tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49112684670605147332024-03-13T04:15:15.317-07:00vibha tailangvibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4881125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-10246452980783054902013-05-28T21:02:00.002-07:002013-05-28T21:02:59.429-07:00New age alchemists More and more companies are making wealth from waste and, in the process, saving the environment from devastation. Business Today looks at fi ve of these green businesses.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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New age alchemists<br />
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More and more
companies are making wealth from waste and, in the process, saving the
environment from devastation. Business Today looks at fi ve of these
green businesses.<br />
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Mahesh Nayak Edition: June 9, 2013<br />
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More
and more companies are making wealth from waste and, in the process,
saving the environment from devastation. Business Today looks at five of
these green businesses.<br />
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FABRIC FROM PLASTIC<br />
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Arora Fibres recycles discarded plastic bottles into polyester used as packaging material<br />
Don't
chuck out those plastic bottles that have been piling up in your
kitchen for days. They can be re-used to make polyester fabric. Rupinder
Singh Arora, Chairman of Arora Fibres Ltd, has been recycling discarded
plastic bottles into polyester staple fibre since 1994 after he saw the
colossal damage to the environment from mountains of bio-degradable
plastic being burned in the country. "We were the pioneers in this
field.<br />
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Apart from a commercial interest , converting PET Into
polyester has a huge positive impact on the environment," says Arora.
PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate.<br />
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Arora brought the
technology to India after tying up with Korean company Mijung, which
specialised in converting PET bottles into polyester yarn. His factory
in the industrial belt of Silvassa in Dadra & Nagar Haveli has the
capacity to process 18,000 tonnes of plastic a year and he plans to
increase that to 48,000 tonnes by next year. Arora says the
environmental benefit of recycling discarded plastic bottles is
enormous. "By recycling 10 billion PET bottles, one can save one million
square yards of landfill space and eliminate 0.25 million tonnes of
carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.<br />
<br />
Rupinder Singh Arora, Chairman, Arora Fibres, sitting at his office in Silvassa<br />
<br />Rupinder
Singh Arora, Chairman, Arora Fibres, sitting at his office in Silvassa.
'Plastic has been profitable for Arora Fibres: the company hopes to
touch Rs 75 crore in revenues this year' <br />
<br />And
recycling one kg of PET saves around 25,000 BTUs (British Thermal
Units)," he says. Plastic has clearly been profitable for Arora Fibres.
It tapped the primary market in 1994 to raise Rs 9.6 crore to set up the
Silvassa plant and logged Rs 34 crore in revenues in the financial year
that ended March 2013. It hopes to touch Rs 75 crore this year. The
polyester fibre has a huge market in many industries such as automobiles
and is also used as packaging material for beverages, food products,
pharmaceuticals, and consumer and industrial products.<br />
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But the
business has had its ups and downs. Although there are about 20 players
who convert nearly 300,000 tonnes of PET bottles into polyester fibre
each year, the industry depends on rag pickers for raw material. Arora
says the industry was also hit by an increase in raw material prices and
a fall in finished product prices. "The shortage of raw material and
the power problems until 2010 in Silvassa have been the reasons why
others overtook us in the business," he says.<br />
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"Despite competition and profitability getting squeezed, net margins remain healthy at 10 per cent."<br />
<br />
Amit Sengupta Executive Director, VA Tech Wabag<br />
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Amit
Sengupta Executive Director, VA Tech Wabag, at a water treatment plant
near Chennai. 'Recycled industrial and municipal waste water is used as
drinking water or ploughed into industry'<br />
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LIQUID GOLD<br />
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Wabag is helping companies clean up their act by reusing waste water<br />
It
is sometimes said that water, and not oil, is the real liquid gold
today. Water technology company VA Tech Wabag would certainly agree. The
Chennai-based company recycles industrial and municipal waste water
either for reuse as drinking water or to plough back for industrial use.<br />
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And
money has been flowing like water. Executive Director Amit Sengupta
says 10 to 15 per cent of the company's revenues come from recycling,
but he expects it to account for 50 per cent of Wabag's business in the
next 10 years. Last year, the company recorded revenues of Rs 1,000
crore in India.<br />
Wabag has helped many companies clean up their
act. Six years ago, it stepped in to help Indian Oil Corp's Panipat
refinery when a farmers's lobby in Haryana raised a hue and cry over the
company's waste water discharge. The water treatment company recycled
the entire plant's waste water discharge and made it as pure as drinking
water. It will build an effluent treatment plant with recycling
facilities for Reliance Industries' purified terephthalic acid plant in
Dahej and a tertiary treatment plant for the Reliance petrochemicals
complex in Hazira.<br />
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Sengupta says though a scare resource, water is
cheap in India and people will not reuse it until the government comes
out with strict rules or water becomes more expensive. So, how much of
the waste water is reusable? "The short answer is 'All of it'," says
Sengupta. "But it depends on the quality for reuse as per customer
requirements."<br />
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Irfan Furniturewala, Chairman, Hanjer Biotech Energies<br />
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Irfan
Furniturewala, Chairman, Hanjer Biotech Energies, at a waste processing
plant in Mumbai. Hanjer plans to take over four to five closed biomass
power plants to generate around 40 MW of green power.<br />
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Hanjer is turning solid waste into fuel to run power plants<br />
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Ever
wondered what happens to all that garbage at landfills dotting your
city? You'd be surprised. Some of it can actually be recycled to
generate power . Waste management company Hanjer Biotech Energies
realised that when it kickstarted India's first green power plant in
Jalgaon in Maharashtra this year by using a byproduct of solid waste as
fuel. The biomass power plant had been closed because of the
unavailability of husk rice, the raw material for fuelling the plant,
which pushed Hanjer to turn to refuse derived fuel (RDF) from municipal
solid waste to generate seven megawatts (MW) of green power.<br />
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The
concept of converting waste to energy is not new, but Mumbai-based
Hanjer plans to take it to a new level following the success of its
experiment in Jalgaon. It plans to take over four to five closed biomass
power plants in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to generate
around 40 MW of green power and then set up a green power plant in
Surat, Gujarat that runs completely on fuel from solid waste.<br />
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Usually, 20 to 30 per cent of supporting fuel such as coal or oil is used along with RDF to generate power.<br />
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The
plant in Surat will use green fuel derived from waste from three of the
company's solid waste processing facilities in the state to generate 15
MW of power. The plant has the potential to reduce green house gas
emissions and will earn carbon credits for Hanjer. "Of the total 9,100
tonnes of waste which we process, around 18 to 20 per cent is green RDF.
With the amount of green RDF produced after recycling the waste, we can
run six 15 MW power plants," says Irfan Furniturewala, Founder and
Chairman of Hanjer.<br />
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How does the system work? Simple, green RDF is
generated from dry municipal solid waste that is dried, crushed,
screened and packed into brick form. The clean and nonpolluting fuel is
used as a substitute for conventional fossil fuels such as coal which is
in short supply. Hanjer posted revenues of Rs 410 crore in 2012/13 in
an industry growing at 20 per cent a year.<br />
<br />
Mahesh Choudhary, CEO, Microqual Techno, at his office in Mumbai<br />
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Mahesh
Choudhary, CEO, Microqual Techno, at his office in Mumbai. Microqual is
also capturing power lost during transmission to supply electricty to
telecom mobile towers.<br />
<br />
TOWERING HEIGHTS<br />
<br />
Microqual uses power transmission towers as telecom towers<br />
<br />
Next
time you drive along the Mumbai-Pune express highway and don't
experience any dropped calls on your cellphone, you should thank Mahesh
Choudhary. He is the CEO of Microqual Techno, a telecom infrastructure
services company that has tied up with Mumbai-based outdoor advertising
company Guju Ads to use its 1,000 billboards and hoardings across 13
cities as telecom towers sites. "This will help telecom companies bring
down operational costs by 40 per cent and capex by 30 per cent," says
Choudhary, who sees huge potential from the new initiative as 35 per
cent of India still does not have mobile coverage and more than 50 per
cent does not have a continuous mobile network.<br />
<br />
Microqual is the
first company in India to use power transmission towers as telecom
towers. Apart from putting telecom antennas on the power transmission
towers and running them as telecom mobile towers, the company is also
capturing power that is lost during transmission and distribution to
supply electricity to the telecom towers. Two sites are already
operational - one in Kolar in Karnataka and another in Baddi in Himachal
Pradesh. Microqual has exclusive rights for 10 years to use 85,000
Power Grid Corp of India transmission towers across Jammu & Kashmir,
Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.<br />
<br />
Only 50 towers have been
put to use so far. The journey to turn idle or waste resources into
wealth started three years ago in Kerala when mobile services company
Aircel wanted to set up telecom towers but found it difficult to operate
within the cost it had estimated.<br />
<br />
Microequal used a combination
of solar and wind power to operate the telecom tower site and cut fuel
expenses by 40 per cent. The innovation is paying off: the company
posted Rs 600 crore in revenues last year. "In the next three to four
years, the innovative vertical will account for 25 per cent of our
business," says Choudhary.<br />
<br />
Gururaja Upadhya, Co-founder, Cerebra Integrated Technologies, at an e-waste segregation plant near Bangalore<br />
Gururaja
Upadhya, Co-founder, Cerebra Integrated Technologies, at an e-waste
segregation plant near Bangalore. 'The company is building India's
largest e-waste recycling plant with the capacity to process 90,000
tonnes of e-waste' .<br />
<br />
CLEANING E-WASTELAND<br />
<br />
Cerebra will extract precious and other metals from mountains of e-waste<br />
Twenty
years ago, tossing out an old toaster or much-used iron was unthinkable
in India. Today, people don't think twice before changing computers and
mobile phones almost every year. So, what happens to all the old
gadgets and gizmos? They end up as e-waste.<br />
<br />
One Bangalore-based
infotech company, Cerebra Integrated Technologies, is doing its bit to
reduce the glut of e-waste that some activists say is potentially the
most dangerous waste problem in the world. It is building India's
largest e-waste recycling plant that will begin operations by the end of
this year. The plant will have the capacity to process close to 90,000
tonnes of e-waste. "We wanted to find a solution to dispose of the
e-waste left after the repair and refurbishing process was completed,
and realised there were only one or two medium-sized players in this
business," says Gururaja Upadhya, Co-founder and Director-Technical at
Cerebra Integrated Technologies.<br />
<br />
But e-waste is also a treasure
trove of precious and other metals. Cerebra sees big business in the
mountains of e-waste in Bangalore which produces 200,000 tonnes of
e-waste a year. The company plans to make its millions by extracting
metals such as gold and platinum from the e-waste piling up in the city.
A mobile phone, for example, is made up of a combination of rare earth
and precious metals: it contains 250 mg of silver, 24 mg of gold and
nine mg of palladium while a laptop has 1,000 mg of silver, 220 mg of
gold and 500 grams of copper.<br />
<br />
Cerebra hopes to wrap up its Rs
110-crore acquisition of Singaporebased Cimelia Resource Recovery this
year, as part of its plans to make its mark in the global e-waste
business. "The recycling business will bring in the maximum revenues for
the group. In the next three to five years, we expect the business to
be in excess of Rs 500 crore," says Upadhya. "More than 50 per cent of
the company's revenue and profit would come out of our e-waste
business."<br />
<br />
Clearly, that's one recycle bin that's emptied regularly - but not deleted permanently.<br />
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Lorena Bobbitt, who now uses her maiden
name Gallo, claimed Mr Bobbitt still harboured feelings for her despite
what happened, and continues to send her Valentine's cards and flowers.</div>
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"John, you did a lot of things to me that were very painful," Miss Gallo said, claiming he had forced her to have an abortion. </div>
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"You drove me crazy. You drove me insane. No woman should go through that I went through." </div>
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didn't really understand how sensitive you are," Mr Bobbitt, 42, from
Buffalo, New York, replied. "You take things really seriously." </div>
It
was on June 23, 1993 that Miss Gallo, then 24, cut off more than half
of her husband's penis as he slept. She had been in a "fit of rage"
after he returned home drunk from a night on the town and allegedly
raped her. <br />
She left the house with the severed object and threw
it out of the car window into a field, where it was found and surgically
reattached. <br />
Mr Bobbitt was acquitted of spousal rape and Miss
Gallo was found not guilty of malicious wounding by reason of temporary
insanity. <br />
The pair subsequently divorced after six years of marriage.<br />
Mr Bobbitt, who used his notoriety to become an adult film star, described the night it happened.<br />
"I was bleeding to death. It was one of the most terrifying things I ever went through," he said.<br />
Miss
Gallo said: "I remember driving with his severed penis in my hand, and
in my other hand I had the knife. I didn't even know how I got into the
car, and apparently I had to toss it somewhere because I couldn't turn
the wheel of my car, so I got rid of the thing. Then I learnt at the
hospital later on that it was his penis." </div>
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Child molestation is a very serious problem that can happen to any
child. Determining if your child is actually being molested requires
your best guess based on the proof that you find. Follow these signs if
you have suspicions that you child is actually being molested and take
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<b class="whb">Beware if your child changes his or her toilet training habits</b>.</li>
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<b class="whb">Watch if your child starts to develop fears of certain places, people or activities</b>.</li>
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school, if your child has problems in school or with his or her behavior
such as acting out sexual activity or being curious about certain
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<b class="whb">Inspect your child's
body and look for unexplained marks such as Bruises, rashes, cuts,
limping, multiple and poorly explained injuries</b>.</li>
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<b class="whb">Observe your child's private areas and look for certain things such as pain, itching, bleeding, fluid or rawness</b>.</li>
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<b class="whb">If your child has discovered masturbation, observe the intensity</b>.
If it is very intense and is only appropriate in teenagers (moaning,
using lubricant, thrusting) your child might be molested. If the child
has sex toys or is using methods children cannot know, a molester had to
give them to the child.</li>
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<b class="whb">Observe the childs behaviour how he/she is with the other parent</b>. Molesting at home usually happens whilst the mom is asleep</li>
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Beginning the Conversation About Touching Safety</h3>
A
vital step that you can take to keep your children safe is to talk with
them about touching and private body parts. This might not be the
easiest subject to bring up with a child. You might feel uncomfortable
or embarrassed talking with your children about sexuality or touching.
These are common feelings. It is often hard to know what to say. Here
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Include Touching in Safety Rules</h3>
Make
touching safety part of your family's safety rules. One way to make it
easier to talk about touching is to discuss it in the context of safety.
Touching is a safety issue just like crossing the street or playing
with matches.<br />
Some typical family safety rules are:<br />
<ul>
<li>Never play with matches. (Fire safety)</li>
<li>Look both ways and listen before you cross the street. (Walking safety)</li>
<li>Always wear a seat belt. Always sit in your booster seat. (Car safety)</li>
<li>Never play with guns. (Gun safety)</li>
<li>Always wear a helmet when riding your bike. (Bike safety)</li>
<li>Never give out personal information over the phone. (Phone safety)</li>
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Create and teach family safety rules about touching just as you
would teach other rules. Talking about personal safety in a sensitive
and age-appropriate way with your children will not frighten them; it
will give them skills and knowledge to use throughout their lives. You
can begin teaching touching safety rules to children as soon as they are
able to understand, even if they can't talk.<br />
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Use Everyday Moments to Teach</h3>
Children
learn by asking questions, so a good way to talk about touching safety
is to be open to questions and comments. If you're open and respond in a
way that keeps the conversation going, you can turn a child's
unexpected comment or question into a learning opportunity. Be sure to
vary your responses according to the age of your child. Some situations
that present natural teaching opportunities follow.<br />
<strong>Bath or bedtime</strong>.
When children are young and still need help with dressing and bathing,
it's not unusual for them to ask the names of private body parts.
