Vol. LXI, No. 15, New Delhi, October 17, 2010

Interview with RSS Sarkaryavah Shri Bhaiyaji Joshi It is a historic verdict. It has vindicated our faith To answer many questions upper most in the national psyche the Organiser Editor Dr R Balashankar elicited the views of the RSS Sarkaryavah Shri Bhaiyaji Suresh Joshi. The RSS leader in his inimicable, frank and forthright style clarified the position. This is a call to accomplish a national mission, a call for cooperation, coexistence and harmony. Excerpts.    more > Live telecast of Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwatji's Vijayadashami speech on Sadhna TV FOC SADHNA TV will telecast the Vijayadashami speech of RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat live on October 17 from Nagpur.    more > Pravasi Bharatiya OFBJP leads a huge rally in Washington DC to protest Islamic terror in Kashmir SCORES of young displaced Kashmiri Hindu children led a huge demonstration organised by Overseas Friends of Bharatiya Janata Party (OFBJP) outside Indian Embassy in Washington DC on October 2, 2010 to protest the Islamic terror in autonomy to Kashmir.    more > Editorial Thousand years of grandeur MILLENNIUM is a long time, even in the clock of the history of a civilization that is many millennia old. The grand Brhadeesvara temple in Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu celebrated its 1000th year of consecration on September 25.    more > The Arabs have the US over the oil slick By Dr R Balashankar MITCHELL Bard’s The Arab Lobby is a disturbing reading. The facts in the book, an outcome of years of research, disturb the peace of mind, because it speaks of an invisible alliance of seemingly disparate interests and groups working in the US.    more > Vatican Bank under investigation for money laundering By Justin Rohrlich ITALIAN authorities have frozen $30 million from the Vatican bank, officially known as the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, or, The Institute for Works of Religion, and are investigating bank Chairman Ettore Gotti Tedeschi and director-general Paolo Cipriani after the Guardia di Finanza spotted two suspicious transfers — one to the Frankfurt office of JPMorgan and one to Banca del Fucino.    more > Sangh Samachar Special project by VHP in Nagpur Women priests steal the show - By Mamta Chinchwadkar Reconciliation process in Ayodhya case should take place within a legal framework—Bhaiyaji Joshi - FOC Three day seminar by Vivekananda Kendra at Tawang Education is must but not at the cost of mother tongue— Dorjee Khandu - FOC Ganesh Chaturthi celebration by Sewa Bharati in Port Blair - By Basudeb Pal Tribute to Dr Jitendra Sahay - By Sanjeev Kumar, Patna Workshop for music teachers by Vidya Bharati in Siliguri - FOC Special issue of Sanskriti Shodh Patrika released The Silicon Valley Indian community says ‘NO’ to UPA efforts on compromise of AFSPA AFSPA Indo American community in the Silicon Valley implores the Government of India to take firm steps in Kashmir and not to compromise Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)    more > Quest for unexplored tribal world Workshop on janajati faith of North-East By Jyoti Lal Chowdhury, Silchar A three day workshop on ‘Philosophy and spirituality of eternal, primordial religion and culture and the janajati people of north-east India’ organised by Janajati Faith and Culture Protection Forum will be held at Guwahati.    more > Money-Laundering Inquiry Touches Vatican Bank By Rachel Donadio ROME — Italian monetary authorities said Tuesday that they had impounded $30 million from the Vatican bank and placed its top two officers under investigation in connection with a money-laundering inquiry.    more > 32 Durga Puja Committees suspend Puja in Deganga to protest riots By Asim Kumar Mitra THE one-sided riot in Deganga under the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on September 6, 2010, is still haunting the Hindus of the area. Many are yet to return home. Burnt and destroyed houses are yet to be rebuilt.    more > Big howlers in NCERT textbooks By Himanshu Shekhar Jha WHEN we enter the NCERT Campus at Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi, the first thing which strikes us as a glaring mistake is the wrongly spelt Hindi word Rashtreeya displayed on the big board at its gate. The spelling of Rashtreeya is a common error in Hindi.    more > Prasar Bharati and the run of official news THE Hindu recently (September 19) carried a full-page article on Prasar Bharati, wondering whether the Government of India can really afford to run the organisation.    more > News Analysis RSS sets the tone for public discourse on Ayodhya By Shyam Khosla Arif Mohammed Khan, a noted thinker, author and former Union Minister, had an informal interaction with 50+ intellectuals belonging to the Muslim community at Jaipur the day after the Ayodhya verdict.    more >

