a good piece from newyork times
We’re all born late. We’re born into history that is well under way. We’re born into cultures, nations and languages that we didn’t choose. On top of that, we’re born with certain brain chemicals and genetic predispositions that we can’t control. We’re thrust into social conditions that we detest. Often, we react in ways we regret even while we’re doing them.
David Brooks
But unlike the other animals, people do have a drive to seek coherence and meaning. We have a need to tell ourselves stories that explain it all. We use these stories to supply the metaphysics, without which life seems pointless and empty.
Among all the things we don’t control, we do have some control over our stories. We do have a conscious say in selecting the narrative we will use to make sense of the world. Individual responsibility is contained in the act of selecting and constantly revising the master narrative we tell about ourselves.
The stories we select help us, in turn, to interpret the world. They guide us to pay attention to certain things and ignore other things. They lead us to see certain things as sacred and other things as disgusting. They are the frameworks that shape our desires and goals. So while story selection may seem vague and intellectual, it’s actually very powerful. The most important power we have is the power to help select the lens through which we see reality.
Most people select stories that lead toward cooperation and goodness. But over the past few decades a malevolent narrative has emerged.
That narrative has emerged on the fringes of the Muslim world. It is a narrative that sees human history as a war between Islam on the one side and Christianity and Judaism on the other. This narrative causes its adherents to shrink their circle of concern. They don’t see others as fully human. They come to believe others can be blamelessly murdered and that, in fact, it is admirable to do so.
This narrative is embraced by a small minority. But it has caused incredible amounts of suffering within the Muslim world, in Israel, in the U.S. and elsewhere. With their suicide bombings and terrorist acts, adherents to this narrative have made themselves central to global politics. They are the ones who go into crowded rooms, shout “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great,” and then start murdering.
When Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan did that in Fort Hood, Tex., last week, many Americans had an understandable and, in some ways, admirable reaction. They didn’t want the horror to become a pretext for anti-Muslim bigotry.
So immediately the coverage took on a certain cast. The possibility of Islamic extremism was immediately played down. This was an isolated personal breakdown, not an ideological assault, many people emphasized.
Major Hasan was portrayed as a disturbed individual who was under a lot of stress. We learned about pre-traumatic stress syndrome, and secondary stress disorder, which one gets from hearing about other people’s stress. We heard the theory (unlikely in retrospect) that Hasan was so traumatized by the thought of going into a combat zone that he decided to take a gun and create one of his own.
A shroud of political correctness settled over the conversation. Hasan was portrayed as a victim of society, a poor soul who was pushed over the edge by prejudice and unhappiness.
There was a national rush to therapy. Hasan was a loner who had trouble finding a wife and socializing with his neighbors.
This response was understandable. It’s important to tamp down vengeful hatreds in moments of passion. But it was also patronizing. Public commentators assumed the air of kindergarten teachers who had to protect their children from thinking certain impermissible and intolerant thoughts. If public commentary wasn’t carefully policed, the assumption seemed to be, then the great mass of unwashed yahoos in Middle America would go off on a racist rampage.
Worse, it absolved Hasan — before the real evidence was in — of his responsibility. He didn’t have the choice to be lonely or unhappy. But he did have a choice over what story to build out of those circumstances. And evidence is now mounting to suggest he chose the extremist War on Islam narrative that so often leads to murderous results.
The conversation in the first few days after the massacre was well intentioned, but it suggested a willful flight from reality. It ignored the fact that the war narrative of the struggle against Islam is the central feature of American foreign policy. It ignored the fact that this narrative can be embraced by a self-radicalizing individual in the U.S. as much as by groups in Tehran, Gaza or Kandahar.
It denied, before the evidence was in, the possibility of evil. It sought to reduce a heinous act to social maladjustment. It wasn’t the reaction of a morally or politically serious nation.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
forgotten bretheren : Roma
http://www.merinews.com/article/hindus-laud-hungary-hosp-for-honoring-roma-traditions/15787948.shtml
HINDUS HAVE commended the hospital in Hungary town of Gyongyos for reportedly setting up a special room for Roma patients and their visitors to practice their cultural rituals.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA), described it as a “step in the right direction” and urged other hospitals of Hungary also to make similar accommodations to speed-up the integration of Roma.
This hospital in eastern Hungary was reportedly the scene of a cultural misunderstanding in 2002 when about a dozen Roma and police officials were injured in the conflict over the mourning behavior of Roma over the death of a relative. Roma have reportedly certain traditions linked to birth and death and they expressed their emotions differently than other Hungarians. This hospital is also reportedly considering having Roma liaison officers.
Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that in Hungary, despite various government initiatives, Roma reportedly continued to face blatant discrimination, shanty town living, an atmosphere of hostility, huge unemployment rate, lower life expectancy, prejudice, significantly higher school dropout rate, racism, bias and stereotyping, school segregation, social exclusion, mistrust, human rights violations, etc. According to an estimate, less than 1% of Roma obtained higher education degrees.
Rajan Zed pointed out that instead of reportedly continuing to marginalize Roma socially, this country of Lake Balaton, romantic Danube River, Franz Liszt and Bela Bartok, should be more embracing of Roma brothers and sisters who had been reportedly living with them since 14th century. Hungarian government should be more proactive in protecting Roma and other minorities. Zed urged all religious leaders, religions and denominations of Hungary to work for the upliftment of Roma, because religion told us to help the helpless.
Roma in Hungary, whose estimated numbers sometimes reach around one million, form about ten percent of total Hungary populace, which makes it largest Roma minority as percentage of total population in the world. Current demographic trends indicate that in 2050, about 21 percentage of Hungary population will be Roma.
Zed stressed that it was moral obligation of Europe to take care of its largest minority Roma population and stop human rights violations suffered by them, who numbered around 15 million and lived in apartheid like conditions. There seemed to be no coherent and effective policy to assimilate them into the society. Their alarming condition was a social blight for Europe and the rest of the world.
HINDUS HAVE commended the hospital in Hungary town of Gyongyos for reportedly setting up a special room for Roma patients and their visitors to practice their cultural rituals.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA), described it as a “step in the right direction” and urged other hospitals of Hungary also to make similar accommodations to speed-up the integration of Roma.
This hospital in eastern Hungary was reportedly the scene of a cultural misunderstanding in 2002 when about a dozen Roma and police officials were injured in the conflict over the mourning behavior of Roma over the death of a relative. Roma have reportedly certain traditions linked to birth and death and they expressed their emotions differently than other Hungarians. This hospital is also reportedly considering having Roma liaison officers.
Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that in Hungary, despite various government initiatives, Roma reportedly continued to face blatant discrimination, shanty town living, an atmosphere of hostility, huge unemployment rate, lower life expectancy, prejudice, significantly higher school dropout rate, racism, bias and stereotyping, school segregation, social exclusion, mistrust, human rights violations, etc. According to an estimate, less than 1% of Roma obtained higher education degrees.
Rajan Zed pointed out that instead of reportedly continuing to marginalize Roma socially, this country of Lake Balaton, romantic Danube River, Franz Liszt and Bela Bartok, should be more embracing of Roma brothers and sisters who had been reportedly living with them since 14th century. Hungarian government should be more proactive in protecting Roma and other minorities. Zed urged all religious leaders, religions and denominations of Hungary to work for the upliftment of Roma, because religion told us to help the helpless.
Roma in Hungary, whose estimated numbers sometimes reach around one million, form about ten percent of total Hungary populace, which makes it largest Roma minority as percentage of total population in the world. Current demographic trends indicate that in 2050, about 21 percentage of Hungary population will be Roma.
Zed stressed that it was moral obligation of Europe to take care of its largest minority Roma population and stop human rights violations suffered by them, who numbered around 15 million and lived in apartheid like conditions. There seemed to be no coherent and effective policy to assimilate them into the society. Their alarming condition was a social blight for Europe and the rest of the world.
Monday, November 09, 2009
can india dare to do same to rioters in kashmir?
एक चीनी अधिकारी का कहना है कि चीन के पश्चिमी प्रांत शिनकियांग में जुलाई में हुए दंगे के अभियुक्त नौ लोगों को फांसी दे दी गई है.
