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In India every debate on conversion to Christianity ends with Hindu society's caste-based "poison of divisions". Missionaries and their supporters present conversion as the only "antidote" available. And missionaries are "doctors," hell bent on administering that antidote! And our "secularists" have been repeating it.
"Caste" was an old weapon of missionaries who established the conversion business in India. Anti-Brahminism, "Dravidianism," conversion as "the solution" to caste and the Aryan-Dravidian divide were effectively introduced as stratagems for conversion by Bishop Robert Caldwell. In his book "Christianity explained to Hindus: Christianity and Hinduism compared" (1893), he wrote that caste first arose from difference of race; people with black skin were "original inhabitants of India" (p. 20).
"On the other hand", he wrote, "Christianity teaches that God gave us life and continually preserves us. He is therefore our Father in heaven… The Brotherhood of man follows Fatherhood of God… But Hinduism makes life a curse instead of a blessing" (p. 20-21). Caldwell’s arguments are well known. His "Dravidian Grammar" was a trend-setter. But why did he painstakingly write so many books? If we read his lecture, "Progress of Christianity in India" we get the answer.
He says, "an encouraging amount of interest in the progress of Christianity has now at last been awakened, and a demand for information has been excited: it is now felt that a great door and effectual has been opened to us in India, and that the conversion of India to Christ is one of the greatest works, if not the great work, to which the Church and nation of England are called" (Lectures on the Tinnevelly Missions, 1857, p. 4).
For sheer audacity and bigotry, Caldwell could today be called a "cultural terrorist". Yet his views are endorsed by a section of India's "secular" intelligentsia! They were reiterated in Karnataka's recent public debate on conversion.
The debate on conversion was launched by the oldest Kannada daily, Samyukta Karnataka, with some well-researched articles by selected writers and scholars (my own essay has appeared in Karmaveera, a weekly of the same group). Taking the cue, the largest circulated Kannada daily, Vijay Karnataka, provided a platform for a bare-all debate. Noted Kannada novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa started with a big bang with his one-and-a half-page article. Every small and big, famous and notorious person in Karnataka has presented his or her opinion on the subject.
Professional missionaries kept silent; our secularists did all the batting on their behalf! Once again, leftists are proving that they are "more Christian" than the original faith-sellers.
First of all, is it good to debate conversion as suggested by some political leaders time and again? Should anybody debate conversion with anybody else out on the street? Would one debate it with professional missionaries, who have taken a vow, or money, to compulsively meet a number of people everyday just to persuade them to embrace Christianity? Should we organize an open debate at an open forum where anybody, from a scholar to a street vendor, from a professional gangster to a professional pimp, could come and vent his "thoughts"?
I do not suggest we should shy away from such debates. While they do not solve any religious problem, they bring pertinent questions into the open. Let people be aware of everything vis-à-vis conversion and Christianity, and about castes.
Hindus should not hesitate to debate caste as they have nothing to hide. But they should understand what Christianity is all about. They should study and debate its history and methods of expansion, its "spiritualism" and "brotherhood." They should ask missionaries why casteless societies were converted to Christianity throughout the ages and throughout the world.
Missionaries' typical answers are well known. In India, "conversion is the best solution for caste-based differences within Hindu society;" in America, "barbaric tribes had to be civilized and spiritualized." They always proffer local issues to justify conversions. In India's case, most proponents of Christianity's "monolithic unity" and Hinduism’s "caste- based divisions" invoke B.R. Ambedkar to remain politically correct while attacking the faith! But all fail to explain why Ambedkar did not convert to Caldwell's "great brotherhood" called Christianity.
In fact, Ambedkar wanted to send a strong message through his religious conversion. After examining Christianity, he wrote in 1938: "caste governs the life of Christians as much as it does the life of the Hindus. There are Brahmin Christians and non-Brahmin Christians. Among non-Brahmin Christians there are Maratha Christians, Mahar Christians, Mang Christians and Bhangi Christians. Similarly in the south there are Pariah Christians, Malla Christians and Madiga Christians. They would not inter-marry. They would not inter-dine" (Selected Speeches and Writings, Vol. 5, Government of Maharashtra, 1989, p. 445-78).
Ambedkar converted to Buddhism as it was a "part and parcel of Bharatiya culture." He said: "I have taken care that my conversion will not harm the tradition of the culture and the history of this land" (Quoted in 'Ambedkar', by Dhananjay Keer, p. 498).
The hard truth is that even Buddhism is not a monolithic unity! It has different schools of thought and different traditional streams. For that matter where do we find the most unified, rock-solid group on earth? Is Islam one single entity? Is Christianity a superb monolith? If so, since when? Since its inception or through "spiritualism"? Since the First Council of Nicaea, when Emperor Constantine decided, at sword-point, what should and should not be the tenets of 'official' Christianity? Or since the Second Vatican Council, when it was decided to establish the supremacy of Catholicism once again?
Let us examine the facts; consult their own sources.
Christians are not one; they are divided into separate churches and traditions. Over the centuries, Christianity has divided into numerous denominations. Each denomination has its own distinctive beliefs or practices, yet we hold them to be branches of the same religion. But when it comes to Hindu society, every Tom, Dick or Harry talks about caste and asks us "where is the common unity?" as if there is no common thread of beliefs among Hindus!
Although missionaries never talk about their internal divisions openly, conversion always happens to a particular denomination, to a particular church. One can never get converted to "Christianity". He or she can only become a member of a particular church. When former British Prime Minister Tony Blair converted to the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican community and its church vehemently protested.
Why do street missionaries never talk about their internal divisions? This is an age-old strategy. The famous Christian apologist, C.S. Lewis, who wrote Mere Christianity, in 1940s, reminded believers about this strategy: "our divisions should never be discussed except in the presence of those who have already come to believe that there is one God and that Jesus Christ is his only Son"!
Let us move on to the denominations. In 1985, it was estimated that there were 22,000 Christian denominations with 5 new ones being formed each week! There are nearly 34,000 (probably more) Christian and Messianic denominations and churches in the world now. These may be broken down to six different main blocks:
1] Independents 22000
2] Protestants 9000
3] 'Marginals' 1600
4] Orthodox 781
5] Roman Catholics 242
6] Anglicans 168
Total 33791
(Source: World Christian Encyclopedia, by Barrett, Kurian, Johnson; Oxford Univ. Press, 2nd edition, 2001, Vol. 1, p.16-18).
What are denominations? The encyclopedia explains: "a denomination is defined in this Encyclopedia as an organized aggregate of worship centers or congregations of similar ecclesiastical tradition within a specific country; i.e. as an organized Christian church or tradition or religious group or community of believers, within a specific country, whose component congregations and members are called by the same denominational name in different areas, regarding themselves as one autonomous Christian church distinct from other denominations, churches and traditions. As defined here, world Christianity consists of 6 major ecclesiastico-cultural blocs, divided into 300 major ecclesiastical traditions, composed of over 33,000 distinct denominations in 238 countries, these denominations themselves being composed of over 3,400,000 worship centers, churches or congregations" (Barrett et al, Vol. 1, page 16, Table 1-5).
Pope John Paul II once called Protestant missionaries "rapacious wolves" for converting Catholics! So much for "monolithic unity"! In the second week of August 2007, Roman Catholics, Protestants, Methodists, Pentecostals, Orthodox, Evangelicals (sounds like caste names!) gathered to map a "common religious conversion code" in France. The code, which has to be finalized in a year or two, was named "Ethical Conversion Code".
"Conversion is a controversial issue not only in inter-religious relations, but in intra-Christian relations as well," admitted Dr. Hans Ucko, World Council of Churches programme executive and one of the organizers of the meeting.
So much for "monolithic unity" and "great brotherhood"!
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Editorials, Comments, Articles & Anecdotes
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Catholic-Secular Forum (CSF) In Panic Mode
“How would we react, if fundamentalists attacked Christians again (during) this Christmas?”
Thus begins a pamphlet, published and circulated recently by The Catholic-Secular Forum (CSF).
What does CSF mean by “fundamentalists”?
“The terrorists exposed how vulnerable we were & how easy it was to kill hundreds” it says. Does it bothered by Pakistan based Jihadi terrorism? That could be one of its fears. But the CSF has different hints.
“AP, TN, UP, JK, Goa, Kerala, Mumbai, Gujarat, Karnataka, New Delhi, Rajastan, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab-Haryana, ..these are the places where Christians have been attacked. Dozens of Churches, Chapels, & Crosses were torched & vandalized. Alters, Relics, Bibles, Statues, Blessed Sacrament, etc. were desecrated. Nuns were raped & molested, while priests/pastors/leaders were murdered. Christian land/resources were captured. Women and children were not spared...” the pamphlet goes on and on.
Although a Orissa nun, who has complained that some Hindu activists have raped her, is not co-operating with investigative agencies, and also has failed to prove any sexual activity though medical tests, the CSF has put forth her charge as a fact. See how rapes and murders are generalized.
Its conclusion: Christians are being persecuted in India by Hindu organizations.
