Indian astrologer foretold Japanese tragedy

It isn’t that I don’t believe in astrology. I read with interest astrological columns that newspapers carry every week. But I haven’t ever gone to an astrologer to ascertain what life holds in store for me.

You may ask why? Well, I’m plain scared of negative predictions that could leave one awaiting tragedies, career setbacks or loss of fortune. It is good always to take life the way it comes with its moments of happiness, grief, success and defeat.

I write this because my friend Vijay Madan is the son of noted Indian astrologer Lachhman Das Madan, who puts down his predictions in writing in Babaji, a montly magazine that he edits on religion and astrology. And in the magazine’s December 2010 edition he had predicted the devastation that has since befallen Japan.

He wrote: “Planetary configurations reveal that within about one month from January 4, 2011 some sort of military operations and unkind nature may cause them much tension and anxieties. Diseases and epidemics are also feared. In fact the period ending June 2, 1011 is horrible and they must take effective measures to protect themselves from severe troubles like escalation of military operations, more ferocious weather and nature including volcanic eruptions.

Setback to government and Parliament, eruption of violence and huge loss of property and life is feared. The periods around April and May 2011 are more horrible. The year 2011 is highly ominous and the (Japanese) people should remain ready to meet unexpected challenges which they may develop (sic) in this year.”

Way back in December 2006 Madan had written that before 2020, some part of Japan is likely to submerge, some mountains may give in and landslides could create much havoc.

This indeed isn’t the first time that the astrologer who is quite popular with a section of the political class has correctly predicted natural and man-made disasters. He claims to have foretold nearly 2000 calamities the world over in the past decade on the basis of planetary configurations. Among other things, he had predicted major earthquakes in China and Latur in India besides warning against the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

When Vijay drew my attention to his father’s forecasts about Japan, I jocularly asked whether he could tell who’d win the cricket world cup? To that, he replied matter of fact that his father’s work isn’t about promoting satta and gambling. He uses his acumen for the good of people and countries.

I don’t want to say more about Madan for this isn’t a promotional write up. I just felt like sharing his story in the backdrop of the worst natural disaster of our times.

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:48 pm
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Ziauddin Shafi

That’s as accurate as any true astrologer can hope to get. Can the great man suggest measures to alleviate our poverty and standard of living? A Herculean task indeed – but who knows he might prove to be better than all the economists put together as they seem to be more interested in the stats rather than improving the standard of living of the poorest of the lot. Can he also suggest how to prevent communal riots in our country? Okay, all of the above is wishful thinking and humanly impossible to predict and prevent – as the good man for all his honourable intentions can only predict, not edict! Good luck to him.

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G.Chandrasekaran Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 3:25 am
Ziauddin saheb, I notice a hint of sarcasm in your comment. It is not that astrologers are spinning stories , in which case they can boast and suggest remedies as you had asked. They simply predict only as per the planetary positions. Believing or not is your prerogative. may be you will only believe in the likes of Nostradamus !!!

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Guju Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 3:42 am
READ MY COMMENT FOR YOUR REPLY . GUJU

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http://incorrectpolitically.wordpress.com/ Akhilesh

Dear Vinod Ji,
Mr. Pankaj Vohra wrote his last column today in HT.

I put out this news on Twitter like this – “so HT dumps the two most brazen Congress propogandists masquerading as analysts – Vir Sanghvi & Pankaj Vohra. ”

Almost the universal response (more than 50) was what about Vinod Sharma?

Now I do not want to embarass you as I have enjoyed our bouts here. But surely you can guage the ‘aam aadmi” mood from this.

So what does the astrologer, if any, say about you? Whether you will become “neutral” again or continue down the path whose end is visible?

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
@Akhilesh
Am surprised that you had fifty people following you on the twitter. By the way is it your popularity or mine )

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http://- Rajeev

Isn’t believing in astrology bit hindu-like thus communal? Jokes apart, astrology is nothing but tukkebazi. I am yet to hear a prediction that is accurate. These predictions are always cryptic, never mentioning people by name or place by name or even unfortunate event by details. Usual predictions read like “In year 2020, people will suffer from unfortunate event life will be changed”. Even I can make such prediction because each year brings some good and bad events.

Anyway, I request Mr.Sharma to consult this political astrologer and find if Sonia Gandhi will ever be caught for her corrupt deeds and deals.

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Kunal Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 10:55 am
People hardly know some of the interesting things about of the zodiac signs. I have listed them below

1) Not all zodiac signs are of equal days. Virgo is the longest sign spanning some 44 days. So it is surely not like the zodiac calendar where 12 signs span 12 months.

2) These signs were listed some 2000 years back by the Greeks. At this time it is not necessary that Virgo falls between the sun and the earth in August-September. So if you are born in those months you might not be a Virgo.

3) There are 13 sun signs and not 12.

So you might read the Virgo horoscope in the newspaper but you might not be a Virgo after all. It depends what year you are born and on that day which sun sign was in between the sun and the earth.

After knowing this will you ever read the newspaper horoscope again ?

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usman chaudhry Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
you grab my attention, for all my years i thought i am virgo until now it makes me believe otherwise.

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(Dr.) B.N.Anand Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
@ Mr. Kunal
@ Mr. Usman Chaudhry

Hello gentlemen
Well it is now no longer secret that there are 13 Zodiac signs instead of the 12 already believed to be. The 13 th Zoiac sign, OPHIUCHUS, has already created astrological
controversy . As a result everyone has to get ready to see his world changed. Yes, the Minnesota planetarium society is there to guide us all as to where the real signs of Zodiac
should fall for all of us.
So Usman Saheb, do not worry. It is not your world alone which has changed. Everyone has to look for the new Zodiac sign if one is addicted to go through horoscope column in the newspapers . It is only when these publications are able able to arrange the horoscope forecasts according to the changed scenario.
BNA

usman chaudhry Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 10:40 am
Thank You Anand sahab for information sharing. Indeed this news caught me off lately and was told about it. This is more interesting and i would have to buy extra time from daily routine to get to know more on this and other horoscope.

rooplekha Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
hello rajiv
so easy to say astrology is a tukkebaaji
how about u making some some tukkaas like this and publishing them in a magazine and make them come true
the editor of baabaji – shri lachhman das madan had predicted the assasination of mr rajiv gandhi ( by name as u want predictions by name) and the very famous and well known magazines had covered it all . and more recently he made some predictions about mr obama ( by name as u want ) and that too came true . so it is not tukkabajji but a lot of scientific research goes into this and it requires tremendous hard work which not many people can do these days
there might be some people with hardly any knowledge or very little knowledge can do what u are saying but not baabaji– shri lachhman das madan. he works 14 hours a day at the age of 88.
so comments should be specific and not generalised.regards and god bless u.

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Rajiv

I am myself astrologer by hobby. To understand astrology you have to understand the basis of it. As explained by the earlier Indian astrologers, that the planets, when created by the creator/supreme power, were tasked with keeping track of human actions. Their job is to punish bad actions and reward good actions, keeping track of them from one life / incarnation to the next. The purpose is so that good gets rewarded and bad actions punished so over time good wins and bad loses ,from one age to the next. This logici of ‘karma’ , gets tracked not just for individuals but also for countries, societies, companies and all other entities.

For individuals, this is predicted in astrology, based on planetary positions at the moment of his birth. Those planetary positions indicate the good and the bad fortune an individual has earned from his actions in previous life. However I dont understand how some astrologers do the same for countries and on what basis.

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Rajeev Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 2:04 am
Rajiv,
I am surprised that you believe in astrology.

I don’t think universe was created to track good and bad karma of humans. I think we humans are suffering from illusion of grandeur.

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ishwar

You don’t have to be an astrologer to tell what Mr. Madan claims to have foretold. Something as silly as a Wikipedia might come handy. It lists the number of earthquakes that has struck Japan recently.

Since 2004, as many as 14 of them have hit Japan – all with a magnitude of over 6.5 i.e. an average of 2 per year. You have to be extremely unlucky to go wrong in predicting one for the next year.

