INDIAN INSTITUTE
FOR RESEARCH INTO TRUE HISTORY
NEWSLETTER NO. 68
OF 16 JUNE 2014
1. NEWS AND
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1.1 Indian elections May 2014
(i) The election victory of BJP under Narendra Modi was a great
surprise to every one. We meet visitors from Hindusthan during Special London
Tours and the general consensus was that BJP may have to enter into coalition
with other parties. Various E Mails we received from Hindusthan and
They all have been proved wrong. Even Rahul Gandhi’s outburst that RSS was responsible for killing of Mahatma Gandhi, did not have any effect. It served as a trump card for Congress Party for a long time, but no more. BJP now has absolute majority in the Parliament. The bogey of Muslim block vote has been smashed.
We note two signs of optimism
(1) Special Commission has been appointed to get back black money held abroad by Indian citizens.
(2) The mischief played by Mani Shankar Iyer in Andaman jail is going to be rectified.
(ii) We also hope that Modi does not make same mistakes as made
by our leaders in the past. After suffering from Muslim barbarity for 200 years
Sikhs finally established their kingdom under Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1801.
But he got possessed by the idea that he MUST BE FAIR to Muslims. Why? And
astonishingly in 2014 Inderjit Singh of Sikh Messenger tells us with
pride of Ranjit Singh’s generosity to Muslims (BBC Radio4). At one locality
Hindus complained about noise made by Muslims during their call to prayer. Ranjit
Singh replied, “If you agree to remind Muslims about their time for prayer I
will listen to your complaint about their noise.” And how did Muslims in
(iii) Going through past records Godbole found out that on 19 September 2009 he had conducted one Special London Tour for Anandiben Patel, then one of the ministers in Narendra Modi’s cabinet of Gujarath. She is now Chief Minister of Gujarath. Let is hope that one day Godbole will organize a Special London Tour for Narendra Modi too
We expect Modi’s Government to -
(i) Open up all Government files up to 1984, just as the British Government does. Let us know our true history.
(ii) Expose scams of Sonia, Sharad Pawar and their cronies. This should not be one off but must be done continuously over the period of 5 years so that people will never vote for them again.
(iii) Control activities of NGOs. They are funded from abroad for anti-India activities.
(iv) Keep tabs on moles planted in BJP by CIA, ISI, Sonia and others. They are parasites.
(v) Keep dossier on all his opponents. One list is easily seen in Stop-Modi campaign.
1.2 Death of Vikram Savarkar
On 23 February Hindu Mahasabha's former
chief Vikramrao
Savarkar, a nephew of freedom-fighter and Hindu leader V.D.
Savarkar, died of old age at his residence in Maharashtra's Thane district. He
was 82. As the president of Hindu Mahasabha in the 1970s and 1980s, he had
campaigned for a united
>> Through internet, Godbole has established contact with Ranjit, son of Vikram Savarkar.
Vikram used to run a Marathi monthly called Prajwalant. Ranjit has informed that all the issues of Prajwalant are available in Savarkar Smarak in Mumbai. Godbole has asked Dr Bedekar to get all these issues scanned and make a CD for future generations.
Ranjit is chairman of Swatantryaveer Savarkar National Memorial, Mumbai.
1.3 Savarkarvadis
When in Hindusthan (January / February) Godbole was given a
calendar by Savarkar Premi Mitra Mandal of Sambhaji Nagar (
Why can’t Savarkar-premis be sensible?
1.4 Communications in Hindusthan before the British Raj
(i) Before birth of Shivaji (1630) people used to pray
Kolhapur Laxmi dar ughad baya
Telangan Laxmi dar ughd baya
Kannad Laxmi dar ughad baya
They were asking Goddess Adishakti Bhavani (in various forms) to give them a son who will liberate them from the tyranny of Muslim Sultans.
But Telangana is in Andhra Pradesh. Marathi and Telgu speaking people were not talking to each other till the British Raj! Same goes for Marathi and Kannad speaking people. What nonsense!
(ii) Famous Ambabai (Mahalaxmi) of
(iii) In Pune there is a famous Parvati temple on a hill. Among
the group of temples there is also a
(iv)
(v) First sign of written Marathi is to be found in Shravan Belgola in Karnataka. On the huge statue of Gomteshwar is written Chamunda Raje karaviyale. (around year 973)
(vi) Saint (Sant) Namdev is famous in
The usual flawed argument in support of English was that only after the British rule Indians of various provinces started talking to each other and realized that they were all Indians!
Savarkar argued – why did educated Muslims did not feel the same way? Hindus felt that they were all Indians because they are a nation, they did not need the British Rule.
More about this in next newsletter.
1.5 We need to learn from others.
On 13 March 2014 we received following E Mail from GHF Web <webmgr@ghfinc.net>
Subject: Seminar: Developing Hindu Historiography and Hindu History, Please find attached Call for Papers for a
seminar titled “Writing History from a Hindu Point of View”, to be
held at Global Hindu Conference, San Jose, CA, April 26th-27th, 2014.
