INDIAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INTO TRUE HISTORY

NEWSLETTER NO. 79 OF 16 OCTOBER 2018

1. NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.1 Britain

1.1.1 Brexit – madness

On 9 July, Brexit negotiator David Davis, Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary both resigned.

It is ridiculous to call the talks as negotiations. EU has never put forward any proposals. It is Britain which goes to EU with begging bowl and then capitulate on every single item.

The Chequers plan prepared by UK Government at Prime Minister’s country home has not been accepted by EU. They have not put up a proposal of their own. Does this mean NO DEAL? What a frightening prospect! That will mean no transition period of even 21 months (Britain had asked for 24 months but got only 21 months even after agreeing to a huge divorce bill). There will be tremendous upheaval which is not being spelled out in mass media.

Many aspects of this mad decision are still not known to public. For example, not all EU countries accept duel nationalities, Netherlands is one example. They ask Brits living in their country to renounce British nationality if they wish to become citizens of Netherlands. and immediately the Home office has increased fees for such action to £1000.

>> What will it cost EU citizens to acquire right to stay in UK?

£200 to secure UK residence for EU families (roughly £65 per person of a family)

Brits in EU will have to pay similar amount.

Plus this is going to involve large amount of paperwork / documentation.

Sean Morrison/ Evening Standard 20 June 2018

The Chancellor Philip Hammond is set to promise that London will remain a global capital of finance. He is set to pledge that London will remain a “global capital of finance” after Brexit by opening up access to markets beyond Europe.

The Chancellor will spell out how the Government will seek a series of new “global financial partnerships” to open up cross-border financial services.

At the same time he will reiterate his appeal to Brussels to come to the table to discuss a future relationship on financial services, something the EU side has so far refused.

"Global Britain is not just a strategy for Britain's economic future, it's a statement about what kind of people we are and about the economy and the society we want to be," he is expected to say.

"Connectivity was always at the heart of London's success. And to succeed in the future, we must remain connected to the world, including the important emerging markets.

He will say the new strategy will bring together governments, regulators, and industry to build a system to support firms' access to international financial markets, while reducing business costs.

"Our vision is for a set of new partnerships combining new tools, like free trade agreements, and existing ones, like our financial dialogues, looking across sectors of the industry and positioning the UK as the most global financial services market in the world," he is expected to say.

The EU has grand ideas of poaching financial services away from the UK - but will only achieve that to the extent of a relatively small (6% of global) level i.e. control over EU member states. After the 4 UK nations leave the EU, comparable in population to 15 other EU member states, the EU will barely represent half of Europe. The UK for historic reasons is the worlds hub and English is the worlds second most common language. Legal texts written in English will continue to prevail and when legalising contracts UK legal teams will remain the preferred choice. Clearly the EU is being hostile towards the UK and accordingly the UK should be hostile in return. State level agreements aren't necessary as the private sector can work around the EU's obstacles themselves, such as skeletal sub-division presence within the most friendly of EU member states for access purposes. Yes the UK will prevail from that battle, something the EU will come to regret. Their current grandeur posturing will be the EU's undoing, whilst global and more rapidly expanding economic opportunities will see the UK do relatively well. We live in a world where nano second timing is critical.

1.1.2 Relations with Hindusthan

As usual Britain will get all the concessions and Hindusthan will not ask for anything in return. After all we have Gandhi’s picture on every rupee note. Here are the details.

(20 June 2018)

Hammond is only repeating what the head of the Bundesbank said a few weeks ago.

Meanwhile, today, the Indian High Commissioner assured the UK will be increasing trade, post Brexit. His statement included; "...….the UK & India will shape the world economy...….we have historical ties that are only going to strengthen.....". This was ahead of a UK/Indian Summit taking place this weekend.

It is important to remember, India is considered to be the 'new China'; (with whom India have fallen-out with, following years of Chinese investment that has fallen short of promises, & disrupted so many in rural India. [As Nigeria, Botswana, Kenya...….have discovered.].

Now read -

Indian students excluded from UK's new relaxed visa rules

Alexandra Richards / Evening Standard 18 June 2018

India was not included in the new relaxed student visa rules

Indian students have expressed their anger after their country was excluded from a list of “low risk” countries eligible for easier visa application to the UK.

The Home Office announced on Friday a relaxation of the Tier 4 visa category for overseas students from around 25 countries. The changes make it easier for international students to study in the UK and will come into effect from July 6.

On a list already covering countries like the US and Canada, several new countries were added including Serbia, China and Bahrain, however India was not included.

Many people expressed outrage at the decision to exclude India from the list.

President of the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) Lord Karan Bilimoria told the Press Trust of India that the policy change was an "insult" to India and an example of Britain's "economically illiterate and hostile attitude to immigration.”

He continued: "I consider this another kick in the teeth for India... This sends entirely the wrong message to India, to exclude it from these Tier 4 measures. The government has simply got it wrong."

The Home Office told the Evening Standard that it would not be commenting on any individual countries in regard to the relaxation of the Tier 4 visa category.

1.1.3 Gosport Memorial hospital deaths: another scandal

Shehab Khan / The Independent 20 June 2018

The Gosport inquiry, led by the former bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, found that whistle-blowers and families were ignored as they attempted to raise concerns about the administration of opioids at the hospital in Hampshire.

Nursing staff first raised concerns nearly 30 years ago but their fears were “silenced” by management, it revealed.

More than 450 people died after they were inappropriately given painkillers that were too powerful a report has found. The Independent Panel inquiry found there had been a “disregard for human life” at the hospital.

Some milestones

April 2009 – An inquest jury rules drugs given to five elderly people at the hospital contributed to their deaths.

September 2009 – Ann Reeves, the daughter of 88-year-old Elsie Devine, leads a protest march to Downing Street.

April 2013 – A coroner rules that medication given to Mrs Richards contributed "more than insignificantly" to her death.

July 2014 – An independent investigation into more than 90 deaths at the hospital is launched by health minister Norman Lamb and was due to conclude in 2017.

The inquiry is extended and its report was published on 20 June 2018.

Gosport scandal exposes blame culture in NHS, says Hunt

Matthew Weaver /The Guardian 21 June 2018

The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has suggested that the hundreds of deaths at Gosport War Memorial hospital could have been prevented if whistle-blowers had been encouraged to come forward in the NHS. He said the scandal exposed a blame culture across the health service that made medical staff reluctant to raise the alarm about mistakes.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “... the thing that families want, if they are bereaved or have a tragedy, is to know that the NHS isn’t going to make that mistake again.