Experts recommend that parents teach the correct names for private body
parts, along with the names of other parts of the child's body. This
normalizes the discussion and enables children to use actual words to
use to describe their private body parts and to tell about abuse if it
happens.<br />
<strong>Physical play situations</strong>. Children love
physical play, such as tickling and roughhousing. It is a normal part of
childhood. It is also a great opportunity to introduce touching rules.
Remind children of the rules on a regular basis: "Remember, we have a
family touching rule. You can say 'stop' or 'no' when you don't want to
be tickled, and the other person must listen to you." This gives
children permission to set boundaries with unwanted or unsafe touch and
opportunities to practice resisting. <br />
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When a child expresses curiosity about his or her body or about
sexuality. Use such moments as an opportunity to follow up with
age-appropriate information. Do your homework ahead of time by reading
books on the subject so that you'll be ready when your child asks
questions. <br />
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Before a child goes out, especially without you. Routinely go over
safety rules, including rules about touching, before your family or
child goes on an outing. Ask, "What are some of our safety rules about
walking?" and "What are our safety rules about touching?" <br />
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Read a children's book together. There are a number of different books
that are designed to help teach touching safety. Here are some
suggestions for how to read the book together:<br />
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<li>Choose a quiet time when you and your child will not be interrupted.</li>
<li>Read the book aloud as you would a story.</li>
<li>Listen carefully to what your child says while you read.</li>
<li>Show that you are open to whatever your child wants to tell you.</li>
<li>Use questions and comments as entry points to talk further about safety and touching and to introduce touching safety rules.</li>
<li>Ask open-ended questions that start or extend a conversation:
"What do you think the boy should do?" "What kind of safe touch happened
in the story?"</li>
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Appropriate videos can also be used in the same way. Check your
local library for videos that address personal safety issues for
children.<br />
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Revisit the Conversation</h3>
Just like crossing the
street safely, touching safety is not a one-time conversation. Children
need frequent reminders and practice of all family safety rules. Ensure
that your children are learning the rules and skills to keep them safe
by revisiting the rules during normal family activities. <br />
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Don't let embarrassment or nervousness get in the way of talking to your
children about touching safety. Find a way that works for you and begin
the conversation.<br />
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By Bridgid Normand, M.Ed. <br />
Program Developer<br />
Committee for Children<br />
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<em>Bridgid Normand, M.Ed. is a program developer for Committee for
Children and a former child and family therapist, school counselor, and
parent educator.</em></div>
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1 in 4 girls, 1 in 7 boys will experience some form of sexual abuse. More than 80% of the time it's someone the child knows.</div>
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How do you talk to your kids about these things?</div>
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with empowering and supporting your child's right to say "No" to
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Acknowledge
and respect when your kids tell you "no" when you're tickling them, to
reinforce the stop response. Let your family members know that your
working with your kids on their personal safety so they can respect the
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Often
sexual abuse is a gradual incline, with the abusers testing and pushing
the boundaries each time. If a child can say no at the beginning, they
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about different kinds of touching: Types of touching that feel good:
tickling and hugs from people you love, and overly familiar touching
that makes them feel uncomfortable; even if it's from someone they know
and like. Teach kids to recognize and trust their feelings about
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and specific definitions and instructions that are age appropriate.
Make sure you and your child know the words for their body parts. They
don't have to be the anatomically correct words, but you and your child
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give clear instructions on what they should do in certain situations,
"If somebody touches your crotch, you tell them NO and come and tell me
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your children, "we don't keep those kinds of secrets in our house. And
teach them the difference between a surprise and a secret: "A surprise
is something that’s good that everyone is going to find out about at
some point, a secret is something that no one is supposed to find out
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Abusers often tell their victims to keep the abuse a secret, that it's something special between just the two of them.</div>
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Indirect statements, "the babysitter and I have a secret", "Mr. Jones has polka dots on his shorts"</div>
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Tricks bribes threats</div>
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Interest in genitals</div>
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Babyish behavior</div>
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Suddenly turning against one parent</div>
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Children who are at a higher risk:</div>
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How to teach The Underwear Rule?<br />
<br />The Underwear Rule was developed to help parents and carers start a discussion with<br />their children. It can be a highly effective tool to prevent against sexual abuse.<br />The Underwear Rule has 5 important aspects.<br />
<br />1. Your body is your own<br />
<br />Children should be taught that their body belongs to them and no one can touch it without<br />their permission. Open and direct communication at an early age about sexuality and<br />“private body parts”, using the correct names for genitals and other parts of the body, will<br />help children understand what is not allowed. Children have the right to refuse a kiss or a<br />touch, even from a person they love. Children should be taught to say “No”, immediately<br />and firmly, to inappropriate physical contact, to get away from unsafe situations and to<br />tell a trusted adult. It is important to stress that they should persist until someone takes<br />the matter seriously.<br />In the book, the hand always asks Kiko for permission before touching. Kiko grants<br />permission. When the hand wants to touch inside the underwear, Kiko says “No!”. Parents<br />or carers could use this sequence to explain to children that they can say “No” at any<br />moment.<br />2. Good touch – bad touch<br />Children do not always recognise appropriate and inappropriate touching. Tell children it is<br />not okay if someone looks at or touches their private parts or asks them to look at or touch<br />someone else’s private parts. The Underwear Rule helps them to recognise an obvious,<br />easy-to-remember border: the underwear. It also helps adults to start a discussion with<br />children. If children are not sure if a person’s behaviour is acceptable, make sure they<br />know to ask a trusted adult for help.<br />In the book, Kiko refuses to be touched inside the underwear. Parents can explain<br />that some adults (such as carers, parents or doctors) may have to touch<br />children, but children should be encouraged to say “No” if a situation<br />makes them feel uncomfortable.<br />2.<br />In the book, the hand encourages Kiko to speak out if somebody wants to touch Kiko in<br />any inappropriate manner. This sequence can be used to discuss the difference between<br />a good secret (such as a surprise party) and a bad secret (something that makes the child<br />feel sad and anxious). Parents should encourage children to share bad secrets with them.<br />4. Prevention and protection are the responsibility of an adult<br />When children are abused they feel shame, guilt and fear. Adults should avoid creating<br />taboos around sexuality, and make sure children know whom to turn to if they are worried,<br />anxious or sad. Children may feel that something is wrong. Adults should be attentive and<br />receptive to their feelings and behaviour. There may be many reasons why a child refuses<br />contact with another adult or with another child. This should be respected. Children should<br />always feel that they can talk to their parents about this issue.<br />The hand in the book is Kiko’s friend. Adults are there to help children in their daily lives.<br />Preventing sexual violence is first and foremost the adult’s responsibility and it is important<br />to avoid putting all the burden on children’s shoulders.<br />3.<br />3. Good secrets – bad secrets<br />Secrecy is a main tactic of sexual abusers. That’s why it’s important to teach<br />the difference between good and bad secrets and to create a climate of<br />confidence. Every secret that makes them anxious, uncomfortable, fearful<br />or sad is not good and should not be kept; it should be told to a trustworthy<br />adult (parent, teacher, police officer, doctor).<br />5. Other helpful hints to accompany The Underwear Rule<br />Reporting and disclosure<br />Children need to be instructed about adults who can be part of their<br />safety network. They should be encouraged to select adults whom they<br />can trust, are available and ready to listen and help. Only one member<br />of the safety network should live with the child; the other should live<br />outside the immediate family circle. Children should know how to seek<br />help from such a trust network.<br />Known perpetrators<br />In most cases the perpetrator is someone known to the child. It is especially<br />difficult for young children to understand that someone who knows them<br />could abuse them. Keep in mind the grooming process that abusers use<br />to win the trust of children. Informing parents regularly about someone<br />who gives gifts, asks to keep secrets or tries to spend time alone with a<br />child must be a set rule in the house.<br />Unknown perpetrators<br />In some cases the perpetrator is a stranger. Teach your child simple rules<br />about contact with strangers: never get into a car with a stranger, never<br />accept gifts or invitations from a stranger. .<br />Help<br />Children should know that there are professionals that can be particularly<br />helpful (teachers, social workers, ombudspersons, physicians, the school<br />psychologist, the police) and that there are help lines that children can<br />call to seek advice.<br />4.<br />Why The Underwear Rule?<br />About one in five children falls victim to some form of sexual abuse and violence. It<br />happens to children of every gender, every age, every skin colour, every social class<br />and every religion. The perpetrator is often someone the child knows and trusts. The<br />perpetrator can also be a child.<br />You can help prevent this happening to your child.<br />Good communication with children is the key. It implies openness, determination,<br />straightforwardness and a friendly, non-intimidating atmosphere.<br />The Underwear Rule can help you with this.<br />A child is never too young to be taught The Underwear Rule because abuse can happen<br />at every age.<br />If you find it uncomfortable to talk about this subject with your child, please remember<br />that it is probably more difficult for you as an adult than it is for a child.<br />5.<br />What to do if you suspect abuse?<br />When you suspect your child has been abused, it is very important<br />not to be angry with your child. Do not make your child feel as if they<br />have done something wrong.<br />Do not interrogate the child. You could ask what may have happened,<br />when and with whom, but do not ask why it happened.<br />Try not to be upset in front of your child. Children can easily feel guilty<br />and may hold back information.<br />Try not to jump to conclusions based on little or unclear information.<br />Reassure your child that you will do something about it, and contact<br />someone who could help, like a psychologist, child care specialist,<br />doctor, social worker or the police.<br />In some countries special helplines and centres responsible for<br />helping child victims of sexual violence have been set up. They can<br />also guide you and should be contacted when a child is a possible<br />victim of sexual violence.<br />6.<br /></div>
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Deadly protests, riots and the storming
of American embassies that started on September the 11th in Egypt have
quickly spread to Libya, Tunisia, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Morocco, Israel, Iraq, India, Indonesia and
others. Welcome to another edition of the Bible in the News, this is
John Billington with you this week.</div>
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<br />Ironically the worst of violence
is originating from the many of the countries that were involved in the
"Arab Spring" and where America and her allies supported the transition
to democracy. Libya is one such place where the American ambassador and
a number of others were killed. All this was apparently in response to
a low budget film insulting the prophet Mohamed that was posted on the
internet, although many doubt that pointing to the level of the
organized protests and the timing on September the 11th.<br /><br />The long
term results and lasting impact of the events taking place are hard to
predict. We do know however that nations such as Libya are not destined
to be pro American, quite the opposite in fact. We have looked many
times on the Bible in the News at the final line up of the nations at
the battle of Armageddon in Ezekiel 38. There we find a northern
confederacy of nations lead by Russia and the Catholic Church and a
southern confederacy of nations lead by Britain. There we find for
example that Libya is with the Northern confederacy of nations, so no
matter how much help America, Britain and Canada give them in turfing
out Gaddaffi they are not destined to be friends. What we find when we
go through the list of Middle Eastern nations in Ezekiel we find them
split, some with the Northern Confederacy and some with the Southern. <br /><br />To
understand the Arab world and where it came from and where it is headed
we go back to Genesis and the account of Ishmael, Abraham's son through
Hagar. We do not have time to go into this in detail here but we do
find that God had a purpose with this family. It was not through Hagar
that the promises of a chosen seed etc. would be realized but through
Sarah and Isaac. That said in Genesis <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngr2KnFbt0A#">16:12</a> we find very significant promises regarding the future of the Ishmaelites</div>
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ROSEMARY BEACH — The Arab Spring chickens are coming home to roost.<br />
Dismissing two simultaneous attacks on our embassies on the
anniversary of 9/11 as "coincidence" and in spite of all available
evidence to the contrary, the Obama administration and its surrogates in
the mainstream media continue to blame the current unrest on a YouTube
video. It is an expedient election year excuse, but it's not the truth.<br />
Attacks have occurred on our embassies in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Sudan,
Tunisia, Pakistan, and Syria. Punch that card one more time and the
Obama administration gets a free Subway bombing sandwich.<br />
Even Hillary Clinton could not quell the violence, murder, American
flag burning and protests among these anti-American extremists. Odd as
it seemed to this administration, militant al-Qaida men just would not
take orders from a bossy blonde Methodist woman.<br />
I actually like Hillary more with time. She certainly would have been
a better president than Obama. It is sad this is happening at the end
of her watch; she had decided to resign as Secretary of State if Obama
wins a second term. Democrats hope to fill her chair soon or risk Clint
Eastwood showing up and talking to it.<br />
The first reaction of the White House to the riots was to blame
Romney’s reaction. Then they reasoned that it was better to blame a
YouTube video that no one watched than their own naiveté.<br />
These planned attacks outwitted our intelligence and our common
sense. Our Marines were intentionally under-strength. Obama had not
attended a security briefing since Sept. 5. Remember when Democrats
derided George Bush for collecting himself for a few minutes in that
Florida classroom after being told of the 9/11 attacks? Obama flew to
Las Vegas for a fundraiser while all this was happening.<br />
With his Nobel Peace Prize and all, after his apology tour and then
tripling our troop strength in Afghanistan, I am shocked that Obama
could not win these folks over. He preached nonviolence, yet pranced
around politically when our Navy SEALs killed the Muslim world’s evil
Elvis, Osama bin Laden. What did he think they killed him with,
kindness?<br />
The Muslim Brotherhood killed the last two Egyptian leaders, invented
the suicide bomber vest, and founded al-Qaida. Yet Obama encouraged
them into power and speaks of them as if they are the Knights of
Columbus.<br />
Measured against the ideal of world peace, our response to having our
embassies attacked would rank in the Arab world somewhere around having
a shoe thrown at you. At least Bush saw the shoe coming and ducked.<br />
Those who agree with Ron Paul and me on domestic matters, yet think
we were wrong opposing two wars of choice and occupying Muslim
countries, might want to think again. If we were not spending billions
of dollars propping up theocracies or thug-ocracies in the region, with
no coherent agenda or justification, all this would not be happening. We
go from ruthless dictators who hate America to America-hating
theocracies. How’d that work in Iran?<br />
There is a reason Ron Paul's campaign had the most active-duty military donors.<br />
The right again blusters and stokes the idea of another war. That is
as stupid as our invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. We just need to get
out of these countries, quit trying to nation-build in our own image,
bring our money and our troops home, and let them sort it out for
themselves.<br />
We are going broke trying to be the world's policeman. Our military
is 20 times more powerful than any military in the Muslim world. We
defeated the fourth most powerful military, Saddam Hussein’s Republican
Guard, over a long weekend halfway across the earth. We are blessed to
have two major oceans protecting us.<br />
Our Defense Department needs to play defense, not offense.<br />
Lastly, we need to stop paying billions each year to Pakistan, Egypt
and these Arab nations who will not protect our sovereign embassies in
their countries. We tax and borrow billions of dollars and give it to
countries that hate us. I bet they would hate us for free.<br />
<i>Ron Hart, a syndicated op-ed humorist, award winning author and TV/radio commentator, can be reached at <a href="mailto:Ron@RonaldHart.com">Ron@RonaldHart.com</a>, Twitter @RonaldHart or RonaldHart.com.</i></div>
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the introduction of social media through MySpace society has
drastically changed. Although MySpace has died a slow and painful
death, Facebook has become the new dominant social media outlet with the
help of Twitter propelling internet-based communication outside of the
stratosphere. How far is social media reaching? It’s not only shaping
relationships and elections, it’s shaping the course of entire nations,
giving those looking for a voice of their own an outlet of expression
and bringing together people with similar ideas and visions.<br />
The Arab Spring, as it’s now known, was the start of a cataclysmic
shift in the shape of the Middle East. While the political demarcation
lines between states remain the same, it is what is inside that has
largely changed – for the better or worse we have yet to truly see. Now
it’s time for a quick time out to explain something very important, yet
often overlooked:<br />
Uprisings are not solely due to social media. It would be impossible
for Facebook or Twitter to ignite a nation to rise against their
leaders. Before social media helped bring together like-minded people,
the citizens of Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and Libya were already deeply
oppressed, although each in different ways and with different types of
governments. High unemployment of young adults in Tunisia and Egypt
helped to drive those uprisings, while deeply imbedded repressions of
freedom by the leaders of Libya and Syria helped to drive the people to
stand up against their leadership – with deadly consequences.<br />
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The news media, in 2009, was quick to label the budding Iranian
protests a “Twitter revolution,” which Nancy Scola of The American
Prospect believes is what has resulted with commentators <a href="http://prospect.org/article/why-tunisia-not-social-media-revolution-0">holding back that title with Tunisia</a>:
“emphasizing that the uprising is a product of passions and convictions
of Tunisia’s people, not a 140-character status update.”<br />
James Buck and Melissa Bell of The Washington Post wrote about the
various incidents that led to the uprising; WikiLeaks had opened the
door to the “<a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/tunisia_and_the_social_media-s.html">lavish lifestyle</a>
of the ruling party members, while unemployment, rising food prices and
corruption took their toll on the country.” Some say it was the story
of <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2044723,00.html">Mohamed Bouazizi</a>,
a 26 year old computer science graduate who couldn’t find a job, who
in reaction to being beaten by the police for selling vegetables without
a permit set himself on fire as a <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/tunisia_and_the_social_media-s.html">form of protest</a>.
