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[1] From: Ajay Singh Niranjan <ajay_uor@yahoo.com> Date: Sun Mar 4, 2007 Subject: HOLI – Spreading Colors of Love for Uniting our Hearts HAPPY HOLI May this holi splurge your life with colors, making every moment a true celebration of love’ n life. HOLI – Spreading Colors of Love for Uniting our Hearts LET THIS HOLI BE A TIME WHEN WE CHANGE NOT ONLY THE COLOR OF OUR FACES, BUT THE COLOR OF OUR HEARTS. LET US NOT ONLY “PLAY” HOLI, BUT LET US BECOME HOLY. LET THE ONLY COLOR THAT TRULY PENETRATES OUR BEINGS, BE THE COLOR OF GOD. FOR, ON THE MORNING AFTER HOLI THE OTHER COLORS WILL WASH AWAY. BUT WE MUST LET THE COLOR OF GOD BE INDELIBLE IN OUR EYES, IN OUR EARS AND IN OUR HEARTS. - by Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji warm regards & thanks AJAY SINGH NIRANJAN ------------------ [2] From: Parvez Jamasji <parvez1942@yahoo.com> Date: Sun Mar 4, 2007 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] CC News Letter 03/03-America's Musharraf Dilelmma >>>>>>>>>> There is therefore, at a minimum, a need to be alert to the possibility of subversion of the state from within, and, more widely, to ascertain if those vested with power without having to account for it have a sustainable ethical grid\\\\\\\\\\ Absolutly right ! Not that "those vested with power" havn't sold the country down the drain before ? P "editor@countercurrents.org" <editor@countercurrents.org> wrote: Controlling The Men In Shadows By Firdaus Ahmed http://www.countercurrents.org/hamed030307.htm ----------------- [3] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Mar 5, 2007 Subject: RE: [indiathinkersnet] He is 81, but still Venomous >>>>>>>>> This thug should have been thrown in the solitary long ago. >>>>>>>> :):):). What kind of Solitary we can give to the one who living in Bottomless pit? Adnan Kashogi and Dawood Ibrahim are his best friends! regi I. K. Shukla@yahoo.com wrote: This thug should have been thrown in the solitary long ago. ------------------ [4] From: WebXpurt <webxpurt@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Mar 5, 2007 Subject: Fwd: Forced Conversions In a message dated 3/4/07, media_monitor group writes: Muslims accused of blackmail to make student girls convert http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1464601.ece - Nicola Woolcock Radical Muslims are being accused of blackmailing young Hindu and Sikh women into changing religion in “groomed conversions” on campuses. The men aggressively target vulnerable university students by using the fear of being dishonoured to force them to convert, community leaders have told The Times. Many befriend their victims, then threaten to tell their families that they are in a sexual relationship with a Muslim. Some teenagers are said to have been drugged and photographed in compromising positions. Many comply because they are so afraid of shaming their parents or being rejected by their communities. Police are aware of the problem. Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, recently attended a Hindu conference where the issue was raised. But police are powerless to act unless incidents are reported. This rarely happens because the stigma of a child converting to Islam often silences Sikh and Hindu parents. Community elders say that the practice is widespread but their estimates vary from 100 annual incidents nationwide to 120 in the past few months in the South East alone. Ranjeet Singh, of the British Organisation of Sikh Students, said: “There are cases of aggressive techniques, of drugging and of rape, of the man taking photos and blackmailing the girls into converting. “They know that by dishonouring the girls, they will make their families disown them. In the past few months there have been about 120 cases in Luton and the South East. It’s a problem that has been going on for a while, but a lot of people are reluctant to come forward and there’s not much being done. “It’s not the whole Muslim community, it’s extremist individuals. Some girls are very innocent and vulnerable when they go to university. Then they are befriended by these men. We know of some whose lives have been ruined.” Some of the young women have suffered physical violence. Others have said that the men claimed to have been paid to convert their victims. Ramesh Kallidai, secretary-general of the Hindu Forum of Britain, said: “The main problem is these girls feel very vulnerable and intimidated by these men. They talk about it to their friends, who tell us what is happening, but don’t want to speak to the police. Some families are completely broken apart by it. It becomes difficult to admit in public. “One girl was beaten up when she refused to convert. She is petrified. She only spoke to one other girl about it, who contacted us.” One Sikh organisation sets up telephone helplines and arranges visits to temples to raise awareness of the problem. Its leader, who wishes his identity and the group’s to remain anonymous, said: “This is very much taboo. These issues have been going on for many years and come to the boil at university. “I deal with many very serious cases. There are horrific examples of abuse and blackmail, with men saying they’re going to tell the girl’s parents. Then they’re pretty much trapped. We call it groomed conversions. Some of the girls go through with it because they feel they have no choice. “The men start a relationship with them, with the agenda of conversion down the line. Sometimes they take a picture