“We make it much too hard for doctors and nurses to do that. They are worried that there will be litigation, they will go up in front of the GMC [General Medical Council], or the NMC [Nursing and Midwifery Council].”He added: “In some places they are worried they might get fired. So we do have to tackle that blame culture and turn that into a learning culture.”

Hunt’s comments follow a warning by Prof Sir Brian Jarman, head of the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial College London, that situations similar to Gosport were likely to be happening elsewhere. He told Today: “At the moment, whistle-blowers are fired, gagged and blacklisted. Nobody dare whistle blow in the NHS.”

Hunt acknowledged that Jarman was a “pioneer” who raised the alarm about high death rates ahead of the Mid Staffordshire scandal, but said he was being “a little unfair” on this occasion. He insisted that NHS culture was changing.

“I do think we are making some progress,” Hunt said. “The terrible thing about Gosport was that it was 30 years after the families first raised concerns that we were able to publish this report. I am confident that sort of time period wouldn’t happen now. We would be on the case much more quickly.”

Stephen Lloyd MP for Eastbourne/ The Independent 23 June 2018

This week saw the culmination of more than 10 years of hard work. I have been campaigning for an inquiry since 2008, when a constituent of mine, Gillian Mackenzie, brought to me details of suspicious deaths at the hospital in Gosport, including her mother, Gladys Richards.

Apparently, she was transferred to the hospital 12 days after a straightforward hip operation in 1998, yet within 10 days she had passed away. Gillian – the force of nature that she is and close friend she has become over the past decade – believed something wasn’t right and took it upon herself to refer the case to the Hampshire Police Force. At that time, she was turned away by the police and the matter was not investigated.

When she came to see me a decade later, to be honest I struggled to comprehend what she was telling me, which was that her mother and numerous other people had died before their time within the War Memorial Hospital and that their deaths were effectively aided and abetted by staff.

This was a shocking and startling allegation, so I asked her to give me the comprehensive papers she’d collected over the years for me to read. I had probably got through no more than 20 per cent of what Gillian had prepared for me when I became profoundly concerned at what I was reading. I knew straight away that the whole dreadful issue needed proper, independent investigation.

At that time I wasn’t yet a member of parliament, but my colleague Norman Lamb was, and I knew that he may well share my fears of what might have taken place in Gosport all those years ago. Consequently, I arranged a meeting between myself, Gillian and a group of other affected families with Norman in parliament. He quickly became convinced there had, potentially, been something utterly wicked going on.

Five years later, Norman was a minister in the Department of Health during the coalition government. Ministers were looking to release a report into medical malpractice at the hospital in Gosport but accompanied, bizarrely, with a statement which added that the department would be taking no further action.

Thankfully, Norman refused to accept this approach and managed to persuade the then secretary of state for health, Andrew Lansley, that such a conclusion was inadequate – and that an independent panel should be established to investigate these deaths in full detail. This was subsequently set up, headed by the Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Reverend James Jones – the same man who had successfully chaired the Hillsborough inquiry.

After four years of investigation, looking into a staggering 800 deaths at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital, the report concluded that at least 456 lives (possibly as many as 650) were cut short by the “institutional practice of prescribing and administering opioids without medical justification”. That is an astonishing and appalling conclusion – though not one that the families who lost loved ones will regard with surprise.

In my eyes, deliberately cutting a life short by nefarious means is nothing less than actively killing someone.

1.1.4 Lord Carrington died in July 2018.

He was 99 and former Foreign Secretary In Mrs Thatcher’s cabinet. He served in the Army during second world war as a Major in Grenadier Guards. He was awarded the Military Cross.

Until recently politicians of all parties had served in the armed forces during the second world war. This develops many skills like – facing danger, making quick decisions, discipline, comradeship, leadership, working in a group, developing strategies. All this was lacking in Hindusthan.

1.1.5 Laudable gesture

On 29 September 2018 Hindu Society of Bedford had decided to undertake a campaign to clean Mousbury Park of all the litter, scrap paper and other waste. This kind of initiatives are most welcome. They show that we are part of the society we live in.

Sewa International also carried out similar work in Bradford on 14 October.

1.1.6 Divide between rich and poor

Yohannes Lowe / The Telegraph 06 September 2018

Local residents have accused a council of reigniting the 1930s ‘class war’ after it only resurfaced the wealthier end of the street in Sunnymead, Cutteslowe. - Oxford Mail

It was nearly 60 years ago when the wall which once separated the rich and poor residents of a suburban road in Oxford was torn down.

But now, angry locals have accused a council of reigniting the ‘class war’ after it only paved the new tarmac on the wealthier end of the street in Sunnymead, Cutteslowe.

Oxford City Council only resurfaced the road to the intersection where the more affluent Wentworth Road meets the less well of Aldrich Road.

The decision has exposed the bitter tensions between the two communities as residents on the poorer side feel like the council are viewing Wentworth Road as a priority.

One enraged vandal has sprayed the words “class war” in bright blue paint and capital letters onto the fresh tarmac in protest.

Naomi Langlais, who lives on the working class side of the street, said: “It was around April or May time that they decided the ‘middle class’ side deserved to be resurfaced.

“So we waited patiently for our end to be resurfaced too and thought it was just taking time as they had run out of money or something. But we soon realised it was just the one end they were doing, apparently we should put up with potholes and uneven surfacing.”

(A picture showing the demolition of a wall that divided two ends of a street in 1959. Credit: Oxford Mail/SWNS.com)

The infamous road still remains as separately named streets since the wall was built by a private housing developer in 1934, who tried cutting off the new development from the former council estate.

The two walls, built by Clive Saxton’s Urban Housing Company, were nine foot high and topped with spikes. The erection of the walls proved hugely controversial at the time and started a long feud between locals and the city council. There were several unsuccessful attempts to bring down the walls, including in March 1936, when campaigners armed themselves with pickaxes to try and knock them down.

>> A plaque now sits on the house which neighboured the wall, and reads: "Here stood one of the two Cutteslowe Walls erected 1934 and finally demolished on March 9, 1959."

However, many of the residents who still live on Aldrich Road will not be surprised at the highway workers actions as memories of their second-class status re-emerge.

Miss Langlais, a mum-of four, added: “We have not moved on at all-now we have a visual divide. It is just so weird it stops at the exact spot that used to occupy the wall, half way down the road. The resurfacing is desperately needed on our end as well.”

Oxford City Council has said that the only reason that its services company resurfaced one side of the divide was that the two streets are still classed as separate roads.

