C-da,
how about this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/953200.stm
Separatist group bans Hindu festivities
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/717775.stm
'Church backing Tripura rebels'
further, some Hindu missionaries were killed there as well as per other reports..
Umesh
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 ]
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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 direct! ly 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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