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	<description>Hindu Internationalism is the wave of futute</description>
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		<title>ANTICS OF ANTI-HINDU MEDIA</title>
		<link>http://greathindu.com/2009/01/antics-of-anti-hindu-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deepak Kamat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian media plays a strange game in its coverage of news.  The problem with the Indian media is its tremendous inferiority complex when it comes to white skin and a great disdain for the brown Hindu skin.  So anything that reeks of desi Hindu stuff deserves to be sneered while anything that comes from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Indian media plays a strange game in its coverage of news.  The problem with the Indian media is its tremendous inferiority complex when it comes to white skin and a great disdain for the brown Hindu skin.  So anything that reeks of desi Hindu stuff deserves to be sneered while anything that comes from our Western masters should be revered and deified.</p>
<p>The following are the antics of the great Indian media which delights in raping news to suit its own end:</p>
<p>1. Always blame Hindus for communal violence ignoring the mass of evidence against Islamic and Christian perpetrators.</p>
<p>2. During communal violence, don&#8217;t send your cameras to the scene of minority violence, focus the archlight on majority violence only (read Modi and Bajrang Dal).</p>
<p>3. When Hindus react, give them generous advice like preserving peace and brotherhood &#8212; Two wrongs do not make a right.</p>
<p>4. When Muslims attack for any flimsy reason, give a direct apology as in the case of Muslim attack on Hindu and Deccan Herald.</p>
<p>5. Project the Hindu Gurus in a bad light and project them like villains even when there is not even a shred of evidence against them &#8212; Read the Shankaracharya.</p>
<p>6. Ignore the criminal charges against priests and missionaries - Read Graham Staines and the Church.</p>
<p>7. Ridicule Hindu emotions as superstitions while project the same superstitions as personal faith when it comes to the minorities.</p>
<p>8. Rave over Islamic superstars like Aamir Khan and Shahruk Khan while going low on Hindu heroes like Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan.</p>
<p>9. Always make it a point to undermine all that which makes Hindus proud of Indian tradition.</p>
<p>10. Make it a point to throw the spotlight on dark side of Hinduism only like caste, sati, untouchability et al.</p>
<p>There are more.  Do point it out to me.  My next book is on Exposing Indian Media and its anti-Hindu bias.</p>
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		<title>TOP 10 HINDU INTERNATIONALISTS FOR 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deepak Kamat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, Sri Sri tops the list for he made a difference to the way the world perceives Hinduism.  
This is what Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said about Sri Sri,  &#8221;There are big powers which have big might, but they are not able to unite the hearts and minds of people. This work can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://www.artofliving.no/images/stories/yoga_og_meditasjon/his_holiness_sri_sri_ravi_shankar_laughing.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="306" />In my opinion, Sri Sri tops the list for he made a difference to the way the world perceives Hinduism.  </strong></p>
<p><strong>This is what Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said about Sri Sri,</strong> <em> &#8221;There are big powers which have big might, but they are not able to unite the hearts and minds of people. This work can be done only by a spiritual leader.&#8221;</em> </p>
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<p> <strong>1. Sri Sri Ravishankar: </strong>He<strong> </strong>serves as a living example for dedication to humanitarian causes.  Sri Sri is only to be seen to be believed. I liked his vision spelled out in his official website : &#8220;<em>My Vision is a Violence-free, stress-free world</em>&#8220;.  Also his words bring great insight: <em> &#8221;Technology without spirituality is destructive. Spirituality is the technology of consciousness, and the whole world is the play and display of consciousness. &#8221; Read the complete discourse here. </em><a href="http://www.srisri.org/teachings.html"><em>http://www.srisri.org/teachings.html</em></a><em>.</em>  Besides, he also applied the healing balm on caste equations by demanding an immediate ban on entry-restrictions to Dalit.  According to Sri Sri, there should be only three classes &#8212; Brahmin (the learned), Kshatriya (Administrators) and Vaishyas (the business class). The last class (Shudras) should be eliiminated through technology as it has happened in the west.  Sri Sri has promoted Patanjali Yoga Sutras and other Hindu scriptures by presenting them in contemporary lights.  No doubt, he is at the top of my list.  Overall, Sri Sri is an amalgamation of modern thoughts with ancient wisdom.  However, I do have differences with Sri Sri in some scores like his attempts at being politically correct.  His dialogue with Zakir (Zoker) Naik was a disaster.  His attempts at bridging Hindus and Muslims was an outright flop.  His refusal to see Islam as a terror ideology surprised me although I feel he knows the Truth but is reluctant to admit it in public for reasons best known to him.  The best thing about Sri Sri is the way he handles the anti-Hindu media with his mischeavous one-liners.</p>
<p><strong>2. Sonal Shah:</strong> Frankly, I don&#8217;t know much about Sonal Shah.  I have never met this young lady nor have I read much about her.  But she has managed hi-profile jobs as the CSR chief of Google and was handpicked by the US Prez for overseeing the transition of Presidency.  The anti-Hindu media made a lot of fuss about her selection.  But then, this young lady must have deserved it considering her family links to Sangh Parivar &#8212; which is the favourite whipping boy of the anti-Hindu media. </p>
<p><strong>3. Ratan Tata:</strong> Ratan is the head of a global conglomerate.   Of course, there are the Ambanis who are greater than him considering their financial muscle.  But the Tatas have a tradition of society orientedness long before CSR (Corporate Social Resonsibility) became an in-thing in biz-jargons.  His composure during the Mumbai terror attacks and his ethical business practices in this Kali-age is really admirable. You might say that he is a Parsi.  But he is a Hindu in my definition of a way of life where you follow your own faith without troubling others.</p>
<p><strong>4. Narendra Modi:</strong> The poster boy of HIndutva is always there. Despite being a target of the virulent malicious propaganda, he has managed to win three elections and has silenced all his critics through his deft administration.  Though the US has refused him visa, he remains a ray of hope for the Hindus who are fed up with anti-Hindu propaganda.</p>
<p><strong>5. Baba Ramdev:</strong> There is only one Superman in India and he is Baba Ramdev.  And there is only one Superwoman in India and she is Madame Pasta Ben.  One is pro-Hindu and the other is anti-Hindu. Baba Ramdev leads from the front and assures us that the great Hindu way of life is not just alive but kicking.</p>
<p><strong>6. Amrutananda Mayi:</strong> This hugging Saint does not know English or any other language.  She knows only Malayalam.  She also does not have a photogenic face or the usual charisma exuded by the celebrities.  Despite this, she is at the top of the Guru Chart.  She is a real mystery.  I have seen her in action several times.  If not for Amrutananda Mayi, the Commies in Kerala would have destroyed God&#8217;s own land.  She is the only rape of hope for Communist Kerala.  A pity, Bengal does not have one.  As for the anti-Hindu media, it refuses to project her and raised a storm in the tea cup when some frustrated person tried to stab her and was caught.</p>
<p><strong>7. Sadhwi Pragya:</strong> The media and the UPA-backed Maharashtra Government tried their best to project her as a Hindu terrorist.  She was given the dope test in gross violation of the codes and yet the anti-Hindu media as well as human rightwallahs didn&#8217;t even raise a whimper.  It seems as if their voice is heard only when defending terrorists&#8217; rights.  Sadhwi Pragya is a post-graduate in Political Science and is a fiery speaker when it comes to Hindutva.  She is certain to come out unscathed in the case. Personally, I will support the Sadhvi even if she is convicted because I like many other HIndus are in favour of Reverse Terrorism especially when the inept UPA Government is not in favour of strigent laws like POTA when it comes to controlling Islamic terror.</p>
<p><strong>8. Sadhvi Rithambara:</strong> Her voice was the power behind the Ayodhya historical corrective but it has now mellowed with age.  But her commitment has not.  Her attempts at rehabilitation destitute Hindu women is the stuff legends are made of.  As usual, our negative media can never project a positive woman like her in a good light. </p>