Mr. Sharma… I am not going to predict one though. Never.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
@Ishwar
He had also predicted the economic meltdown in the US in 2008. Did you read anything before it on wikipedia—- which by the way is not a good source for authentic information as anybody can go on that site and make additions. I don’t thnik that Mr Madan gets all his predictions right. But it takes a lot of courage to put them down in writing months and years in advance.

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Mahesh Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
@Sharmaji,
“….He had also predicted the economic meltdown in the US in 2008. Did you read anything before it on wikipedia…”
Well – several economists and finance folks did warn and make their own predictions. Reputed and Respected names include Paul Krugman, Nassim Taleb (Author of “Black Swan” and “Fooled by randomness”).
BTW, about the Japanese earthquake and nuclear crisis un-folding currently , I am curious why your blog-post rather chose a personal narrative related to astrology rather than renewed focus on safety aspects .of nuclear power ?
Cheers,
Mahesh.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
@Mahesh
Well, a blog somtimes is a product of the author’s mood, even whims, not as much his mastery over certain issues. I am not qualified to comment on safety aspects of nuclear power. I feel though that technology is a beast that needs to be tamed and regulated to peform. It is like a broad spectrum anti-biotic with side effects.
We need to learn from the Japanese experience to ensure better safety of our nuclear plants raher than demanding that we give up nuclear power generation.

Mahesh Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
@Sharmaji,
Thanks for your response.
Quite clearly we are looking at the japanese tragedy much differently. You have explicitly said about not being an expert at the “nuclear matters” . Well, I am not an expert as well. But then ,Sharmaji , people like you and me leverage the “expert opinions” and arrive at our own conclusions. Additionally, I would also focus on the public discourse related to the topic. Both within and outside the country. That said , specifically speaking – I am neutral to nuclear power to the extent of not commiting to it . This is where we differ. And this is democracy is all about. Respecting the right for opinions and yet differing on them. And further debating them.
Finally, my basic retort about your blogpost was focus on personal anecdote rather than the public debate which has gone global. Which , interestingly enough, I maintain given the dbate on your blogpost. Notice that very none of your respondents have chosen to not comment on the safety aspects of nuclear power generation. How long can we really afford to stay insulated from global learnings and debate ?
All said, have a Happy Holi.
Cheers,
Mahesh.
p.s.: Anecdotally, do we see a severe lack of public discourse on the safety aspects of Nuclear power generation at all in the wake of Japanese incidents ? My own state – Maharashtra – is going all gung ho on Jaitapur project for power generation. Sans a few voices – barely making there way in public discourse – nothing is found in public discouse. We need to realize and understand – why ???

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Gyan

Let’s get back to the point.This kind of predictions should be published in the newspaper before it takes place, or it doesn’t serve the purpose of good to mankind. Are there any predictions for the coming months or years, lets talk about it.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
@Gyan
The astrologer puts them down in writing in his magazine before the event occurs. He has a good strike rate.

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zabardasst

Does this astrologer know how long is he going to live off this voodoo business before he earn some decent living?

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shan

my uncle predicted coup in bangladesh in mid seventies. That was a time of annual coup in bangladesh . Similarly let me predict , petrol prices will go up in october or there will be aterrorist attack in srinagar this summer.

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Amit Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 9:45 am
ha ha ha. I agree with you and wait I predict one more scam this year by congress govt. I also predict one MMS/video scam coming out this year from godman or politician. I also predict one more natural calamity somewhere this year. The summer will be hot in Delhi. Traffic problem will remain as such. Can author write a column on me once these predictions are true. laughable.

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http://thegoofysufi.blogspot.com Amit Julka

just lost respect for this column!

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http://- Guju

VINOD SHARMA,
IF NOTED ASTROLOGER LACHMAN DAS MADAN PUTS DOWN HIS PREDICTIONS IN WRITING IN
” BABAJI ” A MONTHLY MAGAZINE . I AM ALSO ASTROLOGER IN BLOG READINGS.
I CAN ASCERTAIN THAT A LOT IS STORED FOR YOU IN THIS NEW JOB TAKEN OVER FROM VIR SINGHVI AND PANKAJ VOHRA.
YOU WILL BE ALWAYS INVITED BY BHARKHA DUTT ON HER DISCUSSION PROGRAMMES TO SING THE ITALAIN TUNES FOR GOD MOTHER ANTONIA MAINO AND RASHOOL VINCI .NEXT TIME THE ONBAMA’S COMES TO INDIA , YOU WILL BE SEATED NEXT TO HIM WITH RAUL VINCI . YOU WILL BE LINE FOR RAJIV VIR CHAKRA TO PROTECT THIS ” KHANDAANI ” RAJ. YOU WILL BE FIRST TO BE INVITED BY MADMOHAN AND MAINO TO COVER THE VISITS OF ALL THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD AND DINNER WITH THEM.
KEEP SINGING THE ITALAIN MUSIC AND YOU WILL END UP WITH GOILDEN EGGS. THERE IS LOT TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR FUTURE LUCK , BUT TIME AND SPACE IS SHORT.

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Sid

I can also predict oil prices will be very high in 2011 and food inflation is going to hit the roof. Gold & Silver prices will rule over world stock markets. If astrologer Madan was that confident, then why did he NOT warn Japanese Ambassador in India? After all Japan is very friendly nation of India. Claiming prediction was right is only 50% good. Full credit would have gone to him, if he had warned the concerned people and averted the great impact of this tragedy, it would have also earned him a place in History!

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http://techcentral.in Kunal

I can’t believe India wants to progress and become a modern nation and it’s citizens and noted journalists still believe in these superstitions called astrology.

I think it’s time Indian give up listening to astrologers and relying on horoscopes for their day to day living and important decisions like marriages and businesses.

Those who take interest in astronomy and physics know for a fact that astrology is nothing but bull-sh_t aimed at taking advantage of the gullible.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
@Kunal
What advantage does an astrologer get predicting calamities in countries? I can understand that about individuals who are powerful but not countries.

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Kunal Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
Don’t be silly. By predicting such events, astrologers obviously get publicity like the blog article you have written. This will just increase the rush of gullible people to such conmen.

If you really had to write objectively you would also have mentioned how many times has the astrologer got it wrong. Maybe some statistics about how many predictions does he make every month, how many does he get right, how many he gets wrong and what probability do the events have of occuring. All these factors have to be considered.

What you have written that he had mentioned this in December and he got it right is simply ridiculous. Anybody knows how prone Japan is to earthquakes…how do you know this so called astrologer hadn’t predicted a earthquake in Japan for the last 10 years ? Have you read each of his predictions ?

I am surprised a learned person like you doesn’t ask all these questions before writing your article.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
@Kunal
I wasn’t expecting a debate on astrology. I related the story in the context of japan but none of you seems interested in the worst peace-time natrual and nuclear disaster unfolding there.

ram autar Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 2:10 am
In Arab countries, I noticed that the rich guys married many a time– a prime example being Osmaa’s father who kept twelve wives

father of dalmiya had 17.

Kunal Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 4:59 am
Wow. You are the one who wrote a full article on how Madan predicted the earthquake and you are telling us that we aren’t interested in the disaster unfolding there.

What do you expect the debate to be about if you write an article about astrology ?

[Reply]
errorwithrequest

Ask for “Maalika” at Puri. You will get all the predictions. But I do not know why literatures are being abandoned. Very few people know that the Calander published from there are compiled by Muslims.

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gullu45

LAKSHMAN DAS JI HAD PREDICTED in his magzine long back, when NDA was defeated & SH.MANMOHIAN SINGH JI was sworned as a first P.M…sayng that this GOVT will fall by certain DATE…..

SO this great prediction was no where to be true….as he went on to complete his last tenure & to win the next election under his name…..

& finelly there is no need to predict the winner of this world cup..but to simply go with BOOKIES ,BETTING HIM SELF TO PUT ALL HIS MONEY ON winning team..rather winning team in every match..& earn lot of money for himself….at least…

So best of luck . LAKSHMAN DAS jI & CO…AS LONG AS INDIANS WILL NOT BELIEVE IN THEIR KARMA ..& LEAVE EVERYTHINGH TO GOD…as GOD ALSO HELP THSOE WHO BELIEVES IN HIS KARMA..& WORK & LABOUR FOR IT..& not looting the other people money.

