September 21st, 2010
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Communities Have To Come Out
Of Shells
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Recent arrest of Himayat Baig, a Muslim youth in connection with
the German Bakery blast has again put the Muslim community in city
under scanner. Muslims in Pune have hitherto been living peacefully
without any type of scrutiny. The past record of the community also
served as a substantial reason for it to mingle with others just as any
other community lives. But all this changes two years ago, when
Mansoor Peerbhoy, a software engineer was picked up by the Anti-
Terrorist Squad in connection with bomb blast in July 2008. Since
then, three young members from Muslim community have fell into
police net. After Peerbhoy, Mohsin Chaudhary, a young graduate
from Kondhwa made his way into police records as involved in
terrorist activities. Himayat made it a hat-trick of sorts. Himayat's
arrest came as a stark contrast to the efforts put up by the Muslims
in Pune. Just some months before Peerbhoy was arrested in blast
case, Muslim scholars from all over Maharashtra gathered in Pune to
deliberate the issue of extremism in Islam. 'Terrorism is anti-Islamic,'
proclaimed the scholars. A Muslim organisation in Pune had taken
the initiative to repeat what was hailed as the historic...
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Democracy- A Forgotten
Procedure
By Devidas on September 21st, 2010
Sometimes, I am tempted to say that not many people truly like the
idea that India is a democratic country. India may have a constitution
proclaiming the virtues of the democratic system, but the general
tendency of the populace is directly opposing to the spirit of the
democracy. Chief among them are the coteries within political parties
who benefit most from such a system. Take for instance recent
developments in the Maharashtra congress. A new head of the
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee is to be chosen by the
partymen as Manikrao Thakare, present president has completed his
term of two years. The Committee members gathered two days ago
in Mumbai to arrive upon a name to head the state unit of the party
which is enjoying power at center as well as in state for almost a
decade. (The Congress lead government at center completed one full
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term and is into its second year of existence. ) However, the partymen
chose not to tread the path which obliged them to exercise their own
intellect. Instead of deciding a leader as president of the MPCC from
among a plethora of candidates, the politicians relegated their voting
powers to Sonia Gandhi, the national president of the party....
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Less Sympathy For
Chandrababu This Time Around
By Devidas on September 21st, 2010
Not many days have passed since Chandrababu Naidu staged a
brilliant political drama in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. He
brought an entire entourage of his party, Telugu Desam, legislators
and workers first in Nanded district. He was arrested and later shifted
to Aurangabad where he continued his theatrics in true blood AP
politics style. What Naidu did at that point of time, just days ahead
to by-elections for 12 seats in Telangana area of Andhra Pradesh,
was widely perceived as his bid to regain foothold in the border line
area adjacent to Maharashtra. As Telangana is poised to get statehood
sooner or later, Naidu could scarcely afford to miss presence of his
party in the new state. Hence, the issue of Babli dam issue proved
handy to him. Alas! Naidu's gameplan did not worked out the way he
liked it to be. TDP was routed in the ensuing by-elections. Still, the
opposition leader in AP Legislative Assembly must be commended
for his guts to take on a mighty ruling party like Congress head on.
However, the modern leader who once pioneered IT revolution in
India failed to gain a place among the pro-Telangana workers. The
fact is underlined before us with an attack on Naidu's...
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Ignorant Lot Make Insensitive
Statements
By Devidas on September 21st, 2010
Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise. And where ignorant
lot is given celebrity status, it is more so. Movie stars and Bollywood
artists, who has become dear to media across the sub-continent
were never famous for informed pronouncements. So it was hardly
surprising when Salman Khan, least of all the uninformed and
put-your-foot-in-mouth brigade went public with his completely
misplace statements. Salman's statement is politically incorrect to the
core, but what adds gravity of the situation is the fact is he spoke to
a Pakistani channel. It did not required a pundit to predict the uproar
from all political quarters after the actor spoke what he should not
have. Salman is notorious for being in soup many times on earlier
occasions. A man who was accused of creating nuisance at his lover's
house, making scene with colleagues at pub and most of all alleged
to have killed deers while shooting for a film-is not expected to study
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the situation prior and after to 26/11 in Mumbai. The Pakistani media
persons did their job skillfully. Now asking for an apology will do
little good to Salman's image, adding one more embarrassment to his
already overflowing repertoire. During...

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The Shocking Announcement …

In More Sense Than One
By Devidas on September 21st, 2010

On the eve of the Ganesh festival in Maharashtra, the police,

Chief Minister and media all have come with this 'shocking'
announcement…that two terrorists are roaming in the street and
cause havoc. Now in a state where a history-sheeter with two
criminal cases against his name and known links with banned outfit
Students Islamic of India can roam freely for two years, it is not a
news that two terrorists have arrived in Mumbai in a bid to carry
out their violent plans. Joint Police Commissioner Himanshu Roy
told reporters that intelligence reports received by the police and
state home department said the pair -- said to be a Bangladeshi and
a Pakistani -- entered Mumbai sometime ago. The police fear that
the two may carry out attacks during the Ganesh festival, which is
celebrated in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra on a grand scale. What
was more dreadful for me was the manner in which the officials
went public with the information which, as has come out, seems little
helping towards nabbing the terrorists. Probably the administration
was buoyed by the success in arresting two main conspirators in
German Bakery blast cast, as was claimed just a day ago by the same
police. Now if...

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