SORRY

Friday, July 27, 2007

Haneef, I am sorry. Now, it seems for all purposes you are victimised and Australian government is almost apologetic. But the circumstantial evidence against you is so strong that it made you look guilty. Hope your incaceration will be a lesson and future Haneefs will not give away their simcards to terrorists and be careful with whom to mingle.
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K.Venugopal Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:35:02 AM
Do you think Haneef knew he was giving his simcard to a terrorist or was it just an innocent leaving it behind with his relative?

K.Venugopal Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:38:01 AM
By the way, why do you apologise to Haneef? Were you in any way involved in his incarceration?

vivekaahuja Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:52:16 AM
Writing against him is also an act of incaceration if he is really innocent. Only time will tell the truth behind the simcard.

K.Venugopal Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:44:57 PM
Did you write against him or, like Jesus Christ, have you taken on the sin of others who wrote against him and apologised?

Dear Javedsaab, you too

Saturday, July 28, 2007

When you left your first wife and married Shabana I felt surprised and sad. Did you leave Honey because she is unbearably fat? Or she no longer inspired you? And you found Shabana in tune with your feelings? Wives and husbands become like that after bearing and having children. If you are not there when your husband or wife is less attractive and more vulnerable, then marriage has no meaning.And the senseless and heartless media always credits Shabana only for your success and inspiration which you gladly accept. Is your first wife not contribute anything? She gave you creative children like Farhan and Zoya.Marriage is no toy in the hands of a child to be thrown away for a new toy. If you have patience and a heart to take pain as well as pleasure, you can always save your first spouse heartbreak.If poets become selfish, then how can there be poetry in marriage?
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K.Venugopal Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:24:08 AM
It appears that when it came to marriage Javed invoked his divine right to 4 wives as a Muslim. Otherwise he is a blue-blooded secularist and in being anti-Hindutva, Shabana is a well-matched partner.

Sex scenes on TV

Saturday, July 28, 2007
I am unable to understand why the government is bent upon showing adult and nude scenes on TV to people of the country. It appears there is no other work pending in the drawer of the government or some mischievous elements have crept into the corridors of Governance intending to spoil Indian culture.

This is why sometimes they attempt to introduce some chapters related to sex in schools/colleges syllabus or some other time they talk of showing adult sex scenes on TV. They have no time to ponder over other good features and requirements which are unavoidable for all academic institutions.

There are still thousands of schools in the country where there is practically no education, no infrastructure and no teaching staff. Schools are being run on registers or on the ground. There are numerous such courses which are not taught in the colleges or for which facilities are not available in India or in most of the states.

Proper colleges are not available for higher education in many towns. Students in eastern zone and students are constrained to go to other states in the south or in North to acquire quality education. Even for proper school education, parents are forced to send their wards to other states like Rajasthan, Delhi and UP for getting high quality education.

People in the country have almost forgotten the course of Law which forms the backbone of our judicial system. In most of the states degree of law is bought by payment of some amount as bribe to college chief. There may be many such illustrations.

What will be the fate of a country where acute scarcity of education is the common feature in most of the districts but our leaders talk of sex education and showing nudes scenes on TV?

Already there is vast scope for adults to view adult scene ad pornography on Internet throughout the day.
As a matter of fact in most of the cyber cafes running in the country, children and adults enjoy unrestricted porno sites most of the time. Their precious time is spoilt in such dirty materials which need not be taught in academic institutions and which a child understands automatically when the time comes. Even animals know how to enjoy sex. There is no need of government adding fuel to fire. Already most of our students are victim of western culture. Government should avoid aggravating the same further. I would like to advise our learned and experienced political leaders to use their wisdom and brain in constructive materials and not give scope for further erosion In social values.
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5:47:09 AM
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K.Venugopal Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:05:20 AM
Even when scarcity of education was more acute many decades ago, we had set up institutions of excellence like the IITs. There is no need to stop ourselves from surging ahead where we can because we are lagging behind in many areas. As for funds, education in any category is an investment and in the long run it will benefit all.