<p><strong>9. Anonymous Swayamsewaks:</strong> They are there in the background and most of them pass their life in anonymity and several in ignominy.  But they are the real soldiers who kept aloft the flag of Hinduism high.  They are like the common Bhils who never let Rana Pratap down even when odds were stacked against him.</p>
<p><strong>10. The Resurgent Hindu intellectuals:</strong> Here I think I have to pat my own back.  There are a lot of Hindu intellectuals today.  There are giants like V S Naipaul and Arun Shourie.  Then there are the anonymous pen pushers too.  They have taken on the ubiqutous mainstream media and are all set to win the battle for just one simple reason &#8212; because TRUTH is on their side.</p>
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		<title>CONVERSION IS PROSTITUTION OF THE SOUL</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deepak Kamat</dc:creator>
		
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This time, the missionaries have received record foreign funds for pimping their intolerant Semitic faith.
It is now an open secret that lot of slush funds flows towards harvesting the soul.  The previous Pope had come to India and said that India was ripe for fresh harvest of the soul. It means that Indian poverty can [...]]]></description>
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<div>It is now an open secret that lot of slush funds flows towards harvesting the soul.  The previous Pope had come to India and said that India was ripe for fresh harvest of the soul. It means that Indian poverty can be exploited towards increasing the Christian numbers.  The amount given to those who convert varies depending upon the situation. </div>
<div>For the year, 2006-07, the foreign fundings have increased by 58 percent to Rs. 12289.63 crores. And a large chunk of this donation is cornered by the Christian missionaries as is evident from the report.</div>
<p><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">The top 15 donor agencies are as follows and as usual, they too are Christian-related NGOs.</span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">2006-07 </span></strong></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Misereor, Postfach, Germany </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">World Vision Internationl, USA </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">469.20 </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">399.45 </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">A.S.A., Switzerland </span></p>
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<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 15.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Action Aid, UK </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 15.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">116.13 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">BKE, Belgium </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">106.99 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 15.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Plan International, USA </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 15.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">102.36 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Population Service International, USA </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">97.52 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 27.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 27.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">M/s Om Foundation Inc. USA </span></p>
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<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 27.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">97.14 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 15.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Superior Religious, Belgium </span></p>
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<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 15.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">95.53 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black .75pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Bill &amp; Mellinda Gates Foundation, USA </span></p>
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<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black .75pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">90.72 </span></p>
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<p> </p>
<p> The top 15 recipients of foreign fundings are as follows:  Again most of them who received foreign fundings were Christian missionaries.</p>
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<td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; height: 15.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; border: black 1pt solid;" width="229">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Associations </span></strong></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">2006-07 </span></strong></p>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Ranchi Jesuits, Jharkhand </span></p>
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<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">621.34 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Santhome Trust of Kalyan, Maharashtra </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">332.86 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Sovereign Order of Malta, Delhi </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">300.79 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">World Vision of India, Tamil Nadu </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">256.06 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 45.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 45.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">North Karnataka Jesuit Educational &amp; Charitable Society, Karnataka </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 45.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">229.55 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Help in Suffering His Sanctuary, Rajasthan </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">208.71 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Believers Church India, Kerala </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">148.96 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Caritas India, Delhi </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">126.76 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Rural Development Trust, Andhra Pradesh </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">121.86 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Handmaids of Sacred Heart Jesus Society, Maharashtra </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">118.38 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Action Aid, Karnataka </span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 63pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 30.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="84" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">108.02 </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 60.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 1pt solid; width: 171.6pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; height: 60.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt;" width="229" valign="top">
<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Board For Integrated Rural Development, Tamil Nadu </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Society for Rural Education &amp; Development, Tamil Nadu </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">106.92 </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Plan International Inc., Delhi </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">101.71 </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: ">Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, Gujarat </span></p>
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<p>It may be noticed that with Sonia&#8217;s remote control at the Centre, the missionaries have been emboldened to carry on their conversion activities.  In Mangalore, the prevailing rates for conversions were Rs. 50,000 and a house to stay.  Plus, they were denigrating Hindu gods which led to Hindu-Christian riots in the region.</p>
<p>The Christian fundings must be thoroughly probed taking into account the missionary mischief.  It must be recalled that Europe ditched medieval Christianity post-renaissance.  The Missionaries are eyeing India because they find cheap labour in India. Most of the Churches in Europe and US are running to empty houses and the only way to increase the Christian masses is to take advantage of Indian poverty.  That explains why lots of funds are coming in for the purpose.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">See this report on the latest incoming foreign funds here: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.mha.gov.in/fcra/annual/ar2006-07" target="_blank">www.mha.gov.in/fcra/annual/ar2006-07.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Also read this link from TOI: </strong><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Foreign_funds_to_Indian_NGOs_soar_Pak_among_donors/rssarticleshow/3882898.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Foreign_funds_to_Indian_NGOs_soar_Pak_among_donors/rssarticleshow/3882898.cms</a></p>
<p><strong>Here is an article based on 2005-06 report:</strong><br />
