When a foreigner quizzed me about the democratic system in Mauritius and then pointed out to me that a young man had been arrested (possibly on flimsy grounds) and allegedly asked to strip naked in a police cell, one had to concede that there is something wrong with our democracy.
Yet, to most outside observers, Mauritius fulfills the model of a democratic system. In many respects we are a democracy. If we go by the general criteria that are used to measure a democratic system, we will certainly pass the test. Yet we have often heard in the press and on private radios commentators arguing that we are not a 'true democracy' or a 'real democracy' because we lack certain attributes to make our political system a full-fledged democracy.
Such comments may be easily dismissed as being idealistic or trying to seek a prefect democracy that can only remain elusive. We should not, however, dismiss this nagging doubt that many entertain about our democratic system because as insiders in the system, we are all too well aware that there are serious weaknesses which undermine our political system and which need to be addressed.
Let us look at the main features that sustain our democratic system.
First, we have a reasonable level of economic development that provides for a high level of literacy. We have also a media industry. We also have enough wealth overall, which gives people time to think about the political affairs of the country. In a poor country, where the overwhelming majority of people have to use their time just to earn their daily bread, one cannot expect democracy to flourish in such conditions.
Second, we also have a plural social structure: different groups and interests with different levels of wealth are organized in different institutions and they have a power base in civil society to compete among themselves and with government. Such institutions provide checks and balances to contain state power.
Within the social structure we have to include all the institutions that have been set up to balance the different powers with the aim of checking authoritarian tendencies of the state and to guarantee the civil liberties of the citizens. Mistrust of state power has a long tradition in political thought from Locke and Rousseau. Locke emphasizes the rights of the individual against the state, while Rousseau wanted society to protect itself by a social contract. The third feature underpinning a democratic system is political culture and this is the area where there are serious concerns to be addressed in our society.
It is generally thought that political culture remains a fundamental element in the long-term viability of any democratic system. In many countries, the political system collapsed not because there was an absence of institutions or elections. It was rather the absence of political values which brought down the system and paved the way for totalitarianism. Mauritius has a long history of struggle for freedom and liberty and in the early decades of the 19th century, it was Remy Ollier who championed a long list of liberal values derived from the Age of Enlightenment.
Many of these provisions and many more, including the role of the judiciary, have been incorporated in our Constitution at Independence and, after 1968, further progress along democratic lines has been registered and, on the chapter on human rights, we are at present in the third generation of human rights.
Even though fundamental human rights have been enshrined in our Constitution, the question remains as to whether our population has developed the political culture necessary to ensure that these rights are implemented by our different institutions for our protection and for the safeguard of our democracy. Given the nagging doubt that persists among many in the general public and the wide prevalence of certain malpractices, which grossly violate human rights, one may easily conclude that a true political culture is deficient at various levels of our system.
The case of the young man allegedly stripped naked in a police cell (the police case was thrown out by the court as unfounded) is a glaring example of what should never happen in a democratic country respectful of its citizens and the fundamental human rights. It is also a symptom of other types of abuses which prevail in many other institutions: in hospitals, prisons, mental institutions, educational institutions and even the workplace. One has to listen to the radio to get an idea how people are being treated in Mauritius. Those who come on the air to denounce various malpractices and seek redress just form the tip of the iceberg, it appears.
All these malpractices are in some way related to the fact that the citizens in the country do not get from other citizens the respect and consideration that they deserve as human beings equal in rights to any other citizen. People continue to be assessed on the basis of their colour, ethnicity, religion, status and gender in both public and private spheres. Yet the basis of a democratic society is the equality of all human beings and the moral capacity of every citizen to participate in the affairs of his society.
You go to the doctor and among his first questions will figure one asking you where you work. At the airport, a group of professors went through the customs section; only the black person in the group had his luggage searched. In a hotel you speak to the hotel keeper in English and you get excellent service until the last day when he can hardly hide his disappointment when you bade him good bye in Creole. At the airport, a taxi driver wanted to charge Rs1000 rupees from a white man to drop him at Blue Bay. But the latter exploded into a big mocking laugh at the driver: 'Eh pas faire ça, mo Mauricien moi'.
We can multiply examples from all walks of life in our public and private institutions. Since our people have internalized all these prejudices of colour, race, gender, religion and ethnicity, it becomes difficult for people to develop a civic culture so important for sustaining a democratic system. All that the people do is to vote by ritual habit in elections with little understanding of the democratic norms. Many support politicians during elections in exchange for material rewards.
While many of our prejudices have historical roots which education has so far failed to exorcise, a large part of the responsibility must be attributed to the State, its colonial antecedent as well as its modern version. Throughout our history the State has been regarded as a resource to be captured by competing economic and social groups to realize the interests of their members. In a situation of limited resources, the conflicts, which rent our institutions, are the result of these warring tribes, institutional deals, exclusive access to public funds and creeping materialism.
The scrambling for state resources has produced a number of attitudes, which are inimical to a democracy and human rights. At present, the public expresses disdain for politicians, for institutions and for the Establishment. Such negative attitudes are a threat to our democracy and can easily take us on the road of totalitarianism.
We can no longer take the survival of democratic values for granted. We need to restore trust in our institutions and promote more aggressively a fair and just society where human rights are respected by one and all. We have to reaffirm our faith in the dignity of the human person and the equality of all men and women.
This is a duty and a responsibility which every citizen should shoulder to preserve our democracy for ourselves and for future generations. We all have a duty to bequeath to future generations a better and a more democratic society than what we have inherited so far.


Now that the weather is warming up, a lot more accidents and injuries are soon to occur. Many hospital and emergency room workers have been known to refer to summer breaks as "trauma season" due to the influx of children's injuries. Between May and September, a large number of hospitals see the number of children's injuries nearly double. This starts in April, when bicycle injuries become more common.
While the summertime brings an array of different injuries, here are the top 10 most common injuries to look out for with the warming weather.
Bicycle Injuries. When riding a bicycle, there are many injuries that can result including arm and wrist fractures, along with head injuries, making safety gear important.
Lawn Mower Accidents. While these accidents aren't as common as the rest of the list, they are among the most serious.
This is the most common injury among children. Whether they take a dive from a skateboard or slip near a pool, the lower height falls can be the more serious. Practice caution around dangerous areas.
Amusement Rides. Every year, 4,000 injuries occur at amusement parks. Of those 4,000, over 70 percent occur between the months of May and September.
Gunshot Wounds. Around half of all injuries from air rifles, BB guns and paintball guns happen in the summer and early fall due to children being out of school.
With the increased use of outdoor grills, there are hundreds of injuries and fires every year. Campfire-related incidents also spike during the summer months.
Trampoline Accidents. Most commonly, injuries and accidents occur when there is more than one person on a trampoline at one time. This is because jumping at the same time can lead to collisions that result in concussions, sprains and broken bones.
Dogs are more likely to break loose from a yard or being unrestrained during the summertime. Kids are the most common victim of dog bites.
ATV, Dirt Bike, or Motorcycle Injury. ATV injuries often come as a result of rollovers while dirt bike and motorcycle injuries are more common from high speeds and jumps. Both can result in head injuries and bone fractures.
Swimming Injuries. Diving accidents make up around five percent of all spinal cord injuries and drownings spike in June and July due to pools opening for the season, making a life guard or designated adult supervision imperative.
If you or a loved one have been injured through no fault of your own, contact our team of South Jersey personal injury lawyers today. At Jarve Kaplan Granato Starr, we understand the emotional impact of a personal injury and will put our experience to work to recover the damages you deserve.