Please
pass it on to anyone who may be interested in Hindu History and would like to
see the development of a Hindu School of History. Writers, authors,
thinkers, activists as well as bloggers and Hindu community at large are
cordially invited to be a part of the development of Hindu Historiography and
Hindu History. Your participation and patronage will be truly appreciated. [Conference
details are at http://globalhinduconference.org ]
Dr. Sumeet Saxena
Session Coordinator, USA
sumeet.saxena@ghi.org.in Tel. (609) 200-5785
Godbole commented
Dear friends,
The title of seminar is wrong. It gives an impression that you are falsifying history.
Title should be - It's time to re-examine our history.
When an American writes Indian History, does he say "This is Indian History from American point of view?" He merely says - THIS IS INDIAN HISTORY.
1.6 RSS taking part in
Republic Day parade on 26 January 1963
In January 2013 Godbole had
circulated a picture of this event. He received the photo from Shree B R Haran
of Chennai.
It is surprising to see that the
same picture has been circulated by VHP International HQ New Delhi (Gautam
Chatterjee) on 15 March 2014 and also by Satish Dewan.
The question is this – Why
were RSS Chiefs silent about this important piece of information for more than
50 years?
1.7 Americans are interfering
again
In February 2014 American Ambassador Nancy Powell met Narendra Modi then Gujarat Chief Minister AND some NGOs.
On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:04 AM, <joshiml@yahoo.com> wrote: As a US Ambassador, she must have obtained permission from Ministry of External Affairs to meet various "NGO" organizations and obtained necessary pre-visit security clearance, all paid by GOI. Most Ambassadors these days keep their itinerary confidential for security reasons. Indian media has no reason to find out as long as it is to dismantle NaMO.
On the other hand, have we seen any Indian Ambassador posted
in western countries ever dare to meet with anti-government NGOs in western or
Islamic nations? Can you imagine an Indian Ambassador plan a meeting with
the Canadian PM in the morning and then on the same day have a meeting with
Native Indian groups in
Most NGOs in
On foreign policy side, the
As far as Indian NGOs are concerned, they will not disappear
if we simply identify them in public. Chacha spends roughly $60 billion per
year supporting NGOs around the world (roughly 1/3rd resources in
Shree NaMo will be extra careful with double dealing Chacha.
Most business contracts in Gujarat go to
Here are some links on SEWA/Powell meeting, other NGOs and Indian Press,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/idit-harel-caperton/clean-drinking-water-can-_b_4588715.html
AHMEDABAD: US Ambassador Nancy Powell
who visited Gujarat CM and BJP PM candidate
Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar later spent time with women artisans
and leaders of Self Employed Women's Association (Sewa) listening to their
experiences of building and running all-woman agricultural produce company
'Rudi'.
After around one hour meeting with Modi, Nancy Powell went to leader of
opposition Shankersinh Vaghela’s residence where the meeting was also joined by
Gujarat Congress president Arjun Modhwadia and former state Congress president
Siddharth Patel.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-nancy-powell-meeting-us-approach-to-modi-still-confused/1/343266.html
The
meeting between Nancy Powell and Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar on Thursday might
be seen as a positive step in the Gujarat Chief Minister's tempestuous
relations with the
But
the
Interestingly,
a dinner hosted by the Consul General in Ahmedabad last year had a fairly large
number of virulent anti-Modi activists.
This balancing act of the US might be fraught with danger for its foreign policy in case Modi becomes the prime minister because he has a penchant for not forgetting the barbs he faced in the past and reacting to them even after long intervals and in a manner in which the blame doesn't get pinned down on him as a matter of public perception.
1.8
Visit to Pune (January / February 2014)
Some
observations missing from previous newsletter
(i) Roads –
car lights are very bright. On the dividers there are small leaflet like pieces
- say 12 inch wide and 2 ft 6 inch high which will reduce impact on drivers, of
lights of cars coming from other side of road divider.
So, we can
make improvements on our own – we do not need advice from foreigners.
(ii) Shiva
temples – flowers are on sale for devotees who take them inside and offer to the
priest, who puts them on Shiva-linga. But they become too much and have to be
discarded from time to time. What a waste? Can we not collect money instead
which can be used for some charitable purpose?
(iii) There
is awareness of deafness among children – early diagnosis is desirable and
specialist doctors are available
(iv)There
was increased awareness that Hindus must register and VOTE on polling day.
There have been many problems with voter registration as this work has been
given to private companies.
(v) People
are eager to have lectures / presentations by Godbole but would not tell in
advance timings that suit them. I had one request from a branch of Rotary Club
in Pune, but it was made 7 hours before I was due to fly from
(vi) When I
was in Pune, people sent me E Mails instead of using the phone.
