Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is Rashtriya Dharma Shastra - Prayagraj High Court

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is Rashtriya Dharma Shastra - Prayagraj Allahabad High Court by satyabhashnam

The Bhagwad Gita may also be considered as the Rashtriya Dharma Shastra - Prayagraj High Court

Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Hindustan Times
Allahabad, September 11, 2007

The Allahabad High Court has expressed the view that it is the duty of the State to recognise the Bhagwad Gita as the Rashtriya Dharma Shastra, which inspired our national struggle for freedom and also all walks of life.

“As India has recognised national flag, national bird, national anthem and national flower, the Bhagwad Gita may also be considered as the Rashtriya Dharma Shastra.”

“It is the duty of every citizen of India under Article 51A of the Constitution of India irrespective of caste, creed or religion to follow the dharma propounded by the Bhagwad Gita,” the High Court observed.

The view was expressed by Justice SN Srivastava while deciding on a writ petition filed by priest Shyamal Ranjan Mukherjee of the Gopal Thakur Mandir of Varanasi, challenging the sale of temple properties.

The court also directed the state government not to permit alienation of any property attached to any temple and other religious institutions (mutts, temples, specified endowments and samadhis) without prior permission of the district judge concerned.

Incredible Kashmir Visit: An Experience shared by Santhosh Prabhu

Incredible Kashmir Visit: An Experience shared by Santhosh Prabhu
Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Karnataka

An Experience shared by Santhosh Prabhu, Bangalore on his visit to Jammu-Kashmir recently.

Recently I visited Kashmir Valley and got the opportunity to spend time and interact with Kashmiris   staying in a remote village called Larnoo as well as few days in Srinagar city. It gave me a good insight into  the Kashmir imbroglio and  challenges that we as Indians have in front of us as a Nation which has its roots in plurality, diversity, democracy and mutual acceptance. My previous visit to Kashmir valley was in 2010, when the Separatist movement was at its peak with large scale violence, stone pelting, and firing happening almost every day in different parts of the Valley.  This time there was relative peace all over, though few days ago, 8 Army men were killed in an ambush by terrorists near Srinagar.

One of the main purpose of the visit was to attend my friend Sandeep Bhat’s wedding in Anantnag.  It was a great occasion meeting my friend after so many years. Sandeep Bhats family like hundreds of other Kashmiri Hindu families were forced to leave Kashmir Valley in 1989-1990, when separatists selectively targeted Kashmiri Hindus and created an atmosphere in which they had no option other than to leave the valley.  But still there are few Hindu families in Kashmir Valley who did not leave during that time. And Sandeeps wedding happening in Kashmir is a welcome sign and an indication that there is a strong urge in hundreds of Kashmiri Hindu families who are right now settled in Jammu and Delhi to return back to their homes in Kashmir Valley.  I was glad to attend the wedding and meet all his family members.

At around 5:30 in the evening, Mohammed Faizal, a School teacher, came to receive me in Anantnag. We both boarded a Sumo (the most used vehicle for public transport in Kashmir Valley) to Larnoo. Larnoo is a small village which is a one and half hour drive from Anantnag. The journey was very scenic and soothing with mountains, valleys, rivers, and streams on the way.  I then started thinking about the turbulence that Kashmir has been going through the past few decades. But I felt that all these beautiful mountains and rivers were in peace with itself, unaffected by any external disturbance created by human interference.  We reached Larnoo at around 7:30 and from there we had to go further up in the mountains to reach Lessoo. We reached the residence of Faizal at around 8 in the night.  After having some refreshing Kashmiri tea (majority of Kashmiris drink salty tea) and snacks, I sat informally with all the family members of Faizal.  There were 14 members who were staying in the house and were very glad to have me as their guest and every one of them made sure that I was feeling comfortable.   After an hour or so we had our dinner. Like majority of south India and states such as Orissa, Bengal, and Assam, rice is the staple food in Kashmir.  Chicken, Mutton, Paneer, Rajma are the major constituents of Kashmiri Cuisine.  After dinner I spent some time with Faizal and discussed about the present situation in Kashmir and went to bed since we both were tired after the journey.

After having out tea and Kashmiri rotis (made of corn) the next morning,   we went up to explore the mountains and valleys.  It was an amazing feeling to walk through the valleys, and Faizal told me that at the peak of militancy all those places used to be the hideouts of terrorists. The terrorists moved freely in those areas as was a sign of bravery to be a militant.  Faizal said his own uncle

had gone to Pakistan and  received training in a Terrorist training camp during the 90s.  While talking to Faizal, I felt a strong feeling of alienation exists amongst Kashmiri Muslims, they are really fed up of Militancy. Pro-Pakistan  and Separatist rhetoric have reached to a critical point where they feel that their future lies with India. Even the villagers say that in all these 23 years we have lost everything as part of these agitations for Azaadi and we have gained nothing. One generation has gone without proper education because of which now we are suffering. They feel left behind when they go to places such as Jammu and Delhi.  Many villagers also said that when their children go to other cities in India they are viewed with suspicion. School teachers feel they don’t even have access to information about the options that they have for higher education.  While talking to them, it became clear to me that because of the misinformation campaign and lack of exposure to other cultures, there are a lot of stereotypes and bias against India and Hindus.  Before I stayed and ate with them, they felt that as a Hindu it was not possible for me to do these things.

