I was surprised when the Congress party gave me a Padma Shri – I am the only foreign journalist to ever get it. For, in my forty years of political reporting in India, I have always been a vocal critic of the Nehru dynasty. Someone even called me recently: "a vitriolic British journalist, who in his old age chose to live back in the land he never approved".
It started with Operation Blue Star. I was one of the few western correspondents who criticized Indira. As I have said since then numerous times, the attack on the Golden Temple and the atrocities that followed the army operations, produced in all sections of the Sikhs a sense of outrage that is hard today to alleviate. I believed then that the large majority of Hindu India, even if politically hostile to Indira Gandhi, openly identified with – and exulted in – her will to overwhelmingly humble a recalcitrant minority.
As everybody knows, Indira Gandhi helped my fame grow even more, by wanting to imprison me during the Emergency she clamped and finally throwing me out of India for a short while. But the result was that the whole of India tuned in, then and thereafter, to my radio's broadcasts, 'The Voice of India', to hear what they thought was 'accurate' coverage of events.
When Rajiv Gandhi came to power, I first believed that he was sincerely trying to change the political system, but he quickly gave-up when the old guard would not budge. I criticized him for his foolish adventure in Sri Lanka, although I felt sorry for him when he was blown to pieces by Dhanu, the Tamil Tiger. It is in Kashmir, though that I fought most viciously against his Govt and subsequent Congress ones for its human right abuses on the Kashmiri Muslims of the Valley. The Congress Governments tried indeed several times to censor me and the army even took prisoner my Kashmiri stringer, whom I had to rescue by the skin of his teeth. I am also proud that I was the first one to point out then, that the Indian Government had at that time no proof of the Pakistani involvement in the freedom movement in Kashmir. Thus I always made it a point to start my broadcasts by proclaiming that « the Indian Government accuses Pakistan of fostering terrorism», or that "elections are being held in Indian-controlled Kashmir"…
As I was so popular, all the other foreign journalists used the same parlance to cover Kashmir and they always spoke of the plight of the Muslims, never of the 400.000 Hindus, who after all were chased out of their ancestral land by sheer terror (I also kept mum about it).
As for Sonia Gandhi, I did not mind her, when she was Rajiv Gandhi's wife, but after his death, I watched with dismay as she started stamping her authority on the Congress, which made me say in a series of broadcasts on the Nehru Dynasty: "It's sad that the Indian National Congress should be completely dependent on one family; the total surrender of a national party to one person is deplorable. You have to ask the question: what claims does Sonia Gandhi have to justify her candidature for prime-ministership? Running a country is far more complicated than running a company. Apprenticeship is required in any profession — more so in politics". I heard that Sonia Gandhi was unhappy about this broadcast.
Then, after President APJ Abdul Kalam called her to the Raj Bhavan and told her what some of us already knew, namely that for a long time, she had kept both her Italian and Indian passports, which disqualified her to become the Prime Minister of India, she nevertheless became the Supreme leader of India behind the scenes. It is then that I exclaimed: "the moribund and leaderless Congress party has latched onto Sonia Gandhi, who is Italian by birth and Roman Catholic by baptism".
She never forgave me for that. Yet, today I can say without the shadow of a doubt that when history will be written, the period over which she presided, both over the Congress and India, will be seen as an era of darkness, of immense corruption and of a democracy verging towards autocracy, if not disguised dictatorship, in the hands of a single person, a non Indian and a Christian like me. Truth will also come out about her being the main recipient for kickbacks from Bofors to 2G, which she uses to buy votes, as the Wikileaks have just shown.
Finally, I am sometimes flabbergasted at the fact that Indians –Hindus, sorry, as most of this country's intelligentsia is Hindu – seem to love me so much, considering the fact that in my heydays, I considerably ran down the 850 million Hindus of this country, one billion worldwide. I have repented today: I do profoundly believe that India needs to be able to say with pride, "Yes, our civilization has a Hindu base to it."
The genius of Hinduism, the very reason it has survived so long, is that it does not stand up and fight. It changes and adapts and modernizes and absorbs–that is the scientific and proper way of going about it. I believe that Hinduism may actually prove to be the religion of this millennium, because it can adapt itself to change.
Hinduus are still slaves to MUSLIMS and CHRISTIANS
On the name of secularism, lots of facilities and cash incentives are given to Muslims and Christians. Haj subsidy is given to Muslims for Haj yatra, wages of Muslim teachers and Imams are given to Muslims are given by looting the Hindu temples. No such subsidy is given to Hindus for going to Hindu religious places or any wages to Hindu religious priests or Hindu teachers. In fact congress secular government creates many obstacles for Hindus for going to Amarnath Yatra. Even after 65 years of independence reservation is given on religious grounds while it should have been abolished by this time. If at all reservation or subsidy is needed, then it should be purely on economic grounds rather on the grounds of minorities. Such reservations affect the quality of work. Congress party giving various kinds of allurements to minorities to buy their votes with Hindu money. In the government many people are with Hindu names but in fact many are Muslims and Christians with Hindu names to fools Hindus and to show in the government, majority people are Hindus. See below how congress government is giving various kinds of sops for pleasing minorities and buying votes of minorities.
| It is always being emphasized that Dalit is the creation of Hindusm and that there are no castes or classes in Christianity or Islam. Further reservations are made on the basis of castes and classes and tribes but not on the basis of economic conditions or religions. How can anyone claim reservations to Dalit Muslim or Christian when there can be no such distinction as Dalit Christian or Dalit Muslim as once a Dalit gets converted he becomes a Christian or Muslim and does not remain a Dalit? And reservations are not based on economic conditions of the persons. Swami Ramdevji is wrong when he pleads for reservations to Dalit Christians or Dalit Muslims when there can be no such distinctions in Christianity or Islam? V. S. Sardesai |
Sonia Gandhi is also anti-Hindu as she is considering implementing New Draconian anti-Hindu law.
From: vilasni narayanan - vilasni_n@hotmail.com;
New Draconian Law---- All Hindus are to be treated like criminals. Sonia G, quit politics.
That such a bill is being even considered only goes to show not only how much power the minority communities in India have but also how stupid and disunited the majority Hindus are and how immorally corrupt these cheap Hindu politicians are, that they will cut their own throats for a few peanuts from the Muslims and Christians. Worst, these perverted Christians and Muslims are mostly former Hindus. What a shameful race of cowards and fools we Hindus are. The PCTV Bill (56 pages) - Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill is based on presumption that all Hindus are criminals and communal riots are always committed only by Hindus and never by minorities.
Vilasni
From: bhagavaandaas tyaagi - bhagavaandaas@yahoo.ca;
1. Why Indian media show MUSLIMS and CHRISTIANS festivals like ID'S, CHRISTMAS etc.etc. on their programs while ISLAAMIC COUNTRIES and CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES media never show HINDUU FESTIVALS like DIVAALII; JANM ASHTAMII etc.etc. On their media?
2. Why India has reservations for minority MUSLIMS and CHRISTIANS while ISLAAMIC and CHRISTIAN countries do not have reservations for HINDUU MINORITIES?
3. Why Indian govt. has control of many many HINDUU TEMPLES and none of MUSLIM MOSQUES and CHRISTIANS CHURCHES? And spends HINDUU TEMPLES money on
MUSLIM MOSQUES and CHRISTIANS CHURCHES and pay salaries to MUSLIMS IMAMS and CHRISTIANS PRIESTS?
January 1st is a Christian New Year and not a Hinduu New Year.
December 25 is Christ's birthday which is a Christian celebration and it is called Christmas. IT IS NOT A HINDUU-FESTIVAL.
Raam Navamii राम-नवमी is Bhagvaan Raam's भगवान-राम birthday.
Krishn-Janm- Ashtamii कृष्ण जन्म अष्टमी is Bagavaan Krishn's birthday.
No Christian celebrates Raam's birthday nor Krishn's birthday while Hinduus celebrate Christ's birthday on 25th January which is called Christmas.----
No Christian celebrates-------HINDUU NEW YEAR ----1 .
Vasant Nav Raatre वसंत नव रात्रे -----
2. Makar Sankraanti मकर संक्रान्ति----- 3.
Hinduu SOLAR New Year VASAAKHI वसाखी on 13 OF APRIL ----
4. Divaalii
दिवाली
--- HINDUU Lunar New Year
While Hinduus celebrate Christian New Year, January 1st. ----
EVEN SOME HINDUU-MANDIRS and AASHRMAS CELEBRATE --CHRISTMAS --Christ's birthday on 25th Dec. AND CHRISTIANS-NEW-YEAR January 1st WHILE NO CHRISTIAN , NO CHRISTIAN CHURCH CELEBRATE ANY HINDUU FESTIVAL .
Hinduus also celebrate many Christian festivals AS CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE like:-
April fools, Christmas, New Years, Valentine's Day, etc. while Christians do not celebrate HINDU FESTIVALS like :-- Raam -Navamii, Krishna -Janm -Ashtami, Divaalii, Dusaharaa, Durgaa- Puujaa, Shiv -Raatri, AS HINDUU CELEBRATE etc. etc.----
Chinese who are converted into Christianity still celebrate '"Chinese new year" and all Chinese-Festivals while Hinduus who are converted into Christianity never celebrate Hinduu SOLAR new-year VASAKHI on April 13 ; HINDUU LUNAR NEW YEAR DIVAALII ; Raam -Navamii, Krishn -Janm -Ashtami, Divaalii, Dusaharaa, Durgaa- Puujaa, Shiv -Raatri, etc. etc.---- but Hinduus celebrate Christian-new-year on January 1st and Christ's birthday on 25th January called Christmas and many other Christians festivals like ---- April fools, Christmas, New Year , Valentine's Day, etc.-----
HINDUUS also say and write many English and Urdu words in their HINDII CONVERSATION , in HINDII-PROGRAMS and in HINDII WRITINGS ----- while Hindii words are not used in English Conversation , English programs and English writings; and IN URDU Conversation ,Urdu WRITINGS AND URDU PROGRAMS does not it show Hinduus' mental-slavery to Christians and to CHRISTIANITY ; to MUSLIMS AND to ISLAAM ?--------------
HINDUUS INSTEAD OF SAYING शुभ दिवाली "SHUBH DIVAALII" to each other THEY SAY "HAPPY DIVAALII" AND" DIVAALII MUBAARIK" MUSLIM WILL NEVER SAY "SHUBH EID" OR HAPPY EID" CHRISTIAN WILL NEVER SAY "SHUBH CHRISTMAS or shubh new year to each other "ETC. ETC.
A Muslim will never say 'Bhagavaan's kripaa' भगवान-कृपा even many Hinduus do not say bhagavaan's kripaa भगवान कृपा 'but Hinduus say-'Inshalaah इन्शल्ला, khudaa naa khaastaa खुदा ना खासता etc. etc. ; a Muslim will never sing---ईश्वर अल्ला तेरो नाम or any Hinduu-bhajans in a mosque and on Islamic-functions but Hinduus sing SUFI SONGS and Islamic-songs in Hinduu-Temples and in Hinduu-aashramas ; on Hinduu-Festivals etc. etc. like अली दम दम दे अन्दर , अली दा पैला नंबर does not it show Hinduus'--mental-slavery to Muslims and to Islam ; Christians and to Christianity ?
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HINDUUS WAKE UP. FEEL PROUD OF YOURSELF AND CELEBRATE YOUR OWN HINDUU FESTIVALS.----
-in 1947 when India got independence Indian govt. chose shaakaa samvat to please Christians and Muslims and did not chose Hinduu-Samvat which is little less than as old as human-race and as old as Hinduu-religion----------- more than 218 billions of years old-----------
according to Christian - scientists world is 11 to 12 billion years old according to the evidence available now; after a few years if new evidence would be found then English scientists calculations would change but according to BIBLE world is only 6 thousand years old . According to Hinduu scientists [Hindu rishis ऋषि] world is more than 218 billion years old.
Why do we believe Christian -scientists and not Hinduu- scientists {ऋषि}? Is it not a shame on Hinduus because they believe Christian- scientists and not Hinduu -scientists [Hinduu rishis ऋषि]? Unfortunately, westernized and convent educated HINDUUS have the tendency to recognize our great people, our great scientists [our rishis ऋषि] etc. etc. only when there is a stamp of approval of the Western world. ----a true sign of slavery of Indians who 'believe Christian-scientists and not Hinduu scientists [Hinduu rishis ऋषि].
WHAT A PITY! HINDUUS! FEEL PROUD OF YOURSELF!!
AND CELEBRATE YOUR FESTIVALS. DO NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS FESTIVALS UNLESS CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CELEBRATE HINDUU FESTIVALS IN THE SAME WAY AS HINDUUS DO.
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