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A Fart Tax and a Pink Revolution can “Save the World.”
A satire on the study that cows are a leading generator of green house gases.
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Holy cows are ‘criminal’ animals | Creative credits not available at source.
ndia, the world’s largest livestock owner, recently balked at the farming gas curbs at the UN climate talks in Doha.
India is also the fourth largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, and has not done enough of its share of saving the planet. To make matters worse India industrial economy and a hunger for cars, could sound the earth’s death knell.
India’s unholy environmental infractions are not limited to its industrial economy. As the talks in Doha indicate, India environmental infractions have now taken a holy turn, by its unwillingness to pay taxes agricultural emissions that come from cows – also known as the fart tax.
For example, there are thousands of villages in India who adopt old cows, and let them live until their old age to die. These unproductive cows do nothing but eat, burp and fart. They consume valuable green resources, provide no milk, and then create the deadly GHG’s that will bring the world to an end. These old cows are therefore a double whammy on poor earth.
India should learn from the US who does not let their cows get old. Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, both critics of India’s industrial ambitions and agricultural obsessions, love a nice piece of steak. If it is veal, that comes from a calf, that’s considered even better. The logic is, why let a cow live longer than needs to be? In fact, as veal aficionados point out, the fetus of an unborn cow, not only makes for the most tender veal, but also contributes in saving the planet. As these men so deliciously demonstrate, it is only rational that a cow, a calf or a fetus, is better dead and eaten, than living, eating, burping and gawd* forbid, farting (to be fair, a fetus is not known to fart, but a pregnant cow does emit more dangerous GHGs). Additionally, eating beef is greener than eating beans, because beans make humans emit more gases, thereby causing more environmental damage and hastening the end of the world. India is not only a dangerous source of GHGs from the cows, but also people whose high fiber, vegetarian diet is a major threat to the environment through emission of these GHGs.
Pseudo-scientific ‘studies’ for political & propaganda purposes | Source: fatknowledge.blogspot.in; creative credits not available.
Far too many Indians do not eat beef because of silly religious dogmas and this orthodoxy is bringing the entire planet to a brink.
The recent talks in Doha are missing some critical out of the box thinking. Al Gore has generously contributed to this planet by starting a Carbon credit trading firm; however, these carbon credits do not extend to agricultural GHGs. India’s methane emissions have grown from 18.85 million metric tons in 1985 to 20.56 million in 2008 – largely from “emissions” from livestock. There is talk of trading “cow emissions” where India can purchase the credits from American cows, who not only live a shorter life, they are also given special fodder to reduce their emissions. The villages who adopt these cows, can also purchase these “emission” credits from farmers in the US. While Al Gore is mulling making money from these credits, or what is known as a “fart tax,” India can provide some creative alternative solutions to avoid the “fart tax” and also prevent doomsday.
All India needs is some leadership to solve this problem. Thankfully, it can look up to its progressivist leadership from the civil society to start another colorful revolution. After celebrating the success of the green and the white revolutions, Indians should team up with the UN, NGOs and Magsaysay award winners, and actor turned TV hosts, to start a Pink Revolution. This revolution should start with a simple pledge:
For every car that is sold in India, Indians must pledge to cull two cows.
Do humans have the right to decide which life-life-form will exist? In what numbers? Where? | Cartoon by Mark Lester
While this transition is taking place, instead of wasting all the meat from the culled cows – people should participate in this Pink Revolution, and join in for a “national beef eating feast” to celebrate the saving of the planet. Some orthodox Indians might resist, but the English speaking Indian media, with the help of environmentalists and NGOs can urge the ignorant and backward people of India, to break the chains of their decadent past. Hillary Clinton, in addition to saving India’s burning brides and children involved in labor, can save Indians and teach them Obama’s and her husband’s excellent culinary and environmentally friendly gourmet beef recipes, by inaugurating an international “steak eating day.” The younger, the rarer and the juicier the steak, the better for the planet. (Younger – why emit more gas by living longer? Rarer – why cook more and waste precious energy? Juicer – well it just tastes bloody awesome!)
Once all the cows are eliminated, meat hungry Indians could turn their attention to poultry. These poultry farms with millions of chickens are a major source of Nitrous Oxide and Methane (N20 and Ch4), both deadly greenhouse gases, that will guarantee misery for our grandchildren as the world comes to an end.
It is time that Indians do their share and save the earth from disaster. While Obama, Hillary and Gore show the rest of the world the righteous path, India should follow their lead. It is time India looks forward to this progressive undertaking, rather than be stuck in its ancient and decadent obsession of protecting cows.
Such issues arise from too much engagement with the West. India should work on more South-South trade, agreements, cooperation. | Cartoon by Peter Nicholson dated February 24th 2009; source & credit – nicholsoncartoons.com.au
A Gary Larson cartoon showed a flea in crowded “city” in the hair of a dog’s back saying: “THE END OF THE DOG IS NEAR…”
Human beings, especially Indians with their obsessions with their cars and their cows are like fleas, killing the poor dog. India should follow the exemplary leadership shown by team Obama to help save the planet. They really know what is right for all us and the funding they provide to thousands of scientists have earned them a consensus on these progressive ideas.
Obama and his missionaries of progress, patiently recognize that Indians know not what they do to the poor earth. They know not that the end of days are near and their sins are the cause for this end.
Indians need to be saved so that the earth can be too. This gawd needs sacrifices. As Indians, we must now recognize that we must sacrifice our holy cows and our vegetarian brethren for the sake of our grandchildren.
The sacrifices must begin today, before it is too late!
*GaWD = Global Warming Deity, the gawd that the climate change doomsday cultists worship
The author resides in the US, where cows are given a special diet and a short life, thus lowering the implicit fart tax and contributing towards saving the planet. This allows him to stay vegetarian as India embraces this Pink Revolution.
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Team Anna Breaks Up. Anna, Kejriwal go separate ways: The Dance Of Lilliputs
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Can these ‘corruption-fighters’ reconcile an expanding State with decreasing corruption?
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Will Harry Potter-Anna Hazare riding on a magic broomstick, wave a wand and corruption will disappear? | Cartoon by Manoj Kureel.
What can you do with anger, rage, fury?
Can empty rage fuel a revolution?
Not in India, at least. Ideologically empty movements like Arab Spring have little impact on a nation – except it replaces one mobster with another.
Can these ‘corruption-fighters’ reconcile an expanding State with decreasing corruption? Can these ‘corruption-fighters’ reconcile more police with less crime? Have these ‘corruption-fighters’ studied the global corruption scenario? Have these ‘corruption-fighters’ quantified sectors where it is rampant, has increased, and where it has decreased? Have they quantified the volume and value of corruption?
Even before the battle has been defined, there is strategy and tactics. The corruption issue in India is so deeply superficial, that it is a matter of greater concern than corruption itself.
Arvind Kejriwal’s former associate, member of Team Anna and now associate of Baba Ramdev, Devinder Sharma (thinks) the split is a victory for the Congress which always worked for it. He said the Congress also wanted them to form a party which would then eat into the Opposition votes and improve its own chances of victory.
He should go back to Anna and the movement as forming a party now would only help the Congress, says Sharma. He says that right from the beginning it was known that Anna was sympathetic to the Congress. But the Congress also maintained a hot line with Kejriwal, and tried all means to create differences in them, besides pushing them away from Baba Ramdev, says Sharma.
He says that when the five Congress ministers came to receive Baba Ramdev at the airport and held talks at Claridges hotel, one of the demands made by Kapil Sibal was that Anna Hazare should not be allowed to come to the Baba’s stage. “If Baba comes talks fail, Sibal told us,’’ says Sharma. “The very next day Arvind Kejriwal gave a list of conditions for us if we wanted Anna to share stage with the Baba. ‘’
Kapil Sibal also told us that he was talking to Arvind every day. This was confirmed later by Arvind to me, says Sharma.
Again in December when the crowds were thin in Mumbai, Baba offered to come and join the protests but Arvind did not allow it. While first it was Sibal who was doing the manipulation, later it was Sandeep Dixit who was in touch with Arvind followed by Yogendra Yadav. “You need time to build a party. If they form a party now, they would help the Congress which is what they want,’’ says Sharma.
Yogendra Yadav political analyst and now member of the political alternative being formed by Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan said a new party by them need not necessarily help the Congress. He said that the exit of Anna Hazare from a future political option is a set back. But at the same time it opens up new opportunities, he said.
via Anna, Kejriwal enacted a Cong script, says former associate.
After splitting with his team, Anna Hazare on Wednesday night had a hush-hush meeting with yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
The surprise meeting was held in a house in posh Golf Links of Delhi in which former Army Chief Gen V K Singh is believed to have been present.
The meeting came soon after Hazare had a tumultuous meeting with his team over turning the anti-corruption movement taking a political plunge.Pramod Joshi, a spokesperson for Ramdev, confirmed the meeting but said he was not aware of what was discussed in the meeting.
There was also no confirmation about Singh’s presence in the meeting.
Hazare had earlier skipped the protest organised by Ramdev last month.
via Post split with Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare meets Baba Ramdev : North, News – India Today.
Have the ‘corruption-fighters’ studied the issue seriously? | Cartoon by Yusuf.
What can we do with corruption?
