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- Trivialization of media
- M V Kamath
- Mid-day
- February 25 1999
>>>Events are moving so fast that it is hard to keep up with them. There is no
time to sit back, relax and contemplate on the verities of our political
life. So much was written about the killing of an Australian missionary and
his two children, in a remote village in Orissa. Since then there have been
reports of eight people burnt to death in Bihar, 21 shot down, also in that
...
On treasuring a moment - Arun Shourie
- India Connect
- February 25, 1999
>>>"You have said that this is a historic visit, that this is a defining moment
in the history of South Asia, but what is the substance in these
declarations?," asked the correspondent at the joint press conference of the
Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers in Lahore -- the usual European or
American correspondent, with the usual condescension and derision. But I
...
Arrest the nun who filed a false case of rape - Bibhuti Mishra
- Mid-day
- February 24 1999
>>>Bhubaneshwar, 21 Feb : Bharatiya Janat Party MP from Balasore, Aira
Kharavela Swain demanded the arrest of the Catholic nun who was
allegedly raped near Baripada. The medical report has revealed no
indication of any rape.
...
Selective horror - M V Kamath
- Mid-day
- Thu, 25 Feb 1999 03:52:30 -0500
>>>Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government came to power,
the English language media has led a vicious and venomous campaign against
it without let or hindrance. It has been, to say the least, a disgraceful
exercise. Nothing is too mean for the English language press to resort to,
to bring down the BJP government. And may I say that every important
...
'Without conversions, the Church will simply collapse' Part 1/2 - N S Rajaram
- rediff on the Net
- February 24, 1999
>>> "There is now a scramble for India by various
international Christian organisations, rather on the
lines of the phase in our history three centuries ago
when the French, the Dutch, the British and others tried
to take us over," says N S Rajaram, former principal
...
'Without conversions, the Church will simply collapse', Part 2/2
'It is now advantage Vajpayee' - Shekhar Iyer
- Hindustan Times
- February 21, 1999
>>> Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's bus ride into Pakistan
this afternoon is certain to generate a political spin off,
according to senior BJP leaders.
"It is definitely advantage Mr Vajpayee from now on," they
...
A break with the past - Kanchan Gupta
- Rediff on the Net
- february 20, 1999
>>> Till the moment the exact details of the Radcliffe
Line were publicised, everyone thought Lahore would
remain in India. After all, it was a Sikh-Hindu majority
town and contiguous with the border that was being worked
out to carve the subcontinent into two.
The zealots who would inherit - Saira Menezes and Venu Menon
- Outlook
- February 22, 1999
>>>In 1972, missionary Rita saw a vision of the whole of India as a vast
over-ripe harvest field. There was an urgent call to reap this harvest
before it is too late."
This is the telling opening line of booklets put out by the East West
...
Dealing with Pakistan - A. P. Venkateswaran
- The Hindustan Times
- Feb 20, 1999
>>>There is instant coffee and there is instant tea; but, there is no such thing
as instant diplomacy. Strangely enough, this is the path that India seems to
have opted to take, in trying to achieve an immediate improvement in relations
with Pakistan, through the announcement that Prime Minister Atal Behari
Vajpayee will be travelling by the newly-established bus service from Amritsar
...
Sonia stands to lose quite a bit - T V R Shenoy
- The rediff on the Net
- February 19, 1999
>>> We journalists are supposedly a cynical lot who
diligently rake up every field for a stray gram of muck.
So I suppose I am in serious danger of falling out with
the rest of the fraternity since I have been writing
about nothing but good news for two straight weeks.
VHP has dalit ordained as priest in Kerala - UNI
- Rediff on the Net
- February 19, 1999
>>> Marking a rare moment in the social
renaissance of Kerala, a 60-year-old dalit was made a
priest after several decades, when T K Subramanian was
given 'Sanyasa Deeksha' yesterday.
...
Badal, Dev Anand will accompany PM on bus to Lahore - UNI
- Rediff on the Net
- February 18, 1999
>>> Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and
veteran Hindi film actor Dev Anand will accompany Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his visit to Lahore in
Pakistan on February 20, official sources said.
...
God is in the details... - Varsha Bhosle
- Rediff on the Net
- February 18, 1999
>>> As I sit to write, the screaming, front-page headline of
The Asian Age catches my eye: RABRI CASTE ASIDE BY BJP.