<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.sanghparivar.org/blog/sjain/hpi-christian-institutions-top-list-of-ngos-operating-in-india-in-2007" target="_blank">http://www.sanghparivar.org/blog/sjain/hpi-christian-institutions-top-list-of-ngos-operating-in-india-in-2007</a></p>
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		<title>THE HINDU SOLUTION FOR WORLD PEACE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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The right way to end totalitarianism?

The world is reeling under the impact of hate ideologies like Islam, Christianity, Communism and global-imperialist- Capitalism. Before I offer the Hindu solution, I would like to better define those hate ideologies so that you will be in a better position to judge the merits of the case.
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<p><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">The right way to end totalitarianism?</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;">The world is reeling under the impact of hate ideologies like Islam, Christianity, Communism and global-imperialist- Capitalism. Before I offer the Hindu solution, I would like to better define those hate ideologies so that you will be in a better position to judge the merits of the case.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;">For those who are new to the terminologies, I would first like to give a brief refresher course on the dangers of these totalitarian ideologies.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000000;">ISLAM:</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Islam is a belief system where Allah is the only God and Mohammed is the last Prophet.  Those who agree are called Mommins and those who disagree are called Kafirs.  The Koran and the Hadiths (Islamic scripture) enjoins the believer to wage a relentless war (jehad) against the non-believers until the whole world becomes Dar-ul-Islam (where the whole world is Islamised.  The results have been devestating.  American historian Will Durant termed Mohammedan conquest of </span><span style="color: #000000;">India</span><span style="color: #000000;"> as the “bloodiest story” in the history of mankind with barbaric death to the tunes of crores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Even the recent Mumbai terror strikes and the WTC are a result of this hate ideology.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;">To quote history, Islam spread with sword in one hand and the Koran in other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Today, it has overtaken Christianity as the world’s largest cult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>A very dangerous sign for mankind at large.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000000;">CHRISTIANITY:</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Many are of the mistaken assumption that Christianity is about turning the other cheek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>It is true that the Sermons on the Mount are a classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>But the Bible as a whole is a belief system which reeks of fanaticism and genocides by the angry Gods.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For instance, there are lines which exhorts the faithful not to worship any other Gods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>It is the angry God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>It directs its ire against the heathens (polytheists/Hindus / Pagans).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>It says that anybody worshipping any other Gods will boil in the hottest fires of hell. It considers man a sinner and says that the only redemption is the unwavering faith in Christ and to be a zealous follower of the Book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Finally, it is a case of the Bushy line – Either you are with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Or you are against me.</span></span></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;">The result has been equally devastating as Islam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>The Church brainwashed its followers to kill the heathens and take over the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Christianity until recently had the world’s largest following.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>However, Christianity did one good thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>It put the Islamic cult on the defensive through its crusades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Christianity lost much of its tooth due to Industrial revolution and renaissance thanks largely to Galileo. Today, the Roman Catholic Church and WASP (Western Anglo Saxon Protestants) do dominate world affairs like never before.  In India, Christian violence came via Portugese inquisitions in Goa and it still continues through aggressive proselytisation in regions like North-east and the rural belts in the guise of service. In terms of death toll, inquisitions matches jehad with not less than a few crores killed.  The Whites had wiped out the native American population so did the Australians with the aborgines.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>COMMUNISTS:</strong> This is also a belief system where there is no God and just a question of economic domination.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">These are some of the core beliefs of the Communist system.  It still dominates the minds of some of our best brains.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. There is no God and religion is the opium of the masses.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. The world is a continous fight between the haves (bourgeoise) and have-nots (proleteriats).  After a bloody struggle, the proleteriats will set up a classless stateless society.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The death toll of Communism matches the Semitic religions.  The former USSR President Stalin used Communism as an artifice for aggression and killed crores of people.  In India, this ideology still creates havoc through the Naxalites and Maoists.  They are experts in intellectual terrorism and are the main defenders of Islamic jehadis in India.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Global-Imperialist-Capitalists:</strong> This is not much of a belief system.  But it plays on greed.  The capitalists (call them corporates or globalisers) have denuded the world of its natural resources and have pushed the world on the brinks of ecological disaster.  The US consumes 40 percent of world&#8217;s resources although it has a minimal share of world&#8217;s population.  Even the recent Iraq war was a result of the US economic domination as Iraq threatened to trade oil in Euros.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The Hindu solution:</strong> Several are of the mistaken belief that Hinduism is all about idol worship and gross superstitions.  They can&#8217;t be more mistaken.  A Hindu is a person who observes his own faith without troubling others.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This can be gauged with the first line of the Rig Veda.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aa no bhadraah kratavo yantu vishvatah</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">(May Noble Thought come from all directions)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This thought effectively puts an end to narrow fundamentalism.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vasudaiva Kutumbakam</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">(The world is a family)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This thought enlarges your vision towards caring and sharing for the whole world.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ekam Sat Vipra Bahuda Vadami</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Truth is one but the wise call it by several names)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This thought encourages diversity of thought.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Krunavanto Vishwam Aryam</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Ennoble the whole world)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This thought is a call to uplift the entire world to nobility.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, there are practical yogic and tantric techniques to still the mind, relieve stress and tension as well as explore the divine within and without.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em>Overall, history has thrust two great responsibilities on Hindus</em></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><em>1. They have to check the fanatic ideologies of Islam, Christianity, Communism and capitalism.</em></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><em>2. They also have to preserve spiritual tradition as well as foster universal brotherhood.</em></div>
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		<title>TERRORISTS DO HAVE A RELIGION: IT&#8217;S ISLAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deepak Kamat</dc:creator>
		
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Koran is nothing but a terror manual.  Anybody following it to the T becomes a terrorist by default.