When we reached the top of the mountain, we had our tea which we had carried in a flask. There was no need to carry water bottles since there were several streams flowing through the mountain. Faizal told me that the name Anantnag has its origin from ’spring’. “Nag” in Kashmiri means ’spring’ and so Anantnag is “Endless Springs”.  After spending some time in the mountains during the day in the evening we went to the banks of the river Brangi.  It was serene, calm and peaceful.  Faizals friend Zahoor also joined us and while walking we met 8-10 villagers who invited us for tea when they realized that I am Faizals guest.  Kashmiri is the local language and not everyone speaks Hindi. Kashmiri is written in Arabic script, though I was told that there is an effort going on to re-embrace the original Kashmiri script.  I also realized that many Kashmiri Muslims are also proud of their Hindu ancestry and personalities such as King Lalitaditya and Avantiverman, who ruled Kashmir, and historians such as Kalhana the author of “Rajatarangini” written in the 12th Century which gives a historical chronicle of Kashmir.  Though I could see strong strains of Islamic fundamentalism in the youth, a sense of openness and eagerness for more exposure also existed.  For instance, Faizal did not have any problem in me doing Surya Namaskar and Yogasan beside him while he did Namaaz;he also learnt few aasanas and pranayam from me later.  In the villages, I found majority of women wearing traditional Kashmiri dress without burqa.  We returned home in the night, after having dinner and an hour long chit-chat with other members of the family, and I went to bed.

The next morning  Faisal and I visited Martand, a place near Anantnag where an ancient sun temple is situated.  We reached Anantnag town at around 10 in the morning and took a bus to Mattan (the ancient name is Martand) and reached the Martand temple at around 11. The ancient Sun temple of Martand was built by King Lalitaditya in 500 AD. This temple was destroyed by the Islamic invader Sikander Butshikan and it is said that it took one whole year for him to destroy this temple completely. There is also a Gurudwara adjacent  to the mandir and it is believed that Guru Nanak Dev had visited that site when he was returning from Tibet. Since that particular day was the birthday of Guru Hargobind, 6th Guru of Sikhs, there was a procession where hundreds of Sikhs were present. There is a spring nearby where water flows continuously to the pond in front of the Mandir, in the middle of which is a Shiv ling. After having darshan and spending some time in Mattan,  we went to Nagdandi, another small town near Anantnag where there is an Ashram run by Vivekananda Kendra. I had visited this Ashram three years ago and I wanted to meet the Swamiji over there as he is not keeping well health wise.  After meeting Swamiji, we had our lunch over there and spent some time in the Ashram. Several Kashmiri Hindu families have very strong ties with this Ashram, and during festivals and special occasions,  hundreds of people come and stay over here. Swamiji of this Ashram has also developed good relationships with all the Muslim families of the Village. During my previous visit it was Nag Panchami  day and there was Hawan, Pooja which was also attended by hundreds of Muslims of the locality. In this Ashram, there is a small temple dedicated to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa at the foot of wooded hills and Samadhi of Swami Ashokananda  (A Yogi who lived in this area 40 years ago) is also within the precincts of the Ashram.

We returned to Larnoo by 4 in the evening that day, and rest of the day I tried to capture the beauty of the village, mountains, and rivers in my camera.  Also while talking to local Kashmiri youth and elders about the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, it became clear to me that they sincerely believe the Separatist propaganda that the then Governor Jagmohan who asked Kashmiri Hindus to stay away from the Kashmir Valley, so that he can wipe out Kashmiri Muslims without any difficulty. We all now know that there was no element of truth in that statement. But when I asked them whether they would like to see Kashmiri Hindus back in Kashmir, they all replied in affirmative.

 The next day morning I started for Srinagar from Larnoo and reached Srinagar at around 2 in the afternoon. Shri  B.L. Khan and his son Zaheer had come to receive me at Lal Chowk.  Lal Chowk is the place where separatists hold their anti-India and pro-Pakistan rally every year when they try to show their strength hoisting Pakistani flag and burning Indian tri color. This is the same place where Murali Manohar Joshi of BJP had hoisted the tricolor in 1992.  We reached B.L. Khan’s home at around 3.  B.L. Khan is a well known and influential person in Srinagar, who was working previously in Civil Secretariat and was also actively involved in Trade Union. A staunch nationalist, B.L. Khan has always been a strong proponent of complete integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India.  It was a great experience listening to B.L. Khan who is born and brought up in Srinagar and has witnessed all the major events in Kashmir firsthand . Khan explained to me how vested interests, including international forces, are working in Kashmir, and want to keep this issue alive for their own benefits.  He further added that all the main stream political parties in Kashmir like National Conference,  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress are working as semi-separatists trying their best to keep Kashmir burning and doing nothing towards integration of Kashmir with the rest of India.  Khan also talked about his past background when he used to work for the Communist Party and the reason for which he left Communism. He told me that in the early 90s a meeting was convened by the Communist Party, presided by Comrade Surjeet, which primarily focused on Kashmiri Muslims. In that meeting, Surjeet asked all Kashmiri Muslims to join hands with Militants and reiterated  that the Communist Party stands for Self Determination of Jammu and Kashmir.  Hearing this  B.L. Khan got agitated and walked out from the meeting. After that incident, I came to know about the true colors of Communists, Khan added. That day I took some rest as I had sprained my leg the previous day. I also spent some time talking with Zaheer, who has just completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Kashmir University. Zaheer shared his experience in the University where classes getting suspended is  a usual norm because of the whole unrest and how education of thousands of Kashmiris is getting affected.  University students are also lost because of lack of exposure and employment as there are hardly any companies in Kashmir Valley who can offer jobs to graduates.  Because of all these factors, there is high level of frustration amongst youth. After having lengthy discussions on this topic with Zaheer, I went to bed that day night as my leg was still paining because of the sprain.