1.9 China: Kunming terrorist attack. On 15 March 2014 Sandhya Jain of New Delhi
sent us the following E Mail. http://www.vijayvaani.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?aid=3137
R Hariharan Indians who have been facing terrorist attacks for decades will condemn the dastardly attack at Kunming railway station in the early hours on March 2 that took 29 innocent lives. Over 100 people were reported injured in the attack. The masked terrorists wielding fruit knives struck wildly at the people crowding the station. Xinhua reported that a gang of eight (some reports said five) that “appeared to be expert at hacking people” took part in the attack.
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Godbole replied –
Hariharan should
speak for himself.
1.10 Whistleblowers pay a heavy price even if they win
On 18 April 2014 Denis Campbell health correspondent of Guardian reported on p25
Legal victory for doctor who aired safety fears
A whistleblowing heart doctor who sounded the alarm about poor care and patient deaths at his own hospital has won a major legal victory against his NHS employers, whose attempts to pursue ultimately unsubstantiated allegations against him cost £6m of public money.
An employment tribunal has ruled that Dr Raj Mattu was unfairly dismissed by the Walsgrave hospital in Coventry, and suffered a series of "detriments" after he spoke out about what he saw as dangerous conditions, including too many patients' beds being squeezed together to help relieve overcrowding.
Mattu was sacked by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in 2010, nine years after he first aired his concerns publicly about what he said was dangerous post-operative care. He highlighted a series of worries about patient safety, including the cases of two patients who died in crowded bays.
He voiced alarm at the hospital's "five- in-four" policy, under which - to save money - an extra fifth bed was placed in a bay intended for only four patients. The Commission for Health Improvement, the then NHS watchdog, condemned the practice and criticised the hospital, which it said had a much higher death rate than should have been expected.
An employment tribunal sitting in
The trust ran up over £6m in legal fees in its long quest
against Mattu, which he said was a campaign of vilification designed to
discredit him for no reason. The General Medical Council decided not to proceed
to an inquiry after looking into more than 200 allegations the trust made against
him.
It also hired private detectives to investigate the cardiologist and a public relations agency to handle media interest in the long-running case, which saw Mattu receive significant support from his medical colleagues.
Mattu had been "vilified, bullied and harassed out of a job he loved", the doctor's lawyer claimed. "This has been a David v Goliath legal battle, which I am delighted to have won for my client," said solicitor Stephen Moore.
"This case has brought to light the appalling way whistleblowers are still being treated and raises important and wider issues that should be addressed."
Our comment – would you gamble with your career at the
age of 54?
1.11 Domestic violence in
1.11.1 On 20 November 2012 Daily Mail reported a ghastly case
A
controlling lover who brutally stabbed his girlfriend 29 times was jailed
today. Myles Williams, 19, was jailed for a minimum of 28 years at the Old
Bailey after he was found guilty in September of killing Kirsty Treloar, 20, in
front of their baby daughter and wounding the young mother's brother and
sister. She was killed just three weeks after giving birth to the couple's
baby, who was showered with her blood. Williams stabbed her for being a 'white
bitch' who was taking him for a fool.
Sentencing
Williams, Judge Nicholas Cooke said: 'Beyond a shadow of a doubt, you represent
an exceptional danger to any future female partners,' He added: 'Exceptionally,
this was a fatal attack in the presence of a 26-day-old child. 'That child has
been left fatherless and motherless, and some time in her life she will
discover that her father killed her mother. 'That baby was left covered in
blood, probably her mother’s - a terrible thing.'
1.11.2 Through Change.org we received following request -
Seven women were killed through male violence in the
first three days of 2012. Perhaps it was because one of them, 20 year old
Kirsty Treloar, lived in my area, (Hackney,
I believe the Government should be
doing everything it can to understand and prevent violence against women. That's
why I've started a petition on Change.org calling on the Home Office
to record and publish the number of women killed by men each year.
Not all these
murders count as domestic violence. Home Secretary Theresa May just introduced
Clare's Law for women to be able to check the police records of their partners
after a public campaign. This shows the Government wants to do more to tackle
violence against women. Now we need to get them to tackle the root causes,
starting with recording the incidences of these types of crimes. Please sign my
petition and join the campaign - Karen
Ingala Smith
1.12 Lives of British women 100 years ago.
During COUNTDOWN programme on ITV Kate Adie famous BBC reporter showed her new wonderful book entitled Fighting on the Home front. This relates to pitiable position of women in British Society at the outbreak of World War I in 1914
Or https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781444759679
Kate remarked “I would not wish that I was alive during those days.” So pitiable was the condition of British women. She quotes one doctor who was disgusted for not being able to operate on a female patient because her husband would not consent to a life saving operation.
1.13 Cruelty to children in
Not a day passes without hearing about some appalling cruelty to Children. Let us take just 2 cases.