Next focus is on media. “The media of course will give publicity. Christians should be able to manage that well….” It goes on. "But that is not enough. We have to go back to our own places. And everything will be repeated again”.
Then, what is the solution?
“Maoists have warned the RSS/VHP against Christmas bandhs” the pamphlet informs. 'But that development may lead to another mayhem", it suspects. See how Maoists were invoked! What CSF has to do with Maoists?
Recent media reports indicate Maoist-Missionary nexus in Orissa. Is CSF also a party in this arrangement?
"According to Vatican sources, Muslims outnumbered Catholics in the world and churches are converted into mosques", it says. In India, Hindus are persecuting Catholics and all over the world Muslims are overwhelming them, it informs.
So, what needs to be done to counter all this?
The CSF has devised a plan. “There has been a great interaction between India’s Christian Who’s Who and some community leaders met in Mumbai recently to brain-storm….We concluded that the desperate need of the hour is a national, activist, all inclusive (all denominations) and representative mechanism or structure was a must to meet the Goliaths ahead…This is to empower Christians economically and politically….We decided no turning back…Our initiative includes data bank, a think tank, corpus fund, political lobbying, networking for self-sufficiency” etc.
That means more Christian activism in the coming days; more aggressive conversion plans to compete with the growing number of Muslims; more clever media management; more political lobbying. More reliance on Maoists and other terrorists to meet its ends.
“We aim to have by next year, a grand federation of every Christian hue & shade. Thousands of Christian churches, organizations, institutions, activists, NGOs, etc. with no discrimination on the basis of Denomination - Protestant, Evangelical, Catholic, Region, Clergy, Laity, Rite – truly the body of Christ in the country.
See how CSF is in panic mode. See how fear-psychosis is being created. See how there is no introspection about religious conversion, which is the root cause of any inter-religious tension.
Indirectly, more conversions are guaranteed. “It’s the Lord’s work. And by His Spirit, success is guaranteed” the CSF screams!
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Thus begins a pamphlet, published and circulated recently by The Catholic-Secular Forum (CSF).
What does CSF mean by “fundamentalists”?
“The terrorists exposed how vulnerable we were & how easy it was to kill hundreds” it says. Does it bothered by Pakistan based Jihadi terrorism? That could be one of its fears. But the CSF has different hints.
“AP, TN, UP, JK, Goa, Kerala, Mumbai, Gujarat, Karnataka, New Delhi, Rajastan, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab-Haryana, ..these are the places where Christians have been attacked. Dozens of Churches, Chapels, & Crosses were torched & vandalized. Alters, Relics, Bibles, Statues, Blessed Sacrament, etc. were desecrated. Nuns were raped & molested, while priests/pastors/leaders were murdered. Christian land/resources were captured. Women and children were not spared...” the pamphlet goes on and on.
Although a Orissa nun, who has complained that some Hindu activists have raped her, is not co-operating with investigative agencies, and also has failed to prove any sexual activity though medical tests, the CSF has put forth her charge as a fact. See how rapes and murders are generalized.
Its conclusion: Christians are being persecuted in India by Hindu organizations.
Next focus is on media. “The media of course will give publicity. Christians should be able to manage that well….” It goes on. "But that is not enough. We have to go back to our own places. And everything will be repeated again”.
Then, what is the solution?
“Maoists have warned the RSS/VHP against Christmas bandhs” the pamphlet informs. 'But that development may lead to another mayhem", it suspects. See how Maoists were invoked! What CSF has to do with Maoists?
Recent media reports indicate Maoist-Missionary nexus in Orissa. Is CSF also a party in this arrangement?
"According to Vatican sources, Muslims outnumbered Catholics in the world and churches are converted into mosques", it says. In India, Hindus are persecuting Catholics and all over the world Muslims are overwhelming them, it informs.
So, what needs to be done to counter all this?
The CSF has devised a plan. “There has been a great interaction between India’s Christian Who’s Who and some community leaders met in Mumbai recently to brain-storm….We concluded that the desperate need of the hour is a national, activist, all inclusive (all denominations) and representative mechanism or structure was a must to meet the Goliaths ahead…This is to empower Christians economically and politically….We decided no turning back…Our initiative includes data bank, a think tank, corpus fund, political lobbying, networking for self-sufficiency” etc.
That means more Christian activism in the coming days; more aggressive conversion plans to compete with the growing number of Muslims; more clever media management; more political lobbying. More reliance on Maoists and other terrorists to meet its ends.
“We aim to have by next year, a grand federation of every Christian hue & shade. Thousands of Christian churches, organizations, institutions, activists, NGOs, etc. with no discrimination on the basis of Denomination - Protestant, Evangelical, Catholic, Region, Clergy, Laity, Rite – truly the body of Christ in the country.
See how CSF is in panic mode. See how fear-psychosis is being created. See how there is no introspection about religious conversion, which is the root cause of any inter-religious tension.
Indirectly, more conversions are guaranteed. “It’s the Lord’s work. And by His Spirit, success is guaranteed” the CSF screams!
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Assembly results: who has the last laugh?
What do the results of the five state assembly polls indicate? Here's my quick take:
I think BJP hasn't lost much. However, it has lost one state, Rajastan. Congress hasn't lost anything. It gained one state. In Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, people have restored their old governments. They voted for their seemingly "strong" leaders.
Situation in Rajastan was different. Anti-incumbancy mood was slightly visible among the electorate in this state. Moreover, Vasundhara Raje had many dissidents inside the party. In-fighting, caste politics and her own "egoistic" image, all contributed to the defeat of BJP there. But the party has managed to secure "respectable" number of seats.
Since 2004, the Congress party was on a losing spree. With the gain of Rajastan, it has now got a little push. But it is too early to celebrate. But the party has already started projecting Rahul Gandhi as an "architect" of its victory!
That is far from the truth.
If Congress wins anywhere, he takes the credit for himself. If it is defeated anywhere, then it is the "collective responsibility of all leaders"!
Rahul hasn't proved anything. Right from Uttar Pradesh, he had failed in every state he campainned except Rajastan. But the sycophants of the Sonia Gandhi dynasty are in upbeat mood.
Sonia and Rahul still need to explain why they could not grab Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh from BJP. In these states the Congress has fared very badly.
After these results, it is curious to observe how 81 years old L.K. Advani of BJP appeals to young voters in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. His personal charisma and integrity haven't suffered a bit over the years. But on the capability front he is yet to prove himself as "a new iron man". His policies about terrorism, economy, foreign relations are yet to be announced. Many see relatively young Narendra Modi as a good replacement to Advani. He is emerging as a popular mass-leader. But, Narendra Modi has many enemies inside the party than outside of it. And also, he is the protege of Advani. When Advani is still active, his elevation to the top job is unthinkable.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
I think BJP hasn't lost much. However, it has lost one state, Rajastan. Congress hasn't lost anything. It gained one state. In Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, people have restored their old governments. They voted for their seemingly "strong" leaders.
Situation in Rajastan was different. Anti-incumbancy mood was slightly visible among the electorate in this state. Moreover, Vasundhara Raje had many dissidents inside the party. In-fighting, caste politics and her own "egoistic" image, all contributed to the defeat of BJP there. But the party has managed to secure "respectable" number of seats.
Since 2004, the Congress party was on a losing spree. With the gain of Rajastan, it has now got a little push. But it is too early to celebrate. But the party has already started projecting Rahul Gandhi as an "architect" of its victory!
That is far from the truth.
If Congress wins anywhere, he takes the credit for himself. If it is defeated anywhere, then it is the "collective responsibility of all leaders"!
Rahul hasn't proved anything. Right from Uttar Pradesh, he had failed in every state he campainned except Rajastan. But the sycophants of the Sonia Gandhi dynasty are in upbeat mood.
Sonia and Rahul still need to explain why they could not grab Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh from BJP. In these states the Congress has fared very badly.
After these results, it is curious to observe how 81 years old L.K. Advani of BJP appeals to young voters in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. His personal charisma and integrity haven't suffered a bit over the years. But on the capability front he is yet to prove himself as "a new iron man". His policies about terrorism, economy, foreign relations are yet to be announced. Many see relatively young Narendra Modi as a good replacement to Advani. He is emerging as a popular mass-leader. But, Narendra Modi has many enemies inside the party than outside of it. And also, he is the protege of Advani. When Advani is still active, his elevation to the top job is unthinkable.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
When Mumbai was burning....
When Mumbai was burning on 26/11, the then chief minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh was not in town. So, the then Home minister of India, Shivraj Patil, who was very "famous" for his comical, non-serious statements, "rushed" to some places where some of the attacks had taken place.
Later, he gave a hero's statement to media thus: "Before I could reach there, the terrorists who had attacked one of the hospitals, had left and those who attacked the railway station had also left"!!
On 28th, Union minister of state for home Sriprakash Jaiswal said: "We have gathered a lot of information and all the terrorists were foreigners. Some of them were from Pakistan and some from other countries. They had come through the sea route”.
But he added: "There were serial blasts in Bengaluru just before the Assembly elections were held in Karnataka. Similarly, Assembly elections are soon to happen in four other states. We also have to take note that three senior Maharashtra ATS officers have died in ambush with terrorists. Certain political parties have been targeting the ATS for the last one month. All these factors will be part of the further investigations”.
