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Suhashini Raj with an American walked briskly towards the route to temple
Two persons intervened and asked, but, she showed some document told that they were tourists and proceeded…..
However, when they were found on the hill-path, the devotees asked them and police also surrounded and asked them to leave….
Suhashini Raj, not a devotee, but, a journo: In the case of Suhashini Raj, NDTV reported[1], "On Day 2 [18-10-2018, Thursday] of the Sabarimala temple opening, Suhasini Raj, a Delhi-based New York Times reporter who said she was not a devotee, began to trek uphill who got past Pamba base camp had to abort just before the lag leg of the trek to the shrine after protesters formed a human wall before her. According to the reporter[2], "the protesters had thrown stones, forcing the two journalists to return" but, it was false and the NDTV has no along with her colleague", adding, "Suhasini Raj, who is a Delhi-based journalist, along with her colleague, a foreign national, managed to go past the Pamba gateway but was stopped midway by angry Sabarimala devotees". Here, NDTV suppressed the fact that her college isa foreigner. The two journalists guts to tell the truth that she went there by telling lies. In fact, one person has videographed her trek that exposes her intent. Since the Sabarimala temple opening, at least 12 women have attempted the 20-km trek to the hilltop shrine starting at the Nilakkal base camp, but none of these women were successful.
Rehana Fathima Pyarijaan Sulaiman[3]: Rehana was brought up in an orthodox Muslim family and attended a madarassa[4]. "I used to wear the hijab and do namaz five times a day," she says. Things changed after her father died when she was in Class 12[5]. She is known for her angst over a male professor's comments on the students' breasts[6]. The professor compared them to watermelons and further advised girls to cover themselves since they attract men. In protest to this, Rehana Fathima, a 31-year-old BSNL government employee, she posed nude with watermelons[7]. The model and activist from Kochi received massive backlash for the same[8]. However, she explained that this was needed because she wanted "to question the restrictions regarding a woman baring her body", as per a report in The Times of India. She was also a part of several other movements of dissent. Fathima was the first woman to participate in the traditional Onam tiger dance in 2016, Thrissur Pulikali, that is traditionally done by all-male troupes. She has also been a part of the Kiss of Love campaign against moral policing in 2014, as per TOI. Fathima had earlier posted a picture of her wearing the 'mala' on Facebook with a single word caption: "Philosophy". After Fathima tried to enter the Sabarimala temple today, her house in Kochi was vandalised soon after but two unidentified people. Rehana now lives with her filmmaker partner Manoj, their two daughters and his parents. Manoj has produced the art film, and her debut movie, Eka about intersex people.
Kavitha Jakkal – online journo[9]: Kavitha Jakkal, a reporter from Hyderabad working with Mojo TV Telugu as a nes-presenter-cum-reporter, was one who was accompanying Fathima as the police escorted them to the gates of Lord Ayyappa's shrine. She also wore a bulletproof jacket as they walked from Pamba to Sannidhanam. She had earlier said that she won't return before the darshan. However, the two women were forced to return afterward as their security was threatened by an agitating crowd of devotees. The CEO of Mojo TV, Revathi Pogadadanda, took to Twitter soon after the incident and said that her team of journalists including Kavitha, Balakrishna and Narasing were going on an indefinite hunger strike. "They r fighting for their right. They are fighting for what the #SupremeCourt said. Don't take this country back to medieval ages! Let the law live," she wrote[10]. In a statement to the media, Kavitha said[11]: "I am a journalist, doing my duty. By religion, I am a Hindu. I am here to cover the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment. I have been arrested and forcibly taken to the airport. I can see the SC judgment was not implemented due to pressure. I condemn the way I was restricted. A journalist not being able to discharge her duty is nothing, but a weakness of the system. I thank the Kerala government and police for giving immense support to us. We could not complete the journey since anti-social elements have put children and the elderly in the line of fire. Given a chance, I will return to Sabarimala to offer prayers and I will come back to do my duty too." In Hyderabad, several rightwing activists stormed the MOJO TV office in Banjara Hills and raised slogans against Kavitha[12].
Mary Sweety- Catholic woman [13]: Another woman, Mary Sweety, tried to enter the temple but was forced to return soon after. Mary Sweety told reporters that "her body was full of divine power motivating her to climb", as per a report in The News Minute. A 46-year-old woman from Kerala's Kazhakkottam, she said she wanted to witness the deity at least once. However, she had to return midway after she was stopped by a group of protesting devotees. "I don't know about them (journalist Kavitha Jakkal & woman activist Rehana Fatima). If women have returned, it is your drawback. I want to go there," she said[14]. Kavitha Jakkal and Rehana Fathima were just metres away from the entry of the temple before they were stopped by protesting devotees and priests. Devotees outside Lord Ayyappa's shrine have blocked the entry gates while the head priest Kandarau Rajeevaru has decided to lock the temple and hand over the keys in view of the protests.
The dubious women were given protection, but, the devotees made to suffer: On Friday [10-10-2018], three women – an online journo Kavitha Jakkal from Hyderabad, activist Rehana Fathima from Kochi and Mary Sweety from Thiruvananthapuram – reached Pamba to trek to Sannidhanam. Though a special police team led by Inspector General S Sreejith escorted both Rehana Fathima and Kavitha to Sannidhanam, the women were asked to return to Pamba after a group of devotees blocked their entry at Nadapandhal at Sannidhanam chanting Swami Saranam. When Mary Sweety reached Pamba and decided to trek to Sannidhanam, police dissuaded her explaining about the volatile situation and safely escorted her back to Pathanamthitta. It was intriguing to note that how these media women with such shady back ground were given uniform, protection etc., when the devotees were disturbed. Moreover, how the two women followed the "Mandala vratam," who initiated etc. were also not known. Therefore, how ridiculous it was that they police to accompany them! Indian Express went on to argue, "While the state police are legally bound to give protection to women coming to Sabarimala for darshan following the Supreme Court verdict, they are now giving top priority to the law and order situation at Sabarimala.
Police to verify the background of the women, who want to enter the temple[15]: With Devaswom Minister Kadakkampilly Surendran on Friday [10-10-2018] making it clear that no forceful action will be taken to evict the protesting devotees at Sannidhanam, things have become much clear that the police won't use force on the devotees blocking the entry of women to Sabarimala". But the fact is, the police not only lathi-charged, but also damaged many vehicles marked by the side. The Minister also made it affirmative that they won't allow anyone to make use of the situation to hurt the sentiments of the devotees and convert Sabarimala into a war zone. He was referring to Rehana Fathima, a known activist, who made an attempt to enter Sabarimala. Senior police officers said they have been directed to verify the background of the women devotees who are reaching Pamba to proceed to Sannidhanam during this volatile situation. "Intelligence wing will be tracking the developments as there will be people with vested interests to make use of this vulnerable situation and flare up things for communal violence," a top police officer said[16]. So why it was done for the three or four women is intriguing.
[1] NDTV, NY Times Journalists On Sabarimala Trek Return Amid Protests, Edited by Richa Taneja (with inputs from Agencies) | Updated: October 18, 2018 21:10 IST
[2] https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/new-york-times-reporter-suhasini-raj-treks-to-sabarimala-protesters-stop-her-mid-way-1933776
[3] Times Now News, Sabarimala: Who are Rehana Fathima, Kavitha Jakkal, Mary Sweety, the 3 women who tried to enter Kerala shrine?, Updated Oct 19, 2018 | 15:36 IST | Times Now Digital
[4] Times of India, Meet Kerala's topless feminist, Sudha Nambudiri and Afrah Ali| TNN | Updated: Mar 25, 2018, 12:04 IST.
[5] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/meet-keralas-topless-feminist/articleshow/63445940.cms
[6] Hindustan Times, Sabarimala row: The women who kept Kerala cops on tenterhooks for hours, Updated: Oct 19, 2018 15:50 IST
[7] https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sabarimala-row-the-women-who-kept-kerala-cops-on-tenterhooks-for-hours/story-dQ9CWvchLR7dHvzoAUuAeJ.html
[8] https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/sabrimala-temple-rehana-fathima-kavitha-jakkal-mary-sweety-the-3-women-metres-lord-ayyappa-shrine-today-protest-police-sabarimala-news-rahana-rahna/301526
[10] https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/sabrimala-temple-rehana-fathima-kavitha-jakkal-mary-sweety-the-3-women-metres-lord-ayyappa-shrine-today-protest-police-sabarimala-news-rahana-rahna/301526
[11] Times of India, They used children, elderly to stop me at Sabarimala: Journo Kavitha, U Sudhakar Reddy| TNN | Oct 20, 2018, 07:06 IST.
