DMK introduces zizya in Tamil Nadu

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party ruling Tamil Nadu has introduced reservations for Muslims and Christians in Tamil Nadu Government jobs and educational institutions. Poor Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs are thus being encouraged to convert to Islam or Christianity in order to become eligible for getting access to education and jobs in their own motherland.

The Sultans of Delhi and Mughal Emperors like Aurangzeb -- who spent their lives constantly destroying Hindu temples, butchering Hindus, kidnapping Hindu women and raping and torturing them till they agreed to convert to Islam -- used financial incentives like zizya as well in their crusades against Hinduism.

Hindus Buddhists Jains and Sikhs living under Muslim rule were forced to pay the zizya religious tax. Over the 1000-year-long Muslim tyranny over India, during times of famine, food shortage, crop failure, etc., this zizya tax caused millions of starving Hindus and Buddhists to convert to Islam in order that their starving children might stay alive.

Now poor Hindus Buddhists and Sikhs in Tamil Nadu, where Reservations have already touched 69%, are essentially being told by the DMK Government: "If you want to go to college or get a job, convert to Islam or Christianity. Otherwise, remain Hindu and starve." Do you still think India is a secular country ?

The UPA Government led by the anti-Hindu Catholic fanatic Antonia Maino (a.k.a. Sonia Gandhi) has recently shamelessly introduced Re. 2 coins embossed with the Christian Cross.

Now Hindus are being openly denied opportunities in their own ancient homeland, while they are being reserved for Christians and Muslims only.

How much more of this will the Hindus of India tolerate ? Now is the time for Hindus of India to unite. To forget about Caste differences. To fight for survival.

It is not difficult. All we have to do is to be able to identify our friends and enemies. Anyone practising Casteist Divide and Rule politics, dividing Hindus on the basis of, say, Caste (like Arjun Singh, or V P Singh, and anyone in the same Parties or Alliances with them) is an enemy.

Anyone preaching Hindu Unity, like the RSS or the BJP, or the Shiv Sena, is a friend.

Those who are against OBC Casteist Reservations and angry with BJP and Shiv Sena for not opposing them, please understand that BJP or Shiv Sena cannot protest against OBC Reservations because doing so will mean playing into the hands of people like Arjun Singh.

Arjun Singh and Sonia Gandhi want Hindus to fight amongst each other. We must not. Our OBC brothers and sisters will see through Arjun Singh's tricks on their own, and will oppose Casteism and Divide and Rule on their own.

Hindus of India, unite. If you don't, you will be exterminated.

Source: http://21centuryindia.blogspot.com/2007/04/dmk-introduces-zizya-in-tamil-nadu.html

Charges against DMK regime unassailable: Jayalalithaa

“Higher allocation will not make Tamil Nadu developed State”

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“Karunanidhi failed to take steps to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal”

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CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Saturday said Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's failure to give a proper reply to her allegations clearly proved that her arguments against the DMK government were unassailable.

In a statement here, Ms. Jayalalithaa said she was justified in describing the DMK government as a minority regime, because it did not have adequate strength of 118 MLAs in the Assembly to form a government on its own. “If the DMK had included the Congress it could be called a coalition government.”

Responding to Mr. Karunanidhi's argument that more funds had been allotted to various departments in the State, she said higher allocation of funds would not make Tamil Nadu a developed State.

For instance, she said the estimated cost of the Hogenakkal Combined Drinking Water Project, conceived during MGR's regime, was Rs.118 crore. Now, the DMK government had announced in the budget that it would cost Rs.1929 crore. This was because of inflation.

“Moreover allocation for every project will automatically increase when there is a growth in revenue generation. This cannot be called an achievement of the government.”

Deteriorating law and order

As regards the claim of Chief Minister that the allocation for the Police Department had gone up to Rs.2,885 crore as against the Rs.1,336 crore allotted during the AIADMK government, she said by his claim, Mr. Karunanidhi was implicitly admitting that law and order was deteriorating.

