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		<title>By: Happy Lotus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Happy Lotus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Couldn't agree with you more - some of these commentators are indeed disgusting, not just ignorant but also uninformed if not ill informed most of the time. Painful to  read their narrow, parochial comments. Why don't informed intelligent people write in more often?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Couldn&#8217;t agree with you more - some of these commentators are indeed disgusting, not just ignorant but also uninformed if not ill informed most of the time. Painful to  read their narrow, parochial comments. Why don&#8217;t informed intelligent people write in more often?</p>
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		<title>By: Ashish Kolarkar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ashish Kolarkar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A very good reminder of shameful and embarassing act done by kar sevaks (or Ram sevaks). It was really surprising how they got to that place in such large numbers and with all paraphernelia without the knowledge of he administration. It was clear that everybody played their role perfectly. Kalyan Singh allowed Kar sevaks to rein the turbulence, Narsimha Rao despite knowing the ground realities tried to be ignorant. His ministers also did not protest only mumbled at that time. Arjun Singh did not have courage to resign in protest and  clung to chair only to realise his mistake now.

BJP had good opportunity to show its 'muscle' power after a long time. But they failed to realise that this episode will have permanent blot in the history books. Uma Bharti, Murli Manohar Joshi and hardline leaders like Katiyar had highlighted their 'bravado' only to know that it was foolishness on their part. 

It had been in Delhi on 6th Dec '92 evening and everything was peaceful and next day I had to go to Mohali for training for next 15 days. Surprisingly, Punjab was peaceful in this turbulent period when whole nation was burning by hate waves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A very good reminder of shameful and embarassing act done by kar sevaks (or Ram sevaks). It was really surprising how they got to that place in such large numbers and with all paraphernelia without the knowledge of he administration. It was clear that everybody played their role perfectly. Kalyan Singh allowed Kar sevaks to rein the turbulence, Narsimha Rao despite knowing the ground realities tried to be ignorant. His ministers also did not protest only mumbled at that time. Arjun Singh did not have courage to resign in protest and  clung to chair only to realise his mistake now.</p>
<p>BJP had good opportunity to show its &#8216;muscle&#8217; power after a long time. But they failed to realise that this episode will have permanent blot in the history books. Uma Bharti, Murli Manohar Joshi and hardline leaders like Katiyar had highlighted their &#8216;bravado&#8217; only to know that it was foolishness on their part. </p>
<p>It had been in Delhi on 6th Dec &#8216;92 evening and everything was peaceful and next day I had to go to Mohali for training for next 15 days. Surprisingly, Punjab was peaceful in this turbulent period when whole nation was burning by hate waves.</p>
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		<title>By: Pankaj Vohra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pankaj Vohra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why are you acting in the most unintelligent manner. Your questions make it very clear that you already have a mindset which cannot change. You are free to believe in what you think. Do not be a prisoner of time. You are ill informed on many issues so do not go harping on Ayodhya and Mecca. How have you come to the conclusion that Ayodhya is most sacred for the Hindus. Many Hindus find Hardwar to be most sacred. Wake up man. Open the windows of your mind. First read the blog and then comment. You are trying to fit an agenda for no reason. Hope you will try and understand yourself before sitting on judgement over others. Have  nice day. Brgds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are you acting in the most unintelligent manner. Your questions make it very clear that you already have a mindset which cannot change. You are free to believe in what you think. Do not be a prisoner of time. You are ill informed on many issues so do not go harping on Ayodhya and Mecca. How have you come to the conclusion that Ayodhya is most sacred for the Hindus. Many Hindus find Hardwar to be most sacred. Wake up man. Open the windows of your mind. First read the blog and then comment. You are trying to fit an agenda for no reason. Hope you will try and understand yourself before sitting on judgement over others. Have  nice day. Brgds.</p>
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		<title>By: DR.KAZMI</title>
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		<dc:creator>DR.KAZMI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WELL MR.SANJEEV . LET ME TELL YOU THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN OF INDIA  TO DEFEND HIS COUNTRY , WHEN INDIA IS AT WAR WITH ANY COUNTRY, RELIGION OF A CITIZEN IS IMMATERIAL. AND ANOTHER THING ,IF A PERSON IS A MUSLIM IT DOES NOT MEAN , THAT HE OR SHE IS ANY LESS INDIAN THAN YOU. I LIKE ANY OTHER INDIAN MUSLIM , AM  A VERY PROUD INDIAN, AND I DO NOT SEE ANY CONTRADICTION IN BEING A MUSLIM AND BEING A GOOD INDIAN CITIZEN

