Vol. LX, No. 34, New Delhi, FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Gadkari’s clarion call Country first, forget self and work to make India great By A Special Representative THE BJP chief, Nitin Gadkari has “diagnosed” the cause of many ills the party is facing — political aspirations of some senior leaders who have already got a lot from the party. “The problems in the party are not because of grassroots workers but because of those who had benefited much. They will have to think whether their political career is important or party ideology and expansion of the organisation,” said Gadkari.    more > Kushabhau Gram a complete village THE makeshift venue of the conclave in the outskirts of Indore: The Kushabhau Thakre Gram was given a look of real village. Cows, goats, hens were near the Pyarelal Khandelwal auditorium, where national executive was in progress.    more > Thinking Aloud Manmohan is like Gerald Ford By Dr Jay Dubashi THERE was once a hapless US President, Gerald Ford, who followed Richard Nixon into the White House, of whom it was said that he couldn’t chew gum and walk at the same time. This is what his countrymen said about him. Actually, he was a good man who rarely chewed gum.    more > Editorial Stop this pussy-footing At least protect the people’s lives THE gruesome killings of 13 innocent citizens in terror strike in Pune, Maharashtra, is overshadowed by the macabre murder of 25 jawans of Eastern Frontier Rifles and State Armed Forces of West Bengal, at Silda and 11 villagers at Jamuri in Bihar by Maoist terrorists.    more > The Moving Finger Writes Poverty leads to migration By MV Kamath WHAT the Shiv Sena and its upstart competitor, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena obviously do not realise is what damage they are doing to the good name of India in general and Maharashtra in particular by their obnoxious linguistic parochialism. There is no such thing as a city belonging to one particular community or group.    more > Neighbour Watch Beijing's obstinate stand on Tibet The non-negotiations between Dharamsala and Beijing By Madhuri Santanam Sondhi THE intimate and complex relationship between India, China and Tibet has become international with globalisation. In the wake of the pre-Olympic and 60th anniversary of the takeover of Tibet unrest, talks between the Dalai Lama’s envoys and Beijing’s United    more > Sangh Samachar Vanyatra by Gujarat Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad Unique experiment in bringing Vanvasis and Nagarvasis closer - FOC Inviting PoK terrorists to J&K is a sinister move —Dr Surendra Jain - FOC Doni Polo hostel gets its own building - FOC Suryanamaskar by Vanvasi students on Das Navami - FOC Dismantle local modules of terrorists: VHP - FOC A mark of simplicity, devotion to work From Deepak Kumar Rath in Indore WHEN Nitin Gadkari entered the sprawling 92-acre Omax City named as Kushabhau Thakre Gram, he was welcomed by enthusiastic party workers in traditional attire.    more > Protest in Delhi over award to blasphemous novel FOC THE activists of Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti, Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad, Hindu Manch, Rashtriya Sevika Samiti and many other organisations of Delhi stormed the Kamani Auditorium on February 16 when the Sahitya Academy organised a function to honour the controversial Telugu writer Dr Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad for his novel Draupadi.    more > Create atmosphere of unity to develop harmony—RSS Sahsarkaryavah Suresh Soni By Amba Charan Vashishth Coordination and consensus hold the key to the solution of any problem or issue facing the country. Ekatam vision leads us to evolve a system which ushers in welfare of everyone and this will take the country out of the present conditions of conflict and disharmony, said the RSS Sahsarkaryavah Shri Suresh Soni.    more > Our identity is our motherland: Indresh Kumar From Our Correspondent NAGPUR: “We are known in this world not by the religion we profess, nor by caste or creed but by our motherland”, said emphatically Shri Indresh Kumar, Member of the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (ABKM) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at Nagpur.    more > Kashmir’s Unceasing Secessionist Moves By Dr TH Chowdary THE Kashmir problem owes its origin to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who under the (sinister as it turned out) advice of Lord Louis Mountbatten, the first Governor General of Independent India (and the spell of Lady Pamela Mountbatten) took the case, much against the warning of Sardar Patel, to the United Nations, complaining that Pakistan committed aggression on India and seeking from the UN, the vacation of that aggression in 1947.    more > Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra tours North-East Makes an impact, gets good response By Pramod Kumar A section of the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram yatra, which parted from the main yatra in Jalpaiguri, toured the north eastern states from December 19 to January 14. It not only visited thousands of villages of the region but also brought the people of various communities and Satradhikars together for the cause of cow and village protection.    more > UPA to give amnesty for Kashmiri terrorists from PoK Courtesy: Agencies THE Centre is willing to grant amnesty to Kashmiri militants in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) who want to denounce militancy and join the mainstream, said Home Minister Shri P Chidambaram.    more > Legal hurdles on Muslim quota By Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay KOLKATA: The State government is set to face a legal hurdle in implementing its decision for reservation of 10 per cent of government jobs for Muslim OBCs with the BJP saying it would move the court against the government’s decision.    more > Lashkar eyeing Maldives as a base Courtesy: PTI AGAINST the backdrop of reports that Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba is eyeing on the isolated islands in Maldives, India will soon ink an agreement with the southern neighbour to combat terror threats jointly.    more > Rashtrarishi Sri Guruji A comprehensive reference volume for nationalist thinkers By Virag Pachpore About the Book: Rashtrarishi Sri Guruji Shatabdi Visheshank, Publishers: Swadesh-Bhopal Group of Newspaper, Sri Radhika Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Swadesh Bahvan, 26-A Press Complex,Maharana Pratap Nagar, Bhopal-426 011, Total pages 654, Price- Rs 1,500/- Price for educational institutions and libraries, Rs 1,100/-    more > A secret secession move in progress? Jammu leaders oppose Omar’s proposal to invite terrorists from PoK From Khajuria S Kant in Jammu AFTER the Union Government put a seal of approval on the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s amnesty to Kashmiri terrorists, who had crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), several Jammu-based political and social groups reacted sharply to the decision, threatening that initiation of such a move would invite massive protests in the region.    more > Cow slaughter sends shockwave in Himachal By Ajai Srivastava from Shimla HIMACHAL Pradesh has always been proud of it age-old traditions of peace and communal harmony. No untoward incidents took place even during the days when fanatics were insisting to stop Hindus to perform karseva at the birthplace of Sri Ram at Ayodhya.    more >

