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Vol. LII, No. 9 NEW DELHI, September 17, 2000

September     Last updated: September 16, 5:00 p.m.

I-Calling

Vivek

M. Suryaprakasam, Vijianagaram : Do you agree with S. Gurumurthy's comment that the Government is nothing but the average opinion of the English-educated class?

I could amend that statement by saying it is the average opinion of the below-average English-educated class.
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Farooq Abdullah was given the B.C. Roy National Award for serving a larger political and social cause. Comment
This shows that these days national awards have nothing to do with nationalism.
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Can we call the Indian pattern of democracy kleptocracy?
There is no such word, but the Greek word ‘kleptes’ means thief, so you may say Indian democracy has become a den of power-hungry thieves.
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How to understand the BJP Government's regularisation of irregular constructions in cities like Delhi?
Regularising irregularities is a regular feature of all governments.

Umesh V. Pai, Vasai : How can the Maharashtra Government use the same yardstick for Balasaheb Thackeray, who criticised only anti-national and communal Muslims, and Abu Azmi, who threatened to break up this country? Because they have only one yardstick, that of pseudo-secularism, that cannot differentiat between a nationalist Hindu and an anti-national Muslim.

P.R. Akula, Secunderabad : If the Trinamul-BJP combine comes to power in West Bengal will they re-name the Howrah bridge ‘Rabindra setu’?

They might cross that bridge when they come to it.
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 What do you think of the coaching classes that have spread all over the country like Udipi restaurants?
I think your comparison is unfair—to the Udipi restaurants.
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A pseudo-secularist says revolutionary information technology will defeat the forces of Hindutva in India very soon. Comment.
Science and technology have never defeated Hinduism but strengthened it, and the essence of information technology, which is communication, will only strengthen the communicative nature of Hinduism.
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What do you think of this human genome project?
Let us hope more and more human knowledge about the human being leads humanity closer and closer to divinity.
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 Leftists, pseudo-secularists and Christians say the Sangh Parivar is not a representative body of Hindus. What do you say?
In that case why do they bother with so many representations against the Sangh Parivar?

Shrirang J. Godbole, Pune : A Muslim journalist has written in Frontline that secularism is on the rise in Pakistan. Comment.
If Pakistani secularism means breaking television sets because they are anti-Islamic, God save Himself from such secularists.
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Will Chandrashekhar, Gowda, Mulayam and company pay their pending bills in their and our lifetime?
Please look into you palm to see if you have a strong lifeline.
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Will Sonia run away to Rome if an India-Pakistan war erupts again?
No, Sonia will not run away to Rome—because she comes from Turin.
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Have Sarvashri Syed Shahabuddin, Shahi Imam and company said anything about the recent massacre of Hindus in Kashmir?
Didn't you hear their resounding silence?
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Can there be a joint front of the BJP and Congress?
Politics is the art of the possible, but not being a politician I cannot see the thin line between the possible and the impossible.

 Prabhakar Pradhan, Mumbai : What do you think of the threats various Islamic terrorist groups are making against India?
With apologies to Gandhiji, a Muslim is a bully, a secularist, a coward.
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The BJP leadership has asked Christians to apologise to the RSS for false allegations against it. Comment.
Falsehood seems an integral part of Christianity, otherwise the so-called Gospel Truth would not have been exposed as a fabrication.
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BJP says Article 370 is still on its agenda. Comment.
If that is the case this BJP agenda is quite hidden.

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