JAI HIND</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WELL MR.SANJEEV . LET ME TELL YOU THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN OF INDIA  TO DEFEND HIS COUNTRY , WHEN INDIA IS AT WAR WITH ANY COUNTRY, RELIGION OF A CITIZEN IS IMMATERIAL. AND ANOTHER THING ,IF A PERSON IS A MUSLIM IT DOES NOT MEAN , THAT HE OR SHE IS ANY LESS INDIAN THAN YOU. I LIKE ANY OTHER INDIAN MUSLIM , AM  A VERY PROUD INDIAN, AND I DO NOT SEE ANY CONTRADICTION IN BEING A MUSLIM AND BEING A GOOD INDIAN CITIZEN</p>
<p>JAI HIND</p>
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		<title>By: D10</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Babri Masjid is indeed one of the darkest chapters in independent India's democratic history. I was rather young back then, so my conscious memories of the time aren't substantial. However, your account does remind one why Babri Masjid has been such an blot on our civil society! 

There has sadly been a rather noticeable movement towards the extreme right on the ideological spectrum in the last couple of decades, cutting across religious lines. Assertion of religious identity has come to be associated with insulting, tarnishing and villifying other religions. It is upsetting to see religion, which is a channel for morality, peace and harmony becoming an excuse for murder and destruction!

On that note, I'd also like to mention that it is rather disgusting to read some of the comments made on your blog. Such comments reek of a narrow, uneducated and ignorant mind. I don't think they ought to be taken seriously enough to merit any kind of reply, since any rational arguments would merely fall on deaf ears.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Babri Masjid is indeed one of the darkest chapters in independent India&#8217;s democratic history. I was rather young back then, so my conscious memories of the time aren&#8217;t substantial. However, your account does remind one why Babri Masjid has been such an blot on our civil society! </p>
<p>There has sadly been a rather noticeable movement towards the extreme right on the ideological spectrum in the last couple of decades, cutting across religious lines. Assertion of religious identity has come to be associated with insulting, tarnishing and villifying other religions. It is upsetting to see religion, which is a channel for morality, peace and harmony becoming an excuse for murder and destruction!</p>
<p>On that note, I&#8217;d also like to mention that it is rather disgusting to read some of the comments made on your blog. Such comments reek of a narrow, uneducated and ignorant mind. I don&#8217;t think they ought to be taken seriously enough to merit any kind of reply, since any rational arguments would merely fall on deaf ears.</p>
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		<title>By: sanjeev</title>
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		<dc:creator>sanjeev</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pankaj read this piece of article: 