The story of Mohamed spread like wildfire across the Twitter-sphere
drawing attention to the issues facing the people. Similarly to those
in Tunisia, Egypt would soon find it’s imminent ruler – Hosni Mubarak –
unfavorable among the people no longer afraid to speak with their
voices. Regardless, “<a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east/jan-june11/revsocial_04-19.html">For the first time in history</a>,
a social movement could be observed in real-time as it spread,
coalesced around ideas, and grew exponentially in size and scale across
the Internet.”<br />
While the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia were relatively quick, and
while somewhat violent the term “civil war” was never uttered the same
cannot be said for Libya and Syria. It took American intervention to
put an end to the civil war in Libya and to remove (and kill)
long-standing despot leader, Muammar el-Qaddafi. Twitter streamed in
real-time the events as they actually unfolded, while Al-Jamahiriya, “<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/world/middleeast/24iht-m24libya.html">the Libyan state-owned television channel</a>,
was broadcasting nonstop patriotic songs, poetry recitations and rowdy
rallies supporting the Libyan leader.” One particularly well-travelled
tweet reads, “<a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/libya-inspired-by-egyptian-revolution-uses-social-media-in-midst-of-protests/">#</a><a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/libya-inspired-by-egyptian-revolution-uses-social-media-in-midst-of-protests/">Qaddafi</a>
is at war with #Libya as we speak, helicopters, troops, thugs, security
& foreign mercenaries all against unarmed protestors #Feb17,” from
ShababLibya.<br />
<img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-119200" height="185" src="http://siliconangle.com/files/2012/09/arab-spring-2-300x185.jpeg" title="arab-spring 2" width="300" />Perhaps
it is ironic that the nation most indebted to social media and their
uprising against their leader is also the one that has suffered the
longest for their uprising. Syria has slipped into a civil war that has
led to tens of thousands of people fleeing its borders for the
perceived safety of Jordan, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.<br />
“<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9193823/Syrias-online-army-is-simply-playing-into-Assads-hands.html">A few miles from</a>
the advancing tanks of President Bashar al-Assad’s army, a young Syrian
pledged to leave the safety of a Turkish border town and make a
perilous return to his homeland. This twenty-something dissident, his
eyes blazing with courage, was preparing to join the struggle against an
obdurate and pitiless dictator.” When asked how he was going to speed
the downfall of the ruthless Assad regime? “<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9193823/Syrias-online-army-is-simply-playing-into-Assads-hands.html">He would tweet</a>, text, blog and Skype, to ensure that the outside world knew the terrible reality of Assad’s rule.”<br />
The world has witnessed through these social media soldiers the
brutality and the extreme lengths that the Assad regime will go to
destroy the uprising, blindly killing anyone who happens to be having
the sour luck to be in the way. “<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/02/syria_uprising_twitter_and_social_media_revolution_fatigue_.html">The Syrian uprising</a>
should be the kind of story that takes social media by storm. It has
extraordinary acts of resistance, ordinary citizens fighting for
freedom, and the Internet’s power to break through a government’s wall
of silence.” <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/02/syria_uprising_twitter_and_social_media_revolution_fatigue_.html"> Emily Parker, of Slate, puts if bluntly</a>,
“the Bashar Assad regime has been violently cracking down on its
opponents. The fallout has ben tweeted, Skyped, photographed, and
filmed. But it has not captured the collective social media imagination
the same way as uprisings past.” Why is it now that images of babies
maimed and the lined up bodies of dead children ignored so easily? The
world has stood quietly by, choose not to intervene for whatever reason
allows them to sleep at night while innocent children die, and yet these
dissidents continue to risk life and limb by posting the truth for all
to see. Or, have we seen so much of the bloody uprising that it no
longer means anything to us, much like car accidents or murder scenes
from movies.<br />
Yet, unlike Tunisia, Egypt, and even Libya, Syria’s fight still continues, and the regime, while having a few shaky moments<a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2012-08-06/middleeast/world_meast_syria-unrest_1_manaf-tlas-riyad-hijab-syrian-information-minister-omran"> last month</a>,
is still concretely in power while also having the most number of
social media soldiers showing the world what is happening everyday. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9193823/Syrias-online-army-is-simply-playing-into-Assads-hands.html">It all boils down to one question</a>:
“Does Syria’s uprising need more technologically savvy multimedia
activists? Or – to be blunt – does it require more people inside the
country blowing things up?”<br />
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<span class="location" style="font-weight: bold;">NEW DELHI</span> | <span class="timestamp" style="margin: 0px;">Sun Sep 2, 2012 4:41pm IST</span></div>
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(Reuters) - A rare visit to India by China's defence minister should help avoid flare-ups along the border between the nuclear-armed Asian giants at a time when Beijing is grappling with a change of leadership and friction in the South China Sea.</div>
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But General Liang Guanglie's trip -- the first by a Chinese defence minister in eight years -- also highlights growing competition between the two emerging powers as they jostle for influence and resources across Asia.</div>
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Liang is due to arrive in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon after stopping in Sri Lanka, the island nation off the south coast of India that sits on vital ocean trade routes.</div>
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There he sought to play down Indian fears that China is threading a "string of pearls" -- or encircling it by financing infrastructure and military strength in neighbours stretching from Pakistan to the Maldives.</div>
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"China attaches great importance to its relations with the South Asian nations, and commits itself to forging harmonious co-existence and mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation with them," he said in speech to Sri Lankan soldiers.</div>
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"The PLA's (People's Liberation Army) efforts in conducting friendly exchanges and cooperation with its counterparts in the South Asian nations are intended for maintaining regional security and stability and not targeted at any third party."</div>
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As neighbours and emerging superpowers, India and China have a complex relationship. Trade has grown at a dizzying rate but Beijing is wary of India's close ties to Washington and memories of a border war with China half a century ago are still fresh in New Delhi.</div>
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Despite 15 rounds of high level talks to resolve the dispute about where their Himalayan border lies, neither side is close to giving up any territory. Liang is not expected to broach the territorial issue on his trip.</div>
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Analysts say Liang's India tour will demonstrate that Beijing is managing the often twitchy relations with its neighour just ahead of its once-in-a-decade leadership transition.</div>
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"China's leadership has one primary objective: how do we continue without any convulsions," said Uday Bhaskar, director of the National Maritime Foundation, a New Delhi think-tank.</div>
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"You do not want to have anything to do with India just now which is rocking the boat, as it were," he said.</div>
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In Sri Lanka, Liang pledged $12 million in military aid, adding to billions of dollars spent helping President Mahinda Rajapaksa win a 25-year-old civil war and rebuild his ruined nation's ports and roads.</div>
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Emphasising China's growing clout in the region, President Mohammed Waheed of the Indian Ocean archipelago nation the Maldives left for Beijing on Friday to arrange $500 million in loans, partly for infrastructure.</div>
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In turn, India courts close ties with Vietnam. Its exploration of an oil block in the South China Sea has needled Beijing, which claims the sovereignty over almost all of the sea and has stepped up its military presence there.</div>
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Both China and India say they are committed to attaining prosperity through peaceful means. Business relations are booming and trade flows have reached an annual $75.5 billion, up from just $3 billion a decade ago. Trade is skewed in China's favour.</div>
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During the four day trip to India, Liang will talk about border security with his counterpart Defence Minister A.K. Antony, India said this week, and they may announce a new round of joint military exercises -- following on from a recent joint naval practice in Shanghai.</div>
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No more details have been announced, but the two sides are expected to discuss their mutual neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the security challenges they face when NATO forces start leaving the region in 2014.</div>
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Liang's delegation includes Yang Jinshan, commander of the Tibet military district -- on the vast and troubled Himalayan plateau bordering India. China and India fought a brief border war in 1962, two years after India gave asylum to the Dalai Lama, who Beijing considers a separatist.</div>
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The last time a Chinese defence minister visited India was in 2004. Since then, Beijing has spent billions of dollars on train lines, roads and military hardware in Tibet. India has also spent heavily to strengthen its defences along the frontier, which the two sides dispute, despite years of talks.</div>
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Minor incidents of both nations' troops crossing the border are common, but major flare-ups are avoided through meetings of low and mid-rank officers, as well as senior military delegations and a cabinet-level hotline.</div>
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Instability has increased in Tibet in the lead up to the Chinese leadership change, with 51 Tibetans setting fire to themselves in gruesome protests against Beijing's heavy-handed rule in the region.</div>
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Liang's visit follows a number of high intensity unilateral military exercises by both countries in the border region in the past year.</div>
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More recently, India's ambassador to China was allowed to tour Tibet, a rare occurrence, and an Indian military delegation was taken to the region's capital Lhasa.</div>
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Jayadeva Ranade, a retired Indian senior civil servant and China expert, said China's recent warmth toward India reflected its concerns about military escalation in the South China Sea, and perception that India is being drawn into the U.S. "pivot" to Asia, which Beijing sees as containment.</div>
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While he welcomed Liang's trip, Ranade said India was disappointed China's next president had not yet visited.</div>
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"It's a tepid gesture -- earlier they were expecting a higher level visit, Xi Jinping was expected to come. That would have been something," Ranade said.</div>
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(Additional reporting by Ranga Sirilal in Colombo and Sabrina Mao in Beijing; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)</div>
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Northumberlandia, also known as "The Lady of The North" is a piece of public art built into the landscape of Cramlington in Northumberland.</div>
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Planned for seven years and built over two, she is the largest landscape replica of the female body ever seen in the world, her creators say.</div>
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She stands 112ft (34m) high at her tallest point, her forehead, and is 1,300ft (400m) long.</div>
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She is made up of 1.5m tonnes of rock, soil, stone and clay.</div>
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During a visit to the site last year, Charles Jencks, who began his designs for Northumberlandia in 2005, admitted the artwork was "much bigger than I ever thought".</div>
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Her creation was part of the planning application made by the Banks Group and Blagdon Estate when they requested to create what is now the largest surface mine in England, Shotton Surface Mine.</div>
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Made from the by-products of that opencast mine, the figure is created in layers.</div>
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First is a core of rock, then clay and lastly soil, topped with grass seed that will withstand being walked on.</div>
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Some of her features are artistically highlighted with stone from the mine that is often used for the restoration of old buildings.</div>
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Princess Anne will visit Northumberlandia on Monday to officially declare the site open, although the public will not be able to see it for themselves until Wednesday.</div>
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Katie Perkin, communications manager for the Banks Group, said: "It cost £3m for us to create Northumberlandia. We wanted to give something back.</div>
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"When we end a project on a mining site we restore it. With this project we heard there was some local concern about a negative effect on tourism, so we decided to go one step further than usual and create a tourist attraction to leave as our legacy.</div>
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"We held previews and worked with Disability North, amongst other local groups, to make sure the site was as open to everyone as possible, and I think we've succeeded."</div>
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Paths circle over the reclining body, offering views of Cramlington and a rare look into the nearby mine.</div>
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The Snowy Owl, a pub just to the right of Northumberlandia, will undoubtedly benefit from the development, but manager Gina Ward is also looking forward to the opening for personal reasons.</div>
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She said: "I suppose it will bring extra business to the area, and that's magnificent, but I love the idea and I love that they will be making it into a nature reserve. I think it is going to be brilliant."</div>
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Sue Stevenson, who works down the road at a petrol station, feels differently.</div>
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She thinks the money could have been spent on something more for the children in the area, but admitted: "I'm not a walker so it's not my kind of thing."</div>
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Her comments were overheard by Colin Battensby, from Blyth, who works in Cramlington. He said he travels past the site every day and thinks the creation will attract people to the area.</div>
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<img alt="Northumberlandia, as seen through the woodland entrance" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/62573000/jpg/_62573951_62556138.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="304" /><span style="display: block; width: 304px;">The entrance to Northumberlandia takes the visitor through woodland before revealing the figure</span></div>
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He said: "I think people will come and see it like The Angel (of the North).</div>
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"I don't know if people will come as a holiday just to see it, but if you're in the area, you'd go."</div>
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The Banks Group says there has already been a positive impact on the local community.</div>
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Mrs Perkin said the Shotton Surface Miners were asked to contribute their ideas during development of the project.</div>
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She said: "We employ about 150 people at the mine, and around 50% of those are locals.</div>
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"We saw real artistic flair in some of the staff and offered them a chance to take part. They made this.</div>
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"Local hands made this structure that will last for generations to come."</div>
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Northumberlandia will be open to the public for the first time between noon and 16:00 BST on 5 and 8 September, with further information on subsequent opening times available on the <a href="http://www.northumberlandia.com/" style="color: #4a7194; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;">Northumberlandia</a> website.</div>
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Morocco</div>
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Algeria</div>
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Oman</div>
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Sheikh Sabah Al Sabah<br style="line-height: 16px;" />Aged 83<br style="line-height: 16px;" />In power since 2006</h2>
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Obeid al-Wasmi, opposition politician</div>
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Kuwait has largely avoided the kind of protests that have rocked other parts of the Middle East, partly thanks to a generous welfare system and partly due to a parliamentary system that is more representative than other Arab Gulf states.</div>
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But it has not entirely escaped unrest.</div>
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Discontent at alleged high-level corruption and a perceived plot to amend the constitution, as well as anger among Kuwait's Bidun - or stateless citizens - at their marginalisation, has fuelled protests in the tiny oil-rich state.</div>
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In December 2010, police clashed with demonstrators protesting against alleged government plans to roll back political freedoms, while in early 2011, hundreds of Bidun took to the streets of Salibiyah, one of Kuwait City's poorest districts.</div>
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But the Bidun, who comprise about 5% of the population, made it clear that their aim was not to overthrow the government dominated by the royal family.</div>
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Instead, waving the Kuwaiti flag and clutching pictures of the emir, they demanded citizenship in the country they call home - and the rights and privileges that go with it - until police used tear gas and water cannon to quell the marches.</div>
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In the wake of these protests, the government promised to make some concessions - from offering ration cards to reviewing access to public colleges and education.</div>
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Meanwhile, tensions also rose over long-running allegations that bribes had been paid to MPs to support the government, and hundreds of people, including opposition lawmakers, staged weekly protests outside parliament.</div>
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The protests reached a head in November 2011 when dozens of demonstrators stormed the chamber, forcing the resignation of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah.</div>
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In February 2012, Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition won a majority in snap parliamentary elections called by the Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, over the corruption crisis.</div>