[12] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/they-used-children-elderly-to-stop-me-at-sabarimala-journo-kavitha/articleshow/66289624.cms
[13] Times Now News, Sabarimala: Who are Rehana Fathima, Kavitha Jakkal, Mary Sweety, the 3 women who tried to enter Kerala shrine?, Updated Oct 19, 2018 | 15:36 IST | Times Now Digital
[15] Indian Express, Police in Catch-22 situation; to check background of women arriving at Sabarimala, Published: 19th October 2018 07:26 PM | Last Updated: 19th October 2018 07:49 PM.
[16] http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/oct/19/police-in-catch-22-situation-to-check-background-of-women-arriving-at-sabarimala-1887366.html
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The split judgment of Sabarimala and the haste politics of Communists leading to complications: The Supreme Court has announced that women of all ages could enter Sabarimala Iyyappan Temple in its judgment delivered on September 28, 2018. It has been a split judgment, as one of the five judges differed with the others[1]. Evidently, the Supreme Court or the four judges have not gone into the details of the temple, its tradition and connected rituals. Also, they have not considered the other provisions of the Constitution, where, various religious sects and denominations could maintain their own temples, belief system etc., without affecting others. That Sabarimala temple and devotees have been maintaining their position for hundreds of years has been proven by its existence and continuing traditions. As this has been the condition, the scene created, definitely by few, has been condemnable, as Sabarimala is not a place of picnic, activism or politics.Therefore, the few women, that too, non-Hindus, journalists and TV crew to go there and create problem, affecting the devotees, who have been going there with the vow, proves the pre-planned attack on the Sabarimala devotees, under the guise of law. Evidently, the Kerala government, now headed by the Communists have stated exploiting it as an opportunity to disturb and wound the sentiments of the devotees, by applying the police force, as evident from the happenings.
Sabarimala movement has given space for all: Sabarimala movement, in the sense, that it gives equality to all without any discrimination, particularly for men, has been grown phenomenally, attracting many. Of late, rich people, actors and others started going there. Generally, poor people, labourers, workers, auto drivers and others used to go there, as they used to start their nonbu / penance during Kartigai month. Thus, it is very much similar to Varkari movement that drew lakhs of devotees spontaneously[2]. During their vow period, they do not take non-veg food, drink, smoke etc., and thus, they follow "brahmacharya" as a "kannisami" viz. young male devotee of virtues. They feel pride, as all others call them as "Sami" with respect. Of course, young and old women going there has been a regular feature and none took it differently……Thus, all have been going on well for so many years, but, in 2018, it has become a big issue. Ironically, instead of real woman-devotees, as they respected the tradition and do not want to violate, in spite of the judgment, few non-Hindu women, that too, journalists tried to enter with police force affecting the sentiments of crores of Hindus. How many of Indians would have red 411 pages judgments is also not known.
It is not dissent judgement, but, people's judgment: The Judge, Indu Malhothra, has summarized her order as follows: "The summary of the aforesaid analysis is as follows:
(i) The Writ Petition does not deserve to be entertained for want of standing. The grievances raised are non-justiciable at the behest of the Petitioners and Intervenors involved herein.
(ii) The equality doctrine enshrined under Article 14 does not override the Fundamental Right guaranteed by Article 25 to every individual to freely profess, practise and propagate their faith, in accordance with the tenets of their religion.
(iii) Constitutional Morality in a secular polity would imply the harmonisation of the Fundamental Rights, which include the right of every individual, religious denomination, or sect, to practise their faith and belief in accordance with the tenets of their religion, irrespective of whether the practise is rational or logical.
(iv) The Respondents and the Intervenors have made out a plausible case that the Ayyappans or worshippers of the Sabarimala Temple satisfy the requirements of being a religious denomination, or sect thereof, which is entitled to the protection provided by Article 26. This is a mixed question of fact and law which ought to be decided before a competent court of civil jurisdiction.
(v) The limited restriction on the entry of women during the notified age group does not fall within the purview of Article 17 of the Constitution.
(vi) Rule 3(b) of the 1965 Rules is not ultra vires Section 3 of the 1965 Act, since the proviso carves out an exception in the case of public worship in a temple for the benefit of any religious denomination or sect thereof, to manage their affairs in matters of religion.
In light of the aforesaid discussion and analysis, the Writ Petition cannot be entertained on the grounds enumerated hereinabove. It is ordered accordingly", thus, passed the judgment. Hence, it is not any dissent judgment, but, people's judgment and perhaps, God's judgment!
With obvious politicization of the issue, the Temple authorities and the Kerala government have decided not to appeal against or file revision petition. Contrary, the Hindus of Kerala have started their protests in a large scale in peaceful manner. Thousands of women came on the roads and marched towards Government offices with the pictures of Ayyappa and banners questioning the judgment that affects their devotion and tradition. On 03-10-2018 [Wednesday], more than 20,000 devotees marshalled through social media, mostly women, held a protest march in Pandalam, headquarters of an erstwhile royal family that once governed the temple. The leading Malayalam daily, Malayala Manorama, carried a front-page picture of the march but Mathrubhumi came under attack for carrying a report on an inside page and without a picture. About the downplying of this event the media groups themselves were divided, because of the government pressure[3]. The entry of Nair Service Society (NSS), a socio-culture organisation of the influential upper-caste community has only added steam to the protests. The NSS also happens to be the first to decide on filing a review petition against the judgement[4]. As usual, the ruling Communist and Congress parties started accusing BJP, RSS and other right wing organizations for such upsurge, but, the fact has been different, as the Left wing media groups have been heavily anti-Hindu affecting the sentiments. Thus, ironically, the few women Mohammedan, Christian and secular categories came and started the communalization of the issue. These have been the credentials and back ground of the women who started creating problem.
L. S. Libi atheist posing as a devotee with dress!: The NDTV reported that[5] "C.S. Libi, Christian posed as a Hindu, was among the first to attempt the trek to the shrine on the day the temple gates were to open. Days before her visit, she had posted her plan on Facebook. The protesters had apparently seen her post and decided to block her the moment she reached a bus stand in Pathanamthitta, 65 km from the temple. The police had shielded her from a group of protesters who had surrounded her at the bus stop. They threatened to burn the bus if it drove towards the temple's base camp, news agency IANS had reported." But, the event was videographed ny many and she had to return, because of her contradicting answers and encounter she had with women devotees and others at the bus-stand[6]. Another woman, Libi CS, was arrested at a bus stop by worshipers who accused her of wearing jeans[7]. "This is how a lady should go to the temple." She claims to have observed penance, but if you look at the pearls of the Sabarimala necklace, it is very clear that she has worn it today. "Yesterday or yesterday, it is not acceptable to us and she will not be allowed to go there," said a group of angry female protesters. Libi CS, a journalist, posted on Facebook her plan to visit Sabarimala Temple. The protesters apparently saw her post and decided to block her as soon as she arrived at a bus station in Pathanamthitta, 65 meters from the temple. "Friends, we are leaving all four for Sabarimala today, which includes atheists like me and two devotees," said Libi's Facebook message[8].
[1] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION, WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 373 OF 2006, Indian Young Lawyers Association …Petitioner(s) & Ors. VERSUS The State of Kerala & Ors.
https://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/163639357/?formInput=sabarimala%20%20sortby%3A%20mostrecent
[2] Varkari or Warkari(meaning "a pilgrim") is a sampradaya (religious movement) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Vaishnavism part of Hinduism, geographically associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra. Varkaris worship Vitthal (also known as Vithoba), the presiding deity of Pandharpur, regarded as a form of Krishna. Saints and gurus of the bhakti movement associated with the Varkaris include Jñāneśvar, Namdev, Chokhamela, Eknath, and Tukaram, all of whom are accorded the title of Sant.The Varkari movement includes the worship Vithoba and a duty-based approach towards life emphasising moral behavior and strict avoidance of alcohol and tobacco, the adoption of a strict lacto-vegetarian diet and fasting on Ekadashi day (twice a month), self-restraint (brahmacharya) during student life, equality and humanity for all rejecting discrimination based on the caste system or wealth, the reading of Hindu texts, the recitation of the Haripath every day and the regular practice of bhajan and kirtan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varkari
[3] The Telegraph, Sabarimala pressure on Kerala media, By K.M. Rakesh in Bangalore, Published 8.10.18, 3:37 AMUpdated 8.10.18, 5:25 AM.