1.13.1 Peter Connelly (also
known as "Baby P") was a 17-month-old English boy who died in
The case caused shock and concern among the public and in
Parliament, partly because of the magnitude of Peter's injuries, and partly
because Peter had lived in the London Borough of Haringey, North London, under the same child care
authorities that had already failed ten years earlier in the case of Victoria Climbié. That had led to a
public enquiry which resulted in measures being put in place in an effort to
prevent similar cases happening.
Peter's mother Tracey Connelly, her boyfriend Steven Barker, and
Jason Owen (later revealed to be the brother of Barker) were all convicted of
causing or allowing the death of a child, the mother having pleaded guilty to
the charge. A court order issued by the High Court in England had prevented the
publication of the identity of Baby P; this was lifted on 1 May 2009 by Mr
Justice Coleridge. An order sought by Haringey Council to stop
publication of the identities of his mother and her boyfriend was granted, but
expired on 10 August 2009.
The child protection services of Haringey and
other agencies were widely
criticised. Following the conviction, three inquiries
and a nationwide review of social service care were launched, and the Head of
Children's Services at
Haringey (Ms Shoesmith) was removed by direction of the government
minister Ed Balls. Another nationwide review was conducted by Lord Laming into his own recommendations
concerning Victoria Climbié's killing in 2000.
Aftermath
* Ms Sharon Shoesmith who was in charge of Social services was dismissed, but won her appeal for unfair dismissal. She has been paid a six figure sum compensation. She never showed any remorse or sorrow,
* The mother Tracy Connelly was released from jail on 1 November 2013. She will be given a new identity.
* Jason Owen becomes Muslim to protect himself from attacks from other inmates and carries Koran.
Poor baby P – what a life!
On Friday 21 March 2013 The Guardian reported a tragic case of Daniel Pelka.
Office for standards in education, children’s services and
skills (Ofsted) report found that caseloads for social workers are too high
following fatal abuse of four-year-old Daniel Pelka.
Children's services at a council that came under fire over the death of a four-year-old boy beaten to death by his mother and stepfather have been branded inadequate by Ofsted. Daniel Pelka died of a head injury after a campaign of abuse by his mother, Magdelena Luczak, and his stepfather, former soldier Mariusz Krezolek, (both Polish) both of whom were jailed for a minimum of 30 years for his murder following a trial last year. Coventry city council has come under some scrutiny since the death in March 2012.
A report published on Friday by Ofsted judged children's services to be "inadequate overall". The report comes after a three-week inspection by Ofsted earlier this year. Although social work teams have been increased, a dramatic increase in workloads – 46% over the last two years – mean that caseloads remain too high."
By the end of February 2014, social workers in
An additional £5.6m is being invested in the service, which will be spent mainly on creating more social work teams to deal with the huge increase of referrals, he said, adding: "There is no hiding from the fact that the report's overall findings are disappointing, but many of the problems we face, particularly in the front line of children's social care, is down to the fact of the unprecedented volume of work, which continues to increase.
"As the Ofsted report reflects, the findings are not a verdict on the staff, who are working extremely hard in the face of ever-increasing workloads, and their passion, commitment and dedication cannot be questioned.
The Guardian Tuesday 17 September 2013
Review accuses school of poor safeguarding system and says social workers accepted parental version of events
Four-year-old Daniel Pelka’s voice was never heard throughout his ordeal, the review said.
Teachers,
health professionals, social workers and police officers treated four-year-old
Daniel Pelka as if he was invisible, failing to prevent his mother and stepfather
from murdering him after a campaign of torture and starvation, an independent
report has found. A serious case review published on Tuesday could find no
record of any conversation professionals had with Daniel about his home life,
his feelings or his relationships with his mother and her male partners.
Daniel's
first language was Polish and the report suggested that this could have been a
problem. It said: "Of particular note was that without English as his
first language and because of his lack of confidence Daniel's voice was not
heard throughout this case."
At
times, the review concluded, Daniel appeared to have been "invisible"
against the backdrop of his mother's controlling behaviour. Professionals failed to act on
"what they saw in front of them" but accepted parental versions of
events.
The
report said Daniel's "traumatic abusive experiences" during the last
six months of his life were "shocking", adding: "He must have
felt utterly alone and worthless for much of that time, being the subject of his
mother and stepfather's anger and rejection. At times he was treated as
inhuman, and the level of helplessness he must have felt in such a terrifying
environment would have been overwhelming. The extent of his abuse, however,
went undiscovered and unknown to professionals at the time."
During
a harrowing trial a jury heard that Daniel looked like a concentration camp
victim when he died in March 2012. The court was told that he was subjected to
torture including having his head held under water until he passed out and
being force-fed salt. He was kept locked in a filthy box room at home in
The
review team also accused Daniel's school of having a "dysfunctional"
approach to children's safeguarding
issues, highlighting that teachers had noticed injuries to his face and had
locked away pupils' lunch boxes to stop him stealing food, but had not taken
effective action to help him. Health professionals and social workers had been
too quick to accept that injuries needing hospital treatment including a broken
arm and a cut over the eye were the result of accidents – though it also said
they were under pressure because of high workloads and understaffing. The
report criticised
a community paediatrician
who saw Daniel a month before he was murdered for putting his weight loss down
to worms rather than possible child abuse.