ग़ौरतलब है कि स्थानीय उरुमकी समुदाय और चीन में प्रभुत्वशाली हान गुट के बीच जुलाई में हुए दंगे में 197 लोगों की मौत हो गई थी.
चीन की सरकारी समाचार सेवा ने इस बारे में और कोई जानकारी नहीं दी है. अभी यह पता नहीं चल पाया है कि यह फांसी कब और कहां दी गई.
स्थानीय सरकार के एक प्रवक्ता के मुताबिक यह सज़ा सुप्रीम कोर्ट की समीक्षा के बाद दी गई है.
फांसी दिए गए लोगों को हत्या और अन्य सज़ा का दोषी पाया गया.
फांसी दिए गए लोगों के नाम से पता चलता है कि इनमें आठ लोग उरुमकी समुदाय के हैं जबकि एक हान समुदाय का है.
जुलाई में जो दंगा हुआ था वह चीन के इतिहास में भयावह था. हान लोगों का आरोप था कि दंगे में शामिल लोगों को प्रशासन पकड़ने में विफल रहा है.
हालांकि मानवाधिकार गुटों का कहना है कि जिन अभियुक्तों को सज़ा दी गई उनमें से कुछ मामले में सुनवाई महज पाँच घंटे ही चली. साथ ही सुनवाई ठीक ढंग से नहीं हुई.
शिनकियांग चीन का सबसे अशांत इलाक़ा है जहाँ चीनी सेना की काफ़ी मौजूदगी है.
हाल ही में चीनी सुरक्षा बलों ने शिनकियांग में 'अपराधियों को ख़त्म' करने के लिए 'कड़ी कार्रवाई' करने का निश्चय किया था.
उरुमकी में ज़्यादातर मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोग रहते हैं. उनका कहना है कि इस इलाक़े में हान समुदाय के लोगों ने आकर अपना डेरा डाल दिया है और अच्छी नौकरियों पर क़ब्ज़ा कर लिया है.
ग़ौरतलब है कि स्थानीय उरुमकी समुदाय और चीन में प्रभुत्वशाली हान गुट के बीच जुलाई में हुए दंगे में 197 लोगों की मौत हो गई थी.
चीन की सरकारी समाचार सेवा ने इस बारे में और कोई जानकारी नहीं दी है. अभी यह पता नहीं चल पाया है कि यह फांसी कब और कहां दी गई.
स्थानीय सरकार के एक प्रवक्ता के मुताबिक यह सज़ा सुप्रीम कोर्ट की समीक्षा के बाद दी गई है.
फांसी दिए गए लोगों को हत्या और अन्य सज़ा का दोषी पाया गया.
फांसी दिए गए लोगों के नाम से पता चलता है कि इनमें आठ लोग उरुमकी समुदाय के हैं जबकि एक हान समुदाय का है.
जुलाई में जो दंगा हुआ था वह चीन के इतिहास में भयावह था. हान लोगों का आरोप था कि दंगे में शामिल लोगों को प्रशासन पकड़ने में विफल रहा है.
हालांकि मानवाधिकार गुटों का कहना है कि जिन अभियुक्तों को सज़ा दी गई उनमें से कुछ मामले में सुनवाई महज पाँच घंटे ही चली. साथ ही सुनवाई ठीक ढंग से नहीं हुई.
शिनकियांग चीन का सबसे अशांत इलाक़ा है जहाँ चीनी सेना की काफ़ी मौजूदगी है.
हाल ही में चीनी सुरक्षा बलों ने शिनकियांग में 'अपराधियों को ख़त्म' करने के लिए 'कड़ी कार्रवाई' करने का निश्चय किया था.
उरुमकी में ज़्यादातर मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोग रहते हैं. उनका कहना है कि इस इलाक़े में हान समुदाय के लोगों ने आकर अपना डेरा डाल दिया है और अच्छी नौकरियों पर क़ब्ज़ा कर लिया है.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Muslims stopped from going to yoga camps by Deoband
मुजफ्फरनगर। देवबंद स्थित इस्लामिक शिक्षा संस्थान दारूल उलूम ने फतवा जारी कर कहा है कि मुसलमान योग गुरू बाबा रामदेव के कैंप में न जाएं, क्योंकि उसकी शुरूआत में वंदेमातरम गाया जाता है। दारूल उलूम के फतवा विभाग के उप प्रमुख मुफ्ती एहसान काजमी ने कहा कि वंदेमातरम् एक प्रार्थना है और मुसलमान अल्लाह के सिवा किसी की प्रार्थना नहीं कर सकते। हालांकि योगा करने में कोई हर्ज नहीं है, क्योंकि यह एक व्यायाम है।
Thursday, November 05, 2009
sikh girl kidnapped in Kashmir and forcibly married
युवती को अगवा करने पर भड़के सिख संगठन
Nov 05, 03:43 am
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श्रीनगर में सिख युवती को अगवा कर जबरदस्ती शादी करवाने की कोशिश का मामला सामने आने पर भड़के सिख संगठनों ने प्रदर्शन कर राज्य सरकार का पुतला फूंका। प्रदर्शनकारियों ने प्रेस क्लब के बाहर प्रेम नाथ डोगरा चौक की तरफ बढ़ने का प्रयास किया, परंतु पुलिस ने रोक दिया। इस बीच प्रदर्शनकारियों व पुलिस के बीच हल्की धक्का-मुक्की भी हुई।
शिरोमणि अकाली दल बादल के प्रदेश प्रधान महेंद्र सिंह के नेतृत्व में विभिन्न संगठनों के प्रतिनिधियों ने कहा कि श्रीनगर के बेमिना में एक सिख युवती अमित कौर को हिरासत में रखा गया है। घाटी में अल्पसंख्यक सिख समुदायों के साथ अन्याय किया जा रहा है। प्रदर्शनकारियों को संबोधित करते हुए महेंद्र सिंह ने कहा कि सिख युवती पर दवाब बनाया जा रहा कि वह मुस्लिम युवक के साथ मनमर्जी से शादी करने की बात कबूल ले। उन्होंने कहा कि सोची समझी साजिश के तहत कश्मीर में अल्पसंख्यकों को तंग किया जा रहा है। वीरेंद्र जीत सिंह व अन्य प्रतिनिधियों ने कहा कि उन्हें कश्मीर पुलिस पर भरोसा नहीं है, इसलिए युवती को जम्मू लाकर न्यायालय में उसके बयान दर्ज करवाए जाएं, ताकि सच्चाई सामने आ सके और युवती पर किसी तरह का दवाब नहीं रहेगा।
प्रदर्शनकारियों में चरणजीत सिंह खालसा, वीरेंद्र जीत सिंह, एचएस बाली, महेंद्र पाल सिंह पांडु, करण सिंह, अमरजीत सिंह, प्रेम सिंह, बाबू सिंह, नरेंद्र सिंह, महंत हरमिंद्र सिंह, रामपाल शर्मा, राजेश केसरी, राजेश गुप्ता, संजय बडू, राजेंद्र सिंह, हरभजन सिंह व अन्य लोग शामिल हुए।
Nov 05, 03:43 am
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शिरोमणि अकाली दल बादल के प्रदेश प्रधान महेंद्र सिंह के नेतृत्व में विभिन्न संगठनों के प्रतिनिधियों ने कहा कि श्रीनगर के बेमिना में एक सिख युवती अमित कौर को हिरासत में रखा गया है। घाटी में अल्पसंख्यक सिख समुदायों के साथ अन्याय किया जा रहा है। प्रदर्शनकारियों को संबोधित करते हुए महेंद्र सिंह ने कहा कि सिख युवती पर दवाब बनाया जा रहा कि वह मुस्लिम युवक के साथ मनमर्जी से शादी करने की बात कबूल ले। उन्होंने कहा कि सोची समझी साजिश के तहत कश्मीर में अल्पसंख्यकों को तंग किया जा रहा है। वीरेंद्र जीत सिंह व अन्य प्रतिनिधियों ने कहा कि उन्हें कश्मीर पुलिस पर भरोसा नहीं है, इसलिए युवती को जम्मू लाकर न्यायालय में उसके बयान दर्ज करवाए जाएं, ताकि सच्चाई सामने आ सके और युवती पर किसी तरह का दवाब नहीं रहेगा।
प्रदर्शनकारियों में चरणजीत सिंह खालसा, वीरेंद्र जीत सिंह, एचएस बाली, महेंद्र पाल सिंह पांडु, करण सिंह, अमरजीत सिंह, प्रेम सिंह, बाबू सिंह, नरेंद्र सिंह, महंत हरमिंद्र सिंह, रामपाल शर्मा, राजेश केसरी, राजेश गुप्ता, संजय बडू, राजेंद्र सिंह, हरभजन सिंह व अन्य लोग शामिल हुए।
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Vande Mataram 'banned' by Muslim organisation
देवबंद। जमीयत-ए-उलेमा हिंद ने राष्ट्र गीत "वन्दे मातरम्" को इस्लाम के विरूद्ध बताते हुए इसके खिलाफ फतवा जारी किया है। जमीयत-ए-उलेमा हिंद के राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में आज इस संदर्भ में प्रस्ताव पारित किया गया। प्रस्ताव के अनुसार "वन्दे मातरम्" इस्लाम के विरूद्ध है, इसलिए मुस्लिम इसे नहीं गाएंगे।