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Delta Tau Delta to lose house due to numbers
Samuel Flood
The Lawrence chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity will no longer have its house in the fraternity quad as of next year. The house, in the southwest corner of the fraternity quad, either will be converted to general lottery housing or will be taken over by another group, as the former Phi Tau house was several years ago.
The reason for the loss, as explained by both Delt president Ray Tucker and Associate Dean of Students for Campus Life Amy Uecke, was an inability to meet the requirement of 100-percent occupancy for next year.
Tucker added, "We were unable to meet this rule for multiple reasons. We did not have enough members to compensate for members studying abroad, transferring out of Lawrence and leaving for personal reasons."
The effects of this loss for the Delta Nu chapter may be widespread. Tucker said that his biggest concern was recruiting, problems with which could lead to an eventual loss of the fraternity charter if the fraternity is unable to keep membership at levels acceptable to the national organization.
As to why membership has dropped recently, Tucker pointed to the stereotype of notoriety the fraternity has picked up, undeservingly. "We're not rapists and drunks," he said. "This stereotype is untrue, and I hope that the loss of our house will help people learn that fabricated stereotypes are detrimental to the community."
In moving forward, Uecke stressed that the "Delts are not being pushed out of the opportunity for group housing just because they couldn't fill their current house. They had the opportunity to apply for another, smaller house on campus, and chose not to."
In formal group housing, any group may apply for any of the open houses on campus.
Recently, the Phi Kappa Tau and the Phi Delta Theta fraternities followed this mold, as they applied for and were granted smaller houses on campus when unable to fill their larger quad houses. For the Delts, this will be an opportunity "to step back and look at what Delta Nu is all about," Tucker said. "Even though this is a difficult challenge, losing the house will help us evaluate that."
First created in 2001, formal group housing was an initiative by the administration to create the opportunity for any officially recognized student group to enjoy the same benefits as the fraternities and co-op houses, which at the time were the only groups eligible for group housing.
"When formal group housing was first instituted," Uecke said, "the members of the board, consisting of members from the fraternities and co-op, decided that housing on the quad and elsewhere was a privilege, and that the privilege should be extended to the rest of the campus community."
At that time, the current set of rules governing application eligibility were established. Tucker, referencing the Delt's loss of house as well as the Phi Tau and Phi Delt's loss, said he thinks that the "rule needs to be re-evaluated if multiple fraternities are struggling to meet this rule and have hence lost their houses and are struggling just to keep their charters.
The Lawrentian Staff - May 15, 2009
Samuel Flood The Lawrence chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity will no longer have its house in the fraternity quad as of next year. The house, in the southwest corner of the fraternity quad, either will be converted to general lottery housing or will be taken over by another group, as the former Phi…

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Гли́нка — село в Україні, у Кальміуській міській громаді Кальміуського району Донецької області. Населення становить 650 осіб.

Загальні відомості
Відстань до райцентру становить близько 34 км і проходить автошляхом місцевого значення.

Землі села межують із с. Чирилянське Бойківського району Донецької області та Матвієво-Курганським районом Ростовської області Російської Федерації.

Із 2014 р. внесено до переліку населених пунктів на Сході України, на яких тимчасово не діє українська влада.

Населення
За даними перепису 2001 року населення села становило 650 осіб, із них 86,31 % зазначили рідною мову українську та 13,38 % — російську.

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Посилання
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Let's escape from autumn with beautiful graphics.
"Escape Game -Autumn foliage" is included in "Escape Rooms".
I'm going to view the moon with my grandpa tonight!I've got his favorite maple-shape buns from Nakayubi buns store because I wanted to see his delighted smile!
The stage of this time is the beautiful Japanese room.
There are lots of mysteries that unique autumn.


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Günter Lipp (* 1940) ist ein deutscher Kommunalpolitiker (SPD) und Heimatpfleger.

Werdegang
Lipp war von 1972 bis 1975 Zweiter Bürgermeister der Gemeinde Kraisdorf. Nach deren Eingemeindung gehörte er von 1978 bis 1990 dem Stadtrat von Ebern an. Daneben übt er seit 1972 ein Mandat im Kreistag des Landkreises Haßberge aus. Von 2002 bis 2008 war er weiterer Stellvertreter des Landrats.

Seit 1991 ist er Kreisheimatpfleger. Als Heraldiker gestaltete er rund 50 amtliche Wappen für bayerische und thüringische Kommunen.

Weitere Ehrenämter übernahm er bei der Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO), bei der er 1972 zum stellvertretenden Vorsitzenden des Kreisverbandes Haßberge gewählt wurde und den er von 1996 bis 2006 leitete. Nachhaltig setzte er sich für den Jugendtreff Obendrin in Ebern ein.

Ehrungen
 2011: Verdienstkreuz am Bande der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Schriften
 Der Weisach-Baunach-Grund. – G. Lipp, 1980
 Türme im Eberner Land. – Ebern, Frickendorf 34: G. Lipp, 1988

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We're big cheesecake fans here at Ahlan! HQ and have been waiting for months, tummies grumbling, for US giant The Cheesecake Factory to open in The Dubai Mall. On 16 August, its doors finally open. So let's just take a moment to say Yay! on behalf of all the Cheesecake Factory fans out there.
Launched in California in 1978, the brand now has restaurants worldwide. Make sure you try one of their 50 legendary cheesecakes. Our fave is the Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake!
INFO: The Dubai Mall, www.thecheesecakefactory.com.


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Махајана (, mahāyāna - велико возило, велики пут) је једна од две главне школе будизма (друга је теравада - стара школа).

Означава северни будизам (Кина, Јапан, део Индокине; условно Тибет и Монголија). Каснијег настанка, махајана развија метафизику, космологију, онтологију, теологију. Идеал је бодисатва, биће које, иако пред ослободењем, застаје да би тим широким путем повело остале. Две најважније школе махајана будизма биле су школа празнине и школа свести. Појам празнине је играо кључну улогу у развоју махајане. Баш као што учење о несопству пориче да постоји сопство, тако и шуњата одређује да је читава стварност празна. Махајана признаје хинајану, али не и обратно. Махајана себе сматра потпунијим изразом Будине дарме него што је то мањи огранак, теравада.