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<blockquote><p><strong>Koran is nothing but a terror manual.  Anybody following it to the T becomes a terrorist by default.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>I could not help laughing when I saw the way several dignitaries condemned the terrorist activities in Mumbai.  The NHRC chief while condemning the incident said that terrorists do not have any religion and that this act should should be condemned by all.</p>
<p>This is a great irony.  Terrorists do have a religion.  And it is Islam.  Take the names of the terrorists.  They are all Muslims brainwashed by a terror manual called Koran.</p>
<p>Koran is nothing but a terror manual.  it&#8217;s aim is to create Dar-ul-Islam &#8212; where the entire world is full of Muslims and nothing but Muslims.  How does one achieve that?</p>
<p>The Koran tells the faithful to kill the infidels wherever you find them.  The Koran tells the faithful to strike terror into the hearts of the infidels.  That is what these terrorists are doing.  Striking terror. And when they are doing so, they are just following the Koran.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t say terrorists don&#8217;t have a religion.  These terrorists are just ordinary human beings like us who are brainwashed by a terror manual called Koran.  So this Koran should be banned in the first place because it provokes jehad.  And Jehad is nothing but killing the men and taking the women.</p>
<p>This is what the Jehadis have done all along.  And this is what they will continue to do unless we put an end to the terror manual called Koran and the Hadiths.</p>
<p>By the way, many Hindus were happy that the ATS chief was killed in the encounter.  Because he was the one who allegedly tortured Sadhvi Pragya at Congress behest.  He was the one who threatened to kill Col. Purohit in an encounter although many of his friends say that he refused to succumb to Congress pressure to fabricate evidence against the Sadhvi.  I am not very sure about it.</p>
<p>However, one thing is sure.  Now nobody will preach pseudosecularism to us Hindus since the targets were foreigners.  Remember, the colonial pseudosecular mind has an inferiority complex when it comes to white skin.</p>
<p><strong>Tailpiece:</strong> The Bihari bufallo Lalu Prasad Yadav has blamed Modi and Advani for Mumbai terror. But this buffalo is a darling of our pseudosecular media because he arrested Advani during the Ratha Yatra. The Indian media has a great buffoon for company.</p>
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		<title>Pope should apologise for Laxmanananda murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<li>1992: After 13 years of study by the Vatican, Pope John Paul II declared that the church was wrong to condemn astronomer Galileo for maintaining that the earth was not the centre of the universe. The scientist was formally rehabilitated and the pope said Galileo&#8217;s condemnation had resulted from &#8220;tragic mutual incomprehension&#8221;. </li>
<li>1992: Visiting a former centre of the slave trade in Senegal, John Paul begged for forgiveness for the Christians involved in the slave trade. &#8220;From this African sanctuary of black pain, we begged the pardon from above,&#8221; the pope said. </li>
<li>1995: John Paul issued a document saying that the Church was &#8220;truly sorry&#8221; for any discrimination or mistreatment of women. </li>
<li>1995: During a visit to the Czech Republic, John Paul asked forgiveness for violence by Catholics against Protestants during the 16th century Counterreformation. &#8220;Today I, the pope of the Church of Rome, in the name of all Catholics, ask forgiveness for the wrongs inflicted on non-Catholics during the turbulent history of these peoples.&#8221; </li>
<li>1998: In a document on the Holocaust, John Paul expressed remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Nazi persecution of Jews, regretting the silence of those who &#8220;were not strong enough to raise their voices in protest&#8221;. </li>
<li>1999: John Paul denounced the persecution of Jan Hus, a 15th-century religious reformer and precursor of Protestantism who was burned at the stake. </li>
<li>2000: On a solemn Day of Pardon during the Holy Year, John Paul asked forgiveness for the sins of Catholics through the ages, including wrongs inflicted on Jews, women and minorities. During the ceremony it was the future Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who spoke of the Inquisition, confessing &#8220;sins committed in the service of the truth&#8221;. </li>
<li>2000: In a visit to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, John Paul said the Catholic Church is &#8220;deeply saddened by the hatred, acts of persecution and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews by Christians at any time and in any place&#8221;. </li>
<li>2001: On a visit to Athens, John Paul issued a sweeping apology for wrongs committed by Roman Catholics against Orthodox Christians. </li>
<li>2001: Sending his official word over the internet for the first time, John Paul apologised for missionary abuses against indigenous peoples of the South Pacific. </li>
<li>2006: Pope Benedict XVI said on Sunday he was &#8220;deeply sorry&#8221; that Muslims worldwide took offence over a speech he gave in Germany on September 12 about Islam and holy war.</li>
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		<title>Anti-Hindu dogmas from Karan Thapar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Great men make great mistakes. Karan Thapar is not a great man. However, he has made great mistakes in his article &#8220;Who is the real Hindu&#8221; published in The Hindustan Times. Here are the Karan Thapar dogmas and my replies. 

