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. [...]
April 20, 2014
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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 [...]
April 9, 2014
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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 [...]
April 5, 2014
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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 [...]
April 5, 2014
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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 [...]
April 3, 2014
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‘Sonia Gandhi Maino ‘ Anti Hindu Congress’ ‘Sickularism’ (secularism) ‘Pseudo Secularists’ ‘CIA ‘ ‘Hindu disunity ‘ paid anti hindu media’Taj Mahal is Hindu temple’ and many other slogans along with thousands of conspiracy theories has become the favourite diet of most Hindus who are lost in emotional outbursts of rants and rhetoric. This is not [...]
SILCHAR (Assam): BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday said Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accommodated in the country and detention camps would be done away with once his party comes to power. “As soon as we come to power at the Centre, detention camps housing Hindu migrants from Bangladesh will be done [...]
February 22, 2014
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India
In the ongoing campaign to throw at Narendra Modi(NaMo) whatever dirt one can find, Ramachandra Guha (“Degradation of Discourse”, Times of India, 6 Jan. 2014) accuses him of yet another flaw: the use of foul language against political opponents. His article is illustrated with a photograph of Modi chatting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Now, [...]
January 21, 2014
Dr Koenraad Elst
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GUWAHATI: The BJP today questioned the “silence” of the Centre as well as the Assam government over attacks on Hindus during recent elections in Bangladesh and said giving Indian citizenship to Hindu migrants should be considered favourably. “In the recent polls, Hindus were attacked in Bangladesh. Why Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Tarun [...]
January 12, 2014
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India
Kannur: In yet another gory incident, heavily armed CPIM goons unleashed the attack against BJP activists.Vinod, a BJP activist succumbed to death at Pariyaram medical collage today evening and many have seriously injured. BJP activists Lakshmanan and Kunhiraman, are admitted in Pariyaram Medical college ICU with critical injuries. Armed CPM thugs stopped the vehicle of [...]
December 2, 2013
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