Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Police Fumbles in booking Sanatan Sanstha / Citizens Groups Want Sanstha Banned

Police Fumbles in booking Sanatan Sanstha / Citizens Groups Want Sanstha Banned

The Times of India

PANAJI: The special investigation team probing Friday’s blast at Margao raided the offices of the Sanatan Sanstha on Thursday. The raid, which
commenced in the afternoon, was on till late night. Sources said they SIT was looking through the computers at the offices for evidence to link the Sanstha with the blast. They are also searching for documents that could verify Malgonda Patil’s links with the Sanstha, and the possibility of any conspiracy being hatched in the Sanstha.

“Since Patil was a member of the Sanstha, it is important to check his records and that is why the search is being conducted,” DIG Ravindra Yadav said. Patil, who died in the blast, was one of the accused in the case. Patil’s body lies unclaimed at the GMC morgue. Sources said the police sent a wireless message to his family in Sangli to collect the body. Earlier, his uncle had come to claim the body, but the police were unable to hand it over as the post-mortem had not been conducted.

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The Times of India

'Delay led to loss of crucial evidence'

TNN 22 October 2009

MARGAO: Even as the SIT probing the role of the Sanatan Sanstha in the Margao blast is tightlipped, there is apprehension of crucial evidence
having been lost owing to the delay in conducting a through search of the Sanstha's ashram in Ponda.

"Had we zeroed in on the ashram immediately after the blast, by this time we could have got some important leads," said a source in the police department. When pointed out that the police had conducted search operations at the ashram within hours of the blast, sources said that so far there have been neither any seizures, nor arrests.

The Sanatan Sanstha's ashram at Ponda has around 150 computers, sources said, adding that it would be a gargantuan task for the special investigation team probing the Margao blast to find details of communication exchanged by the inmates over a period of time. The computer hard disks were not sealed by the police, sources said. Till now the police have the mobile phone recovered from the deceased and some documents. They are, however, not revealing what other evidence they have gathered.

Sources pointed out that the Sanstha has separate wings for members undertaking specific tasks. "They (Sanstha) work in a different way which is shrouded in secrecy," said the source.

"The Sanstha featured prominently in the aftermath of Malegaon blast and we in Goa have a task in hand. It will be a long-drawn investigation as the incident is different in nature," confided a senior officer.

On Tuesday police had claimed they had never said the Sanstha was linked to the blasts. The Sanstha, too, had denied any involvement.

Meanwhile, the South Goa police headquarters was a meeting point of senior police officers on Wednesday. DIG R S Yadav monitoring the overall operation and Mumbai anti terrorism squad DIG Sukhwinder Singh along with SP (south) Allen de Sa and others had a closed door meeting. Thereafter, sources said the senior officers left for the ashram.

The SIT also held inquiries with several sanstha members at the south headquarters and recorded their statements.


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The Times of India

Ban Sanatan Sanstha, citizens' panel tells govt

TNN 23 October 2009

MARGAO: `Citizens for secularism and communal harmony', at its meeting held in Margao on Thursday, unanimously demanded that the government
impose a ban on the Sanatan Sanstha, and that its premises be sealed and assets frozen.

"The antecedents and past activities of the Sanatan Sanstha should also be scanned and their possible links with other extremist organizations investigated. Their possible involvement in other anti-social activities, particularly the spate of temple desecrations, should also be checked," the resolution reads.

Social activist and former convenor of the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA), Oscar Rebelo, in a spirited eloquence, urged the people to overcome the ideology of hate, as professed by Sanatan Sanstha, with the intrinsic power of human values.

"I am convinced that the intrinsic power of wisdom, love and morality contained in the Hindu religion, will defeat this ideology of hate. As a born Catholic, I salute this religion (for its potential to overcome such negative tendencies and harmful ideologies). A day will also come when a Muslim will defeat the al-Qaida. This is the beauty of humanity. The politics of hate should be killed at the family level itself (by refraining from passing adverse comments on other religions in our homes). We will be heading towards the end of the civilization, if we do not get our act together," Rebelo warned.

He further held the Sanatan Sanstha responsible for exerting adverse influence on young radical minds by using vile language in its periodicals, that eventually leads them to adopt ways of terror.

Uday Bhembre, speaking on the occasion, called upon the government to ban the Sanstha as there was overwhelming evidence of its complicity in the bomb blast case.

Mohandas Loliencar, in his speech, alleged that the Sanatan Sanstha was "trying to make Goa a laboratory to foment communal discord in society."

Pradeep Kakodkar, expressing his views, said that all "acts of fanaticism need to be condemned and not politicized." "Terrorism knows no religion, and it's a mistake to brand any terrorist as belonging to any particular religion," he added.

Francisco Colaco urged the people to oppose all divisive forces to ensure that the communal harmony of the state was not disturbed. "Every religion teaches to live in love and harmony, which has been the hallmark of Goa for centuries. We need to preserve this identity of Goa at all costs," he said.

October 19, 2009 Hindutva Fundamentalists and Margao blast in Goa

October 19, 2009
Hindutva Fundamentalists and Margao blast in Goa

India - Goa:

Herald front-page editorial, 18 October 2009


Tackle terrorists with iron hand

Terrorism has no religion. It must be put down with an iron hand. The blast in Margao, as well as the one averted in Sancoale, have brought to the fore the ugly face of terrorism in Goa. Fortunately, the bomb exploded before it could be planted, killing Malgonda Patil and critically injuring Yogesh Naik, the terrorists who planned to massacre dozens of innocent people. The bomb in Sancoale was detected by an alert youth. Had it exploded where it was planted – in a truck carrying 40 youth and a Narkasur for a competition – it would have taken a large number of lives. Those who made and planted it are yet to be brought to justice.
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This dastardly terrorist attack was, first, intended to target the Diwali Narkasur festival, which is unique to Goa and Goans, but which the Hindu fundamentalist Sanatan Sanstha denounces as a glorification of evil. The second objective, far more sinister, was to instigate religious riots in Margao, which has a history of communal tension. This cowardly attempt to hurt Goan traditions and destroy the State’s communal harmony must be put down swiftly and decisively.