Dogma 1). &#8220;Does the VHP have the right to speak for you or I?&#8221;
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Great men make great mistakes. Karan Thapar is not a great man. However, he has made great mistakes in his article &#8220;Who is the real Hindu&#8221; published in The Hindustan Times. Here are the Karan Thapar dogmas and my replies. </span></strong><br />
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<p><strong>Dogma 1). &#8220;Does the VHP have the right to speak for you or I?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Reality: Yeah, VHP has done a lot of service to Hindu activities unlike armchair intellectuals like you. They have gone deep into the forests and have saved a number of Hindus from the proselytising arms of Islam and Christianity. If Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi were alive, they would have been proud of VHP. By the way, what have you done for Hinduism, Mr. Thapar, why should you have the right to speak for you or I?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 2. Do they reflect our views? Do we endorse their behaviour? They call themselves the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, but who says they represent all of us?&#8221;<br />
Reality: They represent authentic Hindus and not pseudosecular Hindus like you.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 3. &#8220;This Sunday morning, I want to draw a clear line of distinction between them and everyone else. My hunch is many of you will agree.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Reality: So you want to divide Hinduism. I don’t agree with you. I agree with VHP which wants to unite Hindus. So what is your problem.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 4. &#8220;Let me start with the question of conversion - an issue that greatly exercises the VHP&#8221;<br />
Reality: It greatly exercised not just the VHP. It also greatly exercised one Mahatma Gandhi and one Swami Vivekananda. It also greatly exercises the common Hindus.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 5. &#8220;I imagine there are hundreds of millions of Hindus who are peaceful, tolerant, devoted to their faith, but above all, happy to live alongside Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Jews.&#8221;<br />
Reality: Now I have to agree with you. You are imagining things. The history of Islam and Christianity is soaked in blood. The American historian Will Durant described Mohammedan conquest of India as the bloodiest story in the history of mankind. No Hindu is happy to live alongside Muslims. Why don’t you move over to Taliban, Regarding Christian atrocities, you would do well to read Bertrand Russell, Mr. Thapar. Besides, Sikhs and Buddhists are a part of the greater Hindu Samaj. Your pseudosecular moves at dividing Hindu society does not impress anyone.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 6. &#8220;If any one of us were to change our faith how does it affect the next man or woman? &#8221;<br />
Reality: Great. Now our progressive Karan Thapar is supporting medieval Christianity and Islam. And he has now proved himself to be a greater fool. Well, Christianity and Islam are medieval faiths and converting to these faiths not just makes us one man less but one enemy more. Remember, Hindus are Kafirs in Islamic parlance and heathens in Christian parlance. So Islam and Christianity are intolerant faiths and they just cannot tolerate the idolator Hindu. If you don’t understand such a simple logic, you are unfit to call yourself an intellectual, Mr. Thapar. I will now quote Thomas Jefferson, the former US President &#8220;Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced an inch towards uniformity. &#8230;were the Pope, or his allies, to send in mission to us some thousands of Jesuit priests to convert us to their orthodoxy, I suspect that we should deem and treat it as a national aggression on our peace and faith.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 7. &#8220;And even if that happens with inducements, it can only prove that the forsaken faith had a tenuous and shallow hold.&#8221; &#8220;So why do the VHP and its unruly storm troopers, the Bajrang Dal, froth at the mouth if you, I or our neighbours convert? What is it to do with them? Let me put it bluntly, even crudely. If I want to sell my soul - and trade in my present gods for a new lot - why shouldn&#8221;t I? &#8221;<br />
Reality: Well, Mr. Thapar, authentic Hindus are not cheap like you. They value their soul and don’t sell it. So when the Islamists/Christians try to dupe our innocent brothers with allurements, we are bound to stop them from getting denationalised. Surely, we don’t want ISI agents and FBI agents in our neighbourhood. Besides, Hinduism is a noble way of life and not a killer-cult like Islam and Christianity. We are proud of our tolerant faith unlike you who seems to be paid by medieval cultists.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 8. &#8220;Even if the act diminishes me in your eyes, it&#8221;s my right to do so. So if thousands or even millions of Dalits, who have been despised and ostracized for generations, choose to become Christian, Buddhist or Muslim, either to escape the discrimination of their Hindu faith or because some other has lured them with food and cash, it&#8221;s their right. &#8221;<br />
Reality: If you can support conversion, you should also support prostitution. A prostitute sells her body for cash, a converter sells his soul (I am sure you don’t have one, Mr.Thapar). Or else, you would not write so cheap. Regarding poverty among Dalits, I would like to tell you that poverty is a hang-over of Islamic-British-Nehruvian rule in India. They impoverished the entire Hindu soceity during their rule. And cheap intellectuals like you have the temerity to abuse Hindu faith while it is a historic fact that Muslims, Christians, Colonialists and Communists have been responsible for nation’s poverty.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 9: &#8220;Arguably you may believe you should ask them to reconsider, although I would call that interference but you certainly have no duty or right to stop them. In fact, I doubt if you are morally correct in even seeking to place obstacles in their way. The so-called Freedom of Religion Acts, which aim to do just that, are, in fact, tantamount to obstruction of conversion laws and therefore, at the very least, questionable.&#8221;<br />
Reality: Mr. Thapar, you want the Hindus to be sitting duck to Christian/Islamic poachers. No way, get out of your dream land. We did not bend during the past 1,000 years of Islamic/Colonialist/Christian/Socialist rule. Nor will we bend in future. We have something called as self-respect which you seem to have sold somewhere down the line.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 10: &#8220;However, what&#8221;s even worse is how the VHP responds to this matter. Periodically they resort to violence including outright murder&#8221;<br />