A spokesman for the city council said: “Oxford Direct Services resurfaced Wentworth Road earlier this year. The decision to resurface this road was purely based on need. The structural condition was far worse in Wentworth Road and this led to the decision to resurface this road first. Wentworth and Aldrich are different roads and the need to resurface Wentworth was greater.

Our comment - Thus, the bitter class divide was in existence at the height of Second World War! That too in Oxford – major centre of learning in Britain. So much for British values. But our kith and kin do not want to see that part of Oxford.

1.1.7 Immigration – alarming signs

Immigration is an emotive issue, but if obsessed with merely reducing numbers it has disastrous consequences.

(A) On 14 or 15 July there were demonstrations by owners of Indian Restaurants. They claimed that due to immigration restrictions they cannot recruit staff from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. This may lead to closure of Indian restaurants which contribute 2 billion pounds to British economy per year. Government insists that if chefs are recruited from these three countries they must be paid more than £29,000 per person. This is unaffordable.

Locals should be trained – but they are not interested

Second generation children should be encouraged – but they too are not interested. They will go to universities, take higher education and look down on working for restaurants. Same as happened to children of corner shop owners!

So, the government will lose hundreds of millions of pounds in lost business, but insist on reducing immigration from outside EU countries.

That is madness.

Note – The term Indian is deceptive. Many of the restaurants are run by Pakistani and Bangladeshi (from Sylhet).

(B) In Afghanistan, many Afghans had worked for the British Army as interpreters. They had put their lives at risk, but they are refused permission to stay in Britain. It was only after British officers having raised their voices that the Home Secretary has repented.

Tom Barnes / The Independent 23 August 2018

Hundreds of British-born children of European Union (EU) citizens settled in the UK were turned down for passports following a Home Office error. An “omission” in guidance issued in 2008 and not corrected until 2014 meant families from several eastern European countries were not asked for full documentation when applying for British passports for their children.

As a result, hundreds of parents have seen their children’s passport renewals rejected because necessary details had not been provided during initial applications.

Children born in the UK to parents from “A8” nations that joined the EU in 2004, including Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, are affected by the issue.

The Home Office has apologised for the error and said such cases were now being rectified by passport officials as a priority.

Piotr Lugowski, who has been working in the UK for 13 years, told the BBC that an application to renew his eight-year-old son’s passport had been rejected. “When he was three-years-old we applied for a British passport for him and we received the passport very quickly, without any problems,” he said. “This year we put in an application for a new one and I was thinking it would be a very quick process, but we started receiving a lot of letters from the Home Office asking for more and more documents.”

British-born children of EU citizens would have been automatically eligible for British citizenship if their parents had registered as permanent UK residents under the now-defunct Workers Registration Scheme. However, as affected parents were not asked for the documentation at the time of initial applications, they have struggled to obtain proof of records no longer held by the government.

The Home Office said affected families would need to re-register their children as British citizens, a process that would be completed free of charge.

“We want there to be no doubt – if you are settled in the UK legally, any child you have in this country thereafter is British,” it said in a statement. “An error in our guidance meant that some EEA citizens have had difficulty renewing passports for their children. We regret any inconvenience or delay that this has caused.

“In response, we have set up a support function in Her Majesty’s Passport Office to identify renewal applications from the affected group and where appropriate, support them to first register their child as a British citizen.”

1.1.8 Madness of privatisation

(i) Government takes over 'appalling' Birmingham prison from G4S (20 August 2018)

The Ministry of Justice is stepping in to take over the running of HMP Birmingham after officials decided private contractor G4S could not cope with the out-of-control prison.

It comes after a damning critique was issued by the prison watchdog warning that the Birmingham jail had "slipped into crisis" after its latest inspection uncovered "appalling" squalor and violence.

In a letter to David Gauke, the justice secretary, Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke noted that many staff felt fearful and unsafe after a number of violent incidents, including an arson attack that destroyed nine vehicles in the car park.

He wrote: "It was often difficult to find officers, although we did find some asleep during prisoner lock-up periods. On more than one occasion we found groups of staff who had locked themselves in their own offices. We were told this was to prevent them, when busy, from being distracted by prisoners – an explanation that was neither plausible nor acceptable."

Mr Clarke said he was "astounded" by the deterioration of the prison since it was last inspected in February 2017, and concluded: "There has clearly been an abject failure of contract management and delivery."

The MoJ, which will take over running of the jail for an initial six-month period, said there were "serious concerns over safety, security and decency".

Officials say the action is justified under the terms of the MoJ's contract with G4S, because of the firm's failure to run the prison safely, representing a breach of contract.

The government insists there will be no additional cost to the taxpayer.

Under the contract, G4S is liable for any additional costs where there has been a forced "step-in."

Our comments - So, once again a private company is awarded a contract, it fails in its job, Government takes over. Why the madness of privatisation?

G4S has welcomed the move. Of course!

Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon said the situation was a consequence of privatisation in the justice system.

He said: "HMP Birmingham was the first publicly run prison to be transferred to the private sector. This should be a nail in the coffin for the flawed idea of prison privatisation. The government must scrap its recently announced plans to build yet more private prisons."

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said there would be no privatised prisons if his party wins power.

He said: "Another week, another privatisation crisis. This government's obsession with selling off our public services has been a total failure.

(ii) Thameslink rail operator may lose franchises (Metro 2 July 2018)

Because of crisis with new time table (May 2018) – not enough drivers / infrastructure not ready and other reasons, British Government has threatened that it may cancel franchise given to private train operator (Trains from Bedford to Brighton)

Then what? Who wants to take it over? There are very few private companies left. They know the risks. None can be obliged to take over Thameslink services. Back in Government hands?

Remember the London Olympics? G4S failed to provide security and running arrangements. In the end the British Army had to be brought in. So much for the merits of privatisation!

1.1.9 Britain, a third world country?

It seems that Britain is fast turning into a third world country. Nothing seems to go right.

(i) Mandarin Oriental – Knightsbridge

Most celebrated five star hotel, first opened 1902

It underwent refurbishment for 18 months, costing £185million. Completed May 2018. As soon as it was opened it caught fire causing extensive damage. Was there no checking, inspection before completion?

(ii) Chaos at Gatwick Airport (West Sussex)

Information screens fail and staff forced to write flight details on whiteboards

Andy Wells, Yahoo News UK 20 August 2018

Gatwick is UK's no.2 airport,

Due to an ongoing issue with Vodafone – a provider of IT services – flight information is not being displayed correctly on the airport’s digital screens and staff at the airport have resorted to manually writing out crucial information such as gate numbers for each departure.