[4] https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sabarimala-pressure-on-kerala-media/cid/1671280
[5] NDTV, The Women Who Were Turned Away From Making History At Sabarimala, Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Updated: October 22, 2018 16:48 IST.
[6] https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/the-women-who-stopped-short-of-making-history-at-sabarimala-1935635
[7] Naaju.com, Woman and family giving up Sabarimala trek scared to say no cops to temple, October 17, 2018.
[8] https://naaju.com/us/woman-and-family-giving-up-sabarimala-trek-scared-to-say-no-cops-to-temple/ The Hindu also reported it on 18-10-2018.
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2018 – drama of visiting Srirangam for Durga: Again in June 21-22, 2018, he visited Srirangam in connection with party functions, as arranged by the DMK cadres. He visited the house of IUML leader, K. M. Khader Mohideen, to enquire about his ailing wife Hajiyani Lathiba Begum. Then he visited Padmasali Mantap to attend some function. On his way, at the Srirangam temple, he was welcomed by Sundar Bhattar and others, opposite to Ranga Gopuram. Ironically, he was given a silk shawl and one priest affectionately put the holy paste on his forehead, but, lo, this man wiped out it with the same shawl! This shocked not only the innocent priests, as could noted from the photographs, but also by other onlookers. They welcomed with "Purnakumbam," and honored through an elephant garlanding him. On behalf of Ahobila mutt also, he was honoured[1]. When they asked to come inside the temple, he flatly refused[2] with usual facial expression frowning. To clear all doubts, "Nakkeeran," the pro-DK-DMK magazined recorded that just to satisfy the wish of Durga, his wife only, he did all these antics[3]. Only K. N. Nehru's wife used to accompany, this time either she joined him or he took her. In any case, the DMK cadres told, he came just to satisfy and fulfill her wishes[4]. In any case, it is clear that he conducted such dramas to fool others, particularly, the gullible Hindus.
Karunanidhi declared, "Hindu is a thief" in October 2002, case filed[5]: The Chennai city police had registered the first information report against the former Chief Minister and DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, for his speech at an October 24 2002 minorities' meeting here, which, a complainant said, wounded the religious feelings of Hindus. The police acted on the complaint filed by, R. Premnath, an advocate of Chepauk, before XIV metropolitan magistrate[6]. The court forwarded the complaint to the Egmore police station. Accordingly, the police registered a case for offences under Section 295-A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 298 IPC (Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) and taken up a probe. The complainant said at the meeting held at St.Andrew Church, Egmore, to protest the legislation preventing forcible conversions, the former Chief Minister spoke with the "deliberate intention to outrage the feelings of Hindus, to get applause and support from the gathering to undermine and wantonly insult the Hindus". Karunanidhi had said, "Who is a Hindu? A good man would say the word `Hindu' means a thief". The word used by him showed "his deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of Hindus". He did not tender any apology. The complainant said the DMK chief "identified himself as a rationalist, but changes his colours at public meetings to satisfy the gathering". The Police Commissioner ought to have taken suo motu action against Karunanidhi for insulting the Hindu religion and feelings of Hindus. But neither the police nor the Government took action, Premnath said.
Is this Ram a civil engineer? When Karunanidhi called Ramayana "fiction" (2007): In 2007, he famously came down hard on 'communal forces' for using the 'myth' of Ram Sethu to stall the Sethusamudram project and had famously said[7]: "Who is this Raman (as Lord Ram is referred to in Tamil)? In which engineering college did he study and become a civil engineer? When did he build this so-called bridge? Is there any evidence for this?" On the withdrawal of the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project – to create a shipping route in the shallow straits between India and Sri Lanka, he had said: "The withdrawal of the affidavits does not mean that the project is being withdrawn," Karunanidhi told reporters at Yercaud near Salem. "If it amounts to the project itself being shelved, then the DMK, which adheres to scientific, rational and progressive ideals, will not accept it." He went on to call Ramayana a piece of fiction that represented the conflict between Aryans and Dravidians.This had led BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad to retort: "We would like to know from Karunanidhi if he would make a similar statement against religious head of any other religion; chance are he may not."He even went on to claim Ram was a drunkard and he was quoting Valmiki's Ramayana. Pointing out that the Constitution didn't bar his remarks, he had said[8]: "I have not hurt anyone by my remarks. Expressing the views which are already in writing cannot be termed as wounding the sentiments of somebody else. The DMK has never done anything which would hurt the sentiments of either the Hindus or anybody else and the party would not do so in the future."
Karunanidhi playing Ravana (1998): On October 1, 1998, Anoor Jagadeesan, president of PDK and 16 others were arrested when they tried to burn the effigies of Rama and Lakshmana in Chennai[9]. On October 18, 1998, Karunanidhi asserted that, "….if you insult Ravana, you are insulting me". Quoting from Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India, the septuagenarian politician pointed out that the epic is all about the Aryan-Dravidian struggle for supremacy[10]. Karunanidhi's speech was a throwback to some of his earlier film scripts when he brought this struggle to the fore through subtle messages that bypassed the scrutiny of censors. In Ramasethu issue also, he passed remarks asking "In which engineering college Rama studied" (so that he could build a bridge). Even, Kamal Hasan also used to utter that he came from Ravan genealogy or something like that!
EVR, Anna and Karunanidhi followed the same pattern (1956-1970): In 1956 August first, Dravidia Kazhagam asked the volunteers to bum pictures of Lord Rama as the organization considered Ramayana as anti-women and anti lower castes etc. one Dravidia Kazhagam leader in the name of Thiruvarur Thangarajan wrote a new version of Ramayana way Rama was portrayed as a villain. The Dravidia Kazhagam film star M.R. Radha staged the play throughout the state. The Government led by the Chief Minister Kamaraj immediately banned the play but Dravidia Kazhagam after obtaining court's pem1ission staged the play in selected towns. At the instigation of Thiru E. V. Ramaswami Naicker[11], the Leader of Dravida Kazhagam, several tableaus depicting the picture of Gods Rama and Muruga were being beaten by a chappal in a procession held at Salem on 23rd and 24th January 1971. When one individual printed the photos of the procession, the DMK government banned and seized the posters. The Government of Tamil Nadu issued a Notification G. O. Ms. No. 491 Home dated 12-2-1971 directing the posters to be forfeited to the Government on the ground that the said posters contained matters which promote or intend to promote the feelings of enmity and hatred between different classes of citizens of India or which is deliberately or maliciously intended to outrage the religious feelings of any such class by insulting the religion or the religious feelings of that class[12].
Mount Road Mahavishnu, Karunanidhi and Iyengar girls marrying his nephews: It is well known that Karunanidhi used to be so harsh and rude about "The Hindu" dubbing it as a "Parppanan naledu", i.e, a daily of Brahmins (using derogatory word). However, N. P. Ramajeyam started gaining control over the Hindu labour union. He joined in 1965 and became Union's General Secretary in 1975. He was also a MLA of Mylapore constituency during 1996-2001. When he died in 2007, N. Murali, MD praised him like anything and told, "that he never brought politics inside"! However, when Kanimozhi was suffering fron depression, because of divorce, she was accommodated in the "editorial section" and trained to get over. Ironically, Dayanidhi Maran took their relative Priya as his wife. He married Priya of "The Hindu" Iyengar family [Ramesh Rangarajan son of S. Rangarajan] on 26-08-1994. Incidentally, Mallika wife of Murasoli Maran has been the daughter of A. N. Kalanasundara Iyer. And Stalin's name was mentioned in posters, in those days as "Vishnu Stalin"! Then the atheit and anti-Hindu Karunanidhi stopped mentioning "Mount Road Mahavishnu". However, his tirade against Ram unabated as pointed out above. Thus, father and son have been trying to exploit the sentiments of Iyengars with marital links.
