INDIAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INTO TRUE HISTORY

 

NEWSLETTER NO. 61 OF 16 FEBRUARY 2012

 

1. NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1.1 Visit to Pune

In December 2011 Godbole and his wife visited Pune, Maharashtra.

Godbole delivered six public speeches as detailed below -

(i) 10 December - in the morning, Godbole addressed a gathering of twelve Senior citizens of RSS shakha in Shreyas Hotel. He explained his recent research work.

(ii) In the evening delivered a speech at Vartakashram. Subject – new research on Taj Mahal. Audience of 53.

(iii) 17 December at RSS shakha on Sinhagada Road. Subject – Truth about Taj Mahal. Audience of 40.

(iv) 22 December at Modi Ganapati. Subject – Rewriting Indian History is the need of today. Audience of 55.

(v) 23 December at Phule Mahavidyalaya, Nigadi. Subject – Savarkar’s work in London. About 100 students were present.

(vi) 24 December at RSS shakha in Bibvevadi. Subject – Unknown Savarkar. Audience of 50.

 

> In addition, Godbole met the following -

Dr Tulpule – a Consultant Physician in Pune

Dr Uday Kulkarni – who has done extensive research on the battle of Panipat of 1761.

Shree Ravindra Jog – a Civil Engineering contractor.

Shree Harshe – a consultant who had practised in Solapur and now lives in Khadki (Aurangabad)

Somani – a consultant from Solapur. He has invited Godbole to Solapur on his next visit so that a trip to Bijapur and Golconda can be arranged.

Dr Satish Valasangakar of Solapur talked to Godbole on phone

 

During his visit Godbole also met Mrs Vaidya, a daughter of P N Oak.

 

Some impressions –

Mumbai Airport

As soon as we landed it was shambles. There should only be one sign for Immigration – because that is where one would head. Why confuse passengers with signs for Baggage / Way out etc?

I went for a queue marked OCI, only to find that other passengers were going through immigration lot quicker from other queues.

 

We experienced the same disorganisation when coming back to England. There was no clear cut guidance at the departure area for Gate for BA flights.

 

Traffic on roads is terrifying. There is no discipline at all. One is frightened to sit in the front of a car.

* Though there tolls on roads, the contractor does not maintain roads properly.

Also owners of vehicles do not carry our regular checks on road worthiness of the vehicles. Both drawbacks lead to horrific accidents.

* On major roads toilet facilities are almost non-existent. This presents problems especially for women. At least there should be toilets at petrol pumps. People have money but no sense of public responsibility.

* While travelling back to Khadki (Aurangabad) we stopped at a Family Restaurant. The owners said – we have no toilets whatsoever.

 

Visit to Shevagav

This is the place of Samadhi of Gajaanan Mahaaraaj. It was a great surprise to see the place so clean and queues so orderly. It was pleasant experience indeed.

Income and expenses are clearly marked on a board. The trustees do spend considerable part of their income for the disabled and the poor; on dispensaries / hospitals/ schools for disadvantaged and other social work. One is happy to donate money voluntarily.

Living accommodation was quite good. Quality of food was good. The attendants went around with placards asking visitors not to waste food. If the standard dish contained too much food for you dishes were provided dishes to remove unwanted food.

Toilets were provided at reception and in dining area

 

* Cars are easily affordable for middle classes. But where are the roads to drive on? And there is no parking place in town. So, what is the use of your car?

 

* Attended two marriage functions. One wonders why the waiters in the dining rooms wear such dark clothes. It spoils the atmosphere of your dinner.

 

1.2 Explaining Hindu Dharma

We have difficulties in explaining Hindu Dharma to our children and fellow Europeans. Dileep Thatte of America has been doing a wonderful job with his PowerPoint presentations entitled Seven Stars of Hinduism.

Thatte will be visiting England in March / April 2012. Godbole, through his contacts has arranged Thatte’s slide shows at Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham.

 

1.3 Taj Mahal - CD

Godbole continues to modify the PowerPoint presentations on Taj Mahal.

Painters Thomas and William Daniells were invited by East India Company to paint various aspects of life in India. They visited Taj Mahal in 1789. In 1801 they published Two views of Taj Mahal and a Plan of the whole complex. It is quite big and has to be covered by two slides. The important details are –

* The plan is drawn to Guz scale. One Guz = 2ft 9 inches.

* River Jumna is shown as 500 Guz wide (1375 ft)

* Jawab – there is no such building. It is described as – A building corresponding to general form with the Mosque.

The name Jawab is obviously a later day invention.

* The tombs in the S/E and S/W are described as those of Akabarabadee and Fatehpuree respectively. Today the same are being shown as those of Sarhani Begum and Satiunnisa Khanum. But the tombs bear no names.

 

* Taj Gunj Market – This is an area of 1000 x 1000 ft enclosed on all sides by brick wall. There are gates in the East, West, North (Shree Darwaza) and South.

There are markets in North-East, North-West, South East and South West corners.    

              N/E  – Market place for scented oils.

              N/W – Omar Khan’s Market Place

              S/E  -- Jugee Doss’s Market place

              S/W  -- Market place for silks.

* On either side of Principal Gate are – Apartments for female attendants to Ladies of Rank. And surrounding these are Pawn Bazars

 

1.4 Terrorist camps operating in Pakistan-held Kashmir: Indian Army

Even after centuries of Muslim/ European aggression we are so naïve that one wonders if we have any brains at all.

On Monday 9 May 2011 we received the following E Mail.

Srinagar: Guerrilla training camps are still active across the Line of Control (LOC) in the Pakistan-administered part of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army said here on Monday. 'Militant training camps are still active across the LOC,' Major General Ravi Thodge, general-officer-commanding of the counter-insurgency Kilo Force in the Valley, told reporters in Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, some 85 km from here. 'The militants can try to sneak into the Valley in small groups this summer, but our troops are vigilant to defeat any such infiltration bid,' he added.

 

A huge cache of arms and ammunition along with other logistic support equipment were displayed at the press conference. The arms and ammunition were seized by personnel of the 6 Rashtriya Rifles and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the dense Haphruda forests in Kupwara, Thodge said. Eight AK-56 rifles, four AK-47 rifles, one under barrel grenade launcher (UBGL), eight UBGL grenades, 694 rounds of AK ammunition, 40 grenades, one radio set with antenna, 20 remote-control improvised explosive device (IED) boxes and 15 electric detonators, among other ammunition and equipment, have been recovered.