Every screen is offline.

Passengers needed good eyesight after flight details were handwritten on whiteboards

August is one of the busiest periods of the year for the airport as many families embark on summer holidays.

Our comments - As things go wrong so often in airports and on public transport generally they should be developing back up systems.

What would have happened if the whiteboards were thrown away as no longer needed.

(iii) London Heathrow Airport

Passport queues reach two and a half hours in July, figures reveal.

This is suicidal. People from Hindusthan have money to burn. They will not tolerate such delays. They can easily obtain Shangian Visas and will visit Europe, but NOT come to Britain.

(iv) Expectant mothers turned away from hospitals

Bedford Hospital closed its doors to expectant mothers for a total of 12 hours in 2017 – according to freedom of information requests.

It has been revealed that half of all maternal units in the UK closed their doors to new mothers at some point last year.

And Bedford Hospital Trust confirmed that their maternity unit reached capacity on six occasions in 2017…… Eight trusts across the country have had closures lasting more than 24 hours in 2017.

And in The Royal College of Midwives’ latest estimate, the NHS has shortage of 3,500 midwives. (Bedfordshire Times & Citizen 30 Aug 2018 p 3)

Our comments - This is alarming. In practice this means that the expectant mothers will have to be driven long distances for delivery. Children are born when mother nature desires, not according to any schedule. This problem is caused by not having spare capacity in any wards – just to save money.

(v) After the BMW, Ford cars are now in the news. Their cars burst into flames suddenly and Ford refuse to take responsibility. It was only after TV news (August / September) that they have agreed to bear full costs. But why should this happen to brand new cars?

Even Toyota Hybrid cars now have similar problem. They lose power all of a sudden on road, which is frightening for drivers.

(vi) Bank frauds

Most banks are encouraging customers to do online banking to reduce the workload in their branches. But this has its dangers. Fraudsters cheat vulnerable people out of their life savings. They target old people, (even middle aged people are vulnerable) especially at a time when banks are closed. They hack Bank’s numbers too, so that when the person rings bank number the call goes to the fraudster. The old person gives his bank details, money is withdrawn from his bank account, it is transferred into another account. And soon the other account is closed. When the person realises that he has been cheated, Bank says, “You are responsible. You gave the cheat all the bank details. You have lost money. We can’t help.” And in most cases the Financial Services Ombudsman agrees with the Banks.

Our comment - Surely the banks can trace the transactions, find out the account to which money was transferred and enquire who opened that account, what proof of identity and residence was given by the fraudster and inform the Police. Banks do not do that.

(vii) Cross Rail project, connecting East end of London to the West end, is nearly one year late and ran over budget – what a surprise!

1.2. Europe

1.2.1 France

French security system is shambles (Metro 2 July 2018, p3) Redoine Faid is a notorious French criminal who has just broken out of prison for the second time. The convicted murderer was sentenced to 25 years in 2010 for the death of a young policewoman. He has been serving his time at the Reau Prison in the south of Paris but had escaped by helicopter.

In the prison courtyard, according to the French justice ministry, it is said an “armed commando” landed a helicopter there when the 46 year old gangster was in the visitor room. Two men wearing black clothing and balaclavas then entered the prison looking for him, using a grinding machine to open the door to the room he was in. The helicopter was later found burnt out in a suburb of Paris. Faid is believed to have left by car with his accomplices.

In the 1990s Faid led a criminal gang which was involved in the armed robbery of banks and armoured vans transporting money. He was arrested in 1998 after three years on the run. Faid was freed in 2009 after serving 10 years and he swore that he had turned around.

His 25 year sentence followed the death of 26 year old policewoman Aurelie Fouquet, who died in a high speed chase and shoot out after an attempted armed robbery.

In 2013 Faid blasted his way out of prison with explosives concealed in tissue packs. He was arrested six weeks later.

And yet the same French threaten non co-operation with UK on security matters after Brexit!

1.2.2 Italy

ROME (AP) — Dozens of activists have gathered outside Italy's parliament on Roma Holocaust Memorial Day amid new concerns about discrimination against the minority community.

Waving Roma flags and displaying signs reading "Stop xenophobia" and "No to pogroms," the activists gathered on Thursday to remember past mistreatment and to protest current conditions in Italy.

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called for a census of the Roma population in June, and police closed a Roma camp in the Italian capital last month.

In one of several recent attacks being investigated as possible acts of racism, a young Roma child was shot with an air gun in Rome and left partially paralyzed.

Some of the protesters at Thursday's demonstration wore the brown, triangle-shaped badge that Germany's Nazis forced Roma people to wear. (July 2018)

Dozens protest policies in Italy on Roma Holocaust day

1.2.3 Germany

State visit of Turkish President

It was stated in the news 28 September 2018 that there are 3 million Germans of Turkish origin (in other words Turkish Muslims). Angela Merkal has already welcomed 1 million Muslim Syrians as refugees.

France alone had more than 6 million Muslims before the start of current refugee crisis

1.3 America

1.3.1 Children left in cars in hot weather will die

Three-month-old baby dies in boiling car, the 29th in US this year

Chris Riotta / The Independent 27 July 2018

Authorities say parents and drivers should always check their vehicles to ensure a child has not been left behind.

A three-month-old toddler in Indiana is the latest child to die after being trapped in a hot car.

Aaron Turner has spoken out about what happened to his son, telling local news outlets that, by sharing the tragic story, he hopes "another child's life will not be lost."

According to Mr Turner, the baby's mother forgot to drop the child off at a daycare centre, instead leaving him in the back-seat of her car and parking outside of Express Care, where she spent a full day at work.

By the time she reportedly returned to the car at 4.30pm, the child was unresponsive. His mother pulled him out of an infant car seat and brought him inside the care centre, attempting to rescue him by performing CPR.

The child, Aiden Miller, was pronounced dead shortly after at the Baptist Floyd Hospital.

"I don't understand how this could happen," Mr Turner told WLKY. "My heart is broken."

The New Albany police department, which did not immediately respond to enquiries, has launched an investigation into the child’s death. Charges have not yet been filed.

The toddler’s death marks the 29th person in the US to die inside of a locked car in 2018 — an unfortunate trend that typically occurs during the hot summer months.

Nationwide, law enforcement has repeatedly encouraged drivers to check their back-seats for children and loved ones who may have been forgotten.

Just last week, a three-year-old was discovered by his father inside of a daycare centre bus after being left behind from a field trip hours earlier. Authorities recorded temperature levels inside the bus at 45C.

