Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.india-forum.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.india-forum.com/files.php?file= http://www.india-forum.com/ http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/Better-Study-Islam-138.html Indian Politics Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:48:38 +0000 In the aftermath of 9/11 and 7/7 the West has invented the myth of radical Islam, thereby implying that there must be a benign version of Islam too. Luminaries like George Bush and Tony Blair love to surprise Muslims by telling them ?Islam means Peace,? regardless of the fact that Quran [3:17, 3:85] itself explicitly states that ?Islam means Submission.? Their excellences hope that their subterfuges will help Muslims discover a variety of Islam that neither Quran nor history reveals. These innovative revelations, too clever by half, by the neo-prophets could actually offend Muslims because Quran [33:40] is emphatic that Muhammad is the last prophet! http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/What-is-erotic-and-what-is-art-034.html Indian Politics Sat, 04 Nov 2006 15:05:00 +0000 What is erotic and what is art ? If s'ivalinga is seen as an erotic representation of a human male reproductory organ, it will look erotic to the so-called purveyor of freedom of _expression who has a perverted notion of sex and sexuality. And, there are thousands of temples (devalaya) where s'ivalinga is worshipped by millions of Hindu. In the eyes of a person who understands the underlying cultural idiom of dharma, the s'ivalinga is a metaphor representing the summit of Mount Kailasa in the Himalayan glaciers which yield life-giving , purifiying and sacred waters of the Ganga emanating from the locks of S'iva in penance on the summit. It is all about metaphors and how one understands meanings of metaphors. http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/Demo-narchy,--Demo-narchization,--&-Demonarchization-of--064.html Indian Politics Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:11:33 +0000 Monarchy, one of the oldest forms of government, is indigenous to India and many other nations of the world, including Great Britain. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a genius statesman of independent India, eliminated monarchy in India while neither having to resort to a ?Magna Carta?-like manifesto, nor to any violence. The Indian kings and queens received their privy purses for many years, and some of them were appointed to Rajya Sabha as members. The unaware Indian citizens believed that it was the end of monarchy. Alas! Little did they know that, while Sardar Patel could liberate the Indian citizens from the clutches of monarchy, it has been nearly impossible to remove the deep-seated psychological attachment to monarchy from the citizens of India. Indeed, most Indians did not even realize that they won their independence, not only from the British rule, but also from a millennium of Muslim strongholds of the past, centuries of other foreign rulers, and even from India?s own independent monarchs who had imposed their rule upon the masses for many millennia before. Monarchy has been romanticized in historical and literary texts the world over, even within India. And, remarkably, under benevolent rule, monarchy served the people of the most prosperous India, even at times for peaceful spans of 800 years or more. In fact, to see this, one need only study the histories of the Gupta and Maurya Dynasties, as described by A. L. Basham in his book, ?The Wonder That Was India.? (see also, http://www.adolphus.nl/xcrpts/xcbasham.html). Indeed, monarchy is deeply ingrained in the Unconscious of the world culture. This article explores the psychological roots of the fascination for monarchy, and examines the reasons for the die-hard monarchy in many countries with a specific focus on India. Finally, the author creates a new set of terminology or nomenclature to describe some, as yet unidentified, growing political phenomena whereby an incognito ?Monarchy? in disguise struggles to survive amidst its larger and more powerful foe, ?Democracy.? http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/Demo-narchy-Of-Democratic-Republic-of-India---2-047.html Indian Politics Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:59:00 +0000 Indians are proud to declare theirs is the largest democracy in the World --undisputedly so. The question in this article is - is it the best, or how good is Indian Democracy, not how large. The answer is depressing for all of us, who grew up dreaming during British occupation of India, that one day we would form a great democracy the envy of the world. Westerners claim that democracy is inherent to their culture with the beginnings of Roman State- albeit it was limited to a few thousand elite, the rest being slaves. Indian political theorists claim that we had even richer history of democracy from Vedic times as illustrated in village panchayats. http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/Sonia-Mania-and-media-Managrams-178.html Indian Politics Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000 Kushwant Singh?s surgery to create a cross between Play Boy and Pent House out of the staid Illustrated Weekly of India hastened the magazine?s endgame to use Mukul Sharma?s pun. Sharma was one of those who was trying to nurse the magazine back to life during its dying days. He ran a brilliant column called Mindsport - MS for short again punning his own initials. He called one of the items in MS, ?Managrams? in which readers were asked to describe a celebrity in witty ?shorthand?. For example one reader described Sridevi as ?Winker, wailer, boulder thigh? recalling the film star?s debut with huge hoardings showing her lavish thighs. Those were also the days when Bofors? made headline news and triggered creative juices in the English novelist Geoffrey Archer, who included the story with thin camouflage in his anthology of stories, A Twist in the Tale. To cut a long story short, a participant in MS? Managrams reveled in his creativity by describing the pilot turned Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi thus: ?Sonia Mania flying high; drawbacks kickbacks plenty why?? http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/Pakistan-Khatumstan,-What-Next-061.html Indian Politics Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:36:00 +0000 After condemning the brutal assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and with all due sympathies to late Benazir Bhutto http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/India-Under-Siege-:-Strategies-And-Action-006.html Indian Politics Wed, 16 Mar 2005 03:35:00 +0000 Kama is delight of body, mind, and soul in exquisite sensation. It awaken eyes, nose, tongue, ears, and skin, and between sense and sensed, the http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/More-Promises-for-India-007.html Indian Politics Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:35:00 +0000 Only America and Pakistan can deliver the peace and freedom you have been seeking for the repressed people of Gujarat. In this endeavor, rest assured you have the support of all peace loving people. The communists have excellent record in maintaining peace and harmony wherever they have ruled. One can only imagine how colossal the diversity of the Chinese people might be. But can anyone point out a single instance of communal disharmony in China? China stands with tenacity - its grandeur seen by all. I am sure you have read that it was China and not the United States that first refused Narendra Modi a visa. Perhaps it was the good work of Coalition Against Genocide that worked in humility even in China. We all know they will be more than happy to lend a helping hand in freeing the people of Gujarat ? maybe even others in India. http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/India-unravelling-017.html Indian Politics Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:16:00 +0000 Secularists and communists may imagine they somehow control India?s future, but this belief is a chimera. Perhaps they are smart enough to know the truth, but too cynical to care. India is spinning out of control and the spoils of political office are likely to evaporate suddenly. How exactly this will come about is not entirely clear, but there are historical precedents that provide pointers. http://www.india-forum.com/indian_politics/India-Under-Siege-:-Strategies-And-Action-177.html Indian Politics Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:30:00 +0000 Even today, fifty-eight years after independence, Hindus and India are under siege. Hindus are beaten, India is beaten-not by the strength of the enemy but by our own mistakes and indifference. Indian political leaders made alliances with oppressive forces that limited freedom for Hindus. Political leaders frightened, uprooted and oppressed Hindus, confiscated temple properties and made Hindus a tool for the purpose of their political power. In the name of democracy, the political parties have a long history of offering stones and snakes to Hindus. Hindus have faced several phases of traumatic situation including passive compliance with the oppressive invaders and hostile political parties. As a result, helplessness, hopelessness, apathy, denial, indifference and tolerance of intolerance took hold on Hindus. The extreme traumatisation and brutal oppression inflicted deep wounds on Hindus. Even after 58 years of independence the scars are still present and led Hindus to a sense of conceptual confusion and despair. India-Forum - Discussion forum on Hinduism, Indian Culture, Indian History ,Indian Politics ,Indian Business, Strategic Security, Internation Affairs.