That was a clear reference to BJP, his political opposition party!
Vilasrao Deshmukh went a step further.
On November 30, a day after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked for the ISI chief to be called to India as investigations had revealed a Pak-hand in the Terror attacks, he spoke to the press after a special cabinet meeting.
Deshmukh told the media persons that there was no information available from initial investigations to nail Pakistan! He even denied that people were taken as hostages!
He said: "If people would have been taken as hostages, then terrorists would have put some demands. But there were no demands”!!
These are our "leaders".
Shame on them.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Later, he gave a hero's statement to media thus: "Before I could reach there, the terrorists who had attacked one of the hospitals, had left and those who attacked the railway station had also left"!!
On 28th, Union minister of state for home Sriprakash Jaiswal said: "We have gathered a lot of information and all the terrorists were foreigners. Some of them were from Pakistan and some from other countries. They had come through the sea route”.
But he added: "There were serial blasts in Bengaluru just before the Assembly elections were held in Karnataka. Similarly, Assembly elections are soon to happen in four other states. We also have to take note that three senior Maharashtra ATS officers have died in ambush with terrorists. Certain political parties have been targeting the ATS for the last one month. All these factors will be part of the further investigations”.
That was a clear reference to BJP, his political opposition party!
Vilasrao Deshmukh went a step further.
On November 30, a day after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked for the ISI chief to be called to India as investigations had revealed a Pak-hand in the Terror attacks, he spoke to the press after a special cabinet meeting.
Deshmukh told the media persons that there was no information available from initial investigations to nail Pakistan! He even denied that people were taken as hostages!
He said: "If people would have been taken as hostages, then terrorists would have put some demands. But there were no demands”!!
These are our "leaders".
Shame on them.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Let us welcome the elite to mainstream!
At last, India gets the support of the elite. But, unfortunately, after it got hit directly.
Till the attack on Mumbai’s five star hotels on 26/11/2008, India’s elite, with some exceptions, had kept itself away from the issue or problem of “jihadi terrorism”.
“Terrorism” was not present in our business persons’ drawing room menu. If anybody had uttered the very word “terrorism” with seriousness in any business or kitty parties, he or she would be looked upon as a “crude, unsophisticated, middle-class” person, who was not fit to attend parties of “high society”.
This is not to vilify our own people. But the glaring truth was that Indian elite always thought terrorism as not “its” problem.
When Mumbai’s local trains were bombed in July 2006 nobody of any financial worth has come out of his/her bungalow. No business leader has condemned the violence. No Bollywood actor mourned the death of innocents with candles in his/her hand. As Shobha De pointed out in Tehelka, corporate India had taped its mouth and refused to comment on that dastardly attack on the commercial heart of our country. No single captain of industry spoke out against the government's failure to ensure safety.
What has happened has happened. Now when directly hit by the terrorists our elite has woken up. Now every big and small person of any significance, is speaking against terror. Everyone is demanding action from the government. This is a good development. Let us hope this unity of all Indian citizens lasts long. Let us hope our sense of oneness lasts forever.
First, let us welcome the elite to the national mainstream.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Till the attack on Mumbai’s five star hotels on 26/11/2008, India’s elite, with some exceptions, had kept itself away from the issue or problem of “jihadi terrorism”.
“Terrorism” was not present in our business persons’ drawing room menu. If anybody had uttered the very word “terrorism” with seriousness in any business or kitty parties, he or she would be looked upon as a “crude, unsophisticated, middle-class” person, who was not fit to attend parties of “high society”.
This is not to vilify our own people. But the glaring truth was that Indian elite always thought terrorism as not “its” problem.
When Mumbai’s local trains were bombed in July 2006 nobody of any financial worth has come out of his/her bungalow. No business leader has condemned the violence. No Bollywood actor mourned the death of innocents with candles in his/her hand. As Shobha De pointed out in Tehelka, corporate India had taped its mouth and refused to comment on that dastardly attack on the commercial heart of our country. No single captain of industry spoke out against the government's failure to ensure safety.
What has happened has happened. Now when directly hit by the terrorists our elite has woken up. Now every big and small person of any significance, is speaking against terror. Everyone is demanding action from the government. This is a good development. Let us hope this unity of all Indian citizens lasts long. Let us hope our sense of oneness lasts forever.
First, let us welcome the elite to the national mainstream.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR 2008.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Made in Vatican "Sanits"!
Indian government has decided to issue a commemorative coin in the honour of Sister Alphonsa, who was canonized as a saint by the Pope in the Vatican City.
If she were a great person, the government of India does not need to wait till Vatican officially approves her spiritual merits.
There is nothing official about spiritualism. But organized religions always swear by one supreme “spiritual” commander. Others are just “members” or “followers”. Members of the Churches always look forward to their commander’s orders on everything, as Muslims also do.
Canonization is an administrative decision of Vatican. Last Pope canonized more number of persons than the total figure “achieved” by all the popes in the history put together! He even canonized known criminals as it was a political exercise.
Pope John Paul II, who was known as "saint-making pope", abolished the post of devil's advocte and eased the process of saint-making by amending Vatican's all relevant laws.
One's spiritual progress has nothing to do with bureaucratic approvals. Do you need someone to declare whether your devotion to god is genuine or not?
Incidentally, how many popes are "saints"? But they have the power to bestow "Sainthood" to others!
To thrive, Christianity (Churchianity) needs official saints! Church grows by invoking their names.
For the last five years how many Hindu Saints have found place on Indian coins?
One should ask Sonia Gandhi.
© G. ANIL KUMAR 2008
If she were a great person, the government of India does not need to wait till Vatican officially approves her spiritual merits.
There is nothing official about spiritualism. But organized religions always swear by one supreme “spiritual” commander. Others are just “members” or “followers”. Members of the Churches always look forward to their commander’s orders on everything, as Muslims also do.
Canonization is an administrative decision of Vatican. Last Pope canonized more number of persons than the total figure “achieved” by all the popes in the history put together! He even canonized known criminals as it was a political exercise.
Pope John Paul II, who was known as "saint-making pope", abolished the post of devil's advocte and eased the process of saint-making by amending Vatican's all relevant laws.
One's spiritual progress has nothing to do with bureaucratic approvals. Do you need someone to declare whether your devotion to god is genuine or not?
Incidentally, how many popes are "saints"? But they have the power to bestow "Sainthood" to others!
To thrive, Christianity (Churchianity) needs official saints! Church grows by invoking their names.
For the last five years how many Hindu Saints have found place on Indian coins?
One should ask Sonia Gandhi.
© G. ANIL KUMAR 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Truth about Godhra
Before the “secularists” stepped in, the incident was correctly reported.
On February 27, 2002 morning, the Sabarmati Express coming from Ayodhya reached Godhra, a small town of Gujarat. Just after the train left Godhra Station, it was forcibly stopped and attacked at Signal Falia Neighborhood by Muslim mob. One of the coaches (S-6) was set on fire. 58 Hindu pilgrims were burnt alive.
Justice Nanavati-Justice Shah Commision, that enquired the Godhra train carnage case and subsequent violence in Gujarat, has now clearly stated that the train carnage was indeed a mob-terror by Muslims.
The Commision’s report on Godhra incident confirms the fact when it says: “on the basis of facts and circumstances, proved by evidence, the Commission comes to the conclusion that the burning of coach S-6 was a pre-planned act. In other words, there was a conspiracy to burn coach S-6 of Sabarmati train coming from Ayodhya and to cause harm to the Karsevaks travelling in that coach…. All the passengers have stated that attack with stones had continued for 10-20 minutes so that the passengers could not come out of the coach….140 liters of petrol were purchased by the conspirators on 26.2.2002 to carry out this conspiracy… The conspirators had opened the sliding door of S-6 leading to coach S-7 and entered the coach S-6 through that door. Hassan Lala had thrown a burning rag which led to the fire in coach S-6….. The confessions disclosed that Razak Kurkur and Salim Panwala were the two main persons who had organized execution of the plan and what was being done was according to what was planned earlier on the directions of Maulvi Umarji. All acts, procuring petrol, circulating false rumor, stopping the train and entering the coach S-6 were the objective of the conspiracy. This conspiracy hatched by these persons further appears to be a part of a larger conspiracy to create terror and destabilize the administration… There is absolutely no evidence to show that either Chief Minister and/or any other Ministers in his Council of Ministers or Police Officers have played any role in the Godhra incident or that there was any lapse on their part in the matter of providing protection, relief, rehabilitation to the victims or in the matter of not complying with the recommendations and directions given by National Human Rights Commission.”
But our “secular” mediapersons say they don’t believe the conclusions of Nanavati-Shah commission’s report. Our “secular” politicians say that these findings are on the expected lines.
According to them, the fire was accidental; or, it was Karsevaks’ self-immolation; there was absolutely no provocation for riots; Muslims never provoked anybody; it was a conspiracy of Hindus themselves to carry out a pogrom of Muslims!! They still swear by Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee’s report, which had stated that nobody had set the train on fire.