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But in June, the country's constitutional court declared the elections illegal and dissolved the new parliament, triggering fresh mass protests and creating the potential for confrontation with the Islamists.</div>
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vibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-53879005373034423102012-09-02T04:27:00.001-07:002012-09-02T04:27:45.478-07:00 Will Nepal witness a 'Chameli' Revolution?(Any conceivable alternative to ‘democratic’ political parties will in all likelihood prove to be even more disastrous in the long run. However, when people begin to equate the lack of development with democracy, who knows, they might be tempted to go for it.)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A fellow Nepali created a Facebook group called ‘Countdown Constitution-Nepal (Chameli Movement)’ about a week ago that urges all Nepalis to come together to pressurize our political leadership to promulgate a new constitution by May 28. The group already has about 600 members (and counting). On taking a cursory look at the posts in the group, one gets a feeling that Nepalis have had enough of the never-ending political circus and that a revolution akin to the ones taking place in the Arab world is imminent. But will that happen?<br /><br />One thing is certain by now: Our political leadership will continue to entangle themselves in petty (read power) politics and will in no way be able to promulgate a new constitution before the extended term of the Constituent Assembly (CA) expires on May 28, which is now just less than three months away. When the political parties reach a “unanimous decision” to extend the CA’s deadline once again, how will Nepalis react to it? Will that finally act as the trigger to bring people to the streets? Will something akin to what is happening in the Arab world, or for that matter what happened in Nepal in 1990 or 2006, get replicated on our own turf?<br /><br />In the absence of a single face that people can vent out their anger and frustrations on for all the ills that they are living with such as perennial load-shedding, sky-rocketing prices, dilapidated infrastructure, among others, who will eventually have to bear the brunt of the (violent) protests? What will be the fallout of such a development and what will be the solution?<br /><br />Tunisians had Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to protest against. Egyptians had Hosni Mubarak. Libya has Muammar Gaddafi. Yemen has Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has remained in power for 32 years, first as the president of Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the president of Republic of Yemen since the country’s unification in 1990. The people of Bahrain have an enemy in the form of a monarch. The Chinese may not have a single person to vent their anger against, but they have a single party. Nepalis had a king to fight against both in 1990 and 2006 but whom will they unleash their anger against in May?<br /><br />It is always easier to mobilize the masses, or for the masses to come together, when the enemy has a face. That is the reason why the Nepali Maoists portrayed the king as the villain. That was a ‘strategy’ to rally the masses behind them and take forward their cause. That is also precisely the reason why there was so much debate in and around the Maoist’s Palungtar Plenum on whether or not India should be declared their principal enemy. The morale of their cadres was at an all-time low and they desperately needed an enemy to bind them together.<br /><div class="pullquote" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(103, 0, 1); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(103, 0, 1); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; float: right; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 10px; width: 200px;">
Any conceivable alternative to ‘democratic’ political parties will in all likelihood prove to be even more disastrous in the long run. However, when people begin to equate the lack of development with democracy, who knows, they might be tempted to go for it.</div>
<br />I suspect that when D-Day nears, and if protests break out, it is the top leadership of our political parties – the Maoists, Nepali Congress, CPN-UML – who will face the wrath of the outraged public. This essentially means that it is the likes of Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Sushil Koirala, Jhala Nath Khanal, Baburam Bhattarai, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Ram Chandra Poudyal, K P Oli, Madhav Kumar Nepal, among a host of other leaders, who will have to go scouting for cover. Since they are invariably the bunch that takes credit for any good work done, it is natural for the public to go hunting for their heads when things get messy. It is a bit unfair on them, surely. But logic and reason unfortunately are not the virtues that a deeply enraged public possess.<br /><br />But will we see such protests? It is both a yes and a no. It depends on how our leaders behave and conduct themselves in whatever little time is left before them. One thing is certain. It is not going to be easy for our parties to convince the people for yet another extension of CA’s term. People will seek an explanation and unfortunately, besides the Maoists blaming the non-Maoist parties and vice-versa, there is hardly any convincing argument that our parties have to present before the public.<br /><br />However, if the parties are able to sincerely work together in the next three months, which of course requires a lot of sacrifices because it means keeping aside political and party ambitions, and convince the public that they have indeed covered a lot of ground, the people might be ready for a ‘mini’ extension, say three months to four months. The point is to inject hope among the people in these hopeless times. People are sensible enough to understand that miracles do not happen in everyday life but they need a semblance of hope—a feeling that things are headed in the right direction and at some point of time we will reach the targeted destination. Mere rhetoric, though, will not suffice. People have had enough of that. But if the political parties can do something concrete, people might certainly agree to a mini extension.<br /><br />But if our leaders do not mend their ways soon, God save them! For me, the thumping slap on Mr Khanal’s rosy cheeks by Devi Prasad Regmi in January was merely a representation of the frustrations of the Nepali public aside from the transgression of a ‘deranged’ individual. In May, when millions of people take to the streets with their sleeves rolled up, one can well imagine what will happen to our leaders.<br /><br />But what worries me more than the safety of our leaders is the empty political space that such a development might leave us with. Any conceivable alternative to ‘democratic’ political parties will in all likelihood prove to be even more disastrous in the long run. However, when people begin to equate the lack of development with democracy, who knows, they might be tempted to go for it. Have I stressed my imagination too far? Well, just wait and see how the Chameli Movement gains steam in the coming months.<br /><br /><a href="mailto:bhuwan@myrepublica.com" style="color: #1f527b; text-decoration: none;">bhuwan@myrepublica.com</a></td><td style="color: #464646; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;" width="5"> </td></tr>
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vibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-2728440206936869872012-09-02T04:23:00.001-07:002012-09-02T04:25:29.934-07:00Desmond Tutu calls for Blair and Bush to be tried over Iraq(To say that the fact that Saddam massacred hundreds of thousands of his citizens is irrelevant to the morality of removing him is bizarre” Tony Blair)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Tony Blair and George W Bush should be taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague over the Iraq war, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said.</div>
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The Iraq military campaign had made the world more unstable "than any other conflict in history", he said.</div>
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Mr Blair responded by saying "this is the same argument we have had many times with nothing new to say".</div>
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Earlier this week, Archbishop Tutu, a veteran peace campaigner who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 in recognition of his campaign against apartheid, pulled out of a leadership summit in Johannesburg because he refused to share a platform with Mr Blair.</div>
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The former Archbishop of Cape Town said the US- and UK-led action launched against Saddam's regime in 2003 had brought about conditions for the civil war in Syria and a possible Middle East conflict involving Iran.</div>
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"The then leaders of the United States [Mr Bush] and Great Britain [Mr Blair] fabricated the grounds to behave like playground bullies and drive us further apart. They have driven us to the edge of a precipice where we now stand - with the spectre of Syria and Iran before us," he said.</div>
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He added: "The question is not whether Saddam Hussein was good or bad or how many of his people he massacred. The point is that Mr Bush and Mr Blair should not have allowed themselves to stoop to his immoral level."</div>
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To say that the fact that Saddam massacred hundreds of thousands of his citizens is irrelevant to the morality of removing him is bizarre”</div>
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Archbishop Tutu said the death toll as a result of military action in Iraq since 2003 was grounds for Mr Blair and Mr Bush to be tried in The Hague.</div>
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He said: "On these grounds, alone, in a consistent world, those responsible should be treading the same path as some of their African and Asian peers who have been made to answer for their actions in The Hague."</div>
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In response to Sunday's article, Mr Blair issued a strongly worded defence of his decisions.</div>
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He said: "To repeat the old canard that we lied about the intelligence [on weapons of mass destruction] is completely wrong as every single independent analysis of the evidence has shown.</div>
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"And to say that the fact that Saddam massacred hundreds of thousands of his citizens is irrelevant to the morality of removing him is bizarre.</div>
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"We have just had the memorials both of the Halabja massacre, where thousands of people were murdered in one day by Saddam's use of chemical weapons, and that of the Iran-Iraq war where casualties numbered up to a million, including many killed by chemical weapons.</div>
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"In addition, his slaughter of his political opponents, the treatment of the Marsh Arabs and the systematic torture of his people make the case for removing him morally strong. But the basis of action was as stated at the time."</div>
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He added: "In short this is the same argument we have had many times with nothing new to say. But surely in a healthy democracy people can agree to disagree.</div>
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"I would also point out that despite the problems, Iraq today has an economy three times or more in size, with child mortality rate cut by a third of what it was. And with investment hugely increased in places like Basra."</div>
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Human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Bindman told BBC Radio 4 the Iraq war was an illegal aggressive war.</div>
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He said a war crimes trial "should be and could be held on the basis a crime of aggression has been committed and the crime of aggression was starting the war.</div>
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"The use of force is allowed among other reasons when the United Nations authorises it, and the United Nations authorised it by resolution 1441.</div>
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"Even that disagreement doesn't give rise to the possibility of war crimes, the world has very impressively over the last two decades come together and identified what they mean by war crimes; genocide, ethnic cleansing, torture and in a variety of ways brought people to trial for that"</div>
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ther complicated by the uncontrollable virus of instant communication. All in a matter of a few weeks, the white-flowered rebellion has seen the overthrow of autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, placed Libya’s half-crazed dictator under siege, shaken monarchies in Bahrain and Oman and put authoritarian governments in China and North Korea on high alert to quash any sign of protest.<br /><br />- Online Chinese protest call smothered in police blanket<br />- Jasmine and oil<br />- Libya unrest weighs on Indian markets<br />- Chinese govt blocks coverage of 'Jasmine Revolution' protests<br />- Sunil Sethi: Life in a Pakistani village<br />- West Asia crisis may slow remittances in near term<br /><br />What people want in these countries is not the same just as their levels of economic and social advancement are dissimilar. Poverty, unemployment and corruption may be the issues that drove protestors into the streets of Tunis and Cairo but the Gulf kingdoms, like Libya, are oil rich and very wealthy. Muammar al-Gaddafi and his tribal ruling elite, it could be argued, squandered their riches worthlessly but others have been shovelling bank notes down the throats of the populace to buy peace at any cost.<br />The sovereign rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait recently deposited 1,000 dinars (about $3,000) into every citizen’s bank account and, last week, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia made permanent thousands of temporary jobs held by government employees. He also announced social schemes worth $36 billion. What their people seem to want, however, is not guilt money but other freedoms. In the super-rich, urbanised and relatively liberal island kingdom of Bahrain, for example, women were allowed to contest elections only as recently as 2002. In Saudi, they still can’t drive cars nor hope to get around much without male chaperons.<br /><br />India sits smugly, between parts of an Arab world on fire and a jittery China, but how complacent can it be about its democratic, social and economic achievements? It may side-step the sweep of the Jasmine Revolution but parts of the country are either in the throes of, or ripe for, serial chameli revolutions. One-third of the population mired in poverty, two million malnourished children under the age of five dying each year and depreciating standards of education that make a large number of college graduates unemployable, are just some of the disasters shadowing India. Chameli churns in full cry include Maoists taking district collectors for ransom, corruption scams on a scale unknown in the modern nation-state and an escalating hiatus between the rich and poor of eye-rubbing wonder.<br /><br />What the economic reforms have also produced is a loosening of belts in outlandish displays of wealth unseen in an era of socialist austerity. A brazen example, worthy of an Arab sheikh’s bounty, on show in the capital this week was at Congress leader Kanwar Singh Tanwar son’s wedding. The gifts included a helicopter worth Rs 33 crore, it took 1,000 workers more than a month to complete the decorations, and the event was attended by 30,000 guests including cabinet ministers and MPs. The host was unabashed and called it a “simple” affair, gratuitously adding, “I got many poor girls married but no one noticed.”<br /><br />An embattled ruling party, engaged in defending itself on other fronts, seems not to have noticed the damage to its image such an event can inflict. It confirms the public impression that anything goes and the political class, DMK or Congress, has its own set of social norms when it comes to showing off. It is the sort of extravagant partying that contributed to the troubles of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and other high-flying despots, now painfully grounded. As Shakespeare’s sickly king realised, the people are watchful even if the ruler is not.</div>
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Pakistani authorities have arrested a Muslim cleric on allegations of
framing a Christian girl who was arrested under the country's
controversial anti-blasphemy law, a police official said on Sunday.<br />
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Religious and secular groups worldwide have protested over the
detention in August of Rimsha Masih, accused by Muslim neighbours of
burning Islamic religious texts.<br />
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Police official Munir Hussain Jafri said a cleric was arrested
after witnesses from Masih's village on the edge of the capital
Islamabad complained about his alleged actions.<br />
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"Witnesses complained that he had torn pages from a Koran and
placed them in her bag which had burned papers," Jafri told Reuters.<br />
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A bail hearing will be held on Monday for Masih, whose case has re-focused a spotlight on Pakistan's anti-blasphemy law.<br />
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Under the law, anyone who speaks ill of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad commits a crime and faces the death penalty.<br />
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Activists and human rights groups say vague terminology has led
to its misuse, and that the law dangerously discriminates against the
Muslim country's tiny minority groups.<br />
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Critics of Pakistan's leaders say they are too worried about an
extremist backlash to speak out against the law in a nation where
religious conservatism is increasingly prevalent.<br />
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Convictions are common, although the death sentence has never
been carried out. Most convictions are thrown out on appeal, but mobs
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There have been conflicting reports about Masih's age and her
mental state. Some media have said she is 11 and suffers from Down's
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A hospital said in a report she was about 4 but had the mental capacities of someone younger, and was uneducated.<br />
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Masih's arrest triggered an exodus of several hundred Christians
from her poor village after mosques reported over their loudspeakers
what the girl was alleged to have done.<br />
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Christians, who make up four percent of Pakistan's population of
180 million, have been especially concerned about the blasphemy law,
saying it offers them no protection.<br />
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Convictions hinge on witness testimony and are often linked to vendettas, they complain.<br />
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In 2009, 40 houses and a church were set ablaze by a mob of 1,000
Muslims in the town of Gojra, in Punjab province. At least seven
Christians were burned to death. The attacks were triggered by reports
of the desecration of the Koran.<br />
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Two Christian brothers accused of writing a blasphemous letter
against the Prophet Mohammad were gunned down outside a court in the
eastern city of Faisalabad in July of 2010.<br />
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vibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-67236878709332239622012-08-29T09:24:00.002-07:002012-08-29T09:24:47.233-07:00INN BAHAVNAON KO VRIHIIT DRISHTI AUR NAZARIYE SE DEKHA JANA CHAHIYE....!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Poems Submitted by Vibha Tailang (Chaudhary) (1983) - 26-Nov-2009 10:40
Dedicated to the 26/11 memory
और अब कब तक सहेंगे ...??
आत्तंक के साये में अब और न जियेंगे !!
यह शुरुआत है एक जंग, हर गलत के खिलाफ
जो हाथ मारने को उठे निर्दोष को, वह रोक दिए जायेंगे !!
आतंक मन पर हो या तन पर
अब और ना सहे जायेंगे, अब और ना सहे जायें.
हमारी मान्शक्ति, भारी पड़ेगी उन् सब हथियारों पर
यह आनेवाले हर दिन में, हम साबित कर बतायेंगे
हम सिर्फ बातों के धनी, कागज़ के शेर नहीं
हम अब और ना सहेंगे,
आवाज़ रोज़ उठाएंगे और इससे साबित कर बतायेंगे !!!
कि पार्लिआमेंट हो या देश का कोई हिस्सा,
अब हम आतंक के काले साये को मन पर भी नहीं छाने देंगे !!!
हम तैयार हैं किसी जाँच परख के लिए
पर अब और कब तक सहेंगे ...अब और कब तक सहेंगे ???
भारत, पाकिस्तान, अफगानिस्तान, चीन, अमेरिका ...जो भी हो
जवाब चाहिए....????
अब हम आतंक के साये में और ना जियेंगे
और ना जियेंगे !!!
यह है शपथ ! यह है शपथ !