"Махајана" се такође односи на настојања Бодисатве да постане потпуно пробуђени Буда (самијаксамбуда) за добробит свих живих бића, те се стога назива и "бодисатвино возило" (бодисатвајана). Махајански будизам генерално види циљ постајања Буде путем бодисатве као доступан свима, а стање архата види као непотпуно. Махајана такође укључује бројне Буде и бодисатве којих нема у теравади (као што је амитаба). Будистичка филозофија Махајане такође промовише јединствене теорије, као што су мадјамачка теорија празнине (шуњата), доктрина виђнана-ваде и учење о природи Буде.

Традиције Вађрајане су подгрупа Махајане које користе бројне тантричке методе за које сматрају да су брже и снажније у остваривању Буде.

Иако је у почетку то био мали покрет у Индији, махајана је на крају прерасла у утицајну силу индијског будизма. Велики сколастички центри повезани са махајаном, попут Наланде и Викрамашиле, успевали су између седмог и дванаестог века. Током своје историје, махајански будизам се ширио кроз Јужну Азију, Централну Азију, Источну Азију и Југоисточну Азију. Махајана у данашње време остаје утицајна у Кини, Тајвану, Монголији, Кореји, Јапану, Вијетнаму, Непалу, Малезији и Бутану.

Традиција Махајане је највећа међу водећим традицијама будизма у данашње време (при чему 53% будиста припада источноазијској Махајани и 6% у Вајрајани), у поређењу са 36% за Тераваду (према подацима једног истраживања из 2010).

Историја

Неки научници сматрају да је махајана настала између 1 века п. н. е. и 1. века н. е, док други сматрају да се појавила знатно касније, између 100. и 250. године. Доктрина махајане први пут се појавила у Сутри савршене мудрости (prajnaparamita), која се датира око 100. године. Овај нови правац будизма је себе прогласио махајаном, великим возилом, остављајући будизму из прошлости назив хинајана, или мање возило. Процес којим је махајана будизам заживео није у потпуности познат, али период транзиције око 100. године произвео је много важних текстова.

Махајана, као нови пут, се разликује од старијег огранка, који се састојао од више школа (теравада, сарвастивада, итд.), које су махајанисти скупно описали као хинајана или "мало возило" спасења. Ово је значило да хинајанске школе излажу пут спасења који није универзалан по својој сврси и опсегу.

Прелаз од "малог" ка "великом" возилу био је заправо промена идеала будистичког савршенства. Док је ранија тежња будисте била да постане архат, који достиже стање нирване и никада се не враћа у лажно стање самсаре, дотле присталица махајане жели да постане бодисатва, биће које, иако је досегнуло пробуђење, жртвује сопствену добробит за добробит свих људских бића и бира да остане у свету уместо да се повуче. Ово је недвосмислено била нова перспектива, можда под утицајем, како велики број научника верује, хиндуистичке бхакти побожности.

У оквиру махајане у 2. веку се развила школа мадхјамика, коју је утемељио филозоф Нагарђуна својом доктрином празнине (шуњате). За мадхјамиком је уследила школа јогачаре, коју су основали Асанга и Васубандху (IV век) и која је упражњавањем јоге утрла пут живљем прожимању махајане са хиндуизмом. Крајњи стадијум развоја махајане настаје усвајањем мноштва небудистичких елемената (мантри, симбола и култних пракси) почев од VIII века и назива се мантрајана, а касније вађрајана, или тантра. Ово учење, познато и као тантрички будизам, имало је свој пандан у тантричком хиндуизму.

Махајанска школа се проширила на северозапад Индије у подручје које је било под утицајем хеленистичке културе. Такође се проширила и на север, у средњу Азију, у 1. веку, а одатле у 2. веку даље у Кину. Преко Манијевог учења је овај облик будизма извршио утицај на хришћанство, а посебно на његове гностичке струје. Махајана је временом постала преовлађујући облик будизма у Индији, у време његовог врхунца.

Данас се практикује у Кини, Кореји, Тајвану, Вијетнаму и Јапану, развијајући у тим земљама нове форме кроз чисту земљу и зен.

Обележја

Једно од обележја махајне је истицање самилости више него у хинајани, коју је одликовало наглашавање мудрости. Следеће обележје је истицање бодхисатве, као идеала коме сви треба да стреме, уместо наглашавања архата у хинајани.

Махајана доктрина је била у највећој мери заинтересована за обликовање логике која ће бити у стању да оперише противуречним појмовима а да се не упада у контрадикцију. Ово се често назива "негативном логиком", али у ствари то је једноставно не-аристотеловска логика која не признаје принцип искључења трећег, услед чега надилази и афирмацију и негацију. Ради се о одбацивању просте алтернативе ако не А, онда не-А, што је водило смелим спекулацијама.

У складу са отвореним приступом школе, од самог почетка је била изражена спремност за укључивање у интелектуалне расправе и употребу заједничког индијског књижевног језика оног времена, санскрита. Тако је настала верзија санскрита којим су се служили будисти, пракрит, који је модерним лингвистима познат као "хибридни санскрит". Универзализам махајане такође се огледала у њеној спремности да усвоји нове идеје, од којих су неке изведене из народне религије, док друге вероватно одсликавају снажан грчко-римски утицај у северозападној Индији, изворишту махајане, као нпр. појам савршене Мудрости (Прађна-парамита).

Махајана будизам је постао прилично помешан са локалним веровањима, поготово кинески будизам, у којем постоји мноштво локалних Буда па и богова којима је додељено то звање.

Неки следбеници тераваде тврде да је махајана извитоперено Будино учење. Махајанисти, међутим, указују на то да је Готама Буда прихватао промену као једну од темељних истина, и да њихова интерпретација будизма није ништа већа деформација дарме него што је храст деформација жира.

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Note: this chart shows extraordinary price action to the upside.
By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 192.13.
The projected upper bound is: 217.67.
The projected lower bound is: 203.30.
The projected closing price is: 210.49.
A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened).
During the past 10 bars, there have been 4 white candles and 6 black candles for a net of 2 black candles. During the past 50 bars, there have been 30 white candles and 20 black candles for a net of 10 white candles.
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The CCI shows overbought (above 100) and oversold (below -100) areas. The current value of the CCI is 94. This is not a topping or bottoming area. The last signal was a sell 1 period(s) ago.
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FACEBOOK INC A closed up 1.850 at 209.940. Volume was 43% below average (neutral) and Bollinger Bands were 5% narrower than normal.
Open High Low Close Volume___
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Technical Outlook
Short Term: Overbought
Intermediate Term: Bullish
Long Term: Bullish
Moving Averages: 10-period 50-period 200-period
Close: 206.97 194.93 180.87
Volatility: 17 23 34
Volume: 14,057,988 16,803,076 23,600,820
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package ee.cone.c4actor

import com.squareup.wire.ProtoAdapter
import ee.cone.c4actor.QProtocol.{S_Offset, N_TxRef, N_Update, S_Updates}
import ee.cone.c4proto.{HasId, Protocol, ToByteString}

import scala.collection.immutable.{Queue, Seq}
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8

import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
import ee.cone.c4actor.Types.{NextOffset, SrcId, TypeId}
import okio.ByteString

