Archive for November, 2005
Non-White, Rucksack and Running - Dishum
Most of you will remember the poor Brazilian guy that got killed by zealous London police after the July bomb attacks on the Underground trains.
This guy was totally innocent, but being non-White and running to catch a train got him shot some eight times at close range. The police simply needed to show the Londoners [...]
How Jagannath festival became Juggernaut massacre
Did you know that the English word “Juggernaut” is derived from Jagannath, and is pronounced the same way? But the difference lies in that the word has been disastrously misinterpreted to mean very negative things, just the opposite of the original word which is divinity Itself!
Dictionary.com gives the meanings for juggernaut:
Something, such as a belief [...]
Uma Bharati Used and Thrown by BJP
Manu Smriti was written millennia ago, but if in all of its history it was ever followed, then it is now and by the BJP.
BJP has a high regard for women, it treats women as mothers and Devis, but it has no high impression of them. In all of BJP’s history and even before, [...]
Why British viewed Hinduism as Barbaric
Given below are snippets from the above book which describes the activities of the Thugs, as the murderous Indian cult was called.
In many British minds, therefore, Hinduism became perceived as a barbaric religion. It was a faith that permitted infanticide - specifically, the killing of unwanted female children - and suttee, the burning of widows [...]
Vedic Age: Forget going back to it!
Vedic Age seems to be the Utopia that some Hindus hang on to. All the modern ills of society, they claim, can be cured by a return to the Vedic traditions.
I vehemently disagree! Vedic Age does appear in our legends and histories as a time when the society did have lesser problems. But the major [...]
Bandh culture ruining India
Bandhs and Hartals are two very famous processes in India’s public life. Usually called by political parties, or even by trade unions, these are highly disruptive activities whose sole aim are to stop public life and normal activities.
The irony is that organizations that declare bandhs claim it is a mechanism to protest the infringement and [...]
Whistleblowing is a deadly affair
After Satyendra Dubey, it is now the turn of S Manjunath - both IIT/IIM graduates, both decided the favour the decrepit public sector in India.
Both exposed corruption during their work for which both have paid dearly with their lives.
Dubey exposed a huge swindle in the expensive national highway project, and he was killed in [...]
Nepal - Hindu kingdom recovering from trouble
Nepal, the tiny country landlocked between India and China, is the only Hindu country and monarchy in the world. It has been about a decade of close to civil war with the Maoist terrorists fighting the government to convert the Hindu monarchy into a Communist republic.
Today, the Maoists have offered to end their bloody struggle [...]
Bihar circus worth all the Crores
At last the great circus in Bihar has drawn to a close, this time with a clear mandate. From the results, which are heartening, it is easy to say that the second round of elections have been worthwhile.
First about the results: Some months back, the elections brought in a hung Assembly which was prematurely dissolved [...]
Virgin India’s AIDS time bomb
I’m sure you must’ve come across all the embarrassing hullabaloo over pre-marital sex, virginity, and six-inch skirts going around in our Press lately. Embarrassing not because of the topic, but the nature of its discussion.
It all started when Khushboo said something like there’s nothing wrong in girls having pre-marital sex if it was safe. That [...]