[1]விகடன், பூரண கும்ப மரியாதை… யானை ஆசீர்வாதம்… ஸ்ரீரங்கத்தில் ஸ்டாலினுக்கு நடந்த வரவேற்பு, சி.ய.ஆனந்தகுமார், மற்றும்ன்.ஜி.மணிகண்டன், Posted Date : 11:48 (22/06/2018)Last updated : 11:48 (22/06/2018)
[2] https://www.vikatan.com/news/tamilnadu/128482-stalins-srirangam-visit.html
[3] நக்கீரன், மனைவிக்காக ஸ்ரீரங்கம் வந்த மு.க.ஸ்டாலின்!, ஜே.டி.ஆர், Published on 22/06/2018 (12:28) | Edited on 22/06/2018 (12:30)
[4] https://nakkheeran.in/24-by-7-news/politics/mk-stalin-cames-srirangam-temple-his-wife
[5] The Hindu, Case against Karunanidhi for `hurting Hindu feelings', By Our Special Correspondent Friday, Nov 15, 2002.
[6] https://www.thehindu.com/2002/11/15/stories/2002111505680400.htm
[7] DNA, Is this Ram a civil engineer? When Karunanidhi called Ramayana "fiction," 2007, Updated: Aug 8, 2018, 05:02 PM IST
[8] https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-is-this-ram-a-civil-engineer-when-karunanidhi-called-ramayana-fiction-2647294
[9] Ajith Pillai and A. S. Paneerselvan, Good Or Evil? The Politics Of Ravana, Outlook, Novemver.2, 1998.
[10] https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/good-or-evil-the-politics-of-ravana/206444
[11] Madras High Court – Chinna Annamalai vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 24 February, 1971; Equivalent citations: AIR 1971 Mad 448, 1971 CriLJ 1569, (1971) IIMLJ 158; Author: K Reddy; Bench: K Reddy, Ganesan, Maharajan.
[12] https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1710030/
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Prakasah Ambedkar's speech: Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of Dr Ambedkar took on the current dispensation at the Centre, saying that it was needed to reclaim Ambedkar because some ground on the social justice front had been lost over the past three years (obviously referring to the coming of power of NDA / BJP in 2014). He pointed out that untouchability exists in two forms – visible and invisible. "Dr Ambedkar had warned that every revolution will have a counter revolution, and we are seeing that counter revolution take shape," Ambedkar said. There is a need to rethink the concept of social justice, Ambedkar said, "because the very idea implies a giver and receiver of social justice, thereby cementing two classes." If the societal values are not balanced, he pointed out that counter-revolution is going to happen. The concept of untouchability comes from religion, puja and connected issues. The "caste based priest system" should be abolished. The system of "giving justice" and "giving justice" is also not correct. Human values have to be built within society. Obtaining political sovereignty and economic sovereignty is important for the SCs. His speech has been important, balanced and pointed to the issue of "Quest for equity – Reclaiming social justice, revisiting Ambedkar."
Rahul Gandhi's direct attack on Modi and RSS: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said on Friday [21-07-2017] that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were rewriting history to silence the voice of Indians, and in specific, that of the oppressed classes. At the inauguration of the three-day global seminar on 'Reclaiming Social Justice, Revisiting Ambedkar' hosted by the Karnataka government to mark the 126th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, Rahul recalled Adolf Hitler[1]: "There was a man called Hitler and he once wrote – keep a very firm grasp on reality so you can strangle it at any time. Today this is what is happening all around us. This strangulation of reality," Gandhi said, as he targeted Modi and the RSS[2]. He said India lost its Independence because when Britishers stepped on its soil millions and millions of people kept quiet and allowed the British to do exactly what they pleased because they were powerful. "And that is exactly what is happening today – when the journalist doesn't write about the violence in front of her eyes, when the judge is pressurized into giving a judgment. "India's freedom was not simply taken away by the British. It was handed over to them by some Indians… we lost our voice because we surrendered it. "And this is exactly what Modi and RSS want. They want India to surrender its voice." …………."Do not forget that every single Indian will be robbed of their voice, every single Indian will be robbed of his future. We must firstly keep the firm grip on reality. We must never ever allow them to strangle it," he said.
"The emperor is completely naked but nobody around him has the courage to tell him": Rahul continued his tirade against Modi: "There is a new global epidemic wherein leaders are trying to strangle reality, inspired by Hitler's way of thinking. Modi wants to create a perfect history of India and thereby silence the oppression against sections of people who have suffered due to age-old practices and discrimination." …….. "What is happening today is the systematic capture of India's democratic institutions by the PM, bureaucrats and RSS," Gandhi said[3]. "The emperor is completely naked but nobody around him has the courage to tell him," Gandhi said, while adding that there was a 'strangulation of reality' by the government. Gandhi inferred on Rohit Vemula and Mohammed Akhlaq, whose deaths have become a rallying point to highlight the growing number of atrocities in the country[4]. "They say Rohit Vemula committed suicide. I call it murder. He was murdered by the indignities he suffered. He was killed because he was a Dalit.. The instrument of his murder was the letter written to his university by the Government of India. A letter that destroyed his future forever ," he said. Vemula killed himself on the Hyderabad Central University campus after being removed from the hostel, while Akhlaq was lynched by a mob in September 2015 after villagers in Bisada (Dadri district) in Uttar Pradesh accused him of stealing a calf. Also referring to the lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq at Dadri, he said he was "butchered" because they said he stole a calf, which was a lie. Instead of questioning his brutal killing, they asked whether the meat in the fridge was mutton or beef, he said. He said thousands of farmers commit suicide and the government looks the other way. But the government can forgive any amount of corporate debt, calling it corporate write-offs, but farmers were given nothing, he said.
Rahul claims that Vemula was murdered[5]: Lashing out at Modi on demonetization, he said thousands of businesses were wiped out and "hundreds of people simply died". "Privately our friends in the press called it insanity but publicly they called it the stroke of genius," he added. From plastic surgery to nuclear weapons, which Modi had invoked as being ancient Indian practices of mythological gods, Rahul said the present dispensation is trying to gloss over the realities of the nation. "There have been good and bad sides to India, and we need to accept it and change it. The Modi government is trying to wipe out history and create a perfect India, thereby strangling the reality of Vemulas and Akhlaqs," he added. He said the BJP and RSS want to destroy Ambedkar's Constitution with such silencing of voices and not care about the people it protects. Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the media while speaking about demonetization and hinted that journalists were against Narendra Modi's policies. "When demonetization happened, the media in private spoke of it as 'insanity' by PM Narendra Modi, but in public, termed it a 'stroke of genius'," he said.
Ambedkar Conference delegates were treated at "Taj West End" Hotel: The VIPs and speakers were taken to "Taj West End" Hotel and given extravagant food, drinks and hospitality. Ironically, 60% of the speakers were drinking and enjoying the girl who was dancing tirelessly going round and round. When they had come to talk about the rights of oppressed and suppressed etc., they were enjoying how the girl was forced to dance like that in front of hundreds of "Ambedkar delegates". Can it be called as "Five-star oppression and suppression," though, the girl was dancing for money and not for promoting any artistic value and so on. When the ordinary speakers were given this Five-star treatment, what was provided to Rahul Gandhi, Siddharamaiah, the Congress MP. Marti Luther King – III, and host of other VVVIPs and human right activists, would be much more than this extravaganza.
How and what "Bangalore Mirror" reported about the Five-star treatment of Ambedkar-delegates: The best and brightest minds descended on Bengaluru for three days starting Friday – July 21st 2017, for the 125th (126th ) anniversary celebrations of Dr BR Ambedkar. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was there to preside over after inaugurating at GKVK campus. The star attraction of the conference was the Human Rights advocate Martin Luther King III who along with several other scholars from US, UK and African countries spoke on human values in the current world. Several folk artists from Latin America and Africa were also invited to perform during the international event. The Karnataka government spent over Rs 20 crore for the event and hosting the delegates. Sources said over 80 luxury rooms were booked at Taj West End alone. On Thursday night [20-07-2017], there was a gala dinner at the Grand Ballroom where Martin Luther King-III was welcomed. The three-day conference titled 'Quest for Equity' was held at Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra (GKVK) campus in Bengaluru, organized by the Social Welfare Department of the Government of Karnataka.