Corruption is the handmaiden of democratically managed Welfare State – a model imported by India, from the West. Silly protests or one more quasi-judicial body will probably add another layer of corruption at worst – or check corruption at the very best.
The same media that inflated Anna to Gandhiji’s level now blames
‘a large section of India’s middle class believed that the Anna-Kejriwal combine had miraculously created the magic potion that would, in one fell swoop, rid India of one of the biggest ills plaguing the country.’
Unlike 2ndlook. While 2ndlook was clear on the expectations from Anna, there was also understanding that Anna Movement was ideologically empty.
But Anna had crowds?
What of the crowds that supported Anna movement and hunger strike?
If RSS was indeed behind the Anna Movement, like the RSS has claimed – and Anna disclaimed, I am afraid.
It is worth remembering that RSS also supported JP’s movement that had the Janata Party as the electoral lead. RSS supported Janata Party, led by an ex-Congress leader Morarji Desai at its head, who had a credible allegation of being in CIA pay.
The split between veteran anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his one-time man Friday – Arvind Kejriwal – was engineered by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), sources told Headlines Today on Thursday.Sources said that it was emissaries of the RSS and Hazare’s close aides who convinced the Gandhian against Kejriwal and facilitated the split.
Revealing the inside story, sources told Headlines Today that RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav was assigned the task of effecting the split, while industrialist Sitaram Jindal was tasked with facilitating communication between the saffron organisation’s top leadership and Hazare. Reportedly, Jindal made multiple trips to the crusader’s native place, Ralegan Siddhi, over the last fortnight.
Sources said that Jindal convinced Hazare’s old aides against Kejriwal’s political party. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and spiritual leader and Art of Living (AoL) founder Sri Sri Ravishankar, who are considered close to Hazare, also played a significant role. They were aided at every step by Kiran Bedi and former Army Chief General V.K. Singh.
Once Hazare made the split official last night, he left for Jindal’s farmhouse around 8.45 P.M. He then moved to Golf Links for a secret strategy session. Ramdev joined the meeting later even as Jindal, Gen Singh and Bedi remained in a huddle for over 30 minutes.
According to sources, Bedi has been promised chief ministership of Delhi and Gen Singh a BJP ticket from Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana.
via Is Anna Hazare the Sangh Parivar’s new mask? : India, News – India Today.
So full of himself
Anna’s assessment of his own value is breath-taking.
Announcing his break with Kejriwal, he warned, चुनाव के टाइम पर मैं प्रचार करने के लिये नही जाऊंगा. इतना ही नही, मेरी फोटू नही यूज़ करना, मेरा नाम नही यूज़ करना. आपके हिम्मत पर जो कुछ करना है कर लो. (In effect he is saying, Do what you can, without me, my name, my photos or my campaigning.). See video below.
Did someone tell Anna-bhau that his work was not about his photu, his name or his silly speeches – but about corruption?
Anna is such a ideological deadbeat!
Related Articles
- Post split with Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare meets Baba Ramdev (ndtv.com)
- Kejriwal now supports Ramdev (thehindu.com)
- Anna Hazare confirms split, asks Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name or photo (ndtv.com)
- Anna Hazare distancing himself from Arvind Kejriwal? (ndtv.com)
- India Ink: The End of Team Anna? (india.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Same goal, but different paths: Hazare on Kejriwal (thehindu.com)
- Anna angry with media, skips questions on Ramdev meet (ibnlive.in.com)
Why does Mint Have a Problem with Hindi?
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Children in India are learning that टट्टी tatti stinks, but potty is OK.
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Forget Hindi! It would be OK if Chidambaram spoke in Tamil. | Kirteesh Bhatt cartoon dated September 15, 2010; source & courtesy – bamulahija.blogspot.in
Crude & Vulgar
Mint has a serious problem!
This Mint writer thinks it is OK to use English words, or to use a Urdu couplet.
But not Hindi?
In an example of the degenerating quality of political dialogue in India, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, alleged that the Congress party had skimmed the exchequer and made “mota maal”. The term is a crude expression that means big money and she insisted on repeating it and that the media reproduce it. The expression is the latest one in a forgettable lexicon that Indian politicians are writing in a climate of polarization. It is not that the Congress party has not had its share of equally vitriolic utterances. Terms such as this shrink the space for dialogue between the two national parties at a time when the country is just a whisker away from a full-blown economic crisis. Everyone is better off taking a cue from the Prime Minister, who in a poetic flourish said, “Hazaaron jawaabon se achchi hai khaamoshi.” Silence is a better option than a thousand answers.
The thought behind …
N.Ram of The Hindu sets editorial standards based on BBC, NYT, etc. Mint here thinks that using Hindi words is crude and vulgar. Mota maal has no expletives, no double-entendres, no allusions, no sexual innuendos, any reference to sex or lavatory, to link it to anything crude or vulgar.
I am blinded as the writer has not given any explanation or rationale for why this expression was considered crude by the writer.
With more than 80% of Indian higher education in English, Indian languages become hand-maidens to English | Cartoon by Kirtish Bhatt; Wednesday, September 14, 2011; source & courtesy – bamulahija.blogspot.in
Name is everything
As a teen-ager, I remember, it was considered cool to use English swear words – but not Hindi swear words.
Learning the first few swear-words in English was a huge shock. Using swear-words in Hindi, was never done with forethought – but the use of English swear words was explicit and conscious. That cured me of the desire to learn swear words, or to use them.
To be fair, this love of foreign language is now fairly widespread. Just like Mint thinks that Big Money is cultured language, but mota maal is not, so also children in India are learning that टट्टी tatti stinks, but potty is OK.
Born more than 15 years after Goa Liberation, one Konkan mother, from the Western coast uses the Spanish word caca used by Spanish adults with children, for denoting lavatory activities. In Portuguese it is cocô. In the rest of the country, Indian children are getting ‘potty’ training.
Not the first time
Mint’s editorial writers, have a big esteem deficit. A few months back, Mint challenged Indian advertising industry to copy the Chrysler Super Bowl ad. – (errata – had earlier mentioned this as Chevrolet ad, instead of Chrysler). As pointed out then, the very same newspaper would probably then turn around and cavil that Indians cannot be original – but are good enough to make bad copies.
Can media shrug off its responsibility?
Related Articles
- Hindi speaking Catholic’s celebrate (fijitimes.com)
- When is it right to say f—? Eleven-year-olds asked to grade swear words in class (telegraph.co.uk)
Social Media Bodo-Muslim Breakdown in Assam: Reportage and Reactions
Flashpoint
Mass media is largely reinforcing the official narrative.
In India, however, if there is a large strong oral and social narrative.
If dissonance between the official narrative and the oral, social narrative, is big, mass media and the Government stand compromised.
Both in terms of credibility and effectiveness.
So, dissonance, if any, has to be minimal and credible.