This is the second terrorist act linked to the Sanatan Sanstha, which is active mainly in Maharashtra and Goa, and has its national headquarters at Ramnathi. It is not linked, as police said yesterday, to the Malegaon bomb blasts, but to a crude bomb made from gelatine sticks that went off in the parking lot of Gadkari Rangaytan, a drama auditorium in Thane, Maharashtra, on the evening of June 4, 2008, just before the Marathi play ‘Aamhi Paachpute’ was about to begin, in which seven persons were injured.

The Sanatan Sanstha alleged that the play ridiculed Hindu Gods and the Hindu religion, and demanded that it should be stopped. The producers of the play refused to oblige. That is why it was targeted. Four days earlier, a similar unexploded explosive was found and defused in the Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium at Vashi, Navi Mumbai, where the play was
also to be performed. This was just a day ahead of the IPL-2008 finals at the D Y Patil Stadium in nearby Nerul. A third bomb exploded outside a cinema theatre in Panvel that was showing the Bollywood film ‘Jodhaa-Akbar’, which the Sanatan Sanstha had denounced as denigrating the Hindu religion. Fortunately, no one was hurt in that blast.

Ramesh Gadkari, Mangesh Nikam, Vikram Bhave, Santosh Angre, Haribhau Divekar and Hemant Chalke, all Sanatan Sanstha activists, were arrested for making and planting these bombs, and are presently on trial for criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder and under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Explosive Substances Act and the Arms Act. The Sanstha claimed it had nothing to do with the bombs and bombers, just as it has done this time.

When these blasts took place last year, through these very columns, we urged the government and the police that they should thoroughly investigate the Sanstha, which has its national headquarters in Ramnathi, Goa, lest something similar happens here. Our plea was completely ignored by the powers-that-be. That could be because the wife
of a powerful minister in the Goa Cabinet is a strong sympathiser of the Sanatan Sanstha. Or it might be because of complacency and plain sloth.

But this time, the cause of action is in Goa itself. The objective of the bombs was to kill, maim and injure Goans. It was to try and shut down a unique Goan tradition – the Narkasur – which the Sanatan Sanstha hates. It was to take advantage of existing communal tensions and trigger riots in a State that prides itself on communal harmony and tolerance. It was to destroy the Goan way of life for some twisted fundamentalist religious beliefs. The government and the police must disregard interference from ministers and MLAs. They must investigate this case thoroughly, book all those suspected under the most stringent laws possible, and ensure that terrorism is never allowed to raise its ugly head in Goa.

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Indian Express,
Oct 18, 2009

Margao blast: ATS searches Sanatan Sanstha office

Agencies

Goa blast
Police personnel help a person injured after a blast in Margao

Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) sleuths on Sunday conducted searches at an office here run by Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu right-wing organisation allegedly linked with the Margao blast in which two of its members were killed.

The ATS personnel, who arrived here today, conducted searches along with state police at the office of the Sansthan, linked to 2008 Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, in Nesai near Margao town.

The ATS personnel will help the police ascertain whether there are links between Margao blasts and explosions that occurred in Maharashtra in 2008, police said.

Officials of the Sanstha, who were detained and interrogated yesterday, were again called today for questioning.

Five people, including ashram's manager Virendra Marathe and Prithviraj Hazare, editor of Sanstha's mouthpiece 'Sanatan Prabhat', were detained yesterday.

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"They were interrogated for more than 10 hours on Saturday at Margao police station," a senior police official stated. Raids were also conducted in Sanstha's ashram at Ramnathi village, near temple town of Ponda yesterday. Goa police had defused three bombs at the site after the blast on diwali eve. Police had confirmed that IED was used in the blast.

Resurgent Hindutva Terror in India

Resurgent Hindutva Terror in India
Whether The Goa Bomb Blasts Investigations Would Also Go The Kanpur (or Nanded) Way?

Panaji: Goa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders like Manohar Parrikar have expressed support for the Sanatan Sanstha, the Hindu outfit blamed for the pre-Diwali blasts that killed two people said on Wednesday.

Virendra Marathe, managing trustee of the Sanstha, named BJP state president Shripad Naik, leader of opposition Parrikar and party legislator Dayanand Mandrekar as politicians who stood by them in the aftermath of the blasts in Margao, 35 km from here.

Police say the blasts were engineered and executed by members of the Sanstha.

"The BJP MLAs supported us. They advised us to sue the media for defamation, for slandering the Sansthan. Dayanand Mandrekar, Parrikar and Shripad Naik supported us," Marathe said at a press conference in Panaji.

Goa BJP leaders support us: Sanatan Sanstha

IANS 28 October 2009, 02:35pm IST ( Times of India, 28 th October 2009)

1.

How much time does the powers that be need to make any significant move when they unearth a conspiracy hatched by a self proclaimed spiritual group to ’massacre dozens of innocent people’ supposedly to vindicate their weltanshauung and instigate a communal riot ? Do they keep quibbling over minor details and let the real masterminds obfuscate their obvious links with the executioners ? Do they keep talking in multiple voices and make themselves vulnerable over attacks by oppositional parties supposedly for their ’dilly-dallying’ ?