In
addition it emerged in the report that police attended Daniel's
"chaotic" household almost 30 times in response to reports of
domestic abuse in the six years before his death and it suggested officers
could have done more to make sure he was being well treated. "In many
respects the response by the police was not child-centred," the report
said.
On
Daniel's school, Little Heath primary, the report said staff did not pass on
concerns to police or council child protection officials
when the boy came to school with bruises and other marks on him. The school did
not appear to link the injuries to his obvious hunger. "The
system within the school to respond to safeguarding concerns was therefore
dysfunctional at this time," the report concluded.
The
author of the serious case review report, Ron Lock, said: "If
professionals had used more inquiring minds and been more focused in their
intentions to address concerns, it's likely that Daniel would have been better
protected from the people who killed him.”Peter Wanless, chief executive
officer of the NSPCC, said: "Too often people failed to look at Daniel
like they would their own child." Maggie Atkinson, the Children's
Commissioner for
Beatrix
Campbell wrote for The Guardian (17 September 2013) From
Jasmine Beckford to Daniel Pelka: a history of chaos and calumny. Almost three decades lie between the deaths
of four-year-old Daniel Pelka and four-year-old Jasmine Beckford. Both suffered cruelty, beatings, and
starvation. Both were, in effect, tortured to death. In those three decades
there has been a revolution in our awareness of what adults can do to children.
And a counter-revolution. In all the blaming and bleating that has accompanied
the publication this week of
Then follows a review of attitudes. Whom do you believe? Professionals or Parents? After each such case a serious case review takes place ……… Subsequent inquiries merely cemented what has come to be known as a compliance culture: checklists and targets are perceived not as protecting children but providing cover for wary professionals. Although they were commanded to work together, the purpose of co-operation was less obvious, and less likely to happen. Children might be assessed, but that didn't mean they would be protected.
Our comments – this is the situation in
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
(NSPCC) was founded in 1884 in
In case of Daniel the neglect by school teachers is
inexcusable. When being trained as a teacher Godbole was taught to look for
signs of cruelty to children. The symptoms are very easy to notice. During
lunch breaks how could teachers not notice that Daniel was not given enough
food?
1.14 Meat processing plant next to Gurudwara in Bradford Guru
Govind Singh Gurdwara, Bradford informed us - On Tuesday 13 August 2013
Bradford Council approved the planning application by Pakeezah Supermarket to
open a meat processing plant directly behind Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara (Sikh
Temple), off Leeds Road, Bradford. This original petition has now closed, but
this initial defeat has
galvanised all communities and the battle continues with a new petition
with even greater community wide support. Please follow the below link and
support us one more time: We believe this decision can yet be overturned, so we
need your support once again:
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/stop-meat-plant-next-to-place-of-worship
On 16 September Swaminathan
Vaidyanathan, Secretary General of Hindu Forum protested, but was of no avail.
Our comments – would the
1.15 Mischievous British
On 14 August 2009 we received a disturbing
E Mail.
Parents‘ anger at Khalistan project - fury over religious
education homework
Angry parents have expressed their shock after schoolchildren were asked to
create an imaginary Sikh state of Khalistan as part of a homework project.
In the 1980s,
The 13-year-old Year 8 students were asked to design a flag for the
fictional state, draw up its laws and political boundaries as part of their
lesson on Sikhism.
Khalistan was a movement for an independent Sikh state that led to the violent
incident of Operation Blue Star at
Activist group Hindu Human Rights expressed fears that projects like these
could portray a very “one-sided” view of religion. A spokesperson said: “We
need more debates and seminars to ensure there is a wider understanding on such
subjects. There has been a growing trend to reject that Sikhism was actually
born out of the Hindu religion.
“We must ensure there is no recreation or whitewashing of history.”
Sikh groups were divided on the school’s decision. “Clearly this is a peculiar
choice for such a project, mixing a political subject with that of religion,”
the Network of Sikh
Organisations said. “There may however be opportunity in so far as
research into the ecumenical
nature of Sikhism in an ‘imaginary state’. This would equate to freedom,
equality and justice for all citizens.”
Jagtar Singh, spokesperson for Sikh Federation UK, added: “We do not separate
religion and politics in the Sikh faith. Discussing politics within religious
education must be encouraged because all people of faith live in the real
world. Emotive subjects like this, as long as they are carefully handled,
should not be a no-no.”
On Friday, 9 August 2009 Dr Rami Ranger, Chairman of British Sikh Association <rami@sunmark.co.uk> wrote: Sikhs were created to defend the unity, integrity and the basic human rights of every Indian and not to break her up. When Sikh Gurus never claimed a separate kingdom for themselves, then why should their followers demand a kingdom for themselves? Are these self-appointed leaders greater visionaries?