 After breakfast the next morning, Zaheer and I went to Karan Nagar in Srinagar where Ramkrishna Mission Ashram is located.  I had emailed Swami ji  who is in charge of the Ashram,  and had requested for his time. Swamiji was very happy to receive us, and when I introduced myself and Zaheer, he was pleasantly surprised and puzzled on how come a Sangh Pracharak has come along with a Muslim youth, that too in Kashmir Valley. Swami ji is native of Kerala, and is stationed in Srinagar center since last 5 years. He explained about the Dispensary and Coaching classes run by the Mission for the local people there.  I also updated Swamiji about our Sangh activity, which is happening all over the country including Jammu and Kashmir.  After having tea and spending some time with Swamiji,  we returned back home.  On our way back Zaheer took me to Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area in Srinagar, where Mirwaiz Umar Farooq , Leader of Hurriyat Conference (M) gives his sermons every week after Friday prayers.

 In the afternoon B. L. Khan, Zaheer and I went to have darshan at Mata Kheer Bhavani temple in Tula Mula, 25 kms north of Srinagar in Ganderbal District. Kheer Bhavani Mandir is a very important holy site for Kashmiri Hindus. It is called as  Ksheer (which means milk) or Kheer Bhawani because thousands of devotees who come there offer milk and kheer (rice pudding)  to the sacred spring on which the deity is worshipped.  The legend associated with the temple goes that Lord Rama worshipped Ragnya Devi during his exile. After the exile period, Rama asked Hanuman to shift the seat of goddess . The seat of the goddess was brought by  Hanuman first to Shadipora and later to the site where the temple is situated today.  It is believed that it was the wish of mother Ragnya that her seat be placed in Kheer Bhavani Mandir in Kashmir.  Another interesting thing I came to know was it is said that color of the spring goes on changing and if it becomes black, it is an indication of inauspicious time for Kashmir.

 After having darshan at Kheer Bhavani, , we also visited Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar city which is the holiest Muslim shrine in Kashmir.  It contains a relic which is believed by Muslims in Kashmir as hair of Mohammed, founder of Islam.  This is the same masjid where terrorists were hiding in 1993, making it as their base.  The Army cordoned off the whole area, but unfortunately all the terrorists who were hiding inside were given free passage by Congress Party led  Central Government at that time.  In the evening while having our tea, I asked B.L. Khan about the alleged Human Rights violations and excesses in Kashmir by Indian Armed forces.  His replied back saying that such cases happen very rarely, but it is reported out of proportion and is used as a propaganda material by Separatists. He also added that when terrorists in civilian dress attack armed forces,  public property, and plant bombs, strong action is required by the Army so that the situation is under control.  That evening Zaheer and I went on his motor bike to enjoy the beauty of Srinagar City and Dal lake in the night.  Shankaracharya mandir was standing majestically on the top of the hill, as if it was conveying a message of cultural unity of whole of India from Kerala to Kashmir, which is challenged by the  terrorist and separatist forces.  After enjoying the night ride we returned back home by 10.

 The next morning we went to Dal lake to meet Sangh Karyakartas from Punjab who had come to Kashmir for sightseeing. After spending some time with them, we met Jayesh Kapoor, who owns a Cloth store in Srinagar. Jayesh  is Swayamsevak from Punjab and was really glad to see us. In the afternoon I spent time with B.L. Khan.  Spending time with Khan was indeed an enriching experience for me as many of my questions and doubts about Kashmir got cleared, and I also got a nationalist perspective of things happening in Kashmir. After bidding good bye to Khan, I went to Rajesh Kouls home.  Rajesh, a Kashmiri Hindu from Shopian, is working in Civil Secretariat in Srinagar. Rajesh’s  family had to move out of Kashmir Valley in the early 90s during the rise of Militancy and they are settled in Jammu now.  Rajesh narrated his experiences in Kashmir on his perspective on how the Kashmir issue can be addressed. One incident he mentioned, was last year as he was returning from Anantnag to Kashmir along with his wife and daughter. There was a shutdown call that day by Separatists and on the way, his car was stopped by a mob. As they forced him to say slogans such as ” Naree Taqbir- Allaho Akbar” and ” hum kya chahte hain, azaadi”   the tension was building up.His wife and daughter asked him to say the slogan, but he refused. But somehow he was allowed to go, though his windows got damaged as they threw stones at the car.