It has been around a fortnight that one witnessed a blast in Margao, where two people belonging to ’Sanatan Sanstha’ carrying explosives in their scooter were killed and another bomb was detected - around twenty kilometres from the first spot - in a truck carrying 40 youth and a Narkasur for competition -which exposed a sinister conspiracy to instigate communal riots, but one is yet to see any concrete step on part of the government to nab the real terrorists and break their wider network.

The home minister of Goa, Mr Ravi Naik had also categorically stated ( Mail Today, 19 th Oct 2009) that ’The Scooter on which the bombs were being carried belongs to Sanatan Sanstha. It seems to be a clear attempt to create communal discord in the state." Many senior police officers of the state had also expressed similar opinions. There was also talk of questioning wife of a cabinet minister herself because of her proximity to the extremist outfit including the proposal that government is contemplating ban on the controversial organisation.

The Herald, a prominent daily from Goa had rather voiced concerns of a the vast majority of Goans ( not to say the majority of people in the subcontinent) when it asked the powers that be to ( Herald front-page editorial, 18 October 2009) to take urgent steps to curb this phenomenon and had also delineated the real objectives of the perpetrators :

The blast in Margao, as well as the one averted in Sancoale, have brought to the fore the ugly face of terrorism in Goa. Fortunately, the bomb exploded before it could be planted, killing Malgonda Patil and critically injuring Yogesh Naik, the terrorists who planned to massacre dozens of innocent people. The bomb in Sancoale was detected by an alert youth. Had it exploded where it was planted – in a truck carrying 40 youth and a Narkasur for a competition – it would have taken a large number of lives. Those who made and planted it are yet to be brought to justice.

This dastardly terrorist attack was, first, intended to target the Diwali Narkasur festival, which is unique to Goa and Goans, but which the Hindu fundamentalist Sanatan Sanstha denounces as a glorification of evil. The second objective, far more sinister, was to instigate religious riots in Margao, which has a history of communal tension. This cowardly attempt to hurt Goan traditions and destroy the State’s communal harmony must be put down swiftly and decisively.

This is the second terrorist act linked to the Sanatan Sanstha, which is active mainly in Maharashtra and Goa, and has its national headquarters at Ramnathi. ..

It is clear that if enough pressure is not put on the powers that be, it is possible that much on the lines of Kanpur blasts and Nanded blasts - which also witnessed deaths of Hindutva terrorists - this blast would also get erased from people’s memory.

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For a layperson also it is easy to see how majoritarian terrorism has raised its ugly head after a brief lull in the aftermath of Malegaon bomb blast and the painstaking investigation undertaken by ATS Chief Hemant Karkare to nab the real culprits. It need not be underlined that this no nonsense officer was under tremendous pressure supposedly for going after top honchos of the Hindutva terrorism network.And looking back it is clear why he had asked for banning this organisation and its affiliated groups when he led the investigation in the Gadkari Rangayatan and similar other blasts which were engineered by activists associated with ’Sanatan Sanstha’ and its affiliate ’Hindu Janjagruti Samity’. Karkare had forwarded the proposal some time before he was gunned down by terrorists in 26/11 terror attacks.

In fact if Maharashtra government had acted on a proposal forwarded by the Anti-Terrorism Squad last year, then one could have saved lot of innocent blood spilling on the streets..As of now a proposal to ban the Sanstha is pending with the Maharashtra government since last year, a top ATS officer is reported to have told the media.

To proscribe an organisation, the state government has to forward its proposal to the centre, which takes a call after considering the recommendations. This had not been done, official sources said.

On June 4, 2008, there was a blast in the basement parking of Gadkari Rangayatan in Thane where Marathi play Amhi Pachpute was being staged. Probe revealed that members of the Sanstha had threatened the playwright not to stage the play, which was a satire on Mahabharat.

Around the same time there were two minor blasts in theatres at Panvel and Vashi in Navi Mumbai [ Images ] where Hindi film Jodha Akbar was being screened. Investigations linked these blasts to Sanstha members.

Apart from its involvement in these terrorist acts, it is also being revealed that members of Sanatan Sanstha were also involved in Miraj riots too. (Express, October 21, 2009). In fact Malgounda Patil, an active member of the Sanstha who was carrying explosives and died in the Goa blast, was in Miraj for two weeks when the construction of a controversial arch in the town sparked off communal riots.

The Superintendent of Police of Sangli Mr Krishna Prakash told Express reporter

"We had information that Sanatan Sanstha members were distributing weapons to Hindus during the riots. We had also seized a four-wheeler of the Sanatan Sanstha carrying swords and chains. Three Sanatan Sanstha members were arrested in the case." According to him they had earlier arrested a female member of Sanstha identified as Bhakti Joglekar, for distributing pamphlets with communal content and there are so far five offences against Sanatan Sanstha in Sangli…".

In an extensive coverage of the ’Whiff of Hindutva Terror in Goa’ Mailtoday ( 20 th October 2009) tells us how ’Sanatan Sanstha is no stranger to communal conspiracies. From riots to bombing theatres, this organisation was allegedly involved in many acts of violence in Maharashtra before the bomb blasts in Goa ripped apart its spiritual facade." (Outfit No Stranger to Communal Conspiracies, Krishna Kumar) Of course, it does not forget to mention the BJP links of the fanatic group. " Like the Malegaon blasts, this case too has a BJP link. One of the Sanstha’s top leaders in Miraj, Madhusudan Kulkarni, has been seen at political rallies of the party. In a thinly veiled argument on its website the Sanstha exhorts Hindus to attack Muslims and be better prepared during riots."

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“violence towards evildoers is non-violence itself” and “it is a sin not to slay an evildoer”!