COVER PAGE The Moving Finger Writes India: A nation under siege By MV Kamath OVER six decades after Independence, isn’t it time to ask ourselves where we are heading as a nation? Is there any answer?    more > Think It Over The past haunts the Vatican By MSN Menon THE Pope is in the confessional. The church has much to confess — 2000 years of mistakes and crimes. The burden of the guilt is too heavy to bear.    more > Kids’ Org The taming of demon Hidimb By Manju Gupta AS told in the epic Mahabharata, the Kauravas turned out the Pandavas from their kingdom and left them to wander through the forest.    more > Bookmark Odds on India, the superpower race with China An involving exercise in intellectualism By MV Kamath Super Power? The Amazing Race Between China’s Hare and India’s Tortoise; Raghav Bahl; Penguin, Allen Lane; Pp 242, Rs 699.00 An inspiring story of struggle and success Koni: The Story of a Champion, Moti Nandy, Hachette India, Pp 185 (PB), Rs 195.00 Queen Victoria and her Indian servant Victoria & Abdul, Shrabani Basu; Rupa & Co, Pp xii+229 (HB), price not mentioned Full length masterly action in heist and vanish -D.V.N Vanished, Joseph Finder, Hachette India, Pp 471(PB), Rs 275.00 A gripping saga set in a conflict zone The Dealer and the Dead, Gerald Seymour, Hachette India, Pp 458 (PB), Rs 295.00 Arif ’s thoughtful, moderate, passionate views on issues confronting us By Ashish Joshi Text and Context: Quran and Contemporary Challenges, Arif Mohammed Khan, Rupa, Pp 306 (HB), Rs 395.00 A journey through 50 classics By Tej N Dhar Classics: From the Iliad to Midnight’s Children Jane Gleeson-White; Orient Publishing, Pp 254 (PB), Rs 295.00 A strategy for growth By Manju Gupta Strategies for Achieving Sustained High Economic Growth: The Case of Indian States, Kaliappa Kalirajan, Richard T Shand and Shashanka Bhide, Sage Publications, Pp 223 (HB), Rs 595.00 The mirth of reading Shakespeare abridged By Dr Vaidehi Nathan Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare, E. Nesbit, Hachette India, Pp 250 (PB), Rs 195.00, Gill’s memorable experiences in the Himalayas Himalayan Wonderland: Travels in Lahaul and Spiti Manohar Singh Gill, Penguin Viking, Pp. xx+268 (HB), price not mentioned

Economy Watch The economics of Loharinagpala hydro project By Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala UNION Government has cancelled the Loharinagpala hydroelectric scheme on Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand in view of the faith of the people towards River Ganga. This line of argument, however, assumes that there exists a conflict between body and soul. Such is not the case.    more >

Perspective Disconnecting OBC from casteism is the Constitutional mandate By Justice (Retd.) Dr M Rama Jois AT the outset it should be stated that it is indisputable that reservation in favour of Other Backward Classes (OBCs for short) namely other than Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes as permissible under clause (4) of Article 15 ...    more >

Readers’ Forum Ramjanmabhoomi Restored, —ISHAN, Begaluru Kudos to Organiser for bringing the issue on Ramjanmabhoomi dated 10.10.2010. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has given a secular and impartial verdict in connection with Ayodhya issue. By dividing the disputed land among the Hindus, Muslims and the Nirmohi Akhara and saying that the place of makeshift temple of Sri Ram belongs to the Hindus—    more >

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