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Kumar

Dear Hindustan,
Why are you taking us to the dark ages. Who will believe such **** except for uneducated politicians
Pls dont publish such articles

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Karthik

What BS. And why is Hindustant times giving space for this kind of nonsense ?

So let us take down all the satellites and other sophisticated tracking and warning technology and appoint 10 astrologers. LoL

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Abhinav

Why do these Astrologers pops up everytime something bad happens and claims that they predicted it before it happened .

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J.M. Manchanda

With due respect to Mr Madan & his admirers, I feel such predictions are a bit too vague to be of any use in preventing the mishaps- more or less like intelligence inputs warnings that there may be an attack on us from the sea. At best someone can claim after the event, “I told you so”.

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Amit

It is some kind of advertisement for astrologer from his friend. He should be ashamed of spreading superstition. These things happen in media. Media always is biased and source of advt. for some people. This is very well utilized by bollywood.

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Hindustanilion

Dear Astrologers,

Please Give predictions for the following !!
!) Who will be declared as culprit for Bhopal s case for Mr. Andersons escape India? where more than 29000 people died and many more are still suffering and with in what time ?
Already 26 years passed?
2)Actually who planned Babri demolition ? Will real fact will surface out ?
3)When black money lying idle ,with original deposited years authentic list, will be published ?
4) When CWG scam case will be finished with not only punishment but spent money back in treasury?
5) When 2G and spectrum case will be finally over ?
I will highly appreciate your efforts and hope all will appreciate it.
Thanks,

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Manish Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
INSTEAD OF ASKING THIS QUESTION TO ASTROLOGER, WHY YOU ARE SHOWING YOUR FRUSTUTAION, THIS TYPE OF QUESTION FROM INDIA…………………… EVEN GOD CANNOT ANSWER………

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR COUNTRY ……….PLEASE ASK YOURSELF………….

HAVE U STOPPED COORUPTION…………..PLEASE CHECK WHETHER ANY CORRUPT POLITICIAN IS EVER BEING PUNISHED………….DURING HIS LIFETIME……….EVRY PARTY IS CHOR …………..SOME BIG SOME SMALL …………….SOME IN MAKING……………

SO WHY EXCEPT DIFFERENT RESULT…………..

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Rajeev Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Manish,
You should first learn to type.

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http://www.ijapanese.com.au/ japanese melbourne

nuclear power normal is quite safe, but who knows the tsunami and earthquake are coming to distory it?

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vijay Kumar

@ Vinod Sharma,

I think you not get carried away by astrologers. They word thier comments in such a manner that they can be intrepreted both ways !!

Something what some of our journalists do… that they back the Congress as well as the BJP so that they make hay whichever way the sun shines.,.

By the way you made fun of the predictions made by one VIJAY KUMAR,,, so why give so much importance to the comments of Vjiay Madan !!

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
@Vijay Kumar
Never knew you fancy yourself as a jyotishacharya. Shall try praising you next time.

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vijay Kumar Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
@ Vinod Sharma,

Don’t fancy myself as a jyotish as I believe most of it is hocus pocus… But here is a prediction of mine which won’t go wrong ….

MANI ‘SILENCER’ AIYAR is all set to BLAST THE CONGRESS with a “SILENCER” NUCLEAR BOMB….”

In this month when the Japanese are facing destruction because of a tsunami and a potential nuclear disaster, double agent, “Silencer” Aiyar may finally destruct the Congress…

How?

WikiLeaks cites the American ambassador as saying that the replacement of Aiyar was good for the US as he was pro China, Pakistan and Iran. A fact most Indians know to be true.

But… Mani ’silencer” will now act as a hurt martyr and try to reclaim an important portfolio or push for talks with Pakistan by conceding India’s strategic goals. And a defensive MMS and Sonia will concede this to him, to remove the tag of being pro-US.

A disaster for India awaqits if the “silencer’ gets a portfolio. He was the real “hero” of the CWG whgere he tried to push for an internaitonal gulli danda and Kho kho tournament instead of athletics, as sports Minister. In the end with deadlines drawing close, he had to be booted and the whole affair became messy.

Then he retaliated by calling it a 70000 crore scam. Now he will retaliate by calling this government a CIA prop. Of course the dunce himself will be an ISI prop, without realising that he is pushing the Pakistani agenda out here,….

SO THIS IS MY PREDICTION FOR THE YEAR… the SILENCER WILL mow DOWN his OWN HOUSE !!

Well he has been named

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
@Vijay Kumar
You are a habituated evaluator of people and events. I have no problem with that. But sometimes I feel you over-estimate yourself.
This post on the blog is not a commendation of astrologers and astrology. It is just an episode that I have shared. If you don’t like it, forget about it. There is no need to overstrech the argument into domains unrelated to the blog. I had hoped to have a debate on the Japanese tragedy through the post. I have failed because of pet obsessions of some friends who visit this site. .

[Reply]
ankit

I wanted to laugh out loud at the silliness of Vinod Sharma. But then, I realized that one of the highest circulating dailies of Delhi has such a person as political editor. Bad news.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
@ankit
You are entitled to your views— likes and dislikes. But please don’t express them without fully understanding what the other person wants to say. A blog is an interactive medium where we must, I believe, should take each other on as is where is basis, without being overly and personally judgemental when in disagreement. Hope you wouldn’t haver a problem with the formulation: disagree but with dignity.

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B.V.SHENOY

Astrology, palmistry, tarrot card, parrot card are all means to satisfy man’s eternal desire to know about the future.

Here is a true story, which happened about 40 years ago.

Ram, a very private man with a wife and two school going daughters, was running a small business in a small place in Karnataka. One day he received a phone call from a long lost friend that he would be passing through Ram’s place by train and would like to meet Ram.

Ram went to the railway station at the ETA, but found that the train was delayed by an hour. Ram decided to kill the time by loitering around the small station and here he found an “astrologer” with a parrot and a pack of cards. When the fellow had cleared his few customers and found Ram watching intently the “business”, he invited Ram to spend just one rupee and have his future forecast, but Ram declined. But, on persistent invitations, he decided, ‘what the hell(!), let me see’ and agreed.

The “astrologer” asked his parrot to take out a card from the pack spread out in front. Obediently the parrot picked a card and went inside the cage. The astrologer saw the card and immediately repacked it and told Ram that it was nothing and he can go. But, by then his curiosity was aroused and he insisted on being shown the card. Very reluctantly the fellow told him that the card had forecast his death within the next six months. He also advised Ram that this is all a gimmick and he should ignore it.

After meeting his friend, Ram went home and from the next day, he was a completely changed man. Whereas, by nature he was self-centred, he became a loving father and a caring husband to the astonishment of his family. He took out two LIC policies of 25,000/- each and also made a will bequeathing the house and the a few other assets to his wife. He told his wife where he kept the papers and also adivised her how she should educate their daughters and get them married, etc. in case something happened to him.

About six months later Ram was killed in a hit and run accident.

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usman chaudhry Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Sir, for once man’s curiosity met realism. I believe in actual potential of the hand rather than lines of the hand equally cannot neglect evil and virtue resides alike in man’s life. No doubt death is inevitable when it comes lies in the hands of time. Do you agree?

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
@BV Shenoy
Could even be a coincidence. An interesting story nevertheless.

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Praveen Saxena

Even as we go about exchanging views on Astrology. I cannot but help drawing attention to a shameful event .
“The Attorney General of India was grilled today for his possible role in the 2 G Scam”
Now the AG of India is the senior most law officer of the country. He is one of few y Constitutional Appointees who can address and advise the Parliament. He heads the legal machinery of the Union of India.
I wonder what all shall we see in this regime of the UPA. To what depths this govt shall take its governance. And its shamelessness continues unfazed.

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Atul8

Interesting array of sceptics towards Astrology. Although it is a science, and has deep roots in mathematics, we seem to be getting more biased by the touts than the practitioners.