"What is wrong in that? Can't Dalits stay in five-stars?[6]: Chairman of SC unit of AICC K Raju is one of the key oragnisers and a high-level committee including PWD minister HC Mahadevappa, IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge were working as convenors under CM Siddaramaiah for the event. Prof C Japhet of Bengaluru Central University was appointed as the key convenor to coordinate with all the events. "In the last three years since Narendra Modi government took over, attacks against Dalits have increased. They are killed in the name of cows, humiliated and harrassed. The event will see academic discussions on the issue," KC Venugopal, Karnataka state in-charge, told Bangalore Mirror. When asked if the government had been a bit extravagant with the taxpayers' money – given that rooms in five-star hotels had been booked in bulk, he shot back: "What is wrong in that? Can't Dalits stay in five-stars? This is an international event so the arrangements will be such." Social Welfare Department minister H Anajaneya said[7]: "The event was announced by the CM in his budget speech of 2016-17 and we have set aside Rs 15-20 crore for the event. This is entirely a government programme and not a political function. Rahul Gandhi will come for the inauguration in the morning and leave for New Delhi the same evening." Thus, the 20th night extravaganza was extended to 21st night also, at the Taj West End for the Ambedkar delegates. So, the "Quest for equality" was achieved and the thirst quenched for all, without any discrimination.
[1] Times of India, Modi, RSS rewriting history to muffle the oppressed: Rahul Gandhi, TNN | Updated: Jul 22, 2017, 07:29 AM IST.
[2] http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/nation/2017/07/22/rahul-gandhi-accuses-modi-govt-mutilate-india.html
[3] livemint.com Trump, Modi coming to power unleashed ferocious animosity against minorities: Martin Luther King III, Sharan Poovanna, Last Published: Sat, Jul 22 2017. 09 09 AM IST.
[4] http://www.livemint.com/Politics/09VnsqObadn9ZvD64sRopK/Trump-Modi-coming-to-power-unleashed-ferocious-animosity-ag.html
[5] Malayala Manorama, Emperor is naked, but nobody has the courage to tell him: Rahul's scathing attack on Modi, Saturday 22 July 2017 09:37 AM IST
[6] Bangalore Mirror, STARS IN FIVE-STARS FOR MEGA GOVT EVENT ON EQUALITY, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Updated: Jul 21, 2017, 04.00 AM IST.
[7] http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/stars-in-five-stars-for-mega-govt-event-on-equality/articleshow/59689351.cms
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Hindu Temples of Tamilnadu under systematic destruction!
T. S. Subramanian has pointed out the deteriorating condition of murals in temples many times[1]. He should be congratulated to bring out such facts with concerned feelings expressed in his writings. However, the concerned and connected people have not taken any action to annul such vandalizing processes going on in the name of renovation, administration and other actions. The recent article "Targets of destruction" has been provoking, but we have to wait and see the response of the authorities.
Target of destruction: He starts with the appropriate beginning[2]: "Art, in more than 50 temples and three palaces in Tamil Nadu, is being mutilated" and explains the condition as follows: "Temples in Tamil Nadu are repositories of history, with inscriptions, sculptures, murals, bronzes, carvings, architecture and so on. The inscriptions provide valuable insights into the history of the period during which the temples were built, the village administration that prevailed, elections conducted for its assemblies, taxes collected, boards set up for the maintenance of lakes, ponds and canals, donation of land for Brahmin settlements, gifting gold for temple maintenance, etc. There are more than 50 temples and three palaces in Tamil Nadu with murals. The palaces are Ramalinga Vilasam in Ramanathapuram and those at Bodinayakanur near Madurai and Padmanabhapuram in Kanyakumari district. While just four or five temples have murals dating back to the Pallava period (seventh to ninth century CE) and the Chola period (10th and 11th century CE), the majority of the murals belong to the Vijayanagar and the Nayak periods (14th to 17th century CE). The Brihadeeswara temple in Thanjavur have murals belonging to the Chola, the Nayak and the Maratha reigns.
Visual archives: The mural masterpieces are visual archives on the history of the period, coronation rituals, the dress or the jewellery that men and women of those days wore, their hairstyle, musical instruments, the battles that they fought, the weapons used and so on. There are several Jain temples that have wonderful murals based on the Jain traditions, the Tirthankaras and the Yakshis. A favourite subject of many of the artists of those times was episodes from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and some of the artists even took care to write the labels for the episodes (captions) in Tamil or Telugu. Unfortunately in Tamil Nadu, the murals, the inscriptions, the sculptures and carvings have become targets of destruction and vandalism. The officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department, who administers the temples, are to be blamed for this state. Most often, these officials fail to appreciate and preserve these splendid works due to lack of knowledge of history.
How Meenakshi Temple was targeted? In the famous Meenakshi temple, Madurai, several historic mandapams have become shopping complexes. The Pudhu mandapam, the Ashta Sakti mandapam, Veera Vasantharayar mandapam and Meenakshi Nayakar mandapam teem with hundreds of shops, obstructing from view pillars with incredibly beautiful sculptures. A scholar on the history of the Meenakshi temple was displeased that its 1,000-pillared mandapam, with superb sculptures, has become 'a studio' now, with an incongruously gleaming granite floor, skewed focus lights and a big sculpture of Nataraja painted in black! Several years ago, the earthen bed of the temple's famous 'Golden Lotus' tank (Pottramarai Kulam) was cemented up, with the result that no water stays in the tank now and it looks barren now. The HR and CE officials of the temple also whitewashed hundreds of beautiful murals, painted on the walls of the northern corridor of the Golden Lotus tank, portraying the 'Tiruvilaiyadal,' in the first quarter of 1996.
In a state of disrepair: While sculptures and carvings can survive for centuries because they have been chiselled out of granite, murals are vulnerable to nature. Since these murals were painted with natural dyes on mandapam walls or ceiling, they easily lend themselves to vandalism from devotees. Besides, they are exposed to sun or seepage of water from rain. Gaps between the granite slabs that form the roof of the mandapams lead to seepage of water due to rain and the sidewalls begin to 'sweat.' The lime plaster which forms the base for the murals has a tendency to absorb the water. When rain water falls on the murals painted on the ceiling or walls, fungus develops and the murals start peeling off. Smoke from the camphor (lit by the devotees) and from the oil lamps damage the paintings. Besides, they suffer from desecration at the hands of the HR and CE officials and devotees. Officials have fixed scores of metres of electric wires on the murals on the walls of the mandapams, installed switch boxes and tube lights on them, as it has happened in several places on the splendid murals in the Devaraja Swamy temple at Kanchipuram, portraying the 108 Divya Desam murals.
Other examples of vandalism: Extremely rare murals painted on wood in the Tirukkutraleeswarar temple at Tirukkutrala Chitra Sabha in Tirunelveli district have been vandalised. At the Siva temple at Patteeswaram, paintings were sandblasted in 1998 in the name of cleaning the surfaces on which they were painted. The paintings portrayed Lord Siva presenting a palanquin studded with pearls to the Saivite saint Tirugnana Sambandar because he could not bear to see his devotee walking in the sun. Temple officials sandblasted another row of paintings narrating the life of a mythical king who had no child but was blessed with a child after praying to Siva at Patteeswaram. Officials of the Lakshminarasimhar temple at Sevilimedu, near Kanchipuram, whitewashed them. They do not exist today. Tales of destruction and desecration of these invaluable murals in temples in Tamil Nadu do not end with this list. What happened to the paintings at the Meenakshi temple at Madurai, the Trilokyanatha Jaina temple at Tiruparuttikunram near Kanchipuram, another Jaina temple at Karanthai near Kanchipuram and the Ramalinga Vilasam Palace in Ramanathapuram town take the cake.