Shahid Minar; who fought for Language Movement in Assam!!http://t.co/tNxj5y42—
Phirmi Bodo (@Phirmi_Bodo) August 15, 2012
That's a huge number! 5L refugees in Assam India's biggest internal exodus? toi.in/nVhleZ—
Prabhjot S. Khurana (@PrabhjotSK) August 22, 2012
Gujarat riots were state sponsored, Assam clashes were not: Tarun Gogoi ndtv.com/article/india/…—
Renjith Mathew (@VoiceofIndia365) August 23, 2012
Migration is a big prob Aftr 1972 any one who migrate frm other country to assam they r responcsible for it @parveezshaikh11 @dhruba_barman—
mrinal sarma (@mrinalsarma404) August 22, 2012
muslims in palestine has been really angry ever since jews entered their land. In assam, are they not doing the same thing? #circleoflife—
aswin nandakumar (@aswin1985) August 22, 2012
MOST IMP NEWS FOR INDIANS- tiny.cc/5lf5iw . Arms& Bombs brougt frm Bangladsh brought to India for Assam riots by boat—
Rahul Easwar (@RahulEaswar) August 16, 2012
Dear Arnab if Assam riots are not religous,is thr single exmpl of Bodo attackn anothr Bodo or Bangla Muslim attackn anothr Muslm?—
Avinash Bhat (@avinashbhat01) August 17, 2012
Outsiders in their own country bit.ly/NyqjWz. On the Assam violence. Read.—
Sairam Krishnan (@stonedchimera) August 22, 2012
U think that Assam conflict is a Bodo-Migrant issue only? Then u seriously need to watch this bit.ly/QYSopx Prob much more complex—
Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) August 22, 2012
More than 300,000 people fled after fighting between indigenous Bodo tribes and Muslim settlers in Assam. bit.ly/NurmXp—
joe kao (@kao1306) August 18, 2012
No wonder Assamese are leaving Assam bit.ly/RexxTq—
Joydeep Phukan (@joyphukan) August 22, 2012
Pramod Boro, the head of the All Bodo Students Union: "Illegal immigration is not the only reason for the clashes in Assam". < Dear BaJaPa—
ikashmir (@icashmir) August 16, 2012
Another #Assam in the making. Over 2,000 visiting Pakistani nationals overstaying in Nagpur: RTI ndtv.com/article/cities…—
karan sharma (@kooolkaran) August 22, 2012
#TruthIs Its btwn the "Indigenous bodo tribals & illegal bangladeshi immigrants"& NOT "bodo tribals vs. Muslim Minorities" #assam #bangalore—
BossBitchMentality (@DefendUrLove) August 18, 2012
@barbarindian i think real ploy is to send illegal bangladeshis frm assam to various parts of the country.—
Vismay (@vismayshah) August 22, 2012
Bodos are the earliest settlers of Assam belonging to the Bodo-Kachari family,estimated more than 15 lakh, of whom over 90% are Hindus #1.—
Sajith Sasidharan (@SajithSasidhar2) August 19, 2012
@onlysilly here is the weblink to the Assam Special – India's Invisible War. bit.ly/QYSopx—
Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) August 22, 2012
Wild rumors were that NE would face attacks after Ramzan in retaliation for the Bodo-Muslim riots in Assam. sunday-guardian.com/news/assurance…—
Ankit Gupta (@guptas08) August 20, 2012
Well written article on the NE problems and a possible solution – quiztalk.in/of-land-and-bl… #politics—
Kshira Saagar (@kshira_saagar) August 22, 2012
NE Indians living in Bangalore about to be murdered en masse? due to violence b/w Bodo tribes and Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants in Assam ?—
Rehan Afzal (@RehanAfzal) August 19, 2012
@timesnow news: Pakistani flag hoisted in Assam India youtu.be/_fttKciY_sk via—
Sachleen Kaur (@SachleenKr) August 22, 2012
Bodos want to drive out Muslims from the areas where governance is under the Bodo Autonomous Council." rediff.com/news/special/t…—
Umar Farooq (@Umar_Farrooq) August 19, 2012
@IAmTathagat can you define who is an illegal immigrant? in assam people who have been born there are being branded as 'illegal'—
Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) August 22, 2012
In July 2012 the Indian state of Assam saw outbreaks of violence between illegal Bodo immigrants from Southern China—
(@2479609) August 21, 2012
Owaisi once again spreads wrong info. Says that problem in Assam is due to Bodo 'militants'. postnoon.com/2012/08/17/hyd…—
G Kishan Reddy, MLA (@kishanreddybjp) August 19, 2012
@hab1_ @NaweedShahid @AQpk There was no border btw Assam & Ban. Now Muslims who crossed & became natives are disturbing actual natives BODO.—
Abdullah Qutab (@a_qutab) August 21, 2012
How difficult is it to arrange duplicate keys for an unsealed pad lock on the ammo dump within Bodo militant quarters? #Assam 2/2—
IbneBattuta (@Ibnebattuta) August 19, 2012
@ree_tweets @Kohima93 Assam is burning due to creation of BTC with 30 % Bodo population, Non Bodos were largely ignored—
A J Laskar (@rekjalil) August 21, 2012
we all the people of assam wants the permanant peace.. please stop all the communal fights in the BTAD…—
Bikash Barman (@Bikash_Barman) August 22, 2012
Recent worst Assam riots among Bodo nationalists and immigrant Bengalee – Truth Vs Hype: globalvoicesonline.org/2012/08/19/ind… via @globalvoices—
SALEEM SAMAD (@saleemsamad) August 20, 2012
@abpnewstv why not,we must protest against all kind of violence,just because assam is not a vote bank for raj thackeray he is against…—
parveezshaikh (@ParveezShaikh11) August 22, 2012
Finding solution to Assam’s Bodo-Muslim problem | ArabNews fb.me/18Hm4Ocmc—
kv manzoor punnad (@kvmanzoorpunnad) August 18, 2012
“Muslim Bango Bhoomi” which will comprise large parts of West Bengal, Bihar and Assam and finally be merged with Bangladesh.—
Rushabh™ (@BeingHindu) August 22, 2012
Bodo-Muslim conflict in Assam fueled partly by inter-state migration: bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… (Bodos claim Muslims are Bangladeshi. False.)—
R Subramanian (@randomsubu) August 20, 2012
@barbarindian In 1998, the then Assam Governor Major Gen SK Sinha submitted a detailed report on Bangla Infiltrators to Prez—
Rajesh Padmar (@rajeshpadmar) August 22, 2012
@rajudasonline Oh ho!! Got your point now. It seems new Rahul Gandhi to be emerge in Assam.
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Phirmi Bodo (@Phirmi_Bodo) August 18, 2012
I don't think that face book and tweeter have notable effect on exodus of migrants from riot affected Assam. Reasons somewhere else.—
Abul Asad (@abul_asadbd) August 22, 2012
@IfyOtuya
Not just Myanmar, google Bodo or North East India or Assam, Saudi trained mullahs instruct them to dispossess kaffir of their land—
(@3AB1) August 17, 2012
RT“@tehelkadotcom: 'The Assam clashes are about land and livelihood, not religion' tehelka.com/story_main53.a…”—
Arun (@Charakan) August 22, 2012
Congress came to power in #Assam thanks to Bodo votes, who in turn claim now for #Bodoland. Is it to divert attention that M is attacked?—
MB (@i2076) August 21, 2012
Muslims of #Assam have been subjected to insane violence by Bodo militants,faced the 'abuse' of illegal migrants from Hindutva fascists.—
Shazia Hameed (@i_shazia) August 18, 2012
Asian Centre for Human Rights slams #India's National Commission for Minorities' #Assam report: goo.gl/oaVpg #humanrights #ACHR #NCM—
Jaideep A. Prabhu (@orsoraggiante) August 21, 2012
Muslim refugees in Assam camps mark homeless Eid amidst tight security. Last month's clashes displaced 300,000+ Bodo & muslim populations—
Shahzeb Jillani (@ShahzebJillani) August 20, 2012
Threats to Bodo & whole North East people-a attack on Integrity of Bharat. Bangladeshi infiltration-a conspiracy to capture Assam and more..—
Sunil Ambekar (@SunilABVPMumbai) August 21, 2012
#Assam: National Commission for Minorities report as per #Govt Policy only. No place for the truth, as seen via this: niticentral.com/2012/08/ncms-a…—
Jens Iyer (@JestChill) August 21, 2012
bit.ly/Nh5IVd – Did you read the report of ACHR on how NCM report on the Assam Riots are biased?—
Niti Central (@NitiCentral) August 21, 2012
Aftermath
Burnt houses belonging to Muslims of the Navorbita village. Bodo neighbour says we lived & worked together. #Assam http://t.co/UYPdrIXK—
vivek raj (@vivekrajindia) August 19, 2012
Raman Ali wants a sepearate Muslim area in Assam for Muslims ……memoiers of Partition—
(@pabloo86) August 22, 2012
Economic blockade of Nagaland enters fifth day: The indefinite economic blockade of Nagaland called by six organ… bit.ly/PWv3cI—
Ram Krushna Ray (@ramrayster) August 22, 2012
Assam violence: Rehabilitate Muslims after verifying citizenship status, say Bodo groups: Guwahati: Two Bodo groups… dlvr.it/21pmhr—
Hyderabad News (@newsinhyderabad) August 20, 2012
'We are living here without any self-respect'-Assam Relief Camps ndtv.com/article/india/…—
Syed Moiz (@smoiz) August 22, 2012
Assam violence: Rehabilitate Muslims after verifying citizenship status, say Bodo groups – India – Assam – ibnlive ibnlive.in.com/news/assam-reh…—
Eman (@rosana2050) August 19, 2012
Now special trains back to B'lore, Pune"@DNA: Assam asks railway to help people go back bit.ly/Qp9LPK"—
Arun S Pillai (@arunpillai666) August 22, 2012
@BeingSalmanKhan. Bhai Eid mubarak, Assam&NE k our Bro&Sis (bodo,muslm,christn,hindu)ko madad kare,apse sabko umeed hai, allah apko tarki de—
naushad (@getnaushad) August 18, 2012
@AMadumoole They will get a bail. Put them to community service on the things they accuse govt. of not doing. #fieldwork #groundreality—
Farzan (@mefarzan) August 22, 2012
Handling by the Government
#Pakistan has yet again come to the rescue of #India for one more of its failures.#Assam m.firstpost.com/politics/weres…—
Shahnawaz S (@TweeetShaNi) August 22, 2012
“@TomWrightAsia: U.S. Calls on India to Respect Internet Freedom on.wsj.com/PchUIt [Tension over India's response to Assam @abidhussayn—
(@takhalus) August 22, 2012
Mood
@toi Let us do away with vote bank politics and communal politics and stop killings in so called BODO LAND and other parts of Assam—
Mohammed Aslam (@aslam687) August 19, 2012
Crazy logic of some 'official' planter. Hindu groups uploaded provocative stuff. Muslim groups rioted. NEs panicked. ABVP helped.—
Ram Madhav (@rammadhavrss) August 23, 2012
“@TomWrightAsia: U.S. Calls on India to Respect Internet Freedom on.wsj.com/PchUIt [Tension over India's response to Assam @abidhussayn—
(@takhalus) August 22, 2012
The irony of the anti-immigration violence in Assam thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/… via @thedailybeast #India—
Dalia Ezzat (@DaliaEzzat_) August 22, 2012
And B'ladesh !! RT @rajudasonline: NDTV sent Sreenivash Jain to Assam, Barkha only goes to Pakistan, Egypt etc..