Here enters the clash between two contradictory reports. What is the truth? Which report is correct? What is the legal position? Why our “secularists” blame Hindus?
First, let us look at the report that came first.
Two and a half year after the Godhra-carnage, in September 2004, Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav appointed Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee to “investigate” the matter. Justice U.C. Banerjee completed his “investigation” very quickly and released his report just before Lalu’s home state of Bihar’s assembly elections!
His report ruled out the possibility of any mob terror and categorically stated that the fire was just “an accident which resulted out of cooking being carried within the carriage itself”. He also ruled out external attacks.
These “cooked-up findings” have been questioned as being politically motivated. The Gujarat High Court ruled on October 13, 2006, that the very formation of Banerjee committee itself was “illegal” and “unconstitutional”! Subsequently, the Supreme Court of India stayed the cicular of Banerjee’s report.
These judgments are still in force and Banerjee’s “probe results” stand invalid!
On the contrary, Gujarat government had set up a commission of enquiry on March 6, 2002, just a week after the Godhra carnage and when the subsequent violence was still on. It was headed by retired High Court judge K. G. Shah. But some Muslim organizations and “secular” political parties alleged that Justice Shah was close to the BJP, hence, his report would not be impartial. Then on May 22, the government reconstituted the commission by appointing the retired Supreme Court Judge Girish Thakorlal Nanavati as its head.
Note that it was a full-fledged Inquiry Commission duly constituted under the provisions of The Commission of Inquiry act, 1952. Whereas, Banerjee committee was not a Commission, it was just a committee constituted by the Union Railway Ministry, wrongly exercising the powers vested under Article 73 of the Constitution of India, which states the extent of executive power of the Union.
The two panels and their conclusions are not comparable.
First of all, Nanavati-Shah Commision has gone through the judicial scrutiny. The appointments to this Commission were held valid by the Gujarat High Court and the Supreme Court. As has already been shown, constitution of Banerjee committee was held as bad in law. The Gujarat High Court has also banned the tabling of Banerjee’s report on the floor of the Parliament.
Banerjee Committee, which was illegal as per the court verdict, has examined a handful of train passengers and some witnesses before coming to the conclusion in record time. It had not examined any of the investigating officers, whom the secular media had, by then, successfully portrayed as partisan demons. The committee did not go through the case papers on record. It did not give private individuals and political parties any opportunity to be heard.
Fire on the train was accidental, it said. The cause for fire was cooking being done inside the carriage, it said. No external attack has happened, it said.
Meaning? All eye-witness accounts, documentary evidences, thousands of statements were false! Rubbish!!
During the last 6 years, Nanavati and Shah have examined a large number of evidences with a fine-tooth comb and recorded everything in their report (Justice Shah passed away a couple of months ago). It has examined documentary evidences, eye-witnesses, expert witnesses, forensic experts and investigating officers. According to reports, the commission has received applications and affidavits from 44,475 persons! Government officers have filed 2019 statements. All the witnesses were also cross-examined by the lawyers.
Forget about the Nanavati-Shah Commission. Even the influential media itself had initially reported the truth.
Before “correcting” themselves, the “secular” and “foreign” media groups clearly identified Godhra incident as an attack by “an angry mob”.
I just give a few examples. Take the case of BBC. It has always been uncomfortable with Hindu interests. Even it had reported that the passengers of the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express were not allowed to escape. It quoted some survivors and reported that they were stoned continuously for 10-20 minutes until the coach was completely burnt.
The Tribune (28 February, 2002, Chandigarh) reported : “As the train left Godhra station, one of the miscreants who had boarded it, pulled the chain alarm to halt the train a kilometer away. It was here that a large number of stone-pelting miscreants set the coach ablaze by throwing petrol bombs and dousing it with kerosene and petrol.”
After extensively quoting a survivor, one Mr. Patel, CNN narrated the whole story on February 27, 2003, one year after the attack. That report is still available at http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/02/27/gujarat.survivor.ap/ . According to the report, “The train reached the station at Godhra at 8 a.m., more than five hours late. It soon pulled out of the station, but screeched to a halt. Patel, who was in the bathroom, heard rocks raining on the roof. “I heard noises of people shouting outside: `Kill them! Cut them up!"' Patel said. He looked out and saw men with sticks attacking the train car. The train erupted in panic. Patel used his handkerchief to bandage a woman wounded by rock. Then a burning rag was thrown in the train. The passengers doused that fire with water, he said. Then someone poured a flammable liquid into the car, and a burning torch. Within minutes, the coach was full of smoke. Passengers were choking. Patel and two dozen others leaped out and began pulling others out. But dozens were already burned. Many died screaming.”
Accidental fire?
“Yes”, still our “proud secularists” maintain!
Indian “secularism”, which swears by Militant Islam, is, as always, shameless.
There are many attempts to equate Indian secular mindset with the vote-bank politics. But pro-Islam secularists do not abandon their brand of “secularism” even if they do not get the votes of Muslims!
This is a very curious-mindset, which has nothing to do with the original concept of secularism. We will understand our secularists’ mindset better if we acknowledge the fact that Islam is very much involved here, either as Islamophobia or as Islamophilia.
Egypt-born Islamic-scholar Bat Ye’or, who has studied Christian and Jewish societies, called this meek mindset as dhimmitude that never questions its inferior status vis-à-vis Muslims. According to her, “Dhimmitude derives from the surrender of the clergy and political leaders to the Muslim jihad armies, and their submission to Islamic domination of both their lands and peoples….Sometimes submission to Islam was rooted in personal ambition. Dhimmitude often induced self-hatred, and hatred against those who resisted the jihad and Muslim domination. Christian dhimmitude has been a world force for Islamization throughout history.”
Hindus too have a similar history. And a section of the Hindu society was also subjected to the force of Dhimmah. “I realize that my study of dhimmitude remains incomplete,” says Bat Ye’or, “because it is limited to Jews and Christians. It should be supplemented by the dhimmitude of the Zoroastrians, located in an inferior category, and that of Buddhists and Hindus, considered as idolaters. A few books on this subject have recently been published in India. The picture they paint is similar to that of regions to the west of the Indian subcontinent.”
In the Indian context, I called our secularism, which is nothing but the manifestation of Hindu-dhimmitude mindset, as dhimmitva in my writings. Now, Dhimmitva is in full swing. Besides, leftists have their own political agenda.
Anyway, forget dhimmis. Finally, truth has come out. Political conspiracy to protect the miscreants has failed. Now you can loudly shout this truth from your rooftop.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR, 2008.
Also Visit: http://vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=164
On February 27, 2002 morning, the Sabarmati Express coming from Ayodhya reached Godhra, a small town of Gujarat. Just after the train left Godhra Station, it was forcibly stopped and attacked at Signal Falia Neighborhood by Muslim mob. One of the coaches (S-6) was set on fire. 58 Hindu pilgrims were burnt alive.
Justice Nanavati-Justice Shah Commision, that enquired the Godhra train carnage case and subsequent violence in Gujarat, has now clearly stated that the train carnage was indeed a mob-terror by Muslims.
The Commision’s report on Godhra incident confirms the fact when it says: “on the basis of facts and circumstances, proved by evidence, the Commission comes to the conclusion that the burning of coach S-6 was a pre-planned act. In other words, there was a conspiracy to burn coach S-6 of Sabarmati train coming from Ayodhya and to cause harm to the Karsevaks travelling in that coach…. All the passengers have stated that attack with stones had continued for 10-20 minutes so that the passengers could not come out of the coach….140 liters of petrol were purchased by the conspirators on 26.2.2002 to carry out this conspiracy… The conspirators had opened the sliding door of S-6 leading to coach S-7 and entered the coach S-6 through that door. Hassan Lala had thrown a burning rag which led to the fire in coach S-6….. The confessions disclosed that Razak Kurkur and Salim Panwala were the two main persons who had organized execution of the plan and what was being done was according to what was planned earlier on the directions of Maulvi Umarji. All acts, procuring petrol, circulating false rumor, stopping the train and entering the coach S-6 were the objective of the conspiracy. This conspiracy hatched by these persons further appears to be a part of a larger conspiracy to create terror and destabilize the administration… There is absolutely no evidence to show that either Chief Minister and/or any other Ministers in his Council of Ministers or Police Officers have played any role in the Godhra incident or that there was any lapse on their part in the matter of providing protection, relief, rehabilitation to the victims or in the matter of not complying with the recommendations and directions given by National Human Rights Commission.”
But our “secular” mediapersons say they don’t believe the conclusions of Nanavati-Shah commission’s report. Our “secular” politicians say that these findings are on the expected lines.
According to them, the fire was accidental; or, it was Karsevaks’ self-immolation; there was absolutely no provocation for riots; Muslims never provoked anybody; it was a conspiracy of Hindus themselves to carry out a pogrom of Muslims!! They still swear by Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee’s report, which had stated that nobody had set the train on fire.
Here enters the clash between two contradictory reports. What is the truth? Which report is correct? What is the legal position? Why our “secularists” blame Hindus?