Why this targested vattcks of vandalism? What the Mohammedan and the Europeans rulers could have done during their reigns is carried on in India, that too, after "independence" by the Indians by themselves. Ironically, "Hindu Religious & Endowment Board" under the control of proclaimed atheist, rationalist and particularly anti-Hindu ideologists for the last 70 years. The staff and officers entering into the department of HR&CE have been ideologists of all sorts of such category and some non-Hindus have also been there. And this vandalism is not done on one day, but carried on systematically. Whenever any official function comes, they carry out such destruction easily under the guise of celebration. The moment the temple comes under the control of HR&CE, any official comes into a temple, an office is constructed inside temple, that office is converted into some sort of lodge and then star-type accommodation, the temples start losing their sanctity. Perhaps, God is leaving the place. Under such circumstances, these modern day vandals, ideologists and rulers start their destruction.
[1] http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article2109633.ece?viewImage=1
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article2109633.ece?viewImage=3
[2] http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article2109633.ece?homepage=true
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using System.Windows.Media;
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2008 Denver Broncos Regular Season Schedule
Wk Date Matchup Time 1 Sept. 8 (Mon.) at Oakland Raiders 10:15 p.m. 2 Sept. 14 San Diego Chargers 4:15 p.m. 3 Sept. 21 New Orleans Saints 4:05 p.m. 4 Sept. 28 At Kansas City 1 p.m. 5 Oct. 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4:05 p.m. 6 Oct. 12 Jacksonville Jaguars 4:05 p.m. 7 Oct. 20 (Mon.) at New England Patriots 8:30 p.m. 8 Oct. 26 Bye 9 Nov. 2 Miami Dolphins 4:05 p.m. 10 Nov. 6 (Thurs.) at Cleveland Browns 8:15 p.m. 11 Nov. 16 at Atlanta Falcons 1 p.m. 12 Nov. 23 Oakland Raiders 4:05 p.m. 13 Nov. 30 at New York Jets 1 p.m. 14 Dec. 7 Kansas City Chiefs 4:05 p.m. 15 Dec. 14 at Carolina Panthers 1 p.m. 16 Dec. 21 Buffalo Bills 4:05 p.m. 17 Dec. 28 at San Diego Chargers 4:15 p.m.
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Vegetarian lifestyle is becoming increasingly popular. However, a vegetarian food is not just a matter of fashion, nor just a question of humanity and love of animals. A vegetarian food is primarily healthy. The only problem is that vegetarian food can be deficient in nutrients that come from meat. So we have to find that substances in other sources.


Home LIFE	Houston, We Have Liftoff!
Too lame of a headline? I mean… my dad has a ph.D in aeronautical engineering (humblebrag for him) so anything space/ NASA related kinda feels like it works for me. In any case, I made a quick pitstop in Houston to see an old high school friend and she took me to dinner at Hugo's, a local staple & one of her favorite restaurants.
It was the first time I tried Chapulines, which are "pan sautéed grasshoppers served with guacamole, tortillas and chipotle tomatillo salsa." See image above. And see those little legs and antennas poking out? It took everything I had to pull a Bourdain/ Zimmern and put that in my mouth. *that's what she said.* Coming from a traditional Chinese household, I don't really get queasy when it comes to eating weird things, but bugs certainly push that threshold. Crunchy, flavorful, mild… not exactly what I was expecting but not what I wasn't expecting either. Worth checking out and trying, just 'cuz you can.
Next, Clare ordered Lechón (braised tender suckling pig with crisp skin) to share and Barbacoa (lamb marinated in chiles, onion, garlic and avocado leaves, then slow roasted in agave skin and served with chopped onion, fresh cilantro and warm tortillas) for me. She got the Cachetes de Res (beef cheeks with salsa de pasilla), which I totally stole a bite of.
I was pleasantly surprised by how delicious everything was. It wasn't too heavy, showcased some really unique flavors and left me curious about the rest of the menu – pretty much all you can ask for from a positive dining experience, right? Any Houston readers out there? What're some of your favorite spots around the city for the next time I'm in town??


Mr. Paul was born and raised in Oceanside, New York, and came to the Washington, D.C. area to attend the University of Maryland, where he received a B.A. in Accounting. In 1980, he began his career in real estate investment as a bookkeeper, and in 1987, formed his own investment company, Ronald D. Paul Companies, Inc. Mr. Paul's real estate holdings include office buildings and multi-family apartment projects throughout the Washington Metropolitan area, as well as in Philadelphia, New York, Texas, Florida and Iowa. He is active in private investments, which includes serving as Chairman of Bethesda Investments, Inc., a private venture capital fund. As President of RDP Management, Inc., he is also engaged in the business of real estate management.
Mr. Paul also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. and EagleBank, a community bank established in 1998 in Bethesda, Maryland. Involved in community banking for 28 years, Mr. Paul is one of the founding board members of the Bank, and has been instrumental in the growth of the Bank's size. With over $8 billion in assets and over 25 offices, EagleBank is the largest community bank headquartered in the Washington, DC Area. Rated A - by Kroll Bond Rating Agency, EagleBank has consistently been cited for its excellent overall financial performance by recognized bank rating services such as IDC Financial Publishing, Veribanc and BauerFinancial. In 2016, Independent Banker named EagleBank one of the "Best of the Best" community banks in the country. For 2015, EagleBank was one of 18 banks named to the Bank Honor Roll by Keefe, Bruyette and Woods. In 2016, Sandler O'Neill & Partners ranked EagleBank #1 overall among all banks headquartered in Maryland, and named it a 2015 Sm-All Star Bank among all banks nationally.
Very active in several charitable organizations, Mr. Paul serves on the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area ("NCA"). Mr. Paul's involvement with the National Kidney Foundation began in the 1980's when he was diagnosed with kidney disease; he received a kidney transplant from his brother, Steven B. Paul, at the Washington Hospital Center in 1990. Nineteen years later, he received a second transplant from Kathy McCallum, Chief Executive Officer of Ronald D. Paul Companies. In 2002, Mr. Paul founded the National Kidney Foundation's Annual Ronald D. Paul Companies Kidney Walk, which has grown from approximately 40 to over 900 walkers and has raised over $900,000. As Chairman of Eagle Bancorp, in 2005, Mr. Paul founded the EagleBank Foundation, which annually raises funds for breast cancer research, patient services and education. To-date, the Foundation has raised in excess of $2.5 million. Recently Mr. Paul and his family created the George Washington University / Ronald and Joy Paul Kidney Center. The purpose of this collaboration is to support kidney disease and transplant awareness, promote patient care and service throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Mr. Paul hobbies include collecting sports memorabilia, golf and travel. He and his wife Joy live in Potomac, Maryland and have two daughters.
Ronald Paul serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. and EagleBank, a community bank headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
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These are the only pickled onions I ever recommend….
Home / News and Comment / These are the only pickled onions I ever recommend….
I used to love the pickled onions my mother and grandmother made, compared with these I really can't stand the commercial pickled onions that you find in supermarkets. Then a couple of years ago I discovered Barry Norman Pickled Onions. These are the closest match I have ever found to homemade pickled onions. I can't recommend them highly enough. They are as the label says Hot and Spicy, Crisp and Crunchy and work really well with cold meat and cheese at Christmas or indeed any time of year.
On the lid it says that lid that he never bought pickled onions but made his own based on a 19th century recipe handed down through his family. The simple list of ingredients of the label says a lot about the quality of this product.
You can find these in most high street supermarkets now and they are available in various sizes from this page on Amazon.co.uk (click here) If you are making a hamper up for someone this Christmas I highly recommend you include a jar of these.
I just wish he also did a pickled red cabbage because I'm still looking for one that's as good as home made. If you can recommend one to me please leave a comment below.
If you try the Barry Normal pickled onions I'd love to know what you think of them.


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Saints legend claims MasterChef gong
"None of us went in there to forge a career in culinary art, but the charity aspect was huge for me."
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EDITOR | November 23, 2021 - 10:11am
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 18: Nick Riewoldt speaks with media during an AFL media opportunity at RSEA Park on July 18, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images)
St Kilda great Nick Riewoldt has taken home the Celebrity MasterChef crown for 2021, winning $100,000 for the charity of his choice.
