12-04-2010, 08:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2010, 08:18 PM by Bharatvarsh2.)
My Book & the US State Dept's Revision of its Assessment of the Kandhamal Crisis
by Brannon Parker
In 2008 I went to Orissa, India to investigate the Kandhamal Violence. I wrote a 450 page report entitled 'Orissa in the Crossfireââ¬â¢. It provides many vital details related to the Hindu-Christian violence that has frequently swept Orissa's Kandhamal district.
Many have familiarized themselves with the propaganda that has fictionalized the events surrounding the Kandhamal crisis as yet another case of Hindu extremist anti-Christian violence. My report, revealing the true foundations of the crisis, was presented to the US State Dept by RSS National Executive member Ram Madhavji.
In agreement with my conclusions the US State Dept's 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom states, "...the underlying causes that led to the violence have complex ethnic, economic, religious, and political roots related to land ownership and government-reserved employment and educational benefits."
This was a clear revision of the US State Dept's previous assessment of the Kandhamal Violence. However to this day various media outlets and others continue to parrot the myth of extremist Hindus and the hapless Christians of Kandhamal. Despite the media's perpetuation of the myths surrounding Kandhamal, to this day, not one of these media outlets has updated the story nor reported on the US State Dept's revised assessment.
This myth is still being used as a great fundraising tool by some unscrupulous church groups and as a weapon to tarnish the efforts of India's indigenous Hindu activists. I urge anyone interested in the truth regarding Kandhamal and the overall situation related to India's so-called 'Hindu Nationalists' to download this book. Its free and it will free the honest seeker from the campaign of calumny currently raging against India and its native cultures.
free download
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-downloa...g/13626377
by Brannon Parker
In 2008 I went to Orissa, India to investigate the Kandhamal Violence. I wrote a 450 page report entitled 'Orissa in the Crossfireââ¬â¢. It provides many vital details related to the Hindu-Christian violence that has frequently swept Orissa's Kandhamal district.
Many have familiarized themselves with the propaganda that has fictionalized the events surrounding the Kandhamal crisis as yet another case of Hindu extremist anti-Christian violence. My report, revealing the true foundations of the crisis, was presented to the US State Dept by RSS National Executive member Ram Madhavji.
In agreement with my conclusions the US State Dept's 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom states, "...the underlying causes that led to the violence have complex ethnic, economic, religious, and political roots related to land ownership and government-reserved employment and educational benefits."
This was a clear revision of the US State Dept's previous assessment of the Kandhamal Violence. However to this day various media outlets and others continue to parrot the myth of extremist Hindus and the hapless Christians of Kandhamal. Despite the media's perpetuation of the myths surrounding Kandhamal, to this day, not one of these media outlets has updated the story nor reported on the US State Dept's revised assessment.
This myth is still being used as a great fundraising tool by some unscrupulous church groups and as a weapon to tarnish the efforts of India's indigenous Hindu activists. I urge anyone interested in the truth regarding Kandhamal and the overall situation related to India's so-called 'Hindu Nationalists' to download this book. Its free and it will free the honest seeker from the campaign of calumny currently raging against India and its native cultures.
free download
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-downloa...g/13626377