"It's just tragic," Constable Alan Rosen said in a statement sent to The Independent. "Do something that always reminds you that you have a loving package in the back seat of that car."

1.3.2 Babies from rape cases

On 1 August 2018 BBC news at 10 p.m. News from America – at times women wish to keep babies born out of a rape – they may take pity on the child. But to add to the horror – if the rapist knows this he demands his right to see that child! Women have to fight in courts to prevent this. It can only happen in America

1.3.3 Changes in US policies

In September, President Trump has denounced Globalisation. Now he is only going to pursue nationalism.

He has also announced that America will no longer co-operate with International Criminal Court as it has started investigating torture by American soldiers in Afghanistan.

1.3.4 World climate change

Trump does not believe in world climate change as he wants to support Coal and fossil fuel industries of America. But we have already seen the effects of Global warming. There was heat wave in Europe having devastating effects of lives. Crops were ruined, huge fires ranged all over the world (including America). This was followed by flash floods. Imagine devastating effect of whole year’s rain falling in one day. Once again it destroyed crops caused food shortages, damaged properties, disrupted businesses . There were hurricanes in America and typhoons in China and Japan.

Mother nature does not respect Trump!

1.3.5 US Supreme Court After the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court judge one wonders how the American Supreme court remains Conservative right wing. Its judges have no retirement age. They can retire at any time. It is only when one judge dies and there is a liberal minded President like Carter or Obama that there is a chance of appointing a liberal minded Judge. They are all appointed on recommendations of the President. At times right wing judges retire when there is a President like Reagan. Thus the majority of judges are right wing. And we admire the Americans for democratic values. Their supreme court judges are political appointees and are NOT impartial.

1.3.6 Train accident

The Independent 10 September 2018

A train has derailed in South Dallas with at least three cars coming off the tracks.

Haskell Avenue will be closed for several hours while crews work to clear the scene, local media reported.

There were no reports of injuries.

How can this happen in America?

1.3.7 American Sikh Council – ominous signs.

In America Sikhs want to preserve their identity, heritage and their way of life. They are facing discrimination and physical attacks on their person and places of worship. American Sikh Council is an umbrella organisation of all Gurudwaras in America. It exposes injustices done to Sikhs and the problems they face. So far so good. But they have gone crazy. They say that they have nothing to do with Hinduism and have more in common with Islam. Moreover, they are now openly supporting Khalistan. How strange that they DO NOT demand a homeland for Sikhs in America. They merely want to disintegrate Hindusthan. Government of India has got to keep a record of all office bearers of ASC and their relations and refuse them visas. Sangh Parivar in America can also do this work. Would they?

1.4 Hindusthan

1.4.1 Taj Mahal

(a) Economic Times 20 October 2017

Subramanian Swamy: Taj Mahal sits on stolen property

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said he has access to documents that suggest the property where Taj Mahal was built was stolen by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan from kings of Jaipur.

" There is evidence on record that Shah Jahan forced the Raja-Maharajas of Jaipur to sell the land on which Taj Mahal is standing and he gave them a compensation of forty villages, which is nothing compared to the property’s value.” Swamy told reporters.

He added he will release the copies of evidence to the media soon.

"The documents also suggest that there was a temple on the property. But it is still not clear whether Taj Mahal was built after the demolition of a temple.” asserted Swamy.

(b) Godbole’s article has been translated into Telugu with the help of Santosh Kumar Mhaisekar of Bhagyanagar. He is a friend of Dr Ambekar of London. We are now trying to get it translated into Tamil, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannad and other languages.

(c) In October, Godbole was surprised to get a query from one Avinash Singh of South Africa. He asked for Godbole’s article on Taj Mahal and was very pleased with it.

(d) Maharashtra Mandal, London has Ganapati celebrations every year. On 10 September they organised a Powerpoint presentation on Taj Mahal by Godbole. Thirty people attended.

(e) Tejomahalay?

Godbole was astonished that Sangh Parivar has started a new controversy – Taj Mahal was originally Tejomahalay, a Shiva Temple. He has written an 18 page document in Marathi. It will soon be translated into English for wider circulation.

1.4.2 Last days of Gandhi

Despite many requests, our Hindutvavadi friends do not collect correct information about Gandhi’s last days. The question remains – what were the conditions laid down by Gandhi to end his last fast? Maulana Azad has given these in his book India wins freedom. If you read them it will make your blood boil. The question is - what was reported in various Newspapers? – still no answer.

On 19^th January 1948 Gandhi ended his fast as all his conditions were accepted by the people. The 7 conditions are given in first page of Times of India 18 January 1948. But who would do this work?

On facebook someone has put the following Gandhi’s message -

“Hindus should not harbor anger in their hearts against Muslims even if the latter wanted to destroy them. Even if the Muslims want to kill us all we should face death bravely. If they established their rule after killing Hindus we would be ushering in a new world by sacrificing our lives. “

Speech at prayer meeting New Delhi 6 April 1947.

Prarthana – Pravachan Part I pp 29-32 CWOMG Vol 87, pp 217-219

This can be confirmed. British Library, London (3^rd floor) has a copy of Complete Works of Mahatma Gandhi – published by Government of India.

1.4.3 Mischief by Gandhi

We have now been informed that the famous song Raghupati Raaghav Raajaaraam was twisted by Gandhi.

The correct words are

Raghupati Raaghav Raajaaraam

Patit Paawan Seetaaraam

Sundar Vigrah Meghashyaam

Gangaa Tulasee Shaalagraam

Bhadragireeshwar Seetaraam

Bhagat-janpriya Seetaaraam

Jaanakeeramanaa Seetaraam

Jayjay Raaghav Seetaaraam

Distortion by Gandhi

Raghupati Raaghav Raajaaraam

Patit Paawan Seetaaraam

Bhaj Pyare too Seetaaraam

Eeshwar Allah Tero Naam

Sab ko sanmati de bhagwan

We are grateful to Shree Uday Modak of Pune for this research and confirmation

Gandhi has also played another mischief. His famous message was

Ahinsa paramo dharmah (Non-violence is the greatest religion)

In fact we find this in Mahaabhaarat Adiparva, but the complete words are -

Ahinsa paramo dharmah

Dharma Hinsa tadaiva cha

Ahinsa (non-violence) is the greatest religion but killing for the protection of Dharma is even nobler.

It is high time we rectified the situation

1.4.4 Solar energy

On Facebook we read – Cochin International Airport is fully solar powered. The is first one in the world.

1.4.5 Savarkar associations

There are many Savarkar associations (mandals). There is need to make a list of all of them and that they should communicate with each other.

