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Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 09:42:45 PDT Tibet we are sorry -- we are maintaining double standards. We are cowards. India is known as a country which is against any human right violation. But we are bowing in front of CHINA. It is a SHAME. I do not want my country to be like this -- we should fight out -- JUSTICE should be done to millions of people living in TIBET. The whole world is silent. Why? If the world is silent, then nobody should talk of any human rights in future. We should bow to God, not to the SATANIC. But I have hope. I can see punishment, it is very near and it is for the whole world. I appeal to the whole world, the world leaders to save TIBET and by doing so save our mother Earth. Rajeev Mohnot
Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:12:30 -0700 Just like the interview published in Rediff, Dr Swamy, like a teen denied a date, has been speaking against the BJP since they did not make him the finance minister. Only in India can someone like Dr Swamy get free air-time giving statements like "Advani is a Hindu Hitler" for his alleged role in the Ayodhya controversy. It is an insult to the six million Jews who were killed by Nazis to compare the demolition of a dilapidated structure (built by an invading barbarian over an existing indigenous religious place -- apparently to insult the "kafirs" of the world) to the Holocaust. Didn't we remove statues of the British queens and kings after Independence? What's so different about the Babri structure?
Jay Kulkarni
Date sent: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:21:57 +0900 Look who is talking -- a man who does not mind changing his stand on issues more often than he changes his shirt. Let me clarify one thing -- I am against the demolition of ANY DAMN thing; mosque, temple or a church. We have better things to think of, look forward to -- than live in the past. Coming to the heinous crime committed by the BJP leaders -- demolishing the mosque. What the hell is heinous about it? Did they take away food from hungry people? Did they cause adulteration in the infant food? Did they deprive the nation of scarce resources? NO. This is an issue which was unnecessarily whipped up by the BJP. At last, some wisdom dawns upon them and they are saying that the temple should not be talked about; here is Dr Swamy -- shouting at the top of his voice. Coming to the demolition, there is (apparently) some proof of Babar having demolished a temple (Ram or otherwise), so, are we to institute a probe into that now? What happened on December 6, 1992 was the worst thing. Yet, there is no point in getting stuck to that date after six years. There are critical issues facing the nation. So, we need to look at them. Today, if there is any party worth being in government, it is the BJP. So, I hope everyone in the country -- Hindus and Muslims -- forget the damn temple and mosque issue. Dr Swamy is the one who is wagging his tail around a person who amassed wealth with impunity -- that too for getting elected to Parliament. People such as these, who call themselves leaders are the worst sort of bacteria eating at the roots of the nation. So, he has no moral right to throw stones at others. Uday
Date sent: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:25:05 +0800 Oh! Swamy is crazy and too self-centered to think of anything else, it is a waste of resource to interview him. Anurag
Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:48:02 -0500 You, media people, give too much importance to notorious malcontents and one-man party self-seekers like Subramanian Swamy and Chandra Shekhar. These two represent the worst of Indian politics and by playing up these guys, the media is contributing to gutter politics. If these guys have a great following, why have their parties just won one seat each? Has the media lost its head?
T R Rao
Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 16:01:53 -0400 This is one terrible interview. It seemed to me that the interviewer was trained to ask only questions that Subramanian Swamy likes to talk about. Why is it that the most obvious questions weren't asked? He called Jayalalitha the empress of corruption and now sidles up to her. Why wasn't he asked to justify his statements/action? He's supposed to have said that he gave up a chance to win a Nobel Prize for the sake of the country. You could've asked him if he still stood by those statements and we could have looked at his performances and publications and have them evaluated by experts. Ask him what's he contributed to the country if that's what he is there for? Ask him why he's such a pain interfering with the working of every government? Frankly, the interview with Swamy is a waste of Internet bandwidth. If the press chose to sideline him, India will be better off. Thanks to the press that's prone to sensationalism, he gives them what they want to hear. Srinidhi
Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:52:51 +0400 Subramanian Swamy is a dangerous case. Like Jethmalani said, he is a worm deserved to be crushed. It is because of a pro-BJP and an anti-incumbency wave, that we have the misfortune of seeing him as an MP now. And he thinks it is because of his charisma and Amma's grace. Please do not give much importance to his blabberings. If possible, get him again on Rediff chat as there are a plenty of others who would like to bash him up in the chat room!
Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:06:29 -0400 >>Q. What's your comments on the performance of the Vajpayee government in the last month or so? >>A. Where have they performed anything for me to comment upon? Mr Swamy! Are you the only person in India, or is the government formed only for you. Think about the country please.
Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:59:29 -0600 Swamy should act reasonably towards building the coalition and using it in the best interests of his state. By asking that Advani, Joshi resign he is only creating more ill-will towards himself and Jayalalitha. Seems like he is full of negative energy, ready to find faults not solutions. Associating with Jayalalitha has exposed the moral values of both him and the BJP. I would like to see him make positive contributions to the country's administration. He could offer help to the finance minister on building the country's finances. Maybe that will keep his energy directed towards more positive avenues. Paritosh
Date sent: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 03:41:33 -0500 (GMT) Loved it. I heard of this article from a friend in the USA! Would be grateful if you could get another ex-Bomabyite, Rohinton Mistry -- author of A Fine Balance, now living in Canada -- to talk about himself.
Date sent: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 09:50:06 PST This is regarding Ms Mohini Giri's article regarding the state of women in India. She laments that women are not getting their due because men hold them back. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is other women who hold them back. It is the mother-in-law who sets fire to the daughter-in-law. It is the prospective groom's mother who makes demands for dowry. At work, it is other women who plot against her and get her out of the way. It is the sister-in-law who makes her do the household chores even when she's sick. As for Ms Giri's assertion that women in important posts are less likely to be corrupt and more sensitive towards women's needs -- I can only smirk. Indira Gandhi, Jayalalitha are prime examples to show that woman can be more corrupt and autocratic than men. Female child killings in Tamil Nadu *increased* during Jayalalitha's rule. More recently, Sonia Gandhi's entry into politics has pushed the cause of women's liberation back by at least 20 years. Women who occupy important posts solely due to the fame of their husbands are hardly going to be a positive role-model. Sonia pulled down a whole generation of women by entering politics in this manner. As for child-marriage and sati -- when was the last time you heard them take place? Ms Giri should read English translations of novels written by Kannada novelist Triveni, who has identified solutions to women's problems (prostitution, dowry, destitution etc) within the context of the Hindu dharma. Many movies have been made from her novels and all of them have been runaway hits. Please don't bark up the wrong tree. M Nam
Date sent: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 16:28:25 -0500 I hate all your political columns but your special on Sachin made good reading... Good work!! Anand
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 11:08:16 -0600 I read your feature on Calicut. Being from Calicut, I really enjoyed every word written in it. I had a feeling of nostalgia. I really felt like going on the next available flight. Please keep writing more about our Calicut. And, of course, the photos taken by Mr Rajan Kallai are great. Congrats! Supriya
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:23:52 -0800 I liked the way it has been described, but some scenic photos will add a touch to the article and the reader will also feel like he has visited the place.
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:09:01 EST Overall, this is an interesting article. However, photographs are too dark and do not do justice to the real beauty of the Himalayan foothills. (I have been to Badrinath).
Gaurang G Vaishnav
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