INDIAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INTO TRUE HISTORY

NEWSLETTER NO. 80 OF 16 FEBRUARY 2019

1. NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.1 Britain

1.1.1 Brexit – madness

What a shambles the negotiations have been. After 2 years we merely have Withdrawal agreement which was rejected by M. Ps. Never was any Prime Minister so humiliated. Labour leader proposed a no confidence motion, which was bound to be defeated. Mrs May was originally going to face parliament on 11 December. She postponed it by one month. She knows the clock is ticking. UK leaves the EU by end of March 2019.

Once Mrs May proudly said – No deal is better than a bad deal. But now everyone is terrified of that prospect. There will be utter chaos.

Government has made no plans for no deal Brexit. It has not left any time for preparation.

* MPs were wrong to vote against No deal Brexit. That should have been the threat to EU. Why would they now make concessions?

* It was wrong of opposition M. Ps to approach EU negotiators directly instead of talking to Government negotiators.

* Labour wants to remain in customs union, but then UK cannot make trade deals with other countries, which was the main reason for leaving EU. Mrs May had said that UK is coming out of Customs Union, but the withdrawal agreement she has made does just that.

In the speech in Party conference in 2018 Mrs May declared that austerity has ended. It was foolish to say so. Now why there are no pay rises for policemen / firemen / nurses / teachers?

1.1.2 British law is an ass

20 October 2018

Hate preacher Anjam Choudary – released from Barmrsh maximum security prison after having served only half the term of 5 1/2 years of prison sentence.

Criminal Justice Act lays down that the criminal prisoner, no matter how horrible his crime, is entield to be released after having served only half the sentence. What non-sense!

The Home Secretary has no discretion in this matter.

Choudary will be subjected to severe restrictions, but monitoring them will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. Again he is going to claim his human rights!

1.1.3 Cruelty to children

Mother and ex-partner jailed for 'brutal' death of her three-week-old baby

Ellen Manning, Yahoo News UK 7 December 2018

Roxanne Davis, 30, of Gosport, Hampshire and ex-partner Samuel Davies, 24, of Southampton, were convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court of causing or allowing the death of Stanley Davis. The trial heard that Stanley dies of a skull fracture and brain haemorrhage at just 24-days-old on March 28, 2017.

He had also suffered 32 fractures to his ribs and nine fractures to his arms and legs sustained during at least three separate occasions.

Sentencing the pair, judge Jane Miller QC said that the baby suffered a “brutal” attack in which he was violently shaken and could have been thrown across a room.

She said: “Stanley was in pain for much of his short life. The medical evidence is he would have cried inconsolably for 10 to 30 minutes, which means both of you would have been aware of his distress because the flat was so tiny.

Davis, who the judge said had treated her baby as a “fashion accessory”, sobbed during the hearing and shouted: “He’s a murderer” as she was taken to the cells.

The judge told her: “Much of your upset is self-serving crocodile tears. Your upset was more about you rather than Stanley.” She added: “You were delighted to show him off to family and friends, but when you were back at home and he wasn’t a fashion accessory, you were happy to hand him over to your partner.”

The court heard that the former couple, who are not married but share similar surnames, had a fractious relationship, with the police called to the one-bedroom flat they shared in Gosport on March 11 by neighbours who had heard shouting.

Both defendants were tested positive for taking cocaine and cannabis after they were arrested following Stanley’s hospitalisation.

Derek Benson, chairman of the Hampshire Safeguarding Children Board, confirmed that a review is being carried out of the handling of Stanley’s care by the authorities.

Some comments

Judges have become insane. What if their own baby was killed by these two?

Only ten years?!! For a life? A baby's life? And not only for killing the poor little mite but for torturing it and making it suffer immense agony over a period of weeks. Derisory sentence. And she might go on to have other babies. God help us all, these judges are far far too soft. What's the matter with them? Have they lost their marbles? Or just don't care perhaps...

1.1.4 Immigration – alarming signs

(a) DNA tests

Yet another sign that the Home Office is law to themselves.

They can make rules as they go along and can make unreasonable demands that cannot be challenged in any court. This all began with Mrs May when she was Home Secretary.

25 October 2018 / Home secretary apologises for immigrant DNA tests

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has apologised to people who were wrongly forced to take DNA tests to prove they were entitled to settle in the UK.

A Home Office review found there were at least 449 cases where letters had been sent with the demand. Mr Javid told the House of Commons that some relatives of Gurkhas and Afghan nationals employed by the UK government were among those affected.

It was "unacceptable" and guidance was "unclear or wrong", he said.

The Home Office launched an internal review four months ago after admitting officials wrongly forced immigrants to take DNA tests.

"I want to take this opportunity to apologise to those affected by this practice," Mr Javid told MPs. "The provision of DNA evidence should always be voluntary and never mandatory."

Analysis by Dominic Casciani, BBC home affairs correspondent

Given Sajid Javid has only been in post since April, it raises questions for Amber Rudd, who resigned over misleading MPs over illegal immigrant targets, and her predecessor, the prime minister.

Theresa May presided over the Home Office for six years and back in 2012 said she wanted to create a "hostile environment" for illegal immigration.

It's that broader policy objective – which critics say leads to applicants being regarded as suspects - that is under fire yet again.

When Mr Javid committed to cleaning up the injustices done to the Windrush generation, he underlined that "hostile environment" was not a phrase he would use.

Mandatory DNA testing was included as a requirement for a 2013 scheme for Afghan nationals formerly employed by the UK government. This has now been removed, Mr Javid said.

In January 2015, similar guidance on DNA testing was included in a scheme for adult dependent children of Gurkhas, who are Nepalese and have been part of the British Army for more than 200 years.

The Home Office report said DNA evidence was requested in 398 cases as part of a 2016 operation investigating fraud, of which 83 applications were refused. Seven of those cases were refused solely for not providing DNA evidence. In a further 51 cases, DNA was requested from relatives of Gurkhas.

"I am determined to get to the bottom of how and why, in some cases, people were compelled to provide DNA in the first place," he told MPs.

"Across our immigration system, no-one should face a demand to supply DNA evidence and no-one should have been penalised for not providing it."

Mr Javid said those affected would be reimbursed and he announced he had set up a task force and a review of the immigration system to be informed by Wendy Williams, who investigated the Windrush scandal.