Astrology has always been an indicator of events likely to happen (person or place). Using it as a tool for prediction was never intended, but human curiosity has diluted that essence. A pity that it has so many opponents.

In administration, astrologers have an important role in influencing strategies. Leaders in the west like John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan have used their services in taking international and domestic decisions. In India the role of a pundit in politics is well known. Reason is that when you are dealing with unpredictable variables, some direction helps in decision making.

My salute & respect for the Japanese people. They stand tall as a civilised society in the face of such a disaster.

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Vinay

“I don’t want to say more about Madan for this isn’t a promotional write up”

It already looks like one. By the way, what kind of prediction is this?

1>”some sort of military operations” : Was there a military operation in Japan? No. That reduced his strike rate to 50%.

2>”Unkind nature may cause them much tension and anxieties”, “Diseases and epidemics are also feared”: No clarity. Volcano? Floods? Earthquake? Tsunami? (One of them is bound to happen in Japan anyway). Could be any the possibilities. a>Military b> Natural Calamity d> Epidemics. If anyone of them clicks; he can say, he said it before.

3>”The periods around April and May 2011 are more horrible”: But now it is March. This reduced his strike rate even further. Or should we presume, something more is in store for Japan. Hope not. (Every month is horrible. Some months are more horrible. Wah! Wah! Kya prediction)

4>”Way back in December 2006 Madan had written that before 2020, some part of Japan is likely to submerge, some mountains may give in and landslides could create much havoc”:
Let’s see. In 1990s, we were told about Nostradamus predictions of 3rd world war and Japan submerging in Water in mid or late 90s. (Poor Japan, every astrologer is hell bent to murder it). After 2000, I feel safer (no world war).
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I am not trying to say, he (astrologer) is a cheat. That is his faith. I also have faith; in almighty. The astrologer believes, the planetary motions predict what is in store for him. But, end of the day, they can’t change his future. But my faith believes, the supreme soul has the capacity to change me for good. Apart from self belief (and technology comes with it) and faith in supreme power, there is no need of any mediator faiths (or broker faiths) to dominate our life.

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vijay kumar

@Vinod Sharma

Sorry if I went against the current mood on the blog. I guess I firmly believe that astrology is all about vague generalities in which astrologers try to trick you in believing that they made this and that as predictions, often getting it totally wrong…

As for palmistry… well I have very small lifelines on my hand so I guess I am out to prove that palmists are also… well to use a mild word… talking in the air

But let me reasure you, palmistry does have tremendous uses. Right from school and college days, I have used it to hold the hand of girls… and get close to them through my tailored predictions…

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
@RAJEEV
yOU SIMPLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH. iT WAS A VERY FORTHRIGHT AND UNBIASED DISCUSSION. Pl quote the passage you thought was motivated or apologise.

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Rajeev Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Forthright and unbiased…. unbelievable..Our journos are so dumb.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
@Vijay Kumar
Unsolicited advice: pl hold your secrets of holding hands or the one bird that you have in your hand will take a flight ) Thereafter you may run the risk of becoming a full time jyotishi. )

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Vinodji,

Is it a prediction based on Vijay’s boyhood predilection?

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Pankaj#1 Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
@ everyone;
agree with Vinod;
people have taken a different direction for this subject. It is Japan, which was supposed to be discussed and people went into hackneyed subject of astrology.
any personal or general experience of Japan will satisfy my information hunger in real time.

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Dear Shri Pankaj,

I beg to differ from you on the subject of this blog. It is astrological predictions and whether they are true orhocus focus, gili gili phoo.

Many People have personal experiences of predictions coming true.
All over India people irrespective of their caste and religion, believe in astrology, palmistry etc. Most marriages are taking place depending on stars of the bride and bridegroom together being in “favourable” positions. Therefore, it is wrong to call it wholesale hackneyed.

Very few Indians have personal connections with Japan except through their SONY TV or music system or camera etc. I believe Japanese are very arrogant, self-assured, hard working, no-non-sense people, but I also believe very few **** would like Indians as their friends.

vijay kumar Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
@ Pankaj,

The Japanese are overly hardworking, very methodical and a bit boring. I spent a week in Tokyo in mid ninties, when the Indian rupee did not go to far and was almosty out of the budget when I took a taxi a couple of times…

The buildings are gr8– and I distinctly remember going underground 14 stories in the office of my employer’s collaborators.

Before the IT guys made India proud and changed the perception of India worldwide, NGO’s, and some dirty Indian and foreign journalists would fill the world with trashy horror stories from India. The Japanese were distant. In India we call a friend or a collegue home, at the first go. In japan, probably because of the small homes, Indians were never called at a *** home.

Most of them loved to be Americans– they loved golf and baseball. But then also felt that they were technically superior to the rest of the world.

But you never saw overt racism– as it was in Germany then, However in this impeccably well organised machine, one can learn a lot for India. Like…

A) Organisatin and technology.

B) Discipline

On the flip side, we have what they yearn for. The home of the Buddha. Today they need us for countering China, which scares them. We can DEFINTALY LEARN THEIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

They would love the freedpm to yoodle India offers. And that is why they love Shahrukh Khan…

Pankaj#1 Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
@ Shenoy Sahab and Vijay;
Vijay, you are mindboggling, as far as your predictions go.
it is not only blood money but GREEN CARDS too, which arranged this pardon, exactly as predicted by you. Congrats

vijay kumar Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Well if the bird takes flight… Either I will become a jyotish… or a journo

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Rakesh

Vinod Sharma you are big loser. Now I am very much sure you receive your salary from both Congress Party and Hindustan time.
I have seen you almost all the panel on NDTV, IBN live and Times now and every where I notice you on Congress side and bashing BJP. Even now India is facing a Congress corruptions then also you are saving them.

Even I saw you bashing poor Swapan Das Gupta, at least he is honest person who openly say he morally support BJP not a loser like you who do it without showing it.

Shame on you.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
@Rakesh
These are your trickyleaks. You are one Mr Droll

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Rajeev Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Sharmaji,
You look pathetic defending the indefensible. You may be an honest man but your behaviour makes us think otherwise.
Can you tell us why do you blindly support Congress? I am pretty sure it is ideological and in your DNA.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
@Rajeev
I am ideologically opposed to the BJP in its given form. But I am quite reconciled to considering it as an option if it becomes a genuinely right of the centre party minus the ram temple, common civil code and such other ****.
As for DNA, if you look around on this blog, you’d be encouraged to test many more who arrive here regularly with their standard abuses.

Vinay Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Vinodji,

Please explain, why common civil code is a s h i t ?

Rajeev Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 2:25 am
Vinod Sharma,
You may be opposed to BJP at ideological level PERSONALLY. That is perfectly acceptable but your personal preference for congress should never overshadow your professional conduct. You come out as brazenly pro-congress even in most dark instances such as 2G that you put Manish Tiwari to Shame.
I have reason to believe that your art of journalism was nurtured during congress rule under guidance of congressis. You are infected with Congress bug so you are likely to remain like this for rest of your life no matter how many right to center or left to center options arise.
It is said that you can not teach tricks to old dog.

Rajeev Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 2:26 am
Sharmaji,
I may not agree with many agendas of BJP but I think common civil code is absolutely desired. You may not like it for vested interest but India can never treat its citizen equally without common civil code.
http://- Rajeev

Just watched Vinod Sharma on Face the nation. He again excelled himself. I must say I have never seen a bigger congressi than Mr.Sharma.

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Mritunjay Sharma

Dear Vinod Sharma Sir,

What is your take on recent Wiki Leaks regarding Vote For Cash???? Which one is worst, buying MPs or to bring the dirty Money to the house?

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Ankit Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Are isme kya hai. MPs being bribed is not the news, exposure of the bribes is news. Journos are sold out. Apart from cash rewards and foreign junkets, memberships of comissions are on offer. That is why Singh is King, and we the people are screwed by the neta-journo nexus.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Mr Ankit aap kyon kartey hain logon ko itna aat-ankit? It seems life hasn’t treated you well.