of her in a compromising position. It’s so easy with camera phones. An 18-year-old girl ends up in a situation that she can’t control.” He said that the extremists were exploiting the Sikh community’s tendency to treat conversion as a grave dishonour, adding: “That’s a cultural mindset we need to tackle. It’s the worst thing you could face — worse than bankruptcy or losing your job.” A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman confirmed that officers had attended a Hindu security conference last month. She said: “We are aware of it as an issue that concerns the Hindu community but are not aware, without further research, of any specific incidents reported to police. We would encourage anyone who has been targeted in this way to seek help.” ------------------------------------------------------ UK Muslims converting our girls: Hindus http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/03uk.htm Hindu and Sikh leaders in the United Kingdom have accused radical Muslims of blackmailing young women from their communities into changing religion in groomed conversions on university campuses. "It's not the whole Muslim community, it's extremist individuals. Some girls are very innocent and vulnerable when they go to university. Then these men befriend them. We know of some whose lives have been ruined," said Ranjeet Singh of the British Organisation of Sikh Students. "It's a problem that has been going on for a while, but a lot of people are reluctant to come forward and there's not much being done," he said. Ramesh Kallidai, secretary general of the Hindu Forum of Britain, said: "One girl was beaten up when she refused to convert. She is petrified. She only spoke to one other girl about it, who contacted us. "The main problem is these girls feel very vulnerable and intimidated by these men. They talk about it to their friends, who tell us what is happening but don't want to speak to the police." The police are aware of the problem and Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, recently attended a Hindu conference where the issue was raised. Kallidai said some families were completely broken apart by the incidents, which were difficult to admit in public. Singh also alleged there were cases of aggressive techniques, of drugging and of rape, of the man taking photos and blackmailing the girls into converting. "They know that by dishonouring the girls, they will make their families disown them. In the past few months there have been about 120 cases in Luton and the South East," Singh said. Community leaders alleged some young women had suffered physical violence. Others have said that the men claimed to have been paid to convert their victims. One Sikh organisation has set up telephone helplines and arranged visits to temples to raise awareness of the problem. The police are powerless to act unless incidents are reported. This rarely happens because the stigma of a child converting to Islam often silences Sikh and Hindu parents, said community leaders. ----------- [5] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Mar 5, 2007 Subject: Only five km Bangla border fenced in ’06? Only five km Bangla border fenced in ’06? By a Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, March 4: Fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Asom sector seems to be abysmally slow although it is an admitted fact that the international border with Bangladesh is marked by high degree of porosity, thereby making the efforts to check illegal cross-border activities a challenging task. “The main problem is illegal migration into India from Bangladesh,” sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said quoting its annual document for the year 2005-2006. According to the latest information, about a 65-km stretch along the Asom-Bangladesh border is yet to be fenced. The unfenced stretch along the international border in Asom was about 70 km in early 2006, the MHA data said. That means that only 5 km border fencing was done in 2006. According to the data provided by Asom Revenue and Assam Accord Implementation Minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman in the floor of the State Assembly last week, 150.607 km of the 267.30-km Asom-Bangladesh border has been fenced so far by the Assam Public Works Department, one of the seven agencies all over the country that have been entrusted by the Centre to complete the fencing work along the 3,286-km-long Indo-Bangladesh border. The minister said that the fencing work was in progress in another stretch of 26.358 km border, which was targeted to be completed by March, while the work in the remaining 37.909 km was yet to start. However, the MHA’s annual report last year said that barring the 400-km-stretch along Indo-Bangla border in Mizoram, the entire border fencing project was expected to be completed by the fiscal 2006-2007. Another cause of concern along the Indo-Bangladesh border is its riverine stretch measuring about 107 km. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in his annual report three years back, had expressed his concern over the unsealed part of the riverine border. “With the riverine stretch of the border left unfenced, the primary objective of fighting illegal migration stands defeated,” he said. However, there is no river police to guard the riverine border in Asom, said the minister. According to him, it is only the river wing of the BSF that covers the area. -------- |
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