A group of Kashmiri Pandits today held a protest over recent remarks by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that the exodus of the community from the Valley took place in 1990 when Jagmohan was the Governor. Holding placards, the Pandits raised slogans at Jantar Mantar against Omar and said his remarks of blaming [...]
Whenever the Indian elections are underway the western media is even more panicked than usual about the impending doom faced by the world’s largest democracy as it falls into the abyss of Hindu fascism, fundamentalism, nationalism, and other assorted ‘reactionary’ forces. The parrot-fashion use of such worn-out phrases and the lazy reliance on the chattering [...]
Modi and the media The international media are predictably on an anti-Modi crusade. They blame him for killing more than 700 Muslims in 2002 (not for the death of over 200 Hindus in the same riots, nor for the death of 58 Hindus in the Muslim attack triggering the riots), shortly after his accession to [...]
I was an intern back then. Having done my diploma in journalism and mass communication, i was working with a senior journalist to learn the tricks of on-ground reporting and developing contacts.My mentor was a veteran journalist, aged about 52 years. Everyone used to call him Haji sahab. He had gone on Haj with family [...]
President Barack Obama has quietly reversed a policy initiated by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to “get Narendra Modi” — ostensibly for the 2002 Gujarat riots, but in actuality “for taking stands that may be different from that favoured by the US administration” — in the words of a senior analyst in New York. [...]
Arun Ayyagari, an IT Manager in New Jersey, a staunch supporter of Narendra Modi and admirer of BJP has customized his car plate as ‘MODI PM”. He has devised this novel method to market and popularize Narendra Modi for PM. “That way whenever and wherever I travel, it automatically spreads Modi wave, without even me [...]
I Attended a talk by Fr. Cedric Prakash of Gujarat organised by the Catholic Sabha. Was surprised that the civil rights activist [who is normally a fiery speaker] .Was so subdued and had wrapped his facts in Gospel stories ! Learned later that the BJP & the RSS had on the previous day brought a [...]
WASHINGTON: A US Congressional panel’s hearing on religious freedom in India came under fire from some of its own members on Friday. They called it an attempt to influence elections in India, even as Hindu activists in the US said the partisan event was aimed at undermining the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The [...]
In a complete role-change among Christian-dominated Mizoram’s political parties, the Congress has begun a campaign trying to paint the opposition as a group that is communal, one that favours Hinduism and is even “the Antichrist”. In the past few days, the ruling party has issued front-page advertisements in local dailies asking the electorate to “be [...]