tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95051022011-09-05T02:48:30.715-07:00"The pen is mightier than the sword - provided you sharpen it."Satyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10996561260959444784noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9505102.post-1110091365715654032005-03-12T22:34:00.000-08:002005-03-12T11:38:16.993-08:00

In my college, there was this girl called Julie Whitehorse. Her life's ambition was to marry someone by the last name of Andrews. Why? She wanted to be able to go by "Julie Andrews". She was a big fan of the singer-actress, you see.Some people accuse Mrs. Feroze Gandhi (ie Indira) of that sort of stunt. But the elder Mrs. G's bahu rani doesn't seem to have lagged far behind. After all, going from

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The National Human Rights CommissionFaridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New DelhiVia Email : covdnhrc@nic.in, ionhrc@nic.inMarch 7, 2005For Kind Attention of: Dr. Justice A.S. Anand, Chairperson & Members: Justice Shri Y.Bhaskar Rao, Justice Shri. Shivraj J. Patil, Shri R.S.Kalha and Shri P.C.Sharma Dear Sirs,On behalf of over a thousand signatories, I wish to submit the attached petition,

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Open Letter to the Honorable Chief Justice Sri Markandey Katju and the Honorable Justices of the Chennai High Court, Sri Karpagavinayagam and Sri MasilamaniFebruary 23, 2005Respected Sirs:In a few weeks, you will be hearing the petitions of Sri Sundaresa Iyer and Sri Raghu of Kanchipuram, who are detained under the Goonda’s Act in the Sankarraman murder case.Many ordinary people are perturbed by

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The raaj has its guns trained on us, it seems. To question their actions, is to invite threats, harrassment, detention or worse.Today, they are targeting journalist Gurumurthy, who recently openly spoke out in support of the Kanchi Sankaracharya.Who do these people think they are? The TN Government has unleashed a reign of terror over the Kanchi Mutt and anyone who supports it. They know they can

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Over the past several weeks, I have been absent to family and friends. Since this atrocity began, I find myself consumed by it. I find myself up till late at night, scouring the web for news, or working on one of these posts. Some people have asked me: why are you so intense about this? You have never even met this Acharya. Others close to me have pointed out (with good intentions I know, but ah

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"When Sita had to prove her reputation, only bathing in fire could bring out the truth. In the same way, you too have to prove your innocence in this case." -- Sessions Judge M. Akbar Ali, addressing HH Jagatguru Sri Sankaracharya Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal. I think I know what's wrong with the Tamil Nadu judiciary. They're trying the wrong case! The judges seem to be forgetting the facts at

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Brace yourselves... Looks like the Tamil Nadu police might be planning a sequel to last fortnight's mega-flop. The SIT's chargesheet, previewed in national newspapers 2 full weeks before official notification to the accused, says, believe it or not, that the younger Sankaracharya confessed to conspiracy during police custody. Yeah, that's right, the same Sri Sri Sri Vijayendra Saraswati

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"Perhaps Jayalalitha calculates that in a so-called secular country like India, with a Sikh as the Prime Minister, a Muslim as the President, and a Christian as the leader of the ruling party at the Centre, her assault on the institutions of docile, peace loving, and law-abiding Hindus, whether they number 700 million or more, will never be questioned by any authorities. Are the President and

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Well, we were waiting for this. Jayalalitha decided to "work her way up". First, the Goondas Act was contemplated against 8 ordinary people arrested in the Sankarraman case, identified by her police as habitual criminals. (Which brings to mind that old adage about pots calling kettles black ...) Of these, only 4 actually made it to the Kanchipuram collector's final list, (oddly enough). Now, as

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"The Jayalalitha Government, which has violated the oath of office, should be sacked." --S.S. Mani on india-forum: "Time for Action".

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On the heels of one of the most massive earthquakes recorded in a century, after her state was devastated by an unprecedented tidal wave that literally changed the face of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalitha, in a great show of efficiency, organized a massive police regiment, 250 officers, armed with assault rifles, manning a convoy of jeeps and motorcycles. Q: On what mission were these

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Guest-blog Is the whole of South India the personal property of Chief Minister Jayalalitha? What right does she have to arbitrarily confisicate 183 accounts of the Kanchi Mutt, jeapordizing the well-being of several thousands of human beings? In a recent petition before the Supreme Court, the Government of Tamil Nadu, headed by Chief Minister Jayalalitha, has demanded that the Supreme Court

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"...where there is reasonable ground to believe that two or more persons have conspired together to commit an offence". .. the evidence of acts and statements made by anyone of the conspirators in furtherance of the common object is admissible against all. " --Supreme Court Opinion in Jayendra Sarawati Swamigal vs. State of Tamil Nadu -January 10, 2005 I bet I can make a better argument for

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Consoled

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Bereft

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JJ is loving it... Have you guys seen Jayalalitha lately? The first day after the Earthquake/Tidal wave/ Pralayam that slapped Tamil Nadu, 'J' as the Tamil papers call her, had a rather worn appearance. Her eyes were puffy, her cheeks were flabby, and she wore the uncomfortable frown of someone who's wondering whether maybe God is trying to tell them something. But a week, and over 150,000

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A: So she could stab him in the back, maybe? It looks like the Kanchi case has a side-track that Jayalalitha intends to ride for some political mileage. I'm talking about the Annanagar Ramesh case. Ramesh was a close associate of M.K. Stalin, Karunanidhi's son (-yeah, he really did name his own son after a genocidal paranoid megalomaniac). Some guy filed a case implicating MK Stalin in a