The next day morning was my flight from Srinagar.  The previous day night, I was contemplating on my experience that I had in Kashmir,  and I felt that one possible solution to this problem is people through people interaction and relationship. If Kashmiris get more and more exposure with the rest of India, like having education in other cities and meeting people of different backgrounds, this can widen their horizons and remove the negative notions and biases that they have about the rest of India and Indians. At the same time, people of rest of India also have a big role to play such as finding ways to build relationships with families in Kashmir and  spending time interacting and living together, instead of just visiting as tourists.  Unfortunately mainstream political parties are not doing this and in addition to that they are adding fuel to the fire.  Similarly our Armed forces  have a role to play, and they are doing an exemplary job by maintaining peace and countering terrorism in the Valley. But this person-to-person interaction, I feel, can address the issue of separatism, alienation as well as strengthen the nationalist forces in the Kashmir valley which will help in the complete integration of whole of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India.

Here I remember the quote of Ronald Reagan  ”I’ve always believed that a lot of troubles in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other .”  Many NGOs like Sewa Bharati, Ekal Viyalaya, Ramkrishna Mission, Vivekananda Kendra are doing an excellent work in Jammu and Kashmir by carrying out service activities and running schools serving the people of the State and it became very clear from my experience that Majority of people in Majority areas of Jammu and Kashmir are strongly with India, and the question is about that part of Jammu and Kashmir which is under  the illegal occupation of Pakistan ( Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzzafarabad) and China ( Aksai Chin ).  Also it is a fact that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India, when Raja Hari Singh signed the instrument of accession on October 26th, 1947 and India as a nation has the strength to defeat the nefarious designs of Pakistan and Separatist forces.

"Objective" journalism of "secular" Indian media EXPOSED!!

Do any of the following questions bother you: Why is NDTV biased? Why does the Husband-Wife duo of Rajdeep Sardesai-Sagarika Ghose on CNN-IBN mostly invite pro-Muslim, pro-Secessionist, & anti-India fanatics for debates? Why NDTV, CNN-IBN, Hindustan Times, Outlook, & Times of India primarily seem to have an anti-Hindu prejudicial viewpoint? Why Hindustan Times, Outlook, & Indian Express mostly carry pro-Congress news?

Irrespective of your answer, please continue to read on...

This page is an archive to showcase the NOT so objective and at times intentionally offensive bigotry by "secular" journalists belonging to mostly Indian news media, when it comes to topics concerning nationalistic pride, patriotism, Hindu civil rights & liberties, Vedic civilizational history, Vedic culture, etc. It documents their shameless display of bias and prejudice, controversies, and downright abusive and threatening misbehavior. It also exposes the hypocrisy of some public figures & personalities including Politicians, Celebrities, etc. Kindly make your own judgments.

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Editorial slandering of Hindu symbols by CNN-IBN

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CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose frauds the nation by faking pre-recorded interview of Sri Sri Ravishankar ji as live debate

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CNN-IBN, IBN7 - Criminally Communal Channels

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CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose - Case Study on Biased and Racist Journalism

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NDTV fools the viewers by faking tweets

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NDTV Group Editor Barkha Dutt - Case Study on Corrupt Journalism

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Insulting Tweets against Hindus, Saffron, RSS, and BJP by Sagarika Ghosh

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Pallavi Ghosh, CNN-IBN on 5 September 2012.

First came the canard from corrupt CONgress PR management Pallavi Ghosh.

Washington post apologises..will print PM's reply

— pallavi ghosh (@pallavighcnnibn) सितम्बर 5, 2012

Then came the truth from Washington Post that shredded Ms. Ghosh's lies in to small pieces.

@padmajajoshi1 Might have been nice if you had checked with Washington Post before tweeting that we had apologized!

— Simon Denyer (@simondenyer) सितम्बर 5, 2012

Couple of things to add: interviews were requested some time back with T.K.A. Nair, Pulok Chatterji and PM himself.All requests denied.

— Simon Denyer (@simondenyer) सितम्बर 5, 2012

@kabirtaneja Its not true. No threats were issued from their side, no apology was offered from mine.

— Simon Denyer (@simondenyer) सितम्बर 5, 2012

@avinashshukla29 @fakingnews @abpnewstv There has been absolutely no apology from Washington Post over article.

— Simon Denyer (@simondenyer) सितम्बर 5, 2012

@pallavighcnnibn Now that WaPo has denied apologising, would you please apologise for spreading rumours? @sardesairajdeep

— S Siddhartha (@siddhu_75) सितम्बर 5, 2012

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Sanjay Jha on 1 September 2012.

Dear Team Congress,Many thanks for your amazing support against hugely funded propaganda machine of #VoteModiOut. We won! Congratulations!

— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) सितम्बर 1, 2012

Gutter-mouth Digvijaya Singh wannabe Sanjay Jha of corrupt CONgress admitting that CONgress is funding propaganda against Shri Narendra Modi. Appalling is an understatement.

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Raksha Kumar, New York Times on 26 July 2012.

I spent all afternoon translating #Modi's latest interview.One conclusion: he is shameless! nyti.ms/QaThv t #Gujarat #Godhra

— Raksha Kumar (@Raksha_Kumar) जुलाई 26, 2012

@cosmicwondrous he should be ashamed for not regretting or apologising. Also, because he seems unscathed by it all.

