Politics of Hatred

Seeded on Sat Apr 4, 2009 5:32 PM EDT (Times of India)

A real danger to India's cherished pluralism is coming from hate mongers like Varun Gandhi and his political party.

elections, india, bridge, politics, speech, supreme-court, verdict, hate, divide, pluralism

Divisive politics

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 10:42 AM EDT (Times of India)

we are in election mode in India and we will be seeing more of these comments from leaders.

congress, elections, politics, parliament, division, agenda, polls, inda, sonia, chidambaram

Poor Charlie

Seeded on Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:39 AM EDT (Times of India)

Now do we have the face to criticize taliban for their interpretation of religion and intolerance?

taliban, movie, politics, temple, indian, controversy, statue, christian, bjp, charlie-chaplin

19 year old blogger to face court

Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:53 AM EST (Times of India)

India's supreme court has ruled "We cannot quash criminal proceedings. You are a computer student and you know how many people access internet portals. Hence, if someone files a criminal action on the basis of the content, then you will have to face the case.

india, court, blogger, supreme-court, libel, world-news, kerala, shiv-sena, hindu-fundamentalist

India's fascist leader

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:49 AM EST (Times of India)

The person who the corporate honchos are trying to promote him as India's prime minister is directly responsible for the mass killings of muslims in the Indian state of Gujarat.

india, politics, mittal, reliance, gujarat, modi, ambani, indian-economy, secular-republic

Somali pirates drown with share of ransom from Sirius Star hijack

Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:28 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Somali pirates' sins were so heavy the boat in which they were travelling, sinks with their booty drowning 5 of them. Evil to those who think evil?

pirates, somali, saudi, sirius, world-news, ransom, supertanker

hacking sites

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:59 AM EST (Times of India)

For the people who are aware of India Pakistan enmity here is an example how far people go in spewing hatred for each other. These two impoverished countries ( compared to developed countries ), will go to any length in scoring and getting even.

india, pakistan, politics, hacking, enmity

Heartless Calcutta

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:54 AM EST (Times of India)

One more story from Indian city of Calcutta ( Kolkata ). This city of Mother Teresa who gave shelter and hope to thousands clearly has gone to dogs. Last week an upper caste Hindu was ostracized for feeding a muslim boy who was a friend of his school.

india, odd-news, compassion, pity, kolkata, heartless, human-values

A female face of Hindu terror

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:08 AM EST (Outlook Magazine)

This lady is the niece of Nathuram Godse,who murdered Mahatma Gandhi and married to Veer Savarkar's nephew. Savarkar was an accomplice in the killing of father of the nation Gandhi but was let off the hook due to lack of solid evidence.

rss, politics, assassin, gandhi, hindu, non-violence, ahimsa

Indian-American groups protest Sonal Shah's appointment

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:26 AM EST (Times of India)

A subtle intrusion of hard core fanatic Hindu elements into Democrat White House under President Barrack Obama. Sonal Shah is a know proponent of hardline hindutva that brutally and systematically targets religious minorities like christians and Muslims.

rss, politics, rape, churches, nun, orissa, vhp, anti-christian-violence, bajrangdal, prayer-halls

Face of new India

Seeded on Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:49 PM EDT (Times of India)

This is the face of new India. Virtually pushed against the wall the muslim community is struggling to cope with the ostratcization it suffers at the hands of government and its agencies. And this is how the secular India wants muslim to be assimiliated into the mainstream.

india, politics, muslims, reality, secular, maistream, ostracizze

India's problem with race relations

Seeded on Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:49 PM EDT (Times of India)

Finalyy India's leading daily had the courage and conviction to state the truth involving tension between Hindu majority and Muslim minority.

india, race, politics, tension

anti-christian violence in India

Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:18 PM EDT (Times of India)

For three weeks the state of Orissa in India burned. hundreds of churches and prayer halls were attacked and razed to ground.

rss, india, religion, christian, kerala, orissa, udupi, mangalore, vhp, karnataka

Anti-Christian Violence

Seeded on Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:57 AM EDT (Times of India)

Yet another violence against a minority community this time christians being the target of Hindu fanatics. Few days ago unidentified gunmen had killed a leader of Hindu fanatic outfit called VHP.

rss, politics, nuns, burn, orissa, vhp, hindu-fanatics, anti-christian-violence

India's first ever gold

Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:04 PM EDT (Times of India)

I hate olympics. The spectacle that arrives every four years brings cheer and enthusiasm to millions. But for me, an Indian, the olympics dishes out nothing but ignominy and shame. The opening parade of our team India looked like they being led to slaughter house.

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a tragic tale

Seeded on Sat Aug 9, 2008 5:55 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

a truly tragic and moving tale of senseless butchery of Margaret and the arm twisting of americans and Dick Cheney in suppressing the truth.

iraq, politics, margaret-hassan

Sexual harassment okay as it ensures humans breed, Russian judge rules

Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 4:52 AM EDT (Telegraph)

wow, You must appreciate his articulation linking sexual harassment to the need of continuation of human race. No wonder why people have stopped to trust the judges and their silly and risible judgements.

russia, world-news, sexual-harassment, judgement

India's Supreme Court's Frustration

Seeded on Tue Aug 5, 2008 10:33 AM EDT (Times of India)

This is how our dear country is governed. Some are above the law and stubbornly refuse to toe the line of the administration.

india, ruling, politics, law, god, supreme-court, public-property, politicans

Indian Media

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:30 AM EDT (Times of India)

The threatening mail to japanese embassy was traced and the culprit was arrested. the story looks simple.

media, japan, india, muslim, politics, embassy, hindu, gujarat, times-of-india

living with difference

Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:00 AM EDT (www.twocircles.net)

This is yet another example of Hindus and Muslims living in total harmony. Despite best efforts of Hindu fanatic outfits, people belonging to different faiths live in peace.

india, religion, tradition, inter-faith, co-existence, hindu-fanatics

Gujarat riot victims fight for son's custody

Seeded on Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:17 AM EDT (NDTV News)

Another proof how the police in gujarat are up in arms against hapless muslims.

politics, victims, riot, gujarat, godhra, gujarat-2002

Poverty and desperation in India

Seeded on Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:49 AM EDT (Times of India)

This is real India. the situation is far worse in rural India than the accompanying story that is seeded in newsvine.

india, politics, hunger, poverty, poor, desperation, hopelessness, helplessness, real-india

RSS and Gandhi's assassination

Seeded on Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:19 PM EDT ()

RSS or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (national volunteer corps) was instituted with the sole intention of annihilating christian and muslim identities and assert false hindu pride in the minds of young indians.

rss, india, politics, godse, gandhi, hindu, partition, sikhs, hindutva, hindu-pride