— Jayant Athavale

Sanatan Sanstha which talks of spreading spirituality as a science and was founded in 1990 by a a clinical hypnotherapist Jayant Balaji Athavale from Mumbai, conducts discourses and workshops on spirituality and religion at its ashrams and also known to impart ’self defence training to its members.It is really difficult to believe how an organisation which supposedly ‘aims to present religious mysticism in a scientific language for the curious and to guide seekers’ and which ‘conducts weekly spiritual meetings, discourses, child guidance classes, workshops on spirituality, training in self-defense and campaigns to create awareness of righteousness’ to further these aims can double up as an organisation which can invite prosecution under ‘laws meant for unlawful and terrorist organisations’.

The other part of the story is that here ‘destruction of evildoers’ is an integral part of ‘spiritual practice’. And this ‘destruction’ is to be done at ‘physical and psychological level’. Interestingly to facilitate this ‘Dharm Kranti’ (religious revolution) the seekers are also provided with training in arms - rifles, trishuls, lathis and other weapons.(www.sanatan.org)

It need be told that apart from the ‘magnum opus’ of the founder of SS and HJS, Jayant Athavale which is called “Science of Spirituality’ - which is book of 21 volumes - and other texts about ‘Divine Kingdom’, ‘Arts for God Realisation’ and ‘Spiritual Experiences of Seekers’ etc. a very important text in the training of the seekers is Texts on Defence where seekers of divine kingdom are also imparted training with air rifles ( Vol 3 H - Self Defence Training, Chapter 6, Page 108-109)

It would be opportune to discuss a portion from this text which trains the seeker in ‘Firing’ . In 7 a. it trains the seeker in standing stance (kada pavitra) [shooting in the standing posture] in section 7 b. it discusses Sitting Stance (baitha pavitra) [shooting in the sitting stance]. It also shows the photograph of Vinay Panvalkar wearing a hat showing the different positions.

7 B. Sitting Stance (baitha pavitra) [shooting in the sitting stance]

1. Load the rifle according to steps ‘A to F’ of point 6. Loading the rifle.’ Then proceed as given below.

2. Ready to fire - one ( fire ke liye sajja -ek) :

Once this command is given touch the right knee to the ground. Bending the toes of the right foot support the foot on its ball. At that time the left knee should be bent and kept in front of the right one. ….

Another writeup in ‘Goan Observer’ also displays seven photographs of Vinay Panvalkar which have appeared in another of Sanatan Sanstha’s publication [‘Swasaunrakshan Prashikshan’ (Self Defence Training)] While four photographs show training by rifle, two photographs show how to attack someone with a long Trishul and the last one is the usual fight with hands. The same writeup makes an interesting point vis-a-vis HJS/SS and RSS/VHP/Bajrang Dal.

According to the writeup

..It would appear that these hardline organisations have come up because of the disillusion meant amongst hardcore fanatic Hindus that the BJP and the RSS have compromised their core values for political gains. In fact though the Sansthan boasted of over two lakh members when it started in 1999, many members were expelled because they were proved to be ‘corrupt’. Unlike the RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal activists the activists of the Sanstha maintain a very low profile which makes it difficult to combat their mischief .

The same page carries a photograph of Jayant Athavale, founder of HJS, and SS, in military fatigue exhorting people to ‘Become Hindu Naxalites to combat the Naxalites who are the biggest enemies of Dharamrajya’.

Jayant Athavale’s magnum opus ‘Science of Spirituality’ in its chapter ‘Spiritual Practice of Protecting Seekers and Destroying Evildoers’ ( Vol I, E, Page 64-65) underlines the importance of Guru to undertake spiritual practice’. It clearly absolves the seeker from any act of destroying evildoers.

It says

B 2. One chanting continuously : The action of destroying evildoers becomes a non-action only if done along with chanting the Lord’s name, as then it becomes a mere act (Kriya). Then the Law of Karma (Action) does not apply.

B 3. One who is permitted by saints or Gurus to undertake this spiritual practice: Destroy evildoers if you have been advised by saints or Gurus to do so. Then these acts are not registered in your name.

According to the book

Timetable of the spiritual practice

a. Year 1997-1999 A.D. ( 3 Years) : Impressing upon the mind that ‘destruction of evildoers’ is a part of the spiritual nature.

b. Year 2000-2006 A.D. ( 7 years) : Actual destruction of evildoers at physical, psychological and spiritual levels.

c. Year 2007-2022 A.D. ( 16 Years ) : Generating the potential to run the kingdom of the Absolute truth

d. Year 2023 - 2025 A.D. ( 3 Years) : Commencement of the regime of Absolute Truth ( divine kingdom)

In Vol 4 of the book ‘Texts about the Divine Kingdom’ which focusses itself on Social Upliftment, National Security it measures someone’s ‘spiritual progress’ when he is compelled to ‘kill someone.’ (Page 48-49)

6 C 4. Test of Spiritual Progress : One will perceive how much spiritual progress one has made only when he is compelled to kill someon. It is easy to make statements like ‘everything is Brahman’ (God)’ When actually performing the act of killing, if the mind remains steady and does not waver at all like Arjun’s did, only then can one say that one has realised Brahman.

It also presents its ideas about who would ‘bring about a revolution’

6 D. Only warrior seekers (Kshatravir) can bring about a revolution.

6 D 1. Warrior seekers who have an unparalleled combination of a selfless attitude, unity, intense motivation to undertake the mission and faith in it The Lord. It is not an easy task to oust evil politicians. To achieve this, one will have to combat their ruffian party workers, the police force and the army under their command. Therefore, this is certainly not the work of selfish politicians. The people have experienced in the last 54 years after independence that despite granting opportunity to various parties to assume power, replacement of one politician by another does not bring about any change in society.

