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[1] From: rkurian@bgl.vsnl.net.in Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 Subject: Vladimir Putin and the western media.. Vladamir Putin: "The World's Most Popular Leader"? By Mike Whitney Vladamir Putin is arguably the most popular leader in Russian history, although you'd never know it by reading the western media. According to a recent survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal, Putin's personal approval rating in November 2007 was 85% making him the most popular head of state in the world today. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18817.htm ---------- [2] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 Subject: Nandigram Struggle: Some Useful Resources A. Links to website: http://www.counterviews.org/ http://www.sanhati.com B. Links of some of the documentary and video footages on Nandigram: http://video. google.com/ videoplay? docid=-712292830 29598450 http://medicalservi cecentre. org/nandigram01. htm http://video.google.com/ videoplay? docid=-650787490 0373821154 http://www.ibnlive. com/videos/ 36147/nandigram- leaves-many- orphaned. html http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=h-G5NCSqvSM http://video.google.com/ videoplay? docid=-747267041 0315178124 http://www.ibnlive. com/videos/ 36122/exclusive- from-inside- nandigram. html http://video .google.com/ videoplay? docid=2475846147 149756244&q=upen&hl=en Peace is doable. ---------- [3] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 Subject: Endless Freedom of Expression: Indian Style http://www.indianexpress.com/printerFriendly/245832.html My freedom of expression is better than yours Pamela Philipose Posted online: Sunday, December 02, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST It is only in India that we take the right to freedom of expression seriously. So seriously, in fact, that we freely exercise our free right to freely interpret our right to freedom of expression. Phew, hope I got that right. Of course, my freedom of expression may not be your freedom of expression, but I will defend to death my freedom to express my version of freedom of expression and your right to agree with my version of freedom of expression. The recent kerfuffle over Taslima Nasreen unleashed four distinct versions of our freedom of expression. There could, of course, be many more, considering there are 1.1 billion of us. But I will confine myself to these four . . . The Sangh Parivar Freedom: This is a very subtle and super-refined philosophy of freedom of expression. So please pay attention or you may miss an important nuance. There are many activities this important community committed to freedom of expression believes should not find expression. Valentine cards, denim jeans, and ‘Ba, ba, black sheep’ may figure in the list. So it unleashes its most excitable cadres, suitably equipped with crowbars, to storm shops and schools in defence of freedom of expression. However, when it comes to Salman Rushdie, they are the first to come out on the streets in defence of his right to express. This commitment is truly praiseworthy. However, Rushdie being right, should not be taken to mean that M. F. Husain is also right. Sometimes Husain’s canvases need to be slashed or inked out in pursuit of their freedom of expression. Now, generally, the Sangh Parivar is not welcoming of Bangladeshis. In fact, they believe they should not be recognised as life forms but herded together and sent home. However, given its largeness of heart and vision, it is prepared to allow one Bangladeshi, Taslima Nasreen, not just right of residence but full citizenship, with hospitality thrown in, courtesy Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Fortunately, Taslima is not a student at the Baroda University of Fine Arts, or Modi may have had to send in this police to beat her up and jail her for expressing her right to express herself. Mullah Freedom: This may seem something of a misnomer but that is because you don't understand what real freedom of expression is all about. Real freedom is letting anyone issue a fatwa against one and every thing. Mullahs are big on gender. They passionately believe that every woman should freely express her freedom of expression. But she should do this but within the chardiwari , or four walls of the home. Arrey, it's a whole universe out there, so why should they complain? Who is there to stop a woman from expressing herself by making a really good mutton biryani or shammi kebab? Now mullahs don't have much of a view on M. F. Husain, at least not when we last checked. West Bengal Freedom (sponsored by the state government): I dare anybody to deny that the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government is not committed to culture. Fine films that testify every day to freedom of expression are regularly screened at Nandan — with the chief minister himself often in attendance, sparing time from onerous labours at Writers Building, like directing cadre action in Nandigram. However, the state government sometimes feels the need to go the extra mile to protect freedom of expression. It does this by occasionally banning Taslima Nasreen’s books or sending its police to protect her freedom by pushing her into a taxi and handing her a ticket to Timbuktoo. In an eloquent token of their commitment to freedom of expression, the state government even paid for Taslima’s transportation, without demanding TA/DA forms to be filled. Freedom, Govt of India style: The Manmohan Singh government is committed