New threats to Hinduism.

[anandr91]

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hello everyone,
I have been exploring the net for some forum where I could express my concerns and ideas. I think I found the forum that I think will meet my expectations.
I have read some of the discussions and the good give and take that have followed each and every hot topic. It is good to talk about the various aspects, the growth and development Brahmins and in general the Hindus have gone through the ages. The various problems faced by TBs have been discussed very eloquently in here. But my main concern is, are we just going to discuss things that have been happening for many a centuries or take some kind of stand or action. Am not preaching to be Re-active, but what are we going to do to be Pro-active.
this brings to the point of my primary concern/questions. Of late, say in the past 400 yrs or so, along with the Europeans came this wave of new religion. Christianity. ever since we have seen many a millions of our people getting converted. this is not something that is only 400 yrs old. it has happened all through the history of our religion. but at this time, in many regions of this country there are these so called missionary workers who are trying to convert people. covertly and overtly. through the guise of help and aid.
my questions to the members of this group/forum are:
1. what are we going to do as Brahmins? as many of u have mentioned that we as Brahmins, are the safe guardians/leaders/experts of Hinduism and the Vedas.
2.What/why/how can we be involved in similar "missionary" works to spread the word of Hinduism and spark a mini revelation to all the people and try to stem the tide of conversion?
3.We dont have to say anything negative or get violent against the missionaries spreading their religion, but be pro-active and try to make people more aware of who and what it is to be a Hindu and the virtues of it. so they can make an educated choice and just not be misled.

I know the group has discussed a lot of things that conern the Brahmins and the TBs. But I feel it is time that we dwell outside this and look at the bigger picture as Hindus and try to do something. I have been thinking about this for a long time. I hear all the "atrocities against the minorities" happening in Orissa reported all the time in newspapers all around the world. Hinduism just like all these religions need to get global and pro-active in dealing with many such misintepretation, most of them on purpose, to protect itself. I know there are lot of us who live all over the world and I think monetary resources can be gathered to arrange for such Hindu missionary trips to every corner of the world. WHY CANT WE TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR RELIGION AND THE WORDS OF OUR GODS/SAINTS TO OTHERS?

 

[malgova.mango]

Dear Shri Anand,

We can't do as per your last sentence, because we respect others belief system. We don't want to rock that. Also it is a bad karma to disturb other's faith. If they find peace in other religion why should we disturb it. Let them enjoy. Live and let Live is our policy.

But people of other religion , failed to appreciate this and created havoc in our society.
We could pray to Bhagwan that they realize there fault and restrain themselves.

The Sanatana Dharma is so logical and systematic , it gets appealed to a a lot of thinking people belonging to western culture. I've come to know about many Swmiji's and lay people from Western socities taking to our path.

Lets do our prayers and leave the results to GOD.

Thanks and Regards

malgova.mango

 

[Chintana]

Very good thoughts.

We perhaps do need initatives like that. So far we have been content with our Hari Katha exponents and not done anything much on a global level.

Of course that would need money. Hinduism being an unorganized religion getting the money will be a problem.

Regards,
Chintana

hello everyone,
I have been exploring the net for some forum where I could express my concerns and ideas. I think I found the forum that I think will meet my expectations.
I have read some of the discussions and the good give and take that have followed each and every hot topic. It is good to talk about the various aspects, the growth and development Brahmins and in general the Hindus have gone through the ages. The various problems faced by TBs have been discussed very eloquently in here. But my main concern is, are we just going to discuss things that have been happening for many a centuries or take some kind of stand or action. Am not preaching to be Re-active, but what are we going to do to be Pro-active.
this brings to the point of my primary concern/questions. Of late, say in the past 400 yrs or so, along with the Europeans came this wave of new religion. Christianity. ever since we have seen many a millions of our people getting converted. this is not something that is only 400 yrs old. it has happened all through the history of our religion. but at this time, in many regions of this country there are these so called missionary workers who are trying to convert people. covertly and overtly. through the guise of help and aid.
my questions to the members of this group/forum are:
1. what are we going to do as Brahmins? as many of u have mentioned that we as Brahmins, are the safe guardians/leaders/experts of Hinduism and the Vedas.
2.What/why/how can we be involved in similar "missionary" works to spread the word of Hinduism and spark a mini revelation to all the people and try to stem the tide of conversion?
3.We dont have to say anything negative or get violent against the missionaries spreading their religion, but be pro-active and try to make people more aware of who and what it is to be a Hindu and the virtues of it. so they can make an educated choice and just not be misled.