— Raksha Kumar (@Raksha_Kumar) जुलाई 26, 2012

Such is the state of journalism in India today that people write prejudiced articles full of personal bigotry and jaundiced opinion masqueraded as news. Raksha Kumar is boasting of her massively shoddy job of transcribing Honorable Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi's interview with Shahid Siddiqui, Editor of Urdu Newspaper Nai Dunia, for The New York Times. As per Ms Kumar's jaundiced mindset, Shri Modi is already guilty without any trial or even single First Information Report (Police FIR) of alleged crimes that he has been accused of during 2002 riots, which followed Islamic terrorist attack on Hindus in Godhra, without bringing forward even a shred of evidence against him in past 10 years. This when even the Supreme Court's Special Investigative Team (SIT) has absolved and exonerated Shri Narendra Modi of all allegations. Ms Kumar has shamelessly [sic] presumed and assumed that Shri Modi is guilty of unproven canards and baseless allegations spread against him and goes as far as calling him "shameless" "for not regretting or apologizing" for crimes he did not commit.

First of all, her transcription of the audio interview of Shri Narendra Modi is el cheapo to say the least. Her transcription is not comprehensive and is selectively censored. Her translations from Hindi to English have glaring mistakes. I doubt that she even understands Hindi. Secondly, Ms Kumar has not given any convincing argument for declaring Shri Narendra Modi as "shameless". She has not answered when did Shri Modi behaved shamelessly during the entire interview. Is Ms Kumar calling Shri Modi "shameless" because he did not witness against himself, for crimes he did not do, just to satisfy the whims of bigoted journalists such as Ms Kumar. Shri Modi has a Right to Free Speech to say what he wants and when he wants. Clearly Ms Kumar did not learn First, Fifth, and Sixth amendments to Bill of Rights in US Constitution during her education at Journalism School at Columbia University. Specifically,

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, .... nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

It is a shame that newspapers such as The New York Times employees such sloppy journalists who do not understand Hindi and Rights of the people guaranteed in US Constitution. But then what can you expect from a person who was supposedly mentored by another Hinduphobic, Narendra Modi hater, and Niira Radia's alleged ministership horse-trading tapes accomplice, Ms Barkha Dutt.

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Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief of CNN-IBN on 24 July 2012.

@Prasad_Paatkar 21 died in Assam, more than a 1000 in Gujarat. scale and intensity, plus logistics will determine media coverage.

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 24, 2012

Brutal murder of 21 Hindus and displacement of 200,000 Hindus by illegal Bangladeshi Muslims under patronage of divisive CONgress govt is NOT news worthy for Rajdeep Sardesai until 1000 Hindus get massacred. Showboating egalitarianism?!

Clearly, ambulance chasing riots cottage industry discriminates on the basis of religion of the person in the ambulance. How Secular! Who is the real Maut Ka Saudagar? Media.

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John Dayal, Hinduphobic self proclaimed Human Rights activist, Sonia Gandhi's extra-constitutional National Advisory Council (NAC) member.



John Dayal in this tweet is intensionally and deliberately trying to cause enmity between Hindus and Sikhs despite knowing the fact that 1984 pogrom was committed by CONgress party goons (When a big tree falls, Earth shakes) and not by Hindus. He is a certified Asshole of worst kind!

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Nikhil Wagle, Editor of CNN-IBN Lokmat on 11 November 2011.



On 9 November 2011, Sagarika Ghose allegedly faked a LIVE interview of world-renowned Dharmic Guru and Hindu Saint Sri Sri Ravishankar ji. This whole fiasco is documented below (scroll down). As soon as the story broke, of course not on any news media but on Twitter only, a tsunami of righteous emotions flooded Twitterverse and Blogsphere with demands that Sagarika Ghose should be reprimanded for the alleged fraud on the viewers and with calls for her resignation. It is common knowledge that different people react in different ways to the same situation. Some people were civil in their call and some were abusive in their reaction. We may not agree with them, but either way it is their Right to Freedom of Speech.

But not so for hypocrites in media. As evident in the tweet above by brown-nosing employee and Hinduphobe Nikhil Wagle in which he chimed in (vis-a-vis his employer Sagarika/Rajdeep) with his extreme opinion to throw people in jail just for speaking their mind. What are we communist China or Sharia-ridden Saudi Arabia/Iran? Free Speech is BASIC Human Right, can't take that away bitch!

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Sagarika Ghose, Deputy Editor of CNN-IBN and wife of her boss Rajdeep Sardesai on 10 November 2011.













A fellow Internet Hindu Kiran Kumar S aptly put it,

NDTV = Milking fake tweets ; #CNNIBNLies = Milking Fake Interviews ; Dynasty = Milking fake surname. Welcome to the Republic of Fakistan!

In utter disregard to viewer's intelligence and journalistic ethics, Sagarika Ghose of CNN-IBN allegedly defrauded the nation on her Face The Nation show on 9 November 2011. She allegedly misused a pre-recorded interview of world-renowned Dharmic Guru and Hindu Saint Sri Sri Ravishankar ji in a LIVE debate on 'Sri Sri on 4 day yatra in UP: should spiritual leaders take part in anti-corruption campaigns?'. The topic of the debate was to clearly caste aspersions on Sri Sri ji's anti-corruption movement. Prejudicial media has to of course question Sri Sri ji's intentions because he is a Hindu saint, and conveniently never questions political aspirations of and interference by Islamic organizations Deoband, Wakf, PFI (an extremist Muslim group which hacked the hand of a Christian professor).

