Vol. LXII, No. 38, New Delhi, MARCH 27, 2011

Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, Puttur, Karnataka Corruption cannot be tolerated at any level A Report By Rajesh Padmar in Puttur RSS national annual meet, Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), was held at Vivekananda College premises in Puttur, Dakshin Karnataka, from March 11 to 13. The meet was inaugurated amdist the chanting of Vedic mantras with traditional panchavadyam.    more > Kerala CPM fissures Marxists try to make it easy for UDF From Arun Lakshman in Thiruvananthapuram With the CPI-M state secretariat deciding not to provide VS Achutha-nandan a seat to contest in the coming assembly elections, the Congress led UDF will emerge a clear winner.    more > Thinking Aloud Manmohan behaves like an indifferent spectator By Dr Jay Dubashi A day after the Supreme Court quashed the appointment of PJ Thomas, apparently a favourite son of certain politicians in Delhi,    more > Editorial Don't make Delhi a crime capital Delhi now reflects Sierra Leone. Reading newspapers in the morning in Delhi, one would think that the city is some location in crime land. Definitely it does not look like the capital city of India.    more > Insight All this talk about stable Pakistan is bunkum There are many intellectuals and media persons in India, who think that a stable and strong Pakistan is in India’s interest. I beg to differ.    more > Justice Saldanha’s “Independent” Probe Biased political propaganda By Dr Hilda Raja JUSTICE Saldanha’s report reads like a political party’s demands. It is far from an unbiased independent report. To call this an independent Tribunal Enquiry is far from what it reveals. On the basis of this report, Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) and other NGOs have called for action by the Union Government.    more > Sangh Samachar First death anniversary of Nanaji Deshmukh in Chitrakoot Spread Nanaji’s formula of self-reliance all over the world —Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Madhukar Kulkarni, Vedkumar Vedalankar and Panun Kashmir honoured with Shri Guruji National Award - FOC ABVP fights to protect women's dignity - FOC Dr Milind Kasbekar and Rekha Dave honoured with Bhaurao Deoras Sewa Samman - FOC Sarsanghachalak honours Shri KN Bhat - FOC Seminar on ban on conversion in Bengaluru Proselytisation is a violence on human dignity — Danie Periera By R Guru Prasad “WE are born in Bharat and with due regards to my elders and the society I like to declare that I am a Hindu Christian. The organisations, individuals, group of evangelists, trusts or the missionaries which are converting the Hindus to Christianity through illegal and unfair means are nothing but traitors, as they are weakening the very back bone of this country,” said Shri Danie Periera, a converted Christian who runs educational institutions in Karnataka.    more > Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, RSS Some change of designations Public confidence in judiciary revived A lot remains to be done, rot runs deep By Shyam Khosla THE Supreme Court’s robust intervention in several crucial cases of major irregularities and corruption in high place has set in motion the revival of public confidence in judiciary.    more > No place for minorities in Pakistan From Rajan Khanna in Mumbai The assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, minister for minority affairs of Pakistan, has posed a few questions for the world community. The persecution of minorities in that country is unabated and calls for immediate intervention from the world powers.    more > Another victory for Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti Court directs ICSE to remove from textbooks all defamatory references on national heroes By Pramod Kumar Additional District Session Judge of Delhi, Shri Inder Jeet Singh, directed the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Board (ICSE Board) to remove all defamatory references regarding freedom fighters in its history and civic books from the next academic session.    more > Nanka IPI Malena Makka, a book on Paniya janjati of Kerala released FOC A book on the Paniya janjati community of Kerala was presented to Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram president Shri Jagdevram Oraon recently. The book, Nanka IPI Malena Makka, is in Malayalam.    more > Special Report Open revolt in CPM Leadership under pressure to field VS Achuthanandan By Arun Lakshman in Thiruvananthapuram The CPI-M state secretariat and the party state committee which has sat for a marathon day long discussion has decided not to provide seat to Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan to contest in the assembly polls of 2011.    more > The Moving Finger Writes Let’s mind our own business By MV Kamath According to the New York Times – and it has always been close to the powers that be in Washington – US military planners are sifting through a range of options on how to deal with strife-torn Libya, even as its President Muammar Qadhafi has been killing his own people who are rebelling against him.    more >

Cover Page Kids’ Org The unnamed sage of Naimisharanya By MV Kolhatkar IN the Naimisharanya forest, there lived a young sage. This sage had no name. The sage said “Why is the name required? Cows, dogs, in fact all animal kinds as well as the birds are not assigned the name. even then they fly, flourish and enjoy.”    more > Interview Criminal justice system needs urgent overhaul— Justice (retd) S Parbat Rao Former Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice (retd) Shri S Parbat Rao, is national president of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABAP).    more > Bookmark A fascinating portrait of India By MV Kamath India : A Portrait. An Intimate Biography of 1.2 Billion People; Patrick French, Allen Lane; Pp 436 (HB), Rs 699.00 Many moods of Nehru in Kashmir By Jayant Patel Nehru’s Kashmir, Sai Sahni, Wisdom Tree, Pp 111(HB), price not given A Gandhi travelogue By Manju Gupta Catching up with Gandhi, Graham Turner, Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, Pp 329(PB), Rs 350.00 A life with pet By Tej N Dhar A Home for Gori, Habib Rehman with Kishore Singh; Roli Books, Pp116 (PB), Rs 150.00 An expert on financial crisis By Ashish Joshi Global Crisis, Recession and Uneven Recovery, YV Reddy, Orient Blackswan, Pp 421 (HB), Rs 595.00 The touching story of abortion politics By Dr Vaidehi Nathan Ourselves Unborn: A History of the Fetus in Modern America Sara Dubow, Oxford University Press, Pp 308 (HB), $ 29.95 Lessons for a good entrepreneur By Manju Gupta Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink, Jonathan S. Byrnes, Portfolio/Penguin, Pp 289, £ 20 Fiction as clash of civilizations By Manju Gupta Once Upon a Time in Scandinavistan, Zac O’Yeah, Hachette India, Pp 400 (PB), Rs 395.00 A gripping political satire By Tej N Dhar Battle for Bittora, Anuja Chauhan; Harper Collins, Pp 426 (PB), Rs 299.00 Human management lessons Applied Human Resource Management, Kenneth M York, Sage Publications, Pp 409, Rs 475.00 —MG Media Watch Anant Pai: The One Without Parallel THERE is one person whose passing away has touched me deeply and that is Anant Pai, the Uncle Pai to thousands of children who grew up reading Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle.    more >