I know the group has discussed a lot of things that conern the Brahmins and the TBs. But I feel it is time that we dwell outside this and look at the bigger picture as Hindus and try to do something. I have been thinking about this for a long time. I hear all the "atrocities against the minorities" happening in Orissa reported all the time in newspapers all around the world. Hinduism just like all these religions need to get global and pro-active in dealing with many such misintepretation, most of them on purpose, to protect itself. I know there are lot of us who live all over the world and I think monetary resources can be gathered to arrange for such Hindu missionary trips to every corner of the world. WHY CANT WE TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR RELIGION AND THE WORDS OF OUR GODS/SAINTS TO OTHERS?

 

[lotus_quartz]

Not really, considering that we have the Tirupati Temple, being the richest temple in the world, far ahead of Vatican in terms of accumulated wealth and daily cash collection. An then there are several other temples, shrines etc all over the country with huge assets, wealth and income.

The basic problem is somewhere else - Hinduism is a non-proselytizing religion, and unless the caste straight jacket is shattered, the converted Hindus won't be able to find a clear identity in Hindu society.

Hinduism being an unorganized religion getting the money will be a problem.

 

[il_guy]

The basic problem is somewhere else - Hinduism is a non-proselytizing religion, and unless the caste straight jacket is shattered, the converted Hindus won't be able to find a clear identity in Hindu society.

I am a converted Hindu and have found myself a very clear identity within Hinduism, despite any caste related issues.

 

[vijisesh]

Exactly , everyone likes one or more aspect of any religion which makes him stick to it !

When all roads lead to GOD , almighty , Does it matter , anyway ??

And when one gives a proper thought , it is not an easy task to brainwash some one and take him away from his creed , if he's in close circles with his folks !

 

[Nacchinarkiniyan]

WHY CANT WE TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR RELIGION AND THE WORDS OF OUR GODS/SAINTS TO OTHERS?

I was a bit surprised to see the other posts. Hinduism has been carried to the farthest corners of the world by our Gurus and their missions. Just to name a few.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Srila Prabhupada) ISKON. There are hardly any place in the world where you do not find them.

Ramakrishna Mission. The movement started by Swami Vivekananda.

Chinmaya Mission of Swami Chinmayananda.

Divine Life society of Swami Sivananda.

Maa Amrithanandamayi.

Swami Rama.

The advaita movement of Poonjaji and his followers. ( Ramana Maharshi's followers).

Paramahamsa Yogananda.[Kriya Yoga]

Maharshi Mahesh Yogi. [Transcendal Meditation]

Muktananda and Chidvilasananda.{Siddha yoga}

Mataji Nirmala Devi. [Sahaja Yoga]

Sri Ravi Shankar [Kriya Yoga]

Neem Karoli Baba.

Sathya Sai Baba has followers world wide.

There are ever so many Gurus who have carried the messgae of Hinduism to the West especially U.S.

Then we have the Hindu Gurus who are Americans by birth. Their number is increasing every day.

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Saiva Siddhanta). [Has wriiten anumber of books on Hinduism. He had represented Hinduism in many inter-religious conferences. He is the only one who has written a detailed guide about conversion to Hinduism.]

Swami Sathyananda Saraswati. [Has wriiten anumber of books on Hinduism.]

Maa Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Babaji Bob Kindler. [Has wriiten anumber of books on Hinduism.]

I could go on and on.

