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Support growing the reading habit among Goa's next generation of achievers Bookworm Library and Magazine Bluebelle, Tamba Colony, St Inez, Goa Contacts: Tel: +91 9823222665 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Pravin: Your handler Puniyani is a accomplished purveyor of half truths. When asked for clarifications he neatly sidesteps the issue and refuses to give a straight answer. In an article he was very critical of the RSS attempts to spread its ideology among the tribals of gujarat amd orissa. He is unjustly critical of religious figures like Asaram bapu and Pandurang Shastri Athavle of the renowned Swadhyaya Movement and a winner of the magsasay prze Yet he never utters a word against the unethical and often highly provocative methods used by foreign missonaries to convert tribals to christianity Much of the violence in the tribal areas is a direct result of the activities of the missionaries there Ghelubhai nayak, a renowned gandhian working in the Dangs for almost 50 years has written a nice article abt the problem. No wonder your idol Puniyani never mentions it in any of his articles In another article Puniyani unfairly criticises Savarkar as a Manuvaadi. Savarkar was in fact the first Hindu leaders to publicly work for the eradication of caste. He build a temple called "Patit-Pawan Mandir" and appointed a 'harijan' as the priest in attendance It was designed by Dhananjay Keer. He also opened a hotel where food was served by the dalits and worked incessantly for eradicating untouchability Puniyani also insinuates that Savarkar told caste hindus that no untouchables would be allowed to enter their temples. In fact,Savarkar wrote a letter to the caste hindus in NAsik where the dalits were demanding temple entry and requested them not to obstruct the Dalits. That letter was published in Times on 20h march 1931 titled "touching letter to hindus" I can go on and on but it would hardly matter. Regards B ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow