Author: जयकृष्णः | ജയകൃഷ്ണൻ

Communists in the Library of Congress ?

“Romila Thapar’s appointment to Library of Congress opposed”:http://www.rediff.com/us/2003/apr/25us1.htm
bq. regards to India, she is an avowed antagonist of India’s Hindu civilization as a well-known Marxist. She represents a completely Euro-centric worldview. I fail to see how she can be the correct choice to represent India’s ancient history and civilization. She completely disavows that India ever had a history. The ongoing campaign by Romila Thapar and others to discredit Hindu civilization is a war of cultural genocide. By your unfortunate selection of Thapar, America is now aiding and abetting this effort.
Why would you want to oppose an eminent historian ? Take a look at Rajeev Srinivasan’s article in Rediff, “Historicide: Censoring the past… and the present”:http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jan/03rajeev.htm

Violence in China over SARS

“Thousands Riot in Rural Chinese Town Over SARS”:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nyt/20030428/ts_nyt/thousands_riot_in_rural_chinese_town_over_sars
bq. Thousands of residents of this rural town, believing that a local school would be turned into a ward for urban SARS patients, ransacked the interior of the four-story building on Sunday night. The school attack is the first reported instance of civic violence directly associated with China’s epidemic of SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome. It suggests that social tensions are rising as fear of the invisible, potentially fatal virus spreads faster than the disease itself, although nearly a hundred more cases were reported in Beijing today.
Is this another Tiananmen in the making ?

How Peace is "Created"

Even after failing twice, the Indian Prime Minister offers talks again to stop violence by Pakistan in India.
“Reconciliation is PM’s message, dialogue his mantra”:http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20030418135243&Title=Top+Stories&rLink=0
bq. We want to settle all issues through negotiations. I visited Lahore for the same purpose. As prime minister, I went there for peace. I failed. They attacked us in Kargil. I invited General Sahib to Agra thinking that things will work out but it again failed. I don’ want to go into the details as to how it (these initiatives) failed or who was responsible,” Vajpayee said. “We want to extend the hand of friendship again but it should be reciprocated. It should come from both the sides”.
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Hindus in Pakistan

“Living in fear”:http://www.sulekha.com/redirectnh.asp?cid=308101
bq. Recently in Kashmore some 20 armed personnel allegedly attacked villagers with rocket launchers, rifles and other automatic weapons at a bus-stand, leaving 15 people dead including a Hindu woman, and kidnapped nine villagers including threeHindus. “The armed men threatened the Hindu communities of Kashmore and Thul talukas to either leave the towns or face the consequences,” said a local journalist who was present at the incident.
All the untold benefits of living in the “Land of the Pure”

SARS and Chinese Economy

“SARS as metaphor: a tale of two epidemics”:http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/25rajeev.htm
bq. Nike has contingency plans to move its production out of China. Motorola has restricted travel to affected areas, while Honda is moving the families of its expatriates out of China. Wal Mart has banned all travel to China. Cathay Pacific has been forced to ground much of its fleet due to rampant cancellations; other Asian airlines are affected. The tourist flow into East Asia, one of the region’s major money earners, has been curtailed dramatically. The Canton Trade Fair, usually the single largest trade show in China, is effectively dead this year.
The chinese may value secrecy above the life of their citizens. But the Capitalist who trades with China values his life more than money.
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