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For an organisation which is so ultra-sensitive about the slightest imagined insult to Hinduism — imagined or real — the literature of the Sanatan Sanstha is rife with attacks on other religions. Apart from valorising violence through its literature and actions, the organisations have achieved notoriety for abusing other religions and their prophets. e.g In one of its issues of ‘Sanatan Prabhat’ ( 9 th Dec 2005) - a newspaper brought out by it from many districts in Maharashtra and Goa, it ‘exposes the real nature of Bible’ by calling it a ‘manual for teaching immorality’ which discusses in detail ‘ the rape of a sister by a brother’. There are frequent references to the Bible, alleging that it promotes incest and other immoral practices.It is part of its usual practice to show a Pastor with horns whose sole agenda is proselytisation. In September 2004, ‘Sanatan Prabhat’ carried a statement saying that the body of St. Francis Xavier should be destroyed. It has also carried other scurrilous articles about Goa’s patron saint. Its humiliation of Islam and Prophet Muhammad nearly created a riot like situationi in Miraj ( First week of November 2005) and the imprisonment of the editor of ‘Sanatan Prabhat’.

Interestingly all talk of Hindu Unity in the worldview of HJS falls at the altar caste and other regressive practices in our society

Believers are exhorted to guide offenders away from the path of incorrect practice. The volumes in the series support the regressive and obscurantist practices of the past, including the caste system, talking repeatedly about the proper role of various castes in society.Herald (Panjim, 22 June 2008)

Herald (Panjim, 22 June 2008) concludes with the observation

After having created an ideological framework which creates a fundamentalist mindset and makes it the ‘duty’ of the true seeker to defend the faith against all those who are projected as attacking it, it is disingenuous of the HJS and the SS to disclaim responsibility for the acts engaged in by their members. Ex-members of these organisations talk about the cult-like atmosphere that is created, with unquestioning obedience being stressed. Members are then brainwashed into believing that Hinduism is under siege. Against this background, and with all the talk about ‘defence’ and ‘elimination of evildoers’, it is hardly surprising that adherents begin to explore ways of taking direct action to defend the faith. In this regard, the philosophy of the HJS and the SS is not all that different from the philosophy of terrorists, whom they claim to oppose.

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In a detailed writeup in ‘Goan Observer’ ( Protecting Hinduism : Sanatan Style, Pradnya Gaonkar, 28 June 2008) the ‘covert activities of self-professed protectors of Hinduism, the Sanatan Sanstha and the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti,’ have been looked into. The author writes that “THE CHIEF Minister, Digamber Kamat, and the Leader of the Opposition, Manohar Parrikar, not to mention the IGP Kishen Kumar should be more concerned over the terrorist activities of the Sanatan Sanstha and the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti than chasing imaginary naxalites.” Apart from their strong presence in Goa at rural levels the author also brings to the fore the political patronage received by them at the highest levels.

The investigations done by ‘Goan Observer “..[r]evealed that Jyoti Sudin Dhavlikar, wife of the MGP leader and Transport Minister in the Digamber Kamat government Sudin Dhavlikar, is in charge of the Goa Unit of the Sanatan Sanstha. Goan Observer also understands that the IGP, Kishen Kumar, despite being directed to investigate the activities of the Sanatan Sanstha in Goa, did not follow it up seriously because of political pressure…The Marcaim MGP MLA, Sudin Dhavlikar, and his brother are crucial to the continued survival of the Digamber Kamat government which explains why the Chief Minister is not enthusiastic about investigating the credentials of the Sanatan Sanstha.”

The Self Defence manual of the Sanatan Sanstha “.[w]hich is mandatory reading for its activists, reveals the insidious nature of the communal propaganda being carried out by the ‘charitable organisation’. Surely, there can be nothing charitable about images showing young men in military uniform shooting dead a man typically dressed like a Muslim. The defence of course would be that the young men were shooting the ‘Muslim’, who is also shown armed, in self defence. The Sanatan Sanstha’s Swasaunrakshan Prashikshan contains explicit instructions on what parts of the anatomy should be targeted for causing maximum damage, shows how the trishul can be used as an offensive weapon and has entire chapter on how to use air rifles. Except that the training imparted for using air rifles can be used for handling AK-47s also. The images of the activists wielding the gun shows them wearing t-shirts identifying them as soldiers of the Sanatan Sanstha and exhorts activists to kill ‘evil’ and uphold Hindu values.”

The study also throws light on the process of indoctrination which follows a policy of targeting young minds and systematically brainwashing them. It is much on the lines of “.. …[o]ther Hindu fundamentalist organisations like the RSS, the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad,”

“The fact that the moving spirit, if not the founder of the Sansthan, Dr. Jayant Balaji Athavale, was a clinical hypnotherapist has been reflected in the methodology adopted by the Sanatan Sanstha for indoctrinating and brainwashing young minds. Young people who attended the satsangs (weekly meets of the members of the SS) of the Sanstha narrate that they are required to fill pages with the name of the Kuldevta and obtain mental peace. The satsangs were cleverly packaged to convert young open minds into fanatical defenders of the Sanatan Sanstha version of dharma. The publication of the Sanstha revealed that it is committed to militant defence of Hinduism, which it claims is under threat not only from the minorities but from members of the Hindu community themselves who are either not conscious of the threat to Hinduism or not committed enough to Hinduism to aggressively protect it from real or imaginary threats.”

