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Readers? Forum Evangelical provocation in Karnataka (Organiser, 28-9-2008); In the name of religious freedom, the various churches are playing a dangerous game, fishing in troubled waters while the governments at all level are preoccupied fighting terrorism. Archbishop Bernard Moras gave an ill-tempered performance before the media berating the Karnataka CM for not protecting churches. So the security forces are forced to divert attention from fighting the menace of terrorism to protecting the trouble-makers whose conversion activities are responsible for the disturbances. This way they want to take advantage of the uncertainty created by the terrorists to weaken the government and advance their anti-national agenda. All this is purely subversive political activity that has nothing to do with religion, much less spirituality. The fact that some Congress and Janata Dal (S) politicians are willing to be their stooges only shows that they have no concern for the nation. All this shows that the various Christian outfits are acting like political parties after power and pelf rather than spirituality. By no stretch of the imagination can people like Sangliana, John Dayal and their ilk be regarded as religious leaders. They are political propagandists and should be treated as such. In the circumstances the proper thing to do is to make compulsory Christian institutions to register as political parties. Since most of them have foreign roots, they should also be treated as lobbyists for foreign interests. ?NS RAJARAM, Bangalore *   *   * The nation is facing the curse of conversions. In Ulhasnagar, missionary activity is at an all-time high. It has been going on for few years, but now it is unstoppable. Some people who complained against it are themselves being harassed. I request you to pass around the information and let?s help in any possible way. The missionaries combining the usual false promises of ?miracle cures?, ?moral guidance? and ?economic relief? are trying to convert the poor to their missions. In the old days, it was churches, which were centres of conversion. Now they have been replaced by a curious entity called ?prayer hall?. As an example, in Ulhasnagar, as in other places, it occurs that homes of those who have converted acts as these ?prayer halls?. Let us work to put a stop to this conversion by missionaries for whom a ?derooted? Hindu is a desired Hindu. The Dangs district in Gujarat comes to mind, where there were only Vanvasis first and today it is a hotbed of conversion. In that case the local state administration is tackling the issue with a stern hand. And the activists of various social organisations are running a ?Return to Roots? programme for the welfare of the Vanvasis. ?JITEN BHATIA by e-mail Pakistan disintegration on political instability (Organiser, 12-10-2008); Whosoever comes to power in Pakistan does not make any difference as far as our great India is concerned. Six decades? of bitter experience with Pakistan is enough to shake us out of our deep slumber. Mere change of leadership of Musharraf does not make any difference for India or other countries. But policy should be changed towards neighbouring countries. Pakistan is still surviving on anti-India and anti-Hindu policy, which is its main stratagem. ?SRIDHAR V KULKARNI, Kalyan (West), Thane UPA?s royal confusion (Organiser, 28-9-2008); Your editorial rightly dubbed the governance of UPA as royal confusion, but how casually we take terrorism can be demonstrated by this event listed below. Union Home Minister Shri Shivraj Patil was found in three different suits obviously displaying his best wardrobe between 6-15 PM and 11 PM?The day, New Delhi was found bleeding literally. Probably he would never get a chance to display his wardrobe at other times. May we henceforth call him a serial dresser? A news channel recorded the visual footage wherein he was found discoursing on secularism, zero tolerance to terrorism and steps being taken to nab the culprits and also decreed with authority that the perpetrators of this act will be traced and punished as if he succeeded every time in nabbing the culprits. We countrymen are sick of hearing such rhetorical statements for past couple of years after every terrorist attack. ?N NAGARAJA RAO, Raghavendranagar, Secunderabad *   *   * The Delhi blasts after the Jaipur, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad serial blasts seem to have at last shaken the comatose UPA. Their worry is not the misfortune and tragedy that these mindless perfidies of terrorists brought to the innocent victims. But its political fallout in the coming elections. So they want to put the entire blame on the incompetent Home Minister Shivraj Patil. Even the incorrigible well-wishers of the fanatic butchers have blamed the Home Minister for failure to save the life of citizens. Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad Yadav are ever apologetic of the banned terror outfit SIMI. Paswan wants all the illegal Bangladeshi migrants to be made Indian citizens. One wonders if the SIMI, as a central government affidavit charged, is an anti-national body waging war against the state, how can its defenders be ensconced in the central government? Should they not be arrested and put behind bars for treason? And they are the ones now wanting the Muslim terrorists be equated with VHP and Bajrang Dal. The UPA has promoted an obnoxious political strategy and debased secularism as minorityism. ?G ANIL KUMAR, by e-mail *   *   * The SIMI wants to subvert the Indian state because of our democracy, secularism and fundamental human values. Its idea of Dar-ul-Islam has no use for these concepts. And they resort to terror, which no nation can allow. It represents the most antediluvian stream of separatism. Its involvement in terrorist mayhem is well established. And it is waging a war against the state. In India, politicians have made secularism a drive against the majority. Anti-Hindu rhetoric has become the identity of a secularist and a fa?ade for spreading communalism. They brazenly divide the society. ?ANEEK PARMAR, Bhavnagar, Gujarat UPA has failed the nation on terror (Organiser, 28-9-2008); The deliberate creation of the Kashmir problem by Nehru and the underhand methods employed by successive administrations in New Delhi to maintain it, is the reason for what India is facing today at the hands of Pakistan and Bangladesh-sponsored terrorism. When this is juxtaposed by our powers-that-be who fool the people that they are earnestly tackling terrorism