 

'This is a major haul of arms and ammunition recovered in the recent past and the recovery has thwarted the evil designs of terrorists in north Kashmir,' Thodge added. What a surprise!

 

1.5 The Hindus are unbelievable people. Here are some examples

Our friend Prof Asnani of Pune sends us regular E Mails. We found following information in one of them.

1.5.1. Khalsa Sarkar in Punjab (1799- 1849)

(http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/)

After prolonged efforts by Sikhs, starting with Guru Gobind Singh, then Banda Bahadur, Nawab Kapur Singh, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, and other Sikh warriors, finally Ranjit Singh was able to consolidate the gains made by earlier sardars. He defeated the expansionist son of Abdali, named Zaman Shah in a battle between Lahore and Amritsar. Now it was time for Ranjit singh to declare himself the Maharaja of Punjab and treats all his subjects Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs equally. On April 12 1801, Ranjit Singh declared himself Maharaja of Punjab on the same auspicious day of Baisakhi when Khalsa was made by Guru Gobind Singh.

The investiture ceremony was performed by Sahib Singh Bedi, who was the direct descendant of Guru Nanak. A commemorative coin was issued, Nanakshahi rupee as it was called. People showered flowers on him and in turn Ranjit Singh showered gold and silver coins on his subjects. It was a grand gala occasion. Ranjit Singh rode on the elephant and passed through the streets of Lahore. He won popular acclaim and earned a lasting place in the hearts of the people. At night the town was illuminated with oil lamps and there was display of fire works. Many chiefs and sardars offered nazrana and in return receive khillats. The fort was garrisoned. The city which had suffered 30 years of Bhangi misrule needed peace and rule of law. The Maharaja ordered that no interference be made with the personal and public law of Muslims. They were given equal rights with other subjects. Courts presided over by the Qazis and Muftis were confirmed. Prominent citizens were designated as chaudhries and mohallas. The sense of security was given to the people. Trade and Business were established on a sound basis.

(Our comment – so despite having suffered years of suppression and barbarity at the hands of Muslims, they were given equal rights. No revenge. That is the insanity in our brains.)

 

1.5.2 Hindutvavadis  - why are they so thick headed?

Nathuram Godse shot and killed Gandhi on 30 January 1948. His statement in the Special Court held at Delhi Red Fort was banned by Sardar Patel and Nehru. It was published (to some extent) by his brother Gopal Godse in 1977. Godbole criticised the title of the book – May it please your honour. It is meaningless. Afterwards  Gopal Godse changed the title to – Why I killed Mahatma Gandhi in the second edition. And yet in March 2011 a CD of Nathuram’s testimony was produced by some of his followers. The title – May it please your honour!!

If you browse over the front and back covers you would not have the faintest idea that the CD has anything to do with Gandhi’s assassination. On the front is probably the west coast of undivided India from Kashmir to Gujarath. But no one would know that. For a common reader it is just a graphic design.

Why are we Hindus so thick headed???

 

1.5.3 Why would Hindutvavadis not improve?

On 19 June 2011 we received following E Mail through media_monitor5

Uma Bharti’s birthday gift for Rahul Gandhi

Lucknow : Addressing a gathering of party-men at the state BJP headquarters here, she said: 'I will make it a point to give Rahul Gandhi a book (on his 41st birthday) which has an interesting mention of his great grand-father Jawaharlal Nehru inviting the RSS to join a Republic Day parade. He needs to know his homeland's history, which he may not get to know as his mother (Sonia) happens to be an Italian.'

 

* Next day Godbole wrote: Can some one throw light on the incredible statement - Jawaharal Nehru invited RSS to join in the parade on 26 January?

In every speech Nehru had condemned the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha as communal organisations. How on earth Uma Bharati says that the same Nehru invited RSS to join in the parade on 26 January (Republic day). Where is the proof?

 

On 20 June 2011 Ramana Murthy <ramana1729@gmail.com> wrote: On Independence day, Aug 15, 1947, overwhelmed, the Nehru Government asked RSS to help maintain traffic (in New Delhi). Sangh did a superb job. I could be hazy on the details.

 

HARAN BR replied - Impressed by the excellent service rendered by RSS during the Indo-China war in 1962, Nehru invited it to participate in the 1963 RD Parade. RSS did participate. Mr. Haran did send a paper cutting. Apparently there were 3,500 RSS workers in the parade. I can send this picture to you if interested.

 

Finally Godbole said - Dear Shree Raman Murthy / Haran BR and others,

Many thanks for your information. Here are my observations -

I always maintain that Hindutvavadis fail on two fronts - publicity and public relations.

(a) I lived in a Lodging and Boarding House in Mumbai from 1962 to 65. Our Manager was a strong RSS worker. He never mentioned events of 1947 and 1962/63.

(b) My brother-in-law was a RSS worker all his life. He even remembers the days when Babarao Savarkar (elder brother of Veer Savarkar) used to attend Adhikari Shishakan Varga (officer training camp).

He too never mentioned events of 1947 and1962/63. One of my brother-in-law's classmates later became Chief of RSS in Pune and was in London for several years. I met him regularly. He too never mentioned events of 1947 and1962/63.

(c) After the end of Indira Gandhi's Emergency in 1977, Malkani wrote a book –

The RSS Story. I do not recollect events of 1947 and1962/63 mentioned in it. There was some mention of RSS work in the volatile days of partition, but not Nehru's appreciation.

 

THIS HAS GOT TO CHANGE.

 

How can I get a copy of Uma Bharati's book? I have contacts in Hindusthan

(There was no answer)

 

1.5.4 Biased mass media

In June 2011 vasant s sardesai wrote –

History of RSS.  Formation by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar

Bhargavaji,

You are right. The media, which is supposed to be impartial and guide the society, has become worst than even a prostitute. But the difficulty with our people is that still many believe and keep faith in what is written or comes in newspapers and other media. And in order to counter such propaganda we must have our own media. Take the example of RSS. We know that is s a strong national organization, very secular in outlook and does not believe in castes or religions. But still it is always accused and propagated as communal and fundamentalist Hindu organization. Not only Congress and these Pseudo-seculars but many Hindus and foreigners are carried away by such propaganda and who sincerely believe that it is a communal organization.