मुंबई के शहीदों को याद कर उन सबको श्रधांजलि
जो जो इंनके शिकार हुए, और हमारे लिए लड़ कर शहीद हुए !!!
विभा तैलंग (चौधरी) (१९८३)
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While Arabs are busy with revolutions and internal wars, and are largely absent from what is happening in Palestine and Jerusalem with Israel's ethnic cleansing of the local population, American and European civil society is taking action against the Israeli occupation. One particular sector which has become very active and started to play an effective role addressing Israeli crimes is the Christian community. Churches are causing such a headache to the Israeli government that their activities have risen to a level described by some media as the "churches' uprising against Israel".<br />
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For example, in recent weeks, the Committee for the Presbyterian Church in America moved to demand the withdrawal of investments in companies supporting the Israeli occupation. Haaretz newspaper published a report last week on the committee's move to draw attention to the continuing Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. According to the report, "After a long and hot debate, Commission 15 of the Protestant Presbyterian Church in the United States approved a resolution demanding the withdrawal of investments by three companies which deal with Israel. The question of whether the BDS (Boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement is gaining influence, is one of the hottest issues being discussed among the most politically active members in the Jewish community, at a time when many people take this issue seriously."<br /><br />In like manner, the World Council of Churches called on the Israeli government to freeze the construction or expansion of settlements without restriction, as a first step towards dismantling them all over the Palestinian territories. The Council clarified "that the presence of some 200 Israeli settlements, with more than 450,000 settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory, is incompatible with peace." Furthermore, the WCC said that Israeli settlements and the separation wall have a direct impact on the lives and dignity of the Palestinian people, as they prevent their access to land and water resources, limit freedom of movement, and their right to life, education and access to health care, and work to destroy the Palestinian economy.<br /><br />Commenting on the Council's decision in the London-based Al Quds Al Arabi in 2009, Dr. Anis Mustafa Qasim pointed out that, "The continuous settlement in the territories outside the internationally recognised borders of Israel (the Green Line of 1949) is rejected by almost all the world, and finds a widespread non-recognition because it is illegal, unfair, contrary to peace and contrary to the legitimate interests of the State of Israel." The World Council of Churches, he wrote, is demanding "that the Israeli government freezes, in good faith and as a matter of urgency, all work on settlement construction and expansion, as a first step in the direction of the removal of all settlements". Such words, said Dr. Qasim, "are not for an Arab or a Palestinian official, and are not part of an Arab or Palestinian formal statement or decision, although we hear similar statements from time to time for domestic consumption. It is part of a statement issued by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches in its session in the Council's headquarters in Geneva in the period between August 26 and September 2, 2009, and it was announced in a six-page statement in English all dedicated to the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and the abolition of church investments and the imposition of a boycott."<br /><br />The Council of Ecumenical Churches, based in Geneva, called "its members and the public to take action to confront Israel's decision to approve the construction of 900,000 new homes" in East Jerusalem. The Secretary-General of the CEC, Father Samuel Kobia, called upon member organisations "to act in coordination with each other to push the Israeli government to reverse its decision" on the new settlements Father Kobia expressed "great disappointment" and said that his organisation" strongly condemns Israel's decision to expand the illegal settlement of Gilo".<br /><br />Similarly, a report from the General Assembly of the American Presbyterian Church at its 217th annual conference, which was attended by 500 delegates from all over the United States, refers to discussions about the question of withdrawing church investments from companies operating in Israel and the Occupied Territories, which help in one way or another to consolidate the Israeli occupation or provide the tools for violence and destruction to Israel. The report noted "an Israeli and Jewish concern to open the debate on the withdrawal of investments and that the Israeli Embassy hosted a group of eminent personalities from Christian leaders in the United States, and the Jewish American Council also condemned this anti-Israel activity."<br /><br />The United Church of Christ has "approved the divestment of companies that help in building the apartheid wall or settlements or support the occupation."<br /><br />Thus, while some Arabs move away from the Palestinian cause, we have to appreciate the solidarity moves by the churches, and stand in respect to all those who stand with the utmost courage and defiance side by side with Palestine. They, and we, condemn Israel's crimes and Washington's support for them, and call for their political and military leaders to be brought before international tribunals on war crimes charges.<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><br /><br />The author is Palestinian writer who specialises in Israeli affairs. This article was translated from the Arabic which appeared on <a href="http://www.arabs48.com/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cb0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.arabs48.com</a> on 11 August</strong></em></div>
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समानता का मूल विभेद की मनाही नहीं करता!<br />
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Posted by रजनीश के झा (Rajneesh K Jha) मंगलवार, अगस्त 28, 2012<br />
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समानता का मतलब सबको आँख बंद करके एक समान मानना नहीं है, बल्कि सरकार के द्वारा समान लोगों के साथ समान व्यवहार करना है, जिसके लिए एक समान लोगों, समूहों और जातिओं का वर्गीकरण करना समानता के मूल अधिकार को लागू करने के लिए अत्यंत जरूरी है! अत: अनुच्छेद 14 में वर्णित समानता के मूल अधिकार को वास्तव में सकारात्मक रूप से लागू करने के लिये दमित और सदियों से दबे-कुचले वर्गों को अजा, अजजा और पिछड़े वर्गों में वर्गीद्भत करके उनको सरकार एवं प्रशासन में समान भागीदारी प्रदान करना संविधान में वर्णित समानता के मूल अधिकार का असली मकसद है।<br />
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जिसके विरुद्ध किसी भी प्रकार की व्यवस्था समानता के मूल सिद्धान्त की मूल भावना के विपरीत और अमानवीय होगी।
इन दिनों मोहनदास गांधी द्वारा धोखे से सेपरेट इलेक्ट्रोल के हक को छीनकर और अनशन के जरिये भारत रत्न बाबा साहेब डॉ. अम्बेड़कर को विवश करके अजा एवं अजजा वर्गों पर जबरन थोपे गये आरक्षण को समाप्त करने और छीनने के लिये फिर से लगातार हमले हो रहे हैं।
स्वघोषित और स्वनामधन्य अनेक ऐसे पूर्वाग्रही लेखक और लेखिकाओं द्वारा जिन्होंने संविधान को पढना तो दूर, शायद कभी संविधान के पन्ने तक नहीं पलटे, वे भी संविधान की व्याख्या कर रहे हैं। लोगों को भ्रमित करते हुए लिख रहे हैं कि सरकारी सेवाओं और शिक्षण संस्थाओं में अजा एवं अजजा को आरक्षण केवल दस वर्ष के लिये दिया गया था, जिसे बार-बार बढाया जाता रहा है।!<br />
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ऐसे लेखकों से मेरा सदैव की भांति फिर से इस आलेख के माध्यम से आग्रह है कि वे ऐसा लिखने या कहने से पूर्व कितना अच्छा होता कि उस प्रावधान का भी उल्लेख कर देते, जिसमें और जहॉं लिखा गया है कि अजा एवं अजजा के लिये दस वर्ष के आरक्षण का प्रावधान क्यों और किसलिए किया गया था!
ऐसे विष वमन करने वालों से मसाज के सौहार्द को बचाने के लिये मैं साफ कर दूँ कि दस वर्ष का आरक्षण का प्रावधान अनुच्छेद 334 में संसद और विधान सभाओं में प्रतिनिधित्व प्रदान करने के लिए किया गया था, न कि नौकरियों और शिक्षण संस्थानों में प्रवेश के लिए?<br />
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अनुच्छेद 15 (4) एवं 16 (4) के अनुसार नौकरियों और शिक्षण संस्थानों में प्रवेश के लिए? अनुसूचित जातियों और अनुसूचित जन जातियों के लिए आरक्षण का प्रावधान संविधान का स्थायी हिस्सा है! यह अजा एवं अजजातियों का मूल अध्किार है। जिसे न कभी बढाया गया और न ही बढ़ाये जाने की जरूरत है! हॉं इस प्रावधान को अनेक बार इस देश की महान न्यायपालिका के अनेक निर्णयों ने अनेक प्रकार से कमजोर करने का प्रयास जरूर किया है! जिसे नयी दिल्ली पर शासन करने वाले हर दल की केन्द्रीय सरकार के नकार दिया और समय-समय पर संसद की संवैधानिक विधयी शक्ति के मार्फत अनेक बार मजबूत और स्पष्ट किया है! इसके उपरान्त भी भारत की न्यायपालिका में विचारधारा विशेष से ग्रसित कुछ जजों की ओर से अजा एवं अजजा वर्गों पर कुठाराघात करने वाले निर्णय आते ही रहते हैं।<br />
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पिछले दिनों पदोन्नति में आरक्षण पर रोक सम्बन्धी निर्णय को भी सामाजिक न्याय के सिद्धान्त के विपरीत इसी प्रकार का एक विभेदकारी निर्णय बताया जा रहा है। जिसे निष्प्रभावी करने के लिये केन्द्र सरकार और सभी राजनैतिक दल सहमत हैं और इस बारे में शीघ्र ही संविधान में संशोधन किये जाने की आशा की जा सकती है।
कुछ सामाजिक न्याय में आस्था नहीं रखने वाले लोगों का कहना है कि संविधान की प्रस्तावना में केवल ‘समानता’ की बात कही है, उसमें कहीं भी आरक्षण का कोई उल्लेख नहीं किया गया है। इसलिये ऐेसे लोग आरक्षण को संविधान की प्रस्तावना की भावना के विपरीत मानते हैं।
जहॉं तक संविधान की प्रस्तावना में किसी विषय का उल्लेख होने या न होने के सवाल है तो मेरा इस बारे में विनम्रतापूर्वक यही कहना है कि हर व्यक्ति अपने हिसाब (स्वार्थ) और अपनी सुविधा से इसका अर्थ लगाता है और अपनी सुविधा से ही किसी बात को समझना चाहता है!<br />
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अन्यथा संविधान की प्रस्तावना में साफ शब्दों में लिखा गया है कि ‘‘अवसर की समता’’ और ‘‘व्यक्ति की गरिमा’’ सुनिश्चित करना संविधान का लक्ष्य है! जिसे पूर्ण करने के किये ही सरकारी नौकरियों, सरकारी शिक्षण संस्थानों और विधायिका में जातिगत आरक्षण की व्यवस्था की गयी है!
इसके आलावा ये बात भी बिनापूर्वाग्रह के समझने की है कि संविधान की प्रस्तावना में सब कुछ और हर एक विषय को विस्तार से नहीं लिखा जा सकता! ‘‘अवसर की समता’’ और ‘‘व्यक्ति की गरिमा’’ सुनिश्चित करने के प्रावधान का प्रस्तावना में उल्लेख करने के आधार पर ही आज भारत में महिलाओं, छोटे बच्चों और नि:शक्तजनों के लिए हर स्तर पर विशेष कल्याणकारी प्रावधान किये गए हैं! जो अनेक बार सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा भी संविधान सम्मत ठहराये जा चुके हैं।<br />
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संविधान की प्रस्तावना में तो स्पष्ट रूप से कहीं भी निष्पक्ष चुनाव प्रणाली के बारे में एक शब्द तक नहीं लिखा गया है, लेकिन ‘‘अभिव्यक्ति’’ शब्द सब कुछ खुद ही बयां करता है! इस प्रकार संविधान की प्रस्तावना में केवल मौलिक बातें ही लिखी जाती हैं। इसीलिये संविधान की प्रस्तावना को संविधान का आमुख भी कहा जाता है। लेकिन हम सभी जानते हैं कि केवल चेहरा देखकर ही अन्तिम निर्णय नहीं लिया जा सकता। इसलिये प्रस्तावना सब कुछ या अन्तिम सत्य नहीं है, बल्कि सम्पूर्ण संविधान और संविधान पर न्यायपालिका के निर्णयों के प्रकाश में विधायिका की नीतियॉं ही संविधान को ठीक से समझने का मार्ग प्रशस्त करती हैं।
अत: यदि हममें से जो भाी संविधान के जानकर हैं और यदि हम देश और समाज में सभी की खुशहाली चाहते हैं तो हमें अपने ज्ञान का उपयोग देश के सभी लोगों के लिए और विशेषकर वंचित तथा जरूरतमंद लोगों के हित में उपयोग करना चाहिये।<br />
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न का लोगों को भड़काने या भ्रमित करने के लिये, जैसा कि कुछ पूर्वाग्रही लोग करते रहते हैं।
अन्त में, मैं सामाजिक न्याय के विरोधी लोगों, विचारकों, चिन्तकों और लेखकों से कहना चाहता हूँ कि वे इस बात को समझने का प्रयास करें कि आरक्षित वर्गों में शामिल जातियों को विगत में हजारों सालों तक जन्म, वंश और जाति के आधार पर न मात्र उनके हकों से वंचित ही किया गया, न मात्र उनके हकों को छीना और लूटा ही गया, बल्कि उन्हें कदम-कदम पर सामाजिक, सांस्द्भतिक, शैक्षणिक और आर्थिक रूप से लगातार उत्पीड़ित करके, उनका शोषण भी किया जाता रहा है! ऐसे में इन वर्गों में शामिल जातियों का उत्थान करना और उनको उनके हकों को वापिस देना इस देश के शोषकों के वंशजों और सरकार का कानूनी, नैतिक और संवैधानिक दायित्व है। जिसे मोहन दास कर्मचन्द गांधी के धोखेभरे निर्णयों के बाद केवल जातिगत आरक्षण के मार्फ़त ही सुधारे जाने की आधी अधूरी आशा की जा सकती है!<br />
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यदि अभी भी सच्चाई तथा न्याय के सच्चे पक्षधर मो. क. गांधी के अन्याय से आरक्षित वर्गों को बचाना चाहते हैं और देश से आरक्षण को समाप्त करना चाहते हैं, तो उनको चाहिये कि वे अजा एवं अजजातियों को सेपेरेट इलेक्ट्रोल का छीना गया हक वापिस दिलाने में सच्चा सहयोग करें। अन्यथा आरक्षण को खुशीखुशी सहने की आदत डालें, क्योंकि संवैधानिक आरक्षण के समाप्त होने की कोई आशा नहीं है।
आरक्षण किसी प्रकार का विभेद या समानता मूल अधिकार का हनन नहीं करता है। बल्कि यह न्याय करने का एक संवैधानिक तरीका बताया और माना गया है। इसीलिये संविधान में जाति, धर्म आदि अनेक आधारों पर वर्गीकरण (जिसे कुछ लोग विभेद मानते हैं) करने को हमारे संविधान और विधायिका द्वारा मान्यता दी गयी है!