Phirmi Bodo (@Phirmi_Bodo) August 18, 2012
@guwahaticity @manishbhartia Of course. The history of Assam clearly shows that Guwahati was Pragjyotishpur.—
paresh devchoudhury (@pareshdc) August 22, 2012
@asadowaisi Himmat Mat Haariye . Hum Sab Aapke Saath Hai . Inshallah Kamyaabi Milegi .—
(@danishedine) August 20, 2012
#COWARDS "Persecution of Muslims in Assam will force them to turn militant": National Commission of Minorities bit.ly/N4qjBW—
Aggressive Indian (@bharat_builder) August 17, 2012
TOI says that Lucknow riot as protest and the people who done this as "men dressed as muslims" timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Protest-…—
avinash tripathi (@TripAvinash) August 22, 2012
@madhutrehan its about Peace that followed bcoz of police restraint. Wit Assam burning,imagine mor casualty in Mumbai.It wd hv bn a Disaster—
Abdul Wadud Aman (@AmanWadud) August 22, 2012
Media
And B'ladesh !! RT @rajudasonline: NDTV sent Sreenivash Jain to Assam, Barkha only goes to Pakistan, Egypt etc..
Phirmi Bodo (@Phirmi_Bodo) August 18, 2012
This is the H S Brahma article on Assam, Bodos & Bangladeshi Muslims that irked @asadowaisi indianexpress.com/news/how-to-sh…—
पियूष कुलश्रेष्ठ (@thinkerspad) August 16, 2012
Insightful exploration by Nilim Dutta @NilimDutta of myths and truths in the Assam violence
wp.me/pcwAA-3wq via @DilliDurAst—
Malini Parthasarathy (@MaliniP) August 17, 2012
Mumbai top cop's YouTube trouble: Controversy after video shows him scolding junior for nabbing rioter bit.ly/OhyMf7—
India Today (@India_Today) August 16, 2012
Amused. Those who flay Mamata for being intolerant to criticism are gleeful to see Sonia's Congress blocking dissent on social media.—
Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) August 22, 2012
Govt fails to handle Assam, blames social media for the mess. Need to find a better excuse folks for ineptitude.—
Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) August 22, 2012
Instead of Asom, if Gujarat saw 14000 homes burnt & 400000 displaced in 2 weeks, #AntiBharatMedia wud have made it *breaking news* for YEARS—
Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) August 22, 2012
MODI from assam–Kokrajhar MLA held for inciting mobs
indianexpress.com/news/kokrajhar…—
sundaram chaurasia (@sundaram222) August 24, 2012
DK Barua,CongPrez declared that INC will always win elections in Assam with the help of Alis&Coolies from Bangladesh.
asianage.com/columnists/sta…—
Kiran Kumar Khurana (@kirankhurana) August 16, 2012
Harsh Mander, hateful serpent, abuses HT column space to propagate lie Assam displacement biggest since '47. Pandits? Or J&K is not India?—
Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) August 21, 2012
@kiranks assam is always betrayed by the national news channels.—
Navajit Saikia (@NavajitSaikia) August 22, 2012
Arup Patnaik's inaction on the riots day reminded me of Anil Kapoor's Nayak #MumbaiRiots #CST #Assam #Raj Thackeray—
devendra pai (@DEVenDrapai) August 22, 2012
Folks, please RT this tweet – bit.ly/NgU396 ; @sardesairajdeep is answerable here and he's just ignoring the issue!—
(@twilightfairy) August 21, 2012
Ok, guys @sardesairajdeep has been gracious enough to call and has assured me that action will be taken. End of story (& pls dont abuse him)—
(@twilightfairy) August 21, 2012
@sagarikaghose So how abt naming muslims n illegal migrants responsible 4 riots in #Assam on TV also . Why only Bodo ?—
sanjay kumar (@sharsanj) August 16, 2012
Censorship
If this account is deleted, i will be back as @ZunjEkaki—
Ekakizunj (@ekakizunj) August 23, 2012
Ayaklanma endişesi Hindistan’da toplu mesajı ve sosyal medyayı yasaklattı: Hindistan’da Assam eyaletinde Temmuz … tinyurl.com/98cpalk—
Haber Yön (@HaberYon) August 22, 2012
I challenge Govt of India to show even 1 of tweet of mine which "encouraged Assam riots"—
Prashant (@ScamSutra) August 23, 2012
UPA is in its full glory..now we have India's infrastructure and China's freedom. Celebrate!—
S Siddhartha (@siddhu_75) August 21, 2012
Credit goes to @jojiphilip for exposing the Govt's deed. Thank you. economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid…—
Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) August 23, 2012
65 More sites blocked to prevent rise in Assam Muslim rebel groups. The govt of #India is finally working on erradication of violence roots!—
Tapan Ghosh (@faceless_tg) August 22, 2012
MediaNama files RTI app for latest list of websites blocked by GOI … #Assam #Exodus … medianama.com/2012/08/223-ri…—
MediaCrooks (@mediacrooks) August 22, 2012
RT @sunilrajguru 5 lakh displaced in Assam.Violence in Mumbai.Scare in Banglr. Solution:Ban 6 fake PMO Twiter acnts&impose 5 SMS @PMOIndia—
Shailendra Verma (@justshailendra) August 22, 2012
Violence in Assam, Mumbai, threats in Bangalore, new scams one after the other, but all that concerns them is #PMO's parody twitter accounts—
Hemant Sahal (@sahalhemant) August 22, 2012
"I hate censorship, but I don't want to be seen as communal" If that is you, let me help you out, you are both a weasel and a coward.—
(@dubash) August 22, 2012
The Players
BODO is a Militant group which long fought for BODOLAND who is responsible for massacre of Muslims in Assam.—
kashif imran (@kashifbangalore) August 16, 2012
@asadowaisi sir one of your party member is our tenant and not giving the rent and showing his party power
wat shall we do ?—
ammar mohammed riyaz (@ammarmohdriyaz) August 23, 2012
@mefarzan But I know both ABVP & KFD(Popular Front) sending batches regularly to Assam from Manglore for last few yrs? For what? Service?—
Abdulla Madumoole (@AMadumoole) August 22, 2012
Seems that two friends @asadowaisi & @sagarikaghose enjoy playing game of RTing each other's tweets!—
Rahul Kaushik (@kaushkrahul) August 23, 2012
R.H.Khan is a Scam Star of Assam, already involved in 1000 cr. Scam…and more to come…—
Phirmi Bodo (@Phirmi_Bodo) August 18, 2012
Why so many programs, debates and repors by #AntiHinduMedia on Godhra riots, but barely a headline on Assam, Kashmir, Hyderabad, Munbai etc.—
Mitesh Sevani (@MiteshSevani) August 22, 2012
I told them we are not like Bodo militants who rendered four lakh Muslims homeless in Assam. We will protect you-Asaduddin Owaisi.—
Ratnakar Sadasyula (@ScorpiusMaximus) August 17, 2012
"NE Students in QUEUE for Luch, served by RSS Swayamsevaks at Railway Station Bangalore http://t.co/GppY5b5f" #bodo #ulfa #assam—
Sumeet Mahendra (@sumt7) August 17, 2012
One #Ajmal was responsible for mumbai attack, while another elected representative #Ajmal is responsible for the Assam mess – Sources says.—
Girin Govind (@GirinGovind) August 16, 2012
Bending over backwards. Read. Retweet. This is why I hold @madhutrehan in high esteem. m.indianexpress.com/news/%22bendin…—
Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) August 21, 2012
#Owaisi: Not a word on his Mumbai mulla's ANTI NATIONAL speech & he wants the BODO leaders 2 make a statement ? #Assam—
(@aregeepee) August 16, 2012
Voices in the dark
Fighting between Bodo tribes & Muslim settlers in Assam #India but not much safer in #Pakistan: 25 Shia Muslims killed in Gilgit #1947—
Saria T. Sheikh (@sariasheikh) August 16, 2012
@AmanWadud them to stay We must understand two wrongs don't make a right an eye for an eye will make us blind—
Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) August 15, 2012
@Mistrymania okay tomorrow in Hyderabad tell me the place and get your tribe as well let us see whether you turn up ?stop tweeting—
Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) August 10, 2012
I wasn't aware of the Assam issue.Due to RT's morcha I read abt it. I didn't understand, why the rally by raza academy was in Mumbai?—
☼ Laddolicious ☼ (@MirchiLaddoo) August 22, 2012
Indians are suffering form paranoia- Bengali specially Bengali muslim take over of Assam!Just becoz they hv now 30% population.Hate-mongers!—
Abdullah Karim (@Dilir123) August 22, 2012
Most journalists, here & abroad are scared to be labelled as pro-Hindu, BJP or RSS. I am proud to defend Hindus. There are not many like me—
Francois Gautier (@fgautier26) August 20, 2012
Undivided Bengal (wo Assam) had 55% muslim population.Did they take over Bengal land,jobs,zamindari?Hindus ruled everywhere!No problem.—
Abdullah Karim (@Dilir123) August 22, 2012
In Bangladesh a day laborer now earns $4 per day,even in villages! Why wd they go now to work in Assam for Rs90?—
Abdullah Karim (@Dilir123) August 22, 2012
@asadowaisi its good you atteneded the function. Now please spare Kashmir and let kashmiris live preacefully—
Rameez Farooq (@farooqrameez) August 23, 2012
@ansh_gupta99 Dont tell me but Media…1 child in well will have 24/7 coverage but a killing of 1000 Muslims will not even have a Headline.—
yaser khan (@mynameiskhan94) August 21, 2012
I am an Indian Muslim, and without me, my nation is incomplete!—
Skr (@skrahman) August 19, 2012
@mynameiskhan94 i dont think in India anywhere 1000 of muslims were killed recently ?—
Anshul Gupta (@ansh_gupta99) August 22, 2012
@ansh_gupta99 let it be anywhere…y forget Azad maidan peaceful protest turned riots and Assam killings?—
yaser khan (@mynameiskhan94) August 22, 2012
Au contraire! The Assam Police did their job. Was any VIP's person or property damaged? @timesofindia—
Suchindranath Aiyer (@Suchindranath) August 22, 2012
Who told HJS to tell the truth underlying the riots
in Assam and Mumbai? They are no Fu**ing Journalist. They are some mad Hindus.—
SOURAV GHOSH (@souravWB) August 22, 2012
Indian Man, Jadav "Molai" Payeng, Single-Handedly Plants A 1,360 Acre Forest In Assam huff.to/HbL1ac via @HPGoodNews—
Jolanda Roux (@JolandaRoux) August 22, 2012
Comedy Central
@asadowaisi Eid Mubaraq brother, May your dream of making #India an #Islamic state come true soon.—
Anjem Choudary (@anjemchoudhary) August 17, 2012
@anjemchoudhary sorry no such dream we want a prosperous and a strong India this what we are striving and stop sending such things y r blkd—
Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) August 17, 2012
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- Assam violence not Hindu-Muslim clash: Minister for Northeast (assamtribune.com)
- Assam: ‘Rehabilitate Muslims after verification’ (ibnlive.in.com)
- India focuses on Pakistan after panic (edition.cnn.com)
- India asks Pakistan to explain warnings (cnn.com)
- India Continues to Grapple with Fallout from Assam Violence (world.time.com)
Mumbai Muslims Protest: Collusive Democracy At Its Best
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So, who is not a psuedo-secularist? Will any political party confront Raza Academy? Congress, BJP, Shiv Sena?