 

H K Bhargava replied - We all have to work with confidence and determination to fight this wrong and willful Bias. We have to highlight the cruel and corrupt deeds done by Secularist Congress Government.
 
Ashok Chowgule wrote: "But still it is always accused and propagated as communal and fundamentalist Hindu organization." Does this not show that there is a huge bias against the RSS?

Godbole responded -   We are fools to believe that media is un-biased. How easily we get carried away by Western media!!

In August 2011 Governor of West Punjab was shot dead in Pakistan. British media reported - Governor of Punjab was killed. And immediately the same message was circulated by our friends.

No one dare say that he was Governor of West Punjab!!

 

I had some arguments with a Sikh friend about events in Punjab of 1958. He wrote, "When Bombay was in flames, our agitation for Punjabi Subha was being conducted peacefully."

I said          - Were you in Bombay at that time?

He replied  - No

I asked       - Were you at least in Hindusthan?

He said      - No

I asked       - Where were you?

He said      - In Germany, studying for my Ph D.

I asked       - So how do you know what was happening in Bombay?

He replied  - I saw news on the BBC.

He soon realised his blunder and modified his writings.

 

[HSS (RSS) in Britain has a periodical called Sangha Sandesh. What good does it do? In 1983-84 it did not publish even the news of birth centenary of Veer Savarkar.

In 1996 it refused to publish a reminder of 50th anniversary of Noakhali massacre of Hindus in Bengal in 1946! ] Why blame others?

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1.5.5 Man throws black ink at Baba Ramdev

On 14 January 2012 we received startling news -

NEW DELHI : Yoga guru Ramdev was on Saturday the target of attack by a man who threw black ink on his face at a press conference he was addressing on his plans to campaign against black money in the coming assembly by- elections

Seated along with Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy at the Constitution Club in the heart of the capital, Ramdev’s right eye was blackened with ink by the man identified as Kamran Siddiqui, a resident of Delhi who is said to be running an NGO ‘Real Cause’ which is a petitioner in the Batla House encounter case. Ramdev’s supporters at the conference caught him and manhandled him before police took him away.

Jaideep, Ramdev’s close aide, claimed that Siddiqui had gained entry into the hall carrying a walkie talkie apparently posing as a security personnel. He also claimed that a bottle of acid was recovered from Siddiqui. Ramdev, who immediately wound up the press conference, later said he was not deterred by such attacks and would continue his campaign with full force against corruption. (He should have defied the attack and carried on with the conference)

Before the incident, Siddiqui had sought Ramdev’s opinion on the 2008 Batla House encounter in which suspects of the Delhi serial blast were killed. The yoga guru had ignored the question and soon after the attack took place

Our comments - Are we seeing the same lack of security as was shown in case of Guru Govind Singh (1708) and Swami Shraddhanand (1926)? Both were murdered by intruders. How could Siddiqui come so near to Ramdev Baba? This is alarming in light of brutal Police attack on Ramdev Baba in New Delhi on 17 June 2011. Even after the culprit was caught red handed we do not know any details of him! His address, work place, names and addresses of his relations and his paymaster, all such information should have been extracted from him before handing him over to the police. Why was this not done? The police will simply let him go.

 

1.6 Our web-site www.Satyashodh.com

Following changes have been made.

* Special London Tour – one page summary – updated

* Full description of the tour - updated

* Newsletter summary – summaries of NL 48 to 60 added.

* Newsletter NL 60 added

* Truth about Jana Gana Mana – the malicious E Mail that has been circulating since year 2000, has been added.

 

1.7 Godbole’s corrections / suggestions

Godbole gets about 80 E Mails a day from various sources. He responds to some of them. Here are some examples -

1.7.1 Why do you use words like Soniaji / Rahulji ? The suffix ji shows respect. These two do not deserve our respect at all.

 

1.7.2 Moplas

These are NOT descendents of Arabs. Racially they are Indians. Veer Savarkar has explained their origin in his book Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History.

After the rise of Islam in 7th century, Hindus were alarmed at the horrific atrocities committed by Arabs forcing Hindus to convert to Islam. But the sea trade was important. So, the king in Kerala invented a solution – half brothers from each family should convert to Islam and can continue sea faring and trade. Other half of brothers should remain Hindus. In course of time those converted to Islam forgot all their identity and became enemies of Hindus – ultimately resulting in the Mopla outrages of 1920.

[The king should have thought of joining forces with other Hindu kings to fight the Muslim menace. Other solution could be – the sea-farers can be Muslims when on sea or while trading. But as soon as they landed in India they become Hindus. A simple ceremony for this could have been devised. Oh no – King ordered half the brothers from each family to convert to Islam.]

 

It is foolish to suggest that Arab traders married local girls. That is just not possible. Arabs could have easily brought their wives from Arabia. Locals would have refused to give their daughters in marriage to Arabs even before rise of Islam.

 

1.7.3 Khilafat movement of 1920s

Turkish Sultan who became a Khalifa since 1517. He controlled Arab                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       countries like Arabia / Iraq / Jordan, and huge areas of North Africa.

Arabs resented the Turkish rule. He was both spiritual and political leader.

During World War I, Turkey sided with Germany and was defeated. It was obvious that she was going to lose its empire. Moreover, for the peace settlement after the war, right of self determination was being sponsored by France and USA.

What happened to the right of self- determination of Arabs? They revolted against Turkish rule (remember Lawrence of Arabia?)

Did not Gandhi and Nehru look like fools in the eyes of Arabs?

Moreover, was there a demand from the Muslims of North Africa and Arabs to keep the rule of Khilafa - an alien ruler? If not, why should Indian Muslims feel so strongly about it? This question was never asked.

1.8 China warns India against ‘providing a platform’ for Dalai Lama

On 28 November 2011 we received the following news.

China on Monday said it was opposed to any country that "provide[d] a platform" for the Dalai Lama and his "anti-China activities", in the wake of India and China last week postponing the 15th round of border talks following Chinese concerns over a Buddhist conference that was scheduled to take place at the same time in New Delhi. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the Dalai Lama, who will speak at the conference, was "not a purely religious figure".

India and China postponed the boundary talks, which were to take place in New Delhi on November 28 and November 29, after New Delhi said it would not accede to Chinese demands to either push back or cancel this week's Buddhist conference.