Enny Choudhury, solicitor at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, said a mother and daughter she represented were "rendered destitute" for two and a half years as a result.

"It is clear that countless others will have been subject to the same treatment and it is astonishing that ministers still do not have a grasp on the failings of the Home Office," she said.

Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director, said the problems with the Home Office were "systemic, chronic and deep-rooted" and in need of urgent reform.

1.1.4 (b) Forced marriage victims will no longer have to pay for rescue by Foreign Office

Megan White /Evening Standard 09 January 2019

British women saved from forced marriage abroad will no longer have to repay the government for the cost of their rescue, the Foreign Secretary has announced.

There was a public outcry last week after it was revealed that the government was charging adult victims for emergency repatriation, with those unable to cover the cost of their journey made to take out a loan.

But Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt reversed the decision on Wednesday, and said after "careful consideration" he had decided those assisted by the unit would no longer be asked to take out such loans.

In a letter to the chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Tugendhat, Mr Hunt said: "This joint unit was established in 2005 because the government of the day recognised that British citizens who are forced into marriage constituted a category of exceptionally vulnerable people in need of specific help.

"I have decided to apply this principle to the treatment of repatriation costs.

"Whereas the Foreign Office rightly expects that adult Britons who receive consular assistance will, in general, pay for their own travel home, victims of forced marriage may have endured particular suffering.

"They will often have travelled abroad against their wishes or under false pretences.

"From now on, none of those who are assisted by the forced marriage unit, and would previously have been offered a loan, will have to cover the costs of their repatriation."

He said those who had already taken out loans would face no further charges and blocks put on their passports pending full repayment would be removed.

The government's Forced Marriage Unit received reports of nearly 2,000 possible cases last year, but campaigners say that is just the tip of the iceberg.

Charities working to tackle forced marriage welcomed the change, but said victims should never have had to pay for their freedom.

Jasvinder Sanghera, the founder of charity Karma Nirvana, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation: “I'm absolutely delighted. "The shame is it took a newspaper investigation to be in this position, it's not something the government didn't know about a long time ago.

"What I hope is that this really does put a spotlight on the issue of forced marriage and the government trying to think about a plan towards pursuing prosecutions for these perpetrators."

The Times' investigation found some of the 82 victims repatriated by the British government between 2016 and 2017 were told to pay for their own flights, food and shelter. Victims' passports were confiscated until the loan had been repaid in full and a 10 per cent surcharge was added if it had not been cleared within six months, it reported.

Four young women who were imprisoned at a religious school in Somalia had to pay £740 each in 2017, it said. The women, who had been threatened with forced marriage, told the newspaper the charges had left them destitute.

1.1.5 Ideological madness (Housing and Transport)

It used to be normal practice for Local Government to buy land and build houses for poor people in their local area.

Margaret Thatcher forced local councils to sell those houses to their tenants but not allowed them to use that cash to build new houses. Successive conservative governments continued the same policy. When Labour came to power (Tony Blair). for 14 years they too continued the same policy. Later David Cameron even went further and was asking social housing be sold by housing associations. Thus reducing houses available for poor people even further.

Building societies used to provide mortgages to buy one’s home but these could not be rented. When there are no more Council Houses what to do? Government attitude has been – leave it to private sector. So, they changed the law and allowed Buy to Rent properties. Thinking that this private initiative will provide houses. In practise clever people made money. Many became vicious. They know that there are no Council houses so they charge very high rents. They offered no security of tenure. When you leave your house they will find faults and charge you for un-necessary repairs. Thus you will not even get your deposit back. Moreover they threatened court action to recover the dues. Once you get CCJ record you will not get any credit.

Many rich people purchased second houses in holiday resorts. These are then rented out. Local people can’t afford to buy houses and become homeless

It was only in December 2018 that Mrs May relented and declared to allow Local Councils to borrow money for building houses. But now they will find that many investment companies (like pension funds) have grabbed valuable land and land prices have rocketed. Once again Government will have to intervene.

Rail fares are set to go up again in January by 3.1%. This is getting out of control.

Car park charges at stations are also going up by 6.5% It is madness to say the user must pay. In Europe transport is subsidised through general taxation and transport costs 25% of what the Brits pay for similar journeys.

British Industry loses on both accounts. Workers spend huge amount of money for accommodation (and have no security of tenure) and pay large proportion of salary on transport. They have very little to spend. Plus they do not produce enough as they are not happy and feel unsecure.

During the industrial revolution, and even as late as 1970 people used to find accommodation near their place of work. Commuting to work was never heard of. But now they have to travel to work as suitable accommodation is not available near place of work. Alas for ideological reasons government is failing workers and industry on both accounts

1.1.6 Sex life in Britain

Hannah Furness /The Telegraph10 January 2019

'Madam Cyn', Britain’s best-known brothel keeper, takes her place in history

As the “Streatham Madam” whose notable gentleman callers swapped luncheon vouchers for the entertainment of young women, she was hardly the toast of the establishment.

But Cynthia Payne, whose visitors were said to include MPs, vicars and peers of the realm, has officially taken her place in history, as she is immortalised in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The ODNB’s 2019 edition has added 226 men and women who left their mark on the UK to its pages, from Denis Healey and Geoffrey Howe to Cilla Black, Sir Terry Pratchett and Ruth Rendell.

Among the more colourful additions, selected from the notable figures who died in 2015, is Mrs Payne, whose Streatham house because of source of national fascination after it was raided in 1978 and details of the scandals inside revealed.

“Her monthly ‘parties’ at the ‘House of 1001 Delights’ would begin with a pornographic display and enough food and drink to lift the spirits,”

“A friend suggested she should charge, so she innovated with counterfeit-proof twenty-year-old Luncheon Vouchers for which men paid up to £25, according to services required.”

Among the 53 men found within the property during its raid were said to be local worthies, with persistent rumours that politicians and public figures also enjoyed visits.

At the time, a running joke relayed how a participating vicar, questioned by police, had said: “I demand to see my solicitor...who is in the next bedroom.”

Mrs Payne, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison following a lively court case, later reduced to six, maintained she would not disclose the names of her clients, reportedly replying to such questions: “Me morals is low. But me ethics is high.”