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As we go to the press there are reports that joint teams set up to probe blasts across the country which still remain unresolved despite the initial clamour that they were handiwork of SIMI, recently interrogated at least three people on Monday (Hindustan Times, 20 th Oct 2009) allegedly linked to Hindu right wing groups, in connection with the Samjhauta Express blasts. (Fwb 18, 2007). "Police sources said officers were trying to figure out whether Ramji Kalsangra ( main accused in the Sept 2008 Malegaon blast, who is still absconding) and Sunil Joshi, an RSS functionary who was shot dead in the neighbouring town of Dewas on December 23 2007, were also behind the Samjhauta Express blast."

It may also be recalled that ATS chief Hemant Karkare was also looking into the links of the main accused in the Malegaon Bomb blast case Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Prasad Purohit with the perpetrators of the Gadkari Rangayatan and Panvel blasts before he was killed in the melee that followed the terrorist attack in Bombay.

There is no doubt that if he would have remained alive he would have moved ahead to unearth the hidden links between the different Hindutva groups who were engaged in terrorism.

It was not for nothing that Sangh Parivar, Shiv Sena and other fanatic Hindutva organisations continued to vilify him, continued to paint the accused in the Malegaon blast case as victims and tried every means to stymie investigations.

One just wishes that the investigations in the Goa blast do not follow a similar path and do not face a fate similar to many other mysterious blasts which made lot of noise at the time of occurence but were quickly buried in the selective amnesia of the people and the government.

Monday, August 31, 2009

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عظیم ترین شہر ممبئی
دفتری زبان(یں) ہندی، اردو، انگریزی
نظامِ حکومت
صدر
وزیرِ اعظم پارلیمانی جمہوریہ
پرتیبھا پٹیل
منموہن سنگھ
آزادی
- اعلانِ آزادی
جمہوریہ برطانیہ سے
15 اگست 1947ء
26 جنوری 1950ء
رقبہ
- کل

- پانی (%)
3166414 مربع کلومیٹر (7)
1222559 مربع میل
9.56
آبادی
- تخمینہ:2008ء
- 2001 مردم شماری
- کثافتِ آبادی
1,129,600,316 (2)
1027015248
336 فی مربع کلومیٹر(33)
870 فی مربع میل
خام ملکی پیداوار
(م۔ق۔خ۔)
- مجموعی
- فی کس تخمینہ: 2007ء

2965 ارب بین الاقوامی ڈالر (چوتھا)
2700 بین الاقوامی ڈالر (132 واں)
انسانی ترقیاتی اشاریہ
(تخمینہ: 2007ء) 0.619
(128) – متوسط
سکہ رائج الوقت بھارتی روپیہ (INR)
منطقۂ وقت
- عمومی
۔ موسمِ گرما (د۔ب۔و) بھارت کا معیاری وقت
(یو۔ٹی۔سی۔ 5.5)
غیر مستعمل (یو۔ٹی۔سی۔ 5.5)
ملکی اسمِ ساحہ
(انٹرنیٹ) .in
رمزِ بعید تکلم
(کالنگ کوڈ) +91
بھارت جنوبی ایشیا میں واقع ایک ملک ہے جو بر صغیر کے زیادہ تر رقبے پر پھیلا ہوا ہے۔ بھارت آبادی کے لحاظ سے دنیا کے بڑے ممالک میں شامل ہے۔ بھارت کے ایک ارب سے زائد باشندے ایک سو سے زیادہ زبانیں بولتے ہیں۔۔ بھارت کے مشرق میں بنگلہ دیش اور میانمار ہیں، شمال میں بھوٹان، چین اور نیپال اور مغرب میں پاکستان ہے اس کے علاوہ بھارت کے جنوب مشرق اور جنوب مغرب میں بحرِ ہند واقع ہے۔ بھارت کے سب سے بڑے شہر ممبئ، کولکاتہ، دہلی، چنائی، حیدر آباد اور بنگلور ہیں۔

فہرست [غائب کریں]
1 نام کی بنیاد
2 تاریخ
3 سیاست
4 مزید



[ترمیم] نام کی بنیاد
دریاۓ سندھ کے مشرق میں واقع جگہ کا نام ہند تھا۔ اس ہی طرح انڈس سے نام انڈیا پڑا۔ ماضی میں اس خطے کو عموما ہندوستان یا بھارت کہا جاتا تھا۔ ایک مشہور قومی نغمے کے الفاظ بھی ایسے شروع ہوتے ہیں کہ "سارے جہاں سے اچھا ہندوستاں ہمارا". آزادی کے بعد ملک کا سرکاری نام بھارت رکھا گیا۔

قیام پاکستان کے بعد محمد علی جناح، بانئِ پاکستان نے بھارت کو ہندوستان کہنے کی شدید مخالفت کی اور کہا کہ ہندوستان وہ ملک ہے جو 1947ء سے پہلے تھا۔ اس وجہ سے بھارتی راہنما اپنے ملک کیلیے ہندوستان کو باقاعدہ نام کی حیثیت نہ دے سکے۔ ہندوستان کی طرح جناح نے لفظ انڈیا (India) کے استعمال کی بھی مخالفت کی لیکن بعد میں رضامند ہو گئے۔ تمام عالمی زبانوں میں اس کا انگریزی نام انڈیا ہی مستعمل ہے۔