"I want to point out that the Dalai Lama is not a purely religious figure but the one who has been engaged in separatist activities for a long time, under the pretext of religion," Mr. Hong said. "We oppose any country that provides a platform for his anti-China activities in any form."

>> We can understand China's attitude. BUT did India ever warn other countries in a similar way? How can India do that when there is picture of Gandhi on every single Rupee Note!

 

1.9 To whom should we tell about our work?

In January 2012 the organization called Hindu Existence sent us an E Mail -

Thousands of Muslims and Christians returned to Hindu Home through Mega Shuddhi Event by Agniveer.

Shahjahanpur, UP - 2nd January 2012: It has been confirmed now that thousands of Muslims and Christian brothers have returned to their roots in Hindu faith through Suddhi Yajna in the fag end of the year 2011. The entire programmes of Shuddhi were held by the initiation of AGNIVEER & Associates with full cooperation of Arya Samaj.

Update on 24 Dec 2011: In yet another Agniveer sponsored program, 102 truth-seekers formally embraced the Vedic Dharma/Hinduism of their ancestors. We welcome the reunion with our long-lost family members who till recently used to call themselves as allied to Mohammedans or Christians alone. Agniveer thanks all organizations and individuals who made this homecoming possible. More details very soon.

Update on 25 Dec 2011: In yet another formal ceremony, 857 Christian brothers & sisters resolved to return back to their Vedic/ Hindu roots on the opportune day of Christmas. Agniveer heartily welcomes them back to the family where they would admire the real Krishna instead of Christ fiction. Another 50 erstwhile Mohammedans also embraced the Vedic/Hindu religion of their ancestors in the same ceremony.

Unique programmes for Shuddhi Yajna are fixed through out this year of 2012. Interested Muslims and Christian brothers may contact: agniveer@gmail.com or upananda.br@sify.com .

On 3 rd January 2012 Godbole commented - This is a good news, but it should have been circulated to only a select few. Why tell the editors of British Newspapers? They will twist it. (The E Mail was sent to BBC / President of India/ Islamic Jihadi – Tamil Nadu and others)

 

1.10 History’s missing pages: Iranian academic sliced out sections of priceless collection

British Library to sue after 150 books are vandalised. Wealthy scholar pleads guilty and may face prison.

 

On 23 November 2008, while in London for his research, Dr Bedekar sent us the following shocking E Mail. The Guardian, Friday 21 November 2008 – Sandra Laville, crime correspondent

Farhad Hakimzadeh removed a map by Hans Holbein the Younger from Simon Grynaeus’s 16th century work Novus Orbis. To the untrained eye the damage is barely visible. Yet within the hand bound pages of books charting how Europeans travelled to Mesopotamia, Persia and the Mogul empire from the 16th century onwards, the damage caused by one Iranian academic to a priceless British Library collection is irreversible. Leading scholars at the library are at a loss to explain why Farhad Hakimzadeh, a Harvard-educated businessman, publisher and intellectual, took a scalpel to the leaves of 150 books that have been in the nation's collection for centuries. The monetary damage he caused over seven years is in the region of £400,000 but Dr Kristian Jensen, head of the British and early printed collections at the library, said no price could be placed upon the books and maps that he had defaced and stolen.

"These are historic objects which have been damaged forever," said Jensen. "You cannot undo what he has done and it has compromised a piece of historical evidence which charts the early engagement of Europeans with what we now know as the Middle East and China. It makes me extremely angry. This is someone who is extremely rich who has damaged and destroyed something that belongs to everybody."

Hakimzadeh, 60, faces a jail sentence today when he appears at Wood Green Magistrates court in London. The Iranian-born academic fled his country after the fall of the Shah and holds a US passport. He has pleaded guilty to 14 specimen charges of stealing maps, pages and illustrations from 10 books at the British Library and four from the Bodleian Library in Oxford dating back to 1998.

When police searched his home in Knightsbridge, west London, last July they discovered some of the missing maps, pages and pictures inserted into less valuable editions of the same books he owned.

Academics at the library were forced to turn detective in June 2006 after a reader who had taken out a copy of Sir Thomas Herbert's book A Relation of Some Yeares Travaille, Begunne Anno 1626 suggested some of its pages had been removed. Careful examination by experts at the library proved him to be correct and the staff mounted a delicate operation to find out who had been damaging the book and whether other items had suffered the same fate.

Using electronic records, they found all the British Library members who had taken out the book and then examined other works these people had had contact with. They discovered that other works detailing the same periods in history and covering European engagement to the area from modern-day Syria to Bangladesh were also damaged. Pages had been sliced away close to the spine of the books and maps, one of them worth £32,000, had been removed from chapters, leaving barely noticeable indentations in the paper marking where they had been.

"It was only the books taken out by Hakimzadeh which showed a consistent pattern of damage," said Jensen.

They discovered that Hakimzadeh had taken out 842 books and of these at least 150 had been mutilated. Some of the stolen pages were discovered but many have been lost forever. The library wrote to Hakimzadeh, who at the time was chief executive of the Iran Heritage Foundation, a charity he formed in 1995 to promote and preserve the history, languages and culture of Iran. He replied saying he had no idea that there was any damage to the books. It was at this point that the library went to the police with the details of the investigation.

Forensic scientists analysed the damaged books and police officers called at Hakimzadeh's Knightsbridge home, where he lived with his wife.

"Some pages were found loose and others had been inserted into books in his own collection," said Jensen, who accompanied the officers. "Hakimzadeh is eminently characteristic of our traditional groups of readers: he has a profound knowledge of the field. From my point of view, that makes it worse because he actually knew the importance of what he was damaging. What he did was use the cover of serious scholarly purpose to steal historic pieces and abuse our trust."

The library has launched a civil action to sue Hakimzadeh for full compensation.

Defaced books - The rare books that were defaced by Hakimzadeh include:

Historia de la China From the writings of Father Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit who travelled to China in 1582 and became the first western traveller to settle there. First published in Latin in 1615. This copy was printed in Spain in 1621. Ricci learned to speak and write Chinese and his work was the first important and reliable European description of the country.

Novus Orbis An anthology of works by Simon Grynaeus, professor of Greek at Basle. Hakimzadeh removed an engraving of a world map drawn by Hans Holbein the Younger, court painter to Henry VIII.