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//

class QRecordImpl(val topic: TopicName, val value: Array[Byte], val headers: Seq[RawHeader]) extends QRecord

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  //import qAdapterRegistry._
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  def send[M<:Product](local: Context): Context = {
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    val debugRec = new QRecordImpl(LogTopicName(),debugStr.getBytes(UTF_8), Nil)
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    Function.chain(Seq(
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      WriteModelDebugKey.set(Queue.empty),
      ReadAfterWriteOffsetKey.set(offset)
    ))(local)
  }
}

class ToUpdateImpl(
  qAdapterRegistry: QAdapterRegistry,
  deCompressorRegistry: DeCompressorRegistry,
  compressorOpt: Option[RawCompressor],
  compressionMinSize: Long
)(
  updatesAdapter: ProtoAdapter[S_Updates] with HasId =
  qAdapterRegistry.byName(classOf[QProtocol.S_Updates].getName)
    .asInstanceOf[ProtoAdapter[S_Updates] with HasId],
  refAdapter: ProtoAdapter[N_TxRef] with HasId =
  qAdapterRegistry.byName(classOf[N_TxRef].getName)
    .asInstanceOf[ProtoAdapter[N_TxRef] with HasId],
  offsetAdapter: ProtoAdapter[S_Offset] with HasId =
  qAdapterRegistry.byName(classOf[QProtocol.S_Offset].getName)
    .asInstanceOf[ProtoAdapter[S_Offset] with HasId],
  fillTxIdFlag: Long = 1L,
  txIdPropId: Long = 0x001A,
  archiveFlag: Long = 2L
)(
  withFillTxId: Set[Long] = qAdapterRegistry.byId.collect{case (k, v) if v.props.exists(_.id == txIdPropId) ⇒ k}.toSet
) extends ToUpdate with LazyLogging {

  def toUpdate[M <: Product](message: LEvent[M]): N_Update = {
    val valueAdapter = qAdapterRegistry.byName(message.className)
    message match {
      case upd: UpdateLEvent[_] ⇒
        val byteString = ToByteString(valueAdapter.encode(upd.value))
        val txRefFlags = if (withFillTxId(valueAdapter.id)) fillTxIdFlag else 0L
        N_Update(message.srcId, valueAdapter.id, byteString, txRefFlags)
      case _: DeleteLEvent[_] ⇒
        N_Update(message.srcId, valueAdapter.id, ByteString.EMPTY, 0L)
      case _: ArchiveLEvent[_] ⇒
        N_Update(message.srcId, valueAdapter.id, ByteString.EMPTY, archiveFlag)
    }
  }

  private val compressionKey = "c"

