co-opt non-Hindus, especially Muslims and Christians? By persuading them by saam, dhaan, bheda and dand that they acknowledge with pride the truth that their ancestors are Hindus. If they do, it means that they accept Hindu culture and enlightened mores. That is, change of religion does not mean change of culture. Then we should treat such Muslims and Christians as part of our Brihad Hindu family.

Noted author and editor M.J. Akbar calls this identity as of "Blood Brothers". It is an undeniable fact that Muslims and Christians in India are descendents of Hindus. In a recent article in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, an analysis of genetic samples [DNA] show that Muslims in north India are overwhelmingly of the same DNA as Hindus proving that Muslims here are descendents of Hindus who had been converted to Islam, rather than repositories of foreign DNA deposited by waves of invaders.

Akbar thus asks rhetorically: "When have the Muslims of India gone wrong?" and answers: " When they have forgotten their Indian roots". How apt! Enlightened Muslims like Akbar therefore must rise to the occasion and challenge the reactionary religious fundamentalists. That is India is not Darul harab to be trifled with. In a conciliatory atmosphere the minorities would willingly accept this. It is also in their interest to accept this reality. Hindus must persuade by the time-honoured methods Muslims and Christians to accept this and its logical consequences.

This identity was not understood by us earlier because of the distorted outlook of Jawarharlal Nehru who occupied the Prime Minister's chair for seventeen formative years after 1947 and for narrow political ends, had fanned a separatist outlook in Muslims and Christians.

The failure to date, to resolve this Nehru-created crisis, has not only confused the majority but confounded the minorities as well in India. This confusion has deepened with winter migratory birds such as Amartya Sen descending on the campus of the India International Centre to preach inane taxonomies such as "multiple identities".

There has to be an overriding identity called national identity, and hence we should not be derailed by pedestrian concepts of multiple or sub-identities.

`````````Without a resolution of the identity crisis today, which requires an explicit clear answer to this question of who we are, the majority will never understand how to relate to the legacy of the nation and in turn to the minorities. Minorities would not understand how to adjust with the majority if this identity crisis is not resolved. In other words, the present dysfunctional perceptional mismatch in understanding who we are as a people, is behind most of the communal tension and inter-community distrust in the country.

`````In India, the majority is the conglomerate or Brihad Hindu community which represents about 81% of the total Indian population, while minorities are constituted by Muslims [13%] and Christians [3%]. Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, and some other microscopic religious groups, represent the remaining three percent. Though also considered minorities, but really are so close to the majority community in culture that they are considered as a part of Hindu society. Unlike Islam and Christianity, these minority religions were founded as dissenting theologies of Hinduism. Even Zoroaster can be traced to leader of Vahikas in Mahabharata who migrated to Persia. Kaikeyi in Ramayana was from Persia when that country was hundred percent Hindu. Thus these religions share the core concepts with Hindus such as re-incarnation, equality of all religions, and ability to meet God in this life. That they feel increasingly alienated from Hindu society nowadays is also the consequence of India's identity crisis caused by British historians and their Indian tutees in JNU.

The India of today would not have been in existence had the attempts to divide Hindus succeeded. In the 20th century, a sinister attempt to divide the Hindu community on caste basis was made in 1932 when the British imperialists offered the scheduled castes a separate electorate. But shrewdly understanding the conspiracy to divide India, Mahatma Gandhi by his fast unto death and Dr. Ambedkar by his visionary rejection of separate electorate, foiled the attempt by signing the Poona Pact.

But the possibility exists that such attempts at dividing India socially may be made again in the future, a possibility that cannot be ruled out. Indian patriots will have to watch against such attempts very carefully. Segmentation, fragmentation, and finally balkanization have been part of the historical process in many countries to destroy national identity and thereby cause the political division of the nation itself. Yugoslavia is a recent example of this, which has now been divided into four countries, largely due to Islamic separatism and Serbian over-reaction.

Virat Hindutva can be achieved in the first stage by Hindu consolidation, that is achieved by Hindus holding that they are Hindus first and last, by disowning primacy to their caste and regional loyalties. This would require a renaissance in thinking and outlook, that can be fostered only by patient advocacy and intellectual ferment.

For this we need a new History text, and a proper understanding of the distinction between the four varnas and jati [which is birth based and mostly for marriages]. Just as Valmiki and Vyasa are regarded as Maharshis despite being of different jati from Parasuram, hence Dr. Ambedkar should be called a Maharishi for his sheer depth of knowledge of Indian history. That he had become bitter because of Nehru systematically sidelining him is no reason not to do so.

India thus needs a Hindu renaissance today that incorporates modern principles, e.g., of the irrelevance of birth antecedents, fostering gender equality, ensuring equality before law, and accountability for all. It is also essential to integrate the entire Indian society on those principles, irrespective of religion. Uniform civil code for example, is something that the vast majority of Muslim women want, but because this demand has been usurped by those who deny the equality of nationality to the Muslims, hence comes the resistance to a eminently reasonable value. The Muslims think that this is the first step in several to subjugate them or wipe out their identity. But Muslims have quietly accepted Uniform Criminal Code [the IPC] despite that it contradicts the Sharia.

In other words, Hindutva has two components-- -one that Hindus can accept [such as caste abolition, eradication of dowry etc.] without any other religion's interests to consider. The other is the embracing by minorities of the core secular Indian values which have Hindu roots. This would require, particularly Muslims and Christians, to acknowledge that their ancestry is Hindu, and thus own the entire Hindu past as their own legacy, and to thus tailor their outlook on that basis. This would integrate Indian society and make the concept of an inclusive [Brihad] Hindutva and rooted in India's continuing civilization.

Thus, if India has to decide to have or not have good relations with Israel, Pakistan, Iran or US, it cannot be on the basis how it will impact on India's Muslims and Christians, but on what India's national interests require. If India has to dispatch troops to Afghanistan, Iraq, Sri Lanka or Nepal to combat terrorism, that policy too has to be decided on what is good for India, and not what any religious or linguistic group identifies as it's interest.

Thus such an Hindutva is positive in outlook, while raw Hindu xenophobia is negative and based on Hindu hegemony which will frighten all. Such an Hindutva will resolve our current energy-sapping identity crisis, which otherwise will completely emasculate India in the long run. The choice for the patriotic Indian is thus clear: We need a clear and positive view of our national identity based on our Hindu past and a Hindu renaissance to unite the Hindus with constructive mind-set as well as persuade the minorities to be co-opted culturally with Hindu society.

Once being Indian means virat brihad Hindutva, we can tackle terrorism by an effective strategy of defence. What are the components of that strategy is the subject matter of my next column here.

In other words, Hindutva has two components-- -one that Hindus can accept [such as caste abolition, eradication of dowry etc.] without any other religion's interests to consider. The other is the embracing by minorities of the core secular Indian values which have Hindu roots. This would require, particularly Muslims and Christians, to acknowledge that their ancestry is Hindu, and thus own the entire Hindu past as their own legacy, and to thus tailor their outlook on that basis. This would integrate Indian society and make the concept of an inclusive [Brihad] Hindutva and rooted in India's continuing civilization.

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