Mithridates by the English dramatist Nathaniel Lee. Published in 1693.

Ost-indian-und Persianische Reisen by Johann Gottlieb Worm, the German philosopher who accompanied an envoy of the Dutch East India Company sent to the Safavid court in Persia in 1717. He travelled to Isfahan from India via Bandar Abbas. Published in 1745.

Our comment – when such damage can happen TODAY one can only imagine how much of our history was lost due to sheer vandalism by invaders.

It is strange that Godbole did read  - Sir Thomas Herbert's book A Relation of Some Yeares Travaille, Begunne Anno 1626

 

1.11 Hidden secrets of US President Obama
Jyotishi of America sent us an interesting E Mail on 30 August 2010

Why are the following off limits? Why has he paid out millions to lawyers to keep off all this hidden?

1. Certified copy of original birth certificate

2. Columbia University transcripts sealed.

3. Columbia thesis paper sealed.

4. Campaign donor analysis requested by 7 major watchdog groups.

5. Harvard University transcripts sealed.

6. Illinois State Senate records limited access.

7. Illinois State Senate schedule limited access.

8. Law practice client list and billing records / summary.

9. Locations and names of all half-siblings and step-mother.

10. Medical records (only one page summary released so far)

11. Occidental College Transcripts hidden.

12. Parent’s marriage certificate not available

13. Record of baptism

14. Selective Service registration records (Did Obama actually register for Selective Service? This supposed revelation of Obama’s SS records has been debunked here and there)

15. Schedules for trips outside of the United States before 2007.

16. Passport records for all passports

17. Scholarly articles

18. SAT and LSAT test scores

19. Access to his grandmother in Kenya

20. List of all campaign workers that are lobbyists

21. Punahou grade school records

22. Noelani Kindergarten records are oddly missing from the State of Hawaii Department of Education.

23. Obama 1964 Divorce Papers – 13 pages – Missing page 11

24. Why isn’t Barack Obama still a member of the Illinois bar and where are all of the relevant documents?

25. Why isn't Michelle Obama still a member of the Illinois bar, after only about four years of practice, and where are all of the relevant documents? Anyone who cares about their country would be very concerned that a POTUS had hidden every scrap of information of his life that he possibly could. These are pretty easy things to produce. And why are they all sealed? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2579865/posts

 

1.12 Centre encouraging officers to revolt against BJP governments

On 14 May 2011 Ashok Chowgule sent us the following E Mail

Congress using IAS, IPS to target us: CMs

Author: Shekhar Iyer/New Delhi shekhar.iyer@hindustantimes.com

Publication: Hindustan Times

The UPA government is using not just state governors but also a section of IAS and IPS officers to destabilise us, complained BJP chief ministers at their conclave on Friday. Led by Narendra Modi of Gujarat, the BJP CMs, who included those of Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Chhattisgarh, said they saw a pattern in New Delhi's act of "encouraging" some officers to revolt against them by promising them "protection and rewards."  

Governors thwarted BJP governments' efforts by refusing assent to key bills, they said. Though it wasn't clear whether specific names came up for discussion, BJP leaders did have in mind some cases --mostly from Gujarat. Asked whether it was Modi who had complained the most, BJP spokesperson JP Nadda said it wasn't just Modi's view but even other CMs were sensing pressure on some bureaucrats to work against them.

Sources, however, say a few instances were discussed. These included the case of Dr KN Sharma, an IPS officer who had criminal cases against him in Gujarat. But he was chosen by Delhi as additional DG, BPR&D under the home ministry without permission from the state.
BJP leaders were told Sanjiv Bhatt, another Gujarat IPS officer, was backed home minister P Chidambaram after he filed an affidavit in the SC against Modi, accusing him of ordering police not to act against Hindu mobs during the 2002 riots. Chidambaram hailed Bhatt's act as a `positive development'. "Would he have made a similar statement, had the matter been pertaining to a UPA CM?" Arun Jaitley, Opposition leader in Rajya Sabha, is said to have asked in the meet.

Chidambaram appeared in the SC as an advocate for Bhatt who, as the ASP,  Jamjodhpur, had faced charges in the case of alleged custodial death.  

Bhatt also faced charges in a case of the police administering electric shocks to an accused and obtained a stay from HC against a warrant in this connection.

An ex-IPS officer RB Sreekumar, who come out against the Gujarat government, was to be rewarded with the post in the Central Information Commission. (There is a criminal case against him.)

 

Godbole replied -   The complaint is true. But the remedy is also easy. People in states with BJP governments can make life hell for relatives of such officers. They all have mothers/ fathers / brothers / sisters / children. Use people power.

If Congress play dirty game, so can we. No point in grumbling. Pay Congress in its own coins.

 

1.13 Indo-Pak Relations: Congress continues to kneel

On 13 February 2012 Sandhya Jain sent us the following E Mail through media_monitor5

Pakistan observes February 5 every year as the “Kashmir Solidarity Day” and reiterates its stand that “Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory” and that the Indian presence in this part of the state is “illegal and against the people’s will”. Pakistan has been observing this day as “Kashmir Solidarity Day” since 1990 to highlight the “Kashmir issue”. As expected, many rallies were held across Pakistan, including Islamabad and Lahore, on this day to mark “Kashmir Solidarity Day”, which is a public holiday.

The otherwise besieged Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani used this day to explain the contours of Pakistan’s foreign policy vis-à-vis Indian Jammu and Kashmir. Admitting that Islamabad “cannot afford wars” in the 21st century, Gilani said the “Kashmir issue would have to be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy”. Four wars have already been fought on the Kashmir issue and the region still ‘is a flashpoint’, but in the 21st century we cannot afford wars”, he said, adding, “We want to resolve issues through dialogue, diplomacy, prudent policy and national consensus”. He made these observations at a convention at the Prime Minister's Secretariat to mark “Kashmir Solidarity Day” in Islamabad.

Gilani thus unambiguously sent a message to India that Islamabad would accept only that solution that vindicates its age-old stand on Jammu and Kashmir. He put the onus on New Delhi and urged it to take the required diplomatic initiatives at the earliest to resolve the issue and forge lasting peace in South Asia. His statement that Pakistan is a nuclear state was a direct threat to India. Similarly, his statement that his Kashmir policy is perfectly “in line with the vision of the party's founder, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto” vindicated those in India who believe that Pakistan’s foreign policy towards India is based on the premise that Jammu and Kashmir is an “unfinished agenda of partition”.