Be as it may, it is okay for Sagarika to question Sri Sri ji's intentions as much as it is Sri Sri ji's Right to lead a people's movement against corruption (a noble nationalistic cause). But to, as alleged, blatantly misuse his pre-recorded interview in a cut and paste job to fool the viewers into believing that it is a LIVE interview is nothing short of immoral and yellow journalism.

Sagarika Ghose showed utter disregard to Sri Sri ji by allegedly faking his interview and projecting it to viewers as being LIVE part of an ongoing debate, essentially denying him the Right to Respond and Rebut. Even in Bharatiya Parliament, no one is allowed to accuse or quote an alive person unless He or She is present to defend his or her position. But when was the last time Bharatiya Main Stream Media acted as an ethical institution? CNN-IBN played a joke on viewer's intelligence by not informing them that Sri Sri ji's answers were pre-recorded and were being cut and paste in a LIVE debate.

Many viewers instantly caught discrepancy during the show such as Sri Sri ji's video was looping every 5 seconds (watch it in this Youtube video between 1:42 and 2:30) and immediately complained on Twitter about CNN-IBN's lies (#CNNIBNLies). Unfortunately, even after enormous uproar by Hindusthanis on Twitter, CNN-IBN hasn't taken any action against Sagarika Ghose (obviously because she is Editor Rajdeep Sardesai's wife). It instead issued a half-hearted apology which looks more like an advertisement showboating this joke of a show Face The Nation than remorse. Face The Nation... rather Fool/Fraud The Nation!

Lo' and behold, what does Sagarika Ghose do when caught? First hamam mein sab nange hain and every channel does what her channel did. Then play the gender bias victim-hood card that she loves play all the time. You allegedly did a fraud on viewers, half-heartedly apologized to the viewers, and then play a ridiculous victim-hood card. Pathetic.

This is not the first time CNN-IBN has Fooled The Nation. Dalal Media blog has well documented how this channel used fake nonexistent twitter accounts to inappropriately reflect and change public opinion. Similar to what NDTV has also been accused of in the past. Later CNN-IBN channel tendered an apology for the same. See a pattern? In January 2011, both NDTV and CNN-IBN claimed to have Mani Shankar Aiyar LIVE on their respective channels at the same time.

Please also read "Editorial slandering of Hindu symbols by CNN-IBN".

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Smita Prakash, Editor, Asian News International (ANI) on 28 October 2011.



US-based music group Metallica was scheduled to perform in Gurgaon, Haryana on 28 October, 2011. But due to alleged mismanagement of the concert by the organizers and MTV India, concert was postponed due to technical snags. On hearing the news that concert was postponed, as a result of which the crowd got rowdy and vandalized the location. Metallica, henceforth, canceled their Gurgoan performance. Now instead of blaming dysfunctional Haryana Police and inept CONgress govt in Haryana for not controlling the crowd, elitist editor Ms. Smita Prakash showcased her shallow mindset by making insulting and disrespectful generalized remarks about North Indians. As per her, North Indians, specifically those who live in Delhi, should go to Satsangs & Jagrans only. First of all, the alleged hooliganism happened in Gurgaon, Haryana and it has nothing to do with Delhi. She should know Bharatiya Geography better. Secondly, she spoke of Satsangs & Jagrans in such a condescending way as if those people who partake in Satsangs & Jagrans belong to some downtrodden lower-class society as compared to those upper-class head-banging gang-banging drug-snorting rich-snob elitists who go to such English music concerts. Sick. Thirdly, her ridiculous generalization about North Indians and Satsang-goers was borderline racist and anti-Hindu, and very offensive.

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Abhijit Majumder, Resident Editor, Hindustan Times on 21 October 2011.




In a voluntarily-admitted drunken rampage, Hindu phobic journalist Abhijit Majumder tweeted Anti-Hindu abusive rants. He abused Hindus as "Motherchod". He derided Hindu system of Varna Vyavastha as "great flaw".

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Karti P Chidambaram, Son of former Finance and External Affairs Minister, and present Home Minister of India, P Chidamabaram on 22 August 2011.


This gem comes from Karti P Chidambaram, whose only qualification to fame is that he is Son of current Union Home Minister of Bharat, P Chidambaram. P Chidambaram is allegedly one the most corrupt ministers in history of India since 1947, so much so that even his dubious victory in general election of 2009 is under the scrutiny of courts. As shown in the tweet above, as per Karti P Chidambaram Anti-Hindu fascist Suzanne Arundhati Roy who rallies against Indian Union and lend support to secessionists Islamic terrorists in Kashmir and leftist Maoist terrorists in other parts of India is part of "civil society". How SICKENING is it that Son of "Union" Home Minister of India is calling a fascist & secessionist as civil society!

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Pankaj Pachauri, Editor, NDTV on 14 July 2011.





In the first tweet above, Anti-Hindu leftist fart Pankaj Pachauri shows his communal fangs again by making a ludicrous statement that annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival should be scrapped to stop Islamic terrorism. It's absurd to even think of this primarily Hindu festival is cause of Islamic terror and then ask to suspend it is directly giving in to the intolerant Islamic ideology of Darul Islam which is the root cause of Islamic terrorism. Who the heck is Anti-Hindu Pankaj Pachauri to tell Indian citizens to not spend latter's private property as funds to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi but rather use the funds as public property to build security infrastructure. Totally illogical.