  private def findCompressor: List[RawHeader] ⇒ Option[DeCompressor] = list ⇒
    list.collectFirst { case header if header.key == compressionKey ⇒ header.value } match {
      case Some(name) ⇒ Option(deCompressorRegistry.byName(name))
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Posts Tagged 'Jinnah'
Pakistan – Blackmail as State Policy
March 6, 2011 Anuraag Sanghi	1 comment
How American puppets in Middle-East have kept their people backwards ? (Image courtesy - venturacountystar.com). Click for larger image.
United States is being subjected to an old-fashioned protection racket by Pakistan: pay up or things could go bad for you. Those making money out of extortion and blackmail always come back for more. It's a measure of the US's waning global strength that it seems to have no option other than to keep paying.US is paying for Pak protection racket | By SHAUN GREGORY |
Pakistan's DNA
Jinnah held the entire sub-continent to ransom. After 200 conflicts in 150 years, as the British with their backs to the wall, were walking away, Jinnah became a spoiler. The hour of triumph turned into moment of tragedy. A country born out of this blackmail, has now formalized blackmail as State Policy.
Categories: History, India, Indian media, Politics, Religion, USA Tags: Big Oil, Britain, British Empire, de-colonization, India, India-Pakistan, Indian independence, Indo-Pak ties, Jinnah, Oil, oil dollar, oil Politics, oil prices, Pakistan, USA
Pakistan and Kashmir – Regaining the narrative!
August 8, 2010 Anuraag Sanghi	2 comments
Having got their way, Jinnah and Co., Pakistan should have been a happy lot. So, goes Indian thinking.
Instinct for self-putrefaction (Cartoonist – Chip Bok).
The puzzle of Pakistan
Over the last 63 years, Indians have had to face upto either a Kashmir 'problem' or a Pakistani 'threat'.
Having got their way, Jinnah and Co., Pakistan should have been a happy lot. So, goes Indian thinking. The last 25 years of ISI-Khalistan-Peshwar-Afghan-Taliban-Kashmir axis leaves an average Indian (like me) quite puzzled. What do these guys want from us? In another context, Arvind Subramanian pointed out
Narratives matter. Not just for creating and sustaining nationhood as Isaiah Berlin famously argued. They also matter critically in international negotiations. At the moment, India is not winning the battle of the narrative on climate change. And that's a worry.
Are we losing the narrative in the case of Pakistan and Kashmir too?
A short cursory look says no. After all, America had a civil war within a 100 years after the declaration of independence. Britain had its Cromwell at the start of its imperial innings. Russia, Italy, Germany, France, China, Japan went through various upheavals when limiting monarchy or changing over from monarchy to republican governments.
But then, India is 'different' …
The Kashmiri conundrum
We know what Hurriyat Conference wants: azadi, freedom. But freedom from what? Freedom from Indian rule. Doesn't an elected Kashmiri, Omar Abdullah, rule from Srinagar?
Yes, but Hurriyat rejects elections. Why? Because ballots have no azadi option. But why can't the azadi demand be made by democratically elected leaders? Because elections are rigged through the Indian Army. Why is the Indian Army out in Srinagar and not in Surat? Because Kashmiris want azadi.
Let's try that again.
What do Kashmiris want freedom from? India's Constitution.
What is offensive about India's Constitution? It is not Islamic. This is the issue, let us be clear.
The violence in Srinagar isn't for democratic self-rule because Kashmiris have that. The discomfort Kashmiris feel is about which laws self-rule must be under, and Hurriyat rejects a secular constitution.
Hurriyat deceives the world by using a universal word, azadi, to push a narrow, religious demand. Kashmiris have no confusion about what azadi means: It means Shariah. Friday holidays, amputating thieves' hands, abolishing interest, prohibiting alcohol (and kite-flying), stoning adulterers, lynching apostates and all the rest of it that comprises the ideal Sunni state.
Not one Shia gang terrorizes India; terrorism on the subcontinent is a Sunni monopoly.
There is a token Shia among the Hurriyat's bearded warriors, but it is essentially a Sunni group pursuing Sunni Shariah. Its most important figure is Umar Farooq. He's called mirwaiz, meaning head of preachers (waiz), but he inherited his title at 17 and actually is no Islamic scholar. He is English-educated, but his base is Srinagar's sullen neighbourhood of Maisuma, at the front of the stone-pelting. His following is conservative and, since he has little scholarship, he is unable to bend his constituents to his view.
Hurriyat's modernists are led by Sopore's 80-year-old Ali Geelani of Jamaat-e-Islami. Jamaat was founded in 1941 by a brilliant man from Maharashtra called Maududi, who invented the structure of the modern Islamic state along the lines of a Communist one.
The Kashmiri separatist movement is actually inseparable from Sunni fundamentalism. Those on the Hurriyat's fringes who say they are Gandhians, like Yasin Malik, are carried along by the others in the group so long as the immediate task of resisting India is in common. But the Hurriyat and its aims are ultimately poisonous, even for Muslims.
The Hurriyat Conference's idea of freedom unfolds from a religious instinct, not a secular sentiment. This instinct is sectarian, and all the pro-azadi groups are Shia-killers. In promoting their hatred, the groups plead for the support of other Muslims …
We think Indian Muslims are different from Pakistanis and less susceptible to fanaticism. It is interesting that within Pakistan, the only group openly and violently opposed to Taliban and terrorism are UP and Bihar migrants …So what do the separatist groups want? It is wrong to see them as being only terrorist groups. They operate in an intellectual framework, and there is a higher idea that drives the violence. This is a perfect state with an executive who is pious, male and Sunni. Such a state, where all is done according to the book, will get God to shower his blessings on the citizens, who will all be Sunnis.
The current violence is a result of this. Given their boycott of politics, the Hurriyat must rally its base by urging them to violence and most of it happens in Maisuma and Sopore. The violence should also clarify the problem in the minds of neutrals: If Kashmiri rule does not solve the azadi problem, what will? (What ails Kashmir? The Sunni idea of 'azadi' By Aakar Patel).
Loot kill, plunder and power – No Islamic caliphate, democracy or capitalism (Cartoonist – Matt Wuerker).
Regressive numbers
A writer with a 'helpful' background, Aatish Taseer brings another interesting perspective.
It is one of the vanities of a war, like the war on terror, to believe that your enemy's reasons for fighting are the same as yours. We are bringers of freedom, democracy and Western-style capitalism; they hate freedom, democracy and Western-style capitalism. It is an irresistible symmetry; and if not a way to win a war, it is certainly a way to convince yourself that you're fighting the good war. But there is another possibility, one that the Americans, and other defenders of post-colonial thinking, are loath to admit: that a place's problem might truly be its own; that your reasons for fighting are not your enemy's reasons; and that you might only be a side-show in an internal war with historical implications deeper than your decade-long presence in the country.
In the case of Pakistan, the imposition of this easy West versus Islam symmetry has helped conceal what is the great theme of history in that country: the grinding down of its local syncretic culture in favour of a triumphant, global Islam full of new rigidities and intolerances. It is this war, which feels in Pakistan like a second Arab conquest, that earlier last month saw, as its latest target, the Data Sahib shrine in Lahore—among the most important of thousands of such shrines that dot the cities and countryside of Punjab and Sindh.
But there is also something else, and this has been going on in Pakistan since its inception: the wish to cleanse the Islam of that country of its cultural contact with the Indian subcontinent, a contact that is, for many in Pakistan, a contamination. For me, with my Indian upbringing, and Pakistani father, this desire to remove all trace of India was visible everywhere. It was there in the dress of a woman in Karachi, under the hem of whose black Arab abaya an inch of Indian pink was visible; it was there in the state's desire to impose restrictions on weddings so that they would be stripped of their Indian rituals and become only Islamic; it was there in the hysteria surrounding the kite-flying festival of Basant, where public safety concerns—and this in Pakistan!—were invented so that the Indian spring festival could be put out of business once and for all.
