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| Editorial: Vande Mataram Fatwa is Unacceptable |
Editorial: Vande Mataram Fatwa is Unacceptable
The Editorial Team
Jamiat-Ulema-i-Hind has endorsed a fatwa issued by Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband decreeing singing of Vande Mataram un-Islamic. It clearly implies that a Muslim is forbidden to sing Vande Mataram, the national song of India. Vande Mataram which is one of the most popular songs in the world (BBC World Service in 2003 declared it second in top 10 out of 7,000 songs selected from all over the world) is being targeted consciously to challenge nationalistic spirit that it repres...
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| Also Assuage Hurt Hindu Sentiments |
Also Assuage Hurt Hindu Sentiments
Amba Charan Vashishtha
Mr. Rajeev Dhavan's article, "End Hussain's agony now" (November 2) is an eloquent defence of the offence Mr. M. F. Hussain has committed. Like an eminent lawyer, Mr. Dhavan has done justice to his brief, trying to make the guilt of his client appear as innocence on the strength of loopholes in law, evidence, and the force of arguments. He has dexterously tried only to weave, as a lawyer should, a myth of Hussain's innocence hiding the reality of his guilt. At the start, ...
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| Doctor Hedgewar and Weaning Muslim Youth Towards Peace and Hindusm |
Doctor Hedgewar and Weaning Muslim Youth Towards Peace and Hindusm
 Lt. Col. (Retd.) Mahendra Mathur
Dr Hedgewar, the founder of the RSS was born on Ugadi day [New Year's Day] in 1889 at Nagpur. He was a born patriot. Even when he was studying in primary school, he refused to eat sweets distributed on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Victoria on June 22, 1897. When he was studying in Neel City High School, Nagpur, he was rusticated for singing "Vande Mataram" in violation of the circular issued by the then British government. ...
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| Hindus Can’t Write Own Obituary |
Hindus Can’t Write Own Obituary
 Animitra Chakraborty
Lots of things can be said of the gradual yet unfortunate (expected?) decline of BJP and SANGH PARIVAR, though I simply despise to write the obituary of this specific school of thought so early. What have been the real causes of its downfall and slow but steady move to the oblivion can be both discussed and debated; but, without a doubt, what has happened and is also going on still is neither coveted nor was a nightmare even a few months back. Well, it seems to be a grim re...
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| How Javed Anand’s Ancestors Became Muslims | How Javed Anand’s Ancestors Became Muslims
Vinod Kumar
Berating Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh, its Chief Mohan Bhagwat and then Hinduism, Javed Anand in RSS, Here I Come (Asian Age, Oct 14, 2009) wrote:"Even otherwise, I have no difficulty in accepting the obvious---my Hindu past---for I doubt if my forefathers were Sikhs , Jains or Buddhists. The former are easily discounted for they arrived too late on the scene. Jains? No way , they are not interested in Mughlai cousin . As far Buddhists, I am unable to see what possible...
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