But what was New Delhi’s response to Yousuf Raza Gilani and what happened across Pakistan on the so-called “Kashmir Solidarity Day”? Did New Delhi take cognizance of the anti-India propaganda and the direct implications of what Gilani said about Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s Kashmir vision and his statement that “Kashmir issue remains the cornerstone of the country's foreign policy”? No, Delhi took no cognizance whatever. It overlooked all that Islamabad and radical Islamists did and, according to agencies, made a unilateral statement that it would ease visa regulation for Pakistan nationals! This was just two days after the radical Islamists spewed venom on India and threatened New Delhi of dire consequences.

 The proposed new visa regime, when operational, would ensure that Pakistan nationals on a “visiting visa have wider access to the country; the new norms will allow Pakistan nationals access to five Indian cities as opposed to three cities earlier”. The new visa regulations would, unlike in the past when Pakistan nationals were not allowed to enter and exit India from different cities, ensure that Pakistan nationals can “enter and exit from different cities” in the country. Pakistani business establishments with a “turnover of half a million dollar or more” will benefit from the new visa norms. Earlier, India had unilaterally eased business visa rules for Pakistani businessmen. The proposed visa regulations and norms are also expected to help “students, senior citizens, businessmen, tourists and group tourists”. The new visa regime, however, does not amend any restrictions for religious tourists.

New Delhi went in for another unilateral concession to Pakistan, notwithstanding no forward movement by Islamabad on the issue of Hafiz Saeed, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and more importantly, the Mumbai 26/11 attack. India till date has not heard from the judicial panel from Pakistan which is probing the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks and Ajmal Kasab’s role in the episode, that was expected to come here earlier this month. A Pakistan official had earlier this year said that the probe panel will visit India on February 3.

This is not the first time that the present Congress-led UPA Government has acted in a manner that has promoted the Pakistani interests at the cost of Indian self-respect. It has been happening at regular intervals under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. It happened at Havana (Cuba) when Manmohan Singh shocked the nation by telling the then Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf that “Pakistan, like India, is also a victim of terrorism”. It happened at Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt) when Manmohan Singh went several steps further and signed a highly controversial, nay outrageous anti-India joint statement with his Pakistani counterpart Gilani. The Sharm-el-Sheikh joint statement not only provided for the resumption of the stalled composite dialogue process between New Delhi and Islamabad, but also de-linked Pakistani-sponsored terrorism from the dialogue process aimed at resolving the Kashmir issue. Not satisfied with this, Manmohan Singh allowed his Pakistani counterpart to include a reference to alleged Indian involvement in subversive activities in Baluchistan.

 What Manmohan Singh and his foreign office did at Islamabad, Thimpu (Bhutan) and Maldives is well known. They did all they could to appease and please Pakistan and brought shame to India by allowing Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to equate Indian Home Secretary G.K. Pillai with Hafiz Saeed. Remember that Qureshi had in Multan, his home town, said “we did not kneel; India knelt under international pressure and resumed the stalled composite dialogue process with Islamabad”. Remember, Islamabad not only abused, insulted and taunted India in Thimpu, Islamabad and Multan, but its Foreign Secretary took on India while in India after holding discussions with his Indian counterpart, Nirupama Rao, present envoy to the United States.

One can cite innumerable instances to prove that the Congress-led UPA at the centre has been pursing a policy that has all the potential of enabling Pakistan to accomplish what it had hitherto failed to achieve. Pakistan is slowly but surely pushing forward its anti-India agenda with the help of New Delhi, which is also at war with Indian civilisation itself. The main problem of the nation is that the Opposition is watching as a mute spectator when the government is promoting the Pakistani cause in Kashmir. Concerned Indians feel that the Congress and the Opposition are on the same page as far as their policy towards Pakistan and Kashmiri separatists is concerned. This must surely shake and alarm the nation and spur all good men to come to the aid of the nation, and fast.

Godbole commented - What do you expect? We have Gandhi's photo on each Indian Rupee Note!! What did he teach us? Capitulate! Capitulate!! Capitulate!!! That is why the people in the West love him so much

1.14 US forces had orders to target Indian Army in 1971

On 6 November 2011 our friend Gopal Ashtekar of Pune S Kumar sent us the following E Mail. 

Author: Josy Joseph / Publication: The Times of India / Date: November 6, 2011.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-forces-had-orders-to-target-Indian-Army-in-1971/articleshow/10625404.cms

 

NEW DELHI: A set of freshly declassified top secret papers on the 1971 war show that US hostility towards India during the war with Pakistan was far more intense than known until now. The documents reveal that Indira Gandhi went ahead with her plan to liberate Bangladesh despite inputs that the Nixon Administration had kept three battalions of Marines on standby to deter India, and that the American aircraft carrier USS Enterprise had orders to target Indian Army facilities.

The bold leadership that the former PM showed during the 1971 war is well known. But the declassified documents further burnish the portrait of her courageous defiance. The documents show how Americans held back communication regarding Pakistan's desire to surrender in Dhaka by almost a day. That the American establishment had mobilized their 7th Fleet to the Bay of Bengal, ostensibly to evacuate US nationals, is public knowledge. But the declassified papers show Washington had planned to use the 7th Fleet to attack the Indian Army.

They also show that Nixon administration kept arming Pakistan despite having imposed an embargo on providing both Islamabad and New Delhi military hardware and support.

They suggest that India, exasperated by continuing flow of American arms and ammunition, had considered intercepting three Pakistani vessels carrying war stores months before the war. The plan was dropped against the backdrop of the Indian foreign ministry's assessment that the interception could trigger hostilities.
The pro-Pak bias of the then US President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is vividly brought out by their decision to keep three battalions of Marines on standby: a decision which has so far not found mention in any record of the 1971 war.

 

Documents blame Richard Nixon for Pakistan tilt

A six-page note prepared by India's foreign ministry holds then American president Richard Nixon responsible for the pro-Pakistan tilt during India's 1971 war with her neighbour.

