Thursday, March 26, 2009
Jawaharlal Nehru's great-grandson denies anti-Muslim remarks
Varun Gandhi, great-grandson of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and scion of a family dynasty, said on March 18 he was a victim of political conspiracy over allegations he made inflammatory comments against Muslims.
Police in Uttar Pradesh are investigating Gandhi in a row that could embarrass his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), already suffering from internal squabbles over campaign strategy just weeks before a general election.
Gandhi, who is also the nephew of Congress party chief, Sonia Gandhi, said footage of him at a rally had been doctored but he would not say by whom.
Local media played clips in which he is alleged to have said he would cut off the hands of Muslims who threatened Hindus and compared a rival Muslim candidate to Osama bin Laden.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com/
Police in Uttar Pradesh are investigating Gandhi in a row that could embarrass his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), already suffering from internal squabbles over campaign strategy just weeks before a general election.
Gandhi, who is also the nephew of Congress party chief, Sonia Gandhi, said footage of him at a rally had been doctored but he would not say by whom.
Local media played clips in which he is alleged to have said he would cut off the hands of Muslims who threatened Hindus and compared a rival Muslim candidate to Osama bin Laden.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com/
Labels: anti-Muslim remarks, BJP, Gandhi family, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru's great-grandson, nephew of Congress party chief, Osama bin Laden, Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi
Monday, May 12, 2008
A little treasury of quotations and anecdotes about Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was born on Vaisakh 25, BS 1168, that is early May, 1861. The fortnight after Vaisakh 25 is celebrated in Bengal as kavipaksha,'or the poet's fortnight. On this occasion, Tagore is remembered not only with song, dance, drama, but stories about his patriotism, courage, as also for his love for Mahatma Gandhi and differences Tagore had with him.
Today, instead of abating, violence engulfs the globe. Wars exact their toll of innocent victims without any noble voice rising in protest. Forests are cleared for mining, rivers dammed, carbon emissions rise to such levels that Mother Nature can bear no more. We need Gandhi and King, Tolstoy and Tagore, now more than ever.
For the kavipaksha,'we present for our readers a little treasury of Tagore's poems and memorabilia.
First, a prayer for his beloved land. He prays not for great wealth or power, but for knowledge and reason and freedom.
Gitanjali, poem 35
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
Where knowledge is free.
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls.
Where words come out from the depths of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection.
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert of dead habit.
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action -
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
To read the full article, click here....
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Today, instead of abating, violence engulfs the globe. Wars exact their toll of innocent victims without any noble voice rising in protest. Forests are cleared for mining, rivers dammed, carbon emissions rise to such levels that Mother Nature can bear no more. We need Gandhi and King, Tolstoy and Tagore, now more than ever.
For the kavipaksha,'we present for our readers a little treasury of Tagore's poems and memorabilia.
First, a prayer for his beloved land. He prays not for great wealth or power, but for knowledge and reason and freedom.
Gitanjali, poem 35
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
Where knowledge is free.
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls.
Where words come out from the depths of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection.
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert of dead habit.
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action -
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
To read the full article, click here....
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Bengal, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kavipaksha, Mahatma Gandhi, patriotism, Rabindranath Tagore, Tagore's poems
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