INSIPID

Friday, July 27, 2007

WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT INSTALLED AT NEW DELHI, A NEW PHASE HAS BEGUN. NEVER HAS THE COUNTRY WITNESSED A CONTROVERSY KICKING UP PRIOR TO THE ELECTION TO THIS HIGH OFFICE. A HIGH OFFICE SEES A QUESTION MARK HERE. DO WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THE POSTS OF PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT OR GOVERNOR ? CANT THE SYSTEM BE REVAMPED AND SAVE THE EXCHEQUER CRORES OF RUPEES ANNUALLY ? I BET IT CAN BE. A POLL OUGHT TO BE CONDUCTED TO GET THE OPINION OF THE MASSES HERE. MAJORITY WILL I AM CERTAIN, VOTE FOR THE BANISHMENT OF THESE POSTS, WHICH ARE MORE CERMONIAL THAN ANYTHING ELSE.IMAGINE ANY OF THESE FIGURES THAT CAN CAUSE SOME MAJOR & REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES TO THE SOCIETY WE RESIDE IN !. NO THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST FIGURE HEADS !. ONLY AN ELECTED PERSON LIKE A C.M. OR A P.M. CAN, WE ALL KNOW.THOUGH THE POST OF A PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY IS JUST CERMONIAL OR TO BE BLUNT, A RUBBER-STAMP FIGURE HEAD, IT REQUIRES CLASS TO OCCUPY THIS OFFICE. DR. KALAM SURE HAD THIS CLASS. A SIMPLE YET A BRILLIANT MAN LOVED BY THE MASSES. BUT THE PRESENT OCCUPANT SEEMS QUITE INSIPID CAMPARED TO THE FORMER OCCUPANT. SURROUNDED BY CONTROVERSIES THIS LADY SEEMS UNFIT FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE.SERIOUSLY A FORUM HAS TO BE CREATED TO REVAMP THE SYSTEM AND DO AWAY WITH THESE POSTS, WHICH IN TURN CAN SAVE COUNTRY BILLIONS OF RUPEES EVERY YEAR, THE MONEY WHICH CAN BE INFUSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INDIA.
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 27, 2007 9:21:20 PM
Posts by itself are only specifications of duties. It is the persons occupying them who would bring the posts dignity or mediocrity or even shame. While posts can be specified, how do we measure the character of a person? How do we ensure that only persons of character occupy vital posts? This is a key question.

STINKING SOCKS

Friday, July 27, 2007

Indian office goers must be released from the tyranny of full sleeved shirts with ties and coats and shoes. Indian weather is always sultry and humid. They must wear light cottons half sleeved shirts with comfortable chappals becaause most of them travel for hours in crowded trains and buses. By the time they reach their destination they are sweaty and their socks stink with soaked sweat. Shoes suit cold countries and we blindly imitate that dress code. And ties. What purpose do they serve?
9:47:11 AM
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kalpana Friday, July 27, 2007 9:50:34 AM
Yeah i totally agree!!!!What about the school uniforms?ties in summer!!!!!!!!,skirts in winter!!!!!!!Someone please do something about it.
K.Venugopal Friday, July 27, 2007 8:42:05 PM
Let us have the freedom to dress as we want, so long as the consequences are only ours to bear. Stinking socks? That's not permissible. I've solved this particular problem many years ago - I walk barefoot.

Maa Tujhe Salaam

Friday, July 27, 2007

This is for all the diehards who fought it all out in the kargil war for the honour of the country. Shat-Shat Naman to you all. To the Vikram Batras, to the Anuj Nayyars and all those who fought the war. You are the real life heroes who do not get any attention but sacrifice the most. But remember that there are people who know that no sacrifice is greater than that done for the motherland. I salute to mothers who have given birth to such dedicated soldiers. Maa Tujhe Salaam, Bharat Mata ki Jai, Vande Mataram.
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 27, 2007 3:45:34 PM
I share your sentiments and I join you in saluting our military who are ever protecting us from external enemies. For the rest of us, we have to be aware of the enemies within, not just the inevitable foreign agents bent on wrecking havoc from within, but of our own debilitating corruption, indifference, immorality and suchlike tendencies. In the long run, they would be more destructive of our nationhood.