You may surprised to know that there many new books published on different aspects of Hinduism in U.S. which are not avilable in India. I get those books through amazon.com.

To quote one example the best book on SriVidya (which is a Tamil Brahmin stronghold) in English is Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions of Śrīvidyā Śākta Tantrism in South India by Douglas Renfrew
Brooks. Printed in U.S. Not available in India for love or money.

BTW you have the Sri Rajarajeswari Peetam in New York.

I can go on.

 

[Nacchinarkiniyan]

About conversions from Hinduism, the Christian Missionaries studied Hinduism and found our weaknesses. They exploited the weakness of our caste system to convert Dalits and Tribals. They continue to do this.

The Dalits have woken up to this kind of exploitation. But there has been no organized attempt by our religious leaders to bring the Dalits into the mainstream Hinduism. Hinduism grew only by integrating all kinds of practices. We have to accept the practices of all the people including the Tribals and bring them into the fold of Hinduism. Some organizations are doing it now.

That is the only way of preventing conversions. If we still clamour after the caste system, vegetarianism and cow protection as the only basis of Hinduism we will be driving more and more people into the fold of other religions.

 

[anandr91]

what can we do to to bring everyone into the fold of our religion?
thank you for listing the various swamyjis and the places where the religioin has spread. can they do something to organize different sorts of programs or things of that sort to send people and spread the true meaning of Hinduism, so the people who are targeted by conversion can make an educated guess.
that is what i am getting at. we need to get something in action to counteract.

 

[anandr91]

Dear Shri Anand,

We can't do as per your last sentence, because we respect others belief system. We don't want to rock that. Also it is a bad karma to disturb other's faith. If they find peace in other religion why should we disturb it. Let them enjoy. Live and let Live is our policy.

But people of other religion , failed to appreciate this and created havoc in our society.
We could pray to Bhagwan that they realize there fault and restrain themselves.

The Sanatana Dharma is so logical and systematic , it gets appealed to a a lot of thinking people belonging to western culture. I've come to know about many Swmiji's and lay people from Western socities taking to our path.

Lets do our prayers and leave the results to GOD.

Thanks and Regards

malgova.mango

I am sorry that u are taking a very defeatist attitude about this topic. maybe that is the problem with our religion, we just let others walk all over us, saying "oh well, what can I do". sad to have such an attitude. no my queries are not to be re-active or against anybody forcing their faiths. my questions and desires are what can we as a group to be pro-active and spread Hinduism. not to target anybody. i am not into rocking the boat or bad karma or anything like that. just talk about what u have. I am sure not trying to spread or talked about ones own religion would be against some Karma or Dharma. u seem to know more about these than me.

 

[malgova.mango]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Dear Anand[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Yes, you didn't talk about conversion , I mis-preceived it. Thousand apologies.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Infact, your concerns are valid and many Swamijis are actually doing this job professionally. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Prayer is a much powerful than any action influenced by one's like and dislikes and only well-guided, well-thought out actions, without the influence of likes and dislikes could bring benefits – Please don't mis-preceive my intentions as a defeatist mentality. Just my preceptions....[/FONT]

Thanks & Regards
malgova.mango


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Regards [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]malgova.mango[/FONT]

 

[anandr91]

no need for apologies. Yes i did understand where ur perceptions came from, I was just hoping to get a better understanding of the issue. well, lets move on. we are just here to discuss and have a healthy conversation.
yes prayer is a powerful and we need a lot of that. and I hope a lot of the Swamijis are doing this kinda of work. how can one be involved in such work and spread the word?

 

[vijisesh]

Dear Mr.Nacchi,

About conversions from Hinduism, the Christian Missionaries studied Hinduism and found our weaknesses. They exploited the weakness of our caste system to convert Dalits and Tribals. They continue to do this.

