Archive for July, 2006
Murli Manohar Joshi on the Netaji death mystery, reproduced in full from the Pioneer.
Government not interested in truth
Murli Manohar Joshi | BJP leader
The Memorandum of Action Taken Report by the Home Ministry over the 600-plus page report submitted by a reputed former judge of the Supreme Court is plainly arbitrary. It states that the Government [...]
Saturday, 29. July 2006 | 5 comments »
Tags: Commentary, History, Indian Politics, Pseudo Secularism Hall of Shame, War on Communism, Weblogs
Via email from reader Sandeep:
Was going through your post “The crown prince of India”
I wonder if you missed a report on TV few days back regarding the list released by GOI of appointments and persons who are exempted from customs check at the airport.
It seems that apart from the regular appts, two persons have been [...]
Friday, 28. July 2006 | No comments »
Tags: Indian Politics, Weblogs
It appears a journalist-turned(cum?)-blogger has bid goodbye to blogging. It’s a pity if it turns out to be true for I truly enjoyed sparring with him. To be fair, the spars tapered off gradually, and then stopped completely.
Here’s the post that started it all.
Thursday, 27. July 2006 | 4 comments »
Tags: Pseudo Secularism Hall of Shame, Weblogs
Apparently, I missed this blatant lie that Secular Imam Shekhar Gupta uttered in this article.
….in April Hindu fanatics bombed the Jama Masjid, the stately 17th-century mosque in old Delhi that is an abiding symbol of Islam in the Subcontinent.
The news report on this incident mentions no terrorist group or persons. Gupta seems to have divined [...]
Thursday, 27. July 2006 | 7 comments »
Tags: Commentary, Indian Politics, Media Watch, Pseudo Secularism Hall of Shame, Terrorism & Pakistan, War on Communism
While our politicians and media are busy trying to deflect criticism over the Bombay train blasts, our tiny neighbour, Bangladesh has simply pocketed land.
The Assam government has accused Bangladesh of forcibly occupying more than two square km of land by uprooting border pillars leading to an unabated flow of migrants into the state.
Assam Revenue Minister [...]
Thursday, 27. July 2006 | No comments »
Tags: Indian Politics, International Politics
Did I just title my post like that? But I know I’ve built up a reputation as a hardcore right-winger; if you’ve accepted that, we can proceed. So here’s Shekhar Gupta, the chief pamphleteer of the Congress party, defending Indian secularism in front of a (primarily) Western audience. (Thanks to JK for the link)
Unlike the [...]
Wednesday, 26. July 2006 | 12 comments »
Tags: Commentary, Indian Politics, Media Watch, Pseudo Secularism Hall of Shame, Society & Culture, Terrorism & Pakistan, War on Communism, Weblogs
Dharmadhikarige Jai… Dharmadhikarige Jai…
Dharrrmmaadhikarige Jai…. Dharrrrmmmaadhikarige Jai!
A refrain that remains fresh in memory from one of the classiest Kannada movies ever made. I was tweleve when I first watched Accident on TV. It was telecast as part of the mostly-boring “Award-winning movies” charade on Sunday afternoon on Doordarshan.
Wednesday, 26. July 2006 | 5 comments »
Tags: Films, Society & Culture
Centre gives clean chit to Navin Chawla
Navin Chawla, I recall reading in some book, was also known as the Butcher of Turkman Gate, a monstrous Emergency-era incident, which I’m sure most of us know.
An excerpt from a chilling account of this man found here.
We now come to the most damning piece of evidence against [...]
Tuesday, 25. July 2006 | 2 comments »
Tags: Election 2004, Indian Politics
If you ever needed proof that the Congress practises dynastic politics, here it is, straight from the horse’s mouth:
Tuesday, 25. July 2006 | 1 comment »
Tags: Commentary, Indian Politics
The award goes to Shivraj Patil, (Dis)Honourable Home Minister, Government of India for saying this. (report reproduced in full)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Sunday said `madrasas,’ or Islamic religious seminaries, were not centres of terrorism. “We believe that Islamic madrasas are seats of social service. They are not the centre of terrorism,” he said [...]
Monday, 24. July 2006 | 2 comments »
Tags: Indian Politics, Pseudo Secularism Hall of Shame, Terrorism & Pakistan