India’s Newly President for proselytizing

Sunday, July 22, 2007

A directive from the Ministry of Cults and Religions of Cambodia is reported in the media: Christians are prohibited from visiting people houses by knocking on the door and waiting to say: the Lord has arrived. Did India elect its President to welcome forceful conversion? Did Mahatma Gandhi want forcefully conversion? ................
India's Christian clerics reviving dying churches abroad
'We have about 150 pastors from the northeast preaching the gospel and assisting dying churches in countries like the US, China, Thailand, Cambodia and other countries,' Reverend Ngul Khan Pau, general secretary of the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India, told IANS................
Did Mahatma Gandhi want Forcefully Conversion?
No Such Thing as Conversion
“I believe that there is no such thing as conversion from one faith to another in the accepted sense of the word. It is a highly personal matter for the individual and his God. I may not have any design upon my neighbor as to his faith, which I must honor even as I honor my own. Having reverently studied the scriptures of the world I could no more think of asking a Christian or a Musalman, or a Parsi or a Jew to change his faith than I would think of changing my own.” (Harijan: September 9, 1935).......................
Did 10 Janpath gandhis and Newly President on the path of Mahatma Gandhi?
“Sonia Gandhi opposes Anti Forcefully Conversion Bills passed by Raj and MP Governments: Indian Congress President Mrs. Gandhi said, “The Congress Party has opposed this strongly in the assembly and through demonstrations.”
Why Pope sent ‘Fatwa’ to India? On whose instruction FORMER Rajasthan Governor AND NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT had sent back the Anti-forced conversion bill passed by Raj assembly?
This subject fully discussed at: newsanalysisindia.com/
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K.Venugopal Monday, July 23, 2007 7:13:54 PM
Watch out for a bill giving reservations to 'Dalit' Christians and Muslims in the SC category. The Hindu dalits will lose out because they are not as organised as the Christians and Muslims. Our lady President is eagerly waiting to OK it, as a token of thanks to Sonia for making her President.

Muslim as vice president

Monday, July 23, 2007
Muslim will be the vice president, Hindu will be the President, Sikh is the Prime Minister and Christian Sonia Gandhi heads the ruling combination of UPA. What an excellent combination of four VIP's of the nation. None can now doubt the credential of secularistic pattern of our democracy.
Now we need similar balance in states, districts and blocks too .One chance must be given to each of handicapped person ,beggars,pundits,maulvis,doctors,drunkards,criminals prostitutes, TB patients, cancer patients and so on whose population is at least more than one crore in the country.
In the same way we should allow MLA's in the state assemblies
.Jains, Budha, Rajput, Bhumihar, pundit and similarly all caste group should be given an opportunity in the democracy.
What is the harm in experimenting all caste persons and persons from all categories of people? When Mrs. Pratibha Patil can be given the responsibility of all three segments of army and can be entrusted the duty to protect our constitution, why not other segments of the society should get an opportunity to rule the country.
I am also a candidate to run the country even for a week or two.
This time Shiv Sena supported Mrs. Pratibha Patil because she hailed from Maharastra , next time Mr. Madhu Koda, CM of Jharkhand will ask for Vice President from Jharkhand. Mr. Sibu Soren is ready to take the responsibility.
Even IAS .IPS officers should also come from all castes based on their population.
After all we want to be the most secular in the world.
Particularly if we support Muslim candidate we will be praised by even our enemy country like Pakistan, Bangladesh, USA and many Islamic countries. As such Mrs. Nezmaaptullah is a right choice of NDA and Mr. Hanif for UPA. It should not be surprising for anyone. It was on expected line.
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K.Venugopal Monday, July 23, 2007 9:06:39 AM
Dear Danendra, You've put across a vital point in great satire. But at least we, as individuals, should resolve that we would be Indians first and foremost. When more and more take the cue, India would become invincible.

