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[1] From: rkurian1@vsnl.com Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: The Chilling Reality of Global Warming.. myserenityin Storm Turns Focus to Global Warming http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005A.shtml Although most mainstream hurricane scientists are skeptical of any connection between global warming and heightened storm activity, the growing intensity of hurricanes and the frequency of large storms are leading some to rethink long ------------------------------ [2] From: Parvez Jamasji <parvez1942@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Sarabjit, Peace and Hippocracy! Couple of points :- I never expected a Pak Govt to do what it has done recently, in my wildest dreams. Let us NOT be naive about ISI agents or Pak agents etc. Most important, if Sarabjeet is a RAW agent & why not; has RAW ""Looked after his family "" Quietly, I expect. If not the netas-babus will soon have to do this dirty work themselves, including defending themselves first & India next; as is their character. The military may soon think it's a lost cause with the neta-babu creating mayhem in the first place & then bungling. HALLMARK, of India & Indians is HYPE, sermons, duplicity, hypocrisy, mobocracy, etc; which is recognised the world over. Thanks for your time Best Wishes Parvez Jamasji Regi P George <george_regi@...> wrote: Sarabjit, Peace and Hippocracy! I write this letter at the risk of being called a sub-human and anti-national! However, I think it is my right and duty to point out the hippocracy that is going on in our land in the name of rescuing Sarabjit Singh, who is accused of being a spy and is languishing in the Pakistani jails. ------------------------------------ [3] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: In Nepal: Down Down Monarchy! Up With Republicanism! Nepal Political Party Opens Convention Associated Press Tuesday, August 30, 2005 By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press Writer Nepal's largest political party opened its convention Tuesday, where it will choose a leader in a move that could determine the fate of democracy in this Himalayan nation after the king seized absolute power months ago. The general convention of the Nepali Congress was expected to outline future strategies against King Gyanendra's supreme rule. It will also decide by the end of the week who will lead the party for the next three years. Girija Prasad Koirala, a former three-time prime minister, has already served two terms as party president and is seeking a third. Koirala, 80, faces challenges from junior colleagues who accuse him of being soft toward the king's hard-line stance against political opposition. "We need to strengthen the struggle for democracy to stop the king ruling the country on his will. The king needs to refrain from active politics," Koirala told hundreds of party workers gathered in Katmandu for the convention. Other parties, which have partnered to fight for democracy, agreed with Koirala. "It the king does not need political parties, then political partied do not need the king either," said Madhav Nepal, general secretary of Communist Party of Nepal, the country's second-largest party. Gyanendra seized power on Feb. 1 by firing the government, jailing politicians, imposing a state of emergency and setting up a hand-picked Cabinet chaired by himself. Koirala has insisted that Nepal needs to continue a constitutional monarchy in which the king has limited powers and is mostly a figurehead in the political system. His opponents, however, want constitutional changes to abolish any political authority held by the royal family. "It has been proven that even if the king is left with little power or role, democracy will never be safe," said Narhari Acharya, a candidate for the party's presidency. The tug-of-war within the party has been blamed for slowing down the campaign to restore democracy in Nepal, which all factions agree the king must do. Koirala has also been accused of nepotism within party ranks, and many of his former supporters have quit to join rival parties. --------------------------------- [4] From: Vijay K <s_humanist@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Re: Re Viji's post -- Racism's Biblical basis Regi P George <george_regi@...> wrote This is a very new knowledge! that you start counting Dalits and Adivasis as a part of Hinduism! in which part of the manusmriti are you going to accomodate the Advasis? or in your which brahminical notion an adivasi is coming? The idea that the Dalits and Adivasis are 'outside' Hinduism is a recent one and was perhaps propagated by some enterprising Christian missionaries to weaken the Hindus' argument against conversion. However, the fact remains that the Adivasis and Dalits are Hindus, and the Christian missionaries themselves understand it very well. If you are in doubt, sneak a peak into the prayer room of any Dalit or the place of worship of any Adivasi. The idols you see there would be indistinguishable from those you see in any Hindu's pooja room. Andaman Nicobar Islands Tribes are the direct hereditary of 50000years old African tribesie 10times older to Harappen.... You are not reading between the lines, but way beyond them! How clever these fundamentalist Jihadis whatever they see early morning it become a part of the religion! Regi, you are *habituated* to calling anybody who doesn't agree with your world view fanatics, fascists or whatever. It is not easy to change the habit. Sree Narayana Guru do not used Hinduism! He sends a clear message to the brahminical hinduism that God is not belongs to you and your cast ridden religion! Sree Narayana Guru sent the message that Hindu symbols and gods do not belong to the Brahmins alone. He not only used Hinduism in a philosophical or symbolic manner, but in a very practical way by consecrating temples across Kerala. His retort that 'what I consecrated was Ezhava Siva' sent the powerful message that the Brahminical appropriation of the religion would not be tolerated anymore. Is it your own Ideas or belongs to some new Sangi