प्रस्ताव में स्पष्ट किया गया है कि "वन्दे मातरम्" की पंक्तियां इस्लाम के कुछ सिंद्धांतों के खिलाफ हैं। इसलिए मुस्लिम इस गीत को नहीं गाएंगे। मुस्लिम लॉ बोर्ड ने भी जमीयत-ए-उलेमा हिन्द के इस फैसले का स्वागत किया है।
बोर्ड के एक प्रमुख नेता कमाल फारूखी ने "वन्दे मातरम्" के खिलाफ फतवे का समर्थन करते हुए कहा कि "हम देश का सम्मान करते हैं, पर इस्लाम के सिद्धांतों के तहत हम अल्लाह के अलावा किसी और की पूजा नहीं कर सकते।"
प्रस्ताव में स्पष्ट किया गया है कि "वन्दे मातरम्" की पंक्तियां इस्लाम के कुछ सिंद्धांतों के खिलाफ हैं। इसलिए मुस्लिम इस गीत को नहीं गाएंगे। मुस्लिम लॉ बोर्ड ने भी जमीयत-ए-उलेमा हिन्द के इस फैसले का स्वागत किया है।
बोर्ड के एक प्रमुख नेता कमाल फारूखी ने "वन्दे मातरम्" के खिलाफ फतवे का समर्थन करते हुए कहा कि "हम देश का सम्मान करते हैं, पर इस्लाम के सिद्धांतों के तहत हम अल्लाह के अलावा किसी और की पूजा नहीं कर सकते।"
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Jharkhand being lost to Bangladeshis
साहिबगंज। देश विभाजन के बाद से ही पश्चिम बंगाल की सीमा होकर झारखंड में बंगलादेशी घुसपैठ से क्षेत्रीय जनसंख्या असंतुलन विकास के मार्ग की एक अनसुलझी समस्या है। जो इस क्षेत्र के पिछड़ेपन का एक महत्वपूर्ण कारक रहा है। साहेबगंज जिला के उधवा, राजमहल तथा साहेबगंज प्रखंड के सुदूरवर्ती दियारा क्षेत्र के अतिरिक्त पतौड़ा झील का संरक्षित क्षेत्र सरकारी खास भूमि तथा गैर मजरूआ जमीन पर घुसपैठियों का सहज कब्जा वाला क्षेत्र है। जहां उसे अपना आशियाना बनाने में सरकारी प्रतिरोध कम तथा स्थानीय लोगों का अप्रत्यक्ष सहयोग अधिक मिलता है। हालांकि आरक्षी अधीक्षक सुधीर कुमार झा कहते है कि बंग्लादेशी घुसपैठ की सूचना शून्य है, पुलिस निगरानी रखे है।
1950 के दशक से ही इन अवैध घुसपैठियों ने अपना पहुंच मतदाता सूची, लाल कार्ड, जॉब कार्ड से लेकर इंदिरा आवास एवं सामाजिक सुरक्षा पेंशन योजना तक बना रखा है। बोलचाल तथा रहन सहन में एकरूपता के कारण घुसपैठ का पहचान कर पाना कठिन है। सरकारी तंत्र भी घुसपैठ का पहचान कर पाने में नाकाम रही है तथा केन्द्र व राज्य सरकारो को भेजी गयी सूचना में भी बताया गया है कि उधवा तथा राजमहल में घुसपैठ का शिनाख्त नहीं हुआ है। उपायुक्त सुभाष शर्मा के समय घुसपैठ के शिनाख्ती के लिए पहल किया गया था। जबकि तीन वर्ष पूर्व जिले में पदस्थापित विशेष शाखा के एक पदाधिकारी ने प्रदेश कार्यालय को भेजे अपने प्रतिवेदन में कहा था कि उधवा प्रखंड के संरक्षित पक्षी अभ्यारण्य तथा पतौड़ा पंचायत के सरकारी भूमि पर अवैध कब्जा है जिसमें कुछ बंगलादेशी भी हो सकते है। राजमहल नगर क्षेत्र में नया बस्ती तथा रेलवे प्लॉट के अवैध कब्जा वाला क्षेत्र में कुछ बंगलादेशी मूल के लोग है। हालांकि स्थानीय लोग इस बात से इंकार करते है कि बंगलादेशी यहां रहते है। लेकिन राजमहल तथा उधवा प्रखंड के कुछ पंचायतों में दो दशक के जनसंख्या वृद्धि दर को देखा जाए तथा मतदाता सूची का गहन अध्ययन किया जाए तो इस बात का खुलासा हो सकता है कि घुसपैठ हुआ है या नहीं। अगर स्थानीय लोगों की मानें तो बंगलादेशी घुसपैठिये इन क्षेत्रों में स्थानीय किसी परिवार की सूची के साथ अपना नाम मतदाता सूची में डलवा लेते है फिर अपना नाम पृथक कर स्वतंत्र परिवार के रूप में रहने लगते है। सरकारी संरक्षित क्षेत्र की भूमि तथा दियारा क्षेत्र की जमीन उन्हे सस्ते में मिल जाती है। मूलत: ये पश्चिम बंगाल के कलियाचक, मोहदीपुर तथा नदिया जिला में बार्डर से यहां प्रवेश करते है। जाली नोटों का कारोबार, पशु तस्करी तथा मौका मिलने पर चोरी डकैती की घटना को अंजाम देने में ये सिद्धहस्त है तथा शारीरिक परिश्रम में भी स्थानीय लोगों से आगे है। लिहाजा स्थानीय लोगों को रोजगार के अवसर भी छीन रहे है। जबकि यहां के मजदूर मुम्बई, दिल्ली तथा अहमदाबाद जैसे शहरों में रोजी रोटी तलाशने जाते है। फिलहाल बंगलादेशी घुसपैठ की समस्या स्थानीय लोगों के लिए समस्या भले ही है लेकिन राजनीतिक दलों के नेताओं की चुप्पी तथा प्रशासनिक मजबूरी के कारण वे इसे झेलने को विवश है।
1950 के दशक से ही इन अवैध घुसपैठियों ने अपना पहुंच मतदाता सूची, लाल कार्ड, जॉब कार्ड से लेकर इंदिरा आवास एवं सामाजिक सुरक्षा पेंशन योजना तक बना रखा है। बोलचाल तथा रहन सहन में एकरूपता के कारण घुसपैठ का पहचान कर पाना कठिन है। सरकारी तंत्र भी घुसपैठ का पहचान कर पाने में नाकाम रही है तथा केन्द्र व राज्य सरकारो को भेजी गयी सूचना में भी बताया गया है कि उधवा तथा राजमहल में घुसपैठ का शिनाख्त नहीं हुआ है। उपायुक्त सुभाष शर्मा के समय घुसपैठ के शिनाख्ती के लिए पहल किया गया था। जबकि तीन वर्ष पूर्व जिले में पदस्थापित विशेष शाखा के एक पदाधिकारी ने प्रदेश कार्यालय को भेजे अपने प्रतिवेदन में कहा था कि उधवा प्रखंड के संरक्षित पक्षी अभ्यारण्य तथा पतौड़ा पंचायत के सरकारी भूमि पर अवैध कब्जा है जिसमें कुछ बंगलादेशी भी हो सकते है। राजमहल नगर क्षेत्र में नया बस्ती तथा रेलवे प्लॉट के अवैध कब्जा वाला क्षेत्र में कुछ बंगलादेशी मूल के लोग है। हालांकि स्थानीय लोग इस बात से इंकार करते है कि बंगलादेशी यहां रहते है। लेकिन राजमहल तथा उधवा प्रखंड के कुछ पंचायतों में दो दशक के जनसंख्या वृद्धि दर को देखा जाए तथा मतदाता सूची का गहन अध्ययन किया जाए तो इस बात का खुलासा हो सकता है कि घुसपैठ हुआ है या नहीं। अगर स्थानीय लोगों की मानें तो बंगलादेशी घुसपैठिये इन क्षेत्रों में स्थानीय किसी परिवार की सूची के साथ अपना नाम मतदाता सूची में डलवा लेते है फिर अपना नाम पृथक कर स्वतंत्र परिवार के रूप में रहने लगते है। सरकारी संरक्षित क्षेत्र की भूमि तथा दियारा क्षेत्र की जमीन उन्हे सस्ते में मिल जाती है। मूलत: ये पश्चिम बंगाल के कलियाचक, मोहदीपुर तथा नदिया जिला में बार्डर से यहां प्रवेश करते है। जाली नोटों का कारोबार, पशु तस्करी तथा मौका मिलने पर चोरी डकैती की घटना को अंजाम देने में ये सिद्धहस्त है तथा शारीरिक परिश्रम में भी स्थानीय लोगों से आगे है। लिहाजा स्थानीय लोगों को रोजगार के अवसर भी छीन रहे है। जबकि यहां के मजदूर मुम्बई, दिल्ली तथा अहमदाबाद जैसे शहरों में रोजी रोटी तलाशने जाते है। फिलहाल बंगलादेशी घुसपैठ की समस्या स्थानीय लोगों के लिए समस्या भले ही है लेकिन राजनीतिक दलों के नेताओं की चुप्पी तथा प्रशासनिक मजबूरी के कारण वे इसे झेलने को विवश है।
Friday, October 30, 2009
nation's money wasted on these hooldums of Aligarh Muslim university
it is interesting that a simple law and order problem can be given coomunal colors by these students and they can hold whole city and traffic to ransom.
college has to be shut down due to hooldum nature
and this is the college for which all media and secularists fight tooth and nail while neglecting education of poor tribals and villagers.
college has to be shut down due to hooldum nature