Reality: When compared to Islam/Christian violence in India, the VHP violence is a damp squib.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 11: What happened to Graham Staines in Orissa was not unique&#8221;<br />
Reality: Staines was a cheap missionary who abused Hindu Gods. The masses gave him a fitting tribute for his action. That’s all. Staines had criminal record back home in Australia. He had cases against him registered by the Orissa police. He had a handgun with him during the time of his killing. Of course, the pseudosecular media did not report this because a white man’s life is more dear than a brown man’s life. Is it not?<br />
Dogma 12: Last week it happened again. Apart from the utter and contemptible criminality of such behavior, is this how we Hindus wish to behave? Is this how we want our faith defended? Is this how we want to be seen? I have no doubt the answer is no. An unequivocal, unchanging and ever-lasting NO!&#8221;<br />
Well, the Christians started it through their aggressive proselytisation and the killing of Lakshmananda. So educate yourself, Mr. Thapar.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 13: The only problem is it can&#8221;t be heard. And it needs to be. I therefore believe the time has come for the silent majority of Hindus - both those who ardently practice their faith as well as those who were born into it but may not be overtly religious or devout - to speak out.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Reality: Yes, the time has come for the ordinary Hindus to speak against pseudosecularists in Indian media like you. You people have sold your soul to the west and are very keen on ditching Hindus and Hinduism. You only speak against Gujarat riots while ignoring Godhra. You only speak out against Hindu violence while ignoring Islamic/Christian/Communist genocides. The common Hindus should kick pseudosecularists like you. The time has come for that.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 14: &#8220;Indeed, they do not defend but shame Hinduism. That&#8221;s my central point.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Reality: Shame. What kind of shame? Didn’t you feel ashamed when the Government twiddled its thumbs during jehadi attacks? Didn’t you feel ashamed when terrorists backed by Christians are running amok in North-East? Didn’t you feel ashamed when 3 lakh Kashmir Pandits were driven out of Kashmir? Why is your shame restricted to a few stray Hindu attacks? Why don’t you direct your shame to worthy issues?<br />
Dogma 15: I&#8221;m sorry but when I read that the VHP has ransacked and killed I&#8221;m not just embarrassed, I feel ashamed. Never of being hindu but of what some Hindus do in our shared faith&#8221;s name.&#8221;<br />
Reality: So, you felt happy when 3 lakh Kashmir Pandits were driven out of Kashmir. You felt happy when 58 Hindus were killed in Godhra. Why is your &#8220;Sorry&#8221; selective?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dogma 16: &#8220;This is why it&#8221;s incumbent on Naveen Patnaik, Orissa&#8221;s Chief Minister, to take tough, unremitting action against the VHP and its junior wing, the Bajrang Dal.&#8221;<br />
Reality: Why don’t you demand strict action against those anti-national proselytisers? Sure, you don’t have the balls to demand action against the violent minorities.<br />
Dogma 17: This is a test not just of his governance, but of his character. And I know and accept this could affect his political survival. But when it&#8221;s a struggle between your commitment to your principles and your political convenience is there room for choice? For ordinary politicians, possibly, but for the Naveen I know, very definitely not. So let me end by saying: I&#8221;m waiting, Naveen. In fact, I want to say I&#8221;m not alone. There are hundreds of millions of Hindus, like you and me, waiting silently - but increasingly impatiently. Please act for all of us.&#8221;<br />
Reality: So now you are trying to emotionally blackmail Naveen Patnaik. Well, I would like to say that 100s of millions of Hindus are with Bajrang Dal and VHP. They are supporters of masculine Hinduism and have rejected the namby-pamby pseudosecularism that Karan Thapar endorses.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Finally, an advice to Karan Thapar:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Grow up Soon. You are full of grey hair. Unfortunately, you stop short of wisdom.</strong></p>
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These days I meet several Hindus who say that they don&#8217;t endorse violence in the name of Hinduism. I respect their views&#8230; but I will never talk to them because I believe in masculine Hinduism. 
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<div><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://newstodaynet.com/2007sud/aug07-images/1108-sun3.jpg" alt="" width="152" height="150" /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: large;">These days I meet several Hindus who say that they don&#8217;t endorse violence in the name of Hinduism. I respect their views&#8230; but I will never talk to them because I believe in masculine Hinduism. </span></strong></div>
<div>I am a person who believes in the line &#8220;Vajradapi Katorami, Kusumadapi Komalami&#8221; — To be hard as diamond and yet be sensitive like a flower.</div>
<p>Soft, wishy-washy, namby-pamby Hinduism does not work all the time. At a time when Hinduism is reeling under jehadi terrorism, evangelical manipulations, global machinations and intellectual terrorism of NDTV-CNN combine, we need masculine Hinduism.</p>
<p>Who are the mascots of masculine Hinduism.  Undoubtedly, it is Swami Vivekananda for the modern times whom I consider as the father of modern Hindu nationalism.  Then for old-timers, we have Rana Pratap, Shivaji, Ranjeet Singh who made Muslims bend on their knees during a time when Islamic terrorism ruled the roost.  And then there is my favourite Chandrashekar Azad who sent a chill down the British spine even when the odds were against him.</p>
<p>As a masculine Hindu, I still believe in the age-old wisdom of Upanishad &#8212; Ahimsa Paramodharmaha (Non-violence is the greatest virtue).  However, non-violence does not mean being a sitting duck to Islamic-Christian-Left-intellectual terrorists.  Self-preservation (Atma Rakshan) is also our greatest dharma.</p>
<p>There is absolutely nothing wrong in striking at the base of terror.  There is nothing wrong in defending yourself.  There is nothing wrong in a good fight.</p>
<p>That is why I support Narendra Modi and his ilk.  May their tribe increase.  And I wish that those who fight for terrorist rights also spare a thought for Hindu victims who are not in the media glare.</p>
<p>I may sound old-fashioned.  But if truth is old-fashioned, it is not my fault.</p>
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Several of the respondents in this website asked me to give a befitting reply to the abuse of Hindu Gods in the book “Satyadarshini”. So, I am  giving a Hindu response to the Christian abuse.