[ترمیم] تاریخ
برصغیر پاک و ہند صرف تین ادوار میں ایک ملک رہا۔ ایک تو چندرگپت موریا کے عہد میں اور دوسرے مغلیہ دور میں اور تیسرے انگریزوں کے زمانے میں۔اورنگ زیب عالمگیر کے دور حکومت میں مغلیہ سلطنت نسبتاً سب سے بڑی تھی۔انگریزوں کے زمانے میں سلطنت مغلیہ دور سے قدرے کم تھی۔ ان تین ادوار کے علاوہ ہندوستان (موجودہ بھارت، بنگلہ دیش اور پاکستان) ہمیشہ چھوٹی چھوٹی بےشمار ریاستوں میں بٹا رہا۔ اپنی ہزاروں سال کی تاریخ کے بیشتر دور میں ہندوستان چھوٹی ریاستوں ہی میں بٹا رہا ہے۔ بھارت میں پتھروں پر مصوری کی شروعات 40،000 سال پہلے ہوئ۔ سب سے پہلی مستقل آبادیاں 9،000 سال پہلے وجود میں آئیں۔ ان مقامی آبادیوں نے ترقی کر کہ سندھ طاس تہذیب کو جنم دیا۔ یہ تہذیب چھبیسویں صدی قبل از مسیح سے لے کر انیسویں صدی فبل از مسیح تک اپنے عروج پر تھی اور اس زمانے کی سب سے بڑی تہزیبوں میں شامر ہوتی تھی۔ مگر اس زمانے میں بھی اسے کبھی ھند نہیں کہا گیا بلکہ سندھ کے نام سے جانا جاتا رہا۔ برصغیر بہت عرصہ تک سند اور ہند میں منقسم رہا۔

اس کے بعد آنے والے دور کے بارے میں دو نظریات ہیں۔ پہلا نظریہ ماکس مولر نے پیش کیا۔ اس کے مطابق تقریبا پندھرویں صدی قبل از مسیح میں شمال مغرب کی طرف سے آریاؤں نے ہندورستان میں گھسنا شروع کر دیا۔ پھلے یہ سمجھا جاتا تھا کہ آریا حملہ آور بن کر آۓ تھے اور طاقت کے استعمال سے پھیلے۔ لیکن اب یہ سمجھا جاتا ہے کہ آریا طاقت کا استعمال کۓ بغیر آہستہ آہستہ اس علاقے میں پھیلے اور آریاؤں اور مقامی دراوڑوں کے درمیان ہونے والے تعلق اور تبادلہ خیالات سے ویدک تہذیب نے جنم لیا۔ دوسرا نظریہ یہ ہے کہ آریا / ویدک لوگ ہندوستان کے مقامی لوگ تھے جو کہ دراوڈ تہذیب ختم ہونے کے بعد عروج پزیر ہوۓ۔

آٹھویں صدی میں عربوں نے مغربی برصغیر کے علاقے سندھ پر حملہ کر کہ قبضہ کر لیا۔ اس کے بعد مقامی لوگوں نے بڑی تیزی سے اسلام قبول کیا۔ اس کے بعد تیرہویں صدی میں ترکوں نے ہندوستان پر حملہ کیا اور شمالی ہندوستان پر قبضہ کر لیا۔ سولہویں صدی میں مغلوں نے ہندوستان پر حملہ کیا اور آہستہ آہستہ تمام ہندوستان کے حاکم بن گۓ۔ مغلوں کے حملے سے پہلے ہی ہندوستان میں مقامی لوگوں کی بڑی تعداد مسلمان تھی۔

انیسویں صدی میں انگریزوں نے مغلوں کو اپنے ماتحت کر لیا اور اس طرح ہندوستان کے حاکم بن گۓ۔ 1857 کے غدر کے بعر حکومت کمپنی سے برطانوی تاج کے پاس چلی گئ۔ 1876 کے بعد سے برطانوی شاہان کو شاہنشاہ ہندوستان کا عہدہ بھی مل گیا۔ ملک کو سمبھالنے کے لۓ‎ برطانوی حاکموں نے اپنی ’بانٹو اور راج کرو‘ پالیسی کو استعمال کیا۔ برطانوی پیداوار سستی اور مقامی پیداوار مہنگی کر کے مقامی صنعت کو نقصان پہنچایا گیا اور اس طرح ہندوستان سے پیسہ برطانیہ جاتا گیا۔ بھارت کی تحریک آزادی کا زیادہ تر زور نسلی امتیاز اور تابع تجارتی پالیسی کے خلاف تھا۔


بھارت کا نقشہ، اردو میںبرطانوی راج کے خلاف ایک زیادہ تر غیر تشدد پسند تحریک چلا کر موہنداس کرمچند گاندھی, جواہر لال نہرو, سردار پٹیل, ابولکلام آزاد, بال گنگادھر تلک اور سبھاش چندرا بھوس کی قیادت میں بھارت نے 1947 میں برطانیہ سے آزادی حاصل کی۔ ہندوستان کی تقسیم پاکستان اور بھارت میں ہو گئ۔

1962 میں بھارت کی متنازع علاقوں پر چین سے جنگ ہوئ۔ 1965 میں کشمیر پر بھارت کی پاکستان سے جنگ ہوئ۔ 1971 میں پاکستان میں خانہ جنگی ہوئ اور اس میں بھارتی مداخلت بھی ہوئ۔ اس کے نتیجے میں بنگلہ دیش وجود میں آیا۔

گزشتہ کچہ عرصہ میں بھارت نے سرمایہ کاری اور پیداوار میں اضافہ دیکھا ہے۔ اس کے باوجود بھارت کے سامنے بنیادی مسائل پاکستان کے ساتھ کشمیر کاتنازعہ، آبادی کا زیادہ ہونا، ماحولیاتی آلودگی، غربت، مذہبی اور نسلی اختلاف ہیں۔


[ترمیم] سیاست
بھارت ایک جمہوریت ہے۔ بھارت اپنے اسٹیٹز (صوبہجات) کا یونین (اتحاد) ہے جس کا بنیادی ڈھانچہ وفاقی ہے۔ بھارت کی ریاست کا سربراہ بھارت کا صدر ہے۔ صدر اور نائب صدر پانچ سالہ عرصے کے لۓ منتخب ہوتے ہیں۔

