'Gujarat Centric Model'

'Gujarat-centric model': From Chips to Commonwealth Games, Annamalai asks why so much is going to Gujarat.

The Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor project was announced for Gujarat after Maharashtra had been in talks with the companies. Since then, Gujarat's position in India's semiconductor push has only grown. Tata Electronics, Micron and CG Power are among the companies setting up major semiconductor projects in the state. The Tata-Airbus C-295 aircraft manufacturing project announced for Vadodara soon after also drew criticism from Maharashtra's Opposition.

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The Coast Pays, Delhi Collects: What The Centre's Mineral Bill Takes From States. India's mineral wealth may lie with the states, but the power to tax it is increasingly travelling north.

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Truth triumphs: E20 fuel affects BS-III vehicles, parts may need replacement, admits Nitin Gadkari

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India's Jobless Rate Climbs as Labour Participation Declines: India's urban and rural unemployment rise, coinciding with a significant decline in the overall labour force participation rate to a five-quarter low

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The Great IIT Dream Is Cracking: Why even top degree-holders are unable to find jobs. . . .Age Of The Pink Slip

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The Great Korean Loot of Bharat:

Four charts to explain this story briefly.

-trade deficit has tripled
-money goes out in BOTH royalty and capital forms
-in a 18m period nearly 4.7bn was taken out
-korean FDI in vietnam is 13-15x India's. https://t.co/ZukAISkt5B pic.twitter.com/9431sXe2Ek

— Amar Govindarajan (@amargov) July 10, 2026

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‘They hid the truth’: Meta faces pivotal kids’ safety trial. "Meta's business model can be summed up in four simple words: 'hook' the users, 'hold' them for as long as they can, 'harvest' their data, and then 'hide' the truth from the public when making public statements". . . Major implications for company's future.

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Cuba Is Low on Oil: Now, It’s counting on solar, with China’s help.. . . As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help

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Narayana Rama Ramana: Ust. Fayaz Khan

Tryst-With-Destiny vs Tryst-With-Dynasty

Forbes has published an article by Robert Kaplan et al on the upcoming contest between Congress Party scion Rahul Gandhi and challenger Narendra Modi:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stratfor/2013/10/09/indias-tryst-with-destiny/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-nsc-indias-tryst-with-destiny-20131009,0,3521766.story

I wasn't too happy with the knee-jerk references to "Hitler", so I posted some of my own remarks in the comments section to throw a few thunderbolts at them. Please feel free to post your comments there too - but please try to keep them focused and credible. Persuasion will accomplish more than mere convulsions. There are some sober points to consider from the article too.

Real development versus hype

The number of slums in Gujarat has reduced by 5,579 (1.52%) over the last decade, according to 2011 census data. On the contrary, the 13 major states of the country – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, UP, MP, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, J&K, Odisha and Tamil Nadu – have witnessed marginal to manifold increase in the shanties of their urban areas. While there is a 17.50% increase in slums of Bihar, Kerala has seen its shanty town quadruple since 2001.

DNA: For Gujarat slum no longer glum story

Aasifa Khan

“My work as a journalist, my sensitivity as a woman and my views as a liberal Muslim are the reasons (for joining the BJP). I myself went to the Chief Minister, who had given me appointment for only five minutes; but the meeting stretched for 55 minutes. He is a development man and a different man than the image I had”.

The Hindu: 'Lack of leadership' in Gujarat Congress drew Aasifa to BJP fold

Columbus's Gujarat Connection

Defying the political correctness in Washington, the city of Columbus, OH, is looking to Narendra Modi’s Gujarat as a gateway to building bridges with India’s emerging economy. Since choosing Ahmedabad as its “sister city” in 2008, Columbus and the region surrounding it have gingerly but purposefully moved to deepen ties with Gujarat, which is seen here as a dynamic economic engine in India which can help Ohio’s return to prosperity.  Ohio’s Gujarati Americans have chipped into this effort. 

Telegraph India: Ohio builds Modi bridge

Ex-CVC N Vittal on NaMo

"A committed leadership with integrity makes a lot of difference. Gujarat was fortunate, as compared to other states, to have a Chief Minister like Modi who had the political will to take some unpopular decisions. Modi was the one to say that we will give electricity in all villages, but people will have to pay (the bill), whereas in some states it is promised for free," Vittal said, referring to states like Punjab and Andhra Pradesh.

Business Standard: Ex-CVC Vittal praises Modi

US House Resolution Against Gujarat

Keith Ellison, Democratic Congressman from Minnesota who is a Muslim convert, has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives calling for Gujarat to "restore religious freedom". The resolution has been endorsed by the "Indian American Muslim Council".

I hope that one day India gets the chance to deny a visa to Keith Ellison, and to the "Indian American Muslim Council" as well.

Modi Starts a Blog

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has started his own blog.

Atlanticist Propaganda from The Atlantic

Robert Kaplan of The Atlantic Monthly does a hatchet-job on Narendra Modi.

