Vol. LXIII, No. 5, New Delhi, AUGUST 07, 2011

Special Report Friends of Pakistan should have no place in India's public space By KG Suresh PAKISTAN’S nefarious covert and overt attempts to defame, denigrate and destabilise India have once again come to the fore with the recent arrest of Ghulam Nabi Fai, by US authorities for collaborating with the notorious Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), by funneling money to influence American policy on Kashmir. more > A message to Indian youth from RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat Work for safety and prosperity of the motherland Author Name Comes here “THE youth of Bharat should rise above selfishness by giving time to the society to make the nation strong. There is a need to make efforts for right action. The general trend of confining indoors should stop and one should come out to serve for the country’s cause. The youth of the nation must work for the safety and prosperity of the country,” said RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat. more > News Analysis At Liberty National security not on UPA’s agenda? By Ravi THE United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre has failed miserably on all fronts, but its failure on the front of national security has proved to be most disgraceful and scandalous. It has made the safety of citizens a joke. more > Editorial That Sinking Feeling IS the UPA determined to make India a country of beggars? The aphorism might sound a little too harsh, considering that the country boasts of being one of the booming economies in the world, growing at over eight per cent and one of the largest, young, working, middle class population with purchasing power boosting the consumer market. more > Padgaonkar must be sacked for liaising with Fai By Sukhwant Kapoor THE Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) crackdown on ISI funding, which resulted into the arrest of Ghulam Nabi Fai in the United States, has brought the real story of ‘freedom struggle’ in Kashmir into sharp focus. more > Gujarat’s economy India’s Guangdong Courtesy: The Economist SO MANY things work properly in Gujarat that it hardly feels like India. In a factory packed with kit from Germany and China, slabs of rubber and bags of carbon black are turned into tyres. After being X-rayed for imperfections, they will be distributed across India or sent for export within three days. more > News Round-Up Protest by VHP and Bajrang Dal at Jantar Mantar Demand to scrap the anti-Hindu Communal Violence Bill - FOC Bharat Welfare Trust, UK applauds service activities of VHP - FOC Seven years of Shiksha Bachao Andolan A fight for reforms in education —Dr Bajrang Lal Gupt - FOC Kalyan Ashram to form women committees in all Vanvasi districts - FOC Another homecoming in Mumbai - FOC Bharat Vikas Parishad distributes artificial limbs in Ludhiana - FOC Antony gags military chiefs By Sukhwant Kapoor DEFENCE Minister AK Antony’s direction to the chiefs of Army, Navy, and Air Force to minimise their interface with the media is in character with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime. Ineffective in safeguarding national security, the government wants its inadequacies to be kept under wraps. more > Special Report Maoists see ‘Salwa Judum’ in Mamata’s fight against terrorists By Asim Kumar Mitra ONLY two months have passed since Mamata Banerjee has taken over the post of the Chief Minister of West Bengal. more > Omar Abdullah’s terrorist rehabilitation policy is a ploy to swell militant ranks in J&K From Khajuria S Kant in Jammu THE decision of the Union Home Ministry to implement the order of NC-Congress government for the so-called rehabilitation of the militants residing for the past 20 years in Pakistan shall cause not only threat to the security of the country but also endanger the future prospects of Indo-Pak Peace Dialogue. more > Art of Living 30th Anniversary World Cultural Festival at Berlin, Germany FOC A world cultural festival was held on 2nd and 3rd July in the Olympic stadium at Berlin Germany. more > Prime Minister felicitates Chhattisgarh for highest production of paddy FOC PRIME Minister Dr Manmohan Singh felicitated Chhattisgarh Government for highest production of paddy in the country. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and State’s Agriculture Minister Shri Chandrasekhar Sahu jointly received the Award in New Delhi on July 16. The Award consists of a memento and Rs one crore. more > World Bank loan to clean Ganga By Dr Surendra Singh Pokharna AS per a recent report in the press, Government of India has taken a loan of around one billion dollars or around 4,000 crore rupees to clean Ganga. River Ganga is worshipped in the Hindu mythology and people respect it like a mother . more > VHP, RSS protest secret trip Pak official visits Sri Padmanabha Swami temple By S Chandrasekhar A secret visit of Pakistan High Commission official Abid Syed and his wife Nagmena to Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple in Thiruvananthapuram on the early hours of April 21 sparked a major controversy in Kerala. more > Anger brewing against Muziris project Left bid to rewrite Kerala history —SC MUZIRI Patanam or Muziris also known as ‘Pazhnam’ is an ancient port of Kerala near Kodungallur, in present Kochi-Thrissur districts. It is linked to Thiruvanchikulam, an ancient Shiva Temple, also near Kodungallur. more > Chidambaram’s bunkum claims By TC Govindan SHRI P Chidambaram is not talking the truth. Bomb making was first started by CPI(M) in West Bengal to terrorise Congress supporters and also to eliminate their party workers in the 1960s-70s. To counter the CPI(M), Congress also started manufacturing bombs. more >

