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India's Concerns: Mr. Prime Minister, please answer!
By Padma Bhargav
Monday, September 24, 2007
Sare Jahan se Accha, Hindustan hamara....Mazhab nahin sikhata apas mein baire rakhna
Hindi hain hum, hindi hain hum, hindustan hamara...!!
Gujarat, India These and the following lines from our national song written by the great poet Mohammed Iqbal arouse patriotic feelings in every citizen of the country, whatever religion he or she might be following. Unfortunately, the recent actions of the government have proved otherwise. Today, religion, caste, community, class are supreme in India and the national song has been buried under caste-based politics.
64-Year-old Constitutional activist dies from police injuries
By Stephen Chadenga
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Since 2000, when the people of Zimbabwe voted no to the government- driven new constitution, Zimbabwe's democracy has been under the world spotlight. The country has one of the worst human rights record in the world. Last week, 64-year-old Ms Bronislawa Kwinjo died from injuries after being beaten by the state police.
High tolerance level of parents aiding intimacy among youngsters
By Padma Bhargav
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Gujarat, India-"Mummy, mummy look at that bhayya, he is kissing that girl." This comment from my four-year-old son was nothing less than a shock for me but the couple was carefree in spite of being aware of this reaction. Well, I tried to divert his mind and we moved ahead. But, this question made me ponder as to why this culture is growing day by day. This is a common site not only in Vadodara but in several other cities as well. Couples sharing intimate moments at parks, public places, cinema halls or hanging out is nothing unusual these days. People also seem to have got habituated to such scenes and do not wish to react.
Government backtracks on price controls
By Stephen Chadenga
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Gweru, Zimbabwe--In Zimbabwe's third largest city, Gweru, along 6th street, at a butchery, consumers jostle at the entrance door. They shove to get hold of a scarce delicacy--beef. On the opposite side of the same street, at a bread shop, there is an as long and winding queue. With dejected faces people wait impatiently.
Gadhafi gets more than he deserves
By Claudia Rosett
Thursday, September 6, 2007
For the civilized world, Sept. 11 was a horror once beyond imagining. For Moammar Gadhafi, the tyrant who rules Libya, it has turned out to be a windfall.
Thirty-eight years into his bloody, terror-based reign, Gadhafi is playing a wily game in which his concessions to the security-conscious West have been rewarded beyond their merits. The latest sign? A visit planned this weekend from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Vanity and Wikipedia = Public Embarrassment
By Joshua S. Hill
Sunday, September 2, 2007
The "wisdom of the crowds" is said to be the ultimate way to keep information constantly up to date, and Wikipedia is the pinnacle of that thought process. But it comes as no surprise to find that, amongst that crowd, are those who aren't brimming with intelligence.
Pearl River Delta under Rising Water Threat
By Joshua S. Hill
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Occupying nine prefectures of the Guangdong Province, the Pearl River Delta will one day be engulfed by rising sea levels if something is not done to combat the problem soon. Chinese state media officials were reported to be quoting weather officials when they made the announcement on Thursday.
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
By Padma Bhargav, Gujarat, India, Freelance Journalist
Monday, August 27, 2007
Gujarat,India-India...the land of sages, seers, mahatma's, rich culture, ancient heritage, vedas and above all its diversity and much more. It is also the second largest populated country in the world. Our motherland has come across lots of ups and downs before and after independence, first it was the freedom struggle and then it was the stuggle to keep up the freedom, protect its integrity and internal division.
Islamist extremist threat in Bangladesh
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Referring to the 8/17 bomb blasts in all the 63 districts in Bangladesh, Ambassador Howard Schaffer expressed the view that Bangladesh is probably being used by Islamic fundamentalists and insurgents as a safe haven to enable them to carry on with their activities in an unrestricted manner.
Is Pakistan headed for martial law?