and old hisotry, clearly pointing out that if we create more such universities or campus we are bound to have more such riots.
and this is the college for which all media and secularists fight tooth and nail while neglecting education of poor tribals and villagers.
and this fools pass as anchors on indian media...
Mao TV. Actually, MoU TV. For days now, news TV has been bringing to us long conversations on Maoists with important people who have asked us to understand or admit that memoranda of understanding (MoU) on exploiting natural resources between the Indian state and domestic/foreign companies are the reason the state is waging a “war”. This seems to be the current grand narrative of the “we don’t support violence but the real fault lies with the free-market ideology” group. News TV seems somewhat shy in interrogating this thesis. Members of this group were asked several times if they condemn Maoist violence, but they were seldom asked to fully explain the MoU narrative. Even when some details were offered, anchors didn’t seem interested. I am puzzled because it is not as if the same anchors didn’t ask 20 questions on all the other stuff. Why not, say, two questions on the big economic claim?
Before expanding on this a bit more, let me first put on record that there was a moment when my sympathies were with Arundhati Roy. Roy, being quizzed by a CNN-IBN double-anchor team, was told Mahatma Gandhi would have appealed to Maoists to stop the violence. I am not Mahatma Gandhi, Roy said. Quite. Good answer to a very curious argument.
Roy appeared twice on CNN-IBN recently (the other time on Devil’s Advocate) and made a series of economic arguments, including the one on MoU, most of which went more or less uncontested. On Devil’s Advocate, she said:
1. Capitalism guarantees better living standards for a few at the cost of many — plainly wrong, but she wasn’t asked to explain herself. 2. Many Dalits are living in famine-like conditions in India — plainly wrong, but no comeback from the anchor. 3. The UNDP’s Human Development Index shows 80 per cent of Indians are living in extreme poverty — wrong, but she wasn’t asked to give details on this data.
4. Even since Independence, the rich have got richer and the poor have got poorer — all the poor haven’t got poorer, poverty has come down, there’re truckloads of data on this, but she got away with it on national TV.
This was more or less jaw-dropping to me. Hey, okay, I am an insignificant but sincerely committed member of what is now called the corporate media. But I can still ask, can’t I, why news TV won’t quiz big intellectuals when they trot out these big economic claims. There seems to be no attempt at product differentiation on this: what you see on CNN-IBN is also what you see on NDTV. On NDTV’s We the People, Medha Patkar said the Indian state is hand in glove with corporates and international financial institutions, there was the MoU thesis again. Did the anchor, who fluently interrogated all panelists on many issues, ask Patkar to explain:
1. What she means by the state being hand in glove?
2. Which corporate is she talking about? 3. What does she mean by international financial institutions? Of course, not. Why not is the question that’s keeping me awake.
You see, senseless violence is being committed — against economics, by important people, on news TV. My appeal: Will someone in news TV please try to stop it?
saubhik.chakrabarti@expressindia.com
Before expanding on this a bit more, let me first put on record that there was a moment when my sympathies were with Arundhati Roy. Roy, being quizzed by a CNN-IBN double-anchor team, was told Mahatma Gandhi would have appealed to Maoists to stop the violence. I am not Mahatma Gandhi, Roy said. Quite. Good answer to a very curious argument.
Roy appeared twice on CNN-IBN recently (the other time on Devil’s Advocate) and made a series of economic arguments, including the one on MoU, most of which went more or less uncontested. On Devil’s Advocate, she said:
1. Capitalism guarantees better living standards for a few at the cost of many — plainly wrong, but she wasn’t asked to explain herself. 2. Many Dalits are living in famine-like conditions in India — plainly wrong, but no comeback from the anchor. 3. The UNDP’s Human Development Index shows 80 per cent of Indians are living in extreme poverty — wrong, but she wasn’t asked to give details on this data.
4. Even since Independence, the rich have got richer and the poor have got poorer — all the poor haven’t got poorer, poverty has come down, there’re truckloads of data on this, but she got away with it on national TV.
This was more or less jaw-dropping to me. Hey, okay, I am an insignificant but sincerely committed member of what is now called the corporate media. But I can still ask, can’t I, why news TV won’t quiz big intellectuals when they trot out these big economic claims. There seems to be no attempt at product differentiation on this: what you see on CNN-IBN is also what you see on NDTV. On NDTV’s We the People, Medha Patkar said the Indian state is hand in glove with corporates and international financial institutions, there was the MoU thesis again. Did the anchor, who fluently interrogated all panelists on many issues, ask Patkar to explain:
1. What she means by the state being hand in glove?
2. Which corporate is she talking about? 3. What does she mean by international financial institutions? Of course, not. Why not is the question that’s keeping me awake.
You see, senseless violence is being committed — against economics, by important people, on news TV. My appeal: Will someone in news TV please try to stop it?
saubhik.chakrabarti@expressindia.com
why no human rights wala for security of rukhsana
our humana rights activists who are so fond of defending inalienable rights of terrorists and naxals are mum on issue of protecting this brave girl.