One wonders how many "celebs" of the day were present and merely got told "don't do it again!" how many top politicians used her services and were never even spoken to.…

So, that was sex life in Britain in 1978. What was it like at the height of British Raj? Just because British once ruled over us does not mean that they had high moral standards. The earlier we realise the better

1.1.7 Anti-corruption drive in Britain

James Moore /The Independent 11 October 2018

An important blow against global corruption was struck this week when the High Court lifted the reporting restrictions on the unexplained wealth order (UWO) case brought by the National Crime Agency against Zamira Hajiyeva.

She is the wife of a jailed Azerbaijani banker and the first target of Britain’s “McMafia” law, named after the TV show, which allows the authorities to seize and liquidate the assets of wealthy foreigners if they can’t prove from where they got their money.

Ms Hajiyeva is one of several family members allegedly used by banker Jahangir Hajiyev to get funds stolen from the state-owned International Bank of Azerbaijan, that he once chaired, out of the country. As such she’s been served with a UWO by the National Crime Agency.

This could result in the seizure of a couple of very valuable properties, including an £11.5m Knightsbridge property near Harrods,

More widely though, London’s property market is manna from heaven for those seeking to launder dirty cash. The city is easily accessible and unusually open by global standards. There is a ready supply of expensive, high-end property available courtesy of an overheated market. The capital also boasts an unrivalled network of estate agents, accountants, and lawyers, who can both facilitate the purchase of it and then refer their clients on to just the right PR people. The former group polish the cash, the latter their clients’ shady reputations.

The UWO served on Ms Hajiyeva is thus hugely important, and the publicity given to it even more so, because it might make those in the same alleged position as Jahangir Hajiyev think twice.

That includes those who are, unlike him, in good odour with the regimes of their home countries: the McMafia law has been set up in such a way that it doesn’t require their cooperation.

To make it a real success, however, the National Crime Agency will have to bring a great many individuals to book and the courts will have to allow their cases to come to light.

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The National Crime Agency claims Mrs Hajiyeva had used funds raised fraudulently to fund property purchases in the UK.

Mr Justice Supperstone has ordered that she must comply with the UWO order and explain how she acquired her wealth. Her lawyers, who issued a statement insisting the order did not imply any wrongdoing on behalf of their client, are arguing that she is the wife of a legitimate businessman.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Mr Toon said if the agency won their case the would used the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to apply to the courts to seize a number of her properties.

Mr Toon added that other eight people currently being pursued by the agency under the Unexplained Wealth Order powers came from Africa, South Asia, states with in the former Soviet Union and Russia.

1.1.8 Britain a third world country?

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

Hackling in markets has come to Britain. If you are reluctant to do so you lose.

October 2018 – insurance companies punish loyal customers. Unless you argue and question the quote you will lose. Most old people are reluctant to change. Govt has promised to intervene – where is free market economy?

* November 2018 Cloning of car number-plates – criminals use this and innocent people get parking tickets and fines. You and yours – BBC Consumer affairs programme exposed this practice (Winifred Robinson).

+ London Paddington – went into darkness due to power failure. There was no alternative (standby) supply of even for lighting let alone power.

Again trains in and out of this main station were affected as overhead wires got tangled when new trains had their test runs

* November 2018

There are alarming reports of attacks on public service staff such as Ambulance, Firemen NHS staff and the Police (physical assaults / oral abuse/ spitting). Many addresses are ‘red flagged’ meaning ambulance staff cannot enter without police presence.

A violence at work survey conducted by Unison Scotland reported there were 18,225 assaults on NHS workers in 2018. The Emergency Workers Act enables penalties of up to 12 months imprisonment, a £10,000 fine, or both to be imposed following conviction for offences against ambulance staff. The Scottish Government extended the legislation in 2008 to include health professionals working in the community.

“Our emergency services constantly help people and save lives in difficult circumstances, often risking their own safety for others. It is disgraceful that anyone would assault them, physically or verbally, as they try to help others.”

“More must be done to keep them safe, including tough action from the courts in response to anyone who has assaulted, or threatened. Ambulance staff should not have to fear for their safety when treating patients and keeping them safe.”

+ November / December 2018 Migrants are now crossing the English Channel from Calais to Kent in small boats. But no one asks them – You are safe in France. Why do you make this dangerous journey? Is this the new Dunkirk spirit?

> On 19/ 20/21 December 2018 Gatwick, second largest airport in England suffered chaos because of drones playing around. It was later revealed that some of the drones belonged to local police!

* On 16 January 2019 there was a debate in House of Commons about letter boxes. There have been complaints from postmen/ women and paper boys/girls that letter boxes on doors in new houses being built, are too low causing physical problems!

How silly that such a matter of common sense needs to be discussed in the parliament!

+ On 20 January 2019 it was reported that some local councils are going to charge upto £1000 per year for employees to park in company office car parks. They say that this is to support public transport, but if that was available people would not use their cars to go to work.

* Bankruptcy laws are a laughing stock. Directors who declare their company bankrupt do set up another company next day offering the same services. The tax man and suppliers / sub-contractors lose out but the Directors get away.

+ In November 2018 Daily Mail reported that cost of Probate is to rise from £276 at the moment to £6,000. Even the right wing paper was furious.

* Lawless Britain

Constant budget cuts have meant cuts in police numbers. There are not enough of them to investigate crimes. Mrs May’s slogan when she was Home Secretary was “do more for less” Now Police will not attend unless someone’s life is in danger.

1.1.9 Patients left at risk of blindness amid NHS waiting list backlogs

Laura Donnelly / The Telegraph 31 October 2018

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists raised concerns that problems are widespread

Patients have been left at risk of going blind amid a failure to treat thousands of people with eye conditions.

Junior doctors at University Hospital Southampton blew the whistle amid concern that patients with serious eye conditions were not being given follow-up appointments amid staff shortages.

An investigation has so far identified 38 patients who have suffered a worsening of their condition due to the situation. At least 7,000 patients suffering from conditions like glaucoma were not given appointments, as the trust failed to cope with rising demand, Health Service Journal reports.

Trainee doctors wrote to managers at the trust earlier this year, warning of their concerns at the risks to patients.

By January, the backlog had reached 7,000 patients, including 4,500 with glaucoma and 2,500 with diabetes-related eye problems. Around 3,000 glaucoma patients are still to be notified and reviewed, with “significant progress” made among diabetes patients, the trust said. Both conditions are among the leading causes of blindness.

The trust said it would bring in extra staff, locum doctors and send some patients to other trusts. “All patients have been risk assessed to ensure those at increased risk are being seen sooner,” the spokesman said.