Five days later we received following disturbing
information from Ramibhaiya “Unfortunately Dr
Ranger, many young Sikhs are coming under the influence of Khalistani propaganda.
You can see them expressing their hatred against Hindus and
Anjan Vekaria of Park Royal, London replied E-Mail: akv@vascroft.com
Dear Ramibhaiya I fully and whole heatedly agree with you,
it is unfortunate that there so called leaders or religious gurus for their
personal glorification and agenda are confusing the youth. These elements are
danger to our society, peace and harmony. It is a shame that our intelligent
youths' talents, vigour,
energy, etc, are manipulated by inhumane leaders.
Back in India Hindus and Sikhs have lived as one family members, ate same food,
celebrated all festivals together, share common culture, heritage, language,
etc. We all have to be vigilant and alert and must work hard to defuse such
hatred, separation, enmity. Let us all
united on this with one voice. (Tel: 020 8963 3400)
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2. AROUND
(a) On 18 February 2014 Sanjay Paithankar <sanjay.paithankar@gmail.com>
wrote to our friend Dr Ram Vaidya “I am a swyamsevak from
Vaidya asked him to contact Godbole. With more exchanges Paithankar said that his time was extremely limited. Could he just visit Savarkar’s India House?
Godbole sent him the instructions
Paithankar
is Solution Architect CSG – whatever that means
(b) In
March Sambaprasad Pinge, a visitor from Hindusthan was in
(c) First
tour took place on 27 April. Lead was taken by Ankita Phadke a student of
Criminal Law at
(d) Second
tour took place on 17 May. Lead was taken by Nilesh Waghchoude of Pune. Thirteen
people participated.
(e) Third
tour took place on 14 June. This was just for one person – Ajit Kulkarni of
Pune
3. BEHAVIOUR OF
CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TODAY
3.1 The Christians
Another ghastly reminder of
brutality of Catholics towards unmarried women
Yahoo news Thursday, Jun 5, 2014
Amnesty
urges
Amnesty
International's Europe and Central Asia director, John Dalhuisen, speaks at a
press conference to present Amnesty's annual human rights report in
"This shocking case
needs immediate attention and answers from the Irish government," said
John Dalhuisen, "A thorough investigation must be carried out into how
these children died and if ill-treatment, neglect or other human rights abuses
factored into their deaths."
Death records suggest 796
children, from newborns to eight-year-olds, were deposited in a grave near a
Catholic-run home in Tuam,
The government announced it
was examining the "best means" to address the "deeply
disturbing" revelations. The septic tank, full to the brim with
bones, was discovered in 1975 by locals when concrete slabs covering the tank
broke up. Until now, locals believed the bones mainly stemmed from the Great
Irish famine of the 1840s when hundreds of thousands perished. St Mary's, run
by the Bons Secours Sisters, was one of several such 'mother and baby' homes in
early 20th century
"As disturbing as the
'Tuam babies' case is, it must not be viewed in isolation," said Colm
O'Gorman, Executive Director, Amnesty International Ireland. "The Irish
authorities must look into possible allegations of ill-treatment of women and
children in other so-called 'mother and baby homes' and other institutions run
by the state or religious authorities."
Thousands of unmarried
pregnant women -- labelled
at the time as 'fallen women' -- were sent to the homes to have their babies. They
were ostracised by the
conservative Catholic society and were often forced to hand over their children
for adoption. The recently discovered death records for St Mary's show that 796
children died from malnutrition and infectious diseases, such as measles and
TB.
Amnesty called the Irish
government's response to previous claims as "minimalist" and urged it
to "deal comprehensively with its past". "The Irish Government
must not view this and other cases as merely historic and beyond its human
rights obligations," said Dalhuisen.
The
rights group explained that if the home closed in 1961, it is possible that
some of the deaths occurred at a time when the European Convention on Human
Rights was in force.
Here
are some reactions
“So handy that we have the Catholic Church to blame for society's failings! I lived through some of the period in question and EVERYBODY knew. And NOBODY cared. Indeed, these homes were used as threats so conditions were widely known and indeed endorsed by all levels in society.”
“The Catholic church have proven they are not competent to investigate criminality within their own ranks during the child abuse scandals. This one needs to be investigated and where necessary charges brought against surviving perpetrators. As Amnesty suggests, it is unlikely that this is a one off.”
“The Catholic Church is responsible for all this and they must come clean and sort it all out. At the same time it’s about time the Catholic Church allowed their priests to marry as God made man and woman and for them to marry.”
“Nuns are well-known for their cruelty in children's homes, so this does not surprise me at all. I went to a Catholic school run by nuns, truly horrible women, which is one reason I later became an atheist! These children were treated like vermin and disposed of like vermin, too sad for words!