The title adds to a long list of accolades for the former Saints skipper, who claimed six Trevor Barker Medals, five All-Australian selections and a Leigh Matthew Trophy across his 336-game career in the red, white and black.
Riewoldt managed to amass a near-perfect score of 38 out of 40 to edge out Tilly Ramsay, daughter of renowned chef Gordon, and fashion designer Collette Dinnigan to claim the esteemed prize.
All three contestants were put to the test to create chef Martin Benn's dessert dish the 'Metropolis', with the trio of chefs given four hours to complete the task.
Congratulations to our Celebrity #MasterChefAU 2021 WINNER! 🏆🎉 pic.twitter.com/Ei3jdgS097
— MasterChef Australia (@masterchefau) November 22, 2021
Riewoldt's victory saw the prize money total donated to a charity close to the former Saints star in Maddie Riewoldt's Vision, which was started following the passing of Riewoldt's sister in 2015.
Maddie passed away at 26 years of age from Aplastic Anaemia, a Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome.
"None of us went in there to forge a career in culinary art, but the charity aspect was huge for me. As one of the founders and chairman of Maddie's Vision, I know how significant those funds will be, and what a tangible impact those will be on people's lives, so that triggered a bit of emotion," Nick said after the win.
"To be there, and to see how happy and excited the rest of the cast were for me was pretty thrilling. Everyone was so supportive of each other throughout the whole experience.
"One thing I didn't think I'd leave the show with was lifelong friendships, and I've got a good number of those that have been born out of going on the show."
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Employee Engagement – Nokia's Relationship
fhafez December 11, 2017
© Corporate Illustration. Retrieved from Adweek on December 4, 2017
Companies have long used social media technology such as Facebook and Twitter to reach more customers – but how are businesses using it internally? While business-to-consumer (B2C) companies are using social media to communicate with customers, less is said of the trend in businesses to use social media platforms to improve internal collaboration.
In a technologically savvy company like Nokia, it's no surprise that they've been successfully implementing social media into their internal communications. The company's motto is connecting people and exploring ways to enhance communication.
Nokia's Social Media Communications team was established in early 2008 with the aim of improving inter-company communications and engaging employees. The objective of the Nokia Social Media Communications team is to: encourage the use of social media internally to bring out the company's unique authentic voice and to engage in social media externally on behalf of Nokia, and contributing to product and service announcements by opening up a dialogue and driving online engagement.
"What is the first thing that Nokia manufactured? Rubber boots."
"When did Nokia sell their billionth mobile phone? 2005 in Kenya."
These are just some of the facts that every Nokia employee knows – not just interesting trivia, but history, facts about where Nokia comes from and where it's going as a brand. This is one of the things that unifies Nokia as a brand.
© Nokia Logo. Retrieved from Google on December 4, 2017
How does Nokia get its employees excited about the brand they work for?
Nokia uses a tool called Socialcast to get everyone in the loop and get everyone up to speed on what is going on. It's a platform that resembles Facebook and Twitter not only in the interface, but especially in the way you can easily connect with people all over the world. This platform hosts a number of groups, including a feature talent group where interns can join and tell people about things that are going on and themselves too. Socialcast encourages employees to share their stories across social media networks too, so people can see a glimpse of what's going on within Nokia. After all, nothing is more credible than your employees acting as your product ambassadors.
Besides Socialcast, Nokia also has a brilliant tool called Agora, a social visualizer. This tool brings together conversation, insight and consumer device activity anywhere on the web as long as Nokia is mentioned – the information is pulled from anywhere on the web and it's used to see the sentiments concerning the brand in real time.
Nokia has two strategies – their social recruitment strategy, and their content model for talent strategy.
Nokia's social recruitment strategy:
Social selection: using social media to source new talent.
Social engagement: community building, establishing two-way communication.
Social attraction: generating a buzz, sharing brand messages with the public.
Nokia's content model for talent strategy.
There are several brands out there with complicated social media strategies. However, a strategy doesn't have to be complicated, it can be as easy as Nokia's four-point plan, which coincides with Nokia's four main aims:
Entertaining– used when attracting talent or engage customers
Inspiring– used for talent and engaging with customers, while positively influencing people.
Educating– used for getting people to understand what's going on behind the scenes, whether it's with informative articles or entertaining interviews.
Informing– letting people know where Nokia is going to be next, what Nokia is going to do next, because people want to know the people behind the company and what is going on. Giving people that information will empower them and encourage them to be our brand's ambassadors.
Lessons for Others
By creating an atmosphere of employee engagement, you can not only boost productivity and profits, but you can also help your employees reach their full potential and look forward to coming to work each day. Your workers will feel more satisfied and content with their careers, and your company will benefit from higher productivity and profits.
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Egypt plagued by floods followed by swarm of "deathstalker" scorpions that stung hundreds of people
David Pescovitz 6:52 am Wed Nov 17, 2021
Shit got downright biblical in Egypt in recent days. Storms and flooding destroyed homes led to several deaths near Aswan, Egypt. The catastrophic weather was immediately followed by an onslaught of so-called "deathstalker" scorpions scurrying into mountainside villagers' homes. According to local reports, more than 500 people were bitten by the scorpions on Friday night alone. From the New York Times:
There were hundreds, if not thousands: yellowish four-inchers with as many as six pairs of eyes and a tail full of venom so toxic that the species is known, unscientifically, as the deathstalker[…]
Scorpion experts said the flooding in Aswan had probably driven them from the mountainous desert that surrounds the area and into the villages[…]
Hospitals around Aswan were forced to dig into their antivenom stashes, and a Health Ministry graphic circulating on Facebook over the weekend warned of the most common symptoms of scorpion stings: severe pain at the sting site, high fever, sweating, vomiting and diarrhea[…]
"Professionals can catch the scorpions from the tail by hand," [Suez Canal University scorpion researcher Mohamed] Abdel-Rahman said. "But I don't recommend doing that."
image: "Deathstalker in Negev Desert, Israel" by מינוזיג (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Dr. Fauci calls Sen. Marshall a "moron" on hot mic after Senator played stupid
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Trailer for deadly-serious Fresh Prince reboot
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Regulator slams Mkhwebane over 'biased' report, heads to high court
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has filed papers to review and set aside a report which it contends was conducted in bad faith by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane after she made findings of impropriety and maladministration against it.
The report was released on March 28. The complaint was brought by EFF leader Julius Malema and related to the nomination and recommendation for appointment of curators for pension funds.
Malema alleged that then executive officer Dube Tshidi improperly appointed Anthony Mostert as the curator of several pension funds that had fallen victim to a fraudulent scheme, known as the Ghavalas scheme.
The FSCA, formerly known as the Financial Services Board, filed papers in the High Court in Gauteng.
In court papers, the FSCA wants the report to be reviewed and set aside, and declared constitutionally invalid for lack of jurisdiction.
"The review is sought on the basis that it is immediately apparent from the report that the PP's findings and conclusions are entirely unreasonable," it said in a statement on Friday.
"It is also our view that the manner in which she conducted her investigation renders the findings reviewable for perceived bias, bad faith and/or ulterior motives. The only other explanation for these failures is gross incompetence and negligence."
The FSCA wants the court to decide if the costs of the application – to be paid on an attorney-client scale – should be covered by Mkhwebane in her personal capacity or in her official capacity.
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Why should you have all the fun? Make this October 31st your dog's best day ever by dressing him up in Fine Featherhead's Pet Plumes. He'll look sweet as candy and will get so much attention that he may stop begging for scraps and will instead beg to wear these Pet Plumes again!
You'll also want to check out Pet Plumes with a Purpose where 10% of the proceeds gets donated to a corresponding assigned charity.


Jennifer is Player of the Week, this week (and every week) Jennifer shows her team and competitor what true sportsmanship is and and has embodied the Underdog spirit. Her presence electrifies the gym, and it's not just because of the teams safety orange colored jersey, and her matching neon shoes and tall socks. Jennifer encouraged and cheered on her teammates through each play even after the game had been decided. Thanks for your positive attitude and sharing your joy for volleyball with others.