Michael Burdon, president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, said he believed similar problems were occurring in most NHS trusts treating the eye conditions amid a national shortage of consultants.

Research by the college suggests 230 new ophthalmology consultants are needed to deal with the rising demand. Mr Burdon said: “There’s a mismatch between capacity and demand across ophthalmology in the NHS.

1.2. Europe

1.2.1 Germany

On the day of end of World War I (11 November 1918) Germany’s chancellor Angela Merker expressed concern about growing anti-Semitic attacks in Germany.

How strange! It is Muslims who carry out terrorist attacks and Germans hate Jews?

France admitted that anti Semitic attacks are on the increase.

Same condition prevails in Britain

1.3 America

Judge allows North Dakota Republicans to stop some Native Americans from voting

Andrew Buncombe /The Independent 03 November 2018

A judge in North Dakota has refused a request to review a controversial voter registration law- passed by Republicans – that critics say makes it harder for Native Americans to cast their ballot.

While expressing concerns about the law, federal judge Daniel Hovland said it was inappropriate to order a change so close to the midterm elections, as it could create confusion.

The controversial law requires North Dakota residents to show identification with a current street address. Many residents of Native American reservations, who tend to vote for Democrats according to NPR, do not have street addresses.

Rather, they have Post Office box numbers, which do not qualify under the rules. In October, the Supreme Court declined to overturn the law.

Critics have said the street address requirement is an attempt at disenfranchisement that was enacted by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature in the wake of Democratic senator Heidi Heitkamp’s victory by a margin of less than 3,000 votes in 2012.

According to studies commissioned by Native American rights groups, roughly 35 percent of that population does not have an acceptable ID with a residential address.

Mr Hovland wrote in his judgement on Thursday the allegations of voter suppression gave him “great cause for concern” and that “a detailed response from the Secretary of State” was warranted.

“The litany of problems identified in this new lawsuit were clearly predictable and certain to occur as the court noted in its previous orders,” the judge said.

The controversy is just one of several around the country, where Republicans have been accused of trying to limit of restrict access to the ballot for people of colour.

In Georgia, where Stacy Abrams is trying to become the first African American woman elected governor, her opponent, Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp, has ignored for him to stand aside amid allegations that voter ID laws he oversees have lets of thousands of people – most of them African Americans – disenfranchised.

According to the Associated Press, Mr Hovland said while he felt the voting rules created clear problems, he said to change them now could cause problems.

“The federal courts are unanimous in their judgement that it is highly important to preserve the status quo when elections are fast approaching,” he wrote.

So much for democracy in America!

1.4 Hindusthan

1.4.1 Taj Mahal

Tavernier the French jeweller says, “ I saw commencement and completion of this work.”

He was in Agra in November 1665 for the last time, but Shahjahan was imprisoned in Red Fort of Agra by his son Aurangzeb since 1658 and died on 11 January 1666. Was he released to see the completion of mausoleum of his beloved wife? Tavernier is dead silent on this. Why? Moreover not a single Historian has raised this question.

Translation of Godbole’s article

Ramarathan Sivasankaran of London had once participated in our Special Historical Tour of London. His friend Santhanam Swaminathan, a member of Hindu Forum of Britain has kindly translated Godbole’s article into Tamil.

Santosh Kumar Mhaisekar of Bhagyanagar had also participated in Godbole’s Special Historical Tour of London. His friend Harendra Babu had kindly translated Godbole’s article into Telugu.

We are grateful to both for their help. We are now hoping for translations in Bengali / Kannad and Gujarati.

1.4.2 Republic Day celebrations

For the first time Prime Minister Modi allowed four members of Subhash Chandra Bose’s

Indian National Army to take part. They were 93/97 years old. If P N Oak was alive, he would have been 102 years of age.

+ Honours (Like Padma Shree / Padma Bhushan)

Again for the first time people from many walks of life were honoured. Those who cared for environment, looked after orphans, helped families of soldiers, organic farming, pollution control and other useful social activities. This was the first time that people learned such people exist.

Modi’s visit to Andaman

It was pleasure to see Modi visiting Cellular Jail and go to the cell where Veer Savarkar was kept. He sat on the floor and paid tributes to the great patriot.

On 14 February, Muslim terrorists attacked a convoy of CRPF soldiers in Kashmir. A suicide bomber killed 40 jawans. In retaliation Modi had ordered economic sanctions on Pakistan.

This raises a serious question of military intelligence. During World War II The British set up a section for code breaking. Messages between German Generals were decoded in a place called Bletchly Park, some 20 miles north of Godbole’s town. This shortened the war by 2 years. The British knew movements of German troops and locations of German submarines hundreds of miles away. AND yet we are unable to gather intelligence about plans of terrorists on our own borders. A matter of grave concern indeed.

We suggest the following -

While recruiting for important services like IAS / IPS / IFS priorities should be given to children of serving members of Armed Services, especially so if they died while facing terrorists. This will be a great recognition of their bravery and sacrifice.

1.4.3 Godbole’s visit to Pune

In December 2018 Godbole, with his wife, was in Pune to attend a marriage ceremony. He had three public functions.

15 December

In Pune there is now a public hall where in 1905 Savarkar organised a public bonfire of English clothes to protest against the partition of Bengal declared by Lord Curzon. Subject was Savarkar we did not understand / appreciate. Though Savarkar was imprisoned in Andaman Jail during 1911-21 he caused tremendous upheaval/ public awakening in Hindusthan. This, and prison reforms which he forced on British Authorities greatly helped Gandhi in his movements. This history is not understood / explained. Seventy people attended.

16 December

There is a P.L. Deshpande memorial hall on Sinhagad Road. Function was organised by Shripad Kulkarni who had participated in Godbole’s Special Historical Tour of London in 2014. Fifty people attended.

23 December

RSS has an ancillary organisation called Sanskar Bharati. Their organiser Dr Nayana Kaskhedikar organised this function. It was held in Vartak Bagh on the banks of river Mutha. Subject was Rationalism of Veer Savarkar. Sixty people attended.

