Category Archives: Pseudo Secularism Hall of Shame

Bits of Truth Behind the Swami’s Murder

August 29, 2008 – 1:20 pm

In a rare show of courage, the Indian Express reports some eyewitnesses accounts to the foul murder of Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati. Reproducing in full in case the Indian Express develops cold feet and withdraws the report, a la Tape Turdesai.

Trauma in ashram, schoolgirls witnessed Swami’s murder
Ravik Bhattacharya
Posted online: Friday, August 29, 2008 at 0127 hrs
Jelaspota [...]

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Follow Up on the Murder: Dar-ul-Christendom

August 29, 2008 – 1:07 pm

As we alight each step in the aftermath of the gruesome murder of Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati, we progressively discover the true nature of Christianity in its pristine-pure form. The faithful followers of the God of the Book and his Son are united across the globe in condemning–not the murder of the Swami–Hindu extremists for their [...]

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Orissa Murder: Beginning the Spin

August 26, 2008 – 8:23 am

Barely two days after the ghastly murder of an 80-year old Swami, Somini SpinGupta sets the wheels in motion. This NYT report is a study in the art of evasive reporting. I recommend repeated readings of this report to learn how to perfect the art. Right from the title, which says, Hindu-Christian violence Flares in [...]

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Laxmananda Saraswati is not Graham Staines

August 24, 2008 – 2:57 pm

What is more shocking than the news that the anti-conversion Swami Laxmananda Saraswati was murdered in cold blood? It is the fact that he was eighty years old.
Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, the 80-year-old monk who spearheaded the anti-conversion movement in Orissa’s tribal dominated areas for decades, was shot dead at his Jalespata Ashram under Tumudibandha block [...]

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Shabana Azmi Bites More than she could Chew

August 22, 2008 – 10:46 am

It has frequently been written that the incestuous world of Mumbai films forgets its differences and presents a united front when one of their own is threatened. Remember Salman Khan’s numerous brushes with the law? Sanjay Dutt?
In a rare, and really welcome departure from the norm, here’s some heartening news. Reproduced in full.

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In Which Amit Varma Joins the Hall of Shame

August 21, 2008 – 12:44 pm

Chop Kashmir off India so that I can party in Bombay seems to be Amit Varma’s mantra. Varma’s hypothetical equation of India=British Empire or whatever is a mere diversionary couch to rest his laziness to learn, if not in depth, at least the outlines of the Kashmir problem. That in itself is not a huge [...]

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Non-Resident Mischief Mongers

August 20, 2008 – 1:21 pm

What’s common between the following names apart from the fact that they are all Indians settled abroad and have fancy degrees next to their names?
Dr. Angana Chatterji, Dr. Shubh Mathur, Dr. Srimati Basu, Dr. Purnima Bose, Dr. Amitava Kumar, Dr. Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Richa Nagar, Dr. Vijaya Nagarajan, Dr. Mridu Rai, Dr. Sabina Sawhney, Dr. [...]

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Verbal Terrorist Calls for Open Secession

August 19, 2008 – 6:21 am

What’s the difference between the "separatists" (who recently threatened to march into Muzzafarbad) and the Verbal Terrorist? Clearly, none. Especially after this earsplitting call.
Roy concluded with words, “India needs azadi from Kashmir as much as Kashmir needs azadi from India.”

Does this shock you? It shouldn’t. For once and for all, the Verbal Terrorist has taken [...]

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Spare the Comics, Dammit!

August 19, 2008 – 1:52 am

It takes tremendous amounts of grotesque perversity to detect ulterior, sinister motives behind producing children’s comics. That’s perhaps why it takes only a Tehelka to do the job. Their target is the Amar Chitra Katha series of comics that educated millions of children mostly about India’s history and mythology. ACK is a case study of [...]

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Revenge of the Turd

August 15, 2008 – 11:43 pm

Turdesai employs Sagarika Ghose to wreak vengeance against the BJP for railing first, against his open unscrupulousness and then, boycotting his channel. It truly makes for ridiculous reading.
Yet, with such a strong tailwind of middle class approval, on such an important mission of creating the democratic opposition to the Congress, what was the public image [...]

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