[Reader-list] The VHP, Luxury Cars and Identical License Plates

Fri Aug 28 12:55:26 IST 2009

dear shuddha,

I cant disagree with you on that.
the deconstruction is bound to happen for a new thought to be born.

rashneek

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta
<shuddha at sarai.net>wrote:

>  Dear Rashneek,
>
> I  heartily welcome the CPI(M) and its senile allies dying a natural (or an
> unnatural death), or being put of out of their (and all our) misery by an
> act of merciful euthenasia. It is in fact happening at the same breathtaking
> speed as the terminal hardening of the BJP's arteries. The Congress will
> probably eventually choke on its own inbred and dynastic greed.
> The Samajwadi Party will get some kind of lethal infectious virus, for
> which it will need (useless) treatment in Singapore.
>
> Mayawati's BSP is already dead because otherwise she would not be so busy
> building necropolises with her own memorials in them, and as for the RSS it
> already has an advanced cancer of the prostate. Gandhism fasted itself to
> death long ago, and Maoists are busy being Kamikaze warriors. Islamists are
> too bust being martyrs to actually bother to live.
>
> The entire Indian political landscape is one big death-orgy. And nothing
> could be more delightful.
>
> All certainties are now candidates for obituaries, and I mourn none of
> their passing. It only means that there is time and space for some new
> thinking. Nothing could be more welcome.
>
> best
>
> Shuddha
>
>
>  On 28-Aug-09, at 10:33 AM, rashneek kher wrote:
>
>  A (Harkishen Singh Surjeet) staunch leftist and marxist ideologue" a
> defender of the underdogs" spent crores if not more on his son's marriage.It
> had the who's who of Indian Industry.
> Now as the left wilts and is close to dying a natural death I would be
> extremely pleased if the vestiges too go away.
>
> Rashneek
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sonia has declared that she does not own even a car??? That is
>> something to seriously think about.
>>
>> "The Swiss newsmagazine Schweizer Illustrierte (November 11, 1991)
>> provided more
>> details. Citing newly-opened KGB records, it reported that Sonia Gandhi,
>> widow of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was controlling a secret
>> account worth 2.5 billion Swiss francs (about 2 billion dollars at current
>> exchange rates) in a Swiss bank in her minor son's name. This was reported
>> also by the Indian columnist A.G. Noorani in 1998."
>>
>> Regards,
>> V Murali
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta<shuddha at sarai.net>
>> wrote:
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > Here is an interesting story on NDTV on the assets of a Hindutva
>> > leader in Rajasthan. Enjoy, and please do forward, especially to
>> > every Hindu Hriday Samrat  (Emperor of the Hindu Heart) of your
>> > acquaintance.
>> >
>> > I love the detail about seven luxury cars with the same license
>> > plate. Not to speak of 23 crores worth of unaccounted income and
>> > assets  and jewellery worth 57 lakhs. Why stash your black money in
>> > far away Swiss banks as the 'congrssis' are alleged to have done,
>> > when you are with the BJP or the VHP, you can do it closer to home,
>> > in Rangila (colourful) Rajasthan.
>> >
>> > Clearly Shri Damodar Modi (the eminence in question) took the 'Artha'
>> > part of the four Hindu 'pursharthas' (goals of existence)  - Dharma
>> > (righteousness), Artha (wealth), Kama (desire) and Moksha
>> > (liberation) very seriously.
>> >
>> >  It only adds another rich, small but not insignificant detail into
>> > the unravelling saga of the auto-destruction of the Hindu right in
>> > India. With the BJP in disarray and the VHP mired in Hawala (money
>> > laundering and trafficking), the next thing I would reallly love to
>> > see is some sordid details (preferably videotaped) of yet another
>> > Sangha pracharak's (RSS functionary) peccadiloes, preferably from the
>> > hriday (heart) of Hindutva, in Nagpur. What we really need now is a
>> > hidden camera wearing loose khaki shorts.
>> >
>> > best,
>> >
>> > Shuddha
>> >
>> > --------------------------------
>> >
>> > Rs 23 cr, 7 cars seized from VHP leader in Jaipur
>> >
>> > http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/
>> > rs_10_cr_15_cars_seized_from_jaipur_broker.php
>> >
>> > Even for a successful broker, Damodar Modi has a remarkable list of
>> > assets. Jewellery worth Rs 57 lakhs, four houses in Jaipur, seven
>> > luxury cars, all with the same license plate. Modi is also a senior
>> > leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP in Rasjasthan.
>> >
>> > Through the day, VHP workers visited Modi's house to lend their
>> > support. They offer the theory that the income tax raids on Modi are
>> > a political conspiracy.
>> >
>> > One says, "This is just a bad phase but it's also political. Since he
>> > has links with the BJP, and Rajasthan has a Congress government now,
>> > that's why these raids have happened."
>> >
>> > Modi apparently liked spreading his wealth around. Mainly among his
>> > many selves. He had lockers in different names. "He has now admitted
>> > that he has nearly Rs 23 crore of unaccounted income and assets,"
>> > confirms Sunil Verma, Income Tax Commissioner, Rajasthan.
>> >
>> > Tax officials are now studying three diaries, maintained by Modi, for
>> > information on Hawala transactions.
>> >
>> > This is the highest seizure ever in Rajasthan...and points to the
>> > growing nexus...between business, politics and black money... that's
>> > raised a parallel economy in the country.
>> >
>> >
>> > Shuddhabrata Sengupta
>> > The Sarai Programme at CSDS
>> > Raqs Media Collective
>> > shuddha at sarai.net
>> > www.sarai.net
>> > www.raqsmediacollective.net
>> >
>> >
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>  Shuddhabrata Sengupta
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