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Malegaon Blast: Liar Leaders more harmful than Sadhvi Pragya 2008-11-13 16:05:26 It's the irresponsible and liar 'leaders' who will end up hurting this nation in the long run more than any of the blast accused--either a Hindu suspect like Sadhvi Pragya or a Muslim terror accused. Let me first put a few things in perspective and then come back to it and explain why I feel our politicians are doing great harm to the country.1. The current trail of investigation after the arrest Read more:Blast
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Indian Muslims, Ulema lead in terror condemnation 2008-11-11 14:05:40 It was an extraordinary event. Thousands of Ulema decided to reach Hyderabad and endorse the fatwa against terrorism, which was earlier issued at the Deoband seminary this year.Without any political support or any pressing need to say it, the Ulema went ahead and decided to hold the event. Though earlier in Delhi, Deoband, Kanpur, Kolkata and Bhopal, similar anti-terrorism conferences had been hel Read more:Muslims
Teenaged love on Tree trunks: A Thing of Past 2008-11-10 09:43:07 Defacing monuments with love messages is a bad habit but wherever you go in India, you will find such scribblings on the walls of ancient structures.It's a sort of habit for many. Some write their name just for fun. Others do it to see if the name survives for long even if the next visit is several years later. Others do it out of an itch to scribble.In most parks, you will see names of couples wr Read more:Teenaged
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Now say 'US President Barack Obama': Black Man in White House 2008-11-08 14:49:40 Democrat Barack
Hussein Obama
is now the President
of United States. He succeeds George Bush, one of the most unpopular of US presidents, after defeating Republican John McCain.This black boy in the photograph on the right is now holding the most powerful post in the world. It was unthinkable until recently but it has happened.Riding over a wave of disenchantment with the Republicans due to the on Read more:Black
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What's wrong with Indian society: Innocent get killed, Vandals get respect 2008-11-04 14:26:11 Innocents are shot dead without a thought while goons under the garb of politicians can slaughter the soul of the nation but are spared. This is a sad reality in today's India.The Indian police that never takes any action against a person who is remotely a 'VIP', kills a 22-year-old Kuldeep Kumar without any provocation. The incident occurred in Bhiwani in Haryana. They later said that it was an a Read more:Innocent
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SP MLA offers Rs 10 million for Raj Thackeray's head 2008-11-01 14:05:01 A Samajwadi Party MLA has publicly announced that he would give Rs 1 crore (10 million
) to any one who kills Raj Thackeray, the rogue MNS leader.In the era of theatrics, it is hardly a surprise. The SP MLA Kishor Samrite did cross the line. As he is an elected public representative, the announcement acquires more serious dimension. But, it is equally true, that Raj has been given a long rope and h
Linking Muslims with Terrorism: 12 cops killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, 17 die in blasts in Impal 2008-10-31 17:02:17 Why only Muslims
are called terrorists?It may seem a rant or that I am over-reacting but in 24 hrs, India braved two major terrorist strikes: In the first, Naxalites killed 12 CRPF policemen in Chhattisgarh and in other incident, 18 persons killed in Manipur in blasts by suspected People Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PRPK). Ironically they were not considered terrorist strikes.Not one inspect Read more:Linking
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Verse for Humanity in the Times of Terrorism 2008-10-31 16:35:00 Lately I have been posting less poetry on this blog. Going through a collection of verses, I had recently stopped at this Nazm. The language is simple and the poem has barely six lines.In English, these lines may at first glance seem too ordinary. But for a poet like Fazal Tabish, who is known for his complex poetry, it is an unusual verse. Specially for a writer who considered humanism as supreme Read more:Terrorism
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Greetings on Diwali: Jashn-e-Chiraghan Mubarak 2008-10-27 06:34:04 Diwali is no longer a festival confined to India and South Asia. Now with Indians living across the world, the celebrations are reported from across the globe.This year I'm in my City among friends. Last year I had written the post about my feelings 'Celeberating Diwali in an alien land' when I was away.As most of us know, the homecoming of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after 14 years and his victory over Read more:Greetings
The Role of Roznama Rashtriya Sahara 2008-10-21 16:22:37 The growth of the Urdu daily from Sahara
group has been astonishing. The paper has also begun to shape public opinion, especially among the Muslim masses of North India.It is for the first time since independence that an Urdu paper is writing critically against the establishment (either Congress or BJP), raising tough questions & issues like corruption in Muslim organisations, is taking up cau
No outrage over DMK's pro-LTTE stance 2008-10-19 12:43:38 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is one of the most dangerous terrorist organisations in the world. Even the ultra-liberal would find it difficult to term them as fighters, as the organisation has been responsible for the assassination of a Prime Minister of our country.In this context, it is strange to see the audacity of DMK, which is forcing the Centre to act and intervene. The Sri
Congress and Communal riots in India 2008-10-15 06:23:30 The anti-Christian violence in Orissa did claim 35 lives but not one person died in Karnataka. Still, the UPA did issue warnings to both the state governments under the Article 355 of India
n constitution--a rare thing.In sharp contrast, Assam where Congress
is the ruling party, no action was taken though the figure of death went past 60 and 150,000 people had to fled their homes. The riots
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Djinns and the mosque: Legends and nostalgia 2008-10-10 16:00:32 The tales of Djinns are fascinating and of course scary at the same time. In my childhood I heard numerous tales about the djinns (or jinns) and their exploits.The photo shows the Jizyagarhi mosque