Ms. Jayalalithaa accused the Chief Minister of conveniently suppressing the fact that kuruvai cultivation in the State, that would normally cover 3 lakh hectares, had been reduced to 53,000 hectares. The area covered in Cauvery delta so far was just 14,000 hectares.

She alleged that Mr. Karunanidhi had failed to take steps to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. On the other hand her government had ensured notification of the interim award of the tribunal in the gazette, besides winning the case in the Supreme Court against the law enacted by Karnataka against the interim award.

She said the Chief Minister was not able to answer her allegations on the rise in prices of essential commodities and yarn, drop in power generation, unemployment and illegal sand quarrying.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/18/stories/2010071852570400.htm

Congress & DMK aim Minority votes

“Congress, DMK garner minority votes through welfare schemes”

Demand:BJP State president Pon. Radhakrishnan staging a demonstration in Coimbatore on Sunday to demand Central pre-matriculation scholarship for students of majority community too.

COIMBATORE: The Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) cannot accuse the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being communal when they try to garner the votes of minorities through welfare schemes that leave out deserving sections in the majority community, State president of the BJP Pon. Radhakrishnan said here on Sunday.

Leading a demonstration by his party to demand Centrally-sponsored pre-matriculation scholarship for Hindu school students also, Mr. Radhakrishnan said there were poor students in all communities. Therefore, any scholarship or other forms of assistance for education should not be limited to students of a few communities.

Mr. Radhakrishnan rejected the argument of the Congress and its ally, DMK, that five prominent minority communities (Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis) were being covered under the scheme.

While the others were limited in number and present in very few areas, Muslims and Christians were spread across the country in substantial numbers. Therefore, this scheme largely benefited them. Though there were many poor students among Hindus, this scheme was not being extended to them.

Besides, norms relating to the distribution of scholarship were not being followed. Scholarships were being given to more than the prescribed number of students.

A massive demonstration would be staged in Kanyakumari on July 25 to demand the inclusion of poor students among the Hindus.

Some parties asked whether the BJP still existed in the State. But, the response from the public to its protests over the rise in prices of essential commodities and fuel only pointed at its strong presence, he claimed.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/12/stories/2010071251150500.htm

Congress doesn't take action to curb extremism

தீவிரவாதத்தை ஒடுக்க காங்., நடவடிக்கை எடுப்பதில்லை: பா.ஜ., தாக்கு

திருப்பூர்: தீவிரவாதத்தை ஒடுக்க, காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியில் எவ்வித நடவடிக்கையும் இல்லை என பா.ஜ., செய்தி தொடர்பாளர் நிர்மலா சீதாராமன் பேசினார். திருப்பூர் மாவட்ட பா.ஜ., சார்பில் மத்திய, மாநில அரசுகளை கண்டித்து ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் மற்றும் பொதுக்கூட்டம் நடந்தது. இதில் பேசிய பா.ஜ., தேசிய செய்தி தொடர்பாளர் நிர்மலா சீதாராமன் பேசியதாவது: ஓட்டுகளை பெறும் முயற்சியாக ஓட்டு வங்கியாக சிறுபான்மையின மாணவ, மாணவர்களை மாற்றும் முயற்சியாக கல்வி உதவித் தொகை திட்டத்தில், கீழ்த்தரமான அரசியலில் காங்கிரஸ் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறது. மாவோயிஸ்ட் தீவிரவாதத்தை ஒடுக்க காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியில் எவ்வித நடவடிக்கையும் இல்லை. இந்துக்களை தீவிரவாதிகளாக பொய் பிரசாரம் செய்கிறது; இது கண்டிக்கதக்கது என்றார். தேசிய செயலர் கிரண் மகேஸ்வரி, தேசிய செயற்குழு உறுப்பினர் ராதாகிருஷ்ணன், மாநில செயலர்கள் செல்வகுமார், மாநில பொதுச் செயலர் ரமேஷ் உட்பட பலர் பேசினர்.

Source: http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=42750

Acute poverty in 8 Indian states, says new UNDP measure

London: Acute poverty prevails in eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African nations combined, a new 'multidimensional' measure of global poverty has said.