Abuse No. 1: Urvashi – the daughter of Narayana– is a prostitute.  Vashitha is the son of this prostitute.  He in turn [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><em>Several of the respondents in this website asked me to give a befitting reply to the abuse of Hindu Gods in the book “Satyadarshini”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> So</span>, I am<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>giving a Hindu response to the Christian abuse.</em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">Abuse No. 1: Urvashi – the daughter of Narayana– is a prostitute.  Vashitha is the son of this prostitute.  He in turn married his own Mother.  Such a degraded person is the Guru of the Hindu God Rama. (page 48)</span></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"> <strong>Urvashi is not a prostitute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She is a celestial nymph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Secondly Vasistha </strong></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong>was one of the </strong><a title="Saptarishi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saptarishi"><strong>Saptarishis</strong></a><strong> (Seven Great Sages </strong><a title="Rishi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi"><strong>Rishi</strong></a><strong>) in the seventh, i.e the present </strong><a title="Manvantara" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manvantara"><strong>Manvantara</strong></a><strong>,<sup id="cite_ref-Tantra_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashishta#cite_note-Tantra-0#cite_note-Tantra-0">[1]</a></sup> and the </strong><a title="Rajpurohit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajpurohit"><strong>Rajpurohit</strong></a><strong> / Rajguru of the </strong><a title="Suryavamsha" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryavamsha"><strong>Suryavamsha</strong></a><strong> or Solar Dynasty. He was the </strong><a title="Manasaputra (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manasaputra&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="color: #cc2200;"><strong>manasaputra</strong></span></a><strong> of </strong><a title="Brahma" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma"><strong>Brahma</strong></a><strong>. He had in his possession the divine cow </strong><a title="Kamadhenu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamadhenu"><strong>Kamadhenu</strong></a><strong>, and </strong><a title="Nandini" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandini"><strong>Nandini</strong></a><strong> her child, who could grant anything to their owners.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong>Vashisht is credited as the chief author of </strong><a title="Mandala 7" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala_7"><strong>Mandala 7</strong></a><strong> of the </strong><a title="Rigveda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda"><strong>Rigveda</strong></a><strong>. Vashisht and his family are glorified in RV 7.33, extolling their role in the </strong><a title="Battle of the Ten Kings" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ten_Kings"><strong>Battle of the Ten Kings</strong></a><strong>, making him the only mortal besides </strong><a title="Bhavayavya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavayavya"><strong>Bhavayavya</strong></a><strong> to have a Rigvedic hymn dedicated to him. Another immortal treatise dedicated by him to the humanity is &#8220;Vashisht Samhita&#8221; - a book on Vedic system of electional astrology (Muhurtha/ Muhurt)- based on which theory &amp; principles of electional astrology have emanated &amp; followed through millenniums &amp; which have withstood test of the time.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Abuse no. 2: Wh</span></em><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">en Krishna himself is wallowing in darkness of hell, how can he enlighten others?  Since  </span></em><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">Krishna</span></em><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"> himself is a shady character, there is a need for us to  liberate his misled followers. (page 50)</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Lord Krishna is considerd as an Avatar in Hindu pantheon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>is supposed to have lived around 5,200 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Accordingly, he is supposed to reincarnate whenever adharma increases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There is no reference anywhere<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>which says that he is in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>hell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I wonder, what divine wisdom the missionaries have when they can see somebody wallowing in hell.</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">Abuse no. 3: t was Brahma himself who kidnapped Sita.  Since Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva were themselves the victims of lust, it is a sin to consider them as Gods. (page 39)</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>First of all, Ramayana can be interpreted anyway you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In fact, the world is a divine illusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Secondly, creation needs lust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Even the divine missionaries are a product<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>of lust. Everyone has doubts about immaculate conception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I wonder how Jesus was born without pregnancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is all fancy stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Is it not?</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">Abuse No. 4: When the Trinity of Hinduism (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) are consumed by lust and anger, how can they liberate others.  Their projection as Gods is nothing but a joke. (page 39).</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Hinduism is not a single prophet/single book cult like Islam and Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There are 84 schools of thoughts in Hinduism – of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which even atheism is a part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Then there are other concepts like duality, non-duality and achintabheda tattwa (where the soul is neither dual nor non-dual).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In Hinduism, worship and liberation is a personal affair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Nobody has the right to interefere in other’s mode of worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There is something called as Vyakti Dharma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is highly personal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No conversions and interference please.</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">Abuse No.5:  Vishnu asked Brahma to commit a sin, he immediately did so.  How can such a “evil brahma” be a Creator of this Universe?  How is it possible for both the sinner and the entity which provoked the sin to be gods?  (page 39)</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>First of all, there is no sin and no sinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Sin is a Christian concept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Majority of Hindus consider the universe as leela (divine play). Though there are other variations too, most<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>of the Hindus have pantheistic overtones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>They don’t differentiate between the creator and the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Most of the Hindus are believers in oneness and pantheism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Note, it is not monotheism of the zealous semitic Gods</strong>.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">Abuse No. 6: God, please liberate the sinful people of </span></em><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;">India</span></em><em><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"> who are worshipping False Gods  that believe in the pleasures of  illicit ‘Vyabichari’ relationships. (Page 39).</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;">Swami Vivekananda described the people of </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;">India</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"> as children of immortality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>(Amritasya Putraha).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>These are the lines from the Upanishads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The soul is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>not a sinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is a spark of the universal divinity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So there is no question of liberating sinners because sin does not exist in the first place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>As for the so called “Vyabichar”, it is simple logic to say that the world would stop without sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Sex is nothing but nature’s mechanism to ensure that individuals reproduce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In fact, we have a deity for sex (Kamadeva or Cupid) in Hinduism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Per se, sex<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>is natural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, Victorian sensibilities ensure that a lot of guilt is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>associated with it.</span></strong></span></p>
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		<title>THE FINAL RECONCILIATION</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deepak Kamat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THE OUTCOME OF HINDU-CHRISTIAN NEGOTIATION IN MANGALORE
 
Christian leaders and Hindu leaders held a meeting to thrash out the differences at The Circuit House in Mangalore.