Open letter to Pratibha Patil as next President of India

Friday, July 20, 2007

Dear Mrs Patil , Your election as President of India will go down in the history of India as a matter of great shame , as a concious citizen of this country, I bow my head in great shame and I refuse to accept you as the head of state of this country. You have been elected by 1000 criminals in Parliament and several thousand criminals in the different state legislators,they have chosen you to lead them and show them the way as to how to achieve their criminal objectives. After all smaller criminals have chosen a bigger criminal with proven ability to lead them. I am sure you will be in a position to accomplish this objective. The whole nations looks forward to your criminal achievement.many people see you as women empowerment in India , majority opinion in this country vouch for Rakhi Sawant , she fits the bill, at least she is not involved in criminal acts , she is also trying her best to serve the society and women cause . While nominating you as next President, the name of Dawood Ibrahim also surfaced as representative of minority community , he also deserves the nomination, after all like you no charges have been proved aganist him, he is a step better than you, he presented himself for investigation by a thrid country but you are still shy of such investigation, you did everything in your might to subvert the CBI probe . With you as head of this country, criminalisation of Indian politics is complete , we always missed a criminal as head of this country . we had some chamchas like Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad and Giani Zail Singh but never a person of great character like you . You filled the position . My best wishes to you .
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 20, 2007 7:38:08 PM
The truth is, we deserve no better. Do you know that, for instance, the 'great' game of cricket, of which the majority of the nation is crazy, is actually a huge scandal, with a handful of nations playing against each year round the year in each other's venues and the media building it all up as the ultimate exlir? Have you wondered about the character of our cricketers? Ganguly was dropped and he went from door to door of the high and mighty literally begging them to take him back. Dravid, even as he is captain in all his glory, endorses citizen watch and shows it off, as if he has won a great trophy for India - all for the extra bucks he wants to earn while there is opportunity. Tendulkar, great as he is (I am his fan), he was still not great enough not to ask for tax concessions for a rare costly car he imported. This lack of character is today prevalent in all spheres. So long as we Indians fail to see that character is what we require above all, we will continue to have characterless people run our affairs.

Two Suitcases for Kalam 20 For Me

Friday, July 20, 2007
Kalam is a bachelor and a simple man. So his belongings are just 2 suitcases. Probably they are his clothes. But my belongings are more. So many years of family life.4 boxes are full of kitchen items and cutlery. Most of the steel utensils exchanged for old clothes. 2 boxes belong to my kids childhood toys, favourite clothes and other knickknacks which make me nostalgic. 2 boxes full of gifts received on various celebrabrations. 3 boxes for files. 2 boxes for books. 2 boxes for old clothes in good condition. 2 boxes for winter clothing and bedsheets. 1 box for unsued electric items. 1 box for photo albums which is my most prized possession. 1 box empty. That empty box reminds me that my life is not full yet. Marriage and kids give us a lot of full boxes. I envy Kalam. I also pity him because he missed certain things in life.
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Ramachandra Friday, July 20, 2007 6:26:15 PM
Dear it is nature's balance that working for and against you. you loose something and you gain something. The net result is he is also happy and you should also be happy. Nothing to be envy about. Concentrate on filling the empty box.
K.Venugopal Friday, July 20, 2007 7:20:51 PM
However many boxes of material things we have, they will not bring us lasting peace, which is what all humans ultimately want. The less material possessions we have, the greater the chance of not being 'boxed in'. Therefore beware of those boxes - both full and empty.

If you are searching for peace of mind

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
respected sir,
if you are searching for peace of mind, you can try any of following two things. firstly, you must set aside 10% of your salary for a noble cause.you must enquire about various genuine NGOs working for the benefit of children or mentally /physically challenged individuals,to help elderly people or women empowerment.
secondly, you can switch onto sanskar and aastha television and watch spiritual discourses of various sadgurus. believe me, i am speaking from personal experience.you will feel lot of peace within.don't forget it to refer it to your friends as well.(though the discourses are based on hindu holy texts, they are not at all based on communal lines).
7:47:45 PM
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K.Venugopal Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:00:41 PM
There is no doubt your prescription would help in bringing peace of mind. It is also important to know that eventually we would realise that lasting peace of mind is possible only if we are able to relax totally and be attentive completely. If we sincerely seek to be relaxed and attentive at the same time, the right technique suited to our genius would uncover itself for our pursuit.