Excerpts From Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery,Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat .
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges. When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as …. As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. 
This is the case in:
United States � Muslim 0.6%
Australia � Muslim 1.5%
Canada � Muslim 1.9%
China � Muslim 1.8%
Italy � Muslim 1.5%
Norway � Muslim 1.8%
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize ( To induce someone to convert to one’s own religious faith ) from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:
Denmark � Muslim 2%
Germany � Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom � Muslim 2.7%
Spain � Muslim 4%
Thailand � Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:
France � Muslim 8%
Philippines � Muslim 5%
Sweden � Muslim 5%
Switzerland � Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands � Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad &#38; Tobago � Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world. 
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings.
Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:
Guyana � Muslim 10%
India � Muslim 13.4%
Israel � Muslim 16%
Kenya � Muslim 10%
Russia � Muslim 15%
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia � Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia � Muslim 40%
Chad � Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon � Muslim 59.7%
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania � Muslim 70%
Malaysia � Muslim 60.4%
Qatar � Muslim 77.5%
Sudan � Muslim 70%
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:
Bangladesh � Muslim 83%
Egypt � Muslim 90%
Gaza � Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia � Muslim 86.1%
Iran � Muslim 98%
Iraq � Muslim 97%
Jordan � Muslim 92%
Morocco � Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan � Muslim 97%
Palestine � Muslim 99%
Syria � Muslim 90%
Tajikistan � Muslim 90%
Turkey � Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates � Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ � the Islamic House of Peace. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan � Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia � Muslim 100%
Somalia � Muslim 100%
Yemen � Muslim 100%
Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons. 
‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. 
Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’ It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos of their
choosing, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts nor schools nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate. 
Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pankaj read this piece of article: </p>
<p>Excerpts From Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery,Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat .<br />
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges. When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as …. As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.<br />
This is the case in:<br />
United States � Muslim 0.6%<br />
Australia � Muslim 1.5%<br />
Canada � Muslim 1.9%<br />
China � Muslim 1.8%<br />
Italy � Muslim 1.5%<br />
Norway � Muslim 1.8%<br />
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize ( To induce someone to convert to one’s own religious faith ) from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:<br />
Denmark � Muslim 2%<br />
Germany � Muslim 3.7%<br />
United Kingdom � Muslim 2.7%<br />
Spain � Muslim 4%<br />
Thailand � Muslim 4.6%<br />
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:<br />
France � Muslim 8%<br />
Philippines � Muslim 5%<br />
Sweden � Muslim 5%<br />
Switzerland � Muslim 4.3%<br />
The Netherlands � Muslim 5.5%<br />
Trinidad &amp; Tobago � Muslim 5.8%<br />
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.<br />
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings.<br />
Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:<br />
Guyana � Muslim 10%<br />
India � Muslim 13.4%<br />
Israel � Muslim 16%<br />
Kenya � Muslim 10%<br />
Russia � Muslim 15%<br />
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:<br />
Ethiopia � Muslim 32.8%<br />
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:<br />
Bosnia � Muslim 40%<br />
Chad � Muslim 53.1%<br />
Lebanon � Muslim 59.7%<br />
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:<br />
Albania � Muslim 70%<br />
Malaysia � Muslim 60.4%<br />
Qatar � Muslim 77.5%<br />
Sudan � Muslim 70%<br />
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:<br />
Bangladesh � Muslim 83%<br />
Egypt � Muslim 90%<br />
Gaza � Muslim 98.7%<br />
Indonesia � Muslim 86.1%<br />
Iran � Muslim 98%<br />
Iraq � Muslim 97%<br />
Jordan � Muslim 92%<br />
Morocco � Muslim 98.7%<br />
Pakistan � Muslim 97%<br />
Palestine � Muslim 99%<br />
Syria � Muslim 90%<br />
Tajikistan � Muslim 90%<br />
Turkey � Muslim 99.8%<br />
United Arab Emirates � Muslim 96%<br />
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ � the Islamic House of Peace. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:<br />
Afghanistan � Muslim 100%<br />
Saudi Arabia � Muslim 100%<br />
Somalia � Muslim 100%<br />
Yemen � Muslim 100%<br />
Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.<br />
‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel.<br />
Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’ It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos of their<br />
choosing, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts nor schools nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.<br />
Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.</p>
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		<title>By: sanjeev</title>
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		<dc:creator>sanjeev</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pankaj

It was because of people like you that nearly 33 percent of our ancestors got converted to this alien ideology of Islam. Whether you accept it or not ISLAM is the problem of civilized world today.

People like you just know one thing, if some one is conscious to his culture you brand them as sanghis. If you think being conscious to one's culture is called "sanghi", then I am proud to be labelled as sanghi. If muslims ask for their version of barbaric laws (called SHARIA) then people like you will support them in the name of Minority Rights. You are a biggest hypocrite.

 But i know this is your excuse of evading answers to my questions.

You are not competent to write blogs for HT. If you are being paid for this then you must give reply to every question relating to theme. How Ayodhya which is most sacred to Hindus different from Mecca ? I know people like you are so called intellectual and liberal hindus. You will not do not do anything even if someone does cold murder to our motherland.