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Count Dravida Vampires always wear dark glasses, because if the sun hits them, they'll turn into dust. It's the same with this man, whose entire political existence depends, in fact on hiding from the light of truth. 'Kalaignar' Karunanidhi The bizarre fiction of 'Dravidians' being conquered by 'Aryans', a theory that Western archaeologists refuted long before Indian independence is the basis

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Gandhari's Curse: For those of you who don't know, I have a theory about Laloo. Remember that part in the Mahabharatha where Gandhari curses Krishna because he dupes Duryodhana into being vulnerable to Bhima's mace blow to his thigh? The story goes that, after losing all her other sons in battle, virtuous Gandhari wanted to make her eldest son Duryodhana invincible. She told Duryodhana to go

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Quattrocchi ki saali: Sonia Gaali nahi hai, re. She really is Quattrocchi's saali! Her sister or cousin sister, depending on which report you read is married to Ottavio. Yeah - the Ottavio Quattrocchi who bilked several tens of billions of Rupees off a dubious arms deal andtook the first flight he could out of Delhi (after living there for decades) when word started getting out. Now, this

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Every few years, Sonia's party turns around and accuses the Opposition of being "afraid of democracy". Usually, it's in response to some objection to demagoguary on the part of her party or her allies. Funny how they never think *they're* guilty of 'democracy-phobia' when the tables are turned. Like for instance when they rail about say, the Babri demolition or the Gujarat riots. I mean, neither

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Read it in full at: Tamil version Translation credits: Meena -- Thank you!

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Aaargh! I can't take it any more! The Tamil sleaze mags are bad enough, and then there are pseudo-newsmags like "Nakkeeran" who make all those National Enquirer alien specials look like responsible journalism, but does Zee news have to turn into a propaganda machine for the rakshasaas too? On the Hindi news broadcast tonight (December 19th) Zee news ran a clip on the Sankaracharya case that was

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The sky was cast over today. There was a chill in the air, and it crept into my bones. Each time Swamigal is punished, each of us feels the pain. A friend wrote to me today with the news that the Acharya was once again denied freedom. "Are we all so helpless?... I am not able to concentrate on anything else," she said. I felt I should write back, with some word of encouragement or solace...

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It was a bit strange to hear the reaction of Sri Swaroopanand Saraswati, the Dwarka Sankaracharya, to Kanchi Swami's arrest. First he insisted that Jayendra Swamigal "must step down ... If a public representative or a minister was required to quit his post for alleged complicity in a criminal or murder case [umm..when did this ever happen?], then why not Shankaracharya also quit his post?" It's

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For him, Sankaracharya is beneath justice. "A Simple Demand: Justice" Excerpts: "It is not that we claim our Dharmacharya to be above the law. It is just that the Law has sunk so low..." Read the rest at: www.india-forum.com Read it in Tamil at: Tamil version

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The voice of bhakthi 1916-2004 "Let the whole of humanity attain excellence" She has been the person who awoke me most mornings. Her voice is the first I hear everyday, singing the Suprabhath to Lord Venkatesha, then Adi Sankara's Bhaja Govindam, then chanting the Vishnu Sahasranaamam. Maybe that's why so many of us - even those who never had the chance to meet her in person, - feel like we

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The caption says: "He received vibudhi once from Sankaracharya and he's terrified the police will cart him of to interrogate him.

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When did this woman stop taking her medications? The Case of the Sant vs. the Certifiably Insane Fiction is her business. But Anuradha Ramanan's accusations would be tough to swallow even as a fairytale. She claims that 12 years ago, she looked up to find the Acharya molesting, in public, the woman friend who took her to the Mutt. The woman, Mythili Raghavan (an ADMK party member) responded

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With Sankaracharya thrown in jail, Sonia looks pretty happy. "If they cannot have bread, let me FEED them cake" ... I don't know if Sonia had a hand in the Sankaracharya's arrest farce, and I really don't think it matters. At a time when millions of us are in pain, her glee feels like gloating... it's insulting. The sycophancy of her spineless Congress chamchas is sickeningly vulgar. Her

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Articles in the non-DK Tamil press often reveal a more complex picture than the English Language Media or SunTV or JayaTV have sought to spoonfeed us. A note of caution: Take these, as any articles with a grain of salt. Still, they make for interesting reading. See translations of Tamil weeklies at http://sankaracharyaarticles.blogspot.com/ Check out www.kanchi-sathya.org for credible

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Secularism as a Tool of Adharma Satya Sarma There is a lesson in our history that many have not learnt. In Bharat, there are still Duryodhanas who clamor for adharma, Dushaashanas who drag the virtuous by their hair to ridicule and insult. There are still Shakunis – foreign-born ones – who smilingly indulge them, there are still turbaned Dhirthrashtras who stare vacantly on. Even today, there

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The Madras High Court just denied the second plea for bail for Kanchi Sankaracharya. It boggles the mind that, in a country where hardened criminals get anticipatory bail, where the courts actually direct the police to give suspects advanced warning of their arrest (as recently occured in the Best Bakery Case), sanyasis who have dedicated their lives to social service can be denied even ordinary

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November 11th was a Thursday in the United States. I felt strange that whole day: disturbed, perturbed, anxious without any reason. It was something unusual for me. When my amma asked me about it, I said I didn't know how to explain it. "I just feel like something is very wrong." "With what?" she asked. "In the world. But I don't know what." I replied. It felt like something had snapped - in the

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