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Rajeev Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Mirchi lag gayi Sharmaji ko..

Ankit Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Mr. Sharma, unlike you life has treated me quite well. Despite having born in a poor family, I have been able to work and reach a situation where I can perform honorable work and take care of myself and my family. Unlike your ilk, I do not have to sell morality of my profession and sleep well at night.

Mritunjay Sharma Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 6:50 am
In the Midst of the all these friendly banter, Vinod Sir you forget to reply to my query.. Who is the real culpable here??

vinod sharma Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
@Ankit
stop being self-righteous. Your morality isn’t bigger than mine, regardless of what you think. Okay?
vijay kumar

Here are a few more predictions from me

a) With Wikileaks revealing that Congress periodically arranges black money to bribe MP’s, it can be said that the Congressi chamchas will shout out Narendra Modi Narendra Modi, BjP BJP… every time the talk of Congressi bribes comes up

b) With Congress all set to loose another 5% vote with this Wikileaks revelation, it will now use spin doctora and Goebbels disciples to blame Advani for the malaise…V

EVERYONE SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS GAME OF PREDICTIONS !!

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Vijay Kumar,

Since this blog is about astrology and “predictions”, let me predict a few things about this cash-and-carry government, but basing my predictions on solid ground.

Sonia Gandhi is passing through “durdashaa”. Rahul Gandhi broke his leg because of the same. Its ill-effects are being suffered by the party and government.

In the coming days, she will lose all her aura of greatness, nobility, superiority and invulnerability. She will suffer ignominy, loss of honour and respect. She will be exposed as someone who doesn’t understand India, Indianness and its great culture, heritage and values.

In the next week or so, the cash-and-carry government of Singh-Sonia will be shamed by more expose’s by WikyLeaks.

The stars are so malevolent that either Singh or Sonia Gandhi may resign from the posts they hold.

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Praveen Saxena Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Shenoy Saab

All that you mentioned may get lost. But quite certainly their shamelessness shall leave a lasting impression .

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vijay kumar Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
@ Shenoy

If there are more revelations the govt may collapse. But in case they drop MMS and replace him with a whole sale pliable idiot like the silencer– since he is emerging as the hurt martyr– worse times are ahead.,

Best that we have a mid term elections.

While Sonia has remained unscathed, Rajiv’s langotiya Satrish Sharma has bought the muck home at the Gnadhy family doorstep.

India’s fascinatin for whiteskin has also probably got doused by Belrosconi’s antics with underage girls in Rome…

What Berlo has done is to dmage the image of Italians and ITaly worldwide.

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
@Vijay Kumar
What is a hurt martyr? First read this in a statement issued by BJP’s Arun Jaitley some months ago.
(Dr.) B.N.Anand

Dear Vinod Sharma ji
and Mr. Vijay

Yes, it is not possible to out rightly reject the predictions of Mr. Madan or many others like him who do keep on informing the public through media about the impending disasters or other happenings in the world. coming I find it very hard to comprehend all this as my profession of scientific background pulls my thinking the other way. Please allow me to narrate very briefly something which only confounded my confusion.
About 20 years ago while attending a marriage in Jalandhar, one of my relatives told me that the theft at his residence during his daughter’s wedding has been resolved. He had taken my small daughter to a Sadhu on the outskirts of the city where a crowd of many thousand people were there. The sadhu rubbed the thumb of my daughter with certain ointment and speaking some mantras. The image of the person ( a servant in his house) slowly started appearing in slow motion on the thumb of my daughter and the sadhu said that he is the thief. The thief was caught and handed over to police and the police recovered the amount stolen ( in lakhs) from him. I was very reluctant to believe such a bizarre happening. But I was helpless as my daughter had seen the image of the thief( the servant) on her thumb and she told me so. She was equally puzzled.
But then when I was going through a book authored by the noted journalist Mr. MJ Akbar ” The Blood Brothers” some times back, on page 245 he also mentions a similar instance when a Pir rubs some oil on the thumb of MJ Akbar(when he was a child) and the image of the lost person for whom his relatives were there to inquire from the Pir. Since the incident was mentioined by Akbar Saheb and it had happened on his thumb, I was reminded of the Jalandhar event. Since the incident narrated by Mr. Akbar had taken place some 50-70 years back during British rule and when Calcutta was the capital of British India, my curiosity to know further details about this event forced me to write email to Mr. MJ Akbar. He was kind enough to respond and confirmed the event as narrated by him in his book
Well, who can forget the forecasts of Paul—–the Octopus during the World football cup matches. Even the western people became so emotional when he died.
So let the world move on . It is one’s prerogative whether to believe or not. It can not be generalised.
But Sharma Saheb and Mr. Vijay thanks for sharing.your experiences.
BNA

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vijay kumar Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
@ Dr Anand,

Though I have different opinion on astrology… I respect ur personal experience.

To me a science is what can give accurate predictions all year around and not dependent on one person’s secret knowledge…

But then u have full right to differ from me…

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Rajiv Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
This thing is called ‘nakh ( nail ) darpan’ . One of my teachers used to do that and recover stolen goods.

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vijay kumar

@ Pankaj

ThankS !

Arre Baba… woh log Pakistani hai… ! Islam ke cover mein jhoot fareb aur katal

We need to also check out how many green cards the judge’s family got as “blood money”

By the way Rajdeep’s channel which ditched the BJP in the vote for note scam of the Congress in 2008 is now playing a double game. Then they had hidden the tapes and given a copy to the Congress to side with the Congress.

Now they are showing the actual tapes, since Wikileaks revealed the truth about Rajiv Gandhi
s langotiya yaar Satish Sharma..

Ab TRP tape dikha kar milegi…

Na baap bada na bhaiya…

— The whole thing is that…

Ki bhaiya, sabse bada rupaiya…

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Rajeev Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 10:12 am
Vijay,
Just watched IBN’s sting broadcast and subsequent defence of congress by a journalist George Verghese.

It looks like there are some people who are totally committed to defending congress no matter what. The reason may be monetary, ideological, religious etc. but under congress India is no more safe. I am pretty sure congressmen must have sold Indian secrets to foreign govt. for bags of money and with a foreigner in charge, it must be quite easy to do so.

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Rajeev,

You must be joking. India has no secrets which the Chinese, Americans and even the Pakistanis do not know. Even the most guarded secrets like Sonia Gandhi’s Swiss deposits are common knowledge for the US and other European countries. Only we Indians are in the dark about these matters.

As for congressmen being in the pay of foreign agencies, even that is old hat which even the opposition has got tired of. Mitrokyn papers reveal that Rajiv Gandhi received huge payments/pay-offs from KGB.

But, like most Indians, let us too hope that this bad Munni-badnaam Munna regime will collapse and a new, honest government takes over.

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Ravi Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Mr Shenoy

I share with you the need to have an “honest government takeover”. However, where do you suppose this government is likely to come from.

If you had India in mind, then how do you rate your chances??

Rajeev Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 9:22 am
And as per you only congress can provide honest govt.?

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Praveen Saxena

L K advani has sought the PMs resignation , on the gounds that he committed gross moral and political impropriety to save his govt in 2008.
Now I say that why should he resign
a) He is still comfortable in the game of numbers and there is no imminent threat
b)He sat and presided over the biggest scams this country has seen. He undermined and attempted to compromise the sanctity of high constitutional offices. If he goes now , his immunities shall also go and he shall face questioning by the same agencies which report to him at present
d) With the passage of time he still has the opportunity to fool the country with some goodIies, the moroseness on his face , and a well oiled and well paid PR machinery
c) As a person , he is a Pretender and just as shameless as any stereotype corrupt Indian politician
d) he is well established s on the “secular” side of the poltical faultline so he is entitled to all crimes getting brushed aside

I think L K Advani”s call may be a call in wilderness

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Ravi Reply:
March 18th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Praveen

Would it be possible to list L K Advani’s faults. Or is he above making faults, being as it is that he comes from the HINDU side of the “Secular” faultline.

