Saturday, September 24, 2005

business standard: how the indian media buried the kgb funds story

sept 23

not surprisingly, the media does not want to talk about it.

reason: most of them were in the payroll of the russians. most of them are in the payroll of the chinese, the vatican, the baptists, or the saudis today.

the media is the most venal institution in the country, even more so than politicians. at least the latter do not put on airs about their alleged integrity: they admit they are dirty, rotten scoundrels.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=3&chklogin=N&autono=200928

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good article by Arvind Lavkare on the Indo-US nuclear deal.

http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/23arvind.htm

Anonymous said...

I guess Indian polity is at crossroads in terms of deciding between Iran and US. But given that we haven't gotten enough from Iran (gas pipeline is still in the works and I don't know what their voting record on OIC resolutions abt Kashmir), it can be still used to pressurize Pakistan through another front - namely Balochistan. We should arm the Balochis via Iran and help them secede and deny China the port of Gwadar. At least that way, Pakistan will be diverted from Kashmir.
And we should not be held hostage to loyalty tests proposed by the pro-Pak bureaucrats evertime there is something to gain for India from the US.

Anonymous said...

Hi Rajeev,

I always felt that you were bashing the Marxists more than necessary.But now i think u r vindicated.

I would like to know how many readers of this blog think that Indians and Pakistanis are similar(w.r.t debate on CNN).BTW Shabana Azmi finds it unfortunate that some 15% of indians think that there is no similarity whatsoever between Pak and India.Rani Mukherji wouldnt like to act in a Pak bashing film like Gadar.

The only sane voice in the whole eye on india show was of Bal Thackeray's: he said it is pointless to face an AK 47 with an olive branch.

Anonymous said...

First of all we must boycott the Indian media. They are the bigger enemies of India than anyone else. Let us just read newspapers and watch TV news channels for the news and advertizements/classifieds. Ignore the Hindu-bashing. Really, just ignore it. Earlier I used to feel depressed reading about "Hindu militants", and "*supposed* Islamic terrorists in Kashmir". Now I do not even bother about their pseudo-secular, post-modernist rants (I suppose they use the link once posted by Rajeev, where in on a click, you can generate as many as post-modernist articles as you want LOL). The more they write/show hate-Hindu stuff, the more I am proud to be Hindu, because we know the truth. We can see through the JNU types lies and hypocrisy.

Once I saw a talk show on NDTV by Barkha Dud, regarding peace process on Kashmir. Amidst all that rant of azadi and jehad, a lady asked :"The Indian media who favour the Muslim point of view. We have people like Barkha who champion the cause of Muslims. Nobody takes up the cause of Hindus. Are there any journalists in Pakistan who take up the cause of thousands of Hindus killed. ". The Dudd gave a really stupid smile, and the topic was dropped.

Anonymous said...

The business standard article proves that even the Indian language media does not do a good job reporting critical issues. So much for that fib. Wonder how many Indian language newspapers were part of the money grab. And the Mitrokhin archives prove another point - the CIA operated with equal impunity too. How many Indian - American sympathisers are in their payroll?

Anonymous said...

where have we heard this before?

the mullah regime would collapse very quickly, and the long-oppressed Iranian population would welcome the Americans as liberators

San, I do believe that the neo-cons have changed their talking points.

The neocon view is that India is supposed to sit idly by while the US attempts to take control of the oil of both Iraq and Iran as this will hurt Pakistan.

Also,according to the "anti-Antlanticsts", the re-introduction of colonialism to West Asia (under the control of a staunchly evangelical fundies) is somehow supposed to advance India's strategic interests.

The neo con agenda is both morally repugnant (stealing the resources of another nation under the guise of establishing democracy) and would sound haunting familiar to anyone with a modicum of understandig of 19th century and early 20th century Indian history.

Moreover, establishing a government in Iran run by the likes Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell and others whose view of Hindus and Hinduism is well known hardly serves Indian interests.

To those drinking San's neo-con Kool Aid, I would only say that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

Anonymous said...

I take it that reading is not one of your biggest skills.

Where did I write about Islamists suffering under Falwell and Robertson. I specifically wrote,

Moreover, establishing a government in Iran run by the likes Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell and others whose view of Hindus and Hinduism is well known hardly serves Indian interests.

The Jewish Lobby in this country apparently gave a standing ovation to the ISI operative Mushraaf.

As for cheerleading for the Taliban, IIRC, the Wall Stret Urinal editiorially endorsed that group back in 1995!

Yeah, we should rely on the U.S and Israel for our safety!

Anonymous said...

San -- are you sure that you are not some closet JNU acolyte whose main interest in advancing the cause of the Evangelicals?

BTW, what does Bill Clinton have to do with the fact that the your fellow necons who now rail against the 'mullahs' were salivating at the thought of Taliban taking over Afghanistan.

Here is Politics 101 in the U.S. for you:

1) The GOP relies entirely on the Christian vote bank in the U.S.

2) Falwell and Robertson are the brokers of that vote bank

3) Falwell and Robertson despise Hindus and Hinduism

4) Robertson has said that Hindus are unfit to serve in the U. S. govt.

5) The GOP including your favorite W grovels before these two idiots and will do nothing that they don't approve

6) Any U. S. puppet govt in Iran will have the approval of Falwell and Robertson

7) The GOP has had a love affair with Pakistan since the 1950s

8) The GOP realizes that they made a mistake in trusting the Shia to help control Iraq

9) Your boy Mushy goes to the GOP and says look, 'my boys know how to take down the Shia. Let my guys loose and we will do the heavy lifting and you guys get the oil in both Iran and Iraq. You lose no blood. In return, just give me the weapons to take Kashmir and I'll also bleed the heathen Hindus for you as bonus'

BTW, (9) is merely a variant of the deal that Gen Zia struck with Reagan back in 1981.