RECALL INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER FROM AUSTRALIA

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Mohammed Haneef episode has slipped rapidly from a tragedy to a farce. Arrested in the wake of the failed attack on Glasgow Airport for the cardinal sin of lending his SIM card to his cousin Sabeel Ahmed, whose bother Kafeel Ahmed drove the jeep, the case has become a disgraceful demonstration of how India protects its citizens abroad.
Even as the Indian government and its diplomats have watched, Dr Haneef has become a pawn in Australia’s politics in the name of the “War on Terror”. Given bail after being detained for a fortnight, he has been stripped of his visa, threatened to be deported, labelled a “terrorist”, and has now been condemned to solitary confinement for 23 out of 24 hours a day.
In all the time, the Secular Republic of India has looked on haplessly as a citizen of its soil has been deprived of his civil liberties, robbed of his freedom and human rights, and humiliated by having his “character” questioned. India’s meek response threatens the wellbeing of its citizens in every part of the globe.
Today it is Haneef, tomorrow it could be any one of us.
It is now time to send a strong diplomatic signal that India will not tolerate any further circumcision of its citizens’ rights without clinching evidence being provided that Dr Haneef has a stronger, deeper involvement than has been made public. The Indian high commissioner to Australia should be recalled to show that India is one with Mohammed Haneef.
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manish_chowdhary Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:25:02 PM
This is not true, the charges levelled against Haneef are very serious , his alleged links with Al-Queda activists are under investigation. Indian High Commission can not cross a limit, the maximum High Commission can do is make a representation of Indian stand , they can not ask Australian to absolve him of all charges . If Haneef is found not gulity, Australian authorities have no reasons to hold him for a single day . There seems to be some controversy , if no charges are leveled against him, then why is he being held in custody ,why is he being treated like a terrorist ? Whether Australians have discovered something which they are hiding or is it some simple act of high handedness ?
K.Venugopal Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:07:23 PM
Do you think our High Commissioner in UK ought to be recalled because he did not point out that Kafeel Ahmed is innocent though he drove the Jeep? It can only be that he was innocently in the bad company of an Iraqi, the other occupant of the Jeep! If he was not innocent, would our Prime Minister have lost sleep over him and his likes?

FIND AISWERAYA'S PHOTO AT THE AGE OF 70

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Anyway we decided to make a prediction of our own-just cause it seemed easy! Ever wonder what Ash will look like at age 70?
CURRENT
AT THE AGE OF70

5:12:31 PM
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ikchhugani Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:35:43 PM
You are a very mean person ... you are trying to scare the poor lady.
K.Venugopal Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:42:49 PM
Aishwarya is an intelligent person and she probably already knows that beauty is in how you feel, not how you look.

THE MUSLIM MERCENARY

Monday, July 16, 2007

It has always intrigued one as to how more and more youth, educated and from well to do families, get attracted to Jehad and suicide attacks. I do not believe the religion teaches these attitudes.Nor can it be the dogmatic preachings of some vocoferous zelots. While you can understand an youngster from a poor family taking up Jehad as ameans of earning, one is baffled by the steps taken by the well to do.It cannot be monetary matters which count.Nor can it be religious dogmas as the Religion doesnot preach violence and killing of innocents.So then it has to be soem other motivsation....Salvation also cannot be a cause of death wish.Can any one throw some light on this? In the answer may lie the solution to the vexing problem.
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Infidel Monday, July 16, 2007 6:40:37 AM
No true religion teaches hatred and voilence but evil cult do. Islam is not a religion but an evil cult for which humanity is paying it's prize for 1400 years. Hope you got your answer.
K.Venugopal Monday, July 16, 2007 11:18:08 PM
Islam, according to its adherents, is not only a perfect religion, it is also a religion of total clarity. This clarity, unfortunately, is obtained not by independent thinking, but by parroting the conclusions of its authorised Mullahs, who go by the interpretation given by Mohammad through his hadiths. The bomber doctors may have used their brains and become brilliant in secular subjects, but when it comes to religion, they surrender their thinking to the Mullahs. The most educated Christians have never hypothecated their brains to the Pope or his missionaries. No Shankaracharya or Guru has stopped the Hindu from concluding matters for himself. Why, the license for free-thinking was given by Krishna himself in the Gita. Until the Muslim leaders in secular fields reinterpret Islam in the light of spiritual developments after the 7th century (and before too, in non-Arabic lands) the Muslims will continue to be guided by 7th century Arabic tribal mentality.

Arrests of Indian Doctors for terrorist activities

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Arrest of Indan doctors in UK and Australia is quite alarming, it clearly establishes and also strengthen the simple theory that no matter how qualified they become , to them Jihad holds uppermost and supreme position in their mind , to these people so called Jihad is more important than humanity ,these kind of people are monsters and every effort should be made to eliminate such menace from a civilised society.
10:23:57 PM
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 6, 2007 12:40:17 PM
The latest incident confirms Arnold Toynbee's conclusion that Islam is an intolerent majority and a turbulent minority.