بھارت میں انتظامی طاقت کابینہ کے پاس ہے۔ کابینہ کے سربراہ وزیر اعظم ہوتے ہیں۔ صدر ان کو وزیر اعظم مقرر کرتے ہیں جن کو پارلیمان کی اکثریتی جماعت/ جماعتوں نے نامزد کیا ہوتا ہے۔ پھر وزیر اعظم کی صلاح پر دوسرے وزراء مقرر ہوتے ہیں


[ترمیم] مزید
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Monday, June 29, 2009








Ain aankhon ko sapnaa dekheya to hote
Kabhe tum na deep jaleyaa to hote

Qadem rokta keb, seh-poosh jangel
Umeedon ke jugnoo ureya to hote

Pohenchte utter ker haseen wadion mein
Paharoon per restaa benaya to hote

Samender ko sehrion mein lee ka aate
Kush andas apneya to hote

Leeye mein bhe kacha ghera muntzer the
Tum ais paar derya peh aeya to hote

Sir-e-aam derbar mein rakes kerti
Rewayet ke negma suneya too hote

Koye ho bhe sekta tha Neenan galle mein
Darecha sa perda hateya too hote !!
Tu aaya sapna bannkarr
You came as a dream

Yaad bankarr reh gaya
Stayed with me as memories

Tune kuch kaha nahin
You said nothing at all

Parr tera khaamosh rehna sab kuch keh gaya
But your silence spoke everything

Jaate jaate mudkarr nahin dekha tune
You didn't turn around while leaving

Tera saaya tere saath nahin tha
Your shadow was not with you

Jaane kaise woh mere saaye se juda reh gaya
It was still closer to mine
Aaj Rootha Huwa Ek Dost Bohot Yaad Aaya
Acha Guzra Huwa Kuch Waqt Bohot Yaad Aaya

Meri Aankho K Her Ek Ashk Pe Ronay Wala
Aaj Jab Aankh Ye Roee Tu Bohot Yaad Aaya

Jo Merey Dard Ko Seene Me Chupa Laita Tha
Aj Jab Dard Huwa Mujh Ko Bohot Yaad Aaya

Jo Meri Aankh Me Kajal Ki Tara Rehta Tha
Aaj Kajal Jo Lagaya Tu Bohot Yaad Aaya

Jo Mere Dil K Tha Qareeb Faqat Usko He
Aaj Jab Dil Ney Bulaya Tu Boht Yaad Aaya..!!
Mein Tujhe* Chahta Nahi Lekin!

Phir bhi jab paas Tum* nahi hotien
khud ko kitna udaas pata hoon
gum se apne hawaas paata hoon
janay ka dhun samai rehti hai
ek khamooshi c chai rehti hai
dil se bhi guftgu nahi hoti
Mein Tujhe Chahta Nahi Lekin!

Phir bhi shab k taweel khilwat mein
tere ehsas sochta hoon mein
teri her baat sochta hoon mein
kon se phool tumko bhate hein
rung kya kya pasand atay hain
kho sa jata hoon teri jannat mein
Mein Tujhe* Chahta Nahi lekin!

Phir bhi ehsas se nijaat nahi
souhta hoon tou ranj hota hai
dil ko Jaese koi dabota hai
jisko itna sarhata hoon mein
jiss ko iss darja chahta hoon mein
uss mein teri si koi baat nahi
Mein Tujhe Chahta Nahi Lekin
Tu Jo Rooti meri palkon pay nami reh jay gi
Zindagi bas naam hi ki zindagi reh jay gi

Tark-e-Ulfaat ke Irade par zara phir sochiye
Main chala jaaonga aur tu dekhti reh jay gi

Ye nahi Kehte ke Tuj bin Jee nahi paengy hum
Haan humari Zindagi mein ik Kami reh jay gi

Piyar ke sadqe ye lagta hai hamare Darmiyaan
Aur kuch na bhi Raha ye Dosti Reh jay gi

Main To Tae kar ke Chala jaonga duniya ka Safar
Mere baren mein ye Dunia Sochti reh jay gi

Zaat se Bar kar hai apni mujh ko apna piyara Fun
Main Agar na bhi Raha Ye Shairi Reh jay gi
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Steve Jobs' return to Apple Inc. after a nearly six-month medical leave is a quieter, more subdued return to the company he co-founded, compared with his triumphant return of more than a decade ago.

Back in 1996, when Jobs came back to Apple /quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl (AAPL 142.40, -0.04, -0.03%) through its acquisition of his company NeXT, his return ultimately heralded the comeback of a company that was losing both money and market share, and appeared near death's door.

This time around, it is the company's visionary leader who has had a brush with death and is now more aware of his own mortality, and how his absence might leave Apple in the future. As long-time Apple watcher Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies in Campbell, Calif., explains in this insightful piece in PC World, Jobs will likely focus more on what he sees for Apple in the long-term future, rather than the day-to-day.

"Surely he will not come back to Apple and work 40 to 60 hours a week again," Bajarin said. "Instead, I believe he will be around for the big decisions and help refine the projects that are already on the drawing board."

Indeed, Apple said on Monday that Jobs is currently at work a few days a week, and working from home the remaining days. See full story.

Bajarin also believes Jobs' real role upon returning will be to reinforce his vision, one that can span at least two decades. He noted that the iconic Walt Disney left a similar legacy behind at his Walt Disney Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!dis/quotes/nls/dis (DIS 23.75, +0.32, +1.37%) , with many long-term plans on the drawing board.

Let's hope that Bajarin is right.