First, let us look at the report that came first.
Two and a half year after the Godhra-carnage, in September 2004, Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav appointed Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee to “investigate” the matter. Justice U.C. Banerjee completed his “investigation” very quickly and released his report just before Lalu’s home state of Bihar’s assembly elections!
His report ruled out the possibility of any mob terror and categorically stated that the fire was just “an accident which resulted out of cooking being carried within the carriage itself”. He also ruled out external attacks.
These “cooked-up findings” have been questioned as being politically motivated. The Gujarat High Court ruled on October 13, 2006, that the very formation of Banerjee committee itself was “illegal” and “unconstitutional”! Subsequently, the Supreme Court of India stayed the cicular of Banerjee’s report.
These judgments are still in force and Banerjee’s “probe results” stand invalid!
On the contrary, Gujarat government had set up a commission of enquiry on March 6, 2002, just a week after the Godhra carnage and when the subsequent violence was still on. It was headed by retired High Court judge K. G. Shah. But some Muslim organizations and “secular” political parties alleged that Justice Shah was close to the BJP, hence, his report would not be impartial. Then on May 22, the government reconstituted the commission by appointing the retired Supreme Court Judge Girish Thakorlal Nanavati as its head.
Note that it was a full-fledged Inquiry Commission duly constituted under the provisions of The Commission of Inquiry act, 1952. Whereas, Banerjee committee was not a Commission, it was just a committee constituted by the Union Railway Ministry, wrongly exercising the powers vested under Article 73 of the Constitution of India, which states the extent of executive power of the Union.
The two panels and their conclusions are not comparable.
First of all, Nanavati-Shah Commision has gone through the judicial scrutiny. The appointments to this Commission were held valid by the Gujarat High Court and the Supreme Court. As has already been shown, constitution of Banerjee committee was held as bad in law. The Gujarat High Court has also banned the tabling of Banerjee’s report on the floor of the Parliament.
Banerjee Committee, which was illegal as per the court verdict, has examined a handful of train passengers and some witnesses before coming to the conclusion in record time. It had not examined any of the investigating officers, whom the secular media had, by then, successfully portrayed as partisan demons. The committee did not go through the case papers on record. It did not give private individuals and political parties any opportunity to be heard.
Fire on the train was accidental, it said. The cause for fire was cooking being done inside the carriage, it said. No external attack has happened, it said.
Meaning? All eye-witness accounts, documentary evidences, thousands of statements were false! Rubbish!!
During the last 6 years, Nanavati and Shah have examined a large number of evidences with a fine-tooth comb and recorded everything in their report (Justice Shah passed away a couple of months ago). It has examined documentary evidences, eye-witnesses, expert witnesses, forensic experts and investigating officers. According to reports, the commission has received applications and affidavits from 44,475 persons! Government officers have filed 2019 statements. All the witnesses were also cross-examined by the lawyers.
Forget about the Nanavati-Shah Commission. Even the influential media itself had initially reported the truth.
Before “correcting” themselves, the “secular” and “foreign” media groups clearly identified Godhra incident as an attack by “an angry mob”.
I just give a few examples. Take the case of BBC. It has always been uncomfortable with Hindu interests. Even it had reported that the passengers of the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express were not allowed to escape. It quoted some survivors and reported that they were stoned continuously for 10-20 minutes until the coach was completely burnt.
The Tribune (28 February, 2002, Chandigarh) reported : “As the train left Godhra station, one of the miscreants who had boarded it, pulled the chain alarm to halt the train a kilometer away. It was here that a large number of stone-pelting miscreants set the coach ablaze by throwing petrol bombs and dousing it with kerosene and petrol.”
After extensively quoting a survivor, one Mr. Patel, CNN narrated the whole story on February 27, 2003, one year after the attack. That report is still available at http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/02/27/gujarat.survivor.ap/ . According to the report, “The train reached the station at Godhra at 8 a.m., more than five hours late. It soon pulled out of the station, but screeched to a halt. Patel, who was in the bathroom, heard rocks raining on the roof. “I heard noises of people shouting outside: `Kill them! Cut them up!"' Patel said. He looked out and saw men with sticks attacking the train car. The train erupted in panic. Patel used his handkerchief to bandage a woman wounded by rock. Then a burning rag was thrown in the train. The passengers doused that fire with water, he said. Then someone poured a flammable liquid into the car, and a burning torch. Within minutes, the coach was full of smoke. Passengers were choking. Patel and two dozen others leaped out and began pulling others out. But dozens were already burned. Many died screaming.”
Accidental fire?
“Yes”, still our “proud secularists” maintain!
Indian “secularism”, which swears by Militant Islam, is, as always, shameless.
There are many attempts to equate Indian secular mindset with the vote-bank politics. But pro-Islam secularists do not abandon their brand of “secularism” even if they do not get the votes of Muslims!
This is a very curious-mindset, which has nothing to do with the original concept of secularism. We will understand our secularists’ mindset better if we acknowledge the fact that Islam is very much involved here, either as Islamophobia or as Islamophilia.
Egypt-born Islamic-scholar Bat Ye’or, who has studied Christian and Jewish societies, called this meek mindset as dhimmitude that never questions its inferior status vis-à-vis Muslims. According to her, “Dhimmitude derives from the surrender of the clergy and political leaders to the Muslim jihad armies, and their submission to Islamic domination of both their lands and peoples….Sometimes submission to Islam was rooted in personal ambition. Dhimmitude often induced self-hatred, and hatred against those who resisted the jihad and Muslim domination. Christian dhimmitude has been a world force for Islamization throughout history.”
Hindus too have a similar history. And a section of the Hindu society was also subjected to the force of Dhimmah. “I realize that my study of dhimmitude remains incomplete,” says Bat Ye’or, “because it is limited to Jews and Christians. It should be supplemented by the dhimmitude of the Zoroastrians, located in an inferior category, and that of Buddhists and Hindus, considered as idolaters. A few books on this subject have recently been published in India. The picture they paint is similar to that of regions to the west of the Indian subcontinent.”
In the Indian context, I called our secularism, which is nothing but the manifestation of Hindu-dhimmitude mindset, as dhimmitva in my writings. Now, Dhimmitva is in full swing. Besides, leftists have their own political agenda.
Anyway, forget dhimmis. Finally, truth has come out. Political conspiracy to protect the miscreants has failed. Now you can loudly shout this truth from your rooftop.
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR, 2008.
Also Visit: http://vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=164
Monday, September 8, 2008
Psychology of Separatism, Dilemma of Democracy
All separatists, by instinct, follow the same strategy.
Whether a separatist is working at the family-level or at the national level, he or she employs a historically known, but still effective, tactic: accusing others as oppressors.
Their standard strategy has three ingredients:
- That injustice is being done to them.
- They are being sidelined.
- Other interest-groups are getting favourable treatment
Separatists always want to shift the blame on others. They always search outside to seek suitable justification for their separatism. If they fail to find any, they create something out of their own imagination and attribute that to larger society.
Those who do not want to live with you, but still cannot move outside without putting the blame on you, always use this tactic. They make your life hell. They start bullying tactics. They become super-aggressive. They accuse you of being insensitive. They accuse you of being partial. They shout you are conspiring to throw them out.
What do they achieve by all this?
Autonomy!
Yes. They declare non-cooperation movement. “Since you are not treating me well, I will not co-operate with you” is their standard argument.
In order to avoid heap of abuses, accusations and allegations, slowly you will move into a shell. You will confine yourself to a corner. You will become an introvert. As psychologically unprepared, you will be apprehensive about the outcome. You concede defeat in the psywar.
Psywar is the first step before the real war. It weakens you well before the start of the real war.
You let them dictate their own terms for them. You will also start appeasing them. Sometimes you hate them, but most of the time you fear them. You even let them set the rules of the game in which you are a reluctant participant. You don’t even know the game you are forced to play with them.
After your concession, you give them complete autonomy, hoping that would bring some peace. Actually, in the correct perspective, it was they who got autonomy after defeating you!
As always, autonomy is the first step in the way of total secession.
At this stage you will become completely helpless. You will try to save your territory. You will try to save your family. You will try to save your time-honoured, altruistic values. You will try to restore peace.
Although you are fed up, you are afraid of getting undue blame by the world.
Here, “you” means a helpless liberal democratic state, or even a family elder.
Liberal democracies, or noble elders of the family, always encounter these questions: How to stop secession? How to put an end to the sorrow of the society? How to avoid violence? How not to be bullied? How to win?
Even if these victims are ready to let the secessionists go, their major problem is:
How to avoid the blame?
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Are Missionary Schools different from Madrassas?
On August 29, 2008, all Roman Catholic educational institutions across India remained closed for the day. The decision to close down all catholic-run schools was taken on the directives of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) after consultation with different churches.
August 29 was Friday, and no national holiday was declared on that day. Then, why did CBCI decide to give a holiday to the school children?
It was "protesting the communal violence on Christians" in the Indian state of Orissa.
Yes, Orissa is undergoing communal tension and violence and Hindu-Christian riots after the murder of 80 year old Hindu monk Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati allegedly by a group of armed Christian terrorists.
