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Today's topics: * Religion is not to blame for communal tensions. - 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/f50f55476217fff5 * Late Mr. Surjan Singh Bhandari - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/d0b8810c1fafb15a * Discussion on Naxalisam and its impact. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/a044708275fc4bc8 ============================================================================== TOPIC: Religion is not to blame for communal tensions. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/f50f55476217fff5 ============================================================================== == 1 of 3 == Date: Tues, Mar 14 2006 12:59 am From: Jagannath Chatterjee Dear World Family, Namaste. I have been reading the hateful mails in the various groups to which most of us subscribe. It is like we are having a communal flare up on the internet. While on the streets the lumpen and the politicians fight, here the cream of India has gone berserk. This is indeed worrying. What do the terrorists want? Just what we are currently indulging in. Peace leads to sanity and growth in all spheres. This is not acceptable to the powers that seek to destabilise our country. A few bombs in critical places is their strategy to disturb the harmony that is found in the larger reaches of India. The common man worries about his bread and is tolerant of his neigbours religious beliefs. He knows he cannot end his poverty by slitting the throat of innocents. It is the corrupt and powerful, the power hungry who harbour such fancies. A riot leads to political realignment which may throw open the doors to prosperity. So what if a few lives are lost? Why has the situation come to such a head? I will put the blame squarely and solely on the politicised "secularism" of India. Either we could have banned religion or embraced it. We did neither. We preferred to play with ignorant emotions. The move has backfired but it is unlikely that the rules of the game will change. There will be more bombs, more rhetoric, and God forbid, more violence. Just what the terrorists want. Just what our Nation does not want. I have studied in a secular school. But our Hindi teacher did not believe in the warped secularism of the day. He took pains to teach us about all religions and highlighted the similarities within them. He taught us about the need of religion, why the same religion does not satisfy all, and why we should respect the religion of others even while we fiercely protect our own. He pointed out that Hinduism was not a single religion but was composed of various viewpoints which coexisted peacefully. He urged us to view the non Hindu religions in the same way. This sane approach to religion by building bridges accross communities and creating a generation of hate free productive citizens is anathema to those who seek to profit from communal clashes. These groups do not have the interests of a resurgent India in mind. They are narrow minded bigots who hide under the banner of secularism. Religions do not preach hatred. They preach love and the need for God. They speak of ways and means to reduce our suffering and achieve peace of mind. Religion is not to blame for the current wildfire of hate. The interpretors of religion and its self appointed champions are sowing the seeds of violence by putting words into the mouths of Prophets, words they would shudder to utter. We should see through the hoax and stop being puppets in the hands of these vile forces. Come let us study all religions and observe with wonder the different pathways to the same God. Let us learn more ways of loving the Lord. Let us enrich our spiritual quotient by adopting the good thoughts inherent in all religions. Hatred will never solve our problems, but uniting through love will pave the way for a vibrant India. Let us show the world the power of love. Let love be the weapon of mass construction for us to conquer the world. Love & Regards, Jagannath. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. == 2 of 3 == Date: Tues, Mar 14 2006 9:09 am From: "रजनीश मंगला" चैटर्जी, साहब, मैं ये मेल सिर्फ ये टेस्ट करने के लिए लिख रहा हूँ कि आप हमारी बातों का जवाब देते भी हैं या सिर्फ अपनी तूती बजाने पे तुले हैं| अगर आप इस बार मेरी मेल का जवाब नहीं देते तो मैं एक बार फिर मौडरेटर से गुज़ारिश करूँगा आप को हटाने की| आपके विचार कितने भी अच्छे क्यों न हों, लेकिन अगर आप दूसरों के साथ विचारों क आदान प्रदान नहीं करते तो आप इस ग्रुप को misuse कर रहे हैं| == 3 of 3 == Date: Tues, Mar 14 2006 9:06 pm From: "hitesh verma" Mangla Sahab, itna jaroor hai ki apki mail padne se manoranjan bahut acha hota hai. Bahut hasi aati hai. khaskar apke baat karne ke style par. Good, keep it going. Sirf haste hua log hi is duniya se dukh mita sakte hain. Now I am coming to the point. Chatterjee sahab, ur ideas are perfect. I do believe that all the religions teach love. Many people say they are god fearing person but I feel all the religions don't teach us to fear God. They teach us to love God. I am perfectly