राजौरी। लश्कर ए तैयबा के आतंककारी को बड़ी बहादुरी के साथ मार गिराने वाली जम्मू कश्मीर की लड़की रूखसाना कौसर के घर पर आतंकियों ने हमला किया। आतंकियों ने बदले की कार्रवाई करते हुए शुक्रवार देर रात रूखसाना के घर पर ग्रेनेड फेंके। हालांकि, घटना के वक्त वह और उसके परिवार के सदस्य घर पर मौजूद नहीं थे। उल्लेखनीय है कि लश्कर के आतंकी को मारने के बाद रूखसाना सुर्खियों में छाई थी।
राजौरी के जिला कलेक्टर एस जयपाल सिंह ने बताया कि आतंकियों ने थानामंडी स्थित रूखसाना के घर पर ग्रेनेड फेंक कर फरार हो गए। पर उस दौरान वहां घर का कोई भी सदस्य मौजूद नहीं था। उन्होंने कहा कि रूखसाना और उसके परिवारवाले बेहद सुरक्षित स्थान पर हैं।
गौरतलब है कि पिछले महीने रूखसाना के घर तीन आतंकी घुस आए थे। 22 वर्षीय रूखसाना ने बहादुरी दिखाते हुए एक आतंकी को ढेर कर दिया था। इस घटना के बाद उसे केन्द्र सरकार की तरफ से बहादुरी पुरस्कार से भी नवाजा गया था।
राजौरी। लश्कर ए तैयबा के आतंककारी को बड़ी बहादुरी के साथ मार गिराने वाली जम्मू कश्मीर की लड़की रूखसाना कौसर के घर पर आतंकियों ने हमला किया। आतंकियों ने बदले की कार्रवाई करते हुए शुक्रवार देर रात रूखसाना के घर पर ग्रेनेड फेंके। हालांकि, घटना के वक्त वह और उसके परिवार के सदस्य घर पर मौजूद नहीं थे। उल्लेखनीय है कि लश्कर के आतंकी को मारने के बाद रूखसाना सुर्खियों में छाई थी।
राजौरी के जिला कलेक्टर एस जयपाल सिंह ने बताया कि आतंकियों ने थानामंडी स्थित रूखसाना के घर पर ग्रेनेड फेंक कर फरार हो गए। पर उस दौरान वहां घर का कोई भी सदस्य मौजूद नहीं था। उन्होंने कहा कि रूखसाना और उसके परिवारवाले बेहद सुरक्षित स्थान पर हैं।
गौरतलब है कि पिछले महीने रूखसाना के घर तीन आतंकी घुस आए थे। 22 वर्षीय रूखसाना ने बहादुरी दिखाते हुए एक आतंकी को ढेर कर दिया था। इस घटना के बाद उसे केन्द्र सरकार की तरफ से बहादुरी पुरस्कार से भी नवाजा गया था।
Indic religios are targeted even in far way vietnam
A massive crackdown on a group of Buddhist monks and nuns is underway in Vietnam. The targets are members of the Bat Nha community, followers of Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. The public outcry over the event at home and abroad is turning the situation into a headache for Hanoi. But it doesn't need to be that way.
On Sept. 27, a mob violently evicted 379 monks and nuns from their monastery in the central highlands. Emergency calls for help to police were ignored, according to reports we have received from the monks and nuns and from witnesses at the scene. About 130 monks were attacked, four were sexually harassed, and monastery buildings were ransacked. Several dozen monks were abducted in vehicles; the remainder were force-marched in torrential rain more than 15 kilometers to the nearest town. More than 200 nuns, barricaded in their residence and threatened by the mob, fled the next morning.
Hundreds of monks and nuns regrouped the next day in the small Phuoc Hue temple in Bao Loc town under the shelter of the abbot, Thich Thai Thuan. But policemen from the villages of these monastics tried to disperse the community by forcing the monks and nuns to return to their homes through intimidation, threats and public denunciations. Twenty-seven monks and nuns were forced to return home and many policemen still roam the grounds.
The government denies any involvement and says this episode is only a dispute between two Buddhist factions, but a leaked government document dating from last year from the Committee of Religious Affairs notes that the Bat Nha community has organized activities without permission and expressed opinions on "political matters." The document suggests the government could eventually "force those who created problems to return to their hometown," which is what the government is trying to do now. The "political matters" could mean the Venerable Nhat Hanh's comments on Hanoi's religious policies; Hanoi also could fear his popular influence among the intellectuals and youth of Vietnam. Since its founding in 2005, Bat Nha has grown from a small community of only a few monks in the state-sanctioned Buddhist church into a monastery housing hundreds of Ven. Nhat Hanh's followers. The young monks and nuns, between the ages of 15 and 25, come from all sectors of Vietnamese society. Each month, hundreds and occasionally thousands of Vietnamese flock to Bat Nha for special events and meditation retreats.
Ven. Nhat Hanh's 2005 return from a 39-year exile was one of many important steps Vietnam took toward freedom of religion and a more open society. This helped to pave the way for Vietnam's removal from the U.S. State Department's list of Countries of Particular Concern for violations of religious freedom, and for Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2007. The crackdown at Bat Nha calls into question those earlier achievements.
Meanwhile, the repression is inspiring ordinary Vietnamese citizens to protest. In a country where voicing criticism of the government can mean imprisonment, more than 400 intellectuals, scientists, Communist Party members and ordinary citizens, of whom 200 are inside Vietnam, signed an open letter drafted by writer Hoang Hung on Oct. 5, saying the events at Bat Nha and continued harassment of the monastics are an "urgent situation which threatens the country both domestically and internationally." They called on the government to take action to investigate the attack and ensure the well-being of these young monks and nuns.
The government of Vietnam now must respond. Will it disband a peaceful Buddhist organization, or move to fully protect religious freedom as required by international covenants and treaties to which Vietnam is a party, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and as Vietnamese citizens demand? Vietnam is currently serving as president of the U.N. Security Council and chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2010. There is no better time to show the world its leadership on these important issues of human rights.
The monks and nuns still wish to return home to Bat Nha monastery. If this is not possible, the government, through its established Buddhist church, could at least reaffirm the monks' and nuns' legal right to practice together as a religious community at another location. These young monks and nuns want nothing more than to serve their country and humanity and are fine examples of the true beauty and determined spirit of the Vietnamese people.
We call on Hanoi to act now to safeguard the Bat Nha monastics' well-being and provide legal rights for all Buddhists in Vietnam to worship without restrictions. Such actions can show that economic progress can go hand in hand with spiritual growth and can only increase Vietnam's standing in the world, and that Hanoi's fear and suspicion of these young monastics are unfounded.
Brother Dung is abbot of the Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, Calif., representing the practice centers of Thich Nhat Hanh in the U.S.
On Sept. 27, a mob violently evicted 379 monks and nuns from their monastery in the central highlands. Emergency calls for help to police were ignored, according to reports we have received from the monks and nuns and from witnesses at the scene. About 130 monks were attacked, four were sexually harassed, and monastery buildings were ransacked. Several dozen monks were abducted in vehicles; the remainder were force-marched in torrential rain more than 15 kilometers to the nearest town. More than 200 nuns, barricaded in their residence and threatened by the mob, fled the next morning.
Hundreds of monks and nuns regrouped the next day in the small Phuoc Hue temple in Bao Loc town under the shelter of the abbot, Thich Thai Thuan. But policemen from the villages of these monastics tried to disperse the community by forcing the monks and nuns to return to their homes through intimidation, threats and public denunciations. Twenty-seven monks and nuns were forced to return home and many policemen still roam the grounds.
The government denies any involvement and says this episode is only a dispute between two Buddhist factions, but a leaked government document dating from last year from the Committee of Religious Affairs notes that the Bat Nha community has organized activities without permission and expressed opinions on "political matters." The document suggests the government could eventually "force those who created problems to return to their hometown," which is what the government is trying to do now. The "political matters" could mean the Venerable Nhat Hanh's comments on Hanoi's religious policies; Hanoi also could fear his popular influence among the intellectuals and youth of Vietnam. Since its founding in 2005, Bat Nha has grown from a small community of only a few monks in the state-sanctioned Buddhist church into a monastery housing hundreds of Ven. Nhat Hanh's followers. The young monks and nuns, between the ages of 15 and 25, come from all sectors of Vietnamese society. Each month, hundreds and occasionally thousands of Vietnamese flock to Bat Nha for special events and meditation retreats.
Ven. Nhat Hanh's 2005 return from a 39-year exile was one of many important steps Vietnam took toward freedom of religion and a more open society. This helped to pave the way for Vietnam's removal from the U.S. State Department's list of Countries of Particular Concern for violations of religious freedom, and for Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2007. The crackdown at Bat Nha calls into question those earlier achievements.