प्रोफ़ेसर प्रद्युमन कुमार त्रिपाठी (बीएससी, एलएल एम, दिल्ली, जेएसडी-कोलंबिया) लिखित ग्रन्थ ‘‘भारतीय संविधान के प्रमुख तत्व’’ (जिसे भारत सरकार के विधि साहित्य प्रकाशन विभाग द्वारा पुरस्द्भत और प्रकाशित किया गया है) के पेज 277 पर कहा गया है कि-
जब समाज के लोगों का स्वयं विधायिका ही वर्गीकरण कर देती है तो समानता के मूल अधिकार (के उल्लंघन) संबंधी कोई गंभीर प्रश्न उठने की सम्भावना नहीं होती (जैसे की कुछ पूर्वाग्रही लोगों द्वारा निहित स्वार्थवश सवाल उठाये जाते रहे हैं), क्योंकि....विधायिका विशेष वर्गों की समस्याओं, आवश्यकताओं तथा उलझनों को ध्यान में रखकर ही उनके लिये विशेष कानून बनाती है, असंवैधानिक या वर्जनीय विभेद के उद्देश्य से नहीं!<br />
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उदाहरणार्थ केवल हिन्दुओं (हिन्दू आदिवासियों को छोड़कर) के लिए ‘हिन्दू विवाह अधिनियम’ बनाने का उद्देश्य हिन्दुओं (जिसमें में भी हिन्दू आदिवासियों पर ये लागू नहीं होता है) तथा अन्य धर्मों के अनुयाईयों में (सामान्य हिन्दुओं और आदिवासी हिन्दुओं में) भेद करना नहीं है, बल्कि संसद द्वारा बनाया गया यह अधिनियम हिन्दुओं (आदिवासी हिन्दुओं सहित) के इतिहास, उनकी मान्यताओं, उनके सामाजिक विकास के स्तर तथा उनकी आवश्यकताओं और आकांक्षाओं को ध्यान में रखते हुए, उनके कल्याण की कामना से पारित किया गया है। अत: यह अधिनियम केवल हिन्दुओं (हिन्दू आदिवासियों को छोड़कर) पर लागू होता है तो भी कोई हिन्दू तथा अहिन्दू (सामान्य हिन्दू और आदिवासी हिन्दू) इसे इस आधार पर चुनौती नहीं दे सकते कि यह हिन्दू तथा अहिन्दू (सामान्य हिन्दू और आदिवासी हिन्दू) में कुटिल विभेद करता है। संविधान का अनुच्छेद 14 (समानता का मूल अधिकार) विभेद की मनाही नहीं करता, वह केवल कुटिल विभेद की मनाही करता है, वर्गीकरण की मनाहीं नहीं करता, कुटिल वर्गीकरण की मनाहीं करता है!<br />
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जिसे सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने एन एम टामस, ए आई आर. 1976, एस सी 490 में इस प्रकार से स्पष्ट किया है-
सरकारी सेवाओं में नियुक्ति और पदोन्नति पाने के सम्बन्ध में अजा और अजजा के नागरिकों को जो सुविधा प्रदान की गयी है, वह अनुच्छेद 16 (4) के प्रावधानों से आच्छादित न होते हुए भी स्वयं मूल अनुच्छेद 16 खंड (1) के आधार पर ही वैध है, क्योंकि यह प्रावधान निश्चय ही एक विशिष्ठ पिछड़े हुए वर्गों (अजा, अजजा एवं अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग) के लोगों का संविधान के अनुच्छेद 46 में उपबंधित नीति निदेशक तत्व की पूर्ति करने तथा अनुच्छेद 335 में की गयी घोषणा की कार्यान्वित करने के उद्देश्य से किया गया, वैध वर्गीकरण है जो समानता के मूल अधिकार का उल्लंघन नहीं, बल्कि इसका सही और सकारात्मक क्रियान्वयन करता है।<br />
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पश्चिम बंगाल राज्य बनाम अनवर अली सरकार, ए आई आर 1952 एस सी 75, 88 में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने साफ शब्दों में कहा है कि-
समानता का मतलब सबको आँख बंद करके एक समान मानना नहीं है, बल्कि सरकार के द्वारा समान लोगों के साथ समान व्यवहार करना है, जिसके लिए एक समान लोगों, समूहों और जातिओं का वर्गीकरण करना समानता के मूल अधिकार को लागू करने के लिए अत्यंत जरूरी है! अत: अनुच्छेद 14 में वर्णित समानता के मूल अधिकार को वास्तव में सकारात्मक रूप से लागू करने के लिये दमित और सदियों से दबे-कुचले वर्गों को अजा, अजजा और पिछड़े वर्गों में वर्गीद्भत करके उनको सरकार एवं प्रशासन में समान भागीदारी प्रदान करना संविधान में वर्णित समानता के मूल अधिकार का असली मकसद है। जिसके विरुद्ध किसी भी प्रकार की व्यवस्था समानता के मूल सिद्धान्त की मूल भावना के विपरीत और अमानवीय होगी।<br />
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end of regimes in Tunisia & Egypt. Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Algeria are struggling against the strong currents of revolution. Libya is on the boil and seeing worst repression & violence. Perhaps it is matter of time before the change of government takes place there. But the events have sent strong messages across the globe rattling even China. Tunisian “Jasmine revolution” would be recorded as most important global socio-political phenomenon since the collapse of Soviet Union and its aftermath in Europe.<br /><br />Prima facie India seems to be isolated or unconnected in any manner with events in the Arab world except for the Indian workers there. But a peep into the “Blunderland of Indian Politics” reveals that impact of Jasmine revolution may have triggered timing of an impending revolution in India against corruption, declining value system and poor governance. Bharat Swabhiman floated by Swami Ramdev Baba, the Yoga Guru, has launched a movement against corruption and black money with a big rally at Ramlila Maidan at New Delhi on February 27, 2011 with big response. The personalities like Ram Jethmalani, Kiran Bedi, Dr.Subramanian Swamy, Anna Hazare took the stage to address rally. Since this was in offing for quite sometime, I am inclined to de-link Jasmine revolution. Nevertheless due to commonality of the objectives I would say they are off-springs of the same anger against corruption, mis-governance and value deficit. I therefore like to call this desi version as “Chameli Revolution”.<br /><br />Will Bharat Swabhiman be able to sustain the momentum and build up pressure on the political parties and governments both at the center and in the states? What best can it achieve against its lofty ideals? What should be their focus for achieving a measure of success vis-à-vis objectives?<br /><br />Indian system of governance has been based on the old British Model and twisted umpteen numbers of times in sixty years to suit the objectives of political class in the power. The legal framework is admirable compared to any of the Afro-Arab and eastern world countries. The governments can come and go but the system can hold on and deliver. That is the inherent strength of Indian democracy. What we need is campaign against the political class for the value system embraced by them and perpetrated over six decades. Rules have been framed with deliberate loop holes or escape routes built in to satisfy people on one hand and to be able to loot them on the other. Any political party is as good or as bad as the other. Shades may differ but ‘spectrum’ is same.<br /><br />The Indian polity is too thick skinned to bother about morality. Rallies and fast unto death have not achieved much in the past. But what can make difference this time is the support of the masses, aam admi, in huge numbers. Swami Ramdev has demonstrated capabilities to attract as much crowds as any big politician. And perhaps he has traveled to every nook and corner of the country and commands respect of the common man more than any politician. How best he can leverage this aspect would define the path the movement will take. Invariably such movements are in the danger of being hijacked midway which must be resisted at any cost.<br /><br />What can be the achievable objectives in operational terms and levels?<br /><br />A. Constitutional & Judicial Reforms:<br /><br /><br />1. Identify and remove the loopholes from legal frame work for<br /><br />speedy trials of political class and bureaucrats.<br /><br />2. Have fast track judiciary system for trials of this class and economic offenders.<br /><br />3. Remove political patronage and insurance cover against any breach of law (immunity) for this class and no approvals should be required for filing FIR/ charge sheet and trial of members of this class(MP/MLA/Governors/Prime Minister/chief ministers etc).<br /><br />4. The members of judiciary, though guardians of the Constitution of India, can not be above any laws and must not have immunity against unethical conduct.<br /><br />5. There must be some time limits for concluding judicial trials for certain types of crimes like corruption, embezzlement, hawala transactions, etc. so that governance does not suffer.<br /><br />6. Investigating agency like CBI should function as totally autonomous institution without interference from politicians.<br /><br />B. Election Reforms:<br /><br /><br />1. Change eligibility criterion for contesting elections for any position from gram panchayat to President of India and weed out corrupt, criminal, and dubious characters. Political parties should not be permitted to field such candidates.<br /><br />2. Introduce the system of Negative vote. If a voter does not find any suitable candidate and he wants to eliminate worst of the candidate, he should be able to cast a negative vote (see my blog on Negative Votes).<br /><br />3. The ceiling for expenses by a contestant in election even after recent revision is paltry considering actual expenditure running into several crores. The elections should be funded by the state to eliminate the very reason for need of politicians for black money.<br /><br />C. Economic Reforms:<br /><br />1. There should be exemplary and deterrent punishments in cases of corruption, nepotism, tax evasion and any illegal activity to set high standards of political behavior.<br /><br />2. Economic reforms should be undertaken for addressing the issue of black money within India and stashed overseas. Tax havens have come forward to address our concerns and we must be demanding enough to serve our national interests. International Treaties must be renegotiated to safeguard our interests.<br /><br />3. If Indian nationals have illegally stashed black money overseas, their accounts must be frozen, nationalized without compensation and passports impounded. Passports should not be issued to any one with proven hawala transactions. Unless such deterrent measures are introduced, there can be no success in curbing such malpractices. We need to have political will power to enforce such regulations.<br /><br />Through the “Chameli Revolution”, the people of India should try to change a single most critical dimension of multifaceted and complex problems of corruption, value deficit and poor governance. And that is the political will to manage the transition to cleaner polity, ethical conduct and aam admi oriented governance. Once that is done, the above reforms will be easier to initiate and implement.<br /><br />We, the aam admis, are not looking for overthrowing a government as in the Arab world. We should be looking at ‘Change Management of mind sets of the polity’ to needs of 21st century suiting a global power in whom the world can trust. This calls for sustained efforts and pressures from the masses. I hope Chameli will not be a one day miracle!<br /><br />Vijay M. 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Welcome to the era of reality Television, a place where fiction meets reality.<br /><br />The advent of reality shows can be traced back to the forties with shows like Allen Funt’s Candid Camera that captured candid reactions of people to humorous tricks and prank. TV shows without stringent story-lines, soon became increasingly popular with the audience. Ordinary people captured in real-life situations seemed to amuse the audience, which was hitherto bombarded with ultra-dramatic soaps and movies. <br /><br />Reality television broke the monotony to create interesting scripts and out-of the box ideas that made them stand out from the run-of-the-mill shows. Although drama-lovers are still glued to their idiot boxes at prime time, reality shows are hogging the limelight big time. <br /><br />Some of these reality shows are talent hunts, game shows, celebrity shows, documentary-style shows, makeover shows, or some of them are just plain voyeurism personified. However different their concepts might be, all the reality shows, intrinsically run on the same path. They put ordinary people or celebrities in real-life situations and allow peeping toms to enjoy the thrill of watching them! <br /><br />Besides giving the audience the thrill and excitement of live un-edited action, reality television allows the audience to be a part of the show. Take for example The American Idol, or the moviemakers’ favorite reality show- On the Lot, these shows allow the audience to choose the winner through a voting system. Although the credibility of these voting systems is debated about forever, the interactivity factor definitely fetches the show a lot of following. <br /><br />Types of Reality Shows<br /><br />Celeb-Reality: Reality shows with celebrities are a rage with the audience.<br />Examples: Dancing with the Stars, The Simple Life, and Big Brother<br /><br />Prank-Reality: Reality shows that involve pranks played on ordinary people and capturing their candid reaction.<br />Examples:Candid Camera, Punk’d (Ashten Kuthcher)<br /><br />Game Shows: Reality shows that are based on games. <br />Examples: Who wants to be a Millionaire?" Hollywood Blocks, Weakest Link<br /><br />Talent Hunts: Reality shows that are looking for talented people be it singers, dancers or even actors.<br />Example: American Idol, America’s Got Talent, Star Search<br /><br />Job-hunts: Shows that are synonymous with live on air interviews are listed under this category. <br />Example: The Apprentice, On the Lot (Directors), Project Runway (For fashion Designers), The Runway (Tommy Hilfiger), Hell’s Kitchen (Chefs)<br /><br />Makeovers: Reality shows with make over stories. Be it a personal makeover or a home make over, these shows are very popular with the audience.<br />Example: Monster House, What-not-to-wear, While You Were Out<br /><br />Dating-Shows: Reality shows that gave a platform for dating men and women on air.<br />Example: For Love or For Money, Perfect Match New York<br /><br />Social Experiments: A relatively new genre of reality television that involves interaction of distinct social groups.<br />Example: The Beauty and the Geek, Wife Swap, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé.<br /><br />Adventure/Fear based shows: A genre of TV shows that challenges the participants with difficult and weird tasks.<br />Example: Fear Factor, Who Dares Wins<br /><br />Some reality shows provide artists a good platform to get noticed, some shows help people win money and fame but almost all of them keep the audience hooked on to the action and craving for more! <br /><br />Some Popular Reality Shows <br /><br />Candid Camera <br />Allen Funt’s one of its kind reality show that targeted easy victims with wise pranks is legendary. Till date Candid Camera re-runs are fun to watch!<br /><br />The Apprentice <br />Donald Trump’s famous quote "You are fired", never fails to grab the audience attention. This one of its kind job interview on air is always packed with exciting tasks and rewards for the participants.<br /><br />The American Idol <br />The hunt for America’s best singers with the three popular judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul has perhaps been one of the most popular shows in America. <br /><br />The Simple Life <br />Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie definitely garnered a lot of attention with this reality show as they tried their hand at various professions.<br /><br />Fear Factor <br />The ultimate show that shocked the audience with horrendous tasks for its participants, and allowed them to face their worst night-mares and fears. Fear factor is known for its disgusting tasks that often involved eating bugs or worms. <br /><br />Big Brother <br />The reality show that created ripples when Indian actress Shilpa Shetty accused fellow contestant Jade Goody of making racist remarks. The controversy generated made the show even more popular than it previously was. <br /><br />Reality Shows on Indian Television<br /><br />Studying the international television scenario, the Indian counterpart has promptly caught-up with the latest trends. Reality Television has arrived in India and is here to stay ! <br /><br />Reality shows in India date back to the Channel V’s talent hunt for making of a musical band. The band of girls called Viva that emerged from this show enjoyed short-lived popularity but marked the beginning of reality shows in India. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s Kaun Banega Crorepati, which was the Indian version of Who wants to be a Millionaire, was a major hit with the audience in India. What followed next was a flood of reality shows, many of them being adaptations of the pre-existing western versions. <br /><br />Reality shows in India are a welcome break for many of the audience who were tired of cribbing about the Ekta Kapoor's saas-bahu series that were (and some of them still are) pre-dominant on Indian television. Indian Reality TV is however in its nascent stage and mostly includes desi-versions of the reality shows abroad. However these shows are enjoying tremendous popularity and will definitely give way to more innovative concepts on air.<br /><br />Most Popular Reality Shows on Indian Television<br /><br />MTV Bakra <br />No one can ever forget Cyrus Broacha’s grinning face and the confusion and bewilderment created amongst his victims. A wicked show with witty pranks followed by loads of laughter.<br /><br />Kaun Banega Crorepati <br />Amitabh Bachchan’s stint on television that was perhaps the first reality show on Indian television to garner humongous audience response. The second season of the series was hosted by Shahrukh Khan but did not seem to fare just as well. <br /><br />Indian Idol <br />This show has been one of the most popular reality shows on Indian television and perhaps due to the voting factor. With boys next-door turning into ultimate singing sensations, this show already has completed three seasons.