Glad to know that such efforts are being made by Ganesh Wadhavekar of Bhusaval, Maharashtra. His group keeps in touch with various Savarkar associations in Nagpur, Wardha, Jalgaon, Nasik and Pune in Maharashtra and also in Gujarath, Madhya Pradesh, Karnatak, Andhra and Telangana

1.4.6 Book sales are falling – an alarming trend

While in Pune in February Godbole noticed an alarming trend. Many public functions used to be sponsored by book publishers. They expected their books to be sold at the sponsored functions. There has been a sharp drop in the book sales. As a result publishers may not sponsor public events in future. That will be a sad day indeed for social life.

Also it was noticed that many public libraries are closing down due to lack of readers. All this due to huge increase in use of social media, smart phones, E Mails, Facebook, Whatsup and twitters.

Out of curiosity Godbole looked at a magazine read by his grandson. It is called

The Week Junior – suitable for children aged 10 to 15. In one issue we found -

All about Yemen

Yemen’s devastating war

The story behind 2018’s worst humanitarian crisis

When did the war start and why?

How is the war affecting people?

What are the UK, the US and France doing?

Omar’s story

- what is being done to help?

- Hope for the future

All this in a short form, but this is how the opinions of youngsters (and elderly) are formed. People do not have time to read, think and then form opinions. So, we must change accordingly. Once again Hindutvavadis fail on this front.

One should remember that on the day of Vaishakhi the same weekly declared that Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak – and youngsters will believe in that information. And that impression stays with them lifelong.

1.4.7 Our mental slavery

Anant Kanekar was a well known Marathi writer. He travelled in North Hindusthan. He went from Mumbai to Karnavati (Ahmedabad), mount Abu, Rajasthan, Delhi, Agra then to Calcutta and back. He reached Lucknow on 11 April 1949 and wrote -

Memories of 1857 uprising

We visited the much publicised British Residency. It was like an old damaged fort, marks of bullets, gun shots. Some walls still standing, some have fallen down. I thought of Rani Laxmibai, Tatya Tope and other heroes. Unfortunately we found memorials to British soldiers and those Indian soldiers who remained loyal to the British. There is a small museum of articles of war (bullets, cardridges, boynets, helmets) and some paintings. At the entrance there is a memorial stone with remarks of Lord Canning praising British soldiers and denouncing the Indian rebels whom he regarded as brutes and barbarians. It was disgusting that after independence such monuments are not demolished. At least they should be removed to some obscure place and memorials to OUR heroes who fought the British in 1857 be erected. (Amachi mati, amache akash, 1950, pp172/4)

Alas, nothing has changed. Here is news we found in a paper cutting of 1998.

Letters to the editor

Tread softly when visiting the Taj

From Sir Ronald Pearson

Sir,

In your leading article, “The tender Taj” (November 17, see also reports, same day), you recommend that, to avoid erosion, visitors should be provided with overshoes before visiting the Taj Mahal at Agra. In fact visitors are already obliged to take off their shoes in the forecourt and perambulate barefoot round the monument – a hazardous enterprise in the pouring rain on the wet and slippery white marble surface, as I discovered recently.

In general the Indian authorities are to be congratulated for the way they are preserving historical monuments, including many from the Raj. I also visited the ruins of the Residency at Lucknow; scene of the five-month siege of the British Garrison and non-combatants during the troubles of 1857. the battle-scarred buildings, together with the now landscaped grounds, have been preserved exactly as they were at the end of the siege, as have gravestones of those who fell there.

Likewise preserved is the obelisk in another part of town, marking the tomb of General Sir Henry Havelock, Victorian hero of the relief of Lucknow, whose statue stands on a plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Yours faithfully

Ronald Preston

68 Saxmundham Road

Alderburgh

Suffolk IP 15 5PA

November 17

(Times 20 November 1998)

We are still slaves of the British! We meticulously preserve the monuments of the British Raj but neglect monuments of our pride and glory. It does not matter which party is in power.

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

Godbole conducted following tours - (1) 18th June (Sunday). This was organised by Sunil Bhgwat for 13 devotees of Gajanan Maharaj of Shevgav. They came from Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai and Pune. They had hired a minibus. The driver needed postal codes of all the places and we changed the sequence of the route to suit the driver.

(2) 23rd June. Lead was taken by Dr (Sau) Shiralkar of Birmingham. 11 people participated.

(3) 13 July (Friday) another tour was conducted for Mr and Mrs Bharati (Dixit) of Thane. Both are Chartered Accountants. They came to London for Business meetings and stayed for a short time. Hence the tour on Friday. As usual it was very cold in the morning and very hot by mid-day.

(4) 11 August. This tour was for two guests of Shree Bhutada of Woking.

(5) 29 September. Dr Datta Kanitkar of America took the lead. 14 people attended. It was 2 degrees C when Godbole left home and got very hot by mid-day. University College London was closed to visitors due to some students’ function on Brexit . This has happened for the first time in last 31 years.

(6) 13 October. This was done at the request of Nivedita Gokhale. Six people participated.

From time to time Godbole gets requests for conducting tours on odd days. If this is not possible he sends full details of the places to visit and how to reach these.

Godbole is now 77 and has been conducting the tours for 31 years. At some stage he will have to retire. Mr Anil Nene of Croydon has agreed to continue the work afterwards. Some more RSS workers are also ready to contribute.

3. BEHAVIOUR OF CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TODAY.

3.1 The Christians – sexual abuse of young

3.1.1 Camilla Turner / The Telegraph 09 August 2018

Monks should be stripped of control at two leading Benedictine schools after sex abuse was covered up for 40 years, a report has found.

Leaders at Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset hid allegations of "appalling" abuse against pupils as young as seven to protect the church's reputation.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) on Thursday published a damning report on the English Benedictine Congregation, which has ten monasteries.

Ampleforth and Downside are two schools linked to the monasteries, run at times by "secretive, evasive and suspicious" church officials who avoided reporting misconduct to police and social services.

The inquiry found that sexual abuse spanning four decades at both schools was likely to be "considerably" more widespread than previously thought.

Both must implement a “strict separation” between the governance of the abbey and the school, if safeguarding arrangements are to be free from “often conflicting priorities”, the report concluded.

Allegations stretching back to the 1960s encompassed "a wide spectrum of physical abuse, much of which had sadistic and sexual overtones", it said.

Ten individuals linked to the schools, mainly monks, have been cautioned or convicted over sexual activity or pornography offences involving a "large number of children".