I'm not surprised by the presentation or the pun; I know
the paper's agenda. My attention has shifted to a tiny
item: "Medical report says nun was not raped." I
...
Statesman by night, PM by day - Vir Singhavi
- The telegraph, Calcutta
- Feb. 16,1999
>>>It is a ritual that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would like
to adhere to on each of his foreign trips. Last November,
in New York, he took a large group of officials for dinner to a
Chinese restaurant. This time, too, Vajpayee made his aides scour
Montego Bay for a suitable Chinese eatery before inviting three
...
Political hypocrisy - M V Kamath
- Mid-day
- February 17 1999
>>>Two of my favourite characters in contemporary political life are Sonia
Gandhi and Jyoti Basu. I have never known two greater hypocrites in my
life. I do not know Soniaji. Nor do I know what her religion is. All I know
is that she was born of Italian parents who are practising Catholics. From
that I presume that Sonia is also a Catholic and if she remains a
...
The Missionary Position, Part 2`
The Missionary Position, Part 1 - David Frawley
- BJP's Website
- February 17, 1999
>>>Conversion has always been a topic that arouses, if not inflames, our human
emotions. After all, the missionary is trying to persuade a person to
change his religious belief, which concerns the ultimate issues of life and
death, the very meaning of our existence. And the missionary is usually
denigrating the person's current belief, which may represent a strong
...
"If Christianity is allowed to fester, it could prove dangerous" - Interview by Uday Mahurkar
- India Today
- February 25, 1999
>>> Conventional wisdom suggests that when a
BJP-led government is in power at the
Centre, the various outfits of the Sangh Parivar would
strive to make the task of governance a little less
troublesome for the "Hindu-friendly regime". The Vishwa
...
Taking diplomacy to the common man, the PM way
Ravi Shankar supports Saraswati vandana
Significant demographic changes in Siliguri alarms Govt agencies - Mahendra Ved
- Times of India
- February 15, 1999
>>> SILIGURI: A significant demographic
transformation in the Siliguri corridor in north
Bengal is causing concern for agencies of the
government of India. The influx from Bangladesh
has led to an increase in the population of
...
Advani ridicules allies for bullying
The politics of transparency - Rashme Sehgal
- Times of India
- February 14, 1999
>>> NEW DELHI: Is politics shedding the cloak of
secrecy? Perhaps. For, Prime Minister Atal Behari
Vajpayee's directive that all his ministers
present him with a list of their assets has been
obeyed with great alacrity. Both cabinet and
...
Kumble claimed 11 wickets that day! - TVR Shenoy
- Rediff on the Net
- February 13, 1999
>>> For three glorious days, I forgot all about politics (or
at least tried my best to do so). I had tickets for the
Ferozeshah Kotla Test, and took time off to watch the
second, third, and fourth days of the unforgettable
match. Actually, I could have gone on the first day too,
...
Missionary Business Should be Put to An End - Archbishop - Free Press News Service
- The Free Press Journal
- February 11 1999
>>>Hyderabad : IN a surprise and frank statement the Archbishop of Hyderabad A
Arulappa admitted that the spate of conversions taking place in India as
"totally wrong" and called for a check on such a "suicidal course."
Arulappa was not alone in finding fault with conversions. Director of
...
Nun's rape story was a hoax: Medical report - By Bibhuti Mishra
- Mid-day
- Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:30:45 -0500
>>>Bhubaneswar, 12 Feb : The medical report of the nun who was raped on
February 3 has proved that the story was bogus. News about the rape had
rocked the state and was one of the reasons for Orissa chief minister J B
Patnaik's resignation.
...
Mugalsarai to be named after Upadhyay
Christian-baiters will not be spared: Advani
Congress tarnishing India's image abroad: BJP
This time the government must not be moved - Swapan Dasgupta
- India Today
- February 15, 1999
>>> For India's "nattering nabobs of negativism" -- Spiro
Agnew's evocative description of the liberal underclass - the past week has been truly bewildering. The Government
they love to despise has moved in unexpected ways. First,
Atal Bihari Vajpayee effected a diplomatic coup by offering
g
...
Number of poor on decline in PM's constituency! - Mohit Dubey
- Times of India
- Feb 10, 1999
>>>LUCKNOW: The number of people below the poverty line is on the
decline, and sharply too, in the Prime Minister's constituency.