But one cannot be too hopeful. Pakistanis have stood by and watched the decay of their society for over six decades now. It seems that once the original outrage dies down, no significant majority will be found to defend the old religion of Pakistan. They will see it go as they have seen so many things go. The reason for this is that original idea on which Pakistan was founded, the idea of the secular state for Indian Muslims, has perished and nothing has taken its place. The men who say "Pakistan was founded for Islam, more Islam is the solution", have the force of an ugly logic on their side. Their opponents, few as they are, have nothing, no regenerative idea to combat this violent nihilistic one.
Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons, India-Pakistan Islamic fundamentalism | A declining West and supportive China can be an explosive Pakistan. (Cartoonist – Nick Anderson.).
Frozen takeout
These following 'vatis' or 'katoris' can safely be put in the Kashmir 'thali': –
Currently, most of the Pakistani-Kashmiri-azadi syndrome is driven by a Sunni agenda.
Next, the significant level of disturbance is limited to Maisuma and Sopore.
Clearly, the rest of the Jammu, Ladakh, Leh regions are peaceful.
What is on the menu
Based on the agenda, actions, sounds and direction indicated by the azadi faction, Jammu and Kashmir will treat non-Muslims (non-Sunnis also as per the above two writers) as candidates fit for ethnic cleansing, fodder for religious conversions, and landless, jobless, clueless labourers – like in Pakistan. More than most, Big Industry and politics in Pakistan remain in the hands of 22 Pakistani land-owning families.
How can this be resolved?
A simple fact in history that everyone seems to forget is Sheikh Abdullah. The 'secret' of Sheikh Abdullah's popularity was his agenda for land reform.
Maybe Omar Abdullah should take inspiration from his grandfather.
Kashmir put on the back burner: Mirwaiz (nation.com.pk)
Opinion: India's Blood-Stained Democracy (nytimes.com)
Islamic militants threaten war on Pakistan over Kashmir (telegraph.co.uk)
Divided families urge India, Pakistan to leave Kashmir (dawn.com)
Christian Missionaries Destroying Kashmiri Culture, Claims Muslim Leader (eurasiareview.com)
Srinagar sojourn (telegraphindia.com)
Bangladesh: A Step Behind Pakistan or a Step Behind India (quicktake.wordpress.com)
In Yumm-Rika There is no Corruption or How IAC Completely Gets The Story Wrong! (quicktake.wordpress.com)
Categories: History, India, India-Pakistan Relations, Pax Americana, Politics Tags: Colonialism, Indian independence, Islam, Jinnah, Kashmir
Oil, Dubai and India
Dubai – the modern El dorado?
In the last 40 years, Dubai and Middle East oil had interesting effects in India.
After the 1973 Oil Embargo, the oil riches, the glitzy infrastructure boom of the Middle East, new found power had a profound effect in India. It also made the Indian Muslim proud about his religious identity. The Bombay High oil find just about saved the Indian economy – and the Indian mental equilibrium. For the general Indian, the Middle East was the answer to the slow Indian economy. In an economy of shortages, an over-valued Indian currency, the Dubai allure was irresistible. It was the passport to wealth and abundance.
A voyage of 50 years
It took another 10-15 years for Indians to discover the underbelly of Dubai. To an average Indian, the prospect of slow career growth in Dubai, limited growth opportunities, the discrimination between the Western expatriates and Indians (and others) had a telling – and chilling effect. The Indian-Muslim, expecting a warm welcome in sandy climes, found a sneer instead.
As the Indian economy started taking off in the 1980's – starting with consumer electronics and auto-sector de-licensing, Indians found a new modus vivendi with Dubai and himself. The nineties saw this trend only become more pronounced. The Arab 'sheikh' marrying poor girls from Hyderabad peaked during this period.
Oil wells that don't end well
By 2000, India had arrived – and it was apparent to Indians, at least. In the last 10 years, as Saudi debt ballooned, Dubai's problems also became apparent. Just as it was apparent, and Quicktake pointed more than 1 year ago, that wheels are coming off Dubai. Saudi Arabia started accessing debt in 1980's due to low oil prices – to pay the bill for a 'welfare state'! Since then that debt has been reduced significantly – it still stands at US$62 billion.
Most oil producing countries, are now living at the edge. As India's new oil discoveries come on line from 2009, China's post-Olympics appetite for oil reduces, a recessionary US cuts down on oil consumption, a stagnant EU damps on oil – what happens to these oil producing countries!!
With the dollar hegemony at risk, what happens to their dollar reserves?
Arab sheikhs cant get poor girls from Hyderabad any more
The global liquidity boom saw the Indian economy offer more domestic opportunities. India's software successes gave the Indian expat manager in the Middle East some new found respect. The Arab 'sheikh' is not the frequent sight in Hyderabad now – nor is he as important, as then.
The Indian Muslim in the meantime, has also come a full circle. From the colonial-era myth of 'Muslims were the erstwhile rulers of India', to a situation where (admittedly, the few) Jinnah's ideological acolytes in India, in the face of a imploding Pakistan, an anti-Islamic West and declining Middle East have had to perforce admit, what Deoband mainatained is that
for Muslims, there is no better country than India, no country in which Muslims are doing as well as they are doing in India. Our complaints, our objections, our problems exist, and we will continue to fight our fight for justice, but in other countries the situation is much worse.
I sometimes wonder, how a very well-to-do, urbane, Hyderabadi Muslim, I know, who thought he was a Muslim first, an admirer of the West next and India is the worst place on Earth till the 80's, thinks now.
But for most other Indian Muslims, the Middle East sheen, by this time, has worn off. Increasing incomes in India and stagnant incomes in the Middle East- and the circle is complete.
Categories: History, Indian Economy, Media, Politics, Religion, Social Trends, World Economy Tags: Dubai, India, Indian Muslim, Islam, Jinnah, Oil, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, West
The idea of Pakistan!
November 25, 2009 Anuraag Sanghi	Leave a comment
हंस के लिए हैं पाकिस्तान, लड़ के लेंगे हिंदुस्तान
With a contemptuous smile, we robbed them off Pakistan;
Now we will battle, to conquer Hindustan
Synthesis of Pakistan
For many years, the above slogan (popular in pre-partition India amongst Muslims) summed up the idea of Pakistan. Pakistan was more about taking away from Hindustan than making and building a Pakistan. And that is no surprise.
Jinnah acted pricey with the support of half a per cent (0.5%) of India's Muslim population - and the might of the British Raj behind him! (Cartoon - Artist - Low; David (1891-1963) Published - Evening Standard, 04 Sep 1946).
Consider what Jinnah later boasted "I will tell you who made Pakistan: Myself, my secretary and his typewriter". Many versions of the boast exist – though no one disputes the boast itself. Another writer narrates how Jinnah won "Pakistan merely with the assistance of "one Secretary and a typewriter machine".
Yet another researcher writes how "Jinnah once claimed that "I have won Pakistan with the help of my Secretary and his typewriter". One memoir of Khurshid, Jinnah's Secretary, pretty much says the same thing, "I'll tell you who made Pakistan. Myself, my secretary and his typewriter". At yet another occasion he seems to have said, " My dear man, I got you Pakistan with a typist and a typewriter."
Apocryphal (as Jaswant Singh seems to suggest) or verbatim, this boast was repeated so many times and in the many versions, does capture the Pakistani mindset. The State of Pakistan was an artificial creation – and popular leaders like Sheikh Abdullah refused to even meet up with Jinnah and was deemed irrelevant.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn …
What partition era Indians remember most about the slogan above, was the indifference, to the fate of Pakistan by the soon-to-be Pakistanis – and their total India-centric focus. It is their reading, that the Pakistanis may not mourn away the passing away of Pakistan much – which is something that most Indians do not factor. Having got Pakistan for a song, they may soon be found snickering at its break up.
Is it this indifference which has allowed Pakistan to become a client state of the West?
Resident Non Indians
Some part of the Indian bureaucracy and English speaking media is possibly made up of RNIs (Resident Non-Indians), whose children and future, they have 'secured' in the West – much like the indifferent Pakistanis.
And this may be the one quality, that possibly is the one thing, that the RNIs and Pakistanis share – indifference to the fate of the country.
