my piece in indiafacts.org
http://indiafacts.co.in/outlines-of-a-dharmic-grand-narrative/
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Friday, November 20, 2015
Fwd: The great success story - Narendra Modi's visit to Britain is a step in the right direction
somewhat over enthusiastic? in fact britain has almost nothing we want other than capital. even the rupee (or 'masala') bond is not all that big a deal.
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Friday , November 20 , 2015
Swapan Dasgupta
For the past six years since he has been the resident of 10 Downing Street, the British prime minister, David Cameron, has hosted a Diwali party. This year was no different. With his battleaxe minister for employment, Priti Patel, guiding him through a photo-hungry clutch of British Indian guests - mainly those with some links with the Conservative Party -Cameron was an epitome of affable charm, qualities that come to him quite naturally.
In a speech that resonated with his brand of kind, caring, new conservatism, Cameron elaborated on the great success story of British Indians. Yes, he admitted, there were still glass ceilings they had to encounter in many spheres but these too were being negotiated. With their commitment to the values that are quintessentially British, Cameron said he looked forward to the day when the United Kingdom would have a British-Indian prime minister. To cap it all, and amid some vigorous claps, he said he looked forward to welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi the following day both in Downing Street and at Chequers, his official country house.
Modi, it would be fair to say, fascinated him. "I find it hard," he said "to fill up Wembley Town Hall and here you will have Prime Minister Modi speaking to a full house in Wembley Stadium."
Cameron has a reputation for saying and doing the "right thing" to suit the occasion. But this was not the former public relations man in him speaking. Like most Britons, Cameron was genuinely intrigued by Modi's ability to draw large, enthusiastic crowds - even in the UK, where the audience doesn't vote in Indian elections. In addition, Cameron has personally invested in the UK-India relationship - having made three visits to India before an Indian prime minister returned the courtesy. There is, of course, an innocent explanation as to why he waited 18 months before his Air India flight touched down in London: he had been quite wrongly advised that Labour would win the general election and that, under the circumstances, it would be better for him to wait for the new prime minister.
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Fwd: Did historians give Tipu a makeover?
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How did Tipu Sultan, currently in the eye of a political storm, get to be known as a great patriot? Perhaps, historians are responsible for reinventing him. Tipu's negative traits were also whitewashed by a favourable representation.
We can thank two bestselling and most influential text books for creating the myth about Tipu being a great patriot, moderniser and do-gooder internationalist who ruled his lands with a firm hand. One was the book for students, written in 1946 by Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Kalikinkar Datta (An Advanced History of India), the other was the school textbook on history written by Bipan Chandra for the NCERT in 1971 (Modern India).
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video of rajiv nehru's speech inciting sikh genocide in 1984
it has taken 31 years for this video to come out.
yes, freedom of expression has been supreme in india.
and intolerance too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Krq204ylM0
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my 2002 rediff column on 13 kumaon's last stand at rezang-la, 18 nov 1962
http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/nov/19rajeev.htm
and see this also, on the india-china tussle, which goes back millennia:
it's hard to remember now, but in 2002, china was nowhere near the giant economic and military power they are now. it did look like india had an even chance. alas, in the 13 years since i wrote that, india has regressed by 20 years, so that the chinese are now 30 years ahead. and will be permanently ahead of us unless we really all pull together. we have another chance to catch up now, but i fear we will fumble that chance, too.
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Fwd: Statement on "Statement on Hypocrisy and Indian History"
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From: Michel Danino
Dear friends,
Please go through the attached statement, released today in response to two recent statements by groups of historians more or less representing the Leftist School of Indian historiography in India and overseas. The matter is of great importance — it concerns the way in which Indian students learn about India and the image they develop of their country and culture.
We have also placed the statement online as a petition for those who would like to register their support of our statement. If you do, may I request you to kindly spare a few minutes to:
· Sign the online petition (the procedure is very simple and takes two or three minutes)
· Forward this email to your networks so as to reach out to as many people as possible and ask them to consider signing the petition.
Link to the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/concerned-indians-statement-on-hypocrisy-and-indian-history
Thanks in advance for your support.