in Kakori, 14 km fom Lucknow. We heard umpteen stories of the djinns living in this ancient mosque. Relatives would tell that when they entered the mosque there would be no soul but when they started pr Read more:Legends
IBN7 Hindi News Channel: Journalism or preaching prejudices! 2008-10-08 14:31:57 It is no longer a joke if you say that 24 hr TV channel is a monster. Firstly, it has to telecast something round the clock and then also ensure that the TRPs don't fall. But one does expect some basic ethics of journalism to be followed even in the process of grabbing eyeballs.Ironically, IBN7, a Hindi
News channel, seems to have lost all sense of propriety even though it is headed by a senior jo Read more:Channel
Celebrating Eid in Awadh 2008-09-30 09:41:04 The Gomti is overflowing. It's a beautiful sight from above the bridge near Dollygunge. I don't remember having seen the river flowing at this height in the last twenty years. It was always a stream.The lush greenery on both sides of the bank catches one's eyes and for a moment it takes you away from the posters and placards of Bahujan Samaj Party that dot the entire landscape. It's so striking th
Muslims against Terrorism: Branding community & communalisation of society 2008-09-24 05:21:01 It's going to be a long post. First, two instances:*When hundreds of Muslims
gathered at Nagpara in Mumbai to give 'bad-duaa' to terrorists, it was not reported anywhere. It was an extraordinary event and doesn't happen anywhere. Soon after Delhi serial blasts, the Mumbai Muslims gave this 'curse'. Muslims prayed to Allah to punish those responsible for the bombings. There were Ulema and even poli Read more:against
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Terrorism & Bomb Blasts in India: Hindus, Muslims, Communalism and other issues 2008-09-22 15:43:42 It's tough to write a post after any terror strike as it has become a regular occurrence in this country and clearly we [India
] are the worst victims of terrorism in the world. Which country has faced so many serial blasts in most of its big cities in just a matter of few years? Having said this we must realise that those who die in blasts are human beings, who belong to various faiths.If Hari Cha Read more:Muslims
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Islamic scholar, leader Warith Deen Mohammed passes away 2008-09-12 17:17:23 With the demise of Imam Warith Deen Mohammad, Islamic
world has lost a great leader and thinker.When he had taken over as head of the Nation of Islam (NOI) after the death of Elijah Mohammad in 1975, it was still an organisation known for racism against Whites (and Jews) and aggressive black nationalism apart from the unique doctrine of Master Fard that spoke of UFO and an evil scientist's failed Read more:Mohammed
My morning cuppas in Hyderabad: Idle walks & Ideal mornings 2008-09-09 14:52:02 I haven't taken a long leave for quite sometime and in such moments I fondly recall my days in Hyderabad: the leisurely walks
, the morning cuppa and the hours spent poring over newspapers.For me there can't be a better start to the day than having lots of newspapers and ensconcing oneself on a chair in the back of a cafe/chai-khana and simply whiling away time. Especially when one doesn't have to
Communal Vs Secular Comics: Amar Chitra Katha & others 2008-09-02 17:25:15 You may laugh at the mere mention of 'communal comics'. But the cartoons and comics are to be taken seriously as they play an important role in shaping the minds of children.I was reading Tehelka's last issue where Nisha Susan did a review of Delhi-based academician Nandini Chandra's book 'The Classic popular: Amar Chitra Katha', when I thought of writing a post. And that's not the only book on th Read more:Comics
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State's softness on Bajrang Dal, VHP and allied organisations 2008-09-01 12:23:50 1. Two persons including an RSS activist and a former Bajrang Dal activist were killed while allegedly making bombs in Kanpur recently and police recovered explosives, timers and other devices from the room, but it didn't make much of a news.Except a few papers, none took notice of the trend and also the revelation that they were planning blasts to take revenge on Muslims. There were no follow-ups Read more:State
Urdu's poet laureate Ahmad Faraz passes away 2008-08-26 04:08:12 Ahmad Faraz, who was considered the greatest living poet of Urdu, is no more. The poet of 'romance & rebellion' died in Islamabad at the age of 77. He was ill for a long time but the news has come as a jolt to poetry lovers and fans of Faraz.His name is familiar to even those who have little interest in poetry and literary. In an era, when poetry is losing its status in the society, Faraz's co Read more:Ahmad
No house for Muslims: The controversy over Shabana Azmi's statement 2008-08-24 14:35:18 The outrage over Shabana Azami's comments, especially the extreme reaction of filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, composer Aadesh Shrivastava and director Shashi Ranjan is quite misplaced.Firstly, it is a problem which we must understand. Today, it has become immensely difficult for a Muslim to get a house on rent in urban areas of this country. The problem is more in North, Western and Central India, thoug Read more:Muslims
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What if Kenneth Haywood was Karim Hasan? 2008-08-22 09:12:07 Kenneth Haywood is safely esconced in his Arizona home in America, leaving a trail of unanswered questions about the email that was allegedly sent through his wi-fi internet connection just before the Ahmedabad blasts.Had the email been sent from the connection of one, say, Karim Hasan, would he have been so fortunate? He would certainly have been declared the mastermind of the blasts and a dozen Read more:Kenneth
Maithili Sharan Gupt: A poet of Vaishyas! 2008-08-20 13:55:49 It was a brief news, a single sentence that appeared in the inside page of a mass circulated Hindi paper about famous poet late Maithili Sharan Gupt recently.The 'Vaishya Gupta Gahoi Samaj' had recalled the contribution of the great poet on the occasion of his birth anniversary. The news was published slightly late, as his anniversay passed early this month. However, what beats me is the trend of
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