HALF-MUSLIM INDIAN PRIME MINISTER WANTS TO SAVE MUSLIM TERRORIST BUT NOT HUNDREDS OF FLOOD VICTIMS

Friday, July 6, 2007

Manmohan Singh couldn't sleep because he kept thinking about the Indian Muslim terrorist arrested in Australia.. If Sri Lankan terrorists are known as Tamil terrorists, what is wrong with Muslim terroists being called Muslims terrorists? After all, these people are terrorising for the benefit of Muslims and in the name of Islam. Also many verses, for example surah 8 ayat 12, in the Koran exhort Muslims to kill violently non-Muslims. Surah 8, for example tells them to "strike off" the heads of non-Muslims and burn them in hell-fire. Muslim terrorists have used such verses to justify killing non-Muslims. In any case, these arrested people will be dealt with by the laws of the respective countries and if innocent, will be released. He is not killed, nor is he likely to be.
Manmohan really should be having sleepless nights for the Indians being killed by floods in India for which he could have taken preventive action but hasn't. But what do you expect from this half-Muslim prime minister? He didn't have sleepless nights when many innocent Hindus were bombed and killed in India by these Muslim terrorists.
12:30:06 AM
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 6, 2007 6:34:54 PM
Hey, You are back after a long time, Shamer. A clash of civilization is well under way. Between those who believe in freedom and those who believe in scriptural dogma.

Why Our dear Prime Minister could not go to sleep for a night?

Friday, July 6, 2007
Our dear Prime Minister could not sleep for a nightbecause some Indian doctors were suspected to beinvolved in England bomb blasts. However, our samerespected Prime Minister goes to sleep daily when hevery well knows that as per various surveys, 64% ofIndians go to bed every night without food. He is notbothered nor his sleep is disturbed. He went to sleepquite soundly when Sikhs were being mercilessly killedby his partymen i.e. Congresswalla in 1984. He couldgo to sleep very well when Babri Masjid wasdemolished, when Bombay riots took place, when Bombblasts took place in Bombay. He went soundly to sleepwhen Godhra Carnage took place. He could not find anyreason not to sleep when post Godhra riots took place.He went to sleep quite soundly when Gujjar riots overreservations took place. He also could go to sleepwhen Gujarat Earthquake took place. He also went tosleep soundly when Tsunami took place. He had gone tosleep as usual when fake encounters took placeespecially in Punjab and J&K and he also sleep soundlywhen custodial deaths take place. Then why could henot go to sleep this time? As a Prime Minister, hesurely owes an explanation to the Nation. Dear PrimeMinister, please come out clean. Why you could not goto sleep this time?Satbir Singh Bedi
10:09:58 AM
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cinical Friday, July 6, 2007 10:19:05 AM
good questions.
K.Venugopal Friday, July 6, 2007 6:36:18 PM
Elections are approaching and he needs to humour the Muslims.

How much money does it take to be happy?

Friday, July 6, 2007
A lot it seems these days. You've got to have a lot of it, and no stopping please! So what if you, already have 2 cars for the 2 and a half(kid) members of your family, own your own house, your kid goes to the swanky neighbuorhood school, and your salary nearly doubles every six month?
You are not able to go abroad every year, you don't yet own a Mercedes, and your house has only three rooms for God's sake! How can your family of 2 and a half make do with only three rooms and two cars? It doesn't matter if there are millions of kids out there who sleep in the open, and don't have two meals a day, and never ever learn to read and write. But chances are they might be almost as happy as you are. A full stomach a day gives them the same high as your overseas trip.
Isn't this obscene? How can anyone, who has food on his table, a decent place to call home, access to health-care , and the knowlege that things would stay that way, come what may, not be happy. Why do we as a nation not care about our fellow countrymen, who are not so fortunate? How is it that the much reviled Australian cricketers, like Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, come every year to India to work with the poor, whereas the Indian cricketers, some of whom are wealthier, are never seen doing anything of this sort.
Can all of us Indians resolve to be happy while striving to do well in life and also show kindness to others not as fortunate as us.
3:04:51 PM
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NailingTheCoffin Friday, July 6, 2007 4:20:53 PM
You hit bull's eye.Perhaps our cricketers will emulate Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, when they decide to call it a day with regard to their (politicised) game of cricket, and wish to enter active politics, which these days is like a stupid combination of 20x20, ODI and test match, all-in-one!
K.Venugopal Friday, July 6, 2007 6:22:13 PM
Dear Vipin, The whole problem of unhappiness in man, rich or poor materially, is the sense of lack. Those who are not educated by the spiritual masters continue to foster the illusion that money would solve their problems. It never has. We have to first make our restless mind restful. Then we would be able to solve all problems ourselves. We would stop wailing that our problems arise from unfair social arrangements.