--> Our weaknesses - Pl elaborate , i would definitely love to hear it from you , Caste differentiation as you've mentioned , Unwillingness to help the needy/ poor / downtrodden - in fact the sad truth about some RICHIE RICH
people from our community whom I know, give a ' Deaf Ear' to poor people and turn 180 degrees from ' people from Our community' who seek help !
The reply to this may be that " We too have too many seva sangh's to help the needy who practice hinduism " but as far as I know they don't reach the REAL POOR and NEEDY !
- DO I need to know more ??

Therefore at the first instance , these are the stronghold of the people practicing other faith's - that you have mentioned , who initially are true humanitarians and firstly identify the basic needs of the poor sections of OUR society and TRULY help them !

If you have had the experience of managing people in your job , you should be knowing that right from the worker to the manager prefer's to be called by his name , rather than - Hey , Oi , Thambi , intha paaru , or in some other way ! and the people from other community refer them by name and get their attendance in the place of worship , every week

Our temple priest will refer you by name if you BUY the archanai ticket !!

That;s the SAD reality !

 

[Nacchinarkiniyan]

It is the poor and depressed/exploted sections of the society who are the natural target for conversion. The missioneries help the communities come up financially. Not by just offering them money, but also by organizing them, spreading education and providing healthcare.

Our Hindu temples have failed miserably in providing succor to the Hindu community at the time of need. Nor did they start educational insitutions or hospitals.

This was realised by great men like Swami Vivekananda who thundered that

Service to Humanity is
Service to God.

This work which was started by the Ramakrishna Mission has been continued by many other organizations. Ramakrishna Mission is actively involved in helping the poor in the North East, Bihar and other places.

Vivekananda Kendra based in Kanyakumari has been doing excellent work. They are doing it in a big way in Arunachal Pradesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivekananda_Kendra

http://www.vkendra.org/

We need more orginizations like these for the upliftment forthe poor and downtrodden.

This is the only way that we can prevent conversions. Not by legistative acts.

 

[Nacchinarkiniyan]

What can we do?

As individual we can help Hinduism by our efforts.

1. Identify organizations like Vivekananda_Kendra and donate to them.

2. We give money to the temples, for conductiong Pujas, yagnas and other religious practices. But in addition to these please donate regularly to organizations which help the poor and the downtrodden sections of the society.

3. It is very common in Western countries to remember your favourite charities in your will. Many organizations receive such bequests. It is time that Hindus also doing it. Andrew Carnegie spent the later part of his life giving away the money that he earned. All Muslims donate a percentage of their income to charities.

Bequeath at least 10% of your wealth to Charities.

4. If you are really interested in safeguarding Hinduism start encouraging people who are actively involved in this endeavour. Not political parties. But the unseen, unsung volunteers.

5. I am not advocationg donatiing to the coffers of the rich Swamijis.

There is a proverb

பாத்திரம் அறிந்து பிச்சையிடு

Let us identify and discuss ways and means of helping the people who are safeguarding Hinduism.

 

[vijisesh]

Continuing with this good topic ..

About Charity !

Some say , there's no point in giving charity unless one is sure that the money donated reaches the helpless , they do not indulge themselves in this wise habit always complaining and doubting the proper usage of the penny they donate !

Some however , do a small donation and talk more about it , there's a saying that " What you give away from the left hand should not be known to the right "
That can be followed provided your spouse is not beside you , standing left!

And some other's think positive and give away donations considering that their motive to donate is more important and GOD shall see that it reaches the needy and the deserving ! After all many of us can only facilitate the few people who sacrifice their lives by physically helping the poor, mentally challenged and people with illness !

I think we can take a step in understanding the truth about charity ! response - please

 

[malgova.mango]

On Dhana...

Dear Sri Viji,

My preceptions as usual....

In our culture , there is a thing called "Pancha Maha Yagyam" think you should be aware of that. But "athithi" sathkaram is not at all practiced nowadays... "kilo enna vellai ?" kathai thann.

In a movie - "Avvaiyar" - There is a miser, even he will pretend to check whether anybody around the house before eating, all this are forgotten. Mahaperieva introduced "pidi arisi" thittam. I think this give life to many temples "anna dhanam" programme.