whereas actually nothing is being done in order to safeguard vote-bank considerations, the problem becomes really convoluted. No government of the day has so far taken any concrete step to weed out this menace. ?P BHASKARA, Kukatpalli, Hyderabad *   *   * The doctrine for counter-terrorism stipulates the causes as well as the remedy pertinent to this scourge. The prime cause is the pursuance of destructive foreign or domestic policies by governments who ruthlessly operate their own anti-people agendas. The international policy on West Asia spearheaded by the USA and its allies, for example, is responsible for the wholesale instability that has been in vogue in that region for over fifty years. Likewise, it was Moscow?s misadventure to set up a puppet government in Kabul that gave a huge fillip to international terrorism in that area that is now called the cauldron of terror. ?P SAVANT, CA Road, Wardhman Nagar, Pune Unbiased channel: I am a regular reader of Organiser weekly for a long time. May I suggest some of my views? It is high time we started a channel, which gives to the countrymen real picture and plight of Hinduism and good ideals of Sanatan Dharma, good governance in BJP-ruled states. All the present English news channels are controlled by pseudo-secular brigade and multinational companies and they intentionally hide facts about the nationalist party (read BJP). ?N GOKULA BHAT, XL/7776, Narayaneyam, Ernakulam, Cochin Nano fiasco exposes CPM misrule (21-9-2008, Organiser); With not enough infrastructure, on which the government does not pay any attention, it is just foolhardy to give away surplus land (that too, fertile agricultural land). One Nano factory will not salvage West Bengal from its poor economic condition. It is unbelievable that there is not a single economist, businessperson, town planner worth the name with nothing but the state?s benefit at heart who can make the politicians understand the futility of their plan. Ordinary citizens without any voice or TV footage are utterly disgusted. The political drama continues. Do the politicians ever pause to think or feel how they are making the poor and needy suffer? ?MANOJ BANERJEE, Nagerbazar, Lake Town, Kolkata *   *   * All over the world, it is entrepreneurs who invest on infrastructures to make their industry competitively viable, and not the other way round. Shopping malls, flyovers would not give us the developed status with main arterial roads into the city and out remaining in bad shape?covered with potholes and choked with vehicles. Neither the state roads nor the national highways are in a good shape. ?B SURESH KUMAR, Kannan Nagar, Coimbatore *   *   * As if the series of unnecessary events at Singur since 24 August was not enough to affect Bengal?s normalcy and distort its image globally, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee demanded invocation of Article 355. Does she at all understand the significance of the Article? In what context is she making this unwarranted plea? Has such a situation really arisen? Even with the recent upheaval in Jammu and Kashmir, invoking of Article 355 was not necessary in that state; then why are we talking about it here? ?JAYESH BHATTACHARYA, Salt Lake, Kolkata Clemency for hardcore criminals encourages crime (Organiser, 21-9-2008); UPA means grab power by any means?be it money power or muscle power. Examples to this effect are innumerable. Now it wants to come to the power for the second time, so it is leaving no stone unturned to achieve this goal through nefarious and unethical means. Therefore, it is no surprise that Afzal Guru is still not hanged. ?PRAMOD PRABHAKAR VALSANGKAR, Dwarkapuram, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad The crisis of social cohesion (Organiser, 14-9-2008); The article provides deep insight into double-standard of pseudo-secularism. The writer rightly says the government must realise that the present state of crisis is its own creation. Shockingly, it has no advisers who could tell that every sensible Indian is aghast at its handling of the issue of terrorism, minority appeasement, etc. ?ABHINAV DAYAL, Railway Road, Rishikesh An objective appraisal of Hinduism (Organiser, 7-9-2008); After reading the review by Shri MV Kamath of the book Hinduism written by Shri SK Kulkarni, one gathers that the book deals with political aspect of Hindu society. Hinduism, in fact, is all about bhakti, jnana, karma, yoga, which is common to all living beings, and form subjects of all religious book. Human action is not inspired by religious administrative laws. Laws restrict actions. Man generally follows customs. India?s education system, formulated by Christian missionaries, and carried forward by secular brigade, has made an ass of Hindus to bear the burden of caste system, idol worship, sati-pratha, untouchability et al. To spread lies to promote conversion is a custom. ?SD LAGHATE, Sankat Mochan Ashram, Ram Krishna Puram-6, New Delhi. *   *   * It was an interesting reading. The author is seemed to have undertaken a deep study of the present day?s practices of Hindus. It is however not known why Hindus were let free to realise God of their own. Did Vedas or Gita not teach the way in this regard? ?ATM ANWAR, 22-7-499, Purani Haveli, Hyderabad. Mir Jaffer must be laughing in his grave (Organiser, 31-8-2008); Not only Jaffer, every body who has some sense is laughing on the act played on 22-07-2008. Prime Minister did not care that at the time of oath ceremony he had taken a pledge in the name of God to discharge his duties and responsibilities. During his tenure all limits have been crossed to ruin the Indian economy, safety, inflation, production and productivities of agriculture, defence, etc. To honour the agreement, he did not care for the valuable advice of the nuclear scientists who are experts in their fields. Rulers may come and rulers may go but history always goes on. ?LAKSHMI CHAND, Bandh, Bhaugari, Solan, Kasauli Bane of reservation: Reservation is the most malicious and divisive in nature. In spite of knowing its adverse effect, government wants to continue this policy in order to reap the harvest in shape of votes of minorities. As the time passes, more and more people want reservation. Even upper castes want to be classified themselves as lower castes in order to get benefit of reservation. Now creamy layer also wants to be treated as OBCs, SCs or STs. How can they claim benefit while their fathers are CMs and ministers? ?BR VYAS, B-4, Anandvan Complex, IG Marg, Vadodara

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