09-17-2006, 12:44 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->âI was given flowers. Should I have thrown them away? Even if someone offers puja, whatâs wrong? Millions of people frequent the Tarapeeth temple.â
The minister was photographed offering puja with hands folded, garlanding the idol, offering it a zari-lined sari and chanting âJoy Ma Taraâ.
Chakraborty believes communists have alienated themselves from Indian culture and tradition â Sangh boss R.S. Sudarshan would love this.
Uncomfortable with the lal salaam he has been flashing since his student days, Chakraborty said: âI prefer the namaskar and pranam.â Prakash Karat, the CPM boss, is not going to love this.
<b>âWe havenât been able to make ourselves acceptable everywhere. How else can you justify that only three states with an 11-crore population are communist-ruled in a country of over 100 crore?â </b>Chakraborty wondered.
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The minister was photographed offering puja with hands folded, garlanding the idol, offering it a zari-lined sari and chanting âJoy Ma Taraâ.
Chakraborty believes communists have alienated themselves from Indian culture and tradition â Sangh boss R.S. Sudarshan would love this.
Uncomfortable with the lal salaam he has been flashing since his student days, Chakraborty said: âI prefer the namaskar and pranam.â Prakash Karat, the CPM boss, is not going to love this.
<b>âWe havenât been able to make ourselves acceptable everywhere. How else can you justify that only three states with an 11-crore population are communist-ruled in a country of over 100 crore?â </b>Chakraborty wondered.
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