Although it is a law and order problem of the Orissa state government, missionaries have every right to express their views. Everybody in India, a liberal democracy, has a right to register his or her peaceful protest on any public matter. CBCI missionaries could register their feelings about the communal violence in hundreds of other ways. But why did they chose to involve innocent children in this highly poilitical and religious exercise?
What if missionaries own a big airlines company, road transport network, shipping unit, postal network etc.? Would they have stopped all of these services to "register their protest"?
Yes. that is the typical missionary mind! Most of the missionaries are experts not only in converting people but also in converting every situation to their advantage by crying wolf and unleashing huge, systematic propaganda. History is full of such stories.
Just one example. Some years ago, two nuns were allegedly raped in Jabua of Madhya Pradesh state. The nuns complained that some local Hindu activists had raped them. Immeadiately senior missionaries screamed that Hindus were raping nuns all over India. The news got international attention and very soon became a hot topic all over the world. Big protests were planned and undertaken. Later, after the investigation, it was turned out to be a fradulent charge. The nuns were actually molested by some local Christian activists, over an internal issue. But Hindus got all the blame! That is the typical missionary-bluff.
What happened in Orissa? Swamy Lakshmananannda, a well-known, highly respectable Hindu spiritual leader of Orissa's Kandhmal district, who also belonged to Vishva Hindu Parishad, was preventing Hindus from becoming Christians. He was a big threat to missionary campaigns.
On August 23, a Krishna Janmashtami Day, Swamiji was preparing to worship Lord Krishna in his ashram. According to reports, "a group of 30-40 armed assailants surrounded the place. Eyewitnesses said about four of the assailants carried AK-47s and many others had revolvers. The assailants tied down the two guards, and gagged them. They then sought out the Swamiji within the premises and opened fire on him. The recovered bullets show they were from an AK-47, the police said. The assailants then warned the guards not to raise an alarm and fled the scene."
Police initially suspected Maoist- terrorists. But nobody in the area believes that. It was a known fact that the Swamiji had a threat from the local Christian conversion-mafia. He had repeatedly lodged police complaints about his threat perceptions. Hindu-Christian communal clash has started after his brutal murder.
Missionaries have a right to tell their own version of the story. But they do not have any right to politicize the innocent school children for their own religious purposes.
Karnataka Government has already issued notices to aided Christian institutions for the illegal closure of schools. But the state's Congress leaders have come to the rescue of missionaries. Their take: You cannnot issue notices to missionary schools just beacuse they take aid from the state. They can do anything. They have every right to register their protest even by closing the schools they run.
The law is very clear. According to the landmark judgment given by the Supreme Court on October 31, 2002, the right to administer minority educational institution is not absolute. The court has held that all aided institutions could be subject to regulatory measures by the state. It was a 11-judge Constitution Bench, headed by the then Chief Justice, B.N. Kirpal, and also, an unanimous verdict. The apex court had also said that states could apply regulations even to unaided minority institutions to achieve educational excellence. As per the law, all aided minority schools should take non-minority students as well. The percentage of such students is fixed by the concerned state or university. But the Congress Party, headed by a Roman Catholic, wants to find itself with the law-breakers!
It is highly condemnable act on the part of the Catholic Church. Nobody with clear conscience and morality would use children to register a sectarian protest, for that mater, any protest. At this age, they have a right to receive non-partisan education in a scietific way.
A child's mind should not get corrupted. But CBCI is behaving like Jamat-e-Islami and Tablig-e-Jamaat. After turning St. Stephen's College of Delhi into a Christian Deoband, the emboldened CBCI is perhaps getting ready to create Christian Madrassas out of Catholic Schools.
(c) G. ANIL KUMAR, 2008
August 29 was Friday, and no national holiday was declared on that day. Then, why did CBCI decide to give a holiday to the school children?
It was "protesting the communal violence on Christians" in the Indian state of Orissa.
Yes, Orissa is undergoing communal tension and violence and Hindu-Christian riots after the murder of 80 year old Hindu monk Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati allegedly by a group of armed Christian terrorists.
Although it is a law and order problem of the Orissa state government, missionaries have every right to express their views. Everybody in India, a liberal democracy, has a right to register his or her peaceful protest on any public matter. CBCI missionaries could register their feelings about the communal violence in hundreds of other ways. But why did they chose to involve innocent children in this highly poilitical and religious exercise?
What if missionaries own a big airlines company, road transport network, shipping unit, postal network etc.? Would they have stopped all of these services to "register their protest"?
Yes. that is the typical missionary mind! Most of the missionaries are experts not only in converting people but also in converting every situation to their advantage by crying wolf and unleashing huge, systematic propaganda. History is full of such stories.
Just one example. Some years ago, two nuns were allegedly raped in Jabua of Madhya Pradesh state. The nuns complained that some local Hindu activists had raped them. Immeadiately senior missionaries screamed that Hindus were raping nuns all over India. The news got international attention and very soon became a hot topic all over the world. Big protests were planned and undertaken. Later, after the investigation, it was turned out to be a fradulent charge. The nuns were actually molested by some local Christian activists, over an internal issue. But Hindus got all the blame! That is the typical missionary-bluff.
What happened in Orissa? Swamy Lakshmananannda, a well-known, highly respectable Hindu spiritual leader of Orissa's Kandhmal district, who also belonged to Vishva Hindu Parishad, was preventing Hindus from becoming Christians. He was a big threat to missionary campaigns.
On August 23, a Krishna Janmashtami Day, Swamiji was preparing to worship Lord Krishna in his ashram. According to reports, "a group of 30-40 armed assailants surrounded the place. Eyewitnesses said about four of the assailants carried AK-47s and many others had revolvers. The assailants tied down the two guards, and gagged them. They then sought out the Swamiji within the premises and opened fire on him. The recovered bullets show they were from an AK-47, the police said. The assailants then warned the guards not to raise an alarm and fled the scene."
Police initially suspected Maoist- terrorists. But nobody in the area believes that. It was a known fact that the Swamiji had a threat from the local Christian conversion-mafia. He had repeatedly lodged police complaints about his threat perceptions. Hindu-Christian communal clash has started after his brutal murder.
Missionaries have a right to tell their own version of the story. But they do not have any right to politicize the innocent school children for their own religious purposes.
Karnataka Government has already issued notices to aided Christian institutions for the illegal closure of schools. But the state's Congress leaders have come to the rescue of missionaries. Their take: You cannnot issue notices to missionary schools just beacuse they take aid from the state. They can do anything. They have every right to register their protest even by closing the schools they run.
The law is very clear. According to the landmark judgment given by the Supreme Court on October 31, 2002, the right to administer minority educational institution is not absolute. The court has held that all aided institutions could be subject to regulatory measures by the state. It was a 11-judge Constitution Bench, headed by the then Chief Justice, B.N. Kirpal, and also, an unanimous verdict. The apex court had also said that states could apply regulations even to unaided minority institutions to achieve educational excellence. As per the law, all aided minority schools should take non-minority students as well. The percentage of such students is fixed by the concerned state or university. But the Congress Party, headed by a Roman Catholic, wants to find itself with the law-breakers!
It is highly condemnable act on the part of the Catholic Church. Nobody with clear conscience and morality would use children to register a sectarian protest, for that mater, any protest. At this age, they have a right to receive non-partisan education in a scietific way.
A child's mind should not get corrupted. But CBCI is behaving like Jamat-e-Islami and Tablig-e-Jamaat. After turning St. Stephen's College of Delhi into a Christian Deoband, the emboldened CBCI is perhaps getting ready to create Christian Madrassas out of Catholic Schools.
(c) G. ANIL KUMAR, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
When you do nothing about the evil...
Why Indian government and a section of the media give importance to the voice of Hurriyat leaders, who do not represent any of Indian citizens in any way?
The very idea behind the formation of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on
According to the constitution of APHC, its objective is to endeavor to promote Islamic predominance and its majority character in
APHC does not recognize the Indian constitution. It has stayed away from all the elections held in the state. The hardcore faction of APHC, Tehrik-i-Hurriyat, headed by hardcore Islamist Syed Ali Shaw Geelani, openly declares that it wants complete independence from
It is evident that
Current uprising of
Still, our ruling coalition leaders shifting the blame on the
They are maintaining a studied silence over the acts of hurriyat separatists, who are openly hailing
(C) G. ANIL KUMAR, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
"Secular" writers suggest Balkanisation Of India - Govt. tolerates sedition - Is tolerating anti-national elements greatness?
On
After participating in a rally to the UN office (organized by the pro-Pakistan elements) in
Reacting to it, the Congress party’s spokesperson on Wednesday said she was a "loose cannon" who had "abused the liberal traditions of
"She (Roy) is a loose cannon who has abused liberal traditions of
Is it the great tradition of
Recently Vir Sanghvi, a self-declared "secular" journalist preached India that the right of self-determination should be given to Kashmiri Muslims.
“If you believe in democracy, then giving Kashmiris the right to self-determination is the correct thing to do” he said in an article. Why? Because, “there is active hatred of India.”!