Gujarat expected to sign MoUs worth 140 Bn US$

After the obligatory white noise (riots, communal, complicity), comes the kicker

At the end of Vibrant Gujarat 2009, MoUs worth Rs 7 lakh crore ($140 billion) are expected to be signed. In this depressed environment, this is simply staggering [ET].

Teesta Setalvad's perjury -- repeat post

No other newspaper outside the Indian Express has even reported this matter.
Though this topic has been covered at an older post, it merits re-emphasis.
Teesta and co essentially asked the poor victims to sign-up on fabricated stories!
This is not just truth by repeated assertion, but truth by direct subversion of Insititutions and the law.
The woman should be strung up next to the parliament bomber.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-affidavit-wrong-didnt-know-what-we-signed-riot-victim/399007/

Malek said the affidavit was “fabricated” and had “incorrect” information. He alleged it was drafted in English without his knowledge by Rais Khan, coordinator of the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), who made him sign on the affidavit. “I had mentioned this in my statement to the SIT too,” he said.

But Rais Khan claims it was CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad who sent him affidavits for signatures. “Teesta Setalvad used to send me these affidavits through e-mail. I used to take printouts and get them signed after calling the persons concerned to Shahpur. All these affidavits were drafted by Setalvad along with some legal experts,” Khan said. When contacted, Setalvad declined comment.

Raise Nano like Yashoda's Krishna: Narendra Modi

Nice interview...

Moplah convert posthumous poster boy of "Human rights" Mafia

This is reminiscent of Indian Al Qaeda, Dhiren Barot aka "Abu Musa Al Hindi", except that in this case, there was a happy ending! In the bigoted zeal so characteristic of a neo-convert Mohammedan, the deranged and dangerous Moplah butcher was conspiring to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister, Shri. Narendra Modi.

The Jihadi conspiracy was detected and averted in time, with the consequent elimination of the terrorist. How and why each and every known exterminated Jihadi terrorist ends up posthumously as the poster boy of the "secular progressive" "human rights" mafia is inexplicable.

The psecs can indulge in their "fake encounter" breast beating ad infinitum. It can occasionally even be entertaining, provided the Jihadi enemy of the state in question has been dispatched to his imaginary "heaven".

In case the the vermin is alive, such as death row Parliament attack Jihadi, Mohd Afzul - the psec breast beating loses its infinitesimal entertainment value. It then assumes a seditious character with dangerous ramifications for national unity.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Gujarat government and Chief Minister Narendra Modi on a petition seeking a CBI probe into the “fake encounter killing” of Pranesh Kumar Pillai alias Javed Gulam Mohammed Sheikh in June 2004.

A Bench consisting of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Aftab Alam issued notice returnable in two weeks on the petition by M.R. Gopinatha Pillai of Kerala alleging that his son was killed by the Gujarat police.

The petitioner said his son, who had converted to Islam , was working in a travel agency.
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They said: “It appears from all the incidents of fake encounters, a pattern has emerged of killing innocent people, particularly Muslims, on the pretext that they were members of the dreaded terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed and there was a conspiracy to kill Mr. Modi.”

Combating Jihad: Gujarat shows the way again

Cedric Prakash's NGO blames Hindus for "Minority" Ghettos

If Mohammedans have a reputation for lawlessness, indeed slaughter, rapine and terrorism - is it unjustified? Is it not borne out by facts and daily demonstrations of their intrinsically "peaceful" inclinations and their disposition towards "infidels" across the world?

Which Hindu (Or any non-Mohammedan, for that matter) in his right mind would rent or sell his property to adherents of the ROP? He would only be facilitating the rapid Islamisation of the neighbourhood and conversion into a Arab ghetto, barracks for Jihadi warfare, complete with Halal slaughter houses.

Who the hell are Cedric Prakash and his filthy provocateur NGO to interfere in this with his sinister propaganda? Next, this "Father" will be demanding quotas of land in every new development for the establishment of Koranic seminaries - in the name of "integration".

And, doesn't a property owner have the inalienable right to refuse entry to one of the christist evangelical vultures in his area? In fact, the christist church and the Wakf board are the biggest encroachers and usurpers of land in India, often Hindu Temple endowment lands gifted away by goons and scoundrels like Samuel Reddy of Andhra Pradesh.

Why don't the Cedric Prakashs & the John Dayals of this world demonstrate some of that famous "Christian Charity" (sic) by accommodating their bosom friends, the Jihadis on illegally acquired church property and quit complaining about "segregation" nonsense?

Gujarat police release sketches of Sufi monks

No doubt, victims of "Poverty and Illiteracy" and deserving beneficiaries of affirmative action by the GOI Dhimmis. These fellows apparently misunderstood the "Religion of Peace" and it's gentle message for mankind. Since the received Nehru-Gandhian wisdom enjoins that
terrorists have NO religion, their actions are clearly un-Islamic. In fact, these "misguided youth" are probably adherents of some tiny, non-mainstream deviant sect such as "Sufi", "Qadiani", "Ahmaddiya" or whatever ....
If you're in India, these Sufis could be anywhere in your midst - neighbours, co-workers etc.
Please contact the Gujarat police (and not any agency under the Kaangress thumb) if you happen to spy these gentle proponents of "inner spiritual struggle", i.e. Jihad.