Meanwhile, the repression is inspiring ordinary Vietnamese citizens to protest. In a country where voicing criticism of the government can mean imprisonment, more than 400 intellectuals, scientists, Communist Party members and ordinary citizens, of whom 200 are inside Vietnam, signed an open letter drafted by writer Hoang Hung on Oct. 5, saying the events at Bat Nha and continued harassment of the monastics are an "urgent situation which threatens the country both domestically and internationally." They called on the government to take action to investigate the attack and ensure the well-being of these young monks and nuns.
The government of Vietnam now must respond. Will it disband a peaceful Buddhist organization, or move to fully protect religious freedom as required by international covenants and treaties to which Vietnam is a party, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and as Vietnamese citizens demand? Vietnam is currently serving as president of the U.N. Security Council and chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2010. There is no better time to show the world its leadership on these important issues of human rights.
The monks and nuns still wish to return home to Bat Nha monastery. If this is not possible, the government, through its established Buddhist church, could at least reaffirm the monks' and nuns' legal right to practice together as a religious community at another location. These young monks and nuns want nothing more than to serve their country and humanity and are fine examples of the true beauty and determined spirit of the Vietnamese people.
We call on Hanoi to act now to safeguard the Bat Nha monastics' well-being and provide legal rights for all Buddhists in Vietnam to worship without restrictions. Such actions can show that economic progress can go hand in hand with spiritual growth and can only increase Vietnam's standing in the world, and that Hanoi's fear and suspicion of these young monastics are unfounded.
Brother Dung is abbot of the Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, Calif., representing the practice centers of Thich Nhat Hanh in the U.S.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
chat pooja stopped in Bihar
पटना। बिहार के सासाराम शहर स्थित ऐतिहासिक शेरशाह मकबरे के रौजा तालाब के निकट छठ पूजा किए जाने को लेकर प्रशासन और छठ व्रतियों के बीच विवाद हो गया है। प्रशासन ने कहा है कि छठ पूजा से ऐतिहासिक तालाब गंदा हो सकता है।
रोहतास के पुलिस अधीक्षक विकास वैभव ने शनिवार को बताया कि तालाब की सुरक्षा के लिए मकबरा परिसर में पुलिस बल तैनात कर दिया गया है। मकबरे की देखरेख के लिए तैनात पुरातत्व विभाग के अधिकारी नीरज कुमार ने पिछले दिनों जिला प्रशासन को छठ में व्रतियों के स्नान करने के कारण ऐतिहासिक तालाब के गंदा होने की आशंका व्यक्त की थी।
मकबरा परिसर में ही शिव मंदिर है, जिसमें व्रती छठ पूजा करते है। व्रती समर्थकों का कहना है कि मंदिर परिसर में लगे नल के पानी से व्रती नहाते है और सूर्य भगवान को अर्घ्य देते है। इसके लिये नल के पानी को जमा होने के लिए एक गढ्डा बनवाया गया है।
उल्लेखनीय है कि इस वर्ष फरवरी में पटना उच्च न्यायालय ने ऐतिहासिक रौजा तालाब में स्नान करने, कपड़े धोने तथा मूर्ति विसर्जन पर रोक लगाने का आदेश दिया था।
रोहतास के पुलिस अधीक्षक विकास वैभव ने शनिवार को बताया कि तालाब की सुरक्षा के लिए मकबरा परिसर में पुलिस बल तैनात कर दिया गया है। मकबरे की देखरेख के लिए तैनात पुरातत्व विभाग के अधिकारी नीरज कुमार ने पिछले दिनों जिला प्रशासन को छठ में व्रतियों के स्नान करने के कारण ऐतिहासिक तालाब के गंदा होने की आशंका व्यक्त की थी।
मकबरा परिसर में ही शिव मंदिर है, जिसमें व्रती छठ पूजा करते है। व्रती समर्थकों का कहना है कि मंदिर परिसर में लगे नल के पानी से व्रती नहाते है और सूर्य भगवान को अर्घ्य देते है। इसके लिये नल के पानी को जमा होने के लिए एक गढ्डा बनवाया गया है।
उल्लेखनीय है कि इस वर्ष फरवरी में पटना उच्च न्यायालय ने ऐतिहासिक रौजा तालाब में स्नान करने, कपड़े धोने तथा मूर्ति विसर्जन पर रोक लगाने का आदेश दिया था।
Saturday, October 24, 2009
India is a soft state : a communist minister in bengal
Minsiter sir,
people like you made India what it is today who tooth and nail opposed Indian nuclear test ans were ready to resing from parliament for Iranian bomb
The West Bengal government today admitted that it had given in to the Maoists’ demands — and helped free 22 suspects — to secure yesterday’s release of Atindranath Dutta, the abducted Officer in Charge (OC) of the Sankrail police station.
Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen justified the decision by claiming that India was a “soft” state. And cited the release of militants in the 1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case and the 1999 IC-814 Kandahar hijack as precedents.
“The decision of not talking to the Maoists unless they eschewed violence is a long-term process but when you are placed in such a situation you have to make a compromise,” Sen told reporters at Writers’ Buildings.
“We had to make a choice between getting the OC alive and freeing some Maoists,” he said. “When a plane was hijacked (read Kandahar incident) three terrorists had to be released to get the passengers back. It happened in Kashmir, too (in the Rubaiya case). India is a soft state. We have seen these instances earlier in the 60 years since Independence. There is a difference between the Indian government and the Government of Israel. We cannot do what they can do,” Sen said.
Asked why the police did not take any action when the OC was being released, Sen said: “That would have been too adventurous.”
Dutta was abducted on October 20 by armed Maoists who raided the police station and killed two officers, looted the armoury and a nearby bank.
The same day, Maoist leader Kishenji said that the OC would be released only if the government freed those arrested during security operations in Lalgarh and Salboni. He also demanded a halt to the operations.
While the government did not accept the second demand, it decided — under clear instructions from Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee — to free the 14 women and eight men.
The Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary, Subesh Das, who controlled the operations told The Indian Express: “The government had to bend over backwards because it did not want to risk the life of the police officer.”
Court records show how this bending happened. The 22 suspects were charged with offences ranging from waging war against the state to attempt to murder. Twice, they were refused bail when the Public Prosecutor had gone on record to claim that the government had “strong evidence” against them. But the government ate these words yesterday.
The suspects walked free — they returned home to Lalgarh and Salboni today — when they got bail from the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in West Midnapore. The Public Prosecutor raised no objection — in fact, in a stunning U-turn, he said there was “little evidence” and that their custody was no longer needed for the probe.
So stark was the contrast that even defence lawyer Mrinal Choudhury said: “What happened seemed impossible. They were slapped with serious sections like waging war against the state which is punishable by life imprisonment and attempt to murder. Even I was surprised that the district court granted them bail.”
When asked about the U-turn, Public Prosecutor Chandi Charan Mahapatra said: “I did not oppose the bail petition because it was not necessary. In case of the women, there is no evidence they are Maoists. As for the men, I said we had some evidence but that was not enough. It’s immaterial whether I opposed (the bail plea) or not. It’s the judge who decides.”
Asked if there were any instructions from the government, Mahapatra said: “I was not under pressure of any kind. On two previous occasions, we opposed bail because we thought we had evidence.”
The case of the 14 women and one man (Number 137/2009) dates back to September 3. According to the FIR in Lalgarh police station, the women allegedly attacked a contingent of security forces in Bansber village when they were “under heavy gunfire” from the Maoists. The security personnel could not fire back since these women, with bows and arrows, stood in the way. The FIR alleges that the Maoists fired from behind these women.
According to the second FIR, (Number 78/2009), security forces were on “night duty in Buripal village in Shalboni,” when they were fired upon by Maoists. The seven accused, according to the FIR, attacked the security forces with swords and axes. The FIR claims the accused admitted they were deployed to protect Maoist leaders holed up in the village.
people like you made India what it is today who tooth and nail opposed Indian nuclear test ans were ready to resing from parliament for Iranian bomb
The West Bengal government today admitted that it had given in to the Maoists’ demands — and helped free 22 suspects — to secure yesterday’s release of Atindranath Dutta, the abducted Officer in Charge (OC) of the Sankrail police station.
Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen justified the decision by claiming that India was a “soft” state. And cited the release of militants in the 1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case and the 1999 IC-814 Kandahar hijack as precedents.
“The decision of not talking to the Maoists unless they eschewed violence is a long-term process but when you are placed in such a situation you have to make a compromise,” Sen told reporters at Writers’ Buildings.
“We had to make a choice between getting the OC alive and freeing some Maoists,” he said. “When a plane was hijacked (read Kandahar incident) three terrorists had to be released to get the passengers back. It happened in Kashmir, too (in the Rubaiya case). India is a soft state. We have seen these instances earlier in the 60 years since Independence. There is a difference between the Indian government and the Government of Israel. We cannot do what they can do,” Sen said.
Asked why the police did not take any action when the OC was being released, Sen said: “That would have been too adventurous.”
Dutta was abducted on October 20 by armed Maoists who raided the police station and killed two officers, looted the armoury and a nearby bank.
The same day, Maoist leader Kishenji said that the OC would be released only if the government freed those arrested during security operations in Lalgarh and Salboni. He also demanded a halt to the operations.
While the government did not accept the second demand, it decided — under clear instructions from Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee — to free the 14 women and eight men.
The Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary, Subesh Das, who controlled the operations told The Indian Express: “The government had to bend over backwards because it did not want to risk the life of the police officer.”
Court records show how this bending happened. The 22 suspects were charged with offences ranging from waging war against the state to attempt to murder. Twice, they were refused bail when the Public Prosecutor had gone on record to claim that the government had “strong evidence” against them. But the government ate these words yesterday.
The suspects walked free — they returned home to Lalgarh and Salboni today — when they got bail from the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in West Midnapore. The Public Prosecutor raised no objection — in fact, in a stunning U-turn, he said there was “little evidence” and that their custody was no longer needed for the probe.
So stark was the contrast that even defence lawyer Mrinal Choudhury said: “What happened seemed impossible. They were slapped with serious sections like waging war against the state which is punishable by life imprisonment and attempt to murder. Even I was surprised that the district court granted them bail.”
When asked about the U-turn, Public Prosecutor Chandi Charan Mahapatra said: “I did not oppose the bail petition because it was not necessary. In case of the women, there is no evidence they are Maoists. As for the men, I said we had some evidence but that was not enough. It’s immaterial whether I opposed (the bail plea) or not. It’s the judge who decides.”
Asked if there were any instructions from the government, Mahapatra said: “I was not under pressure of any kind. On two previous occasions, we opposed bail because we thought we had evidence.”
The case of the 14 women and one man (Number 137/2009) dates back to September 3. According to the FIR in Lalgarh police station, the women allegedly attacked a contingent of security forces in Bansber village when they were “under heavy gunfire” from the Maoists. The security personnel could not fire back since these women, with bows and arrows, stood in the way. The FIR alleges that the Maoists fired from behind these women.
According to the second FIR, (Number 78/2009), security forces were on “night duty in Buripal village in Shalboni,” when they were fired upon by Maoists. The seven accused, according to the FIR, attacked the security forces with swords and axes. The FIR claims the accused admitted they were deployed to protect Maoist leaders holed up in the village.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
a lvoe story murdered in kashmir why secularists are silent?
people who went bersk when Rizwan committed suicide in bengal are dead silent now.
Rajneesh was a small trader from Jammu often going on business trips to Srinagar. He fell in love with a girl and married her.
He wanted to be faithful to his beloved from Srinagar, who was beautiful and had unflinching trust in her life partner. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to have love bloom between Jammu and Srinagar. But it was more than that. The boy from Jammu was a Hindu and the girl from Srinagar, a Muslim. Ameena was her name and she changed her name to Anchal Sharma after marriage.
A month after the marriage the boy was picked up from his Jammu house by the Kashmir police and taken to Srinagar for "investigation". The police never registered his name, Rajneesh Sharma, as the accused who is being taken to Srinagar, but instead named his brother Pawan Sharma in police records, to confuse and hide the real identity.
The smell of a plot was there the moment they took the boy hustled in a jeep and covered with a blanket.
The boy never returned home to celebrate his first Diwali with Anchal nee Ameena.
He was found dead hanging with an iron grill in his Srinagar cell. Police said he committed "suicide". An inconsolable Anchal alleged that her parents bribed police to murder her beloved because he dared to marry a Muslim girl from the valley. Anchal’s father works in Srinagar’s police department, hence the influence was obvious.
This week Anchal would have been celebrating Diwali with her husband Rajneesh but for if this ultimate Taliban act. Surprisingly the incident, so brutal and tragic hasn’t found an echo in the elite human-rightist circles of Delhi and the self-righteous media which had taken up the Rizwan case of Kolkata at a greater war footing than it has shown regarding Chinese incursions.
Rajneesh's "murder" in a police post in Srinagar wouldn’t have occurred if Rajneesh was a "Rizwan" and the girl had remained an Ameena.
The writerati, who declare love’s supremacy whenever the boy is someone else and the girl is a Hindu (the final test one has to pass to be declared secular in this land of self-flagellation) are maintaining a studied silence. None has spoken so far. None has tried to invoke the wrath of the Women’s Commission, none has bothered to take a delegation of women to Jammu in the name of secularism and its prophets. And none has found it a deserving case for a heated debate on the sparkling channels discussing who should win — love or the colour of your faith?
Why?
Because the girl was a Muslim turned Hindu and the boy, unfortunately happened to be Hindu. Because the culprit in this case is Srinagar, the reservoir of all that is sacred in secular pantheon and the boy belongs to the Hindu Jammu and hence anything that would demand a condemnation of the Taliban in Srinagar must be held back and forgotten?
The girl, Anchal nee Ameena, said sobbingly in Jammu that the Srinagar police tortured her husband just for his crime of marrying a Muslim girl. The mother of the girl knew about the affair but insisted the boy convert to Islam, which Rajneesh refused. Anchal says Rajneesh was tortured in the police custody putting pressure on him to convert and when he refused consistently, he was murdered. The Jammu papers have reported quoting the postmortem report that police tortured the boy in custody, broke his legs, crushed his knee, gave him electric shocks and peeled his nails before declaring his "suicide". In cold blood.
In Srinagar. In a police post. He was married on August 21, "picked up" without an arrest warrant on September 29 and was found dead in police custody on October 4. Though a magisterial inquiry was ordered, no FIR was lodged till yesterday, that is, October 14, when a chief judicial magistrate in Jammu ordered an inquiry against 11 accused persons in Srinagar.
The Buddhists of Ladakh and the Hindus of Jammu have been complaining for long that Srinagar has become an alien land for them. It discriminates against them on the basis of religion. The Amarnath Shrine agitation is a recent pointer to what Srinagar does to its minorities. The forced exile of half a million Hindus from the valley is another example of the attitude that the only Muslim-majority state of India has exhibited towards non-Muslims. For a detailed factsheet regarding Srinagar’s blatant communal bias against Jammu, please see my column.
A couple of years before, the Buddhist Association of Ladakh gave a memorandum to the central government. A part of it said:
1. During 1992-99, 24 Buddhist girls from Leh district were converted to Islam and a majority of them were taken to Kargil and Srinagar.
2. Twelve villages with hamlets of Buddhists, comprising 651 families (numbering approximately 5,000) located at 40km to 60km from Kargil town were targeted for conversions. Till 2002, 72 boys and girls were converted to Islam, according to the survey conducted by the Ladakh Buddhist Association.
3. Muslims of Kargil are not allowing the LBA to repair and reconstruct a 40-year-old Gompa comprising three rooms and lying in a shambles.
4. Cremation of dead Buddhists is not allowed at Kargil and the body has to be moved at a remote Buddhist area.
5. No Buddhist sarai is allowed to be constructed at Kargil though there has been a demand for the last 35 years.
6. Kargil has 20% Buddhist population. Yet (a) only one Buddhist was appointed patwari out of 24 patwaris, the rest were all Muslims. (b) In 1998, 40 employees for Class IV were appointed in the education department; out of these only one was Buddhist, that too after his conversion to Islam.
