Vol. LXII, No. 29, New Delhi, January 23, 2011

BJP National Executive Meeting in Guwahati BJP to focus on fighting corruption 2G scam, CWG scam, Adarsh Scam and Sonia's Bofors connection Author Name Comes here "THE 20-month rule of UPA-II has proved to be a disaster. Everyday, the nation wakes up to new scams. From sports to civil supplies and telecommunication to civil aviation, the UPA-II has allowed every arena of governance to be exploited by scamsters. When the looters were emptying the government coffers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was standing guard with his eyes closed and perhaps the hands tied,” said BJP president Shri Nitin Gadkari ...    more > BJP is marching ahead Highlights of BJP National Executive Meet By V Shanmuganathan * Two Hundred and Thirty four Executive members from Lakshadvip and Andaman up to Jammu and Kashmir participated in the two-day session.    more > A feature: Vishwa Sangh Shibir 2010 An exposure to global, confident Hindutva By Virag Pachpore "THE turn of the century saw Hindus claiming their rightful place on the world stage. Hindu brethren all over the world rose to prominence by their merit and prowess. A resurgent Bharat achieved spectacular growth in industry, research and economy, and has truly become global player.    more > Thinking Aloud The diminishing of Parliament By Dr Jay Dubashi THE winter session of Parliament has ended without transacting any business. The usual pundits are busy working out the so-called loss suffered by the tax-payer and all kinds of sums are being bandied about.    more > Editorial Why the canard of terror on Hindu? THE Congress Party, some government agencies and the media seem to work in tandem to popularise the term “Hindu Terror”, since nothing of that sort exists in the public domain.    more > Mumbai's real estate mafia Corrupt Congress behind all land scams By Aditya Pradhan SMALL real estate developers openly admit during business conferences that they have to earmark Rs 200 per square feet for bribing government officials for approvals.    more > Saffron all the way from metro to suburb BJP launches a knit-India campaign FOC ABOUT half a kilometre from Netaji’s statue at the famous Shyambazar crossing, Kolkata, the colour on January 12 was saffron. The occasion marked the flagging-off of the Rashtriya Ekta Yatra launched by the BJP Yuva Morcha.    more > Sangh Samachar Three-day Vanvasi conference on terrorism - By Ravindra Saini National convention of Shaikshik Mahasangh women wing - FOC Shri Ashok Singhal re-elected VHP president - FOC Swami Aseemananda never held any post in RSS—Dr Manmohan Vaidya - FOC Legal notice to CBI against deliberate leak of “Aseemananda’s confessions” - FOC ABVP exposes Congress’s corruption bandwagon - VSK Kolkata KG Balakrishnan exposed by Kerala SC-ST Federation indianrealist.wordpress.com KOCHI: Kerala SC-ST Federation Advocate KV Kumaran, revealed explosive information about former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan and his family.    more > KGB scam: 2G scam radiation infects KGB. Next will be Sonia-KGB nexus From Dr S Kalyanaraman I want to know why KGB introduced a ridiculous staleness doctrine to ask Dr. Swamy not to press his case for disqualification of Sonia Gandhi.    more > Classical language, a living tradition World Sanskrit Book Fair in Bengaluru By Rajesh Padmar, VSK Bengaluru THE world’s first of its kind World Sanskrit Book Fair held at National High School Grounds in Bengaluru from January 7 to 10 has been a big success in terms of both to imbue spirit of Sanskrit enthusiasm at all levels and the number of book sold, along with a massive presence of Sanskrit lovers in the four-day historic event.    more > Carnage in West Bengal CPM shows its panic. Intimidating voters By Asim Kumar Mitra THE butchery of eight unarmed people in Netai village (3.5 kms from Lalgarh, under West Midnapore district) on Friday (January 7, 2011) in the open daylight has again opened up the brutal face of CPM.    more > Former CJI under scanner By S Chandrasekhar RECENT developments including Radia tapes have demonstrated the crumbling pillars of legislature, executive and fourth estate in our democracy.    more > Gadkari targets Congress Cronyism By Pramod Kumar “THE RSS is an organisation of pure patriotic people. To say that people who committed terror incidents were motivated by the Sangh is entirely ridiculous,” said BJP president Shri Nitin Gadkari.    more > A Dussehra Competition By Manju Gupta THE festival of Dussehra has since long been celebrated with pomp and splendour in the erstwhile Mysore state, now known as Karnataka.    more > A cultural confluence in music and spirituality By V Shanmuganathan DURING this winter season, inspite of cold weather and chillness, large religious gatherings are taking place spontaneously.    more > BJP chief flags off Kolkata-Kashmir yatra for hoisting tricolour A beleaguered UPA-II came in for heavy shelling from the BJP on Bofors issue with party president Nitin Gadkari directly implicating the Gandhi family for its links with Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, and holding it responsible for giving the country the “most corrupt Government ever.”    more > Book Extract Secrets of RSS : Demystifying the Sangh By Ratan Sharda IT is amazing that not much is known about Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in spite of one of the oldest mass Indian organisation, being around for 85 years and widely accepted as the largest NGO in the world.    more > Current Scenario …..Critics as also well wishers talk about the decline in RSS these days as reflected through its shakhas on open grounds and its presence in the middle class areas, its natural recruiting ground in its earlier phases.    more > Pravasi Bharatiya Conference PIOs in Malaysia clamour racial and religious discrimination By Pramod Kumar THE marginalised people of Indian origin in Malaysia, who lived there for about five generations, appealed to the participants of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas International Conference organised in New Delhi from January 7 to 9, to save them from the racial and religious discrimination.    more >