"The assessment of our embassy reveal (sic) that the decision to brand India as an 'aggressor' and to send the 7th Fleet to the Bay of Bengal was taken personally by Nixon," says the note. The note further says, the Indian embassy: "feel (sic) that the bomber force aboard the Enterprise had the US President's authority to undertake bombing of Indian Army's communications, if necessary."
As early as June 1971, New Delhi weighed the possibility of intercepting three Pakistani ships loaded with US weapons. This leaves only two other courses regarding interception: That India may intercept the ships before they reach Karachi, or impose a blockade of the Bay of Bengal. Either of these might involve the use of force and would be treated as acts of war, wrote the director (legal and treaties) of MEA.

On December 14, Gen A A K Niazi, Pakistan's military commander for erstwhile East Pakistan, told the American consul-general in Dhaka that he was willing to surrender. The message was relayed to Washington, but it took the US 19 hours to relay it to New Delhi. Files suggest senior Indian diplomats suspected the delay was because Washington was possibly contemplating military action against India. 

 

On 6 November Godbole remarked - Then was it not foolish of us to feel sorry for 9/11attack on World Centre? We should feel sorry of Hindus that were killed, but not for others. Carter /Reagan /Bush/  Clinton would not have acted differently. Above news from Times of India raises another question – is it policy of Government of India policy to release secret papers after a certain period (say 40 years)?

 

 

2. AROUND LONDON TOUR OF PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Godbole conducted two tours as below -

16 October 2011 (Sunday)

Manisha Sadanad Daate of Mumbai of wrote - I heard about your London Tour from a friend who is currently in London for work. I work for Pratham, an NGO that works in the area of Education. A group of seven people from Pratham is visiting London for a workshop/conference organised by British Council and National Literacy Trust UK. The workshop dates are 10th to 14th October. We are planning to stay back for four days and visit places in and around London.

The association works for eradication of literacy and innumeracy of young boys and girls (aged around 10)

7 members and their organiser in London Vinati Sukhdev participated

 

30 October 2011 (Sunday)

Dr Agarkar led a group of 14 students from Mumbai / Thane. It included a teacher from Pusad and one student came from Coimbtoor.

On the night before the ‘day’ had become short (clocks going back) and we had to end the tour early. If not, we could have visited Grays Inn where Savarkar studied Law and the famous Caxton Hall.

 

3. BEHAVIOUR OF CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TODAY

 

3.1 The Christians

http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/02/catholic-bishop-councils-pil-against.html

Catholic Bishop Council’s PIL Against Bhagavad Geetha in Schools Rejected by MP High Court / Saturday, January 28th, 2012

The petition filed by Catholic Bishop’s Council against introduction of ‘Geeta Sar’ or Essence of Bhagavad Geeta in school curriculum, has been dismissed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday. The petition was filed in August 2011. The petition was filed by the Council spokesman Fr Anand Muttungal.

The court upheld the fact that Bhagavad Geeta contained no religious teachings, but contained only the philosophy of life. Earlier, the court had given the petitioner’s counsel a time limit of 2 months to study the holy text in entirety and then come to any decision. According to Additional Advocate General Prashant Singh, the Division Bench comprising of Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Sanjay Yadav asked the petitioner a few questions. Not satisfied with the answers given, the court declared that the Bhagavad Geeta was Indian Philosophy and not a religious text. The petition was dismissed thereafter.

Without directly opposing the teaching of Bhagavad Geeta, the petition said that the state government of Madhya Pradesh should include teaching of an outline of all religions, without focusing on one particular religion alone. The petitioner stated that the council was to take a resolution on challenging the court order after they read the complete order.

Another matter cited in the PIL were the names used by the state government of Madhya Pradesh for their various schemes. According to the petitioner, names like Ladli Laxmi, Balram Tal, Kapil Dhara etc and practices like ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ at government functions promoted a single religion. The names, which were drawn from Hindu mythology, did not convey a secular image.

http://indiawires.com/7170/news/national/bhagavad-geetha-in-schools-catholic-bishop-council-files-pil-mp-hc-rejects-it/

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Our comments – We can understand the attitude of Christians. They are our enemies and want to destroy the Hindus by taking advantage of any foolishness on the part of Hindu people. But why are Hindu organizations so pathetic in protecting Hindu interests? 

 

3.2 The Muslims

3.2.1 (So called) Honour killing

Women are being murdered in Muslim societies all over the world in the name of Islam and most mass media keeps quiet about it.

 

January 29 2012 - Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper reported

Shafias all found guilty of first-degree murder. Three Afghan-Canadians charged with murdering four relatives in a so-called "honour killing" have been convicted on all charges. The verdict was reached shortly after 1 pm Sunday afternoon and delivered about an hour later to a packed courtroom.

The defendants face an automatic penalty of life imprisonment with no chance of parole for at least 25 years.

‪Charged with four counts of first-degree murder were businessman Mohammad Shafia, 59, his second wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 42, and their eldest son, Hamed, 21. ‪They stood accused of drowning sisters Zainab, Sahar and Geeti Shafia, aged 19, 17 and 13, whose bodies were found in a submerged car at a Rideau Canal lock, just east of Kingston (Ontario), in June, 2009. (fourth member killed was Rona Amir aged 53 first wife of  Mohammad Shafia )

All three defendants briefly addressed the court and proclaimed their innocence “We are not criminals, we are not murderers, we didn't commit the murders and this is unjust,” Mr. Mohammad said through a translator. (So, even after living in Canada since 1992, he cannot speak English)

But the judge was unmoved. “You have each been convicted of the planned and deliberate murder of four members of your family. (A verdict) clearly supported by the evidence presented at this trial,” said Judge Maranger. “It is difficult to conceive of a more despicable, more heinous crime...the apparent reason behind these cold-blooded, shameful murders was that the four completely innocent victims offended your completely twisted concept of honour ... that has absolutely no place in any civilized society.”...(The only crime for their 3 daughters was dating Canadian men and even one Pakistani youth? Perhaps, for Afghani father he was of kafir caste. )

.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/afghan-family-found-guilty-murdering-daughters-woman-canadian-honor-killing-trial-article-1.1013691

Qur'an 4:34 allows for physical violence (yes, it says to hit) against "disobedient women." Islamic law is inconsistent at best on whether parents who kill their children face any consequences at all. It is no surprise, then, that Muslims commit 91 percent of "honor killings" worldwide.