NYT Adds Insult to Injury on Gujarat Blasts

Look at this latest 'news' from Somini Sengupta of NYT:

Indian television stations reported that they had received a statement on Saturday from a group that called itself “Indian Mujahedeen” that warned of attacks. There was no way to know whether the statement was authentic or who was behind the group, which had claimed responsibility for serial blasts in Jaipur, in western India, two months ago.

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In recent years, well-planned bombings have struck several Indian cities, from an entertainment center in southern Hyderabad to crowded markets here in the capital, in what officials have said were attempts to provoke violence between Hindus and Muslims. So far, those attempts have not succeeded.

Gujarat, of which Ahmedabad is the commercial center, is particularly sensitive to ethnic tensions. In 2002, a train fire that killed dozens of members of a Hindu nationalist group set off Hindu-on-Muslim violence across Gujarat, most prominently in Ahmedabad.

All told, 1,000 Muslims were killed, and Mr. Modi, a firebrand Hindu nationalist politician, was accused of doing little to stop the violence.

Mr. Modi has been re-elected twice since then and is among the most important national figures in the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The state of Karnataka, where Bangalore is located, is governed by the same political party, known by its initials, B.J.P.

At the national level, the B.J.P. is the opposition party, and with national elections scheduled in the next few months, the party’s leaders have seized on attacks like these to criticize the coalition government led by the Congress Party.

After the Bangalore attack on Friday, the B.J.P. issued a statement accusing the government of having a “lackadaisical attitude.”

She's clearly implying that BJP was behind the blasts.

Washington Post endorsing "spontaneous combustion" theory

The story in the Washington Post is about Mohammedans in Gujarat preserving locations of collateral damage in the post Godhra rioting as "museums".

The Mohammedans, of course are masters at loud breast beating and manufacturing false imagery of victimood, when in fact - they are the aggressors in each and every conflict anywhere in the world. There was the (in)famous case of the indoctrinated Associated Press photographer last year, superimposing pictures of Mohammedan women and children amidst Hezbollah terrorist bases reduced to pulp by Israeli bombing. Before the fraudulent propaganda was exposed, those pictures inspired much breast beating in the West undermining a lot of goodwill for Israel. These Mohammedan "museums" achieve much the same purpose by similar means.

It is lamentable that no Hindu holocaust museum exists to present the 1300 year long record of religious cleansing of Hindus by the Mullah/Missionary/Marxist thugs ever since the first adherent of an imperialistic binary cult set foot on Indian soil that persists to our present times.

Yesterday marked the sixth anniversary of the pre-meditated genocide of Hindu pilgrims in Godhra and 6 years of atrocious pseudo-secular negationist propaganda justifying the Mohammedan butchers' dark deeds. What could be more diabolical than the "secular" assertion by the dhimmi "eminent persons" brigade that the price of 59 Hindu lives is equivalent to the value of a cup of tea, a miserable 2 Rupees?

Here is the Washington Post giving credence to "spontaneous combustion theory" and incidentally, two of the three reporters cited have Hindu sounding names. To be fair to the WP, perhaps, these South Asian hacks with Hindu sounding identities are the source of the "Dhimmier than Thou"
tenor of the report. Yankee dhimmis need to comprehend that the
pseudo-secular SOUTH ASIAn theory regarding Godhra is the SOUTH ASIAN analogy to lunatic conspiracy theories about 9/11 such as "Loose Change"
that negate Islamist terror by insisting that the aircraft that hit the World Trade Center were actually drones and that the passengers of those flights are being held captive by the U.S Government till date!!!

"Wednesday marked the sixth anniversary of the deadly train fire in the town of Godhra which helped trigger the riots in the Hindu-dominated state.

Fifty-nine passengers, most of them Hindu pilgrims, died in the fire, which broke out shortly after a scuffle with Muslim tea and food vendors at the train station. Dozens of Muslim men have been jailed, accused of plotting to murder the Hindu passengers. A central government committee ruled that the fire was an accident"

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BJP ruled Himachal becomes first state to free Temples from Govt. control

"State government shall not indulge in functioning of temples. It shall add facilities to the temples so that more pilgrims and tourists visit them...My government will lift state's control over temple management," he said.


It also plans to follow the Gujarat model for economic development.

Karan Thapar Calls for Modi's Assassination?

Karan Thapar in HindustanTimes seems to be calling for Modi's assassination:

"Only the sudden removal of Narendra Modi can stop this."

I don't think there's a whole lot of different ways to interpret that statement. I guess the Left are allowed to get away with openly calling for a politician's murder.