During our stay in Pune we came across three items of news which are astonishing -

(1) On 20 December 2018 Daily Sakal reported case of a successful fight by a 70 year old Shrikant Karve against RTO (p8 and 9). He was seeking renewal of his vehicle licence. He waited for all day. He noticed that those who came through Agents were promptly dealt with. At 6 p.m. officer demanded 1100 Rs bribe. Karve refused and was asked to leave. He decided to fight. It was clear that many vehicles were getting renewal certificates without any checks / inspections. This results in accidents. Karve collected data and argued in High Court that one officer can examine 35 to 40 a day, but he was passing 400 vehicles a day. This was impossible. Eventually 53 RTO officers were dismissed from service.

(2) On 22 December 2018 Sakal Times (p4) reported an extraordinary case of vegetable vendor Subhasini Mistry who built a hospital in Hanspukur so that the poorest of the poor can get medical aid. She was awarded Padma Shree. She became a widow at 23 and had to bring her 4 children by herself. Her elder son is now Doctor Ajoy Mistry.

(3) On 25 December 2018 Daily Sakal (Pune Times) p7 we found an interesting news. Since 2016 Lokmanya Hospital in Pune has been using Robots to carry out orthopaedic operations on knees. These are remarkable and successful.

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

Usually tours are not conducted in winter time as it gets dark by 16:30 hrs. However Godbole conducted one tour on 17 November 2018 for Sanjay Bangale, a corporator of Nagpur city and his friend Suresh Bhagwat. Bangale is also a personal friend of Phadnis Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

One Satish Kumar from Karnatak came to London In December 2018 with four friends. Godbole provided guidance for the tour.

There is a group of 200 Hindu officers in the Metropolitan police in London. Their secretary Satya Minhas had expressed desire to participate in our tour for a long time. At last he persuaded 4 of his colleagues to attend a tour on 26 January 2019. As usual it was cold, windy and miserable. It also rained in the evening. Bus number 24 was diverted and in the dark we had to walk to the house where Swami Vivekanand lived in 1896. But we visited all the places.

>> Our lethargy In 2018, mother of Godbole’s friend was 100. There was a big celebration in friend’s house. During his speech the friend told that his mother had travelled extensively in Europe and America. She has visited her relatives in Hindusthan several times. AND yet she never showed any interest in Godbole’s Special historical tours. Why blame others?

3. BEHAVIOUR OF CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TODAY.

3.1 The Christians – sexual abuse

Disgraced U.S. ex-cardinal could be defrocked soon - Vatican sources

By Philip Pullella /Reuters 16 January 2019

VATICAN CITY - Disgraced former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick is almost certain to be defrocked in the next few weeks over allegations against him, including sexual abuse of minors, two Vatican sources said.

Last July, McCarrick became the first Catholic prelate in nearly 100 years to lose the title of cardinal. The allegations against him date back to decades ago when he was still rising to the top of the U.S. Church hierarchy.

McCarrick, 88, has responded publicly to only one of the allegations, saying he has "absolutely no recollection" of an alleged case of sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy more than 50 years ago.

McCarrick's canon lawyer, J. Michael Ritty, and his civil lawyer, Barry Coburn, both declined to be interviewed for this article. The Vatican said a "canonical process" was taking place and that there would be no comment until it ends.

Pope Francis, who has the final say in the case, wants it completed before heads of national Catholic churches meet at the Vatican from Feb. 21-24 to discuss what is now a global sexual abuse crisis, three sources said.

The meeting offers a chance for him to respond to criticism from victims of abuse that he has stumbled in his handling of the crisis and has not done enough to make bishops accountable.

"It (the defrocking of McCarrick) would be like a trophy to show that the pope is indeed serious about dealing with this. That is the process that seems to be unfolding," said Kurt Martens, professor of canon law at the Catholic University of America in Washington.

McCarrick, who rose to be an important power broker in the American Church as Archbishop of Washington, D.C. from 2001 to 2006, has already received one of the most severe punishments short of defrocking. When the pope accepted his resignation as cardinal last July, he also ordered him to refrain from public ministry and live in seclusion, prayer and penitence.

A month earlier, American Church officials said the allegations that McCarrick sexually abused a 16-year-old-boy were "credible and substantiated".

One Vatican source with knowledge of the Vatican proceedings said it would be stunning if the pope did not dismiss McCarrick from the clergy, a process known as "laicization".

"I don't know what the alternative would be," another source said.

He and the other Vatican sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to discuss the case. One of the sources said that if he is defrocked, McCarrick will be the highest profile Roman Catholic figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times.

Defrocking would mean McCarrick could no longer call himself a priest or celebrate the sacraments, although he would be allowed to administer to a person on the verge of death in an emergency.

This is just the tip of iceberg

3.2 The Muslims

3.2.1 Muslim population - alarm

18 December 2017

Six people have died and a seventh is critically injured after a multi-vehicle crash in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday morning. Superintendent Sean Phillips described the scene at the entrance to the underpass on Lee Bank Middleway, near Edgbaston, as "very harrowing and tragic."

The first victim has been named locally as Imtiaz Mohammed. The taxi driver, 33, was killed along with his two passenger, who were 42 and 43. Mohammed, a father-of-six, had phoned his wife, Nargas Gul, to say he would be home after his last fare before the smash. He was described by grieving relatives as a “happy, loving and friendly guy”.

Two more victims of the crash in Mohammed Fasha, 30, and 26-year-old Tauqeer Hussain, known as Tox to his family — were also named on Monday.

The crash happened at Belgrave and Lee Bank Middleway at the junction of Bristol Road

Mohammed’s wife was still in deep shock while relatives struggled with how to break the news to the couple’s five daughters and son, all aged under 15.

One of their girls had been due to celebrate her fourth birthday on Monday.

Note that an ordinary taxi driver aged 33 had 6 chilfren all aged under 15 in England! How can we deal with this danger when our couples only produce one child?

3.2.2 Division among Muslims

War in Yemen

Various sources had reported that by November 2018, the civil war in Sudan has been going on for 2 1/2 years. During this period 81,000 Arab Muslim children have died of malnutrition and now it is feared that some 8 million Arab Muslims will starve to death.

But then what is Saudi Arabia, next door doing to help fellow Muslims? Nothing!

Saudi-led coalition's planes pound Yemen's capital

So much for Islamic Brotherhood of man.

Shia / Sunni feud in Saudi Arabia

By Stephen Kalin / Reuters 19 January 2019

Saudi Arabia pumps money into restive Shi'ite quarter it once flattened

AWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia - The old quarter of Awamiya, a town on Saudi Arabia's oil-producing eastern shore that was once the centre of Shi'ite protests, was levelled in 2017 following a security campaign against gunmen the authorities accuse of having links to Iran.