Indian Muslims

Friday, July 6, 2007

In the name of Allah, many Clerics are misdirecting young, poor muslims towards terror. In the name of Jihad they are making them to commit terror crimes not only in the country but also in the world. For the last many years, we indian muslims were not involved in such acts. But the recently terror attack in UK has made everyone in the country to look at us in a doubtful manner. We are been tried to be branded as Terrorists. So all muslims of our beloved India don't come in the words of this Clerics. They don't belong to any nation, they are following the words of their Masters located in Pakistan/Saudi Arabia.
First we are Indians then we are Muslims. This country has given a identity to us. So lets come together and face the terror together.
5:27:39 PM
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 6, 2007 6:06:18 PM
I applaud your statement. But the basic religious problem emanating from Islam would not be solved so long as it declares that it alone is the true religion and all other religions are false. Though many other religions, big and small, also declare that theirs is the only true religion, such declarations have not resulted, at least in the modern world, at attempts to foist their religion by undermining all liberal views and institutions as is the tendency in Islam. Muslims therefore must turn against Islam as is run by the Mullahs. They have retarded the evolution of the religion. Unless freedom to interpret is at the individual level, as it is today with Hinduism and even Christianity, Islam will take to terrorism in bigger ways.

Religion rules!

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Today almost in every part of the world there is some sort of war, argument or problem going on that has its roots related to conflict with some religion. From the United States, which many believe, is waging a war against radical Islam in the form of terrorism in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, to Israel, which has its own age-old problems with neighboring Palestine. In fact the division of India and Pakistan was made on this whole topic of religion. There are arguments going around in the world about abortion rights and religion again has a part to play, even the statue of the age old Bamiyan Buddha was destroyed in the name of religion. People like Daniel Pearl are slaughtered and Salman Rushdie are issued fatwa’s to be murdered under the name of religion. Riots of Gujarat or the on going religious tension in Punjab all are given birth by religion. Worlds are made, leaders are chosen and rights are given not taking in consideration the human in it, but his religion. Eventually at the end of the day the big question we need to ask ourselves is, whether the God in the religion does this all, or is it the human that screen’s himself to play God on this big stage.
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Posted By Mr. Singh Comments (1) News
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K.Venugopal Thursday, July 5, 2007 2:59:51 PM
Man is God but so long as he does not realise this he will act like a devil.

Reply to Ruzan shah

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Yuu are right when you said that there are leaders and business heads who make a difference to the world, but in total they don't make an impact on the community as does the clerics who rouse communl passions as is evident from the situation in Lal Masjid in Pakistan.Take the case of the doctors and engineers who were preyed by the communal elements, even after receiving the best education and possessing a good mind.Where is the menace?
Of course the western influence during cold war has done to invigorate the problem of terrorism?But were they not willing prey to western influence and continue to blame?May be thats the way history catches up with the sinners?But this is also true when the sinned become sinners?
The religion has co-existed with many different communities where the community is not under the clutches of the clerics.Its retrospection time for the community and the world to look for a peaceful way forward?
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K.Venugopal Wednesday, July 4, 2007 9:34:24 AM
Dear Vinod, There is an aspect of Islam that is not accounted for seriously by many commentators and that is, Islam cannot be applied satisfactorily to a Muslim's life unless the shariat is enforced. Since shariat is the Islamic constitution, it can be imposed only by a State. Clerics form part of the surrogate state in almost all countries till they move centre stage like the Taliban did. Hence their importance. The same situation (of needing external imposition to complete the practice of religion) does not prevail in Hinduism because Hinduism is about seeking the divinity within ourselves whereas Islam is about being a perfect slave to Allah, an external force.