In 1894, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak transformed household worshiping of God Shri Ganesh into Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav and made Shiv Jayanti (birth anniversary celebrations of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) as a social festival to unite all Indians irrespective of religion as one nation. To ask such pluralist Hindu festival to be cause of Islamic terror and hence be scrapped is pathetic.

Of course, demented mind continues to churn out verbal diarrhea as Mr. Pachauri conveniently tags the opposite view as communal and confirms his bias by suggesting that Haj subsidy should go to protect Mosques. Think of his ridiculous argument for a moment. Private funds of Hindu citizens should NOT be spent to celebrate Hindu festival but rather be used as public money to protect the public property from Islamic terrorists. But Millions of Rupees of Indian tax payers and Hindu Temple donation money, which is currently re-directed to subsidize private vacation of Muslims in Mecca, should be used to protect private Mosques instead of public property. How secular!

In other tweets above, Mr. Kanchan Gupta calls out Pankaj Pachauri's communal agenda. More such bigotry from Pankaj Pachauri is documented below.

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Palki Sharma, CNN-IBN on 3 July, 2011.


Irrespective of the means including corruption through which Mayawati has become rich from rags, still such disgusting elitist bias shown by Palki Sharma of CNN IBN in this tweet is totally un-called for. Don't know if her discriminatory comment was because Mayawati is presumed "dalit" even though latter is a millionaire but certainly it was because Mayawati does not talk English, walk English and think English as do these spoiled brats such as Palki. Seems she is toeing her employer Sagarika Ghose's line very well.

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Kushan Mitra, Associate Editor, Business Today on 23 June, 2011.






Aren't we all taught not to poke our nose in other's business. Apparently Kushan Mitra who likes to use F-bombs, "gandu" and sexist-misogynistic-degrading abusive terms such as "cunt" in almost every sentence, self-admittedly even at home, hasn't learned this lesson. This barrage of abusive rants directed primarily towards Hindu Right started when Kushan Mitra poked his nose in an ongoing conversation between Mrs. Meena Das Narayan, Editor-in-Chief & Managing Partner of Gulf Connoisseur & Editor of The Address Magazine and Ms. Nidhi Razdan of NDTV (scroll below for past gems from her). When confronted for using abusive language targeting a woman, Mr. Mitra displayed utter disregard for modesty on public forum and indifference to the fact that it may also directly or indirectly reflect on his employer's editorial standards. Later he used the infamous Indian lame-excuse "tum jante ho mera baap kaun hai" (do you know who is my Father) by flaunting his Father's credentials of being Executive Member of political party BJP. Who knows why does that matter or how does that justify his abusive harangues? He also played the same old victimhood card & cliché excuse used by some Leftist Indian journalists of being attacked by Hindu Right. Which is hypocritical because he was the one who started all this when he poked his nose in other women journalists business and even used F-bomb with one of them. And how can questioning someone's abusive rants be termed as being attacked is beyond any sane logic.

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Barkha Dutt, NDTV on 15 June 2011.


Barkha Dutt is known to question others intelligence at a drop of hat, other than suing them for defamation on ludicrous charges (Search "shoddy journalism ckunte"). Especially if others question her journalistic ethics as in this case where Devendra Pai pointed to her relationship with controversial political lobbyist Nirra Radia and Niira Radia's infamous phone tapped conversations with Barkha Dutt, Politicians, Businessmen, et al about allegedly fixing ministerial posts. Expose popularly known as RadiaGate and BarkhaGate. All the tapes are available on Outlook Magazine's website. Barkha Dutt was also booed for the same during Anna Hazare's Anti-Corruption rally at India Gate in New Delhi. Watch it here. 23 years old Devendra Pai is a respected individual who saved the life of Mrs. Rajbala of Gurgaon during CONgress led govt's state sponsored police brutality on Mahatma Baba Ramdev and his followers (tens of thousands of Women, Children, Old and Men) who were sleeping at Ramlila Maidan after day long Anti-Corruption protest. Mr. Pai saved Mrs. Rajbala who is now unfortunately paralyzed for life and is the face of police atrocities on common Indian people. But for Barkha Dutt, he is an "idiot" for calling out her alleged corrupt practices.

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Pankaj Pachauri, Editor, NDTV on 10 June 2011.


Pankaj Pachauri who hosts NDTV's Hindi show "Hum Log" showcased his Anti-Vedic bigotry by slandering over 20000 years old Yog & Ayurved and by ranting against Mahatma Baba Ramdev in similar derogatory tone as CONgress thug Digvijay Singh. Mr. Kanchan Gupta called out Pankaj Pachauri's for latter's shameless bigotry.

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Joji Philip Thomas, Assistant Editor, Economics Times on 10 June 2011. Hat tip Piyush Kulshreshtha (@thinkerspad)

Notice the first tweet. He admits that he doesn't care about the beliefs of great Hindu saint Mahatma Baba Ramdev. Hence, he doesn't care about Hindu beliefs and faith. Hatred for Hindus, which he intentionally displayed amply by repeatedly suggesting that Baba Ramdev, a strict vegetarian Hindu guru (seer), should eat Beef. Despite knowing that Hindus respect Cow and murdering a Cow is one of the greatest sin in humanity as per Sanatan Dharm (Hinduism). Mr. Thomas should be charged for intentionally committing crime under IPC section 153.