The district's maze of mud brick homes and narrow alleyways, which militants used for years to launch surprise attacks against police, have now been replaced by a shopping complex, events hall and expansive plazas dotted with palm trees.

The Riyadh government, supportive of a puritanical strain of Sunni Islam that considers Shi'ite Muslims heretics, hopes investing in the broader area of Qatif after decades of alleged neglect will finally snuff out the violence.

These efforts are a test for the policies of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has struck a conciliatory tone towards the kingdom's Shi'ite minority while confronting arch-rival Iran in a decades-long struggle for influence across the Middle East.

Shi'ites have long complained of discrimination they say keeps them from senior government jobs, reduces state investment in their areas and leads to closures of centres of worship.

Security forces have repeatedly quashed mass protests in Qatif, starting with a 1979 uprising inspired by the Iranian revolution of the same year. At the time, another district in Awamiya was destroyed and turned into a parking lot.

In 2011, Arab Spring uprisings in other Arab countries sparked more fighting, drawing Qatif deeper into Saudi Arabia's regional contest with Iran and ultimately leading to the demolition of a district in Awamiya known as al-Musawara.

Following decades of repression, any attempt to improve sectarian relations will take time. And it is likely to face suspicion from Shi'ites,

Since becoming defence minister in 2015, the crown prince has taken a more assertive stance against Tehran, launching a war against Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthis and cutting ties with Qatar in part over accusations it is cozying up to Iran.

He has tried to distance that from domestic unrest, telling an American magazine last year that Riyadh's problem was with the ideology of the Iranian regime, not Shi'ites. But critics say the government's heavy-handed tactics have not changed.

Five human rights activists from Qatif, including a woman, are facing the death penalty in a trial condemned by rights groups and the United Nations.

3.2.3 Saudi disputes with Canada and Qatar bubble over into the Hajj

Samer al-Atrush / The Telegraph 19 August 2018

Saudi Arabia's international feuds have spilled over into the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

Qatar has accused the kingdom of barring its citizens, while Canadians fear being stranded there after Saudi Arabia suspended flights to Toronto following a spat over the kingdom's human rights record.

More than two million Muslims are in Mecca for the six-day ritual starting on Sunday. The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam which every able-bodied Muslim with the means must fulfil once.

Qatar, which Saudi Arabia blockaded in 2017, has said more than 1,200 eligible citizens have been barred from performing the pilgrimage, something the kingdom has denied.

"There is no chance this year for Qatari citizens and residents to travel for Hajj," Abdullah al-Kaabi, who runs the state's human rights committee, told Reuters. "Registration of pilgrims from the State of Qatar remains closed."

Saudi authorities have denied the claims and blamed Qatar.

A pro-government newspaper, Okaz, went as far as to call on Qataris to "rise up" against their ruling family whom it accused of "annulling the fifth pillar of Islam."

Canadians have also been affected by their the crisis between their government and Saudi Arabia, which expelled Ottawa's ambassador and suspended flights by its national carrier on August 13 after Canada criticised a crackdown on dissidents.

Flights before the suspension were not affected but there are concerns about how pilgrims will return.

Saudi Arabia prides itself on managing Islam's holiest sites, and is sensitive to accusations that its increasingly muscular foreign policy has affected its obligations to all Muslims.

While the Qatar blockade was also enforced by Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, no country joined Saudi Arabia in its financial sanctions on Canada, seen as a sign that the kingdom will tolerate no criticism even as it unfolds reforms including allowing women to drive.

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3.2.4 Muslims in England

Once again sexual behaviour of Muslims is exposed by two court cases

Gang of 31 people charged with rape and trafficking of girls as young as 12 in Huddersfield

Andy Wells,Yahoo News UK 15 August 2018

Detectives in Huddersfield have charged 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking after an investigation into sexual offences against children.

West Yorkshire Police said the five alleged victims were girls aged between 12 and 18, with the offences said to have occurred between 2005 and 2012.

Thirty men and one woman will appear at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on September

5 and 6.

The accused include:

Banaras Hussain, 37, of Shipley, charged with one count of rape of a female over 16.

Banaris Hussain, 35, of Huddersfield, charged with one count of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Mohammed Suhail Arif, 30, of Huddersfield, charged with rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Iftikar Ali, 37, of Huddersfield, charged with attempted rape of a girl aged 13-15 and three counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Mohammed Sajjad, 31, of Huddersfield, charged with four counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15, one rape of a girl under 13 and facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.

Fehreen Rafiq, 38, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.

Umar Zaman, 30, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Basharat Hussain, 31, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Amin Ali Choli, 36, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of rape of a female over 16.

Shaqeel Hussain, 35, of Dewsbury, charged with rape of a girl aged 13-15 and two counts of trafficking.

Mubasher Hussain, 35, of Huddersfield, charged with rape of a girl aged 13-15 and sexual assault.

Abdul Majid, 34, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Mohammed Dogar, 35, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of facilitating the commission of child sex offence.

Usman Ali, 32, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Mohammed Waqas Anwar, 29, of Huddersfield, charged with five counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Gul Riaz, 42, of Huddersfield, charged with rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Mohammed Akram, 41, of Huddersfield, charged with two counts of trafficking with a view to sexual exploitation of a female and rape of a girl aged 14-15.

Manzoor Akhtar, 29, of Huddersfield, charged with trafficking and three counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

Samuel Fikru, 30, of Camden, charged with two counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.

A further 12 men who cannot be named for legal reasons have been charged with ‘numerous offences in connection with the same investigation’.

British will mischievously call the perpetrators as Asians and NOT as Pakistanis

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Izzy Lyons /The Telegraph 01 November 2018

The four men sentenced yesterday were part of a wider gang of 20 men, who have been imprisoned for 257 years in total

A Huddersfield grooming gang that were “facilitating a nightmare scenario" have been jailed for 36 years, as a judge described their behaviour as "vile and wicked".

Four men were yesterday sentenced for sexually abusing three "vulnerable" teenage victims who were plied with drugs and alcohol before being abused against their will, Leeds Crown Court heard.

Mohammed Akram, 33, Niaz Ahmed, 54, Mohammed Imran Ibrar, 34, and Asif Bashir, 33, were members of a 20-strong gang of men that carried out the "inhuman" abuse on a total of 15 girls from 2004 to 2011.

The gang was split into three separate trials, with Akram, Ahmed, Ibrar and Bashir being found guilty of 10 offences by a jury last month.

The gang’s ringleader was Amere Singh Dhaliwal, 36, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years in June, having been convicted of 22 rapes involving 11 different girls. (He was a Muslim, converted to Sikhism so that Sikhs will be blamed)

Judge Simon Phillips QC said that the girls' victim impact statements made for "harrowing reading", adding that one girl felt like she was "used goods" at the age of just 17 and only managed to escape the defendants when she became pregnant.

Judge told the four men: "The way that you treated these girls defies understanding, this abuse was vile and wicked." He added that the girls became "conditioned and immersed" in the abuse, with one victim saying in a statement read to the court: "It has basically ruined the rest of my life."

Akram, was jailed for 17 years after being convicted of two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation and two of rape.

The common denominator is that they are all Muslims, but Islam or Muslims is not mentioned once. There's a surprise.

3.2.5 Muslims in China

BBC is of course worried about treatment of Muslims in China. It made noises in October and November 2018. But BBC never shown any concern about plight of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh. We are also told about Islamic brotherhood of man. You hurt one Muslim and the whole Islamic world will rise up. We did not see any demonstrations aganist China in any Muslim country not even in Pakistan

4 History today / Historical notes

4.1 Rights for women

6 February 1918 - On this day certain UK women were granted the right to vote in general elections for the first time. The Representation of People Act was passed. Women over 30 which owned property or were married to owners of property got the vote. The act also allowed men over the age of 21 with /without property got the vote

4.2 Problems of Native people

Many of our present generation living in America celebrate Thanks Giving Day like the White counterparts, but they never ask – hang on. What happened to the Native Americans (used to be called Red Indians) who used to live in our area? The answer is that they were systematically exterminated by successive European settlers.

There need to be a book on American genocide. Here are only some glimpses.

On Facebook – Bear River Massacre of Red Indians

In Preston, Idaho

29 January 1863

Web site – Allthatsinteresting.com

Our friend Dileep Damle shared a video on Facebook on 24 October 2018

Alaska’s indigenous community celebrates “Alaska Day” by reminding Americans of The region’s true history.

4.3 Blacks fighting for Britain in World Wars

Again this subject is never discussed. We picked up the following information -

Remembering the Great War’s ‘forgotten diggers’

By Alexander Britton, Press Association, in Sydney

PA Ready News UK 4 November 2018

Australia and Australians answered the call of the Empire emphatically when the fighting began in the First World War – including Aboriginal men who were denied citizenship of the land they called home.

The contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers is unclear, owing to the fact that race was often not recorded on enlistment forms. But independent researcher and historian Philippa Scarlett has sought to change this, spending decades uncovering stories of those who became so-called forgotten diggers.

She said: “As a white Australian, I just had no idea as many people did in the 1990s, that Aboriginal people served in any of Australia’s conflicts.

“When they came back, Aboriginal soldiers were quite often not recognised and missed off war memorials.”

More than 1,000 Aboriginal men attempted to enlist, with 820 serving in the AIF between 1914 and 1918 including at Gallipoli, Light Horse in Egypt and the Australian Tunnelling Company on the Western Front, Ms Scarlett said.

The Defence Act at the time prevented anyone who was not of mostly European descent from serving, but many Aboriginal men found their way in. Some claimed they were from the south of Europe, others travelled to a second centre after being refused by a recruiting officer elsewhere.

Ms Scarlett, who works with the mission records of the AIF, said there was a “paradox” with Aboriginal men volunteering when the country refused to grant them citizenship, and would not until 1967.

She said: “Why would they fight for the people who were the imperialists? It is very hard to understand, but some people say they just joined up following very aggressive recruitment campaigns.

“It’s hard to know because we don’t have any written records, but I think there were a few who were fighting for their country. Australia was their country, although it had been taken from them. “They went into the war, just like other soldiers, and some came home injured, some didn’t come home, they were traumatised, injured. “These men went, their country did not recognise them, and when they came home there were so many rights they didn’t have. They were treated like second-class citizens.”

A number of Aboriginal soldiers had hopes of greater equality after the war.

But Thomas Blackman, writing to anthropologist Caroline Tennant-Kelly in 1935, said: “I always thought that fighting for our king and country would make me naturalised British subject and a man with freedom in the country but I have hardly had freedom since I returned from the war; I have no justice at all.”

Aboriginal soldiers were also decorated for their war efforts, four receiving Distinguished Conduct Medals and one, Ewan Rose, being awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre.

His recommendation, from Captain Robert Thomas Brock, spoke of Corporal Rose’s “courage and cheerfulness” as he extracted colleagues at Broodseinde Ridge.

Ms Scarlett said it was only in recent years that the efforts of native people had been brought into public consciousness, adding: “I think that’s important.

“At last, during this 1914-18 period, that Aboriginal people are being put into the mainstream history.”

4.4 Records on Savarkar

Some people have expressed dismay at Bharat Ratna not being awarded to Veer Savarkar on 26 January 2019. This is meaningless. Savarkar and his two brothers, their wives and their children are all dead.

What is needed is this – Government of India should follow the example of Britain and open up all files and cabinet papers upto 1988. There is no reason why this cannot be done. We have Gandhi’s picture on all rupee notes and his cardinal principles were TRUTH and non-violence.

When Savarkar was in jail in Andaman Islands (1911-1921) he had correspondence with the Viceroy on various issues – offer of cessation of revolutionary activities if colonial self government was granted, release of revolutionaries, clemency should be shown to revolutionaries as a result of Britain winning World War I in 1918, further release of prisoners in wake of Government of India Act 1919.

These are kept in Central Archives in New Delhi.

Maharashtra Government should also do likewise. In 1921 Governor of Bombay Province asked for Savarkar Brothers to be returned to India. Where is that letter? Whom was it addressed? To The Chief Commissioner for Andaman and Nicobar Islands or to the Governor of Cellular Jail? And what was going to happen to them once they were back in India?

Various orders relating to imprisonment and treatment of Babarao Savarkar once he was brought back to India. Also the order of his final release from Sabarmati Jail when he was on death-bed in1924.