By Hamid Mir
Saturday, August 25, 2007
A state of emergency is no longer a threat in Pakistan. But Pakistan once again confronts the threat of martial law. A few days ago, former prime minister and president of the Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain contacted Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam President Maulana Fazalur Rehman in Tehran and informed him that due to extraordinary circumstances the government was thinking of three options -- a state of emergency, martial law or a third extension in the tenure of the current assemblies.
DARFUR: "WE ARE NOT SATISFIED!"
By Beryl Wajsman, Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal
Saturday, August 18, 2007
On Thursday, August 16th, the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal staged DARFUR -- THE MONTREAL CONFERENCE. It had a roster of speakers of international renown. One of them, Charles Steele, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, made the first visit to Montreal -- perhaps to Canada - of any SCLC President. In talking with him over the weekend he reminded me of a poignant piece of history. This year is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the SCLC by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. But as importantly, August 28th marks the 44th anniversary of Dr. King's triumphant March on Washington and his delivery of the "I have a dream" address.
And they wish to shut our voice
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Monday, August 13, 2007
Intolerant are the Islamist radicals. They don't want anyone to raise their voice and say—enough--to the increasing trend of spreading religious hatred and provoking people with the false interpretations of the Koran, saying "Jews and Christians are your enemies, go for jihad (holy war) against them".
God speed, Shoaib
Lynn B., Incontext.com
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
As I mentioned Friday, Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury has spent the past week in the U.S. for a brief whirlwind visit to a number of east coast cities, trying to drum up support for his cause. His cause, believe it or not, really isn't the preservation of his life, which is in considerable jeopardy at the moment. Not that he would object to that result as well, but his primary concern right now is communicating his message of religious tolerance, interfaith dialogue and encouragement of other truly moderate Muslims.
Earthquake Event Likelier than Ever?
By Joshua S. Hill
Sunday, August 5, 2007
In an area of the world where the specter of a massive and devastating earthquake hangs over you, the latest reports that your tectonic plates aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing doesn't bode well for a wellspring of confidence. For the people of Guerrero, Mexico, this is what they are finding out, thanks to information gathered by the National Autonomous University of Mexico and CU-Boulder.
People Finally Useful for Something
By Joshua S. Hill
Saturday, August 4, 2007
It's taken a long time in coming, but finally it turns out humans are good for something. James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk, graduate students at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning, have designed a system that will allow for the movement of large crowds of humans to provide energy. Their plan took first place in the Japan-based Holcim Foundation's Sustainable Construction competition for 2007.
World's Tallest Building: BURJ DUBAI
By Joshua S. Hill
Friday, August 3, 2007
As the age of humanities occupancy of this planet has progressed, so has the desire to reach for the heavens. This inane human desire has exhibited itself most strongly in the architectural reaching for the skies. From the Biblical accounts of the Tower of Babel, through the Pyramids of Egypt, the gothic cathedrals of the medieval periods, all the way through to the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building, man has longed to reach higher and higher.
Russian MP's head to the Deep Blue Sea
By Joshua S. Hill
Thursday, August 2, 2007
It would be nice to report on scientific endeavors undertaken for simple scientific exploration, but that cannot be the case all the time. Instead, it must fall to someone to occasionally find that exploration for exploration's sake has fallen by the wayside, in lieu of exploration for financial benefits.
Kindergarten madarassa: Breeding ground for jihadist
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
In recent years, there is a growing phenomenon of mushroom growth of kindergarten madrassas (Islamic religious kindergartens) in almost all the Muslim nations, preaching Wahhabism, which greatly encourages people towards jihad and killing of Jews and Christians. In present days, only in Bangladesh there are 64,000 madrassas, while the number of kindergarten madrassas, mostly financed by dubious Afro-Arab sources has already crossed 900 throughout the country. And, of course, most interestingly, madrassas and kindergarten madrassas are the most notorious places to breed religious extremists and terrorists. Children are given orientations to accept Ossama Bin Laden as a hero, while endorsing the notoriety of Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah or Hamas as ‘holy task'.