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Pallavi Ghosh, CNN-IBN on 9 June 2011.


With such prejudiced mindset, she was the one reporting for CNN-IBN from ground zero when Sonia Gandhi's CONgress govt brutalized peaceful assembly of sleeping Anti-Corruption protesters including Mahatma Baba Ramdev and his over 100,000 followers.

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Smita Prakash, Editor, Asian News International on 8 June 2011. Hat tip Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS)







While a citizen journalist Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) tweets that the crowd at Anna Hazare's protest at Rajghat unconditionally support Mahatma Baba Ramdev, "secular" journalist such as Smita Prakash had to prove their credentials by pointing out the fictitious divide.

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Priya Ramani, Editor, Mint to Nidhi Razdan, NDTV on 5 June 2011.


With such prejudiced mindset against proud nationalist Indians, Priya Ramani & Nidhi Razdan should block cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan who have declared themselves as "Proud Indian" on their resp. twitter accounts.




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Nidhi Razdan, NDTV on 5 June 2011.



One of the most cocky, abusive and openly prejudiced commentators on NDTV, Nidhi Razdan displays her utter disregard and indifference to the seriousness of the news at hand. Over 100,000 protesters and a world famous respected Hindu saint Mahatma Baba Ramdev have been brutalized and their human rights been violated by CONgress government, but at the moment, what does this self-proclaimed journalist thinks of doing? Drink wine to enjoy the moment.

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Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha on 9 June 2011. Hat tip Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS)




This incident displays the hypocrisy and subtle Anti-Hindu bigotry of Mr. Shashi Tharoor. In the tweet he is saying that he is deeply saddened due to the death of old perverted Indian painter M F Hussein whose only craftsmanship was to draw NAKED Hindu Goddesses & Bharat Mata (depiction of India as Mother) to intentionally provoke and hurt Hindu sentiments. Never did he dare to draw Prophet Mohamed, his 9 years old wife Aisha (pedophile anyone?), his daughters Zainab or Fatimah, or even draw Jesus or his mother Mary as naked. He didn't want his head chopped off, right. Anyways, seems Mr. Tharoor's state of sadness is as hypocrite as him, as documented by Ravinar in his blogpost "Shashi Tharoor: The new ‘happy-tongue’ hypocrite - Secularism means “don’t offend muslims". Following is an excerpt from it:

However, this latest smooth-talking Congress minister, is the latest in the long line of Congressmen who believe Secularism means not offending muslims, but all other communities can be offended under freedom of speech rights. He reveals this philosophy in a debate with Christopher Hitchens (Author: God Is Not Great) some years back.

1. In the first instance Tharoor narrates a story carried in a Bangalore newspaper about a boy called Mohammad, an “idiot-boy” (No reference or connection to the Prophet as Tharoor confirms) This seemed to have angered muslims who attacked the office and the editor of the newspaper. The editor had to later apologise. Tharoor mentions that even if the article was never intended to refer to Prophet Mohammad, the editor should have been careful enough to avoid misinterpretation and should have been aware that this would cause trouble. Sure, the victim of the violent attacks was wrong and should be the one to apologise. That is freedom of speech according to Tharoor.

2. In the second instance with reference to the Danish cartoons issue, Tharoor continues the same argument. That the Danish paper/cartoonist would have known well the publication of the cartoon would cause a world wide backlash and should have resisted going ahead with it and exercised restraint. Tharoor strongly maintains that free speech/expression should not be used to hurt anyone. I suppose nobody told this scholar that “consensus” does not require a freedom of speech law.

3. It’s the third issue that is striking. The discussion moves to the M.F. Hussain paintings. Here’s where our happy-tongue minister reveals his true self. He argues strongly that it was Hussain’s freedom of expression for which he should not have faced a backlash. Well, obviously Hussain was so blissfully ignorant that his controversial paintings would cause friction or offend a whole community. It needed Mr.Happy-tongue to defend him. But that newspaper editor and the Danish cartoonist shouldn’t have exercised their free expression rights as they would have been aware of the consequences. And that’s not all. Tharoor goes on to state that Hussain paints these Hindu Gods in various forms. That Hussain had once painted Indira Gandhi as Durga Ma ! Tharoor equates painting Indira Gandhi as Durga Ma to nude paintings of Hindu Gods. Even a moron can see that the Indira Gandhi painting would be seen as a compliment rather than an offence. This is how he misleads international audiences with his happy-tongue glib talk.

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Sagarika Ghose, Deputy Editor of CNN-IBN and wife of her boss Rajdeep Sardesai on 10 February 2010.

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If there is one "news" channel, after NDTV, that is staunchly Anti-Hindu to the core, it is CNN-IBN which is run by Rajdeep Sardesai-Sagarika Ghose (Husband-Wife duo). Please read "Editorial slandering of Hindu symbols by CNN-IBN". Sagarika Ghose is known for threatening people on twitter with IPC section 506-507 if she doesn't agree with latter's viewpoints. Her ramblings and threats are very well documented by Reality Check in his post "Indian mainstream media showcase – Sec 507". And just like her counterparts Barkha Dutt and Nidhi Razdan from rival news channel NDTV, Sagarika Ghose is known to use filthy abusive language. The tweet shown above is an example of the same.