Mohammad Shafia has previously said: "I would do it again 100 times" Shafia said on a wiretap, "God's curse on them for generations. May the devil shit on their graves. Is that what a daughter should be? Would a daughter be such a whore?" They betrayed Islam...."...

M Shafia, 59, was wealthy and had essentially bought his residency in Canada under the federal investor-immigrant program. He owned a $1.6-million mall in Laval, Quebec, and was having a big, custom-designed home built in Brossard, a Montreal suburb. He had cars, property, assorted business projects, and had travelled widely. He and his family fled the advancing Taliban in 1992 .

 

Pushpa Rajguru wrote from America -

None of the faces show ANY signs of the faintest remorse! Should these vile vermin end up in jail, they will stay busy preaching to the other inmates the "virtues" of Islam & Allah, the compassionate & the merciful.

Unfortunately such brutal killings are a way of life in most Islamic communities Majority of such cases are not reported in the media.

 

Our comments – Thank God the Canadians do not have the madness of human rights for such criminals as we have in Europe!

 

3.2.2 More Asian sex predators held in Britain

Author: Indo-Asian News Service / Publication: NDTV / January 12, 2011: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/more-asian-sex-predators-held-in-britain-78907

In a massive crackdown launched across Britain amid reports about Pakistani-origin men preying on white girls, police have busted another gang of nine men, including eight Asians, for forcing a dozen teenaged girls to become sex slaves. The police have arrested the men aged between 20-40 after 14 underage white girls claimed to have been targeted for sex. The girls said they had been plied with drink and drugs then taken to flats and houses for sex.

The victims - some of them as young as 13 - say they were forced to work as prostitutes and hand over money to the men, the Daily Mail reported. The latest arrests in Rochdale, Greater Manchester took place shortly before Christmas and are the result of a major inquiry into the sexual exploitation of teenage girls since 2008. They come just days after a nationwide investigation was launched following a string of cases involving men of Pakistani heritage grooming mainly white girls. Last week Abid Saddique, 27, and Mohammed Liaqat, 28, were jailed for 19 years for targeting underage girls. The two sexual predators - both British-born fathers of Pakistani origin who had arranged marriages in that country - cruised the streets of Derby in either a Range Rover or a BMW looking for vulnerable young girls to prey on. The girls were "chatted up" by the men at the roadside and invited to go for drives in the car - one of which was dubbed the "Rape Rover" - where they were plied with vodka or cocaine before being taken to hotel rooms, parks or houses to be sexually abused.

The case prompted controversy after former Home Secretary Jack Straw described some of the white girl victims as "easy meat" for gangs who trawl the streets looking for sex. Research shows there have been 17 sex gang prosecutions since 1997 - 14 in the last three years - involving girls aged 11-16. Meanwhile, retired police chief Mick Gradwell claimed that the pressure not to appear "institutionally racist" led to a culture of silence over Asian sex gangs. Gradwell, a former detective superintendent in Lancashire, said: "You have girls being abused and raped and yet the most senior officers are refusing to comment on it. On what other subject would you get that?

"I worked on operations which had been set up to tackle, amongst other things, an element of Asian men who saw white girls as easy meat, as Jack Straw rightly put it. It was a persistent issue." He said: "Some white girls are attracted to groups of Asian men because some are quite wealthy, shower them with gifts and drive round in fancy cars."

"The main pressure police have is being called institutionally racist if they highlight a crime trend like this. There's a fantastic reluctance to be absolutely straight because some people may take such offence. "Rather than concentrating to solve and prevent it the bigger issue becomes 'Can we point out a crime trend in an ethnic minority?'"

Our comment - Note the British attitude towards Hindus. When Pakistanis are the criminals they call them Asians casting doubts on Hindus as well. But Hindu organisations never protest. Our temples never take interest in such matters. However, they are interested in celebrating Christian New Year.

 

4. Our forgotten heritage

Our friend Prof Asnani of Pune send us the following information on 3 June 2011

Transcendental meditation lowers cholesterol  (Http:// www.hinduism.co.za)

By Larry Dossey, M.D.

 

"In 1980, subjects with elevated blood cholesterol levels were taught the technique of transcendental meditation. Serial determinations of the blood cholesterol level were made. It was found that in subjects who practiced this technique the cholesterol level fell on the average of 20 percent. While this fall may seem modest, it should be noted that there are no drugs that are consistently more effective, safe, and inexpensive as this method of voluntary relaxation and mental quieting. Moreover, blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate, as well as the blood levels of insulin, hydrocortisone, adrenaline, and nor epinephrine are modified to more desirable levels."

- Cooper and Aygen "The effect of Meditation."

The significance of these observations is inestimable: by taking thought in ways which 'elongate' the time sense, time-sick individuals can alter many of the devastating effects of the time syndrome.

Hurry sickness

Our sense of time affects our health by influencing the development and course of specific diseases. This is nowhere more obvious than in persons who have been called Type A individuals by Friedman and Rosenman. Type A persons have "hurry sickness." Their lives are oriented around goals, deadlines, and objectives, which they seem to react to in a driven fashion. They are unable to approach a task in a healthy, balanced way, but in extreme cases seem almost consumed by a need to accomplish and achieve.

Not only do they have an inward sense of urgency, their outward behaviour suggests the same quality. When sitting they may be in constant motion, not only with thoughts, but with body parts- hands, fingers, legs, feet. They are usually vocal, verbally expressing the products of a mind that cannot rest. This behaviour frequently generates discomfort and tension in those around them.

It is as if Type A persons are "time sick." Type A persons are usually ambitious and frequently are highly successful, having succeeded in harnessing their high motivation and sense of purpose. Yet for all the qualities for which they are admired- their vision, energy, and dedication- they possess, as a group, a characteristic that nobody envies: they have a high mortality rate from heart disease. Type A individuals as a group, die earlier. Their behaviour puts them at risk for the most frequent cause of death in our society, coronary artery disease.

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5. Obituary

We regret to announce the death of Dr Arvind Sadashiv Godbole of Bandra, Mumbai. He was a strong Savakarite and physician to Veer Savarkar. He died peacefully on 1 November 2011. He was 78. Some of his research is available in book form; on diabetes, history of Sikhs, missionary activities in India and thoughts of Veer Savarkar, but unfortunately all in Marathi.