Muslim Appeasement at Sky high

Kishen Kak on Double standards

Between 1986 and 1992, at least 93 temples in Kashmir have been documented as destroyed by Muslims ( www.kashmir-information.com/Atrocities/Temples/index.html ). Neither the Government of India nor the Supreme Court of India nor any Nehruvian secularist felt any need to intervene and prevent the destruction of Hindu shrines and cultural symbols.

In early 2005,.in the historic temple city of Madurai, some 250 temples (including those a century old) were demolished, following a High Court order, by the municipal authorities. Neither the Government of India nor the Supreme Court of India nor any Nehruvian secularist felt any need to intervene and prevent the destruction of Hindu shrines and cultural symbols.

In early 2006, following due notice and a High Court order, municipal authorities in Vadodara demolished 42 temples. Neither the Government of India nor the Supreme Court of India nor any Nehruvian secularist felt any need to intervene and prevent the destruction of Hindu shrines and cultural symbols.

On May 01, 2006, as part of the same demolition drive, and following due notice and even an offer of land in exchange, a dargah was demolished, and Muslims reacted with an orgy of violence, including arson at the sessions court because it did not stay the demolition of the dargah. Four persons (both Hindu and Muslim) were killed. The Union Home Secretary spoke to the State Chief Secretary, the National Commission for Minorities intervened with the State Government, and the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs rushed to Vadodara to later declare that "the Vadodara administration could have avoided the demolition of the dargah in view of the people's sentiments". A few days later, though the local situation was under control and the Union Home Secretary said the State authorities "are doing their job", the Government of India filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court promptly stayed the High Court order and the demolitions. Among the government arguments that the Supreme Court found persuasive were that this is an "intrinsically sensitive" issue and "that the order if permitted to operate will result in grave and serious consequences on the law and order in the State and may have adverse repercussions on the 'secular fabric' of the nation as a whole". It is to be noted that the High Court order had been to "take immediate steps for removal of encroachment of religious structures on the public space without any discrimination" and this is exactly what the authorities had done. All affected religious communities cooperated, except the Muslim ( The Hindu ;Daily Pioneer; Images ; May 3rd; Hindu ; "Vadodara incident-free as Army stages flag march", The Hindu, May 5, 2006).

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A day earlier to the dargah demolition, Muslims massacred 35 Hindus in J&K. The Prime Minister of India was concerned enough to issue a statement and the Union Home Minister said that such killings will not derail the peace process. Neither the National Human Rights Commission nor the Supreme Court of India felt the killing of Hindus by Muslims warranted their intervention.

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This is what is appeasement. Not able to take tough good decisions over muslims on national security and societal safely is a result of 2 things.

The public fears the muslim and the govt appeases them for loss of vote bank.

All these will go on and on and on ... All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that, good men do nothing.

Rags to riches

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The future of India lies in the hands of young entrepreners like Subramani Ramachandrappa. His family rose from a humble start to a mound, then fell again in the mud, only to rise again as a mountain.

I doubt, if Subramani would have ventured into this entreprenership, but for his debts. He would have been contented, had the debts weren't there. The debts were a source of driving force. The debts were a blessing in disguise to bring out the best in him. He could have chosen to fled from the society, lead a peaceful life again with a humble start. But, he chose to fight back, taken the debts on his shoulders and be a responsible son as well as a guardian to his family.

Necessity is the mother of invention. And he has proven it. Let him be a source of inspiration to others. As he says, "Learn from failure".

Murali

Mahajan: A great loss to Mother India

Pramod Mahajan, the former IT minister, I&B minister, defence Minister and Parlimentary affairs minister had an untimely death.

Forget about his party affiliations and forget about his hindutwa leanings.

Look at him as a professional who does his job with utter clearity and a spontaneous sense of humor. He is one guy who can cool off any amount of tension in any press confrence. He is one point man who believed he could deliver stuffs. He is a man of strategy, man of work, a man who earned his way up the political ladder from a low profile sub editor of Tarun Bharat to the I&B minister and later an advisor to the Prime Minister.

This should not have been the way to his end. This certainly is not. There were miles to go before he died. He died before he could become a legend. Yes, he was a legend in the making. He was the man who changed the way Indian politics approached electioneering. His strategy could have failed in 2004 elections as "Indian shining" campaign couldn't make a mark in the voters' mind. But, I would say, that is the way an election has to be faught. On the backs of your past achievements and not on the opponents weakness.

His fighting spirit was evident even in his death. When Vajpayee told that, as always Mahajan will fight back and pull thorugh, I too was confident of his come back. Gutters like Ajit Jogi survived, but Pramod didn't. Another terrible blow to the Indian Politics. He was the next generation face of young vibrant India. I thought he had the potential to become the PM oneday.

He has many a feathers to his hat during his tenure as an I&B minister. He was the one to start the first 24 hrs news channel in DD. He was instrumental in starting the 24 sports channel, DD sports and in getting the broadcast rights fo rthe cricket matches to DD. He has played a very important role in the formation of the market regulator in telecom, TRAI. And he was very much receptive to the advice of NASSCOM when he was the IT minister. He displayed shrewdness in understanding the depth of the problem and has the spine to take it head on. That is one reason why, he was on the headlines many a times for the wrong reasons. But, neverthless, he doesn't care for he does what he believes in.

India has to put up with one more loss. May his soul rest in peace and May god bless India with many more Pramod Mahajans.

Murali