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Basic Issues
India gives Muslims freedom of worship, marriage, language, dress-code. India's State & Foreign Policy dont mix… fb.me/LWS0m2Tw—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) August 12, 2012
Does Owaisi think Islamic agenda will drive Indian Foreign Policy wp.me/p8KUL-1BD Owaisi must take up… fb.me/1BkajBAkk—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) August 12, 2012
Owaisi must ask Pak, made to push Ind Muslim agenda to take up Rohingya issue Islamic agenda drive our Foreign Policy fb.me/17wuTt2dF—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) August 12, 2012
Yesterday BJP held a dharna at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Assam Riots and illegal Bangladeshis.—
Jiten Gajaria (@jitengajaria) August 08, 2012
Join us at Azad Maidan.2day at noon,as we #protest d innocent killing of #muslims in #Burma.while the world watches blindly, #islam #mumbai—
Faizu Khan (@ffaaiizzuu) August 11, 2012
Today 13:00hrs, Gathering at Azad maidan for prayer for Burma victims.:(
If all r ignoring doesnt matter, Sky is open!!! N god is watching.—
Mudassar Khan (@mudassarkhan1) August 10, 2012
Peacefull protest against the killings in #Burma & #Assam at Azad maidan on 11th Aug(tomorrow) 1 pm..Please spread the word..—
Hajra Siddiqui (@HajraSiddiqui) August 10, 2012
Chalo Azad Maidan! A Peaceful Protest against the Killing of Innocent Muslims in Assam & Burma on Saturday 11th August,1:00pm onwards RT pls—
Farhan Azmi (@abufarhanazmi) August 10, 2012
Taking it no more
Secularism is only 4 Hindus. Muslims of India are free to follow Two-Nation theory and prefer Muslims of Burma/Bangaldesh over Indian Hindus—
Dr Manmohan Singh (@PM0India) August 11, 2012
Shameful act of hooliganism by Raza academy ppl today in mumbai..violence in Ramzan..—
Mehran Zaidi (@mehranzaidi) August 11, 2012
Are there any people more stupid than Muslims in India? #AzadMaidan Don't they have anything better to do on a Saturday?—
Ghazala Wahab (@ghazalawahab) August 11, 2012
@barbarindian reza academy is nuisance in many ways. Loud namaz, Islamic flags when none needed even for practising religion—
SA (@Arifism) August 11, 2012
Too little too late?? Groups that instigated yesterday's hooliganism offer 'unconditional apology' headlinesindia.mapsofindia.com/state-news/mah…—
Fahd Hussein (@FahdHussein) August 12, 2012
Guilty Parties
Raza academy is close to RR Patil nd Bhujbal – @centerofright correct yest in stating this was part of Pawar working against Cong—
emkay (@emkay456) August 12, 2012
This Raza Academy is an extremist Islamic Organization. Running Madarsas, dragging silly issues like Qurbani on Mahavir Jayanti day. Ban it.—
पियूष कुलश्रेष्ठ (@thinkerspad) August 11, 2012
Years ago as a TOI reporter in Bombay, I had visited office of Raza Academy, goons behind #CST rioting. Guess who I met there? One Mr Owaisi—
Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) August 11, 2012
RT @Karthick2668 Raza Academy supported by Sunni Jamaitul Ulma and Jamate Raza-e-Mustafa resulted in 2 dead and 40 Injured!—
advaitachowdhary (@mayaadvaita) August 11, 2012
All the Raza Academy Goons should be Arrested and they should be Penalised for the burning of 25 BEST Buses, Police and OB Vans—
Joy (@Joydas) August 11, 2012
How did known repeated-offenders of Raza Academy manage to get permission for a whopping 50000 people? #CST #PlannedRiots—
Amit Deshpande (@antidespondent) August 11, 2012
I do not fault Owaisi much more than the Raza academy foot soldiers. What were the seculars doing? What about MSM? I know, paint-allergy.—
Barbarian Indian (@barbarindian) August 11, 2012
He left after the first speaker's talk because he could see that it was going to escalate and get out of hand. The Raza Academy is at fault—
Aatif Sumar (@aatifsumar) August 11, 2012
@isteyaq was building up for weeks, photoshopped material passed around, inflammatory messages. Raza academy foot soldiers least to blame.—
Barbarian Indian (@barbarindian) August 11, 2012
Raza academy distances from violence.But why mobilise people by emotionally blackmailing them if u cant control them.Despicable politics.—
S Irfan Habib (@irfhabib) August 11, 2012
@Arifism yup agree raza academy is at fault but this media is the main epitome of terrorism!@barbarindian—
Danish Memon (@Dan1shMemon) August 11, 2012
Raza Academy not bothered abt attacks on Indians in Australia? On Sikhs in USA? Collusive democracy! No confrontation by Cong Shiv Sena BJP—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) August 11, 2012
@abhijitmajumder My Big Question? Where is Cong., Shiv Sena, BJP? Muslim leaders misuse Muslims, 'Hindu' leaders allow Muslims leaders?—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) August 11, 2012
What to do
Raza Academy, Muslim groups apologize for violence goo.gl/fb/kI934—
ummid.com (@ummid) August 12, 2012
RT @HameedAzar: CC: @Joydas @Vidyut " RT @TCNLive: Raza Academy, Muslim groups apologize for violence goo.gl/fb/tjsX7 #indianmuslim ".—
(@Vidyut) August 12, 2012
So that's all right then? RT @ikaveri: Raza Academy, Muslim groups apologize for violence goo.gl/XZFR9
Now what?—
Seema Goswami (@seemagoswami) August 12, 2012
Dear Raza Academy, you can concretize your apology by unconditionally sponsoring the rebuilding of the Amar Jawan Jyoti—
Khalil Sawant (@khalooo) August 12, 2012
Mumbai Police commissioner shud read SC judgment on Delhi Police Action on Baba Ramdev. Ramdev was asked to pay 25% of compensation!—
Sumit Nagpal (@Sumit_Nagpal) August 12, 2012
. @Ind_Renaissance From what I gathered, the number of bullets fired (incl in air) at #AzadMaidan was less than number of cops injured.—
Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) August 12, 2012
@Mature_thought completely irresponsible tweet of yours..govt should go for the leaders of Raza academy @iamrana @barbarindian—
Isteyaq Ahmed (@isteyaq) August 11, 2012
+ 1 "@TusharG: Mumbai Citizens should collectively sue Raza Academy for the damage to public property & instigating violence in the city.—
Rohit Khilnani (@rohitkhilnani) August 12, 2012
@barbarindian yup those photoshopped pics doing rounds should also be investigated. Raza academy leaders should be dealt harshly.. Mindless—
Isteyaq Ahmed (@isteyaq) August 11, 2012
Perhaps v need 2 start afresh & purge all Muslim politicians to begin wth. Then set filters b4 electng new 1s, like, no goatees or topis—
Ghazala Wahab (@ghazalawahab) August 11, 2012
Will Mumbai HC hold Raza Academy responsible like Shiv Sena fined for Bandh violence? Who'll prosecute Raza Academy. SS ruling party in BMC—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) August 11, 2012
Will Media, all including print, seek apology and compensation from raza academy, for the losses incurred ? or they will pamper this rioters—
Jaymin Panchal (@jemin_p) August 11, 2012
Shape of things
janamashtami celebrations lead to fresh curfew in bareilly @kiranks—
MissWiss (@MsWeera) August 12, 2012
Mumbai violence: Woman cops molested by rioters bit.ly/R2PPJd—
(@DNA) August 12, 2012
don't understand why raza academy held protest! one, violence in assam isn't religious. two, killings in myanmar have nothing to do with us!—
आशिष दीक्षित (@ibnlokmatAshish) August 11, 2012
#AzadMaidan – 2 SLRs & a pistol of policemen stolen by rioters. 24 arrested for molestation n theft of weapons by Mumbai police—
dharmesh thakkar (@news_houndz) August 12, 2012
Raza Academy that had organised the Azad Maidan protest prides itself for issuing the first fatwa against @SalmanRushdie—
SAURABH KAPOOR (@saurabhkap00r) August 11, 2012
Hindus wr anhiliated to 2% in Pak, but nobody rioted agnst it in India/PAK. Islamic fanatics rioted in Mumbai agnst Myanmar issues ! #CST—
Swarup (@SwarupPhD) August 12, 2012
Less than 100 Muslims dead in Myanmar, but a mob rampages #AzadMaidan in Mumbai. But 19000 Muslims dead in Syria, not ONE protest. Think why—
Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) August 11, 2012
With Raza Academy's violence getting exposed, the final "moderate" mask remaining among all Indian Islamic cults, the Sufis, got junked.—
Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) August 12, 2012