Changing society and its impact
By Padma Bhargav, Gujarat, India, Freelance Journalist
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Since my childhood I have been hearing that ‘man is a social animal.' My teachers and parents answered my queries and explained that man lives in a society and therefore has to abide by the general rules and norms prescribed to lead a descent life. Probably this is the reason that cave man also felt the need to discover clothes and shelter to cover and protect the body.
Wikipedia and the Intelligence Services: Is the Net's popular encyclopedia marred by disinformation?
By Dr. Ludwig De Braeckeleer
Monday, July 30, 2007
While researching my next article about the Lockerbie bombing, I witnessed an incident that made me wonder whether intelligence agents had infiltrated Wikipedia.
The Global Strategy of the Russian-Iran Cabal:
Appeasement -- The Liberal-Islamic Strategy
By David J. Jonsson
Sunday, July 22, 2007
If you believe: "Your Life Can Be Wonderful if we get out of Iraq now!" the events going on around the world become a haze as you watch the latest golf scores or read the propaganda for the latest appeasement journal or cable news cast.
A Greener India
By Joshua S. Hill
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Expected to be finished construction in 2010, and set in the exquisitely named Queens Necklace of the South Mumbai Coast, India, the India Towers will mark a new type of ecological friendly development for the ever expanding Asian country.
Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad's Council of War
By Sean Osborne
Northeast Intelligence NetworkSaturday, July 21, 2007
OSINT and HUMINT source reports have combined within the past 48 hours to constitute one of the most striking dioramas ever seen in any region of the world just prior to the initiation of full-scale armed conflict. These reports are far more than the proverbial handwriting on the wall or mere belligerent rhetoric; they are virtual and tangible realities seen in most instances by disbelieving human eyes, so real they stun the senses with an aura of surrealism.
Yesterday's prophecy and today's Bangladesh
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Saturday, July 21, 2007
For years, number of local and international analysts have been predicting rise of Islamic militancy in Bangladesh or the country turning into a failed state. Each time, when a foreign press published such comment, Bangladesh missions abroad or its very foreign ministry had simply denounced saying the country was holding a ‘moderate' status and there was no room for Islamist militancy to find any root in the land, which is annually washed by floods and suffers from series of natural calamity.
Communist Genocide Studies Needed
By Malcolm Kline, Accuracy in Academia
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
One sure sign that academia is failing in its mission can be seen in the lack of understanding by the young of the toll taken by communist regimes around the world throughout the 20th Century, that continues to accumulate to this very day. "Ask college students, and I have, how many Stalin killed and you get the answer, 'thousands,'" University of Pennsylvania history professor Alan Charles Kors said on June 12th at the Heritage Foundation. "That's like saying Hitler killed hundreds of Jews."
Islam: The Power of "No"
By Alan Caruba
Monday, June 18, 2007
Slowly, ever so slowly, it is beginning to dawn on Americans that anything we attempt to do to entice the Middle East into the 21st century is likely to meet with defeat because its Muslim population, held in the grip of brutal men and a brutal theology, remains impervious to the possibility of peace, of freedom, of individual liberty.
UN Reports the Chilling Facts on Organ Harvesting from Live Falun Gong Practitioners
By Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group,
Monday, June 11, 2007
On March 20, 2007, Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture issued a report that corroborates previous findings in 2006 about persecution, abuse and torture of Chinese citizens.
His report states, "Organ harvesting has been inflicted on a large number of unwilling Falun Gong practitioners at a wide variety of locations for the purpose of making available organs for transplant operations." Mr. Nowak issued his report to the Human Rights Council's Fourth session, as part of their Agenda item 2, the Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 60/251.
Politics provokes, people protest
By Padma Bhargav, Gujarat, India, Freelance Journalist
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The vicious circle of population, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment seems to be running parallel with a second vicious circle of politics, police, protest and unrest. The 100 crores plus Indians are today living on the edge of violence, communal disharmony and provoked vengeance.