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Praveen Saxena Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 11:46 am
Ravi

To me there is nothing on record aganst L K Advani,for which I may find fault with him. If you have, then kindly let me know.
Being “Hindu” and being “Secular” , is a contradiction in terms within the four corners of the definition of “secularism ” as determined by the fake secularists.

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Ravi Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
Praveen

I guess you have read the latest instalment from WikiLeaks.

During the 1960s, LKAdvani stood for elections as a Jan Sangh candidate. These were times when during the elections all candidates used to stick TWO COLOUR posters on walls and lamp posts.

All candidates, that is except LKADVANI, whose posters were FULL FOUR COLOUR. The gossip – and not without reason – on the street was that CIA was funding LK ADVANI’s candidature. This it did to counter J L Nehru’s socialist and pro soviet tendencies.

I do not believe that he has changed very much over the years.

He was and is a RSS man through and through, complete with white walrus moustache.

Rajeev Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
Talibani tu yahan bhi…Saale joote se maroonga..

Praveen Saxena Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:03 am
Ravi

So this what you could find on records against L K Advani.
A wikileaks exposure talking about the 1960’s. I can only say it is most hilarious.

Ravi Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 2:18 am
Praveen

An individual can not be Secular. An instituion, etc can. So you are absolutely right a Hindu can not be Secular, but a constitution can.
Ravi

Dekhiye paate hain ushaaq buton se kya faiz,
Ek barahman ne kaha hai ke ye saal …. achha hai …

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vijay kumar

@ Vinod Sharma,

A hurt martyr is mostly a pretender who is making the most of a situation in which the world thinks he has been sidelined while he or she potrays himself as having sacrificed himslef for larger prinicples…

Exampli gr

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Vijay Kumar, Vinodji,

A “hurt martyr” is Mani, who is willing to wound Mannu, but afraid to hurt Munni (of the badnaam infamy)

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 4:19 pm
@BV Shenoy
A hurt matyr is an oxymoron. I will apply it to Yeddy. He is hurt by the charges of graft but refuses to become a martyr )

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vijay kumar

@ Vinod,

Example: Before the CWG, the silencer excelled himslf by incompetence. When Manmohan Singh had to evict him out at the request of Shiela Dixit , the “Silencer” pretended that he was inactive as a sports Minister as he believed that India is not fit enough for sports and too poor to hold international events… only CHina can do it…

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Vijay Kumar,

Mani Sankat Aiyar has caused ‘many a sankat’ for this UPA government as much as the previous one.
Sheila Dixit only followed the Americans who demanded that Aiyar be made to say “Aiyyeyyo” and thrown out from the ministry.

Besides the US, the Swiss, EU, Canada, Australia and NZ and many other white regimes have sent “requests” to Mannubhai not to give any post to this Mani Sankat.

But, Pakistan and Iran have demanded that if Mannu is being eased out, then they will accept only this Mani Sankat as PM.

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vijay kumar Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
On TV Mani Sankat Silencer boasted that Pakist5ani nukes posed no danger. See what happens to a tech strong nation like Japan if nukes go wrong. And then talk about Pakistan, where jehadis are itching to get them into their hand…

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vijay kumar

@ Rajeev,

I think we are floundering badly under the present dispensation. Unfortunately there are a couple of idiots at the top who seemed to have studied the German master of disinformation, Joseph Goebbels.

In simple words They feel that jhoot bol kar public ka _ _ _ _ _ _ ya bana sakte ho.

First was the case of Mr Q, a langotiya yaar of the Gandhi family. He took kickbacks in so many a defence deal. But we were told that Rajiv ji is an innocent kindergarten student, others may have taken kickbacks… not him. And of course Mr Q being ITalian is of white skin, so thum saala Indian is inferior…

Now we know Satrish Sharma, another langotiya yaar of the Gandhy family gave crores and crores to save the government. So should we conclude

a) Satish Sharma just gave the money for fun and he the Gandhi family had nothing to do with it

b) The Cash in the Bag was aactually “FAKE MONOPLY AND LUDO notes which kids use for playing

c) Those notes were fake , freshly released counterfiet Indian currency released by Pakistan, arriving via Samjhouta. So nothing wrong in giving fake currency as bribe

d) Yeh sab Maya hai. It was April fools day and Satish Sharma had taken bhaang and was playing a prank on the US embassy !!

These are some theories Congress spin doctors and Goebbels disciples can use on the TV

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vijay kumar

@ Shenoy,

Would love to hear of possible theories u feel Congressis should use now that they have been caught with thier pants down and modesty covered only by rishwat money…

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Vijay Kumar,

when the UPA-1 came to power, they had the entire “secular” media eating from out of their hands. The media was literally drooling over how Sonia Gandhi had sacrficed the prime ministership for the sake of the country, how selfless she was etc., etc….. Despite extremely poor performance in all fields, still the media gave award after award to whoever mattered. Best PM, Greatest Indian, Greatest FM, Greatest HM, etc., etc., etc. India Today, CNN-IBN, Hindustan Times, NDTV, and many other ’secular’ outfits vied with one another to honour the greatest leaders of mankind the UPA was fortunate to have in its fold. The media went to the extent of expecting Nobel prize for Sonia Gandhi (peace) and Manmohan Singh (economics!).

Even Mani Shankar Aiyar was given membership of Rajya Sabha for his literary achievements!!

But, with so much goodness heaped on it, artificially, the bechaaraa UPA had acute indigestion, which was remedied by the good Doctor Do Little by encouraging corruption, cash for vote, brazenness, cheating, and moral, ethical and economic debauchery.

But, Humpty-Dumpty could not be put together again. The house of cards is collapsing and we can see the first results of how the aam-aadmi’s empire strikes back in Tamil Nadu next month.

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vijay kumar

I am now quoiting from the HIndustan Times and nobody should accuse me of obscenity!!

“A snake attacked an Israeli model during a sexy photoshoot by biting into her surgically enhanced breast and later died from silicone poisoning. ”

This is the state of Indian politics and especially the COngress today. Too much poison inside. And they are convinced that the poison of kickbacks money they carry will kill their attackers on TV…

But the fact is the attackers inside the party are like the snake who died, since the these attackers are also poisonous…

While the honest, innocent public outside is like the amrit which will finally win !!

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
This a lesson for men who bite…. more than they can chew.

Some more lessons for men:

DO NOT CUT WHAT CAN BE UNTIED,
DO NOT BITE WHAT CAN BE CHEWED.

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Vinay Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
To Sree Vijay Kumar, the future of astrology!

Sir, would like to seek your opinion whether there is any planetary co-relations between this article and Kumkum Chadha’s previous article. (Hope, people would take it in lighter spirit).

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http://- Rajeev

Everyone,
This guy Ravi is a talibani so be careful engaging him in any discussion.

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http://lughole.net Saarthak

Hello people.

Please read Tavleen Singh’s article in Indian Express about how Congress is targeting Narendra Modi:

“Off with his head” – http://www.indianexpress.com/news/off-with-his-head/764845/0?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d85d5f7e013ef91,1

Let me know your thoughts

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Saarthak,

thanks, buddy, for the link. It is a good article. Tavleen Singh always writes fearlessly and even against the grain of her editor’s “leanings”.

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vijay kumar

@ Vinay

I think astro;ogy is the last resort of a sinking ship !! As Saarthak pointed out, in Tavleen Singh’s article, she writes, MUNNI BADNAAM HUI…

So the Congress is trying all sort of diversionary strategies but not attacking the core of Satish Sharma carrying bags of money….

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vinod sharma Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 4:08 pm
dear Vijay
I have written a fresh blog on wikileaks. Pl read it carefully for the subtle point I make in the end.

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vijay kumar

Vinodji,

I am deeply disappointed by your supporting a separate civil code for Muslims.

WHY? WHY??? WHY ????

Secularism does not mean turning a blind eye on the torture inflicted on the poor Muslim women. Secularism definitely can never mean that the state should not progress or intervene in case of bad religious practices.

Don’t you agree that Hindus have only progressed by demolishing the caste system. SO WHY SHOULD not all of us get together to improve the plight of Muslim women in India??

let me also state bluntly on why there is tension between Muslims and other religions all over the world. AND I AM SAYING THIS AS A FRIEND OF MUSLIMS.