Some pen-pushers in India are now openly suggesting (and, demanding) the Balkanization of the country. But our government is showing its "greatness" by ignoring them!
Are we duty-bound to prosecute these worthies for what they are? let us examine the official position and legal aspects.
First, let us see the the state-constitution of Jammu and Kashmir itself. In part II, Article 3, it says: "The State of Jammu and Kashmir is and shall be an integral part of the Union of India." Since Pakistan has illegally occupied more than one third of the state through aggression in 1947, which parts of the state that the constitution is referring to? Article 4 answers this: "The territory of the State shall comprise all the territories which on the fifteenth day of August, 1947, were under the sovereignty or suzerainty of the Ruler of the State."
Some pen-pushers in India are now openly suggesting (and, demanding) the Balkanization of the country. But our government is showing its "greatness" by ignoring them!
Are we duty-bound to prosecute these worthies for what they are? let us examine the official position and legal aspects.
First, let us see the the state-constitution of Jammu and Kashmir itself. In part II, Article 3, it says: "The State of Jammu and Kashmir is and shall be an integral part of the Union of India." Since Pakistan has illegally occupied more than one third of the state through aggression in 1947, which parts of the state that the constitution is referring to? Article 4 answers this: "The territory of the State shall comprise all the territories which on the fifteenth day of August, 1947, were under the sovereignty or suzerainty of the Ruler of the State."
On February 22, 1994 Indian Parliament has passed a resolution, which, once gain, declared in clear terms that the state was, is, and shall be an integral part of India. This resolution was passed by the whole house unanimously. BJP member Atal bihari Vajpayee was keen on introducing the resolution in Lok Sabha. But the then prime minister P. V. Narasimha Rao suggested that this should a national resolution. Hence, it was introduced by the then speaker of the house Shivraj Patil (now, incidentally, the insensitive home minister, who is fomenting trouble), and cutting across party lines, the entire house voted in favor of it and adopted it unanimously.
The resolution firmly declared that: (a) The State of Jammu & Kashmir has been, is and shall be an integral part of
the rest of the country will be resisted by all necessary means;
We have Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act - 1967, that clearly states that asking for secession and even suggesting somebody to secede amounts to treason.
The Act clearly defines “unlawful activities” in Section 2 thus: “‘unlawful activity’, in relation to an individual or association, means any action taken by such individual or association (whether by committing an act or by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representation or otherwise),- ; which is intended, or supports any claim, to bring about, on any ground whatsoever, the cession of a part of the territory of India or the secession of a part of the territory of India from the Union, or which incites any individual or group of individuals to bring about such cession or secession; which disclaims, questions, disrupts or is intended to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India."
Now come to the IPC. According to Section 124-A of Indian Penal Code, "Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the Government established by law in India, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which fine may be added, or with fine."
You see, Indian laws are very clear about this issue. Only issue that remains is that you do not have a government that applies them in the interest of the nation.
This is not the first time that Arundhati is acting against the interests of India. When India conducted nuclear tests on May 11, 1998, she declared that she was seceding from India and called herself a "mobile republic". On Narmada issue she openly challenged the authority of the Supreme Court of India and even got a "token" punishment from the court for contempt of court.
You see, Indian laws are very clear about this issue. Only issue that remains is that you do not have a government that applies them in the interest of the nation.
This is not the first time that Arundhati is acting against the interests of India. When India conducted nuclear tests on May 11, 1998, she declared that she was seceding from India and called herself a "mobile republic". On Narmada issue she openly challenged the authority of the Supreme Court of India and even got a "token" punishment from the court for contempt of court.
The time has come to show Arundhati and others their right place in jail. Tolerating anti-nationals is not greatness. The government is duty bound to prosecute them on the charges of sedition and treason.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Oh stupid leaders, it's a war, fight it
Jaipur, the beautiful city, best known as pink city, has become red. 70 people were killed on last Tuesday night by the serial blasts.
But for our "secular" leaders, these are just a few more attacks. "We will not get perturbed" they declared. And with that, their responsibility ends.
Unfortunatelely, Indian "secular leaders" regard and treat each end every terrorist attack as a separate, isolated incident. So, they don't get perturbed.
Whether it is in Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Varanasi, Malegao, Ahmadabad, Coimbatore, Jammu, Kashmir Valley or any other town, jihadi terrorism is intended, aided, abetted, designed, coordinated and well orchestrated by Pakistan. Bangladesh is cooperating with Pak's intelligence wing, ISI. When this is as clear as writing on the wall, why are we failing to fight it?
In fact, it's a declared war against India. War has no stereotypes. It has no predefined and mutually agreed rules. But our foolish (and dhimmi) leaders are not able to understand this.
This is a war, in which we are not participating. Whether you recognize it as a war or not, whether you participate in it to win or not, a war is a war is a war is a war.
India has lost most number of its citizens to jihadi and left terror than all the victims of other countries put together. War by terror is visible everywhere. But there is no "war on terror" in India. Now, you do not need any more tangible evidence to believe that India is soft on terror. It is as clear as a bright sun on the sky.
But WHY? That is what baffles ordinary citizens of this country.
If you study the twentieth century's politics and political history of India with no ideological bias, you will certainly come across two plain facts. One, Indian politicians have succumbed to the ideological onslaught of Islam and Communism. Two, they have completely internalized the sub-human status offered to them by these predatory ideologies. Most of our present generation political leaders are either born with this sub-human defeciency, which has been named as "Dhimmitude" by Egyptian scholar Bat Ye'or, or wedded to dhimmi-hood and happily embraced their sub-human "status".
This is not just vote-bank politics as pointed out by some analysts. Our leaders happily surrender themselves before the jihadi and commie schools of terrorism even when they do not get any votes! This is what dhimmitude is all about. This is dhimmi-attitude, pure and simple. You tend to regard certain ideas and ideologies as your inner master at your sub-conscious level and never think of fighting it.
This has now become an "All India Deficiency Syndrome". There should be no surprise when terrorists of two schools called Jihad and Naxalism often get reluctant, unorganized, non-coordinated, half-hearted "opposition" from our governments.
M.F. Husain, a self-exiled Islamist painter, who loves to humiliate Hindus with brush and paint is our "icon". Taslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi Muslim woman-writer, who opposes Islam's anti-woman and anti-human tendencies, "does not deserve to live in India". She had be incarcerated in the name of security coverage till she became seriously ill. Then she had to move out of India just to experience what easy-breathing is all about!
India is the only country in the whole world which "tolerates" terrorism with "superb restraint". This is not a quality, but a weakness.
What has befallen you, Mother-India? What have you done to get unworthy sub-humans as your progeny?
With these" leaders" around, Jaipur is bound to recur. Cry, my countrymen, cry.
(c) G. Anil Kumar 2008
But for our "secular" leaders, these are just a few more attacks. "We will not get perturbed" they declared. And with that, their responsibility ends.
Unfortunatelely, Indian "secular leaders" regard and treat each end every terrorist attack as a separate, isolated incident. So, they don't get perturbed.
Whether it is in Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Varanasi, Malegao, Ahmadabad, Coimbatore, Jammu, Kashmir Valley or any other town, jihadi terrorism is intended, aided, abetted, designed, coordinated and well orchestrated by Pakistan. Bangladesh is cooperating with Pak's intelligence wing, ISI. When this is as clear as writing on the wall, why are we failing to fight it?
In fact, it's a declared war against India. War has no stereotypes. It has no predefined and mutually agreed rules. But our foolish (and dhimmi) leaders are not able to understand this.
This is a war, in which we are not participating. Whether you recognize it as a war or not, whether you participate in it to win or not, a war is a war is a war is a war.
India has lost most number of its citizens to jihadi and left terror than all the victims of other countries put together. War by terror is visible everywhere. But there is no "war on terror" in India. Now, you do not need any more tangible evidence to believe that India is soft on terror. It is as clear as a bright sun on the sky.
But WHY? That is what baffles ordinary citizens of this country.
If you study the twentieth century's politics and political history of India with no ideological bias, you will certainly come across two plain facts. One, Indian politicians have succumbed to the ideological onslaught of Islam and Communism. Two, they have completely internalized the sub-human status offered to them by these predatory ideologies. Most of our present generation political leaders are either born with this sub-human defeciency, which has been named as "Dhimmitude" by Egyptian scholar Bat Ye'or, or wedded to dhimmi-hood and happily embraced their sub-human "status".
This is not just vote-bank politics as pointed out by some analysts. Our leaders happily surrender themselves before the jihadi and commie schools of terrorism even when they do not get any votes! This is what dhimmitude is all about. This is dhimmi-attitude, pure and simple. You tend to regard certain ideas and ideologies as your inner master at your sub-conscious level and never think of fighting it.
This has now become an "All India Deficiency Syndrome". There should be no surprise when terrorists of two schools called Jihad and Naxalism often get reluctant, unorganized, non-coordinated, half-hearted "opposition" from our governments.