Categories: History, India, Indian Economy, Indian education, Indian media, Media, Politics, Social Trends Tags: Colonialism, failed state, India, Indian independence, Indian partition, Jinnah, Pakistan, Resident Non Indians, the idea of Pakistan
A 'progressive' Muslim gets excited about English language – The Times of India
August 24, 2009 Anuraag Sanghi	Leave a comment
Abdul Hameed starts his day with half-a-dozen newspapers, four of which are in English. Later, the 25-year-old logs on to news websites and religiously watches CNN and BBC. Then he sits down to write news reports that he contributes to English news portals and magazines. He hopes that he will end up as a feature writer with an English magazine.
This is not what your standard madrassa graduate dreams of. But Hameed, an aalim (graduate) from the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, represents a modern rivulet watering the mindset of maulvis in Mumbai. In the Deoband school, English was treated like an alien tongue, the currency of the Christian West. But another organisation called Markazul Maarif Education and Research Centre (MMERC), which is devoted to Muslim upliftment, is all for linguistic freedom. In the last decade or so, MMERC's modest 'campus' — a group of rented rooms in an old building near Crawford Market (the school is moving to Jogeshwari) — has trained over 300 maulvis (including Hameed) to speak English, in order to prepare them for jobs in India and overseas. (via Words worth: Mr Maulvi's English August – India – NEWS – The Times of India).
A progressive Mussalman gets excited
Mohammed Wajihuddin is getting very excited about a few hundred 'maulvis' learning English. Possibly, he does not know that in the land of English, there are a 10,000 Muslims in prison. Seen in the light of Muslim demographics of 'Great' Britain, the picture becomes shocking.
The Milli Gazette feels similarly ... may be the answer is somewhere else
If Muslim males between 18-45 are the 'target' population for imprisonment, then we are talking about an 'eligible population of 250,000 people – out of less than 1.6 million UK Muslims. Of then 10,000 are in prison. And yet Britain is the hotbed of Islamic terrorism in the West! So, learning English is not solution Mr.Wajihuddin! In Latin it is called a non-sequitur, Mr.Wajihuddin!
Coming to Deoband
Deoband seminary was set up after the 1857 War, as a religious institution to 'escape' British repression. A 75 years later, the Deoband school became famous during Independence due to its strong anti-Jinnah, anti-Partition stand. 60 years later, Mahmud Madani still talks about 'our' India. And the Deoband school is in the vanguard against the 'jihadi-Talibani-Wahabbi' propaganda school which is mixing brewing poison in some Muslim minds.
His interview here lays out the land very clearly – without the pussyfooting around the issues. For all those in India, who are onto the Islamic demonization route, this should make them re-think.
For starters, must consider the Indic (by both Hindus and Muslims) fight for the overthrow of British colonialism – from the 1857 War to 1947. The Deoband Seminary, Sheikh Abdullah were all popular Muslim leaders – who did not wish for or support the formation of Pakistan.
And about the root of Islamic terrorism
The problems in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Middle East have their genesis in the cynical intervention by the West – in the last 150 years. These interventions have imbalanced traditional structures – and magnified problems. The US has turned Peshawar into a military arms bazaar. CIA created these Afghan Frankensteins – in pursuit of it own imperial competition with USSR. And then the imprisonment and sidelining of the Frontier Gandhi – Pakistan.
As the 2ndlook post 'Behind The Web of terror', on December 17th, 2007, pointed out, the answer to the Pakistani problems in the North West tribal areas was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. On October 3rd, 2008, the Frontier Gandhi's grandson was the target of suicide bomber. The terrorists are obviously worried that Khan Abdul Khan Ghaffar Khan's sensibility may make a comeback.
Instead of making inchoate remarks about English language and linguistic freedom, stiill your mind. When you have an iota of vision, standing and success that Deoband has, then you can talk, Mr.Wajihuddin!
Till then, sit at the feet of the masters at Deoband and learn in silence.
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Afghanistan, Britain, Deoband seminary, Frontier Gandhi, India, Islamic demonization, Islamic terrorism English language, Jinnah, Kashmir, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistan, Sheikh Abdullah
'We needed to make a demon of Jinnah… Let's learn from our mistakes'
Could Advani have made such a misstep ...!
How seriously has India misunderstood Jinnah?
I think we misunderstood because we needed to create a demon.
We needed a demon because in the 20th century, the most telling event in the entire subcontinent was the partition of the country.
Your book reveals how people like Gandhi, Rajagopalachari and Azad could understand the Jinnah or the Muslim fear of Congress majoritarianism but Nehru simply couldn't understand. Was Nehru insensitive to this?
No, he wasn't. Jawaharlal Nehru was a deeply sensitive man.
But why couldn't he understand?
He was deeply influenced by Western and European socialist thought of those days. Nehru believed in a highly centralised polity. That's what he wanted India to be. Jinnah wanted a federal polity.
Because that would give Muslims the space?
That even Gandhi understood.
You conclude that if Congress could have accepted a decentralised federal India, then a united India, as you put it, "was clearly ours to attain". Do you see Nehru at least as responsible for partition as Jinnah?
He says it himself. He recognised it and his correspondence, for example with the late Nawab Sahab of Bhopal, his official biographer and others. His letters to the late Nawab Sahab of Bhopal are very moving.
(via 'We needed to make a demon of Jinnah… Let's learn from our mistakes').
A 'victorious' Congress, ruling for most of the 60 years of post-colonial India, had three clear propaganda imperatives.
The Masters Glee - Confusion of Indian Independence
1 – TINA, There is no alternative
They needed to prove that it was only the Congress which could 'take on' and 'defeat' the 'glorious and the mighty' British Empire on which the sun never set. The logic went, "what could India(ns) have done without the Congress". This thinking went deeper and dirtier, when a certain Deb Kant Barooah, declared "India is Indira and Indira is India."
Similarly, Congress decided to re-write history and take all credit for the departure of the British colonialists. Contributions of leaders like SC Bose was ignored or the importance of the February 1946 joint action by the Indian Armed Forces against the colonial forces, was minimized to the 'Naval Ratings Mutiny.' Leaders like VD Savarkar (the first to write a non-colonial history of the War of 1857), or Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (the founder of the Jana Sangh-BJP) was dismissed as fascism.
Fact is, that Britain was bankrupt and could not hold onto India. Fact is, that for a 150 years – from 1797-1947, many rebellions, wars, individual hits were made against the colonial British Government. The myth of non-violent Indian freedom movement, served both colonial and Congress interests. It showed the British as 'civilized' colonialists – and the Congress as 'enlightened' leadership. Just like most Western literature caricatures African-American characters as hard-working, humble, docile, placid, obedient, gentle!
2 – If you don't have an enemy, create one!
The Congress needed to create an enemy. A demon, who they could blame, use, abuse – and Pakistan fitted the bill perfectly. A failed state (!), a hotbed of terrorism – and to top it all, an Islamic State. What more could the West-Congress combine ask for?
Easily slipping into colonial legacy of 'divide et impera', the Congress went onto a disastrous foreign policy trail of Hindi-Chini bhai bhai. A solid realtionship with Pakistan would have, arguably, saved Tibet from the Chinese maws – which Nehru's foreign policy predicated.
Basking in the 'glory' of Western approval
3 – Craven desires
To gain Western approval, acceptance, favours, privileges et al.
Consider the English language policy of the post-colonial Congress Government. It has massively subsidized English education in India so that the children of the elite could 'escape' to the West. The demeaning 'population control theory', the English language education – all, a result of this need of the Congress Party.
The deliberate colonial distortion of Indian history continues unchecked and unhindered. You only have to read Congress Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's speech at Oxford, praising the Raj, while receiving his honorary doctrate, or Chidambaram's decision to end "abject poverty" in India that he seems to "have known for 5,000 years."