That is if the records maintained by the Supply department of the
district are to be believed. Officially, the Public Distribution
System has been catering to a sharply declining number of people
...
An unwilling media - Arvind Lavakare
- Rediff on the Net
- February 9, 1999
>>> It has taken a seasoned French journalist to deliver the
much deserved but much-belated sledgehammer blow to the
Indian media. Writing in The Hindustan Times of February
1, 1999, Francois Gautier, the Delhi-based South Asia
correspondent of Le Figaro (France's largest circulated
...
Hindus and Christians gun for each other in Trinidad and Tobago
BJP campaign on Govt.'s 'achievements' from Feb. 11
Congress have hatched a conspiracy against BJP-led Govt - PTI
- Indian Express
- february 9, 1999
>>> ITANAGAR, Feb 8: Bharatiya Janata Party
national secretary P B Acharaya today alleged
that the Congress and ``some other
anti-national agents'' have hatched a
conspiracy to defame the BJP-led Government at
...
Advani felicitates Anil Kumble
Home ministry drafting master plan to end communal and caste killings
VHP demands ban on religious conversions
Electoral pressures force Basu to take BJP line on illegal immigrants issue - Arup Chanda
- Rediff on the Net
- Feb 6, 1999
>>>Why did West Bengal's Marxist Chief Minister Jyoti Basu so aggressively
highlight the issue of infiltration during his meeting with Bangladesh Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed ?
To prevent erosion of the CPI-M's bases in the border districts in West Bengal
...
Staines killers were Congmen, alleges BJP - Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - The Pioneer
- 02-06-1999
>>>The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on
Thursday said that the killers of Australian missionary Graham
Staines and his two sons were Congress supporters.
Armed with an audio-recorded confession of the killers, party
...
Religious conversion violates spirit of the Constitution
Why is the Orissa police doing a lousy job of investigating the Stains murder? - T V R Shenoy
- Rediff on the Net
- February 5, 1999
>>> Have you ever had an eerie sense of familiarity upon
seeing someone or something for the first time, an old
sense of familiarity as though you had already met
earlier though your mind says that isn't possible? I
felt something of the kind when reading about Rabinder
...
Sant Sansad no threat to minorities: VHP leader - Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - Times of India
- February 4, 1999
>>> AHMEDABAD: International general secretary of
Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Pravin Togadia, has
stressed that the eighth Dharma Sansad will not
cause an upsurge of Hindu fundamentalism or pose
a threat to the minorities, particularly in the
...
Infiltration may lead to N-E secession: Governor - Ajay Singh / New Delhi
- The Pioneer
- February 4, 1999
>>> An alarming future scenario of Assam, portrayed in a
41-page report of Governor S K Sinha, indicates that
unchecked influx of Bangladeshi infiltrators may lead to
severing of the entire land mass of the North East from
rest of the country.
Right to propagate religion does not imply right to convert: Govindacharya
Double-speak, dubious intentions - Sandhya Jain
- BJP Website
- February 3, 1999
>>>One can only applaud the courtesy and forbearance of the
priests and trustees of Tirupati Tirumalai Devasthanam in
the face Congress president Sonia Gandhi's arrogant refusal
to sign the register affirming belief in the Hindu faith.
Such catholicism is the essence of the Sanatan Dharma (the
...
BJP minister to launch Rath Yatra - Kumkum Chadha
- The Hindustan Times
- Feb 03, 99
>>>Naqvi plans rath yatra’ á la Advani
New Delhi, February 2
BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana has been in the news in the recent past, but now
its the turn of Union Minister of state for Information and Broadcasting
...
Death of a Missionary - Rajeev Srinivasan
- Rediff on net,
- January 29, 1999
>>>None of us can help but condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the
recent burning of an Australian Christian missionary, Graham Stains, and
his two small sons, in a remote Orissa tribal area. There is no greater
fundamental right than the simple right to life; and it is unpardonable
to deny this to anybody, especially two little boys. Stains' skin
...
The English media's hostility towards Hindus - Arvind Lavakare
- Rediff on the Net
- February 2, 1999
>>> At long last, thank god, a confession has come from the
English media. Reacting to the BJP's grievance that the
entire media, particularly the one which communicates in
English, has been greatly exaggerating the recent
anti-Christian violence, the regular column last week of
...
'The spate of conversions in the North-East seems to be aimed at
Church activities creating social tension: BJP leader
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