"The true scale of the abuse however is likely to be considerably higher," the investigation, led by Professor Alexis Jay, found. "Safeguarding children was less important than the reputation of the Church and the well-being of the abusive monks."

She added that even after new procedures were introduced in 2001, when monks "gave the appearance of co-operation and trust", their approach "could be summarised as a 'tell them nothing' attitude."

The findings renewed calls for the introduction of a "mandatory reporting law", requiring anyone who believes that a child is being abused to report it to police or child protection services.

On Thursday, both Ampleforth and Downside published apologies to the victims of abuse. The report followed several weeks of evidence hearings at the inquiry last year, which included personal accounts from victims.

One alleged offender at Ampleforth abused at least 11 children aged between eight and 12 over a "sustained period of time", but died before police could investigate.

Others convicted include Richard White, a Downside monk jailed for five years in 2012 for five indecent assaults against two boys, and Father Piers Grant-Ferris, a Benedictine monk at Ampleforth who was jailed for two years in 2006 for 20 indecent assault on boys between 1966 and 1975.

"Many perpetrators did not hide their sexual interests from the children," the report found, allowing abusers at Ampleforth to prey on entire groups of pupils both outdoors and indoors.

"The blatant openness of these activities demonstrates there was a culture of acceptance of abusive behaviour," the report said. This was a culture fostered by the abbot leading the schools, it was claimed.

The report said: "For much of the time under consideration by the inquiry, the overriding concern in both Ampleforth and Downside was to avoid contact with the local authority or the police at all costs, regardless of the seriousness of the alleged abuse or actual knowledge of its occurrence.

"Rather than refer a suspected perpetrator to the police, in several instances the abbots in both places would confine the individual to the abbey or transfer him and the known risk to a parish or other locations."

The Catholic church is one of 13 strands of public life being investigated for child protection failings by the IICSA.

3.1.2 In May / June 2018 Daily Mail once reported – All 34 Chilean Bishops resigned over child abuse scandal.

3.1.3 Sophie Williams / Evening Standard 25 August 2018

Pope Francis Ireland visit:

He has revealed his pain and shame at the Catholic church's failure to tackle sex abuse scandals. On the first day of his historic trip to Ireland, the pontiff said people had a right to be outraged at the response of senior figures in the Catholic Church to the "repellent crimes" inflicted on young people.

At the start of a two-day visit the pope was expected to meet with survivors of clerical sexual abuse, which comes a week after the Catholic Church came under renewed scrutiny for its handling of abuse cases following the publication of a grand jury report on sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses.

Pope said "With regard to the most vulnerable, I cannot fail to acknowledge the grave scandal caused in Ireland by the abuse of young people by members of the church charged with responsibility for their protection and education,"

"The failure of ecclesiastical authorities – bishops, religious superiors, priests and others – adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community.

"I myself share those sentiments."

In response, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar called on the Pope to listen to survivors of abuse at the hands of the church.

Following a private meeting with the Pontiff, Mr Varadkar said: "In place of Christian charity, forgiveness and compassion, far too often there was judgement, severity and cruelty, in particular towards women and children and those on the margins.

"Magdalene Laundries, Mother and Baby Homes, industrial schools, illegal adoptions and clerical child abuse are stains on our state, our society and also the Catholic Church.

"Wounds are still open and there is much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for victims and survivors.

While Francis is sure to receive a warm reception from the thousands of pilgrims who have travelled to be part of the occasion, he will also be met by protesters angry at how the church dealt with multiple clerical sex abuse scandals that have damaged trust in the religious institution and seriously weakened its influence on Irish society.

> Images from Dublin's city centre show LGBT protestors standing on Ha'Penny bridge with pride flags and rainbow umbrellas in remembrance of victims of the clerical sex abuse scandal.

3.1.4 Eleven former New Hampshire prep school staff accused of abuse (August 2018)

They worked at a prominent school and have been accused of fondling, forced kissing and other sexual misconduct with students over several decades, according to two reports released on Friday. The reports released by Phillips Exeter Academy also found that school administrators often failed to act on complaints of abuse and, in several cases, never recorded the complaints of wrongdoing in personnel files— allowing teachers to be hired elsewhere despite concerns about their behaviour. The allegations involve staffers who have since been fired, left the school or have died.

Our comments – If this is the behaviour of Church authorities in recent times what was happening at the height of British Empire?

3.2 The Muslims

3.2.1 Division among Muslims During his working life, Godbole came across two Muslim colleagues. As individuals they were very friendly and they all lived in the same city. Years passed by. Children grew up. But when they got married the Muslim friends invited Godboles but NOT each other. Why?

One was a Ahemedia and the other a Sunni. Both came from Karachi in Pakistan.

So, who are the Ahmedias?

The Ahamadiyya Movement in Islam was founded by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1889 who claimed to be the Promised Mesiah of the latter days. Since its inception, the Community has tirelessly strived to present the true interpretation of Islam with the aim of spreading peace and uniting communities through its motto, “Love for All, Hatred for none.” ….. The UK Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was established in 1913.

Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK, 181 London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5PT

The Ahmadiyyas are persecuted in Pakistan. They were declared as NON-Muslims by Bhutto. There are some 250 million Ahamadiyas in the world.

Why can’t we take advantage of such bitter differences among Muslims?

3.2.2 Muslims in Europe

First woman fined in Denmark for wearing full-face veil

The Telegraph 04 August 2018

A wearer of the niqab weeps as she is embraced by a police officer during a demonstration against the Danish face veil ban in Copenhagen

A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported.

Police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, in the north-eastern region of Nordsjaelland, where the woman had become involved in a scuffle with another woman who had tried to tear her niqab off, police duty officer David Borchersen told the Ritzau news agency.

"During the fight her niqab came off, but by the time we arrived she had put it back on again," Borchersen said.

Police took a photograph of the woman wearing the niqab, and obtained security camera footage from the shopping centre of the incident.

The woman was informed she would receive a fine of 1,000 kroner (£119) in the post, and was told to either remove her veil or leave the public space.

"She chose the latter," Borchersen said.

As of August 1, wearing a burqa, which covers a person's entire face, or the niqab, which only shows the eyes, in public carries a fine of 1,000 kroner.

(Women wearing niqab and headscarves take part in a demonstration on August 1, 2018, the first day of the implementation of the Danish face veil ban.)

Repeated violations are fined up to 10,000 kroner.

The ban also targets other accessories that hide the face such as balaclavas, masks and false beards.

Human rights campaigners have slammed the ban as a violation of women's rights, while supporters argue it enables better integration of Muslim immigrants into Danish society.

