Thursday, December 9, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Maoists demand mosque at Babri site
Maoists demand mosque at Babri site
Debabrata Mohanty Posted online: Mon Dec 06 2010, 09:49 hrs
Bhubaneswar : The CPI (Maoist) has given a call to observe Monday, December 6 — when the Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya 18 years ago — as black day. The outfit has demanded that the mosque should be rebuilt at the same site and those who had demolished it must be punished severely.
In a signed press release issued by the Central Committee of CPI (Maoist), spokesperson Abhay said the Maoists had all along maintained that the land on which the Babri Masjid stood belonged to Muslims and it should be given back to them.
The outfit said “Hindu fundamentalists made the 500-year-old Babri Masjid a controversial site by claiming it as the birth place of Lord Ram and on that pretext many a time instigated communal disturbances in the country killing thousands of Muslims”.
“Demolition of Babri Masjid was the biggest attack by Hindu fascists in the history of our country. The likes of L K Advani, Ashok Singhal, Murli Manohar Joshi, Praveen Togadia, Uma Bharati, Sadhvi Ritambara, who were directly involved in it, were not punished by any court even till today,” the statement sent.
“On 30th September, giving its verdict on the ownership rights of the controversial site, pending for 61 years, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court with its Brahmanical Hindu religious ideology, did injustice to Muslims. Without any historical evidence and archaeological proof, it stated the controversial place to be the birth place of Lord Rama,” it said.
The spokesperson alleged that in recent past, evidence had surfaced, proving involvement of “saffron terrorist groups of the Sangh Parivar” in bomb blasts in Malegaon, Ajmer, Mecca Masjid and the Samjhauta Express.
The Central Committee said all democratic, secular, progressive and revolutionary forces, organisations and parties should conduct meetings and processions and wear black badges on Monday to protest Hindu communalism.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Condolences
Dear friends,
Brother in law of Jamshid ul Hassan has passed away in Pakistan yesterday. Hassan bhai has invited u with family to attend dua n quran khawani mehfil for esal e sawab of deceased's soul at Masjid al Mostafa otahuhu from aser(7pm) to mugrib dinner has arranged after dua on Monday 6 Dec.
Contact Hassan on 6264199 or
02102274950
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
"Dreaded Old Age"
I have always dreaded old age. I cannot imagine
anything worse than being old. How awful it must
be to have nothing to do all day long but stare at
the walls or watch TV? So last week, when the
President suggested we all celebrate Senior Citizen
Week by cheering up a senior citizen, I decided to do
just that. I would call on my new neighbor, an elderly
retired gentleman, recently widowed, and who, I
presumed, had moved in with his married daughter
because he was too old to take care of himself. I baked
a batch of cookies, and, without bothering to call (some
old people cannot hear the phone), I went off to brighten
this old guy's day.
When I rang the doorbell this "old guy" came to the door
dressed in tennis shorts and a polo shirt, looking about
as ancient and decrepit as Donny Osmond. "I'm sorry I
can't invite you in," he said when I introduced myself, "but
I'm due at the Racquet Club at two. I'm playing in the
semifinals today."
"Oh that's all right," I said. "I baked you some cookies..."
"Great!" he interrupted, snatching the box. "Just what I
need for bridge club tomorrow! Thanks so much!"
I continued, "...and just thought we'd visit a while. But
that's okay! I'll just trot across the street and call on
Granny Grady."
"Don't bother," he said. "Gran's not home; I know. I just
called to remind her of our date to go dancing tonight.
She may be at the beauty shop. She mentioned at
breakfast (at which house?) that she had an appointment
for a tint job."
. .... So I went home and called my Mother's cousin (age
83); she was in the hospital ... ... working in the gift shop. .
.... I called my aunt (age 74); she was on vacation in China. .
I called my husband's uncle (age 79). I forgot; ...... he was
on his honeymoon. ....
.... I still dread old age, now more than ever. I just don't
think I'm up to it.
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