“It is the most evil religion in the world where children have been abused for centuries and the Pope is still head of this monster organisation, and the Queen and Archbishop insult Christians by meeting this Man of Sin.”
“Aside from the grotesque horror of these deaths, how is it remotely possible for these fake Christians to pitch these poor dead bodies into a cess-pit? It makes the Nazis look good. Truly disgusting and any right thinking person would have nothing to do with this Religious dogma.”
3.2
The Muslims The practice of Female
genital Mutilation (FGM)
3.2.1 Change.org achieves results. On 6 February 2014 we received
following message from 17 year old Fahma Mohamed
This summer 24,000 young girls in
the
I'm talking about female genital mutilation (FGM). You wouldn't
think it's something people in
The Government made FGM illegal but it's not enough. We have to
prevent girls being cut by creating awareness in schools. That's why I’ve started a petition calling for Education Secretary
Michael Gove to get schools to teach about FGM before the summer holidays.
Female genital mutilation is child abuse. It forces girls into a
future of pain from the moment they are cut. The pain doesn’t go. It’s a
traumatic experience they have to live with every single day, physically and
emotionally.
We need to break this cycle now. And we can do this through
schools. My classmates and I campaigned for our school to do more
on FGM. Now all the girls at school know the risks of FGM and feel able to talk
about it. But this is one school. We need this to happen at every school in the
country - so that no girl is missed.
If every head-teacher was given the information they need to
talk about FGM to students and parents we could reach every girl who is at risk
before the holidays and convince families not to send their daughters to be
cut. We could put an end to the silence around FGM in this country.
Please sign my petition, launched this week with the Guardian, to end the
silence around FGM. We need to act now before the holidays begin and it
happens again.
Then came the following
news
3.2.2 This week,
something incredible happened.
Fahma
Mohamed won her campaign for action from the Education Secretary, Michael Gove,
with the backing of 235,000 Change.org users. Here's how the campaign happened,
all in less than three weeks. February 6th: Fahma launches her campaign
calling on Michael Gove to write to all schools to urge them to protect young
girls against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). February 7th: 100,000 people had joined Fahma's
campaign. Then 150,000. Then 200,000. February 13th: Michael
Gove is asked by Fahma's local MP during Education Questions in Parliament to meet Fahma and discuss
her campaign. He agrees.
February
18th: UN General Ban Ki-moon
describes Fahma's campaign as "deeply inspiring" and
praises her "desire to enlist head-teachers and reach every girl at risk
of FGM." He said further, “It has been deeply inspiring for me to hear
that a 17-year-old has attracted well over 200,000 signatures to her petition
demanding action to end FGM. February 23rd: Malala
Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl who was shot for standing up for girls'
right to education, voices her support for the campaign. She describes Fahma as
her sister and says "I am at her
side and I want her to be listened to as I was.”February 25th: VICTORY!
Michael Gove agrees to write to primary and secondary schools to
support them in tackling female genital mutilation.
It's been incredible to see the
power of a campaign led by a schoolgirl from
3.2.3 FGM in USA? On 21 May Fahma Mohamed sent us another
appeal. She said: - Not all countries have come as far as U.K.
In the United States, the government doesn’t even know how widespread FGM is
there - but I’m supporting a campaign to change that and I need your help.
Jaha Dukureh lives in
Jaha is incredibly brave for
speaking out. She needs to show President Obama that there is a worldwide
movement of people looking to him to take action to end the horror of FGM in
the
3.2.4 On 2 January 2014 Evening
Standard reported on page 18
Islamic leaders must
set FGM example for other religions'
RELIGIOUS leaders in the
Ms Hussein, a survivor of FGM who is originally from
Ms Hussein said that FGM depends on tradition rather than
religion, and in
Mr Hussein said: "I still hear religious scholars say,
'this is a women's issue' just like some viewers said, 'this is a Muslim
issue'. It's neither. It's a human rights issue, a violence against women issue
and a child protection issue. It's everyone's issue." She said that some
religious scholars do tackle the problem, pointing to a project organised by
the Faith Against FGM conference where prominent Islamic figures publicly condemned
the practice alongside their Christian peers. And, in Iraqi Kurdistan, she said
Islamic scholars have placed a fatwa on FGM. She
added: "Although FGM is not exclusively a Muslim issue, I am hoping
Islamic leaders in the
3.2.5 FGM parents 'are having girls cut at younger age (Evening Standard 27 May 2014 p2) Martin
Bentham, Home Affairs Editor wrote -
GROWING numbers of babies and toddlers are suffering female genital
mutilation as parents adopt new tactics to avoid detection, the country's
leading children's charity warned today. The NSPCC said it believed that
parents were having girls cut at a younger age after getting "smart"
to the fact that the authorities were focusing on the threat faced by older
children. It said it had received reports from health staff of one and
two-year-olds and "even babies" being victims. The charity added that
there was no doubt that FGM remained an "ongoing practice" in this
country and that the number of cases uncovered so far was the "tip of the
iceberg".