Similar complaints, with proven statistics were given regarding discrimination against Buddhists in the area of Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS), admission to medical and engineering colleges and allocation of development funds received from the central government.
That’s Srinagar.
So who is going to help Anchal? She seems to be a courageous beloved of her "slain" husband and has been facing media crews with grit. She has refused an ex gratia grant by the state government and has demanded a CBI inquiry. The state leaders, who made a beeline to Shopian, have not bothered to say even a word of sympathy, leave aside visiting her.
Her only "crime": she loved Rajneesh.
Rajneesh was a small trader from Jammu often going on business trips to Srinagar. He fell in love with a girl and married her.
He wanted to be faithful to his beloved from Srinagar, who was beautiful and had unflinching trust in her life partner. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to have love bloom between Jammu and Srinagar. But it was more than that. The boy from Jammu was a Hindu and the girl from Srinagar, a Muslim. Ameena was her name and she changed her name to Anchal Sharma after marriage.
A month after the marriage the boy was picked up from his Jammu house by the Kashmir police and taken to Srinagar for "investigation". The police never registered his name, Rajneesh Sharma, as the accused who is being taken to Srinagar, but instead named his brother Pawan Sharma in police records, to confuse and hide the real identity.
The smell of a plot was there the moment they took the boy hustled in a jeep and covered with a blanket.
The boy never returned home to celebrate his first Diwali with Anchal nee Ameena.
He was found dead hanging with an iron grill in his Srinagar cell. Police said he committed "suicide". An inconsolable Anchal alleged that her parents bribed police to murder her beloved because he dared to marry a Muslim girl from the valley. Anchal’s father works in Srinagar’s police department, hence the influence was obvious.
This week Anchal would have been celebrating Diwali with her husband Rajneesh but for if this ultimate Taliban act. Surprisingly the incident, so brutal and tragic hasn’t found an echo in the elite human-rightist circles of Delhi and the self-righteous media which had taken up the Rizwan case of Kolkata at a greater war footing than it has shown regarding Chinese incursions.
Rajneesh's "murder" in a police post in Srinagar wouldn’t have occurred if Rajneesh was a "Rizwan" and the girl had remained an Ameena.
The writerati, who declare love’s supremacy whenever the boy is someone else and the girl is a Hindu (the final test one has to pass to be declared secular in this land of self-flagellation) are maintaining a studied silence. None has spoken so far. None has tried to invoke the wrath of the Women’s Commission, none has bothered to take a delegation of women to Jammu in the name of secularism and its prophets. And none has found it a deserving case for a heated debate on the sparkling channels discussing who should win — love or the colour of your faith?
Why?
Because the girl was a Muslim turned Hindu and the boy, unfortunately happened to be Hindu. Because the culprit in this case is Srinagar, the reservoir of all that is sacred in secular pantheon and the boy belongs to the Hindu Jammu and hence anything that would demand a condemnation of the Taliban in Srinagar must be held back and forgotten?
The girl, Anchal nee Ameena, said sobbingly in Jammu that the Srinagar police tortured her husband just for his crime of marrying a Muslim girl. The mother of the girl knew about the affair but insisted the boy convert to Islam, which Rajneesh refused. Anchal says Rajneesh was tortured in the police custody putting pressure on him to convert and when he refused consistently, he was murdered. The Jammu papers have reported quoting the postmortem report that police tortured the boy in custody, broke his legs, crushed his knee, gave him electric shocks and peeled his nails before declaring his "suicide". In cold blood.
In Srinagar. In a police post. He was married on August 21, "picked up" without an arrest warrant on September 29 and was found dead in police custody on October 4. Though a magisterial inquiry was ordered, no FIR was lodged till yesterday, that is, October 14, when a chief judicial magistrate in Jammu ordered an inquiry against 11 accused persons in Srinagar.
The Buddhists of Ladakh and the Hindus of Jammu have been complaining for long that Srinagar has become an alien land for them. It discriminates against them on the basis of religion. The Amarnath Shrine agitation is a recent pointer to what Srinagar does to its minorities. The forced exile of half a million Hindus from the valley is another example of the attitude that the only Muslim-majority state of India has exhibited towards non-Muslims. For a detailed factsheet regarding Srinagar’s blatant communal bias against Jammu, please see my column.
A couple of years before, the Buddhist Association of Ladakh gave a memorandum to the central government. A part of it said:
1. During 1992-99, 24 Buddhist girls from Leh district were converted to Islam and a majority of them were taken to Kargil and Srinagar.
2. Twelve villages with hamlets of Buddhists, comprising 651 families (numbering approximately 5,000) located at 40km to 60km from Kargil town were targeted for conversions. Till 2002, 72 boys and girls were converted to Islam, according to the survey conducted by the Ladakh Buddhist Association.
3. Muslims of Kargil are not allowing the LBA to repair and reconstruct a 40-year-old Gompa comprising three rooms and lying in a shambles.
4. Cremation of dead Buddhists is not allowed at Kargil and the body has to be moved at a remote Buddhist area.
5. No Buddhist sarai is allowed to be constructed at Kargil though there has been a demand for the last 35 years.
6. Kargil has 20% Buddhist population. Yet (a) only one Buddhist was appointed patwari out of 24 patwaris, the rest were all Muslims. (b) In 1998, 40 employees for Class IV were appointed in the education department; out of these only one was Buddhist, that too after his conversion to Islam.
Similar complaints, with proven statistics were given regarding discrimination against Buddhists in the area of Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS), admission to medical and engineering colleges and allocation of development funds received from the central government.
That’s Srinagar.
So who is going to help Anchal? She seems to be a courageous beloved of her "slain" husband and has been facing media crews with grit. She has refused an ex gratia grant by the state government and has demanded a CBI inquiry. The state leaders, who made a beeline to Shopian, have not bothered to say even a word of sympathy, leave aside visiting her.
Her only "crime": she loved Rajneesh.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
SIkhas can't carry kripan in USA , what is our government doing which lost sleep when kafeel was arrested in Australia
A bill to educate law enforcement officers about the religious significance of 'kirpans' has been vetoed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who found it "unnecessary," drawing angry reaction from the Sikh community in the US.
The decision came as a shock to the organisations, individuals and lawmakers who supported the bill.
The veto was particularly surprising given bipartisan votes in favour of the bill in both houses of legislature, advocacy group Sikh Coalition said in a statement.
The bill was passed unanimously in both Houses, by 77-0 in the Assembly and by 36-0 in the Senate.
"This loss for the Sikh community is a reminder of our serious lack of political clout in this state. After months of hard work and 100 per cent support from our lawmakers, the Sikh voice was still not strong enough to overcome the whim of one man," said Prabhjot Singh, Sikh Coalition Board chairman.
The Bill AB 504 was introduced in February 2009 by Assembly member Warren Furutani to use education to help stem the arrests of Sikhs for carrying kirpans in California.
Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the arrests of Sikhs nationwide for carrying kirpans in the absence of an understanding among law enforcers.
Police mistakenly believe them to be in violation of concealed weapons laws, the Sikh Coalition said.
"AB 504 was our first attempt to change this," the statement said.
The decision came as a shock to the organisations, individuals and lawmakers who supported the bill.
The veto was particularly surprising given bipartisan votes in favour of the bill in both houses of legislature, advocacy group Sikh Coalition said in a statement.
The bill was passed unanimously in both Houses, by 77-0 in the Assembly and by 36-0 in the Senate.
"This loss for the Sikh community is a reminder of our serious lack of political clout in this state. After months of hard work and 100 per cent support from our lawmakers, the Sikh voice was still not strong enough to overcome the whim of one man," said Prabhjot Singh, Sikh Coalition Board chairman.
The Bill AB 504 was introduced in February 2009 by Assembly member Warren Furutani to use education to help stem the arrests of Sikhs for carrying kirpans in California.
Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the arrests of Sikhs nationwide for carrying kirpans in the absence of an understanding among law enforcers.
Police mistakenly believe them to be in violation of concealed weapons laws, the Sikh Coalition said.
"AB 504 was our first attempt to change this," the statement said.
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