|
|
1. Thanks for the signatures on letter to President.
2. Opinions: Why we Indians can not take action?
3. Need ambassador to speak out.
4. Interactive session with the CBC's Foreign Correspondents.
5. AFR Apology: Lord Ganesha with atomic bomb, dynamite sticks.
6. New song insults Indians in South Africa
7. News items worth reading.
---------
1. Thanks for the signatures on letter to President.
Thanks to all CWC members who supported our call for action by signing letter
to President Bush to confiscate Pakistan’s nuclear capability. This letter
has received about 7,000 signatures in less than two weeks. We shall keep you
updated.
At the same time, about 7,000 signatures on behalf of 1 billion community on
a very sensitive national issue of the existence, should not be considered a
good response on any scale. The petition against Israeli PM, Mr.Ariel Sharon
has so far received nearly one million signatures. It is a fact that very
high percentage of Indians lack national and social responsibility. Indians
are basically unwilling to act on anything that falls outside the ‘Me & Mine’
psychosis.
One of the largest signature collection on behalf of Indians was petition
against CNN bias. (62,000+ signatures). India has not seen any petition that
has crossed 0.1 million mark. We stand where we do without any substantial
progress, just because of the conspicuous absence of national pride & basic
nature of ‘Who cares’ by the majority of Indians.
---------------
3. Opinions: Why we Indians can not take action?
Gayatri Narayan:
“I would like to thank you for starting such a group. This is the need of our
time. I have been watching CNN & BBC, which is fully in favor of Pakistan,
because of their propaganda against India. We Indians are educated,
intelligent, can show our skills at the time of job interview, but fail when
it comes to our national interests. Here in USA, Indians can be found
everywhere, but its very hard to find any Pakistani. Still Americans hear
words and views from Pakistanis. I don’t know why we Indians don’t take
action. Why don’t we use this electronic media as our weapon. Pakistan has
started his war and using e-media. We Indians should be ashamed, we have 20
times more literate then Pakistan.“
Seshan Subramanian:
“We all Indians need to be united and show our love and passion for our
Motherland. Unfortunately I find that many of the Indians are concerned with
their own self, family and may be their state or region. This bothers me so
much, even though we are now 1 Billion people we are all spending and wasting
our energy in mutual recriminations and fights instead of projecting a
unified image of India. Once we are united the world will recognize us.”
------------------
3. Need ambassador to speak out
Nagarathnamma Rangappa
I heard the UN ambassador Vijay Nambiar speak in CNN late edition. I was
frustrated with the way he answered the questions. Personally I think he did
not do a good job. He could have done lot better than Pak ambassador. She was
very polished in her speach to the extent she went to convince that Pakisthan
(a well known terrorist conutry) as a country of peace and Musharaff (a man
playing dual role: as a friend and an enemy for the same cause) as a peace
maker. I wish Nambiar was better prepared and put forth the facts to let
american people know India's position. I wish he had made it clear that India
would not be at war but for the proxy war Pakisthan is being waging on us for
over a decade. We need ambassadors who speak clearly and let the world
understand that "India is a peace-loving country and Pakisthan is a terrorist
organization".
Even when Nambiar was asked why India does not allow third party to
interefere, his answers were nt clear. We are clearly in a better postion in
all aspects. We have to speak out, we cannot sit hesitant. Especailly people
at such high levels (ambassadors). As such media in here is very biased.
Therefore, when we have a chance we should make best use of the time.
I think the least that one needs to do as a individual is to defend his/her
own country at all levels possible.
------------------
4. Interactive session with the CBC's Foreign Correspondents
Naveen :
In a programme on CBC which has interactive session with the CBC's Foreign
Correspondents dated 29th May, 2002. The CBC Correspondent Celine Galipeau
(Beijing) when asked about a question on Indo-Pak conflict gave an answered
the question in most inappropriate biased way.
First she did not talk about the issue of India Pak conflict. Instead she
talked about India's internal affairs. She used words and gave her "limited"
"skewed" views bay saying that Muslims in India were marganilised, treated
badly and are tortured and that state was also party to it. She even used the
words like "India will have a "civil-war". Such irresponsible one side
"limited" personal views should not be allowed to be shown on national TV. It
is a known fact how these CBC "truth" reporters had projected an ordinary
story of a girl in Yougoslavia and later it proved that the whole story was
FALSE. Such "mis-information" by the media is biased and untrue!!
----------------------
5. AFR apologizes. Lord Ganesha with atomic bomb, dynamite sticks, chicken
and the gestures of obscenity?
Lord Ganesha cartoon in the Financial Express, Australia: The cartoon showed
a caricature of Lord Ganesha with four arms standing on a map of India. One
hand juggles an atomic bomb, another sticks of dynamite, a third a chicken
and the fourth gestures obscenely in the direction of Pakistan. The
publication apologized to Hindus recently.
AFR
Ganesha cartoon
AFR Apology letter
Previous Yahoo report
------------
6. A controversial song by a Zulu playwright in which he accuses South
Africa's Indian population of exploitation and resisting change has touched a
raw nerve, with even Nelson Mandela telling him to apologise.
New song
insults Indians in South Africa
------------
7. News items worth reading.
"war between India and Pakistan is unlikely, at least until the end of
monsoon season this fall. New Delhi has weighed its options and will not
attack Pakistan without Washington's tacit approval -- unless militant
attacks across the border in Kashmir become unbearable".
Membership required
-----------
India plans
war within two weeks: Report
-------------
UK based MORI published results of major new survey in Kashmir. On the issue
of citizenship, overall, 61% said they felt they would be better off
politically and economically as an Indian citizen and only 6% as a Pakistani
citizen, 33% said they did not know.
Detailed statistics of MORI poll in Kashmir
------------
Aksai Chin: China's disputed slice of Kashmir
Do you wish to reach IndiaCause readers?
Write at IndiaCause
|
Join Strong-India Movement
|