Ajit Vadakayil: MAHATMA GANDHI , RE-WRITING INDIAN.
The Wall Street Journals review states the book depicts Gandhi as a sexual weirdo, a political incompetent, a fanatical faddist, implacably racist, and a ceaseless self-promoter, professing his love for mankind as a concept while actually. The State Assembly of Gujarat (with a population of more than 50 million), where Gandhi was born, voted unanimously to ban the book immediately after the states chief minister, Narendra Modi, said it ���deserves to be despised.���.
Abuse Tracker: December 2010 Archives
On December 6th last, Walsh was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment, four suspended, for child sex abuse... The Pope had a Christmas message for the world this year: we should forgive Catholic priests for raping children because everyone else was doing it.. Los Angeles (CNA) -- A new study showing that teen girls are depicted sexually on prime-time TV more than adults has critics condemning the trend as a sinister fixation on underage young women.
Haqs Musings: Challenges of Indian Democracy
A former Indian minister Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh told the BBC that more than 65% of Indias rural population defecated in the open, along roadsides, railway tracks and fields, generating huge amounts of excrement every day... after the gang rape of a 23-year-old girl on Dec. 16. The rapes continue too. On Wednesday night, three men reportedly raped a 42-year-old woman and dumped her in South Delhi. There are more cases being reported every day.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 10.03.10
In more ways than one, the main Opposition party has bailed out the Government from a tricky situation that could have fetched the Congress huge embarrassment... HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. NOW TO MAKE THE BILL WORK. For 14 long years, the Womens Reservation Bill has been one of the most controversial and bitterly contested legislations. That emotions about the Bill run high was.. Many had seen their parents murdered and their sisters raped.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 21.06.11
But if the industry and the administration wanted to show commitment to the partnership and make a qualitative leap, the US would have offered its more advanced fighters.. Every time a rape case is reported, especially in Uttar Pradesh, which seems to be topping the list at the moment, the scramble to cover up the crime appears to be the priority for the police rather than making efforts to bring. Witness the latest of the five rapes over the last two days in the state.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 30.12.09
History shows the damage done by forced and unequal treaties, such as the Versailles Treaty that humiliated Germany after World War I, and sowed the seeds of Hitlers ascendancy and an even more cataclysmic World War II... Since Khalid Habibs death in last years Predator strike no other Al Qaeda leader was described as having replaced Khalid Habin until the December 24 report in the Asia Times describing Ilyas Kashmiri as the chief of Lashkar-al-Zil.
Refuting Killing Fields: Sri Lanka needs effective diplomats.
They recruited over 5,700 child combatants according to the UNICEF, invented the suicide vest and deployed it more than 236 times successfully, bombed UNESCO protected places of religious worship, massacred civilians endlessly, including in. The BBC operated out of Colombo.. If I am of at any authority I would have made a documentary using them to show how it all started and what better country Sri Lanka and the world is now without this barbaric LTTE.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 15.01.11
There will be a good and convincing answer, which some would interpret as tinged by a menacing tone, can be viewed as no more than the courts justly expressed expectation from the state. Its subsequent.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. CAG GOT YOUR TONGUE? GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI. Does 1954 mean anything special in India? Well, not really. It was a straight-forward kind of year. Nothing sensational happened, nothing that elated or depressed one. For the vast��.
Bollywood expresses solidarity for Delhi gangrape victim
What about Aruna Shanbaug, who was raped and beaten so brutally in Mumbai? The problem is, all of the fuss goes away after a few months. I hope it doesnt happen this time too. It hurts even more because that girl wanted to live; she was fighting for.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 09.01.10
HINDUSTAN TIMES. LEAVING THEM OUT IN THE COLD; YOURE WHAT THE WORLD CALLS YOU - PRATIK KANJILAL; PUT SECURITY UNDER A NEW TYPE OF SCANNER - BARKHA DUTT. INDIAN EXPRESS. KEEP IT SMART... It needs to be understood that India walked the extra mile at Sharm el-Sheikh and demonstrated that when it comes to diplomacy India is more rational than emotional... On January 16, bids will open for building Disneyland. In fact��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 20.12.10
All the same, it is with a heavy heart that people will bid adieu to the incandescent bulb that has over the decades come to symbolise a lot more than just light. At a time when the West was in the throes of industrialisation, the��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 12.09.09
Perhaps the biggest irony this anniversary week of 9/11 is the fact that the fate of the people of the land of Taliban and al-Qaeda is hanging more dangerously than before because this time the threat is coming through democracy.. The vote tally on September 3, when it was decided to defer the final announcement after government officials and neutral observers proposed a thorough probe into electoral misconduct, shows Hamid Karzai in the lead with 45.8 per��.
Dec 16 BBC documentary depicts mindset of rapists, shows rape more than a.
Why film the rapist speaking about the Dec 16 victim? The interview depicts the mentality of the rapists. It shows how rape is more than a personal problem. If you dont understand the psyche of the rapist, how would you solve the problem? What about.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 22.12.10
Looking at patterns from the 1930s onwards, I noted in a 1993 survey that whispers matter less than shouts: Public pronouncements count more than private communications.. Releasing the White Houses annual strategic review to the public on December 16, he declared that US policy in Afghanistan was on track to defeat Al Qaeda in Afghanistan... It has become the mindset of this government to generate revenue by increasing prices of petrol and diesel.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 25.06.11
Both have huge current account surpluses, both export more than they import, both have found themselves facing American criticism about not consuming enough and going slow on rebalancing... HINDUSTAN TIMES. SCARED OF THE SPARK. RAJINDER SACHAR. As expected, the government and the team led by Anna Hazare have disagreed on vital points. The question of including the prime minister within the ambit of the lokpal is being falsely blown out of��.
Haqs Musings: Female Genocide Unfolding in India
ActionAid has also found that girls are more likely to be born but less likely to survive in areas with more limited access to public health services and modern ultrasound technology. In rural.. Rallies continue in New Delhi after the gang rape of a 23-year-old girl on Dec. 16. The rapes continue too. On Wednesday night, three men reportedly raped a 42-year-old woman and dumped her in South Delhi. There are more cases being reported every day. The biggest story��.
Prophet Muhammad on Holy War Against Al-Hind (India.
Andre Wink describes that this aspiration to conquer India had existed since the time of the Prophet, as is evidenced by the sacred texts: ������ in the hadith collections the prophet Muhammad himself is credited with the aspiration of conquering India.. there for more than 800 years how many muslims are there in spain if ur talking about any body talk with facts just go to through documentaries rize and fall of islamic spain :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE-F2tybkDQ��.
Indias Superpower Euphoria CLXVII - cogito ergo sum
Opinion �� Lead December 26, 2010 Let a thousand heretics bloom Brinda Bose Prasanta Chakravarty The Hindu Liberal education is a sustained and controlled matter, where practicality is directly related to searching analyses and. (As A.G. Noorani notes in Chhatrapati or bust (Hindustan Times, 27 January), Section 153A has frequently -- but selectively -- been invoked over the past decade and more, writing: Section 153A is not invoked to suppress the VHP or��.