Coming to the BJP
When Advani goes to Pakistan and praises Jinnah, it cannot be an accident, or a slip of the tongue. It had to be a deeply thought out, well considered move – one can say, after watching Advani for nearly 30 years now. The man does not go out and missteps so wrongly. The 'Advani-Jinnah-comments-fracas' was for media consumption – and BJP party workers. If Advani wanted to re-write history (about time too), that was one way!
And if there were any doubts, then Jaswant Singh's book, seals the argument.
Dutifully, within 48 hours, the BJP decided to 'expel' Jaswant Singh from the party, for his pro-Jinnah book on 19th August, 2009.
Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, promptly banned the book, in Gujarat. I see good sales for Jaswant's book – and rehabilitation of Jinnah in India, BJP willing.
On 23rd August Arun Shourie, 'tore' into the BJP leadership on the subject of Jaswant's Singh's book. India Today reported that he said, "Jaswant Singh's book is a scholarly work. It deserves to be read,", criticising the party for pulling the Jinnah remark out of context of the entire book.
One day later, on 24th August, KS Sudarshan, the former head of RSS weighed in on Jaswant Singh's side. It was reported that
"Jinnah had many facets. If you read history then you will come to know that Jinnah was with Lok Manya Tilak and was totally dedicated to the nation. And when Gandhi started the Khilafat movement, with the idea that currently we are opposing the British and if Muslims join in then their support will help gain independence. But at that time Jinnah opposed it saying that if the Caliph in Turkey has been dethroned, what has India got to do with it. That time nobody listened to him, which saddened him. So he quit the Congress and left for England and only returned in 1927," Sudarshan said.
On August 26th, 2009, newspapers reported that in response to BJP's Jinnah-offensive the "Cong threatens protests against attack on Nehru". Additional reports, stated that the "Cong(ress) plans defend-Nehru movement". Manish Tiwari, the Congress spokesman rationalized that, "approval of Jinnah could easily come from the BJP-RSS leadership because "they had no role in the freedom struggle".
On 30th August, 2009, a former general secretary and vice-president, Pyarelal Khandelwal, wrote a letter suggesting that
"Jaswant Singh's expulsion should be taken back and the matter should be discussed with him in a respectable manner to resolve the problem," the letter states. "The case gives the impression that while acting against the senior leader some party leaders had a well-planned intent to corner him and they showed too much haste," Khandelwal says in the letter. It would have been proper and in keeping with the party's image if the controversial portions of the book had been seriously discussed before taking action, as was done "in the case of Arun Shourie where a lot of patience was exercised". Khandelwal also suggests that had Jaswant Singh himself kept the party view in mind and sent in writing details of the book before its release or discussed the issue with the appropriate people in the party, this situation could have been avoided. "The discipline of the party could also have been kept intact," Khandelwal said.
On 5th September, that "though BJP has expelled Jaswant Singh from the party, its parent organisation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has invited his son Manvendra Singh to its national meeting in Mumbai."
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HomeEntertainmentCelebrity Trans Performers Check Lil Duval
Celebrity Trans Performers Check Lil Duval
August 1, 2017 Staff Entertainment 0
Shown are Janet Mock, Lil Duval and Laverne Cox
by Zahara Hill
New York's Power 105.1's "The Breakfast Club" has been the birthplace of problematic commentary from celebs the likes of ASAP Rocky to Rick Ross. But Jacksonville born and bred comedian Lil Duval took the radio show's reputation to an entirely different — and protest worthy — level last week when he joked that if he discovered a woman he'd been sexual with was transgender, she'd have to "die."
But the trans community and their allies weren't laughing, specifically trans activists Janet Mock and Laverne Cox. It was the reality of Duval's hypothetical situation that made the remarks so triggering.
Just last week, the New York Post reported that a former Navy sailor was sentenced to prison for fatally stabbing a woman 19 times after discovering she was transgender.
Mock, whose status as a transgender woman was tastelessly placed at the center of the conversation, was personally impelled to read Duval and "Breakfast Club" male hosts Charlamagne tha God and DJ Envy in an essay for Allure.
In one portion of the interview, Charlamagne engaged Duval in the ignorance-fueled and outdated inquiry that is asking a heterosexual identifying man how he'd react upon discovering a woman he slept with was transgender. After Duval said he'd "have to kill her," DJ Envy propelled the conversation by holding up Mock's autobiography "Surpassing Certainty," in which the gawgeous author can be seen posing on the memoir's cover.
"Tell me she ain't pretty," Charlamagne said of Mock after Duval asked Envy to put the book away per his clearly deeply rooted transphobic nature.
"That n**ga doin' his thing," Duval replied. "Ain't finna [sic] get me."
So on Sunday, Mock wanted to make it known that he need not worry that she'll ever attempt to "get him."
But that was only the first part of Mock's clapback. The second came about on Monday in the form of a wonderfully titled essay, "Dear Men of "The Breakfast Club": Trans Women Aren't a Prop, Ploy, or Sexual Predators."
In her essay, Mock doesn't hold just Duval accountable for sitting comfortably in his ignorant existence and disregard for the trans community, she also points to the role the continually problematic Charlamagne and DJ Envy played in igniting and perpetuating the toxic rhetoric. The direction of their conversation was also exceptionally brazen considering Mock was just a guest on their show less than two weeks ago.
"The hosts laugh after using my image as a literal prop," she wrote of the two male hosts. "Just days after I was a guest on the same show — for laughs, vitriol, and a deeper call and justification for violence. Just so we are all clear: On a black program that often advocates for the safety and lives of black people, its hosts laughed as their guest advocated for the murder of black trans women who are black people, too!"
"And just so we are clear: Just because you find me and my sisters attractive does not mean we desire you," she continued. "You never could."
"Duval purposefully misgendered me in an attempt to put me in my place and erase my womanhood," Mock wrote. "Their fragile masculinity would not allow them to recognize a simple truth: I am an accomplished, beautiful black trans woman. Your willful ignorance will not stop me from being exactly who I am. My sisters and I are here and we exist, and you will not diminish our light and our brilliance."
But Mock wasn't the only trans activist to check Duval. On Sunday, Cox went on Twitter to express the danger posed by Duval's statements.
Despite Cox and Mock's attempts to school Duval and those who share his thinking patterns, per the self-righteous nature he expressed in the interview, Duval posted this response to the public backlash.
Sadly, Duval seems to believe he's taking a stance by not accepting that his line of thinking is harmful. He refuses to regard the situation outside of a comedic context by making the above meme that only serves to reflect his hardheadedness and comfort with ignorance.
Although 40 years old, Duval conducted himself like a 12-year-old who will deride others for the sake of preserving his masculinity. Duval knows there are tons of like-minded fools who will back his provincial minded thinking and he continues to re-tweet them. As long as his performance of hyper-masculinity assures his friends — or in this case, audience — that he ain't gay and would never bag a trans person, he's good…grow up, boo.
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On this date the 24th of June in 1929, our father, Floyd Dee's half brother, Bobby J. Adams was born in Oklahoma to parents Floyd Brazier (Papaw) Adams and Johnny Adams.
He was the first born of our Papaw Adams from his first marriage. Bobby grew up in Drumwright, Oklahoma with his mother Johnny, but kept in touch with his Louisiana siblings over the years.
It's amazing how much our Papaw Adams and Uncle Bob look alike.
*Source: (c) FamilySearch.org "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKK-J55 : accessed 17 September 2015), Bobby J Adams in household of Floyd Adams, Lincoln Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-23, sheet 5B, family 87, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3331.