Cover Page The Moving Finger Writes Telangana: A call for new thinking By MV Kamath IT is difficult to understand a government that promises to set up Telangana as a separate state and then reneges on its promise. On November 29, 2009, K Chandrasekhar Rao, president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) went on a fast-unto-death, demanding that the Congress Party introduce a Telangana Bill in Parliament. more > Thinking Aloud Narendra Modi shows what India can do By Dr Jay Dubashi DURING the Cold War, an American was haranguing a crowd of Russians in Moscow, but taking care not to criticise the Kremlin. more > Media Watch India is a land of riches, not poor WHO says India is a land of poor people? According to the World Wealth Report released recently by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, India appears to be adding millionaires at a fairly fast clip with about 72 new high net worth individuals getting added each day in 2010. more > Bookmark Adaptable human mind By Manju Gupta Adapt, Tim Harford, Little Brown/Hachette, Pp 309, Rs 499.00 In praise of Indian curry Curry: The Story of Britain’s Favourite Dish, Shrabani Basu, Rupa & Co., Pp 188, Rs 295.00 —MG Techno-innovative murder mystery By Jayant Patel Hickory Dickory Shock: The Tale of Techies, Sundip Gorai, Rupa & Co., Pp 288, Rs 195.00 Creative patriotic poetry Aankhin Dekhi Antar Lekhi (Hindi), Aanand Aadeesh, Pratibha Pratishthan, Pp 120, Rs 150.00 —MG The story of India’s Vanvasis By Preeti Mathur Haan, Hum Hindu Hain (Hindi tr.), Lakshman Tople, Suruchi Prakashan, Pp 90, Rs 40.00 Atatürk and triumph of nationalism over Islam By Dr R Balashankar Atatürk: An Intellectual Biography, Sukru Hanioglu, Princeton University Press,Pp 273(HB), $27.95. Biographies of two eminent US Presidents By Tej N Dhar John F Kennedy, Robert Dallek, Oxford University Press, Pp 96 (HB); $ 12.95 An inspiring story of a woman’s struggle By Manju Gupta The Folded Earth, Anuradha Roy, Hachette India, Pp 262, Rs 495.00 Agenda Only way to crush terrorist attacks on India By JG Arora As per Aristotle, “Tolerance and apathy are the first signs of a dying society.” THOUGH Hindus fought foreign invaders bravely for several centuries, they have been enslaved by fake secularism after 1947; and because of fake secularism, they have developed irrational tolerance, indifference, self-flagellation, self-blame and capitulation before their tormentors. more > Insight Jihadi terrorism and the Muslim civil society By MG Vaidya JIHADI terrorism has again bared its cruel fangs in Mumbai, the world known financial capital of India. Three, almost simultaneons bomb explosions, took place in that targetted city, on July 14, killing about a score of innocent persons. more >

Kids’ Org Bhima: Strong and virtuous By KK Shanmukhan BHIMA who was the main pillar of support for the life of the Pandavas and Kunti was a voracious eater and a good cook too. He had hardly any match to his immense physical strength. After escape form the wax palace, Kunit and her sons sought refuge in a Brahman’s house at Ekachakra in the guise of Brahmans. more >

News in Brief Mani Shankar Aiyer’s moment of glory By Dr Vijaya Rajiva FOLLOWING the infamous night of June 4, when Swami Ramdev and his gathering of peaceful non-violent followers were attacked reportedly on orders of Congress president and her two henchmen, more >

Readers’ Forum A painter’s assault on Hindu India (Organiser 26.6.11) Author Name Comes here Is it not amazing that MF Husain, a Muslim painter, who lived in Hindu India all his life, kept on insulting Hindus incessantly by deliberately painting Hindu gods and goddesses in very derogatory manner, still no Hindu harmed him physically. more >

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