Don't judge them whether they are sanghis or Bajrang Dal, rather your work is to answer queries.

Write a next blog titled magnitude of muslim demolitions of hindu temples in pakistan and bangladesh and then say shame for banladesh and pakistan.

Wake up before it is too late.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pankaj</p>
<p>It was because of people like you that nearly 33 percent of our ancestors got converted to this alien ideology of Islam. Whether you accept it or not ISLAM is the problem of civilized world today.</p>
<p>People like you just know one thing, if some one is conscious to his culture you brand them as sanghis. If you think being conscious to one&#8217;s culture is called &#8220;sanghi&#8221;, then I am proud to be labelled as sanghi. If muslims ask for their version of barbaric laws (called SHARIA) then people like you will support them in the name of Minority Rights. You are a biggest hypocrite.</p>
<p> But i know this is your excuse of evading answers to my questions.</p>
<p>You are not competent to write blogs for HT. If you are being paid for this then you must give reply to every question relating to theme. How Ayodhya which is most sacred to Hindus different from Mecca ? I know people like you are so called intellectual and liberal hindus. You will not do not do anything even if someone does cold murder to our motherland.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t judge them whether they are sanghis or Bajrang Dal, rather your work is to answer queries.</p>
<p>Write a next blog titled magnitude of muslim demolitions of hindu temples in pakistan and bangladesh and then say shame for banladesh and pakistan.</p>
<p>Wake up before it is too late.</p>
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		<title>By: aparichit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was on the day of the demolition, watching the images on television, that I decided I never wanted to be represented by sword flashing Kar Sevaks -- that is not the brand of Hinduism (or Hindutva) that goes with this country's ethos. Hinduism is a way of life and I do not want to be flashing swords all my life. I would rather follow Swami Vivekananda</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was on the day of the demolition, watching the images on television, that I decided I never wanted to be represented by sword flashing Kar Sevaks &#8212; that is not the brand of Hinduism (or Hindutva) that goes with this country&#8217;s ethos. Hinduism is a way of life and I do not want to be flashing swords all my life. I would rather follow Swami Vivekananda</p>
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		<title>By: A.S.</title>
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		<dc:creator>A.S.</dc:creator>
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		<description>Sir,

The write-up was interesting. The replies to the sanghis was apt and to the point. 
A.S</description>
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<p>The write-up was interesting. The replies to the sanghis was apt and to the point.<br />
A.S</p>
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		<title>By: Pankaj Vohra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pankaj Vohra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now I wonder how did you reach this figure of 33 percent. I would say that every Indian supports the hindutva agenda but not the agenda of the BJP or the Sangh Parivar. Hindutva for every Indian means tolerance for others and allowing plurality to exist. Hindutva is not aboyut a single pointb of view. There are several dimensions to everything. Holi for instance can be played with colours, mud, gulal and sandal wood. You should not try to create an impression that the muddy holi is the real holi. If you think about hindutva think about the Gita, Swami Vivekanand, Sri Aurobindo and so many other great luminaries. Do not bind hinduism to the beliefs of one organisation whose aim is to exploit religion to grasp power. Rise above these petty things. The country is above everything else. The blog is not about the good or badperfornce of the BJP in elections. It is about that shameful act on that fateful day. Understand first and than respond. Brgds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now I wonder how did you reach this figure of 33 percent. I would say that every Indian supports the hindutva agenda but not the agenda of the BJP or the Sangh Parivar. Hindutva for every Indian means tolerance for others and allowing plurality to exist. Hindutva is not aboyut a single pointb of view. There are several dimensions to everything. Holi for instance can be played with colours, mud, gulal and sandal wood. You should not try to create an impression that the muddy holi is the real holi. If you think about hindutva think about the Gita, Swami Vivekanand, Sri Aurobindo and so many other great luminaries. Do not bind hinduism to the beliefs of one organisation whose aim is to exploit religion to grasp power. Rise above these petty things. The country is above everything else. The blog is not about the good or badperfornce of the BJP in elections. It is about that shameful act on that fateful day. Understand first and than respond. Brgds.</p>
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