Orders relating to imprisonment of Veer Savarkar in various jails once he was brought back to India. What were the conditions of his final release from Yeravada Jail? (It will be interesting to see Government order releasing Gandhi from same Yeravada jail. Gandhi was to serve 7 years, but was released unconditionally after serving only 2 years.)

Orders increasing his internment in Ratnagiri every two years. What were the reasons given and the legal authority for the same.

Order of his final release from internment on 10 May 1937.

>> Prison records of Savarkar brothers. What punishments did they suffer?

On 2 September 1946 Sardar Patel became Home Minister in Central Government in New Delhi. On 2 October 1946 Savarkar’s house was raided by the police. We need a copy of the warrant and a copy of Police report.

From this day onwards Savarkar’s home was under constant surveillance by 2 policemen. Who ordered this? We need a copy.

This practice continued even 10 years after his death (i.e. till 1976). We need copies of ALL police reports. We also need Government order for this practice to stop.

Also all the letters with the address Savarkar Sadan used to be sent to Bhavani Shankar Road Post office in Dadar, Mumbai, opened up and photographed. Again on whose order? We need all those letters.

There is a lot of information that can reveal the harassment of Savarkar by Congress Governments.

4.5 Secret files kept by the British

Government of India Act 1935 granted Provincial Autonomy. It has an important provision. Governor of each Province must send fortnightly reports about state of affairs in his province to the Governor General. In addition, ICS Secretary of Home Minister of each Province must send fortnightly reports about Law and Order to the ICS Secretary of Home Minister in Central Government in New Delhi.

Based on all such reports the Governor General will send a summary report every quarter to The Secretary of State for India in London. These are kept in British Library, London

Godbole had access to the following -

IOR/L/PJ/7/1813 File 1190 Pt I – Quarterly survey of political and constitutional position in British India 29 Dec 1937 – 15 April 1939

IOR/L/PJ/7/1814 File 1190 Pt IA – Quarterly survey of political and constitutional position in British India 11 Jan 1938 – 17 Mar 1943

IOR/L/PJ/7/1815 File 1190 Pt II – Quarterly survey of political and constitutional position in British India 1 Jul 1939 – 9 Oct 1940

IOR/L/PJ/7/1816 File 1190 Pt III – Quarterly survey of political and constitutional position in British India 23 Dec 1940 – Apr 1946

He is trying to find out if there is

IOR/L/PJ/7/1817 File 1190 Pt IV – covering period May 1946 to August 1947. This will provide much needed historical information.

4.6 When was the world created?

From time to time newspapers in Britain publish which is the best place to live in Britain. This takes into account employment, safety, medical services, public transport, shops and public services. This time we were told that Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of Scotland is the best place to live in the UK.

What do we know about this place?

Orkney is rich in archaeological sites. Even before Stonehenge or the pyramids in Egypt were built, there was the village of Skara Brae on the coast of Mainland Orkney. The remains of the 5,000 year old settlement were revealed after a storm in 1850, and show what life was like thousands of years ago.

(The Week junior 2 February 2019, p4)

The same magazine (page 14) deals with fossils which gave us a clue about human beings on earth. It says -

Ausralopithecus afarensis / alive 3.85 to 2.35 million years ago

Australopithecus sediba / alive 1.97 to 1.98 million years ago

Homo habills / alive 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago

But we were told that according to the Bible, the world was created in 4004 B.C. How is that possible? (There was the case of Cheddar man who lived in England 10,000 years ago)

4.7 Our marriage ceremonies

In September 2018 in Kent we attended a marriage ceremony in of son of a long standing friend. It was conducted according to Vedic traditions, but we were shocked at Saptpadi ceremony.

As per our tradition bridegroom and bride walk seven steps together. At each step bridegroom requests the bride to participate in a pleasure / happiness of married life. And the bride merely says – I do.

The last step is Sakha saptpadi bhav / be my life long companion. And the bride says YES.

What we saw was Seven vows

1 We will respect each other.

2. We will take care of each other.

3. We will achieve prosperity and wealth together.

4. We will be honest and faithful to each other.

5. We will be together in sorrow and happiness.

6. We will travel the journey of life with love and harmony.

7. We will do everything to keep our family happy, healthy and strong.

This is ridiculous and shows how we are deviating from our origins and are influenced by European practices. Man is essentially a wanderer. Woman gives him stability. She represents mother nature. There is no question of her not being unfaithful. So, man has to promise to his future father-in-law three timrs that he will be faithful to his would be wife – dharme cha arthe cha kame cha nati charami.

The book Hindu Sanskaras gives very little information. It says – The seven steps are – “One step for sap, two for juice, three for the prospering of wealth, four for comforts, five for cattle, six for seasons. Friends! Be with seven steps ( united to me) So be thou devoted to me.” The objects referred to in the above formula are essential for domestic felicities.

( Ref – Hindu Sanskras by Raj Bali Pandey, Motilal Banarasidas, 1976, p219)

We found better information elsewhere

First step – Isha Ekpadi bhav -- take the first step for plenty of food.

Second step – urje dwipadi bhav – take next step for physical strength Third step – rajsposhah tripadi bhav – take third step for financial well being Fourth step – mayobhavyav chatushpadi bhav – take fourth dtep for pleasure in married life

Fifth step – prajabhayh panchpadi bhav – take fifth step for good children

Sixth step – rhutubhya shatpadi bhav – take fifth step for pleasures in seasons like spring

Seventh step – sakha saptapadi bhav – take seventh step - You be my lifelong friend and companion.

(Ref – magazine Lokprabha magazine of Mumbai 13 December 1992.)

5. Obituary

George Bush senior, former American President, died in December 2018.

He was head of CIA which overthrew democratically elected Salvador Allende of Chile and

made Augusto Pinoche the brutal dictator. Bush asked the then Army Chief to object to election of Allende. He said, “How can I? People have made their choice. They have freely elected him.” So, Bush got him killed by bribing deputy army chief. And how barbaric was Pinoche? His men separated newly born babies of his opponents from their mothers and got them adopted. This was his punishment. It was only when such boys and girls started to find out who their real mothers were that the truth came out. But that was o.k. as long as American interests were safe. All this was shown on British TV.

+ He had refused to sign international environment treaty as it will affect American jobs.

* He justified dropping atom bombs on Japan as it saved American lives.

+ Bush defeated Saddam Hussein after he invaded Kuwait, but who brought Saddam to power? It was American CIA!