The NSPCC revealed that it has received 215 calls to an FGM
helpline that it set up last June, of which 96 have led to referrals to police.
The calls include one from a social worker concerned about a girl who had been
taken for an unplanned holiday to
Although neither case has yet to result in a prosecution, the
Met has welcomed the greater flow of information as it seeks to build a better
picture about the way the crime is carried out. The NSPCC said it was concerned
that the focus on the risk to schoolgirls was prompting some parents to take
children for mutilation at a younger age.
John Cameron, the charity's head of child protection, said:
"Families are starting to get smart about this. They are getting the
message that all the agencies are focusing on children who are a bit older so
people are now beginning to get children cut at a much younger age... I have
heard from my health colleagues of very young children being cut, even babies."
The NSPCC says health visitors, nursery staff, child-minders and
others should be advised to be alert to the risk of FGM. It also advocates
teaching primary school pupils that their "private parts" should not
be harmed by others.
It appeals to anyone with concerns that a child might be a
potential victim of FGM, or anyone seeking advice about the problem, to contact
its free helpline on 0800 028 3550.
Our comment – For nearly 200 years the French ruled over large
parts of
3.3
Misuse of Burqa
Some Muslim women insist on wearing Burqa as
their religious right but never talk about its abuses. Here is one example.
Acid attack using Burqa – Yahoo news Monday 24 March 2014
Naomi
Oni, who was scarred for life in an acid attack, has accused Met Police of
incompetence over the investigation. She was attacked with acid and has accused
Scotland Yard of incompetence, saying police initially claimed she had poured
it over herself. Naomi Oni, a Victoria's Secret shop assistant, was left
scarred for life after suffering serious burns on her face and chest in the
incident in Dagenham, east London, in 2012.
Her
former friend, Mary Konya, 22, who disguised herself in a Muslim veil before
throwing the sulphuric
acid, was jailed for 12 years last week.
Ms
Oni said to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme "I even got
told that they (Metropolitan Police) watched the CCTV footage and they saw
no-one following me," she said. "We've all seen the CCTV footage.
There was a person in a veil following me. "Why was this not found in the
beginning? Nobody has answers to tell me."
The
Police said "The CCTV evidence took some time to collate and analyse but then clearly showed a veiled
suspect trailing the victim before the attack. ”Konye was arrested as the
investigation progressed."
In
a victim impact statement read out to the court last week, Ms Oni said she was
now "paranoid and scared" about being outdoors alone and admitted
having suicidal thoughts. It was now a "battle to get by each day"
after being permanently disfigured, she added.
She
has suffered permanent scars to her leg, chest, stomach and arms and was almost
blinded in one eye. She faces further reconstructive surgery and must wear a
silicon face mask which makes it difficult to breathe, the court heard.
BBC News 15 March 2014
A married couple have been jailed for posting videos on
YouTube glorifying Fusilier Lee Rigby's murder. Royal Barnes, 23, of Hackney,
east
Royal Barnes and his wife Rebekah Dawson posted three videos on YouTube. In one of the videos, he hailed the murder as a "brilliant day". At the Old Bailey, the Muslim couple were both jailed - Barnes for five years and four months, while Rebekah Dawson, 22, was sentenced to 20 months.
'Offensive in the extreme' Barnes had already pleaded guilty to three counts of disseminating a terrorist publication and one of inciting murder, while Dawson, who had insisted on wearing a veil in court, had previously admitted disseminating a terrorist publication.
Judge
Brian Barker QC told them the videos they made were "offensive in the
extreme". He said the couple showed "a total and continuing
disregard" for how their actions might affect the family of the soldier,
the people who witnessed his murder and the British public.
Royal Barnes was filmed by his wife mocking tributes to the
murdered soldier. In one of the videos, Barnes laughed as he drove past floral
tributes for Fusilier Rigby. One video, made on the day of the murder, featured
graphic images of a man holding a decapitated head. Another video showed
The
post, created on 12 June 2013, stated: "Any1 who kills an invading soldier
in Muslim land I will give them a Vauxhall Astra 3door and money (French
British American any kaffir soldier take
'Breathtaking stupidity'
Mitigating for Barnes, Naeem Mian said: "There are no ifs, no buts, no maybes; Mr Barnes makes it absolutely clear that these are idiotic acts borne out of breathtaking stupidity."
He
said his client was vulnerable to coming under bad influences, having been
taken into care at the age of eight and prevented from attending his mother's
funeral after she died in custody.
Fusilier Lee Rigby was murdered in Woolwich, south
Michael
Adebolajo, 29, and Adebowale, 22, were jailed for life last month for murdering
Fusilier Rigby. The Muslim converts ran the soldier down in a car before
hacking him to death with a meat cleaver and knives.
(Before
sentencing, Judge Brian Barker QC asked