Cover Page The Moving Finger Writes The on-going loot of Hindu temples By MV Kamath WHILE Congress leaders are hell-bent on damning the RSS – it is an old game that has long ceased to have any meaning – they seem to be unaware (or deliberately wish to ignore) that as late as on July 4, 2010 the right hand of a 53-year old Christian college professor (one TJ Joseph) was chopped off by Muslim fundamentalists, at Thodapurzha, Iduki district, in Kerala, for alleged blasphemy.    more > Economy Watch Growth hurts. Pinching price rise By Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala THE three challenges before the economy in 2011 are rising prices of fuel oil and agricultural goods; and large inflow of foreign capital. These are also the cause of present all-round increase in prices.    more > Bookmark What the winners do. They do things differently By Manju Gupta You can Win, Shiv Khera, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd, Pp 292 (PB), Rs 365.00 Defining ideas: For governance, leadership By Ashish Joshi Capacity Development in Practice, Jan Ubels, Naa-Aku Acquaye-Baddoo and Alan Fowler (Eds.), Earthscan, Pp 338, price not given Self-help to spiritualism The Old Man and His Soul, Farida Sharan, Akshaya Prakashan, Pp 148 (PB), Rs 180.00 An ode to nature Untwine the Wind, Renee Ranchan, Konark Publishers, Pp 110 (HB), Rs 750 & £ 12 —MG Evolution of capitalism: A study By Jayant Patel Economy and Society: Evolution of Capitalism, RR Suresh, Sage Publications Pp 319 (PB), Rs 395.00 Book Received 108 Investment Mantras: Time Tested Tips for Beneficial Investmant, Author Name Comes here Headline making: Scintillating aspects of newsroom By Manju Gupta Idea Exchange: Opinion Makers, Critical Issues, Interesting Times, Uma Vishnu (Ed.), Penguin/Viking, Pp 302 (HB), Rs 699.00 A case study in social work experience By Vidhur Bhushan Varieties of Activist Experience: Civil Society in South Asia, David N. Gellner (Ed.) Sage Publications, Pp 291(HB), Rs 750.00 A flawed approach to Indian identity By Manju Gupta Indian Identity Narrative and the Politics of Security, Gitika Commuri, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, Pp 315 (HB), Rs 795.00 Do it yourself on leadership By Dr Vaidehi Nathan The Heart of a Leader, Ken Blanchard, Jaico Publishing House, Pp 192(PB), Rs 195.00 Media Watch “$ 2.2 billion secret funds of the dynasty in Swiss banks” SENSATION, sensation, sensation! A most damning indictment of Sonia Gandhi has been made by S Gurumurthy in an article in The New Indian Express (January 3) that every Indian citizen should read.    more >

News Analysis Corruption as core poll plank Retrieve stolen money from tax havens By Shyam Khosla WILL corruption in high places emerge as a core issue in the assembly and parliamentary elections in the coming years as envisaged by the Bharatiya Janata Party?    more >

TogadiaSpeak Where mind is corrupt, behaviour unethical By Dr Pravin Togadia TWO calamities are on in Bharat off late. One is of corruption. Similar calamity is of targeting selected community. Both these calamities are man-made. In the 1st kind of calamity of corruption, the root cause is greed. Greed of a human being.    more >

Readers’ Forum Bofors ghost haunts Congress (Organiser, 1-16-2010) Author Name Comes here The top honchos of the Congress tried their best to bury the Bofor’s ghost, but the truth has nasty way of teaching a lesson by resurfacing when expected the least. The question is—Will the Congress leadership ever learn to respect the truth?    more >

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