to protect the Constitution, and does this by sitting on a fence while keeping an ear to the ground. It will defend the constitutional right to freedom of expression of every citizen with all the power at its command. Provided it does not jeopardise the Congress’s Hindu vote or the Congress’s Muslim vote, or indeed the Congress’s Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, Bahaai, Dravida, OBC, SC/ST, Upper Caste, Medium Caste, Other Backward Caste, or SC/ST vote. Peace is doable. ------------ [4] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Nandigram: "Politics Of Comparisons" In Kerala, Post Nandigram days become the time of protest and opposistion to CPM. The main protest meet organsied by RSS and the Stage was shared by Kerala Congress (M) (a maistream Christian Party) Leader Mani, Congress Leader Sudhakaran along with Sweyam Sevak and BJP State President Krishnadas. Few days prime to Nandigram issue Kerala have seen Violance. In Central Travencoore an ASI was murdered inside a college campus by RSS (ABVP) and police arrested the culprits less than half hour time. Congress Leader and Opposition Leader condemn the way police arrested the criminals. He was questioning why the police arrested the culprits so fast? RSS said they have Vitness of the real incident and the real criminals. Their activists whom police arrested are not the one killed the ASI. Opposition Leader went further and said Home minister is very partial and he declare that RSS Criminals are behind the murder of ASI? (As per Congress leadership calling RSS CRIMINAL is a very wrong thing). Christian Congress Leader Mani repeated the statement of RSS. Muslim League Leader P. K. Kunjalikutty said Police is working for CPM. CPM wrokers killed the Police officer. Our beloved Media reported that ASI Murdered in STUDENTS CLASH. Report and Editorial of our prominent Daily News Paper reads like this A clash was going on in the college campus between Students belongs to ABVP and SFI and all of a sudden a police offiecer came in the mid of the clash and be attacked from the back and he died on the spot now we have confusion who beaten the ASI. IN REALITY Students Clashed one day before, Next morning RSS mobilsed its goons with weapons to attack SFI activists and by knowing this they step away from the spot and police enter into the campus and police have seen outsideres with weapons inside the campus they asked to leave the campus and mean while ASI attacked from back and murdered on the spot. Jama-et-Islami condemn the incident, wrote editorila in its mouthpiece a leading daily of Kerala named Madhyaman. As per the editorial ASI Murdered in a clash of RSS - SFI students and now Jama-et-Islami confused that who killed the ASI. In Another incident 5 CPM activists are murdered by RSS in Kerala, One School Van Driver was drag out from the School Van and murdered infront of a Van Full of Students. Nobody condemn the incident, No media wrote any editorial on the murder of 5 cpm activsts. BUT AFTER A WEEK time congress party and Its leaders like Ramesh Chennithala and Ommen Chandi organised a Peace Journy in Kannur against CPM ATTACK AND KILLING. 5 Years before in another incident a clash happen between Muslim League and CPM in Nadapuram. after the incident entire Kerala Congress and Muslim League campaign that CPM RAPED a Muslim Women. After 4 Years the Rape Victim in a press meeting said it was plain line Congress and Muslim League promised me money, Plot and House. But they give me nothing. We live in a world of 100s of such incidents and we know in and out how much truth in the sayings of our NGOs, Activists and their outfits. regi. Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com wrote: There is hardly anything of substance here. But the way the spectre of Trotskyism (virtually non-existent in India) has started haunting at least some of the Indian followers of Stalin is rather interesting. ----------- [5] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 Subject: Abdullah Badwai trashes charges of ethnic cleansing against Indians Abdullah Badwai trashes charges of ethnic cleansing against Indians http://www.khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=9544&Itemid=8\ 8 New Delhi, Dec 2: An angry Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badwai Sunday offered to resign if it was proved that his country was engaged in an ethnic cleansing of its Indian minority. At the same, Abdullah admitted that people of Indian origin in Malaysia do face "social problems" but added that the authorities were with the community, Malaysian media reported. ----------- [6] From: WebXpurt <webxpurt@yahoo.com Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 Subject: CNN: IBN ---- PORTRAIT IN SIKH TEMPLE Terrorist's portrait in Temple precincts raises storm http://ultracurrents.blogspot.com/ Jyoti Kamal / CNN-IBN --------- [7] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 Subject: Muslim voters feel suffocated in Gujarat Muslim voters feel suffocated in Gujarat By Rajeev Khanna http://khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=9520&Itemid=88 Ahmedabad, Dec 2: Their distaste of Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is known. But Muslim voters in the state say they are disenchanted with the Congress as well, and accuse it of taking them for granted. As assembly elections draw near, leaders and members of the community say they feel politically suffocated because there is no third political force in the state. ------------ |
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