 
The Hindu delegation consisted of Prof M B Puranik, Vibhag Sanghachallak and VHP district President, Dr. Prabhakar Bhat, Prant Karyavaya, Dr. Madhav Bhandary, Vibhaga Karyakarini Sadasya, Monappa Bhandary, district BJP President, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://www.gita-society.com/images/krishna-christ.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" />THE OUTCOME OF HINDU-CHRISTIAN NEGOTIATION IN MANGALORE<span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"></span></strong></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Christian leaders and Hindu leaders held a meeting to thrash out the differences at The Circuit House in Mangalore.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Hindu delegation consisted of Prof M B Puranik, Vibhag Sanghachallak and VHP district President, Dr. Prabhakar Bhat, Prant Karyavaya, Dr. Madhav Bhandary, Vibhaga Karyakarini Sadasya, Monappa Bhandary, district BJP President, Shrikar Prabhu, Jagadish Shenava, Rajagopala Rai.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The Christian delegation was led by Fr. J B Crasta, Louis Pinto,Felix Alberque, M P Noronha, William D’Souza, Stany Alvares.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The negotiation was held under the supervision of district in-charge Minister Shri Krishna Palemar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The persons who mediated towards bringing both sides together were Dharmaraj, Mangalore-based-builder and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>S Ramesh, Social worker.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Hindu delegation put forth its view stating that </span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Hindu society was never aggressive and in fact encouraged and promoted plurality in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Christianity grew because of Hindu patronage</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Christians were denigrating Hindu faith through distribution of pamphlets denigrating Hindu God. (Satya Darshini pamphlet distributed by New Life says that Hindu gods were promiscuous and wallowing in darkness<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>of hell).</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Christians were objecting to Hindu articles of faith like Rakhi, bindi, flowers et al</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Christians used the children of Hindu parents when the institutions were protesting against Kandmal violence</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Christians in Mangalore had even protested when Jayalalitha Government had banned conversion in Tamil Nadu</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">They had even pelted stones and had injured policemen who were trying to protect law and order.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Though the Christian delegation was distancing itself from New Life, they were in fact supporting it by protesting in a big way as if to condone the New Life activities.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Schools run by Christians were psychologically dominating Hindu school children as if to give a bad impression about the Hindu faith.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Harmony can be established only when the Christians observe their religion in private without encroaching on the domain of Hindu faith. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Conversions were affecting the family life as several families had broken up due to conversion activities.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Conversions due to inducement and allurements are not in the interest of the society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There is nothing wrong in voluntary conversions.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Resurgent Hindu society would not tolerate such proselytisation activities which aim at division rather than integration.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Service activities of the Church were more<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>directed towards the ulterior motives of proselytisation.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Hindus won’t harm the Christian faith in any way if they do it without forcing it on others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And there would not be any cause for conflict.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">There is no question of social boycott against Christians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In fact, the Hindus are for cordial relations with Christians.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">In case of any further problems, the problems would be solved through bilateral talks involving leaders of both sides.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Hindu leaders made it clear that they did not support the attack on the building that housed the Cloistered Nuns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>They said that it was inadvertent and it would not be repeated.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Church leaders put forth its view in the following manner</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Christians are feeling insecure due to the recent spate of violence in New Life prayer halls</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Is it wrong on our part to serve the society?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">We don’t have anything to do with New Life activities except that both of us respect Jesus and Bible.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Hindu leaders may stop the Hindus from attending New Life congregational meetings.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Educate the Hindus in such a manner that they refrain from New Life activities.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">In the case of Kandmal incidents, the Hindus had provoked the Christians through banners depicting the Christians in poor light</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Any case of provocation from any side<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>is improper.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">It should not happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Steps should be taken to improve relations.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Christians will not resort to conversions in South Kanara and Udupi district.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Christian institutions will not prevent the school children from wearing Rakhi, Bindi, flowers et al that depict the Hindu faith.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Christian educational institutions will not take the Hindu children to Church</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Since the Catholic Christians do not have any connection with New Life missionaries, it would not object to any action against New Life in connection with proselytisation activities.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Since Bible and Cross are very holy in Christianity, the Hindus should not damage it any way.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Christians would rein in their youths from violent activities henceforth.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Christians are distressed with the attack on the cloistered Nuns inside the premises.</span></li>
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