**** What happened to the laws of the land that
ought to prevent such things?
Law by itself does not prevent,
implementation of the law does.
Rajen
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From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rajib Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI
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> >total connivance of the local government, police and
> >offcourse the mobs. LK Advani was enraged. I think
> >this was last year.
>
>
> **** What happened to the laws of the land that ought to prevent such things?
>
> Could not LKA, as the leader of the opposition or the shadow PM, go
> to Kohima to prevent it? Was his stature of no consequence? Where did
> them Christians get such UN-Indian, un-secular ideas? I am outraged!
>
>
>
> > >And there are offcourse systemic injustices
> >perpetrated against the Riyangs in Mizoram because
> >they are Hindus.
>
>
> *** How very un-Hindu, un_Indian acts. There oughtta be a law!
>
>
> >It would be laughable idea if someone says there is no
> >Christian hegemony in some of the states.
>
>
> *** Amazing! Imagine religious hegemony and bigotries in India, the
> secular democracy the world is attempting to emulate!
>
>
> I bet the way to fix it will be to impose Hinduism as the State
> Religion of India. That ought to teach them n minorities a lesson.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 9:46 AM -0700 6/30/05, Rajib Das wrote:
> >Let me specifically answer the question C'da has
> >raised:
> >
> >In Kohima, the sole Hindu temple was brought down with
> >total connivance of the local government, police and
> >offcourse the mobs. LK Advani was enraged. I think
> >this was last year.
> >
> >Pashupatinath Mandir in Senapati district of Manipur
> >was burnt down in 1995 by the NSCN.
> >
> >And there are offcourse systemic injustices
> >perpetrated against the Riyangs in Mizoram because
> >they are Hindus.
> >
> >Maybe when I have some more time, I will come out with
> >a longer list. You could google and find out the
> >truths about some of these.
> >
> >It would be laughable idea if someone says there is no
> >Christian hegemony in some of the states. It would be
> >even more laughable if some one says the Church does
> >not bless such "atrocities".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> >I would suggest that she also make a trip to the
> >> North East -
> >> >Meghalaya, >Tripura or Mizoram and see how Hindus
> >> are treated there
> >> >by the tribal > Christians.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> **** How are Hindus treated there? I never heard of
> >> harassment of
> >> Hindus in the NE Christian areas before. Can you
> >> refer us to some
> >> credible source?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At 4:44 PM +0100 6/30/05, umesh sharma wrote:
> >> >C-da,
> >> >
> >> >I find it absurd that she was sent a FAX to
> >> threaten her. Perhaps
> >> >VHP has gone nuts. The rape threat was made by
> >> Hindus - no doubt -
> >> >but by anonymous phone call. Anyone of the Hindus
> >> in Orissa could
> >> >have made the call - maybe even the Christian
> >> missionaries or their
> >> >evangelist supporters.
> >> >
> >> >That said, I do not approve of threats or acts of
> >> physical violence
> >> >. I do belive in countering evangelists' aggresive
> >> christianization
> >> >by free competition to win co-religionists. Even
> >> today I was singled
> >> >out to be given some pamphalet on Jesus in the bus
> >> - no white person
> >> >was offered.
> >> >
> >> >I would suggest that she also make a trip to the
> >> North East -
> >> >Meghalaya, Tripura or Mizoram and see how Hindus
> >> are treated there
> >> >by the tribal Christians.
> >> >
> >> >Umesh
> >> >
> >> >Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >'Sangh Parivar activists threatened to rape us'
> >> >VIJI SUNDARAM
> >> >
> >> >INDIAWEST[ THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2005 10:36:22 AM ]
> >> >Surf 'N' Earn -Sign innow
> >> >San Francisco-based academic Angana Chatterji,
> >> along with other women
> >> >members of the Indian People's Tribunal on
> >> Environment and Human
> >> >Rights, was allegedly threatened with rape by some
> >> members of the
> >> >Sangh Parivar on June 14 while investigating the
> >> spread of
> >> >communalism and human rights violations in Orissa.
> >> >
> >> >The women claim they were defamed, insulted and
> >> falsely accused of
> >> >bias as they were deposing residents of
> >> Bhubaneswar, some from the
> >> >Sangh Parivar itself.
> >> >
> >> >"The Hindu nationalist organizations (Bajrang Dal,
> >> Vishwa Hindu
> >> >Parishad and Rashtriya Sevika Samiti) have maligned
> > > and targeted the
> >> >Tribunal and its members," wrote Chatterji in a
> >> letter to India's
> >> >National Human Righ! ts Commission, calling for an
> >> investigation. ". .
> >> >. Especially, they have continued to directly
> >> intimidate and verbally
> >> >attack me since the incident, as I remain in Orissa
> >> for a few days to
> >> >continue the Tribunal's work."
> >> >
> >> >The Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and
> >> Human Rights was
> >> >formed June 5, 1993. Its stated purpose is to
> >> conduct fair and
> >> >credible investigations focusing on issues
> >> concerning human rights
> >> >and environmental justice.
> >> >
> >> >Chatterji said she has been working for the rights
> >> of the oppressed
> >> >in Orissa since 1995.
> >> >
> >> >The alleged threats came by fax from the state
> >> office of the Vishwa
> >> >Hindu Parishad, lambasting the tribunal as a group
> >> of "leftists,
> >> >fellow travelers and Hindu baiters."
> >> >
> >> >The fax made a pointed reference to Chatterji, an
> >> associate
> >> >professor of anthropology at the San
> >> Francisco-based California...
> >> >
> >>
> >>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1156238,curpg-4.cms
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