<br /><br />Sa Re Ga Ma<br />What started as a humble talent show hosted by Sonu Nigam soon metamorphosed into an ultra-glam, uber-dramatic reality show with the various celebrity judges like Himesh Reshamiya, Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet and Ismail Darbar constantly at loggerheads with each other. <br /><br />Big Boss<br />The Indian version of UK’s Big Brother was the most sensational and controversial reality show in India. Although long forgotten Actor Rahul Roy emerged as the winner, it was people like Anupama Verma, Aryan Vaid (due to their on-air love-affair) and Rakhi Sawant (due to her in-your-face attitude) who got instant recognition from this show. <br /><br />The Great Indian Laughter Challenge<br />This hunt for India’s biggest comedian created a laughter riot on air with almost all its contestants enjoying tremendous popularity. Star Judges Shekhar Suman and Navjyot Singh Siddhu enjoyed great following too. <br /><br />Nach Baliye <br />An original concept that involved celebrity couples trained by their choreographers battling against each other in an entertaining dance competition. The show has celebrity judges like Saroj Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Kunal Kohli, David Dhawan, Isha Koppikar and Vaibhavi Merchant. The first season was extremely popular ans so was the second one, however the third season seems to be losing its charm. <br /><br />Jhalak Dikhlaja <br />This was the Indian version of the hit show Dancing With the Stars, which was also very popular. The first season had celebs like Mona Singh, Mahesh Manjrekar and Shweta Salve as participants and Farah Khan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shilpa Shetty on the judges panel. The show is currently in its second season with Shiamak Davar, Urmila Matondkar and Jeetendra on the judging panel whereas the participants include celebs like actress Sonali Kulkarni, anchor Mini Mathur and singer Mika. <br /><br />Reality shows seem to be a huge trend on television, but anything that is popular has to bear the brunt of constant criticism and analysis. Controversies about these reality shows being 'planned and scripted' or the voting lines being a hoax continue to rise every now and then. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction, they say! Well as for television, don’t be surprised or shocked as of yet…something far more real and far more strange might be on its way…till then...Enjoy Reality TV! <br />By Uttara Manoharvibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-43241178221490859122012-07-06T01:16:00.000-07:002013-11-21T01:34:33.513-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An item number or an item song, (Hindi: आइटम नंबर, Tamil: குத்தாட்டப் பாடல்) in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that has little to do with the film in which it appears, but is presented to showcase beautiful dancing women in very revealing clothes, to lend support to the marketability of the film.The term is commonly used in connection with Hindi, Tamil and Telegu cinema, to describe a catchy, upbeat, often sexually provocative dance sequence for a song in a movie.However, the term as understood in Bollywood parlance has entered the Kathmandu entertainment industry scenario as well.Item numbers are usually added to Indian movies in order to generate publicity by featuring them in the trailers. Item numbers are favoured by filmmakers for the reason that since they do not add to the plot, they afford the filmmakers with the opportunity to pick potential hit songs from the stocks.It is thus a vehicle for commercial success which ensures repeat viewing.<br />
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A female actor, singer or dancer, especially someone who is poised to become a star, who appears in an item number is known as an item girl. There are item boys as well.[1] However, second generation South Asian females are more commonly featured in item numbers than males.[5][6] Item numbers usually feature one or more persons other than the lead actors. Sometimes established female and male actors will lend a "special appearance" to an item number.<br />
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Although, the origin of the term "item number" is obscure, it is likely that it derives its meaning from objectification of sexually attractive women. This is because item in filmy Mumbai slang is a sexy woman.The classic meaning of "item number" refers to highly sexualized songs with racy imagery and suggestive lyrics. The "item number" would feature an "item girl" who appeared in the film as a dancer, usually in a bar or nightclub, and was only in the film for the length of that song. It was often frowned upon at that point in time.<br />
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* 2 Recent developments<br />
* 3 Criticism and controversies<br />
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Item number was introduced in Bollywood by Vyjayanthimala and Padmini, however the former was the one who establish the item numbers in films.She introduced semi-classical dance in her film that featuring her. Some of her famous songs which predated the concept of item number are "Man dole mera tan dole" from Nagin, "Ab Aage Teri Marzi" and "O Jaanewale Ruk Jaa" from Devdas,"Kaho Ji Tum Kya Kya Kharidoge" from Sadhna,"Chadh Gayo Paapi Bichhua" from Madhumati, "Neele Gagan Ki Chaoon Tale" from Amrapali and "Hothon pe aisi baat" from Jewel Thief. Besides that, her dance number with Padmini in "Kannum Kannum Kalanthu" and "Aaja To Aaja" from Vanjikottai Valiban and Raj Tilak respectively were critically acclaimed, where the popularity of the songs surpasses the popularity of the films and was regarded as the best dance sequence in Indian cinema,similarly her dance number with Helen in "Aaye Haaye Dilruba" and "Muqabala Humse Naa Karo" from Dr. Vidya and Prince respectively was also popular. Her dance number was still adored by actresses, such as Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit,choreographers, such as Prabhu Deva and Saroj Khan.<br />
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Up to the 1970s, Bollywood often relied on the figure of the vamp, usually a cabaret dancer, or a tawaif (prostitute) or a gangster's moll, to provide sexually explicit musical entertainment. While the heroine too did sing and dance, it was the vamp who wore more revealing clothes, smoked, drank and sang in bold terms of sexual desire.She was portrayed not as being wicked but as the naughty, sexually alluring, immodest woman, erotic in her dance performances. The trend was started by Chuckoo in films like Aan (1952) and Shabistan (1951).<br />
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Helen was by far the most popular vamp of that era,having had performed in scores of item numbers including such popular songs as "Mera Naam Chin-Chin Choo" from the film Howrah Bridge (1958), "Piya Tu Ab To Aaja" from Caravan (1971), "Mehbooba Mehbooba" from Sholay (1975) and "Yeh Mera Dil" from Don (1978). In films like Gunga Jumna and Zindagi the actor performed semi-classical Indian dances in songs like "Tora man bada paapi" and "Ghungarwa mora chham chham baaje". A desi bar number, "Mungra Mungra" from Inkaar was also immensely popular. In addition to her skillful dancing, her anglicised looks too helped further the vamp image.<br />
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Zeenat and I had full-fledged roles right from our first films. They might not have been pivotal roles, but they weren't item-songs and dance numbers either. We were the only ones who broke the trend of the archetypal heroine's role, and even carried off roles of modern dancers in clubs during an age where the audiences' weren't exposed to such things.<br />
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In the early part of the 1970s actresses Bindu, Aruna Irani and Padma Khanna entered into what was Helen's monopoly. Thereafter, Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi too entered the arena.Both Aman and Babi have been credited for bringing the Western heroine look to Hindi cinema.Female actors such as her have brought about modernity with their portrayal of westernised liberated young women. Another noted feature of this era was the "tribal and banjara" item numbers such as the one in the Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman and Rex Harrison starer Shalimar. Such songs provided the necessary settings for the lead couple's love to bloom.<br />
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Actress Madhuri Dixit is a formally trained dancer,who has numerous hit item numbers to her credit.<br />
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Around the 1980s the vamp and the heroine merged into one figure and the lead actress had begun to perform the bolder numbers. The vampy item girls were thus outpaced by the heroines performing item numbers. This eventual demise of the vamp marked the increasing social acceptance of sexually explicit dancing for the morally respected heroine.<br />
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The craze for "tribal and banjara" item numbers were soon gave way to slick choreography.In the late 1990s, with the proliferation of film songs based television shows, film producers had come to realise that an exceptional way to entice audiences into theaters was by spending excessively on the visualization of songs. Hence regardless of the theme and plot, an elaborate song and dance routine involving spectacularly lavish sets, costumes, special effects, extras and dancers would invariably be featured in a film. It was asserted that this contributed highly to the film's "repeat value".<br />
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Madhuri Dixit is often considered to be the pioneer of the modern trend. In the late 1980s, the song "Ek Do Teen" was added to the movie Tezaab as an afterthought, but it transformed Dixit and made her a superstar.Her partnership with choreographer Saroj Khan has resulted in numerous hits including the controversial "Choli ke peeche kya hai" and "Dhak dhak" (Beta).Soon after the release of the film Khalnayak, there were press reports stating that people were seeing the film again and again but only till the song "Choli ke peeche kya hai" that featured Dixit.<br />
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Although there have been many songs that fit the descriptions of item numbers in the early and mid-1990s, the term itself was coined when Shilpa Shetty danced for "Main Aai Hoon UP Bihar Lootne" in the movie Shool. This is perhaps the first time the media actually referred to Shetty as an "item girl" and the scene as an "item number".<br />
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Recent developments<br />
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Many top stars in Bollywood now do item numbers, and many new women entering Bollywood find item numbers a more amenable shortcut to success, as opposed to more traditional roles with no guarantee of eventual stardom.Former item girls in pop songs outside films, Rakhi Sawant and Meghna Naidu, for example, are now quite in demand and very popular. Today, they are even being given lead roles in commercially successful movies.[as of?] As of 2007, Mallika Sherawat has become the most expensive "Item Girl", as she charged Rs. 15 million (roughly US$375,000) for the song "Mehbooba Mehbooba" in Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story.Actress Urmila Matondkar is one of the most successful item girls.[original research?] She was featured in "Chamma Chamma" in the 1998 film China Gate. Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film musical, Moulin Rouge! used a westernized version of this song.<br />
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Model-actress Yana Gupta in an advertisement poster that concedes her recognition as an item girl.<br />
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Malaika Arora Khan and Yana Gupta are "official" item number dancers. They have said they don't want to act in movies since they earn sufficient amount of money by just doing one song.<br />
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Abhishek Bachchan became the first "item boy" with his performance in Rakht; Shahrukh Khan also performed an item number during the opening credits of Kaal but had an item number in the true sense of the word with "Dard-e-Disco" in the Farah Khan directed Om Shanti Om, where he was shot in typical "item girl" manner with bare six pack abs. However the number did have a meaning within the plot.[original research?] He also performed an item number for the recently released movie Krazzy 4. Also in Krazzy 4, Hrithik Roshan has an item number during the end credits. Now, the son of legendary Bollywood stars Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, is making his debut in an item number in the 2011 movie, Chillar Party. The song draws inspiration from Rishi Kapoor's Quawalli song "Parda" from Amar Akbar Anthony.<br />
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Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone are featured in three different songs in Red Chillies Entertainment's 2009 film Billu. The items are justified as part of a film within a film.<br />
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In Slumdog Millionaire, an item number featuring A. R. Rehman's music was picturised on Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai.The song, "Jai Ho", went on to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.<br />
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In the 2007 film Om Shanti Om, the song "Deewangi Deewangi" had guest appearances by over 30 Bollywood stars. In 2008, the makers of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi featured Kajol, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Priety Zinta, and Rani Mukerji playing as five classic leading ladies, opposite Shahrukh Khan on the song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte".<br />
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In 2010, Katrina Kaif featured in "Sheela Ki Jawani" in Tees Maar Khan, and Malaika Arora Khan featured in "Munni Badnam".<br />
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In 2011, Mallika Sherawat featured in "Jalebi Bai" in "Double Dhamaal" and "Razia" in "Thank You", while Deepika Padukone featured in "Mit Jaaye Gham" in "Dum Maaro Dum" and "Zarine Khan" had "Character Dheela" from "Ready" to her credit. Yana Gupta also made a guest appearance in "Murder 2" with the item number "Aa Zara".<br />
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Criticism and controversies<br />
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Item numbers have been criticized for their gratuitous objectification of the female body.Item numbers have also been imitated in Mumbai's bar dancers. In respect of the ban on bar dancers in Mumbai, it has even been argued that the morality of bar dancer's imitation of item numbers cannot be questioned without questioning the morality of screening of item numbers in a film in public theatres. It has been argued that the two are equally amoral as both objectify women for commercial gain.<br />
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Khalnayak was controversial right from the day it released. While the lyrics of "Choli ke peeche kya hai?" (translation: "What's beneath the blouse?") were considered vulgar by some, others defended the song on the ground that it was based on folk traditions. The song eventually set off protests all over the country and a potential ban on the song was debated in the Indian Parliament. Such turn of events, however, only helped the song and the film become more popular, as many came to the movie just to see Madhuri Dixit perform the song.<br />
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* List of item numbers in Indian cinema<br />
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External links<br />
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* Rajshri's list of top 10 item girls<br />
* Bhojpuri item numbers ZindaDil.com, 13 February 2011<br />
* History of Item Girls in Tamil Cinema</div>
vibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-44176081952808874252012-07-06T01:15:00.004-07:002012-07-06T01:15:48.191-07:00List of item numbers in Indian cinema<br />From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />Jump to: navigation, search<br /> This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2011)<br /><br />An item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that has little to do with the subject of the film in which it appears. The term is commonly used in Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood, to describe a catchy, upbeat, often sexually provocative dance sequence for a song in a movie.<br />Year Name of the item number Film Actors Notes References<br />1954 "Man dole mera tan dole" Nagin Vyjayanthimala [1]<br />1955 "Jise Tu Kabool Kar Le" Devdas [1]<br />1957 "Eena Meena Deeka" Aasha <br />1958 "Kaho Ji Tum Kya Kya Kharidoge" Sadhna [2]<br />1958 "Chadh Gayo Paapi Bichhua" Madhumati [1]<br />1958 "Mera naam Chin Chin Chu" Howrah Bridge Helen <br />1960 "Itni Badi Mehfil Aur Ek Dil Kisko Doon" Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai <br />1964 "Main Ka Karoon Ram" Sangam Vyjayanthimala [1]<br />1966 "Neele Gagan Ki Chaoon Tale" Amrapali [3]<br />1966 "Kaise Samjhaoon" Suraj <br />1967 "Hothon Pe Aisi Baat" Jewel Thief [1]<br />1968 "Tasveer-E-Mohabbat Thee Jis Me" Sunghursh <br />1969 "Muqabla Humse Na Karo" Prince Vyjayanthimala and Helen [4]<br />1969 "Aa Jaane Ja" Inteqam Helen <br />1971 "Typewriter Tip Tip Tip" Bombay Talkie <br />1971 "Piya Tu Ab To Aaja" Caravan <br />1973 "Aaj Ki Raat" Anamika <br />1975 "Mehbooba Mehbooba" Sholay <br />1978 "Yeh Mera Dil" Don <br />1982 "Jawani Jaaneman" Namak Halaal Parveen Babi <br />"Raat Baki" <br />1988 "Ek Do Teen" Tezaab Madhuri Dixit <br />1992 "Dhak Dhak" Beta <br />1993 "Choli Ke Peeche" Khalnayak <br />"Chikku Bukku" Gentleman (film) Gouthami TadimallaPrabhu Deva and Raju Sundaram <br />1994 "Sexy Sexy" Khuddar Karisma Kapoor <br />"Ruk Ruk Ruk" Vijaypath Tabu <br />"My Adorable Darling" Main Khiladi Tu Anari Raveena Tandon <br />"Tip Tip Barsa Paani" Mohra <br />1995 "Hamma Hamma" Bombay Sonali Bendre <br />1996 "Aaj Ghar Mein Akele" Rakshak Karisma Kapoor <br />"Shahar Ki Ladki" Raveena Tandon <br />"Ikrar karna mushkil hai" Agni Sakshi Manisha Koirala <br />1997 "Naan Keelnaatu Cleopatra" Kodiesvaran Karisma Kapoor Unreleased <br />1998 "Chamma Chamma" China Gate Urmila Matondkar Also featured in Moulin Rouge! <br />"Chaiya Chaiya" Dil Se Malaika Arora Khan <br />"Khali Dil Nahi" Kachche Dhaage Simran Bagga <br />1999 "Maine Aai UP Bihar Lootne" Shool Shilpa Shetty <br />"Kaali Naagin Ke" Mann Rani Mukherjee <br />"Shakalaka Baby" Mudhalvan Sushmita Sen <br />"Jawani Se Ab" Vaastav: The Reality Kashmira Shah <br /> Ravoyi Chandamama Aishwarya Rai <br /> Sirf Tum Simran Bagga <br />"Thottu Thottu Pesum" Ethirum Pudhirum <br />2000 Khauff Simran Bagga <br />"Ek Ladki Hai" Raveena Tandon <br />"Mere Yeh Jawaani" Ghaath <br />"Macarena" Kushi Shilpa Shetty <br />"Mehboob Mere" Fiza Sushmita Sen <br />"Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar" Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar Kashmira Shah <br /> Anthapuram Simran Bagga <br />2002 "Aa Hi Jaiye" Lajja Urmila Matondkar <br />"Mahi Ve" Kaante Malaika Arora Khan <br />"Chalka Chalka" Aankhen Kashmira Shah <br />2001 Rahul Isha Koppikar <br />"Shakalaka Baby" Nayak: The Real Hero Sushmita Sen <br />2002 23rd March 1931: Shaheed Aishwarya Rai <br />"Ishq Kamina" Shakti Aishwarya Rai and Shahrukh Khan <br />"Khallas" Company Isha Koppikar <br />"Ishq Samundar" Kaante Mumaith Khan <br />"Sharara Sharara" Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Shamita Shetty <br />"Chori Pe Chori" Saathiya Shamita Shetty <br />"Khullam Khulla" Road Koena Mitra <br />"Ada Althottha Boopathy" Youth Simran Bagga <br />2003 "Old Songs Remix" Pithamagan Simran Bagga <br />"Mohabbat Hai Mirchi" Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne Rakhi Sawant <br />"Maahi Ve" Kal Ho Naa Ho Kajol <br /> Alai Kim Sharma <br />"Dekh Le" Munna Bhai M.B.B.S Mumaith Khan <br />"Ishq Samundar" Kaante Isha Koppikar <br /> LOC Kargil Isha Koppikar <br />"Maahi Ve" Kal Ho Naa Ho Rani Mukherji <br />"Babuji Zara Dheera Chalo" Dum Yana Gupta <br />"Thoodhu Varumaa" Kaakha Kaakha Ramya Krishnan <br />"Pothu Thaaku" Kuththu Ramya Krishnan <br />"Dilli Ki Sardi" Zameen Amrita Arora <br />2004 "Dhoom Dhoom" Dhoom Tata Young <br />"Aisa Jadoo" Khakee Lara Dutta <br />"One Love" Rakht Abhishek Bachchan <br /> Jairam Simran Bagga <br />"Saaki Saakhi" Musafir Koena Mitra <br />"Mashuqa Rubi" Asambhav Mumaith Khan <br />"Loot Gaye" Hulchul Mumaith Khan <br />"Oh! What A Babe" Rakht Yana Gupta <br />"Manmadhan" Manmadhan Yana Gupta <br />"Ishq Khudai" Rudraksh Negar Khan <br />"Chal Hat" Shaadi Ka Laddoo Negar Khan <br />"Mujhe Tumse" Tumsa Nahin Dekha Dia Mirza <br />"Cham Cham Karta" Aga Bai Arrecha Sonali Bendre <br />"Saiyaan Mora Saiyaan" Garv Shilpa Shetty <br />2005 "Kaal Dhamaal" Kaal Malaika Arora Khan and Shahrukh Khan <br />"Kajra Re" Bunty aur Babli Aishwarya Rai <br />"Chilman Uthegi Nahin" Kisna Sushmita Sen <br />"Chadti Jawani" Dhadkanein Mumaith Khan <br />"Jhuki Jhuki" Chocolate Mumaith Khan <br /> Chatrapathi Mumaith Khan <br />"Naan Puttham Pudhiya" Inidhu Inidhu Kaadhal Inidhu Simran Bagga <br />"Kodambakkam Area" Sivakasi Nayantara <br /> Chatrapati Ramya Krishnan <br />"Kadhal Yaanai" Anniyan Yana Gupta <br />"Ankhiyan Na Maar" Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Rakhi Sawant <br />2006 "Kurrallu" Devadasu Shriya Saran [5]<br />"Kismat Se Chalti Hai" Malamaal Weekly Rakhi Sawant <br />"Rock 'n' Roll Soniye" Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Kajol <br />"Subah Subah" I See You Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan <br />"Jab Kabhi" 36 China Town Tanushree Dutta <br />"Sabse Alag" Alag Sushmita Sen and Abhishek Bachchan <br /> Bhagam Bhag Tanushree Dutta <br />"Sabse Alag" Alag Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta <br />"Yeh Mera Dil" Don: The Chase Begins Again Kareena Kapoor <br />"Sabse Alag" Alag Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra <br />"Pyaar Ki Chatni" Phir Hera Pheri Dia Mirza <br /> Saamaanyudu Mumaith Khan <br />"Ippati Kinka" Pokiri Mumaith Khan <br />"Neruppe Sikki Mukki" Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Mumaith Khan <br />"Beedi" Omkara Bipasha Basu <br />"Crazy Kiya Re" Dhoom 2 Aishwarya Rai <br />2007 Vijayadasami Simran Bagga <br />"Chammakkuro" Munna Shriya Saran [5]<br />"Ne Chuku Chuku Bandiroo" Tulasi Shriya Saran [6]<br />"Dard-e-Disco" Om Shanti Om Shahrukh Khan <br />"Mast Kalandar" Heyy Babyy Shahrukh Khan <br />"Mehbooba Mehbooba" Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Urmila Matondkar and Abhishek Bachchan <br />"En Chella Peru Apple" Pokkiri Mumaith Khan <br />"O Baby" Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Mumaith Khan <br />"Orori Yogi" Yogi Mumaith Khan <br />"Baalam Tera Nakhra" Big Brother Mumaith Khan <br /> Sri Mahalakshmi Mumaith Khan <br />"Balleilakka" Sivaji: The Boss Nayantara <br />"It's Rocking" Kya Love Story Hai Kareena Kapoor <br />"Mayya Mayya" Guru Mallika Sherawat <br />"Mehbooba Mehbooba" Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story Mallika Sherawat <br /> Nehlle Pe Dehlla Neha Dhupia <br />"Heyy Babyy" Heyy Babyy Malaika Arora Khan, Celina Jaitley, Minissha Lamba, Tara Sharma, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza, Ameesha Patel, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Amrita Arora, Kim Sharma, Koena Mitra, Shamita Shetty and Riya Sen <br />"Mehbooba Mehbooba" Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Urmila Matondkar <br />"Rathraina" Athidhi Malaika Arora Khan <br />"Hoth Rasiley" Welcome Malaika Arora Khan <br />"Deewangi Deewangi" Om Shanti Om Rani Mukherji, Vidya Balan, Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar, Shilpa Shetty, Rekha, Tabu, Preity Zinta, Kajol, Lara Dutta <br />2008 "Mallika Sherawata? Marilyn Monroea?" Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan Shriya Saran [7]<br />Deshdrohi Kim Sharma <br />"Break Free" Krazzy 4 Shahrukh Khan <br />"Nobody Like You" Mission Istaanbul Abhishek Bachchan <br />"Krazzy 4" Krazzy 4 Hrithik Roshan <br />"Manzar" Sunday Tusshar Kapoor <br />"Bang Bang" Hello Salman Khan <br />"Dekhta Hai Tu Kya" Krazzy 4 Rakhi Sawant <br />"Bichua" 1920 Rakhi Sawant <br /> Haal-e-dil Kajol <br />"Phoonk De" No Smoking Bipasha Basu <br />"Ya Baba" "My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves" Hrishitaa Bhatt <br />"Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte" Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Lara Dutta, Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Kajol and Rani Mukherji <br />"Lazy Lamhe" Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Ameesha Patel <br />"Kashmakash" Sunday Esha Deol <br />"Shut Up & Bounce" Dostana Shilpa Shetty <br />"Zara Zara Touch Me" Race (2008 film) Katrina Kaif <br />2009 "You Get Me Rocking & Reeling" Billu Barber Priyanka Chopra <br />"Bangaru Kodi Petta" Magadheera Chiranjeevi <br />"Jalwa" Wanted Govinda, Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan <br />"Love Mera Hit Hit" Billu Barber Deepika Padukone <br />"Hotty Naughty" De Dana Dan Neha Dhupia <br />"Marjaani" Billu Barber Kareena Kapoor <br />"Daddy Mummy" Villu Mumaith Khan <br />"Bangaru Kodi Petta" Magadheera Mumaith Khan <br />"Bambara Kannalei Remix (En Peru Meenakumari)" Kanthaswamy Mumaith Khan <br />"The Night Is Still Young" Muthirai Rakhi Sawant <br />"Bhangra Bistar" Dil Bole Hadippa! Rakhi Sawant <br />"Jorsey" Magadheera Kim Sharma <br /> Anjaneyulu Kim Sharma <br />"Honey Honey" Ayan Koena Mitra <br />2010 "Dochey" Puli Shriya Saran <br />"Aap Ka Kya Hoga (Dhanno)" Housefull (film) Jacqueline Fernandez <br />"Parda" Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Gauhar Khan <br />"Munni Badnam" Dabangg Malaika Arora Khan <br />"Shelia Ki Jawani" Tees Maar Khan Katrina Kaif <br />"Neeyat Kharab Hai" Teen Patti Maria Gopez <br />"Tere Ishq Se Meetha" Aakrosh Sameera Reddy <br />2011 "Mit Jaaye Gham" Dum Maro Dum Deepika Padukone <br />"Razia" Thank You (2011 film) Mallika Sherawat <br />"Tinku Jiya" Yamla Pagla Deewana Madhuri Bhattacharya <br />"Chamki Jawani" Yamla Pagla Deewana Mahek Chahal <br />"Laila O Laila" Chalo Dilli Yana Gupta <br />"Do Dhaari Talwaar" Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Katrina Kaif <br />"Character Dheela" Ready (2011 film) Zarine Khan <br />"Shallu Ke Thumke" Bin Bulaye Baarati Mallika Sherawat <br />"Jalebi Bhai" Double Dhamaal Mallika Sherawat <br />"Chhammak Chhallo" Ra.One Kareena Kapoor To Be Released <br />"Aa Zara Karib Se" Murder 2 Yana Gupta <br />"Main Chandigarh Di Star" Bbuddah... 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Retrieved 2011-05-20.vibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-90592110550965624192012-07-06T01:15:00.003-07:002012-07-06T01:15:32.743-07:00Artist assaulted for exhibiting gay works<span style="font-weight:bold;">Artist assaulted for exhibiting gay works<br /></span><br /><br />Shreya Roy Chowdhury, TNN | Jan 6, 2012, 01.04AM IST<br /><br />NEW DELHI: An artist holding an exhibition in the capital on the theme of homosexuality was on Thursday attacked and abused by an unidentified assailant, who also damaged one of the paintings on display.<br /><br />The artist, Balbir Krishan, said the attacker entered the solo exhibition space at Lalit Kala Akademi with his face covered by a handkerchief. He pushed and kicked Krishan, a double amputee who has lost both his legs, while hurling insults all the while.<br /><br />Krishan, 38, from a village called Bijrol in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, had received several threats over phone on Wednesday. The calls -- made from phone booths - accused the artist, himself homosexual, of "spreading" homosexuality in the country. According to Krishan, the caller said, "Tuney Hindu dharam ko bigarne ka theka laga rakha hai (You are determined to ruin Hinduism)." Before that, posters advertising his exhibition at Garhi studios and near Jamia Milia Islamia, were ripped and burnt.<br /><br />Balbir and a few of his friends had come to the gallery at about 10.30am to shoot a video of the exhibition and pack the paintings. He was standing by the door of the second room of the gallery "giving bites" for the video when a big-built man (as per the group's estimate, he was about 5'10") pushed him from behind.<br /><br />A train accident in 1996 had claimed both of Balbir's legs from knee down and he uses prosthetic legs. He fell forward. The assailant next smashed the frame of a small work closest to the door, damaging the artwork in the process, and proceeded to kick Balbir in the side. He also spouted hateful lines including, "Hussain go bhaga diya, tu kya cheez hai? (We chased Hussain away, you are nothing)."<br /><br />Krishan has been painting male nudes from the start. His paintings had created a furor at Bijrol at first but are now tolerated. This was his first exhibition on the subject.<br /><br />"I never thought something like this could happen here," said an injured Balbir later, "If my paintings offend anyone, they are welcome to discuss it with me."<br /><br />As those in the room reacted, the attacker fled, with Krishan's companions - participating artists present for another exhibition happening on the ground floor and a security guard - in pursuit. The attacker gave the main gate a miss - two guards were posted there - choosing instead to jump over the iron railing on the side. He fell once too but still managed to give the pursuers the slip.<br /><br />He got away but Vivek Sharma, also of Baghpat, who was shooting the video, kept the camera rolling when the attack happened and managed to capture the masked assailant in action. The police visited the gallery at that time and once again in the evening. The footage was handed over to them.<br /><br />Krishan filed a complaint with the police and he got a medical examination conducted. The paintings have been moved from the venue; the same exhibition will be on at Triveni Kala Sangam from Friday.<br />vibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911268467060514733.post-31721763739021422402012-07-06T01:15:00.002-07:002012-07-06T01:15:19.213-07:00Bizarre case of India versus the Internet-Bizarre case of India versus the Internet<br /><br />Prasanto K Roy, IANS<br /><br />New Delhi: It isn't just one angry Indian against Google and Facebook. Internet freedom is on trial in India! The ham-handed, state-backed censorship of Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literary Festival earlier this month grabbed headlines - "The Republic bows before the Mob".<br /><br />Yet, a far more serious free-speech drama was quietly playing out. It started with Vinay Rai, editor of a little-known Delhi-based Urdu daily called Akbari, filing a criminal complaint in a district court in New Delhi.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rai had been busy scouting the internet for dirt. Surprise - he found it! On Google, Facebook, YouTube, Orkut, BlogSpot and on smaller services and blogs: Broadreader, Mylot, Zomie Time, Shyni Blog, Exbii.com, and IMC India.<br />Bizarre case of India versus the Internet</span><br /><br />And so he filed a criminal complaint against - hold your breath - Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Larry Page of Google, Donald Edward Graham, chairman of Facebook and the Washington Post, Yahoo chairman Roy J Bostock, the Indian country heads of those organizations, and other named and unnamed persons.<br /><br />He did so "in public interest and as an affected person who believes in a secular India." (Oddly, he missed out Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.)<br /><br />Why? "These accused persons knowingly well these facts that these contents and materials are most dangerous for the community and peace of the harmony," says Rai's criminal complaint (language unedited), "but with common and malafide intention and hands under glove with each other failed to remove the same for the wrongful gain."<br /><br />In my first and only meeting with Rai on a recent prime-time show, Rai sounded placative. He wasn't trying to get anything "banned". He merely wanted removed from the internet all content that offended him.<br /><br />So would he be the sole arbiter of offensive content? How would India's jurisdiction cover all these sites in the US and Europe? Questions like these got his goat, and at one point he snapped out to a fellow panelist that he was trying to instigate riots. The show host asked him about his remarkable coincidence of timing, language and intent with those of the government, and minister Kapil Sibal: Was he their agent? No, he said. I am an agent of the People.<br /><br />I had not read the complaint submitted before the district court in Delhi. I did so, two days later. The "agent of the people" was being economical with the truth. Nowhere in his plaint did he seek removal of content. Instead, he outlined a conspiracy between authors and the respondents to "malice [sic] and defame India with intention to spread communal violence to destabilize the country with".<br /><br />His goal is modest: That Ballmer, Page, et al, be summoned, brought from across the world to the courts in Delhi, charged, prosecuted, and punished under the Indian Penal Code sections 153(A), 153(B), 292, 293, 295(A), 298,109, 500 and 120B.<br /><br />Anyone remotely familiar with the internet would dismiss this as bizarre: Extremism for shock value. But the issue goes beyond that. This petitioner indeed has remarkable coincidence with the views and intent of -- and thus, likely, the support of -- the establishment. So even if the present complaint is unlikely to find favor with the high court, or, worst case, the Supreme Court, this could be the shape of things to come in India - an India which aspires to be China.<br /><br />India cannot pick out pieces of China that it wants to be like. There is a total picture that ensures that that regime endures, including not just infrastructure and industrial progress but also a totalitarian regime, an opaque justice system, a filtered internet, and overall, blanket media censorship enforced by extreme punishment. India isn't China, and simply cannot be.<br /><br />But Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal may have rejoiced the order of Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait Jan 12, who cleared the decks for the prosecution of Facebook, Google, et al. He said those who do not remove offensive content "like China, we could block all such websites".<br /><br />(For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter and Google+)vibha tailanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606190588739454898noreply@blogger.com0