Jennifer brought so much energy to the court in tonight's season opener! She showed up with a team that hadn't played much volleyball before and was joining Underdog for the first time. They were excited to learn the rules of the game and start playing. Jennifer led the team as their captain and made sure to keep the communication flowing on the court. She did a great job helping her teammates know their positions and the best ways to make power plays, all while dancing and laughing through all three sets. Overall, Spiked Punch had an amazing first game and will be a pleasure to watch this season. Great job Jen and team- keep it up!


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Ares seals $1.25bn strategic partnership
Alleghany Corporation has bought a minority stake in private debt fund manager Ares Management for $250m.
Graham Winfrey
NYSE-listed investment holding company Alleghany Corporation has acquired a 6.25 percent stake in Ares Management for $250 million. As a part of the strategic partnership, Alleghany has also committed up to $1 billion to existing and future Ares funds.
Ares will treat the $250 million investment from Alleghany as "sponsor capital" in Ares funds, according to a statement. The partnership is not the first time Ares has sold a stake to an outside investor: in 2007, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority invested $375 million for a minority stake in the firm.
Alleghany specialises in insurance, asset management and "opportunistic equity investing", according to a statement.
"We believe our two organisations will be well-positioned to serve the converging reinsurance and capital markets," Weston Hicks, president and chief executive officer of Alleghany, said in the statement.
JP Morgan Securities and Bank of America Merrill Lynch acted as advisors to Ares on the deal.
Established in 1997 by former Apollo Management partners, Ares has $59 billion of committed capital. It invests across the capital structure, from senior debt to common equity, through different blind pool funds.


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Serpentine Barrens
Chrome Barrens is part of the State-Line Serpentine Barrens, the largest occurrence of serpentine barrens (extremely rare areas characterized by thin soil and bare, light green rock) in the eastern United States. Even the most casual visitor to the Chrome Serpentine Barrens will notice the striking difference between the two primary serpentine grassland communities (see grassland notation on the map) and the surrounding deciduous forests. You can literally step from one plant community to another and find very few species common to both areas.
The Barrens used to be known as the State Line Mining district due to the chromium, feldspar, and magnesite mining that took place at various sites, mainly in the 19th century. The sun-baked conditions on bare serpentine rock and gravel create desert-like habitat for rare and unusual plant species that are especially adapted to withstand heat and drought. However, while lacking nutrients, this habitat supports numerous species—many rare or endangered—that have adapted to the harsh environment over thousands of years.
Rare plants found on the barrens include: serpentine aster, long-haired barrens chickweed, glade spurge, fameflower, lyre-leaved rock cress, prairie dropseed, and arrow-feather. Moths and butterflies, including red-banded hairstreak, cobsew skipper, barrens buckmoth, mottled duskywing and dusted skipper. The barrens also are home to other rare species such as the rough green snake and various insects, some only found on the barrens.
For many years the Chrome Barrens have been protected as conservation lands and public green space under the ownership of Elk Township and the management of The Nature Conservancy. Farmlands within the preserve are protected by agricultural easements and managed by The Nature Conservancy. In 2012, Elk Township and Chester County, with the cooperation of adjacent private property owners and the collaboration of Brandywine Conservancy, protected adjoining forested property from future development and provided a trail easement to extend the trail system into these private lands.
Be Prepared for the Hike
There is one parking lot but no restroom facilities. Wear sturdy shoes. Hiking these trails can be strenuous if unaccustomed to varied terrain and uneven walking surfaces. Be prepared for ticks and other biting and stinging insects during warmer months. Bring plenty of drinking water, as temperatures in the barrens can be as much as 10-15 degrees hotter than the surrounding forests.
Care for the Land / Regulations
These forests and grasslands have been set aside for all to experience. Take time to enjoy them, but know the rules and regulations designed to protect these lands and you. Be extremely cautious entering these lands during hunting season.
Hours for Public Use: Dawn to dusk
Permitted Uses:
Hunting with Elk Township permit
Prohibited Uses / Actions:
Removal or destruction of plants, animals or rocks.
Discharge of firearms (except as permitted above)
These trails are made possible by the efforts and resources of Elk Township, Brandywine Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, AmeriCorps NCCC, and Friends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens, who continue to be a force in conserving the Barrens.
Elk Township:
http://www.elktownship.org/
Friends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens:
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Hi sara, I have some kind of pain on my right side too. Kinda like a dull pain. I am 26 wks.
Right side pain is a sign of possible pre-eclampsia. I would mention this to your doctor. Also, I had some pain last year in that spot and it ended up being my gall bladder which in pregnant women, tends to go wild.


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Visit the sites that reflect a deep history of Christianity in this day tour in Tokyo, including sites of the Great Edo Massacre of 1612.
This tour takes you on a trip to the sites of the Great Edo Massacre of 1612, The ''Kirishtian Yashiki'', the hidden ''Kirishitan Toro'', the ''Keikyo Toro'' site from the first Century in early Christianity, the first hospital in Edo and other Christian historical sites in Tokyo. Most people are unaware that in the 16th century, a third of the Japanese population were ''Kirishitan'' or indigenous Christians, and the city of Kyoto was called ''Los Angeles'' - the city of Angels, which was a Christian city. The downtown areas of both Kyoto and Tokyo were also populated by Christians. The Japanese Holocaust, which ran from 1597 until 1859, resulted in one million Kirishtan deaths, one million emigrating overseas, mainly to the Phillipines, Macau and Mexico, and about one million going underground which were called the ''Kakura Kirishitan''.
The tour is led by authorities on the topic and inspired by the Martin Scorsese film, Silence. Be invited into the home of a local resident of the areas of the ''Kirishitan Yashiki'' where much of the movie is based on, and see an actual ''Fumie'' - where the Kirishitan were forced to stand on to renounce their faith. Have lunch in the heart of the historic "Kirishitan District" of old Edo, and visit the only museum in Tokyo attributed to Silence and have the chance to renew your faith on the spot of the great Edo Marytrdom of 1623, as portrayed in the movie.
Visit the Kirishitan Yashiki or Kirishitan mansion in central Tokyo where a local resident invites the tour in for a cup of coffee and one of a kind description of the area.
Next is a visit to the Keikyo monument of the Ancient Church of the East that came in Japan in the 1st century, followed by a visit to see the only Kirishitan Kinshi Rei official placard put up at the entrance to the city of Edo prohibiting the Kirishitan faith. You are able to specially view and actually touch this historic relic of another time in Japan when it was a Christian nation.
Afterwards the tour will continue in the Asakusa area, which in fact was the center of the Kirishitan faith in the Edo period which was the former name for Tokyo. Here we will visit the Asakusa Church and the site of the first hospital in Edo from 1612 and continuing to the only Kirishitan museum in Tokyo commemorating the Great Edo Event of 1623.
Lastly is a must visit for the faithful and for those whose faith is in need of a spiritual renewal. Visiting the sites of precious Japanese saints who at one time numbered nearly 3 million. Followed by the great persecution of the Kirishitan where one million were martyred, one million left the country to Macau, the Phillipines and Mexico and one million went underground.
The whole tour will be conducted in an air-conditioned bus, accompanied with English language commentary. The tour is based on a first-come-first-served basis.
Minimum number of participants required for this tour to run is 20 persons.
As the tour involves visiting sensitive sites, all participants are required to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
Depending on the weather, if the tour allows us to visit a hospital, lunch will be eaten around the vicinity of the hospital.
An offering is taken to cover the cost of the bus that takes the tour around to all sites.
The meeting point will at Exit 1 of Kamiyacho station.


The fuel filter is established behind on the right on a body floor. At filter dismantle fuel can flow out, therefore it is necessary to observe necessary safety measures.
- After the work termination to make a short trip then to check up tightness of hoses.


During culture crawl, we host a new Emerging Student Artist from Western Montana high schools. We aim to give upcoming, young artists the exposure they deserve as well as the encouragement to keep using their talents in the professional artistry.
"During my freshman year of high school, my art teacher Mr. McBride assigned my creative art class to make a self portrait with one hundred shapes. It could be squares, triangles or circles. I chose circles, this mostly because Mr. McBride had inspired me with his work. I was also not a huge fan of triangles and squares in portraits that I had done. I also colored it similarly to Mr. McBride's. He has been a huge inspiration to me for ideas. It took a month to complete. I was very happy with the outcome.