Vidhya dhanam is in our culture and is practiced still. If one understand the simplicity and effectiveness of our culture, we don't need any big philantrophists ...Everbody has a duty and should play their part...

It is beacuse of our culture we could sustain 100 crore people, even today.

On charity , any good thing given away without any motive then it is charity.
But today in the name of charity how other religion people convert others is well known. To me they are doing buisness , they have an agenda so to fullfill their pursuit they give - Simple.

Just my preceptions...

 

[anandr91]

charity not only means giving money. u can give ur time and effort to a cause. taking action. yes these wonderful groups that are doing great work should be applauded. but i think there comes a time when we have to bring it out in the open for the rest of the people to see. to sort of say, beat your own drum or toot ur own horn kinda stuff. most of the western so called missionaries do this to bring attention to them. being quiet and low key shouldnt mean that we arent doing anything. i feel that each one of us has to try to atleast donate some time and effort in doing things to help out others.

 

[vijisesh]

Good Thought, Sri anand,

Absolutely ! If each one of us have this thought is mind and are able to spend some amount of time in helping other's out , the world will be a better place to live in.

But it doesn't seem to happen more often ! Most of us in the nuclear era have excuses / ample justifications to stay away from doing social services and i agree with you that the remaining few who gain pleasure in spending their time for social service , definitely need to be applauded.

The first earnest step may be to facilitate them in achieving their goals .

Let us list out the threats ONE by ONE and make this thread a
Loooooooooo...........ng one !!

.......
i feel that each one of us has to try to atleast donate some time and effort in doing things to help out others.

 

[Nacchinarkiniyan]

One of the things which Indians should learn from the Americans is about Volunteering. Please read this article.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3356199

There are many voluntary organizations on the net like Wikipedia. But compared to the number of computer personnel from India, the number of volunteers are very few.

There was an article about the reasons for the Indian software professional's meager/next to nothing contribution to open source projects.

Not only that Indians rarely volunteer for anything, there are hardly any opportunity for voluntary work in India. They also mock at people volunteering. At least they do in India. Sometimes I wonder whether we are much more money minded than the Americans and all our talk of spirituality is a sham.

 

[KRS]

Dear Sri Nacchinarkiniyan Ji,

Having lived in the U.S. for the past 38 odd years, let me agree with your assessment about voluntarism in the U.S. This culture is quite materialistic and the economy depends on that quality of the citizens, but casual onlookers misjudge the spirituality that exists in this country.

Voluntarism, because of the pioneer mentality, has come out naturally through the service aspect of Chrsitianity. Large scale immigrations by certain specific communities during specific times has contributed to this.

But whatever the cause, the fact remains that U.S. is a country of voluntarism. How can we apply this to our mother country?

I proposed some time ago, that we can start a small voluntary organization to be the 'mentors' for our community's disadvantaged children when they are at an age (let us say about 10 years old) when we can have a measurable impact on their future. We can either start it under the auspices of this Forum or outside. We can start it small, have a pilot project and adjust if necessary. Only a weekly allocated time of a couple of hours will be needed from each volunteer.

We should start this in Chennai and then take it to other places.

If I remember correctly, some one here in the past has also proposed a voulntary organization to 'check up on' the elders who do not have close family to take care of them properly.

I wish someone on the ground in Chennai can run with these ideas (or any other) and show that we can as a community do this.

Pranams,
KRS

 

[Saab]

WHO WILL SAVE OUR HARIJANS ?


http://templerevival.blogspot.com/2008/03/continuing-christian-oppression-of.html

 

[Saab]

This is an 2003 article, but it is suprising these things are happening in Tamil Nadu now.

A crackdown in Tamil Nadu
T.S. SUBRAMANIAN http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1926/stories/20030103003203600.htm THE Chennai police have busted the network of a "new, budding'' Muslim extremist organisation called the Muslim Defence Force (MDF), whose links go to Saudi Arabia and which has connections with the Lashkar-e-Toiba. The MDF was founded in Saudi Arabia by Abu Hamsa (35) of Hyderabad and has branches in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, apart from Andhra Pradesh.