With regards,
Michel Danino
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Fwd: Pak Army Chief visit to the U.S. analysed+Gujral doctrine for Modi Durbar +Burma Delay post election talks put transition in doubt+Stealth Bomber picking the best
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1. The Western roots of anti Western terror by brahma c 16.11.15 http://chellaney.net/2015/11/16/the-western-roots-of-anti-western-terror/
'It was no different in the late twentieth century. In the 1980s, under President Ronald Reagan, the US (with funding from Saudi Arabia) trained thousands of Islamic extremists to fight against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. The result was Al Qaeda, whose actions ultimately prompted President George W. Bush's invasion of Afghanistan and provided a pretext for invading Iraq. As then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted in 2010, "We trained them, we equipped them, we funded them, including somebody named Osama bin Laden….And it didn't work out so well for us."
And yet, disregarding this lesson, Western powers intervened in Libya to topple Qaddafi, effectively creating a jihadist citadel at Europe's southern doorstep, while opening the way for arms and militants to flow to other countries. It was this fallout that spurred the French counter-terrorist interventions in Mali and the Sahel.'
2. Paris Exposes the Limitations of the West's Approach to Counter Terrorism by ajay lele 18.11.15 http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/paris-exposes-the-limitations-of-the-wests-approach-to-counter_avlele_181115
My take – Paris is proof of the Law of Karma at work. When will the West learn?
3. Gujral doctrine for Modi Durbar 18.11.15 by k m dixit http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/gujral-doctrine-for-modi-darbar/article7888715.ece
'Just as Mr. Modi seems not to recognise the cross-cutting demography and complex history of India and 'Indians', there is an exclusionary, know-it-all attitude he displays towards India's neighbours. Mr. Modi thought that a rousing speech in the Nepali Parliament and summons to a couple of former Nepal Prime Ministers to his Delhi darbar for private talks were enough for New Delhi to get what it wanted in the Constitution – a 'Hindu Rashtra' in the text of the Constitution and plains-only province(s) in the federal set-up. That was naive.'
4. Stalemate in Nepal – India bashing continues by dr s chandrasekharan 18.11.15 http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1895
4a. Decisive talks fail to make any headway 18.11.15 http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/decisive-talks-fail-to-make-any-decision-again/
4b. Memorandum submitted to UN by NRI Nepalis 18.11.15 http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/memorandum-submitted-to-un-against-indias-blockade/
5. The political dividends of Modi's UK visit must be analysed 18.11.15 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151118/jsp/opinion/story_53612.jsp#.VkxtQFJ8OSc
'Cameron seized the opportunity to speak to a crowd of Indians on a scale he would not have got otherwise. If Cameron's political savvy, which was in evidence in Wembley, is any guide, there may be truth in the grapevine buzz that the foreign and commonwealth office wants to follow the US and Canada in nominating an ethnic Indian as Bevan's successor. A Gujarati perhaps.'
6. Pak Army Chief visit to the U.S. analysed 18.11.15 by dr subhash kapila http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1893
7. Stealth Bomber picking the best by lt gen prakash katoch 17.11.15 http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/stealth-bomber-picking-the-best/
8. Major Dhruv - The girl he left behind by dipika de 18.11.15 http://www.indiandefencereview.com/the-girl-he-left-behind/
9. Majority of Tibetan plateau permafrost may disappear by 2100: report by xinhua 18.11.15 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/953378.shtml
10. The wider implications of Paris by talat mahmood 18.11.15 http://tribune.com.pk/story/993310/the-wider-implications-of-paris/
11. Delay post election talks put transition in doubt 18.11.15 http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/17678-delayed-post-election-talks-put-transition-in-doubt.html
12. Sangai Festival Manipur Norway's Ambassador, China's Ambassador, High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Councillor Ministers of Indonesia and Japan have confirmed their participation in the 10-days festival. http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/59657/ambassadors-of-norway-china-high-commissioner-of-bangladesh-etal-confirm-participation-sangai-festival-preparations-almost-complete
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