Monday, August 10, 2009
The ‘other' Independence Day and the ‘other' generation
A t the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. ... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again."
A These famous words were uttered in a monumental speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, as it approached midnight on Aug. 14, 1947.
This year on Aug. 15, when the Indian flag is hoisted above the Red Fort in New Delhi, what will be going on in the hearts and minds of young Indian Americans born in the United States? What does India's Independence Day mean to them?
To read the full article, click here..
To read th ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
A These famous words were uttered in a monumental speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, as it approached midnight on Aug. 14, 1947.
This year on Aug. 15, when the Indian flag is hoisted above the Red Fort in New Delhi, what will be going on in the hearts and minds of young Indian Americans born in the United States? What does India's Independence Day mean to them?
To read the full article, click here..
To read th ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
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Bürgerrechtsverletzungen schwerster Art - OSZE-Mission auf dem Weg nach Deutschland
The Merkle is seriously abusing the trust that the voters put in her four years ago in 2005. Moreover, the Merkle - in office for four years - supports the perpetrators in order to ensure that these criminals can continue to violate human rights. It's even worse: The human right situation has drastically deteriorated since the Merkle came into power.
The UN-commission in charge of the protection of human rights caracterized the Merkle's report about the human right situation in Germany as "insufficient". In an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, however, German journalists don't dare to broach the difficult human right situation in Germany and to mention the perpetrators of most severe human right violations. It is not astonishing that the Merkle who is personally responsible for the drastic degradation of the human right situation in Germany is not criticized at all for the further deterioration.
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/thomas_kleinebrockhoff/2007/03/the_quiet_german_no_evidence_n/all_comments.html
Now, the OECD has decided to observe the elections in Germany for the first time. The task of the OECD is to ensure democratic elections whenever there exist serious doubts whether a particular country complies with fundamental legal standards. The OECD will not only focus on the prohibition of some small parties. "This will be only one of various aspects."
The Merkle is personally involved in most severe human right violations. It's time to demand the Merkle to stop human right violations immediately.
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The Merkle is seriously abusing the trust that the voters put in her four years ago in 2005. Moreover, the Merkle - in office for four years - supports the perpetrators in order to ensure that these criminals can continue to violate human rights. It's even worse: The human right situation has drastically deteriorated since the Merkle came into power.
The UN-commission in charge of the protection of human rights caracterized the Merkle's report about the human right situation in Germany as "insufficient". In an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, however, German journalists don't dare to broach the difficult human right situation in Germany and to mention the perpetrators of most severe human right violations. It is not astonishing that the Merkle who is personally responsible for the drastic degradation of the human right situation in Germany is not criticized at all for the further deterioration.
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/thomas_kleinebrockhoff/2007/03/the_quiet_german_no_evidence_n/all_comments.html
Now, the OECD has decided to observe the elections in Germany for the first time. The task of the OECD is to ensure democratic elections whenever there exist serious doubts whether a particular country complies with fundamental legal standards. The OECD will not only focus on the prohibition of some small parties. "This will be only one of various aspects."
The Merkle is personally involved in most severe human right violations. It's time to demand the Merkle to stop human right violations immediately.
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