agenda? For you, any idea that is different from your own tunnel vision is 'Sanghi' :) And you don't know the meaning of 'spirituality' either. >Do you know the meaning of Secularism? Real secularism means indifference to religions, especially in statecraft. The Left's version of secularism is more or less like European multiculturalism, the dangers of which have been recently announced in London by loud explosions in the Underground system. Can you prove that? Reminds one of the Sangh's insistence that Muslims should 'prove' their patriotic credentials! The 'secular progressives' similarly insist that everybody prove their secular credentials by peppering their speech with expletives not only against Hindutva, but against Hinduism itself. Vijay. ---------------------------- [5] From: viji <viji123@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Bishop attacks racism in Church - Telegraph Bishop attacks racism in Church By Victoria Combe, Religion Correspondent http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/07/14/nsyn114.html ----------------------------------------- [6] From: "Aditya Mishra" <aditya11@sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Rajasthan: Hindutva Fascists Target Muslims How is teaching Urdu a Muslim issue? Bangladesh does not have any Urdu schools but it is one of the most populist Muslim country. ----- Original Message ----- From: "yogi sikand" <ysikand@...> > For instance, Muslims are now being forced to opt for a second language, > other than Urdu, simply because the government is not appointing Urdu > teachers -------------------------------------------- [7] From: "Aditya Mishra" <aditya11@sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Avoiding Stealing of sales tax + income tax : Idea to Govt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Nagpal" <vikas.nagpal@...> > a)How is this idea? Will it work as nicely as I percieve it to work? NO, it will not work but only add one more level of corrupt officials who will be bribed by merchants. The price of everything go up because merchants will pass it on to the customers --------------------------------------- [8] From: yogi sikand <ysikand@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Islamist Militancy in Kashmir: The Case of the Lashkar-i Tayyeba ysikand Islamist Militancy in Kashmir: The Case of the Lashkar-i Tayyeba Yoginder Sikand [November 20, 2003] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mahajanapada/message/7914 ---------------------------------- [9] From: "C.K. Vishwanath" <ck_vishwanath2000@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Re: [Mahajanapada] Anti-imperialism: Is it compatible with foreign investment? Foreign direct investment is the only slogan for the indian and other earlier third world countries.The bargaining capacity of these countries in a very pathetic stage.The importance of the multi-national corporations is increasing due to the failure of the weak nation states.Leftist thinkers like ZIZEK pointed out the failure of social democracy and third way politics in the Europe.The total failure of the traditonal left politics to tame these transnational corporations have given strength to the neo-right movements in western countries. India's development agenda is to attract foreign direct investment at any cost.Globalisation with a human face have created an exclusive consumerist class who have cornerd all the benefits of foreign direct investment based development.Rest of the society is the scapegoat of the present era development.They have prone to violence,communalism,genocide etc. India's tribal areas are the best examples of indian foreign direct investment.India's left parties are on the defensive on this aattack of foreign direct investment. Anti-imperialism has to adop new tactices and strategies to counter this assault on society --- Regi P George <george_regi@...> wrote: > > Anti-imperialism: Is it compatible with foreign > investment? > James Petras Rebeli??n > Introduction > > Over the past 40 years, many ???socialist??? and > nationalist regimes attempted to combine public > enterprise with private investment, including > foreign investment. In the beginning, decisions were > made to limit the scope of foreign investment to > particular sectors and in some cases to a limited > time frame via ???fade-out formulas??? (over time the > foreign shares would be bought out by the public > sector). --------------------------------- [10] From: "C.K. Vishwanath" <ck_vishwanath2000@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Keralites becoming more open about sex & victimized husbands kerala's patriarchal structure and it's emphasis on compulsory hetero sexuality has given a bad status to the women.the marriage market is incresing dowry.even the bride price related communities have now given dowry.Housewifisation -a particular type of brahmin patrirachy is a status symbol in kerala society.That malthusian couple concept is deeply penetrating.The total colonisation of the life world kills the democratic relatioship between husband wife.Informal and formal dowry is the best attraction of the consumerist market of kerala society. In such a scenario-how can be a good relation bteween man and woman- women is the sexul object nothing else.the culture industry promotes and the westoxicated middle class is allowed to be consumed such ideas --- anandi krishnan <teekayanandi2002@...> wrote: > Of course it is true that the so called literate > Kerala is lagging far far behind in healthy > man-woman > relationship. We try to probe into the details and > what we could find is that there is lot of > repression > in the society towards sex. Media plays a role and > also there is lot of false prestige and ego between > men and women that even husband and wife > relationship > is not transparent. I have noticed while travelling ----------------------------------------------------------- * The opinions expressed in the articles are solely those of the respective authors and may not reflect the ideas of the group and its moderator. the.moderator India Thinkers Net |
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