On a tip-off from the Hyderabad police, the Chennai police, led by Commissioner K. Vijay Kumar, quickly arrested Zackria, 28, and Thoufeek, 27, at Kodungaiyur in Chennai on November 29. The Tamil Nadu police have so far arrested 11 persons including Hamid Bakri of Kayalpattinam, near Tuticorin. The MDF members had planned to cause law and order problems in Tamil Nadu by setting off bombs in temples, especially on December 6, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, police said. On the basis of information given by these men, the police seized 8 kg of explosives from Mallipattinam in Thanjavur district. Abu Hamsa's real name is Abdul Bari. Along with another Muslim extremist called Azam Ghori, he set up an organisation called the Indian Muslim Mohammedi Mujahideen (IMMM). The IMMM was responsible for the bomb blasts in Hyderabad, Karim Nagar and Nizamabad. Bari, who was wanted in the Hyderabad ca se, fled to Saudi Arabia and set up a base in the country's capital, Riyadh. The anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat after the Godhra incident had its echo in Saudi Arabia too. According to the police, Abu Hamsa took an active part in the campaign there that the Muslims in India were being harassed. He founded the MDF in the wake of the anti-Muslim pogrom, and he became its operational chief for India. The MDF was formed after Azam Ghori was killed by the Andhra Pradesh police and there was a lull in the IMMM activities. The MDF has a branch in Pakistan. Thoufeek fled to Saudi Arabia after he was named the first accused in the murder of Selvakumar of Adhiramapattinam, in Thanjavur district, two years ago. Thoufeek, who hails from Adhiramapattinam, returned to Chennai three months ago. The police described Thoufeek as "a notorious criminal" with a gift of the gab. Zackria also had returned to Chennai some months earlier , after working as an air-conditioning mechanic in Saudi Arabia. Before their return, they met Abu Hamsa in Saudi Arabia. The latter recruited the duo to organise the MDF's operations in Tamil Nadu. Vijay Kumar explained that many Muslim youth who went to Saudi Arabia from Tamil Nadu remained jobless and they could be easily persuaded to join extremist organisations. Thoufeek and Zackria belonged to this category. They were shuttling between Chennai and Saudi Arabia, the Police Commissioner said.

Staying in north Chennai, Thoufeek tried to convert Dalits to Islam and set up an organisation called "New Vision" for this purpose. He received the money for this from Zackria in Saudi Arabia. Thoufeek, aling with Lashkar terrorist Abul Salam, planned to create disturbances during the Vinayaka Chaturthi procession in Chennai last September. But they could not do so. The police shot dead Abul Salam recently in Hyderabad. The Andhra Pradesh police also shot dead, on November 23 and 24, two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants who were reportedly involved in the bomb blast at the Sai Baba temple in Hyderabad on November 21. These two militants had links with the MDF. Hamid Bakri, who was also arrested, is an Islamic scholar. He is related to Imam Ali, a terrorist who was shot dead by the Tamil Nadu police in Bangalore last October. Hamid Bakri met Abu Hamsa in Saudi Arabia when he went on the Hajj last year a nd they discussed the MDF's operations in Tamil Nadu, the police said. On his return to India, Bakri held a meeting of MDF operatives at his home in Kayalpattinam and later at Courtallam, in Tirunelveli district. A police officer said that Muslim residents in several places including Mallipattinam cooperated with the police in "weeding out the bad elements'' in their community. According to him, the MDF had "no direct connection" with Al Umma, a militant organisation that was founded in Tamil Nadu in 1993 after the Babri Masjid demolition. ON December 4, 2002, R. Sivakumar, the Judge of the special court for the Coimbatore bomb blast cases, acquitted all the 19 accused in a case relating to the seizure of weapons and explosives. The accused included Al Umma founder S.A. Basha and his second-in-command Mohammed Ansari. The Judge said that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. H owever, there are other ongoing cases against Basha and Ansari. They are the main accused in the case relating to the serial bomb blasts in Coimbatore on February 14, 1998, which led to the death of 60 people. On December 5 at Ramanathapuram, Fast Track Court Judge Raja Chockalingam convicted and sentenced Erwadi Kasim, the founder of a militant organisation called the Islamic Defence Force, to seven years' imprisonment in a case relating to the murder of T. Kuppuramu, president of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Ramanathapuram district. Kuppuramu was murdered on August 25, 1996 at Bharathi Nagar, Ramanathapuram. Abdullah, another accused, was acquitted. Kasim is an accused in the murder of Hazarath Kamarushman, the "Pesh Imam" of the mosque at K.K. Nagar, Chennai, on August 8, 1997 and the bomb blast on the Pandyan Express at Tiruchi on December 6, 1997.






