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HAPPY PONGSL TO ALL THINKERS the.moderator India Thinkers Net --------------------------- [1] From: Arif Khan <ank2000pk@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Jan 15, 2007 Subject: Fwd: The dance of thousand hands From: Akhtar Ali Khan <naj241@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: The dance of thousand hands The Dance of a Thousand Hands There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, that is making the rounds across the net. Considering the tight coordination required, their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf. Yes, you read correctly. All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes. Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring. Its first major international debut was in Athens last year at the closing ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in the repertoire of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries. Its lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute. The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival celebrations this year. You won't regret it. May have to cut and paste the website ! http://www.phapvan.ca/SinhHoat/05_vanhoc/11_SuuTam_Collection/Audio/thousandhand\ guanyin.wmv ------------ [2] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Jan 15, 2007 Subject: Re: [Abolition Caucus]CPIM Champions Indian Nukes! The Immediate Prospects of the 'Deal' Dear Aaron, Thanx. First let me clarify, this is CPIM - not CPI(ML). This is by far the largest Left party in the Indian Parliament. In the lower house (Lok Sabha), where members are directly elected, they have 43 members out of total 543. In the present Lok Sabha 4 Left parties are represented and have total 59 members. They are supporting the incumbent Congress-led coalition government tagged as the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) from outside, i. e. they kept themselves out of the central ministry. They also (practically) on their own rule in three major states (provinces). The central government is critically dependent on their support. Second, the 'Deal' is being opposed also by the major opposition party, BJP, and its allies. On the ground that it'd delimit India's "strategic autonomy". Though at one stage the CPIM had made a move to coordinate its opposition with that of the Opposition in the parliament - which would have very well had scuttled the 'Deal', subsequently they backtracked. The Hindu Nationalist BJP is more vociferous in its opposition to the 'Deal', ostensibly to uphold India's "strategic autonomy" - and perhaps a tad more sincere. Apart from the fact, the ground on which the Deal is being opposed by the Indian mainstream political parties, whether Right or Left, is pretty dangerous - it'd rather further push India down the nuclear slope, the CPIM, by all appearance, will at the end of the day go with the government despite making proforma protests. It'd, in all probability, not like to defeat the government on the floor of the Parliament on this issue, even though it'd not ipso facto bring down the present regime. (They'd rather use this opposition as a bargaining chip to cut some backroom deals in some other areas. A rather routine feature of parliamentary politics.) The interesting point is that all these opponents, to begin with, were opposing the July 18 (2005) Bush-Singh Joint Statement itself. Now they've converted themselves into the great defenders of the 'original' Deal, as outlined in the July 18 Statement. That should give us a fair idea about the shape of things to come. Of course the amendments that have been made to be incorporated by the US Congress in the Henry Hyde Act, finally signed by Bush, have no doubt made things difficult for the Indian government; it is highly unlikely that they on their own would step back. The noises they are making are presumably meant to extract as much concessions as they can under the circumstances even at this (late) stage. The weakest link, as I keep on repeating, is apparently the 45-member NSG which has to readjust its norms "consensually" to accommodate the Deal before it goes back to the (reconstituted) US Congress for final endorsement and then Presidential signature so as to come into force. The global peace movement will have to focus on this stage at the moment. It cannot presumably do much about the 123 agreement being negotiated between the Indian government and the Bush administration or the scope and the terms of inspection to be negotiated and finalised between India and the IAEA. If the Deal eventually manages to pass through the NSG stage, then of course the (reconstituted) US Congress will again have to be targeted. The India peace movement, as spearheaded by the CNDP, is of course taking up the issue with the Indian parliamentarians. I personally don't have much hope here. Sukla Aaron Tovish <aaron.tovish@ipb.org> wrote: Sukla, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't this statement end by saying the deal should be scuttled? Isn't that what we are also aiming for (albeit for very different reasons)? Is the CPI(M-L) capable for scuttling the deal on its own? In cohotes with other parties? Please clarify. Aaron -------------- [3] From: Abhiyya 2006 <abhiyya@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Jan 15, 2007 Subject: US military strike on Iran seen by April ’07 America’s own man reveals. Or is it just his ambition?! Abi. US military strike on Iran seen by April ’07 Sea-launched attack to hit oil, N-sites By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 01/14/07 "Arab Times" -- - KUWAIT CITY: Washington will launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007, say sources. The attack will be launched from the sea and Patriot missiles will guard all oil-producing countries in the region, they add. Recent statements emanating from the United States indicate the Bush administration’s new strategy for Iraq doesn’t include any proposal to make a compromise or negotiate with Syria or Iran. A reliable source said President Bush recently held a meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice and other assistants in the White House where they discussed the plan to attack Iran in minute detail. According to the source, Vice President Dick Cheney highlighted the threat posed by Iran to not only Saudi Arabia but the whole region. “Tehran is not playing politics. Iranian leaders are using their country’s religious influence to support the aggressive regime’s ambition to expand,” the source quoted Dick Cheney as saying. Indicating participants of the meeting agreed to impose restrictions on the ambitions of Iranian regime before April 2007 without exposing other countries in the region to any danger, the source said “they have chosen April as British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said it will be the last month in office for him. The United States has to take action against Iran and Syria before April 2007.” Claiming the attack will be launched from the sea and not from any country in the region, he said “the US and its allies will target the oil installations and nuclear facilities of Iran ensuring there is no environmental catastrophe or after effects.” “Already the US has started sending its warships to the Gulf and the build-up will continue until Washington has the required number by the end of this month,” the source said. “US forces in Iraq and other countries in the region will be protected against any Iranian missile attack by an advanced Patriot missile system.” He went on to say “although US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice suggested postponing the attack, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney insisted on attacking Tehran without any negotiations based on the lesson they learnt in Iraq recently.” The Bush administration believes attacking Iran will create a new power balance in the region, calm down the situation in Iraq and pave the way for their democratic project, which had to be suspended due to the interference of Tehran and Damascus in Iraq, he continued. The attack on Iran will weaken the Syrian regime, which will eventually fade away, the source said. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah - Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times With Regards Abi ------------- |
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