The new measure, called the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), was developed and applied by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) support.

It will be featured in the forthcoming 20th anniversary edition of the UNDP Human Development Report.

An analysis by MPI creators reveals that there are more 'MPI poor' people in eight Indian states (421 million in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal) than in the 26 poorest African countries combined (410 million).

The new poverty measure that gives a multidimensional picture of people living in poverty, and is expected to help target development resources more effectively, its creators said.

The MPI supplants the Human Poverty Index, which had been included in the annual Human Development Reports since 1997.

The 2010 UNDP Human Development Report will be published in late October, but research findings from the Multidimensional Poverty Index were made available today at a policy forum in London and on line on the websites of OPHI and the UNDP Human Development Report.

The MPI assesses a range of critical factors or 'deprivations' at the household level: from education to health outcomes to assets and services.

Taken together, these factors provide a fuller portrait of acute poverty than simple income measures, according to OPHI and UNDP.

The measure reveals the nature and extent of poverty at different levels: from household up to regional, national and international level.

This new multidimensional approach to assessing poverty has been adapted for national use in Mexico, and is now being considered by Chile and Colombia.

"The MPI is like a high resolution lens which reveals a vivid spectrum of challenges facing the poorest households," said OPHI director Dr Sabina Alkire, who created the MPI with professor James Foster of George Washington University and Maria Emma Santos of OPHI.

The UNDP Human Development Report Office is also joining forces with OPHI to promote international discussions on the practical applicability of this multidimensional approach to measuring poverty. "We are featuring the Multidimensional Poverty Index in the 20th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report this year because we consider it a highly innovative approach to quantifying acute poverty," Dr Jeni Klugman, Director of the UNDP Human Development Report Office and the principal author of this year's report, said.

"The MPI provides a fuller measure of poverty than the traditional dollar-a-day formulas.

It is a valuable addition to the family of instruments we use to examine broader aspects of well-being, including UNDP's Human Development Index and other measures of inequality across the population and between genders.

OPHI researchers analysed data from 104 countries with a combined population of 5.2 billion (78% of the world total).

About 1.7 billion people in the countries covered, a third of their entire population - live in multidimensional poverty, according to the MPI.

This exceeds the 1.3 billion people, in those same countries, estimated to live on $1.25 a day or less, the more commonly accepted measure of 'extreme' poverty.

The MPI also captures distinct and broader aspects of poverty.

For example, in Ethiopia 90% of people are 'MPI poor' compared to the 39% who are classified as living in 'extreme poverty' under income terms alone.

Conversely, 89% of Tanzanians are extreme income-poor, compared to 65% who are MPI poor.

The MPI captures deprivations directly, in health and educational outcomes and key services, such as water, sanitation and electricity.

In some countries these resources are provided free or at low cost; in others they are out of reach even for many working people with an income.

Half of the world's poor as measured by the MPI live in South Asia (51% or 844 million people) and one quarter in Africa (28% or 458 million).

Niger has the greatest intensity and incidence of poverty in any country, with 93% of the population classified as poor in MPI terms.

The MPI also reveals great variations within countries: Nairobi has the same level of MPI poverty as the Dominican Republic, whereas Kenya's rural northeast is poorer in MPI terms than Niger.

The recently released 2010 UN Millennium DevelopmentGoals Report stressed that the MDGs will be fully achieved only by addressing the needs of those most disadvantaged by geography, age, gender or ethnicity, OPHI researchers point out.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_acute-poverty-in-8-indian-states-says-new-undp-measure_1408795

The ruling UPA is not much concerned about the poor in India. All they worried is how to appease the minorities and sustain their vote bank. Every Indian should pay attention to such issues and demand the ruling government to take speedy actions to restore the poor from extreme povery.

