[Reader-list] interesting facts

Fri Apr 10 16:28:43 IST 2009

Interesting facts.......

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 3:58 PM, bipin <aliens at dataone.in> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I am giving interesting facts giving as under published by Art of Living
> Foundations. Please read it carefully. It clear assessment of present govt.
>
>
> A) Is this Government really protecting us??!!
>
> 7/11 2006: Mumbai Train Blasts. 209 Killed.
> 25/8 2007: Hyderbad Blasts: 42 Killed
> Oct 11 2007: Ajmer Blasts : 2 Killed
> May 13 2008: Jaipur Blasts : 68 Killed
> July 16th 2008: Ahmedabad Blasts : 57 Killed
> July 25th 2008: Banglaore Blasts: 1 killed
> Sept 13th 2008: Delhi Blasts: 26 Killed
> Sept 27th 2008: Delhi Blasts: 2 Killed
> Sept 29th 2008 : Gujrat Blasts : 1 killed
> Oct 21st 2008: Imphal Blasts : 17 Killed
> Oct 30th 2008: Assam Blasts : 40 Killed
> Nov 26th 2008: Mumbai Attack: 180 killed
>
> Every major city in India has been attacked consistently over the last
> two years.
> Since 2004, 3850 Indians have died in Terror attacks in over 3000
> incidents.
> Is the common Indian on the streets really safe ?
>
> Did you know that on the day of the Mumbai train blasts, the
> Government gave Rs 150 crores for earthquake relief in Pakistan ? Last
> year our Govt. has given Rs 3000 crores (600 Million Dollars) to
> Afghanistan? This, when victims of terror in India have not yet got
> aid? What's going on?
>
> B) Is this Government really secular ?
>
> 1) When Madrasas are being shut down in Pakistan, the Indian
> Government is giving them CBSE status !! It is depriving Muslim
> children in getting secular education. A Madrasa educated person can
> get a job in any government office without going through the secular
> education system. Can India afford to have fundamentalists in
> government departments? Why cannot the government shut down Madrassas
> and let Muslim children study with the rest?
>
> 2) Our Government has given 25 lakh scholarships ONLY to minority students.
> What sin have the majority done not to deserve these?
> Why cannot poor students of all communities be given scholarships
> instead of only Muslim children?
>
> 3) Thanks to the Congress led Government, out of 36000 temples in
> Andhra Pradesh, 28000 have closed down in the last five years. Do you
> want the same trend to continue in other parts of the country? Do you
> want a Nagaland type of situation in the whole of India? While
> government controls most of the Hindu temples, the minority community
> has had full freedom to organize their religious bodies. The minority
> communities now have the first right over resources. Is this not a
> blatant violation of fundamental rights of the majority community?
>
> 4) Why have the minorities in Nagaland, Mizoram & Kashmir not got the
> similar privileges like the minorities in other states? Why is the
> Govt following different rules for different religions?
>
> C) Is this government really making friends or enemies for India ?
>
> Thanks to a weak and visionless foreign policy, India has created
> enemies all around. By the Home Minister's own admission : "India is
> surrounded by a circle of fire". Rajiv Gandhi's vision of a powerful
> "SAARC" is now defunct.
>
> 1) Today, India commands little respect from all its neighbours,
> despite being the largest democracy in the world.
> 2) Terrorism has engulfed the country from inside and outside. Of
> course Pakistan,the motherland of international terrorism continues to
> be a big threat.
> 3) China has territorial ambitions on India.
> 4) Nepal, is now being headed by a Maoist government and is
> ideologically more aligned to China. While India helped to dismantle
> the dynastic rule in Nepal our own Government surreptitiously supports
> dynastic rule within its own party.
> 5) Myanmar is increasingly aligning with Chinese forces with huge
> Chinese investments in that region.
> 6) Failure of Indian Policies in Srilanka.
> 7) Bangladesh continues to repeatedly aid and abet terrorism.
>
> D) Is this Government really pro-poor?
>
> The number of people living below the poverty line has increased by a
> horrifying 20 per cent. India had some 270 million people below the
> poverty line in 2004-2005, when the present Government took office.
> That number has gone up to 325 million, an increse by 55 million, or 20 per
> cent!
>
> E) Does this Government really care about the nation?
>
> The Pakistani flag is now being hoisted in five districts of states
> like Assam where the Muslim population has gone up significantly.
> 92000 Hindu and 6000 Christians are now languishing in refugee camps.
> The government has turned a blind eye to this.
>
> In the name of security, innocent people have been put in jails,
> whereas people like Yaasin Malik who has 23 murder charges on him, are
> moving Scot free and gathering their own strength. Is it acceptable to
> any patriotic Indian?
>
> Can the Congress led UPA promise a non-muslim CM in J&K ? Reservation
> for a Hindu student in Nagaland ? If so, we wholeheartedly support
> them. Otherwise they should sit at home the next few years and rethink
> their policies.
>
> Can our politicians stop stooping down to any lengths just for money
> and power ? Like Mr.Sharad Pawar, who first ditched the Congress and
> then ditched the people and aligned back with the Congress, just to be
> in power and almost all the so called secular parties does the same thing.
>
> Don't be deceived. What appears to be communal is not communal, and
> what appears to be secular is not secular. It is time we change our
> thinking.
>
> Having said all this even BJP has not proved to be any better.
> But for now we need a change. Let us choose the lesser of the two evils.
> The same party brought to power again and again means encouraging
> unabated corruption.
>
> Stand up for this most tolerant and ancient civilization and prevent
> this great nation from becoming a communal battleground. As citizens
> of India we must vote for change.
>
> WAKE UP INDIANS. LET US VOTE FOR CHANGE.
>
>
> --
> Dinesh Ghodke
> Director, WAYE
> World Alliance for Youth Empowerment
> The Art of Living Foundation
> Blog - www.bawandinesh.name
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