M.F. Husain, a self-exiled Islamist painter, who loves to humiliate Hindus with brush and paint is our "icon". Taslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi Muslim woman-writer, who opposes Islam's anti-woman and anti-human tendencies, "does not deserve to live in India". She had be incarcerated in the name of security coverage till she became seriously ill. Then she had to move out of India just to experience what easy-breathing is all about!
India is the only country in the whole world which "tolerates" terrorism with "superb restraint". This is not a quality, but a weakness.
What has befallen you, Mother-India? What have you done to get unworthy sub-humans as your progeny?
With these" leaders" around, Jaipur is bound to recur. Cry, my countrymen, cry.
(c) G. Anil Kumar 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
"Extraterrestrial brothers" (or "sons") waiting for the Pope?!
Here's an interesting news:
http://www.asianage.com
"Vatican City, May 14: The Vatican’s chief astronomer says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of "extraterrestrial brothers" perhaps more evolved than humans. "In my opinion this possibility (of life on other planets) exists," said Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, a 45-year-old Jesuit priest who is head of the Vatican Observatory and a scientific adviser to Pope Benedict XVI.
"How can we exclude that life has developed elsewhere," he told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano in an interview in its Tuesday-Wednesday edition, explaining that the large number of galaxies with their own planets made this possible. Asked if he was referring to beings similar to humans or even more evolved than humans, he said: "Certainly, in a universe this big you can’t exclude this hypothesis."
In this context, I want to put some interesting questions to the "learned" scientific adviser to the pope and to the pope himself (or, should I write "Himself"?) !1. Do these "extraterrestrial brothers" also believe the holy trinity and the church?
2. Has the "only son of God " went to different galaxies too, to perform his (or His) duty "of dying for their sins"?
3. How come the holy bible doesn't mention the universe as so big? or is it meant for the humble earth-citizens only?
4. Is their any possibility of sending the missionaries and the "holy pope" of course, to plant the cross across all the worlds as and when they become "known worlds"?
5. What if these "new worlds" have already got their own popes by the time they become known to us by the same God and His same only son? Is our pope satisfied with his jurisdiction then? What happens to his claim of being the Vicar of Christ then? Or does he want to become the "grand pope" of all the worlds to retain his title and, of course, rights and privileges?
Let the "good" adviser or his master answer!
(c) G. Anil Kumar
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Why Priyanka Visited Nalini?
According to the media reports, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said she met her father Rajiv Gandhi's killer Nalini last month and she did it to come to terms with the loss of her father - the person she loved the most. ''I do not believe in anger, hatred and violence", She said.
Fine, so nice of her! But it is very hard to be convinced. There are reports in the media that Murugan (Nalini's husband, co- conspirator) is writing an autobiography. According to rumor mills this book is full of "explosive revelations". So, the timing of the meeting raises many questions.
Nalini's lawyer, S Duraisamy who had filed an application under RTI act, has stated that he wanted this visit to be on record. That means the visit should be properly registered and the record should not get erased over time. His statement implies that it was intended to be a secret meeting. The point to be noted here is that it was Nalini's family and lawyers, who have made the media-disclosure about the meeting. Priyanka was left with no options. She had to admit that she visited Nalini. But as clever as her mother Sonia, Priyanka has now shown her "large-heartedness", like Sonia's much publicized "sacrifice" of Prime Ministership!!
The secret meeting is not as simple as it looks. Incidentally, It was Sonia Gandhi, who pleaded clemency for Nalini, who was convicted and sentenced to death by the court. Now Priyanka has visited her. Nalini's lawyer has told mediapersons that Priyanka wanted to find out who masterminded her father's assassination. Since all the Courts have already established that LTTE was the real conspirator, it is not clear why Priyanka wanted to know about the "real conspirator".
In early 2004 there were reports in the media that Congress and particularly Sonia's family had been trying to make a deal with LTTE and Edwardo Faleiro of the party had been sent to Lanka on a secret mission to meet LTTE leaders on behalf of Sonia. But he denied it he had said that he was on a personal tour in the northern Sri Lanka (a war-torn area!).
I don't know whether there is any substance to these claims. But Priyanka's visit certainly makes everybody suspicious. Visiting a convicted terrorist is not an ordinary thing. According to Dr. Subramaniam Swamy this is an illegal meeting. He has stated in his press-note that the Tamil Nadu government must prosecute Priyanka for criminal offence of trespass into a highly restricted prison in Vellore. He said the jail authorities had confirmed that Priyanka had no requisite permission to enter the jail, much less seek permission to meet the Supreme Court-convicted killer. He said he would file a private complaint in the court to enforce the police to do its statutory duty if the State government failed to do so by May 21.
He also said "if Priyanka wanted to tell the nation the truth about who contracted the LTTE to kill her father, she can begin by telling the nation about her father's last phone call from Visakhapatnam to her and the details of the conversations that took place. She should also investigate who persuaded Mr Gandhi to campaign in Seriperumbudur when even the local Congress candidate did not ask for it, and how his travel schedule became known to Sivarasan and to the LTTE even before the local police was informed of his visit...She should also ask her mother Sonia Gandhi why the UPA government had abandoned the demand for extradition of LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran and his lieutenant, Pottu Amman, who are still Accused No 1 and 2 respectively in the trial court chargesheet...The commutation of Nalini's death sentence to life imprisonment was illegally done in 2000 by the NDA government at the Centre and the DMK government in Tamil Nadu by asking the Governor to proclaim it. Only the President of India can grant such pardon under the Constitution.Hence if any move is made by Ms Priyanka Vadra to free Nalini from prison for some quid pro quo, I shall file a PIL against the same...''
So, there are many unanswered questions. Is Murugan's autobiography one of the reasons for the viist? Why Priyanka has repeatedly asked Nalini about the "real mastermind"? How can she hope to come to terms with the killing of her father (that too after 17 years!) by visiting the killer?
(c) G. Anil Kumar (2008)
Fine, so nice of her! But it is very hard to be convinced. There are reports in the media that Murugan (Nalini's husband, co- conspirator) is writing an autobiography. According to rumor mills this book is full of "explosive revelations". So, the timing of the meeting raises many questions.
Nalini's lawyer, S Duraisamy who had filed an application under RTI act, has stated that he wanted this visit to be on record. That means the visit should be properly registered and the record should not get erased over time. His statement implies that it was intended to be a secret meeting. The point to be noted here is that it was Nalini's family and lawyers, who have made the media-disclosure about the meeting. Priyanka was left with no options. She had to admit that she visited Nalini. But as clever as her mother Sonia, Priyanka has now shown her "large-heartedness", like Sonia's much publicized "sacrifice" of Prime Ministership!!
The secret meeting is not as simple as it looks. Incidentally, It was Sonia Gandhi, who pleaded clemency for Nalini, who was convicted and sentenced to death by the court. Now Priyanka has visited her. Nalini's lawyer has told mediapersons that Priyanka wanted to find out who masterminded her father's assassination. Since all the Courts have already established that LTTE was the real conspirator, it is not clear why Priyanka wanted to know about the "real conspirator".
In early 2004 there were reports in the media that Congress and particularly Sonia's family had been trying to make a deal with LTTE and Edwardo Faleiro of the party had been sent to Lanka on a secret mission to meet LTTE leaders on behalf of Sonia. But he denied it he had said that he was on a personal tour in the northern Sri Lanka (a war-torn area!).
I don't know whether there is any substance to these claims. But Priyanka's visit certainly makes everybody suspicious. Visiting a convicted terrorist is not an ordinary thing. According to Dr. Subramaniam Swamy this is an illegal meeting. He has stated in his press-note that the Tamil Nadu government must prosecute Priyanka for criminal offence of trespass into a highly restricted prison in Vellore. He said the jail authorities had confirmed that Priyanka had no requisite permission to enter the jail, much less seek permission to meet the Supreme Court-convicted killer. He said he would file a private complaint in the court to enforce the police to do its statutory duty if the State government failed to do so by May 21.
He also said "if Priyanka wanted to tell the nation the truth about who contracted the LTTE to kill her father, she can begin by telling the nation about her father's last phone call from Visakhapatnam to her and the details of the conversations that took place. She should also investigate who persuaded Mr Gandhi to campaign in Seriperumbudur when even the local Congress candidate did not ask for it, and how his travel schedule became known to Sivarasan and to the LTTE even before the local police was informed of his visit...She should also ask her mother Sonia Gandhi why the UPA government had abandoned the demand for extradition of LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran and his lieutenant, Pottu Amman, who are still Accused No 1 and 2 respectively in the trial court chargesheet...The commutation of Nalini's death sentence to life imprisonment was illegally done in 2000 by the NDA government at the Centre and the DMK government in Tamil Nadu by asking the Governor to proclaim it. Only the President of India can grant such pardon under the Constitution.Hence if any move is made by Ms Priyanka Vadra to free Nalini from prison for some quid pro quo, I shall file a PIL against the same...''
So, there are many unanswered questions. Is Murugan's autobiography one of the reasons for the viist? Why Priyanka has repeatedly asked Nalini about the "real mastermind"? How can she hope to come to terms with the killing of her father (that too after 17 years!) by visiting the killer?
(c) G. Anil Kumar (2008)
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