Cover Page Controversy Archaeological Survey of India Selection of new chief kicks off a row By Prof Dilip K Chakrabarti THE websites of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, and one of its subordinate offices, the Archaeological Survey of India, cannot be accused of attaching any special significance to archaeological research.    more > News Analysis By proxy, Omar is advancing the terrorists’ agenda By Ajay Bharti AFTER successfully terminating the practice of hoisting Tri-colour—the national flag—in Lal Chowk Srinagar, the ruling elite of Kashmir has turned its guns towards elimination of all other remaining symbols of resistance that ensured down fall of terrorist movement in Kashmir tagged as “Azadi”.    more > Think It Over Dharma and the Hindu State By MSN Menon HINDU India was never a great political force in the world. You may ask: why? Because India never gave any importance to the state.    more > Kids’ Org The kingdom of happiness By Manju Gupta ONE day King Krishnadeva Raya, Tenali Raman and some other courtiers were walking along the beach, enjoying the scenery. It was a pleasant afternoon and the king was savouring the moments spent in the company of his men and nature.    more > A page from history 340th Shivaji Jayanti He effectively challenged the foreign rule By Achyut Railkar SHIVAJI Jayanti is celebrated all over India, especially in Maharashtra with fervour on February 19. According to lunar calendar, he was born on Falgun Vadya Tritiya of Shaka year 1551 (this year it falls on March 3, 2010).    more > Bookmark Ideas to make India a superpower By Manju Gupta Superpowering India, Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyaya, Manas Publications, Pp 403, Rs 795.00 An insightful study of business in a connected world By Ashish Joshi Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone, Mitch Joel, Business Plus, Pp 288, Rs 450.00 The troubled North-East A good narrative By Jayant Patel Troubled Periphery: Crisis of India’s North-East, Subir Bhaumik, Sage Publications, Pp 307, Rs 595.00 A recall of the bloody anti-Sikh pogrom of Congress By Lokesh Kumar I Accuse…The Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984, Jarnail Singh, Penguin, Pp 165, Rs 350.00 (HB) RC Dutt: A research volume By Manju Gupta An Indian for All Seasons: The Many Lives of R.C. Dutt, Meenakshi Mukherjee, Penguin Books, Pp 385.00, Rs 399.00 (PB) A remarkable, engrossing work on the politics of climate change By M V Kamath Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic and Political Crises will Redraw the World Map, Cleo Paskal; Key Porter Books, Pp 288, $ 32.95 (HB) A study of the conversion of Kashmir to Islam A Muslim Missionary in Mediaeval Kashmir, Kashinath Pandit, Voice of India, Pp 294, Rs 350.00 (PB) A woman terrorist as vicious and more The Mother of Mohammed: A Woman’s Extraordinary Journey into Jihad, Sally Neighbour, Jaico Books, Pp 358, Rs 295.00 (PB) Media Watch The business of selling news space THE issue of “paid news” is still very much alive in the media domain though it is The Hindu which has been giving it necessary publicity. The Editors Guild of India has asked the Election Commissioner to take strong action against both politicians and media persons who violate the disclosure norms of election expenditure ...    more > TogadiaSpeak Not soft, Bharat is the chosen target By Dr Pravin Togadia RECENTLY, there was a jehadi attack on Pune and the same cliché word was used to describe places like Pune, Bengaluru, Jaipur etc—that is “soft target”. Who used it? All political parties, governmental spokespersons, officers, pseudo-secular social thinkers and their friendly media. This is the basic blunder being done in tackling jehadi terrorism in Bharat. There is nothing like a soft or hard target here.    more >

Opinion Dismantle Devaswom Boards State has no right to loot temple funds By Ravi Varma IT is high time to take up the following for the judicious consideration or rational analysis and sagacious judgment of Honable High Court of Kerala to decide as to whether in the context of the below-explained reasons,    more >

Open Forum The Ranganath Misra Commission Report A tool for vote bank politics By Ram Nath Kovind THE Ranganath Misra Report is not unanimous. The report recommends, amongst other things, 15 per cent reservation to minorities in education, Central and State Government jobs and social welfare schemes in the OBC quota.    more >

Readers’ Forum Gujarat: A fascinating success story (Organiser, 6-12-2009); —TUSAR KANTI KAR, 14/3/1, Sribash Dutta Lane, Howrah Today Gujarat is in a unique position and is miles ahead in all kinds of development and prosperity. The people are law abiding, disciplined, civilised and very capable to fly the national flag higher.    more >

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