Umashankar. K

"Dasopadesam"

"The Ten Commandments"
Paramacharya Maha Swamigal
JagadGuru Shri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati

1. One of our duties as human beings is to avail ourselves of every opportunity to do good to others. The poor can serve others by their loyal work to the country and the rich by their wealth to help the poor. Those who are influential can use their influence to better the condition of the lowly. That way we can keep alive in our hearts a sense of social service
2. Man by himself cannot create even a blade of grass. We will be guilty of gross ingratitude if we do not offer first to God what we eat or wear - only the best and choicest should be offered to Him.
3. Life without love is a waste. Everyone should cultivate "Prema" or love towards all human beings, bird and beast.
4. Wealth amassed by a person whose heart is closed to charity, is generally dissipated by the inheritors: but the family of philanthropists will always be blessed with happiness.
5. A person who has done a meritorious deed will lose the resulting merit if he listens to the praise of others or himself boasts of his deeds.
6. It will do not good to grieve over what has happened. If we learn to discriminate between good and evil, that will guard us from falling into the evil again.
7. We should utilise to good purpose, the days of our life-time. We should engage ourselves in acts which will contribute to the welfare of others rather than to our selfish desires.
8. We should perform duties that have been prescribed for our daily life and also be filled with devotion to God.
9. One attains one's goal by performance of one's duties.
10. Jnana is the only solvent of our troubles and sufferings.

Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara

Are We Worthy of Being Angry?

Are We Worthy of Being Angry?
(HinduDharma: Dharmas Common To All)

Often we find ourselves angry with some person or other. Anger is provoked in two ways. When we see a man guilty of an offence we lose our temper. But we do not pause to think whether we too are not like him. Even if we have not been guilty of sinful deeds we must have had sinful thoughts. Perhaps we have reason to think that we have sinned less than others. This must be because we are a little more mature. Even so, how difficult do we find it to correct ourselves. Would it not be more difficult for a habitual sinner to retrieve himself? We need not associate ourselves with him. The sastras proclaim that the first step towards Atmic improvement is to sever ourselves from evil people and to seek the company of virtuous men. But there is no point in looking upon sinners with hatred or anger. All we can and must do is to pray that they turn to the path of virtue. If, by the grace of the Lord, we acquire a little grace ourselves we must use it to take them to the right path.

Our opponent is not likely to change his attitude towards us simply because we are angry with him. Instead, he might turn against us with greater venom. Hatred thus will be kept fuelled on either side. One must realise one's mistakes and try to reform oneself. We cannot congratulate ourselves if a person corrects himself fearing our anger. Also the change thus brought about in him will not be enduring. If we think that there is something wrong with a man we must try to correct him with love.

Why do people sin? The reason must be their mental condition and the circumstances in which they are placed. If we happen to be free from any guilt, it must be because we are more favoured by circumstances. When you see a sinner you must pray: "O Ambika, I too might have sinned like him. But in your mercy you do not give me the occasion to do so. Be merciful to him in the same way."

We must not be angry with a man even if he bears ill-will against us. Our innermost mind knows how far we deserve to be spoken ill of. It may be that the man who nurses bad feelings against us is doing so not because of any wrong done by us. We know, however, in our heart of hearts that the sins we have committed are indeed great. Such is our predicament that we must shed tears before Amba, atone for our sins and pray that they are washed away. In that way are we qualified to point accusing finger at others?

The question arises: may we direct our anger against others when we are free from all sin? Were we truly sinless, we would be all love and affection. Where is then the question of our being angry with anyone? Even towards a sinner we should have then no feeling other than that of love. On the other hand, if we are guilty of wrongs ourselves we have no right to be angry with those we think are sinners. In the state of utter sinlessness we realise it all to be the sport of Amba. In her sport who merits praise, who deserves blame? Anger, in any case has no place in our life.

As I said earlier, according to Krsna Paramatman the two great forces inciting man to sin are desire and anger. In other words we hurt ourselves with our anger. Our opponent may ignore our anger but then we hurt ourselves with it-both our body and mind suffer. The natural dharma of man is to be loving and affectionate. And to be loving and affectionate is to be ever in bliss. Love is Sivam, it is said. We must always learn to attain the condition of love that is Sivam.

Source: http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part22/chap12.htm