Say it again … I didn’t catch that …
@Realist_Indian If Bajrang Dal doesn't represent Hinduism or Hindus, then Raza Academy doesn't represent Islam or Muslims/ Fair?—
Sajid Bhombal (@SajidBhombal) August 11, 2012
@manikmundhe he lok sena,mns la arrest kartat..sene la dand bharayala lawtat Raza academy ch.kay?sp activist ch kay?—
रश्मी पुराणिक (@Marathi_Rash) August 11, 2012
So Raza Academy is a "Recognised Secular Orgn" & so seculars condemn the "mindless action" by "Misguided Individuals"! bit.ly/Oiwh1T—
saurabh srivastava (@SKS_Mumbai) August 12, 2012
Dont remember these #Raza academy thugs doing protest for high #inflation,#rapes,#illegal immigration.. this is unwanted weed of #india—
Sadashiv D. Punekar (@sadapunekar) August 12, 2012
Terror attacks-Theyre not muslims! Violence-Theyre not muslims! Riots-Theyre not muslims! LOL! Who are these ppl then? newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/20…—
MediaCrooks (@mediacrooks) August 12, 2012
the now famous Raza Academy had filed case against Shekhar Suman because he hurt some Muslim Sentiments hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mum…—
Internet Hindus (@InternetHindus) August 12, 2012
Mumbai violence: Decoding ‘violent’ Raza Academy bit.ly/MOtMol—
Bharat Rakshak (@bharatrakshak) August 12, 2012
@acorn Law? "@EyeKaDoctor: TV9 airing Commissioner telling cops: Who asked you to arrest any1, listen to me or get suspended. Azad Maidan"MT—
Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) August 12, 2012
Indian media which reported molestation from Tahrir ,blacked out Molestation from Azad Maidan wp.me/p2oPJv-2u #CST—
sachin dixit (@ssachin_d) August 12, 2012
why English news channel were not targeted at Azad Maidan? why protestors asked for channel name before attacking hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mum…—
sachin dixit (@ssachin_d) August 12, 2012
The silence of Shobha de,Kabir Bedi,Prahlad Kakkad,Arundhati Roy,Tiesta Setalvad & the entire gang on Azad Maidan violence is shameful—
Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) August 12, 2012
Some tweets supporting Raza Academy
Those of you raising the bogey of Raza Academy protest sporting Pakistani flag, here are more details timescontent.com/syndication-ph… #dimwit—
(@Vidyut) August 11, 2012
ROFL More Hindutva dimwitticisms. Apparently I support Raza academy. I'm sure Raza Academy is grateful. goo.gl/UoT6e—
(@Vidyut) August 11, 2012
The Azad Maidan rally where two people died was organised by the Raza Academy. The academy takes it name from Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.—
Milind Bhate (@milindbhate) August 11, 2012
Raza Academy has been at the forefront of efforts to ensure communal harmony and has fostered interfaith dialogues.—
Milind Bhate (@milindbhate) August 11, 2012
Raza Academy has not adjusted itself well in the Mumbai Politics, seems they have started just now,way to go for these reactionary Barelvism—
Haamid Peerzada (@A123LAD) August 11, 2012
But by singling out Raza Academy is also not fair, are ShivSeniks or MMS people the dignified lot ? They have done the same things in past—
Haamid Peerzada (@A123LAD) August 11, 2012
Raza Academy in spite of being a sufi barelvi oriented organization created problems for Dr Tahir Ul Qadri's speech in Mumbai.—
Haamid Peerzada (@A123LAD) August 11, 2012
The Raza Academy said that Dr Tahir Ul Qadri in past has said that J&K is disputed so Dr Tahir will promote anti-nationalist activities.—
Haamid Peerzada (@A123LAD) August 11, 2012
But The Mumbai court dismissed the petition filed by Raza Academy & Dr Tahir ul Qadri was allowed to hold speech in Mumbai.—
Haamid Peerzada (@A123LAD) August 11, 2012
A Facebook Montage
I thought the Partition of India was clear.
To all those, to whom their Indian-Muslim politico-religious identity was important will go to Pakistan. In India, Indian identity will prevail.
Zero Muslim politico-religious identity.
In India, total freedom for Muslim worship, prayer, dressing, social customs. etc. But, Zero Muslim politico-religious identity was the deal.
Why is Muslim leadership allowed to promote politico-religious identity?
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The cow chronicles: Does it take a woman to understand India?
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An operating view of Indian society. Even as India changes, it still retains Indian elements. For how long?
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Homer’s struggle with Indian cows. Simpsons comes to India – and Homer successfully manages an out-sourced nuclear plant at Bangalore.
Sarala needs a cow. She tells me this when I chide her for giving me less milk that morning. It is 7am.
I have known Sarala for five years. I see her everyday when I cross the road to buy milk from her.
The milk squirts into the large iron bucket. Bubbles hive the top. Selva brings the bucket to the culvert. We crowd around like bees. Rookies in khaki half-pants and white banians (vests) show up from nowhere. They thrust their cans to the front of the line. A fight threatens to break out. Sarala soothes everyone, speaking in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi by turn. She pours out 1 litre for me but doesn’t give me the complimentary extra “kosuru” that she usually does. That’s when I complain about less milk.
“What to do, ma?” she says in Tamil. “One of my cows got hit by a corporation lorry.”
Once again, the casual tone in which she describes mortal tragedies shocks me. How will the happiness studies that put India low on their lists explain the resilient matter-of-factness of India’s poor? Take Shafi, the flower man who delivers strings of jasmine every day. He is always smiling. He was smiling when he told me that he couldn’t deliver flowers for a week because his brother died. Was that a reflex; or is that his nature? Or Sarala, for that matter. It is clear to me that Sarala loves her cow. Yet, the way she deals with her cow (and livelihood)
Is grief a luxury that the Indian poor cannot afford?
I ask how it happened. It was a month ago, she says. I had not known. I had talked and laughed with her. Life had gone on.
I make clucking noises, borrowed from the rooster nearby. You must be feeling terrible, I tell Sarala.
She nods. “My mind is all bejaar (messed up).”
We talk daily, Sarala and I, about brides and recipes; cows and corporation lorries; babies and bath water, in no particular order. On that Monday morning, Sarala approaches me with a proposition. She wants me to buy a cow for her. She is not sure of the cost but it would at least be Rs. 40,000. She has it all worked out. She will repay my loan through a monthly supply of milk and some cash to supplement it. Within a year, the loan will be repaid. “I need you to buy me more cows,” she says in explanation. “How will you do that if I don’t repay your loan?”
When I look doubtful, she lays it on thick. “You know, the Marwari family next door wanted to buy a cow for us. They like to do that, these Jains. But it didn’t work out. You are lucky. Else, why would I approach you instead of them when I need a cow?”
It is compelling logic. I agree. Next week, we plan to buy a cow.
via The cow chronicles: a loss and a replacement – Columns – livemint.com.
From cow-worshipping to car-worshipping? | Cartoonist – Rustam Vania; May 18, 2012; Image source & courtesy – downtoearth.org.in | Click for image.
I have known Sarala the milk lady for six years now.
The thought of getting organic milk with zero carbon footprint appealed to me. My family was dead against it and took a year to convert. To this day, I am the only person in my 70-apartment complex who buys milk from Sarala. The rest buy Nandini milk in plastic packets.
After Sarala asked me to buy her a cow, my main concern was whether she would consider me a sucker—an easy touch for “advances”, as loans are called here.
I can afford to give Sarala a Rs. 40,000 loan but I don’t want her to think that I can. I don’t want her to view me as her sugar daddy, or mummy in this case. So I exaggerate existing alibis: home loans, defaulting payments, ageing relatives. “You have your jewels with the pawnbroker. I have a home loan that is hanging like a noose around my head,” I say.