In the UK there was a general feeling among Hindus and sikhs that Muslim men would want to date Hindu and Sikh girls, but never never allow a Muslim girl to mix with outsiders. In India there is threat perception that Muslims marry four times and convert girls from other religions for this. Now knowing many fine Muslims, I would not want to tarnish an entire community, but at least we should get these facts out.,

In Arab countries, I noticed that the rich guys married many a time– a prime example being Osmaa’s father who kept twelve wives. Now in many a case these guys would come to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to pick up their younger wives.

These societies then have few women available for pooreer sections, leading to sexual frustrations and channelising of energy in jehad.

SO AS THE ARAB WORLD IS IN TURMOIL IT IS IMPORTANT THAT FREEDOM OF WOMEN TOO OCCURS>

Therefore I feel doubly sad that you have supported a backword 17th century view of women….

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ram autar

The Brahmin birthrate is falling causing serious worry in Bhoodevata circles, according to a secret circular distributed in Pune city Chitpavan circles.

Brahmin scholars and experts are discussing the projection that by the year 2050 — 40 years away—the Brahmin population in the country will go down from the present 2.5% to less than 2%.

“GODS ON EARTH”
Already a micro-minority in a country of 1,300 millions, the Brahmins have been the unquestioned lords of the land presiding over every section of the society: social, cultural, economic, political, media, legal, academic.

They have been also the country’s wealthiest and the most powerful – rightly winning the title of the Bhoodevatas (gods on earth).

Lately, the Editor of Dalit Voice has added a new feather on their cap calling them the “Jews of India”, more powerful than the 2% Jews who control the world’s most powerful country of America.

Caste-wise census enumeration is blocked in India because a true picture of the country would reveal the undemocratic picture of power. Not only that. The Moolnivasis (indigenous), who form over 85% of the country’s population, would get tremendous courage and strength on realising their population power. Already the Muslims (20%) are joining the Dalits in a big way to forge a powerful anti-Bhoodevata battle front.

When such a powerful united front of the oppressed is taking a solid shape, if the news of the grass-eating Brahmins — already physically weak and facing genetic extinction— spreads it will only hasten the gloom and doom surrounding the country’s worst oppressor community which unfortunately happens to the country’s core ruling micro-minority ruling class.

But the different oppressed castes and communities are not aware that within a couple of generations their oppressor jati will be facing total extinction.

REASONS FOR POPULATION FALL
The two reasons given for the steep fall in their population is the widespread religious custom of killing the female child at birth (or before) and their speedy migration to the West, mainly USA.

Even the thinking sections among non-Brahmins are not aware that the Brahmins will be left in a state of peril if these facts are published.

At the recent gala Pune Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, which is monopolised by the Chitpavan Brahmins, the killers of their own “Father of the Nation”, Gandhi — such a life and death issue of the Bhoodevatas — the suicide of the gods on earth — was secretly discussed but not publicised.

MOOLNIVASIS BECAME MUSLIMS
The Brahmins, it is learnt, are seriously worried that the land — into which they came as thugs and pindaries from West Asia over 3,000 years ago – easily fell into their hands and they became its rulers after killing the Budhists and finally driving the liberating Budhism out of India. After killing Budhism, they welcomed the Muslims, became their loyal servants to further oppress the Moolnivasi Bahujans.

GUJARATI BANIA MADE MAHATMA
Fortunately the oppressed Moolnivasis themselves became Muslims and fought back the Brahmins and became their blood enemies.

Then came the British who again were fooled so that they remained as the Bhoodevatas. They caught hold of the Gujarati Bania and made him give up his Western dress, beef-eating and drinking habits, called him mahatma to fool the innocent Moolnivasis and ultimately forced the British to quit — but only after vivisecting the country so that the Dalit-Muslim unity would not imperil their rule.

For about 65 years the Bhoodevatas ruled India enjoying heavenly bliss, manufacturing loyal stooges and destroying the health and happiness of the Moolnivasis.

At a time when they became the supreme rulers with none to challenge them, they get the alarming report that they are facing a genetic genocide.

It means our centuries-old oppressors are dying not out of any war and violence launched by the oppressed majority but because of their own conspiracies, crimes, perversion, in-breeding as the world’s original founders of racism.

Meanwhile, the “Jews of India” have received enough hints that their own cousins, the zionist Jews — on whom they are today totally depending for their survival — are no longer trusting them. The zionist Jews have come to know the secret that it was the Aryan Brahmins who brainwashed Hitler and the innocent Germans to launch the mass murder of Jews which became world famous as “Holocaust”. The zionist Jews have at least thoughtfully carved out a homeland for themselves (Israel) but the hated “Jews of India” can go nowhere as they have created too many enemies all round including their own blood brothers, the zionist Jews.

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ram autar

in arab world i have never heard any women bveaten or killed like in india.what bullshit u are talking.

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Praveen Saxena

Has the Congress Govt started showing the desperation of the Emergency days and that of the twilight days of the Rajiv Gandhi govt?
Live telecast of Baba Ramdevji’s discourses on Aastha Channel has been stopped by the Minsistry of I & B.
“Times Now” has been off most cable media networks for quite some time.
There is talk of censorship of internet content.
Where are the champions of Free Media ?
We can’t hear them.

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B.V.SHENOY Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Praveen Saxenaji,

Kishore Kumar was banned for refusing to sing
Ram Dev is being banned for singing too much.
IB ministry is getting power drunk
trying to please bar-maid.
Media has become the hand maid.

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Praveen Saxena Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Yes Shenoy Saab

To this list we may also add the IT Notices to those wanting to invest in Gujarat. And all this happening under the regime of the much touted Mr cleanest ( cleaner than even late Lal Bahadur Shastri) , Mr greatest economist on earth – Manmohan Singh.

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Rajeev Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:22 pm
The only way to fix congress-
1. Don’t accept EVM in next election.
2. Vote against Congress
3. Shame Congress Voters publicly
4. Boycott all congress meetings
5. Demolish the artificial image of Sonia/Rahul
6. Boycott News Channels working for congress and journos who seem to be on payroll of congress.

lastly once congress is out of power-
File thousands of cases against your MLA, MPs belonging to congress for their involvement in scams. I am pretty sure every congress MLA is minting money.

[Reply]
Pankaj#1

i was going to address this ram autar as dog, but did not, as I love my dog immensely.

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Anonymous

For the first time, I agree with Sujata totally.

Looking at the rumours we can use little humour on Rahul Gandhi name and call him Rahul G@@ndu once in a while…all in fun.

Also call MMS Bose DK all in fun for not being effective enough as PM…

Advani can be called the great Ch*tiy@.

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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HXRDNIVF63LWYR6RQZGEX5AAWU TONI

bull **** doesnt say earthquake.

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http://twitter.com/amishra77 Akhilesh Mishra

“Any ideas on how I can pull this off, people?” – well I have advised this before too – get on social media which will act as an important primer for what is happening in real life. If interacting with relative strangers on social media is a frightening proposition to you, then surely real life would be. Conversely, if you can pull it off from the safety of web interface, it should give you the cofidence to try it in real life too !

By the way, when Brunch launched its special edition a few weeks back, I asked the Twitter handle of Brunch whether you are on Twitter – they said that you are very much on Twitter, just that you prefer privacy. Guess time to come in public

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Kushal Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 4:30 am
Or I could be the Mystery Editor, Akhilesh. You never see her, but you can’t take your eyes off the paper she edits.

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Akhilesh Mishra Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Incidentally I have been a TOI reader all my life. Do not get HT at home

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Kushal Reply:
April 2nd, 2012 at 4:35 am
To each his own.
Kushal

I knew most readers of this blog would understand if not identify, Masha. Thank you for that.

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Kushal

Gosh, that’s a really lengthy list, Sunila. It includes some 100-odd books I already have tottering on my bedside table that are moaning, read me, read me. And some 30-odd books I’ve spotted in bookshops that are moaning, buy me, buy me.