sure in the case of Hindu religion atleast. Yesterday I was reading "science of getting rich", although the book seems to be and is for creating wealth but the philosophy in it can create anything. It just says to shut our eyes to poverty, and try to think rich and visualise riches. Isn't it the same thought which Bhuddhism and Mahatma Gandhi propounded. "see no evil, hear no evil, say no evil". But the author does not brand it as religion. May be he is ignorant or may be he is more wise than us. What I want to say is lets us find all the good ideas of religion and give it to the people but is it necessary to say it is religion. This word is now understood wrongly by most of the people. It reminds them about temples, rituals, clash between communities etc. Lets not look at the wrong which some people are doing, because they are not in our control. Had we been in power we would have checked them. So in the same way we should at least now not look at them. But let us create new. If we will create new then there will be no one to oppose us because we will be not working against pseudo secularists and fanatics. We should come in the creative plane and not in competitive plane. Thats what that book tells us. Without branding a thing as religion we can bring religion to the people. A rose will smell just as sweet even if is called by other name. Now at last a humorous incident. In our college one of our teacher said "What is in a name?" and said that this statement is by Kalidas. When we protested he said "What is in a name?" ============================================================================== TOPIC: Late Mr. Surjan Singh Bhandari http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/d0b8810c1fafb15a ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Wed, Mar 15 2006 6:23 am From: quixton don Late Mr. Surjan Singh Bhandari N.S.G. Commando During The Attack on Akshardham temple on 24th September 2002 this Brave Man fought the greatest battle of his life. Yes he was the N.S.G. Commando Late Mr. Surjan Singh , who sacrificed his life for the Nation. Sadly On 19th May 2004 he lost the Toughest an d Longest battle against life exactly after 600 Days being in Coma, he lost this life. The Bullet which hit him in the head made him Unconscious for almost 600 days. His family members were hoping that one day their Hero will open his eyes but he didn't. It was the Longest Wait for the family members of this Brave Man. When the whole India was busy in Guessing Who will be the Next PM of the country - Will it be Sonia or will it be Manmohan Singh, This man was fighting his Last battle. But it's so sad that in the hype of all the Political Drama, the News about his Death was Lost like a needle in a hay stack! Even the leading News Papers & So Called Best News Channels of India which Works on 24 X 7 basis, failed to highlight this story of the Brave Man. Unfortunately it was mentioned somewhere on the middle page of some newspaper.....This was the Reward for the Brave task for which he lost his life. Besides his Family members, only one thing was there with him during those toughest 600 days. It was there near his bed till the last Moment. Can you guess what it was?............... It was the "Tiranga", yes! Our National Flag, which was saluting him for his Great cause. Absolutely No words can suffice our Gratitude towards him... If news papers refuse to cover, TV channels refuse to cover, let us do our bit. Please forward this mail to as many people as you can. This is the only way we can salute his Bravery... Regards, R K Atri Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ============================================================================== TOPIC: Discussion on Naxalisam and its impact. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/a044708275fc4bc8 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Wed, Mar 15 2006 1:51 pm From: "rohit budhiraja" its easy to pick up arms thn employment...there are people who are ready to spend handsome money on terrorism but no such couterpart in corporate world...n u even dont hv to pass high school for being a terroist...but u hv to be at least graduate to get a decent job...n to emphasis my point the literacy rate in india is only 64.8%...n there are states where it's even less thn 30%...which make their job much easier. i think it aswers ur question. regards, rohit On 3/12/06, hitesh verma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Naxalism is a tough problem. It is tougher than terrorism because > the people involved are our own. Only long term solution to this problem is > development and increasing oppurtunities for employment. > I don't know y people take up arms which is more difficult than > simply try to get self-employment. Right now I am not quite aware of the > real issues concerning naxalism and would like others to provide some > contribution. > Hitesh Verma > B. Tech. > MAIT, GGSIPU > > > ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BM_discussion" group. 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