At a glance – Countries with burka bans

France – was first European country to introduce a ban in 2004

Belgium – followed suit by banning full face veil in 2011

Holland approved a partial ban of full veil in 2015

Spain has laws against burkas and niqabs in parts of Catalonia

Chad banned veils in the aftermath of two suicide bomb attacks in 2015

Cameron also banned burkas after suicide bombings by people wearing veils

Niger bans use of the veil in Diffa, a region hit by Boko Haram.

Congo Brazzaville has banned the veil since 2015 to prevent terrorist attacks

Turkey – banned wearing the veil in Judicial, military, and political installations in 2013 Switzerland is the latest country to pass a burka ban introducing it in 2016.

The full-face veil is a hot-button issue across Europe.

Belgium, France, Germany and Austria have already imposed bans or partial bans.

This is when temperatures in Europe soar to 48 degrees C!

3.2.3 Muslim terror attacks continue in Europe

One attack happened outside Houses of Parliament in August 2018. The astonishing facts are – The attacker was a Sudanese immigrant Salih Khater, 29 a former electrical engineering student is believed to have moved to the UK five years ago.

He ploughed into cyclists outside the Houses of Parliament. He lived in a small flat in Birmingham above an internet cafe. He was forced out of Coventry University in May 2018 after failing the first year of his accountancy course.

He waited until rush-hour before swerving on to the wrong side of the road and hitting cyclists who were waiting at the traffic lights. He then crashed into barriers outside the entrance to the House of Lords.

He went to school in Wad Madani, a town in east central Sudan, where his parents were sorghum farmers. Khater had moved to the UK about five years ago, and became a citizen. (so becoming British citizen is so easy!)

He was not known to MI5 or Scotland Yard, and had no criminal record or affiliation to terrorist groups. But he is believed to be known to West Midlands police.

The silver Ford Fiesta he drove had failed an MOT over deficiencies including defective headlights and hand brake, and been written off last year. However, it was sold two months ago. (how can you sell a car that has failed MOT? ) It was registered to a council flat in Peveril Street, Nottingham.

Khater had driven from his home in Birmingham before using his car as a weapon, sparking suggestions that it was an attempted "copycat" of the attack launched by Khalid Masood a year earlier which had killed six people. Masood had lived just ten minutes from the suspect's home in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham, before travelling to London to carry out his attack.

Security sources are keen to establish if there is a connection between the pair.

The Houses of Parliament are surrounded with security barriers of steel and concrete.

The measures were extended in the wake of the Westminster Bridge attack in March 2017 when Khalid Masood ploughed a car into crowds on Westminster Bridge, killing four people.

The terrorist threat against the UK is seen as unprecedented.

The latest incident came as the government launched an apparent defence of the security services by releasing figures showing there has been a sharp rise in suspected terrorism plots, with live investigations rising from "more than 500" in March to 676 by the end of June.

Met Police chief: Westminster could be pedestrianised to stop vehicle attacks

- terrorists' "weapon of choice",

Who was paying for his University education?

What's this man been doing since he was chucked out of University?

If he's an ex-student, living in a run-down flat, how does he afford the Ford Focus car? Or, where did he get it from?

3.2.4 Conflicts may have killed 5 million children in Africa: study

AFP 30 August 2018

New research shows that "more frequent and more intense armed conflicts have taken place in Africa over the past 30 years than in any other continent," resulting in the deaths of as many as five million children under five

Injury, disease, and hunger caused by armed conflict in Africa may have killed as many as five million children under five from 1995 to 2015, said a study.

Of these, about three million were infants aged 12 months or younger.

The research, published in The Lancet medical journal, did not rely on an actual headcount, but compared data on 15,441 conflicts in which nearly a million people died, with child birth and death registers, the research team said.

They used these data to calculate the risk of a child dying within 100 kilometres (62 miles) and eight years of an armed conflict, and then estimated the number of child deaths attributable to Africa's many wars.

The five million figure was much higher than previous estimates, the authors said.

"This analysis shows that the effects of armed conflict extend beyond the deaths of combatants and physical devastation: armed conflict substantially increases the risk of death of young children, for a long period of time."

Apart from directly injuring some children, conflicts contribute to death and stunting "for many years, and over wide areas," the team said.

Deaths result from the interruption of interrupted medical care for pregnant women and newborns, disease spread as sanitary services and water networks crumble, a lack of medicines, and malnutrition as food runs out.

Our comment – But there is no caste system or tyranny of Brahmins in Africa. So, why this horror?

4 History today / Historical notes

4.1 Bolshevik revolution in Russia

This event took place in October 1917 and it failed recently, but there were hardly any programmes on TV and no analysis of why it failed. There are several reasons. During second world war large number of Russians came under Nazi rule. Stalin ordered them to commit suicide which was nonsense. When Russian troops advanced and defeated Nazis, the trapped Russian citizens, instead of being welcome were despised by Stalin and deported to Gulags.

Show trials and killing of 20 million Russians never helped.

Failure of the Soviet system has had disastrous effects of lives of middle classes in the West. All the welfare benefits have vanished one by one.

4.2 When was the world created? (a) I had a quick look at a children’s book called Young Children’s Encyclopaedia, 1981 reprint. On page 28 we find – The History of Man The earth was formed about 5,000 million years ago, but man has lived on it for only 500,000 years.

In other words, if the whole period of the earth’s life was divided into 10,000 equal parts, man would have existed for only one of them.

Neenderthal Man lived in parts of Europe about 100,000 years ago.

It was about 10 to 12 thousand years ago that the famous cave paintings of animals and people discovered in France and Spain were done.

(b) While waiting for our dentist I was reading BBC Wild Life magazine of July 2018. On pages 28/29 I found – Early human species Homo antecessor set foot in Britain about 900,000 years ago during the Pleistocene period. For hundreds of thousands of years, the Pleistocene was an age of extremes – of shifting warm and cold.

But we were told that according to Bible, world was created in 4004 B.C. How is that possible?

4.3 Problems of Native people

On 22 June 2018 we read following news posted by Mukesh Khugsal on Facebook.

National Aboriginal Day is about celebrating the heritage, culture and achievements of First Nation people from across Canada.

Indigenous people in Canada also known as Native Canadians. Originally they were called Indians.

This subject is hardly talked about.

5. Obituary

B R Haran, a freelance journalist of Madras died on 5 July 2018. In 2012 he stated that RSS workers took part in Republic Day parade on 26 January 1963. When asked for a proof he send a paper cutting from Times of India. Godbole then circulated it among 1,000 of his friends all over the world.