She smiles sympathetically. “Everybody has problems,” she says. “You have bungalow-size problems. I have hut-size problems.”
A week later, Selva, the son, approaches me. This continuous back-and-forth was “not setting” for them, he says. Would I or wouldn’t I buy them a cow?
When Selva tells me that our discussions are not “setting”, he means that I need to decide. I can no longer hide behind husband’s permission. I tell him that I will buy his cow.
We set out in an autorickshaw— Sarala, Selva and I. Sarala wants us to make this trip on an auspicious day, preferably Tuesday or Thursday, but she doesn’t want to add an astrological complication to an already volatile situation. Selva and I have been bickering for days because he springs trips on me first thing in the morning. “Shall we go today?” he will ask as I collect milk. I need notice, I say. I can’t just drop everything to go cow-shopping. Then, he says that he will go on his bike to scout out potential cows and take me in the end—to pay the money and seal the deal. I insist that I want to be involved from the very beginning. If I am putting up Rs. 50,000 (by now, the amount has crept up), I want to make darn sure that it is a good cow. We go back and forth, Selva and I, squabbling like children.
Selva has a surly demeanour. He rarely smiles and doesn’t encourage conversation. He is, in fact, a kind soul. Unlike Sarala, Selva is hard to figure out.
Finally one morning, they summon their friend, Kuppa, who owns an autorickshaw. We drive to Thanisandra village near the airport, where a cow is on sale for Rs. 55,000. Selva walks the cow around, peers into its mouth, and discusses how much milk it would give. it is an Indian breed: a red Sindhi cow. Selva is bent on buying a Holstein-Friesian, or HF, cow, valued for its milk fat. They cost more but they give more milk. That is the assumption anyway. I try arguing with Selva that Indian breeds are more hardy but our discussions don’t “set”.
via The cow chronicles: the price just doubled – Columns – livemint.com.
holly cow By Liviu Stanila on March 16, 2008 | Religion Cartoon | TOONPOOL | Click for image.
We are on a country road in search of a cow to buy for my milk lady, Sarala. Three of us, Sarala, her son, Selva, and I, sit in the back. Muniappa, our broker, takes us to a mango orchard nearby. We see the cows—a dozen of them—grazing underneath trees laden with green mangoes. Sarala is thrilled. Selva too is suddenly animated. There is only one problem. Their owner, Nanjappa, doesn’t want to sell them. He only wants to outsource the milking process. He is fed up of waking at dawn, squatting beside a dozen cows, and taking the milk to the local cooperative to be weighed and paid. He wants a younger man to take over and give his arthritic knees a rest.
India is the world’s largest producer of milk. Much of this comes from “milk unions”, or rural dairy farmers. Bangalore has more than 1,845 milk societies under the Bangalore Urban and Rural District Cooperative Milk Producers Societies Union Ltd, with the inapt acronym, Bamul, in honour of Amul, the nation’s first milk cooperative, founded in Gujarat in 1946, before India’s independence.
Karnataka has 2.13 million independent milk producers—such as Nanjappa—who have joined together to form 11,443 dairy societies, according to the Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd (KMF). The state rates high in milk production—it is the largest in south India—something that soon becomes obvious to anyone living in Bangalore. Milk producers such as Nanjappa deliver their milk to the local KMF (Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation), and sell their milk for about Rs. 14-18 per litre depending on how rural the location is. The milk is mixed together, taken to rapid cooling plants, homogenized, and poured into sealed plastic packets for delivery to Bangalore city the next morning. The average consumer pays Rs. 26 per litre for Nandini milk. Dairy farmers like Sarala sell their milk for Rs. 25 a litre, but have to cultivate a customer base.
We get back on the auto, the four of us. By now, it is 1pm. We are disgruntled, starving and thirsty. We see a man selling tender coconut water by the side of the road and stop. Selva offers to buy us all tender coconut water. As the vendor chops off the tops of the coconut, we continue bickering, Selva and I, about the wasted morning. Why wouldn’t he phone first and check with the sellers if they were indeed selling their cows, I ask. He responds by blaming Muniappa, who blames Nanjappa, the elderly gent. “That old man told me that he wanted to sell the whole herd,” says Muniappa. “He must have seen this pant-and-shirt Madam and changed his mind.” They all look at me accusingly, which irritates me because I am in a salwar-kameez.
“You want a cow?” asks the dusty, thin coconut vendor.
We look up.
Turns out that the coconut vendor has a cow that he wants to sell for Rs. 85,000. He promises to throw in her calf. Where is the cow? we ask sceptically. The coconut vendor waves at the palatial green mansion in a distance, standing like a neon gingerbread house amid the fields. That’s my home, he says. Just walk down this path and find my wife. She’ll show you the cow and calf.
We stare at each other, jaws agape. They all speak together in rapid-fire Kannada. At the end, Selva seems satisfied that the coconut vendor indeed has a cow.
Sarala and I can’t stop talking about the coconut seller. We are wonderstruck that this dusty, bony man who is selling coconuts by the roadside not only has a large mansion with fields all around, but also saleable cows to boot.
“Why would a man who owns this giant green mansion, fields and cows want to sell coconuts by the roadside?” I wonder aloud. “He must have seen all those coconuts on his land going to waste so he probably thought, ‘Why not stand on the road and make some more money?’” says Selva.
We walk single file in between the fields and go to the green mansion. An old man comes out. He is, indeed, the coconut vendor’s father, who has the leathery skin of a man who has spent his lifetime under the hot sun in the fields. When we ask about the cow, he points to the field and says that we will find the animal there, with his daughter-in-law, a woman clad in an orange sari. Had I passed her on the road, I would have put her down (correctly) as a farmer’s wife. I would certainly not have imagined that she was the owner of the green two-storey bungalow spread over 10,000ft of virgin Bangalore land.
The coconut vendor’s wife leads her cow out. Selva does his thing with examining the teeth and tail. As we walk back, he tells us that he is going to negotiate it down to Rs. 75,000. But he is not hopeful.
We motor back to the coconut vendor. Predictably, he refuses to lower the price. “I didn’t even plan on selling my cow,” he says. “Just because you people came here with such distress, I thought I’d do you a favour by pointing you to my cow.”
via Cow chronicles: the coconut vendor’s offer – Columns – livemint.com.
A few points stuck me as important: -
- How advances fund and lubricate the economy.
- How people take ‘mortal tragedies’ with ‘matter-of-factness’. Is that the reason why India has been No.1 on global Optimism surveys now for the last 50 years. Unlike India’s Westernized-Educated-Urban (WEUs) who can find 50 things wrong with India, before even stopping to take a second breadth. Of course, only they, the WEUs and their type can save India. Otherwise, without the WEUs, India is doomed.
- How the WEUs see this approach for advances a con-trick – which comes from not being plugged into India.
- The most amazing thing was how egalitarian India can be. Dress up a man in a dhoti – and everyone looks, feels, thinks and behaves the same. No brands to show that I am superior; no cachets that will prove I can spend more for the same thing.
All of us would instantly recognize these aspects.
Thought would share this rather perceptive view of India.
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Bollywood Powers Ahead
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How and why does India produce as many films as China and US put together?
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Cinema in China is booming. In 2010 box-office revenues grew by 64% to just over 10 billion yuan. | Image source & courtesy – economist.com | Click for image source.
Cinema in China is booming (see chart). In 2010 box-office revenues grew by 64% to just over 10 billion yuan. More than 520 films were made—about as many as in America. Only India produces more. (via China’s film industry: Kung fu propaganda | The Economist).
What The Economist does not mention is that India alone produces as many as China and US together. And that Nollywood comes in at No.2 position.
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Who leaked Army CoS Letter to PM: ‘Cabinet secretariat officer leaked Army Chief’s letter’ – Hindustan Times
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Who leaked the Army Chief’s letter to PM Manmohan Singh? Initially, the Govt. indicated that it happened from Army HQ. When Army HQ called for ‘ruthless action’ truth came tumbling after …
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A Joint Secretary-rank officer in the Cabinet Secretariat has been found guilty of leaking Army Chief General V K Singh’s letter to Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh about the poor state of preparedness of his force and has been shunted out. A probe into the leakage by the Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO) has also cleared Gen Singh of any wrongdoing in the episode, highly-placed sources told PTI here.
In his letter, the Army Chief had highlighted the critical shortage of equipment and ammunition in artillery and armoured regiments.
The female officer belonging to the Indian Economic Service (IES) was handling the charge of intelligence agencies under the Cabinet Secretariat and was nailed after
interrogation of some suspected persons, they said.
The officer has now been repatriated to her parent cadre and further action can be taken against her for leaking such a sensitive document, sources said. (via ‘Cabinet secretariat officer leaked Army Chief’s letter’ – Hindustan Times).
So, the Govt. has found a ‘fall guy.’ In this case it is a lady.
Why would this lady IES officer leak a document like this – unless instructed?
Instructed by whom?
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Making of the Indian Constitution
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The cartoon of BR Ambedkar which created a parliamentary furore was sketched by cartoonist Shankar, as he was popularly called.
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Even though some reports suggest that this was a 1950′s cartoon, it was probably before January 26th 1950, when the Indian Constitution was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly. ToI suggests that this was a 1948 cartoon. | Copyright – Children’s Book Trust; source and courtesy – outlookindia.com | Click for source image.