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[Saab]

Killing fields of Kannur, Hindus will no longer be sitting ducks to anti-national CPM cadre.


http://cpmindia.blogspot.com/

Two reports:
1. Read the statement of Shri Mohanrao Bhagwat about the violence in Kannur at:
http://cpmindia.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-happened-in-kannur-shri-mohanrao.html

2. Assaulting an Indian dream
By Tarun Vijay
12 Mar 2008, 0947 hrs IST<img border="0" height="1" width="1">,<img border="0" height="3" width="3">
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2856973,prtpage-1.cms
The author is the Director, Dr Syamaprasad Mookerjee Research Foundation.

 

[Saab]

Hindus have portrayed those who have sought refuge in our country as 'Adhithi Devas'. This exalted religion is under attack by those who hold secularism and pseudo-secularism as their religion. The Congress-communists coalition that is the bane of our country is killing our Gods. We should not rest until these demons are vanquished.

Taslima, who hits out at 'state terrorism'of the CPM and the Congress, seeks escape from death chamber


Arindam Sarkar, Hindustan Times
Kolkata, March 19, 2008

Before leaving India on Tuesday, exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin said the treatment meted out to her by the Government of India was nothing less than "cold-blooded state terrorism to drive her out of the country.

Taslima said she is planning a lecture tour where she would speak about her days inside a room with no view and also how she was "treated like an animal". In a no-holds barred interview, Taslima said that the rulers were as crude as those who are despised because of their religious fundamentalism. She said she was deprived of human rights and tortured by the Centre.

"And to expose the mask of this government, which was out to kill me, I will paste all that I experienced on my website," said Taslima.

Relieved that her "house arrest in a free country" was ending, Taslima said that she would write and tell the world about her harrowing experience in the State of the World Forum, where she has been invited to speak by the former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev.

Amnesty International and International Human Rights Organisation have also approached her to narrate her nightmarish experience in India, she said. Taslima said she is planning a lecture tour where she would speak about her days inside a room with no view and also how she was "treated like an animal".

"Fundamentalists do not torture you to death. They just finish you off. But the Indian Government slowly pushed me towards death. My terrible experience has shattered all notions about a secular and democratic India," Taslima Nasrin told the Hindustan Times.

"For 20 years, I have been hitting out against fundamentalism. There has been no physical attack on me. But India, when it failed to break me psychologically, destroyed me physically by denying treatment to an ill person," added Taslima.

She pointed out that her own country Bangladesh had driven her out in 1994 but did not inflict psychological or physical trauma that could lead to the heart and eye diseases. For that matter, Taslima said in Kolkata too, the state government did not impose a ban on her movement.

Talking about her dilemma and frustrations, she said she would very soon write in international dailies on how a handful of hooligans made the Centre to toe its line and punish an author. The political parties of India are so secular that they were scared to defend a person who is anti-Islam, she said.

Taslima's six-month residential permit in India is expiring in August.

She said that before its expiry she plans to return here. "Just to check whether I can stay in Kolkata. If denied I will pack up and leave India for good."

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