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Kanika Dhupar

The e(xc)lusive editor

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Kushal Reply:
April 2nd, 2012 at 4:35 am
Hahaha, that’s funny, Kanika.

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Anamika

I so totally get what you’re saying. I LOVE meeting people, but I also love coming back home. To quiet, peace and my books and films. Sometimes the noise out there (or is it in my head) is so loud, that I cannot even listen to music peacefully

Wishing you peace, quiet and good reading time!

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Kushal Reply:
April 2nd, 2012 at 4:36 am
Thanks, Anamika. And to you too.

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Anamika Reply:
April 3rd, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Just had to share this TED talk with you. Listen to it and you’ll know why

http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together.html

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Kushal Reply:
April 4th, 2012 at 6:48 am
Oh, thanks Anamika.
Atul8

Hi Kushal,

As a person who has introvert ladies (thats what they claim till the time they get going with what they really like to do) in my life, one can safely say with experience that the only thing different about you folks is that you dont wear your personality on your sleeves.

Intellectual endowment does create a certain abhorrence for inanities (as amply demonstrated by Benedict Cumberbatch in the latest Sherlock Holmes TV series) but then you would be surprised by how many of those party goers are as bored with parties as you are!! Actually, you do end up meeting some very interesting people if you crack the riddle of “what do you say after you say hello”, and no, please dont read that book!!

And as a fanaical book / movies / music afficiando, I will send anyone to hell & back if they interrupt my reveries……. even Nero did not interrupt his fiddling while Rome burnt, did he?

Emergencies can wait – 24/7 is a monumental fallacy imposed by garralous bosses on poor, unsuspecting responsibility laden shoulders.

Cheers

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Kushal Reply:
April 3rd, 2012 at 4:46 am
Thank you for your support, Atul8. I shall show your comment to my bosses when they complain that no one knows what I look like. And where have you been lately? You’ve been c by your a (you’ll know what I mean if you read your Wodehouse).

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Atul8 Reply:
April 3rd, 2012 at 5:33 am
Ha Haa! True True…..

Well, to round house Wodehouse I have had unthinkables done to my unmentionables in the last couple of months!!

And by the way, dont be surprised if your bosses want to show this comment to their bosses in turn

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Kushal Reply:
April 4th, 2012 at 6:46 am
Well, I hope you’re better now, Atul8.
http://twitter.com/amishra77 Akhilesh Mishra

“Maybe I need to write a friend a letter like this, asking her or him to keep it and remember it and get me back on track on the occasions that I lose my way.”

but for this to happen you first need a friend, right?

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http://twitter.com/amishra77 Akhilesh Mishra

Any scope that you might expand that list?

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Kushal Reply:
April 11th, 2012 at 4:49 am
Friendships grow by themselves, Akhilesh. When they grow by order, that’s networking. Two completely different things.

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Kushal

Cafe is HT Bombay’s version of HT City, Abhiroop. So now you know what I do for a living. Bollywood, Bollywood and more Bollywood. No more books.

I don’t know about a Jayanto retrospective from HT, but it certainly is an idea and I certainly know some publishers – thank you for the idea!

Samar is still with HT, but is on a sabbatical in the US, teaching at a university in San Francisco. He still writes his weekly column on the edit page though, and his food blog, so there’s lots for you catch up on.

And finally – the fact that you’re apparently fine with staying a poor hungry struggling bachelor in rural India makes me extremely grateful. Thank you for that.

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Anonymous

Vir Singhvi now you have started poking your nose into faith matters. But for health and safety’s sake you are very careful not to disturb Muslim and Sikh beliefs. However I must admit I am not surprised. Nothing surprises me regarding Vir. How is Niira Radia, Vir?

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http://profile.yahoo.com/RTBQ4JJUY6RF5DQ7BP47LWFQOU N

There was no Jesus or Mohd. Bible was written in AD325 by Esubius. and divinity for Jesus was given by a committee that year. Go and study real history

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Anonymous Reply:
April 14th, 2012 at 8:27 am
You may care to read my new post which is broadly sympathetic to your view, unless it too is removed.

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Faadisalam

Dear All
We all are what we are born with i am a muslim but i have no doubt born in a hindu family i would have been a hindu in a jewish family a jew.
Did i study hinduism or jewism or any other religion apart from my own NO and yet i am expected to say that i am on the right path.
As a child you are born with a blank hard drive and its your family which decides what kind of software they are going to run on it and than like a machine you keep on executing that software for rest of your life.

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Anonymous Reply:
April 14th, 2012 at 8:27 am
Beautifully put.

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http://www.facebook.com/tejinderp1 Tejinder Pal

We should be proud of journalists like “Vir”…He wrote this article so sensibly, responsibly & clearly… u r blessed brother… please keep up good work… journalism & humanity needs you…..

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Anonymous

For health and safety reasons, Vir Singhvi has avoided Islam and Sikhism. When time travel becomes a reality in the future, you may discover that many of these religious beliefs are just pure myths and almost all revered religious figures were ordinary mortals with human attributes. Had Gandhi been born a thousand years earlier, he may well have been called a prophet and extraordinary myths been around him.

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Anonymous

Vir avoided Islam and Sikhism. I wonder why? Safety perhaps?

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anil

Congress will no doubt will choose some one with corruption baggage in the background so all they can stay in the league and if necessary strings can be pulled to fall in line in “bad” times.

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Anonymous

The qualification requirement for Indian President as desired by Congress-
1. Should be extremely loyal to Sonia Gandhi and the dynasty.
2. Should have experience in polishing shoes, doing menial jobs, cooking in Nehru-Gandhi household.
3. Should be corrupt.
4. Must lack spine.
5. Must be ready to act as rubber stamp for Sonia Gandhi and her clan.
6. Should flout constitution at the direction of Congress high command.
7. Should have drab personality.
8. Should not be a mass leader.
9. Should read speeched like zomby.
10. Must NOT be loyal to India or its constitution.

Almost all the congressmen/women qualify for this job. We have no dearth of president material in India.

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Gt12563

Please UPA do not chose another lady like Prithbha Patil who has no personality we already have one Sardarj find some one intelligent and has good personality.

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Anonymous

Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an outstanding legal mind and smart. The Congress party should consider him as their candidate.

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http://dealstop.co.uk Larry

Vir Sanghvi will never admit it but APJ Abdul Kalaam was certainly one of India’s best presidents. It was unfortunate that Vir went into a tirade against Kalaam in his Counterpoint columns when there was talk o a second term for him. At that time I was surprised at Vir’s obstinacy towards Kalaam, but it all fell in place when Radia tapes happened.

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Niranjan Desai

This woman even do not qualify as a housemaid in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Period.

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as Diane replied I am inspired that a mother able to get paid $4688 in 4 weeks on the internet. did you read this link

(Click On mY name For the Link)

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http://profile.yahoo.com/QWYJGHF4LP6ZVNEH7CRMJ5D7RM manikyam

Neither man president nor lady president has no weight at all, and useless almost, except making solid philosophical statements and going round the world at the cost of poor man’s paise; I have seen most of them made worthy statements after they got off the sticky chair.

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http://www.youbihar.com/ Shalu Sharma

Presidents are hand picked for their loyalty to the party president. The post should be scrapped and an elected person should be appointed. As a matter of fact, India should move towards a presidential type of system.

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Anonymous

Former President Giani Zail SIngh declared as HOme Minister that he was willing to clean the untensils in Mrs Gandhi’s house. He was promptly nominated to become the president.

Pratibha Devi has actually cooked meals for Mrs Gandhi and SOnia and taken care of bartans (as per Indian Express reports) and she became the president.

So please dont discount kitchen services to teh royal family as a quaification for becoming the President.

[Reply]
Indian

This only means that better communication between our two governments and much more cultural exchange programs are very much necessary to allay each others’ fears.

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karthik

Lot of analysis in media regarding indo-china war were jaundice eyed ,pointing only the Indian views and errors,but this article elaborated what actually happened on the opposite camp and other unknown amusing facts,which is very insightful and interesting

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