The school textbook cartoon of BR Ambedkar which created a furore in parliament on Friday was sketched by cartoonist Keshav Shankar Pillai.
Shankar, as he was popularly called, later founded the publishing house, Children’s Book Trust, in 1957. He made cartoons for newspapers and his magazine, Shankar’s Weekly, started in 1948. The government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 1956, Padma Bhushan in 1966 and Padma Vibhushan in 1976.
The controversial cartoon was probably first published in 1948 and has been a part of NCERT’s (National Council Of Educational Research And Training) Class XI textbook in Tamil Nadu since 2006. The cartoon is credited to Children’s Book Trust.
It shows Ambedkar, a Dalit leader and creator of the Indian Constitution, seated on a snail with ‘Constitution’ written on it and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, whipping the snail. (via Shankar made the Ambedkar-Nehru cartoon in 1950s – Hindustan Times).
What would Babasaheb Ambedkar tell his ‘followers’? | Cartoon by Surendra; May 11, 2012; source & courtesy – thehindu.com | Click for larger image.
Up to speed
In a short period of less than 30 months, India wrote and implemented its constitution. It has been been a rather pliable constitution getting amended a number of times – and yet has been upheld and respected by all the extensions of the State.
Unlike Pakistan.
Now … or when?
After the boycott of the Simon Commission, from 1927, and the death of Lala Lajpat Rai (Nov 17, 1928), it was clear (especially to the British) that their days were numbered. Britain enacted The Government of India Act, first in 1919 and then in 1935. Some Indians have claimed the Indian Constitution is nothing original – based on the Government of India Act, 1935, by the British Raj.
This a claim not even worth examining, since this Government of India act, 1935, has been in public domain for more than 75 years. Pakistan had as much right to it as India did.
Why could Pakistan do nothing with it.
Documents do not make a country work! People do!! (Cartoon by Sabir Nazar; Courtesy – http://www.dailytimes.com.pk.).
Get up … and get on!
In fact Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly dragged this Constitution-making exercise till October 1956.
Cut back to 1956 Pakistan.
Remember that 1956 was also the year when Pakistan became a republic – and the first constitution of Pakistan was adopted. Governor General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza (a Shia Muslim from Bengal, direct descendant of Mir Jaffer) became the first President of the Pakistani Republic.
Two years later, in October 1958, President Iskander Mirza staged a coup d’état and dismissed the constitution. Shortly afterwards General Ayub Khan deposed Iskandar and declared himself president. These shenanigans started the tradition of Army rule in Pakistan.
To an emerging Pakistan, after a 9 year struggle to write a constitution, two years later, the Army declared that the Constitution was worthless piece of paper. Another Constitution was written in 1962, and then a third.
The Shankar cartoon that was included in school textbooks which raised a furore in the Indian Parliament | Source and courtesy – outlookindia.com | Click for source image.
Looking back
In the last 250 years, just 6 countries succeeded with Republican democracy without a significant breakdown in the first 50 years. Of the six, Sri Lanka (pop. 200 lakhs) Switzerland (pop. 80 lakhs), Israel (pop. 75 lakhs) and Singapore (pop. 50 lakhs) are tiny countries to generate any valuable data, models, norms or precedents. In any other day, age and society, the republican-democracy model would have been laughed off – and not studied by millions.
America became one of the first successful republican democracies – from 1789, when George Washington became the first elected President of USA. 70 years later, the strains were showing – North versus South. America was on the verge of Civil War – the main cause of which was the desire of the Southern states to remain independent (due to tariff issues) or at best as a loose confederation – not a federal union (actually slavery was a side issue).
Israel, (propped up by massive US aid) is another country which has been a republican democracy for more than 50 years. Switzerland (with guaranteed neutrality from the European powers) is another in modern history to survive 50 years of republican democracy.
The reason why India’s Republican Democracy works is because Indian genius has made it work. It is the commitment to make the system work, which is why the system is working.
Though some may cavil about how well (?) it works!
Coming to this cartoon, Shanker’s Weekly was a permanent fixture in subscriptions at my home, till its demise in the 1970s. Though respected in its time, it hardly made money.
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‘Problem is we have too many leaders’: Sonia on UP debacle
Can calculations replace vision, imagination? Leadership blames - workers, organization, other 'leaders'. | Cartoonist Keshav of The Hindu | Click for image.
SONIA Gandhi today said that the Congress’s performance in the assembly polls would do no “damage” to the UPA government.
Sonia ruled out any possibility of PM Manmohan Singh stepping down as a result of the defeat. Asked about the Congress’s PM candidate in 2014, she said: “This is 2012.”
Sonia spoke to reporters after two and a half hours of one-on-one meetings with Congress general secretaries or incharges in states that went to polls, and with other senior leaders.
“The Congress party has got support below its expectations. We accept it with all humility,” she said.
“Rahul has already told you about UP. Our party organisation is weak in UP.”
On the party’s poor show in Amethi and Rae Bareli, Sonia said: “There have been such defeats earlier. It seems people were not happy with the sitting MLAs. The new candidates won.” Asked if the Congress was lacking leaders, she remarked: “I would say rather than lack of leaders, too many leaders, that is our problem.” (via ‘Problem is we have too many leaders’: Sonia on UP debacle – Indian Express).
It has taken some 15 years, but the CEC has been defanged. Salman Khurshid gets away | Cartoonist Kirtish Bhatt | Click for source image.
What contempt?
After years of unquestioned loyalty, by all and sundry Congress ‘leaders’, Sonia Gandhi has so much contempt for them?
After not winning a national election for 32 years on merit (Rajiv’s victory of 1984 tainted by sympathy), Congress still blames the organization and party workers.
If a 150 year old party, does not have organization, who will? Way back in the 1970s, Congress was the only party with any kind of organization.
In the 1977 election, Congress was head and shoulders above every other political organization. Indira Gandhi used the same organization to make a brilliant come back in 1980 election.
If between 1984-2012, there has been a collapse in the organization, we know who is to blame.
But, now Sonia Gandhi blames these ‘too many leaders!’
Even if Sonia Gandhi’s allegations are true, there was no one to stop her from sacking, removing, inducting any one of her choice.
Sonia and Rahul's leadership is impeccable. The workers and other 'leaders' are to blame. | Cartoonist S.Nagesh in firstpost.com | Click for image.
मणिपुर कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष ने जीत का श्रेय राहुल गांधी को दिया क्योंकि वे उनके राज्य में प्रचार करने नहीं गए।—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
उत्तर प्रदेशचुनावों के दौरान राहुल गांधी को फाड़ने की बुरी लत लग गई है। लगता है अब वो अपना कुर्ता फाड़ेंगे। RT bhaskar.com—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
कांग्रेस को बसपा के साथ गठबंधन कर लेना चाहिए। राहुल और मायावती दोनों ही सिंगल हैं और दोनों की ही उम्र बढ़ रही है। RT bhaskar.com—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
आरक्षण का वादा किया, कागज फाड़े, गुस्सा दिखाया सच में राहुल ने यूपी में बहुत मेहनत की। RT bhaskar.com—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
रा.वन जैसे हैं रा.हुल – पब्लिसिटी बड़ी, रिज़ल्ट ज़ीरो। RT bhaskar.com—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
अखिलेश 38 के हैं और तीन बच्चे हैं। राहुल 42 के हैं और अब तक बच्चे हैं। RT bhaskar.com—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
नरेंद्र मोदी के गहरा झटका। राहुल गुजरात में प्रचार नहीं करेंगे। RT bhaskar.com—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
बाल ठाकरे का कहना है कि सोनिया गांधी ने भारत को दिया ही क्या है? कांग्रेसी चाहें तो कह सकते हैं…राहुल गांधी!—
Fakingnewshindi (@hindifakingnews) January 08, 2012
H/T Mohit Sharma writes यूपी की हार की जिम्मेदारी राहुल को क्यों?
फिल्म फ्लॉप होती है तो कोई आइटम डांसर को जिम्मेदार ठहराता है क्या!—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
@kirtishbhatt sez राहुल गाँधी ने काफी कुछ सीखा इन चुनावों से.
जैसे कि … ज्यादा पैदल चलने से घुटने कमजोर होते हैं संगठन मजबूत नहीं होता.—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
@kirtishbhatt sez राहुल गाँधी ने काफी कुछ सीखा इन चुनावों से.
जैसे कि …गरीब के घर फ़ोकट में खाने से उसकी 'हाय' लगती है.—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
@kirtishbhatt sez राहुल गाँधी ने काफी कुछ सीखा इन चुनावों से.
जैसे कि …बुरी संगत (दिग्विजयसिंह) से करियर की वाट लग सकती है.—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
@kirtishbhatt sez राहुल गाँधी ने काफी कुछ सीखा इन चुनावों से.
जैसे कि … अखिलेश और मुलायम ज्यादा अच्छे से 'फाड़ते' हैं.—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
@kirtishbhatt sez राहुल गाँधी ने काफी कुछ सीखा इन चुनावों से.
जैसे कि … दाढ़ी बढ़ाने से चुनाव नहीं जीते जाते.—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
@PatrickFrench2 Mulayam Singh was no one's son. Mayawati was no one daughter. Prakash Singh Badal or Mohan Parrikar are no one's son—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) March 07, 2012
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