Posted on 02/11/2005 8:30:44 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
NO Hindu temples were burnt to the ground in the USA you s****. There was one incident of a Sikh being mistaken for Osama Bin Laden but that was roundly condemned by the govt and all people -- and that could be condoned for the work of an idiot who had no idea who sIkhs were (I think the perp was drunk at the time too which doesn't condone him, just goes to show you Sikhs were not intentionally targetted) and after this, no incident took place.
Thanks, Cronos!Trickle of hopeWater has suddenly appeared in the middle of an arid part of north-west India, as a result of January's devastating earthquake in Gujarat. As many as 20,000 people may have died in the magnitude 7.7 tremor. The region is regularly convulsed by earthquakes. Over the years these earthquakes have diverted watercourses and dried up rivers, turning the lush grassland of thousands of years ago into a barren wasteland. Local geologists hope the latest earthquake may help to reverse the process. Eyewitness reports say two-metre-high fountains of water appeared near Bhachau, a town that was totally destroyed by the earthquake. Janardhan Negi of the Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad, said the channels could belong to either or both of two ancient rivers in north India. One is the semi-mythical Saraswati, which legend says dried up 4000 years ago. Satellite images have found underground channels in areas where the Saraswati is supposed to have flowed. The second is part of the river Indus, which was diverted after a violent earthquake in 1819. Negi says the 1819 earthquake created a 100-kilometre-long fissure that diverted the river. However, tests have shown that the water is saline.
by Padma Tata and Nicola Jones
February 21 2001
Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
Sorry! My mistake.
IIRC, India not only helped itself, but joined in the aid missions for others as well.
Ping.
mdmathis6......... I would like to tell you that even I am an Indian. And incase you havent yet noticed already, there are quit a few Indians here at FR. You free to assume anything about but for my part I will tell you that I am just a 24 year old working professional from India and I lobby for no political party or government.
Gujarat a state bordering Pakistan and has been plagued with religious violence of late. Its not just the Christians who were attacked there but even Hindus and Muslims. In fact Christians actually got away with much less of violence when compared to Muslims and Hindus. Lets not forget a whole train load of Hindus were burnt (supposedly by a handful of Muslims) and thereafter in religious riots a lot of Muslims and Hindus were killed. A lot of Hindus were also killed in Gujarat when Hindu temples were attacked by Islamic terrorists. In contrast Christians were subjected to much less I would say.
While I condemn attack on anybody regardless of his/her religion. A few random attacks on Christians is not worthy of the comment that "Christians are suffring persecution in Gujarat".
I suppose your "fair and objective" western media havent yet told you anything about the genocide of Hindus in Kashmir. A number close to 500 000 have been rendered as refugees in what is supposedly there own country. This is what I would call "religious persecution" a few Christians being attacked by madmen is not exactly "persecution".
That is bullc--p. You will lose your account if you continue that line of reason.
This was on the radio news all this morning. I guess we never know when the major news media will take an interest in archaeology.
The persecution of Christians and attempts to suppress their religion are a matter of state policy and law in Gujarat. Notice however I am not naming the whole of India as guilty of this, but Gujarat is home to very nationalistic Hindu's who would like to make the whole of India an exclusive Hindu state. The recent elections that installed a Catholic woman head of state and a delicate balance of Communists and Rightists in the government is proof to me that the struggle that Ghandi suffered to create a truly tolerant democracy, tolerant of all religions is still very much alive.
Interesting.
Boy you sure do all the legendary India baiters at this site proud, dont you. TBP you got yourself an underling
India has a long record of anti-Americanism. It was an ally of the Soviet Union and votes against the US at the UN more often than any country except Cuba. In 1999, teh Indian Defense Minister met with representatives of Iraq, Red China, Cuba, Libya, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro to discuss setting up a security alliance "to stop the U.S."
According to the January 2, 2002 edition of the Washington Times, India is supporting cross-border terrorism in Sindh. The Indian newspaper Hitavada reported that the Indian government paid the late governor of Punjab, Surendra Nath, $1.5 billion to foment and support terrorism in Kashmir and in Punjab. India's leading newsmagazine, India Today, reported that India created the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and put up their leaders at the finest hotel in Delhi.
India is 80% Hindu and the Hindu;s have no problem with Christianity
Except, of course, that Christians have been the focus of an internal terror campaign since Christmas Day 1998.
Missionary Joseph Cooper was beaten so severely that he had to spend a week in the hospital and then was expelled from the country. Missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons were burned to death in their jeep by militant Hindus chanting "Victory to Hannuman."
Hindus have murdered priests, raped nuns and forced them to drink their own urine, burned down churches, attacked and vandalized prayer halls and Christian schools, and carried out other such acts. A Christian religiosu festival with the theme "Jesus is the Answer" was broken up by police gunfire.
No, no animosity at all.
Hey...I didn't say all Indians....or all Hindu's.... sheesh mighty touch with the spin aren't you!
Where have you been since May 2004....? Nothing posted from you since May 2004 but you post a response to me.
My point was that all religions seem to have their extremist wings, and if some Hindu's feel a little wounded that I pointed that out about some of their own, well that's just life isn't it?!
I brought up Gujarat in response to Maneesh's post number 8. A great many Hindu's do have problems with Christians in India, but the issue seems most concentrated in Gujarat state. By the way it is very telling to me that you interpret my specific comments on a particular problem state in India as Indian bashing,or as an attack on all INDIA.
You'll find many freepers back India on the issues of Kashmir and we completely sympathize with the sufferings of Hindu families and Seiks as well who have been butchered by Muslim extremists there!
I comprhend India's need to pursue its own course independently of US interests by negotiating occaisionally with Russia and Europe regarding its security needs at the same time pursuing a good working relationship with the US. She is struggling to acheive a stable balance of power in Asia. India has nuclear armed hostile neighbors to its east(China) and west(Pakistan) and cannot entirely trust China not to invade should she be involved in a fight with Pakistan at the same time. She also knows that the US cannot be everywhere at once and that she'll need to provide much of the bulk of her own self defence.
Now do I still sound like a total India basher? My only regret is that India didn't get Kashmir before her neighbor became nuclear armed!
Agreed!!The US can't be everywhere,everytime.But it can atleast think of stopping armssales & talk of more sales(in particular F-16s) to Pakistan.It maybe too late before an F-16 equipped with a N-bomb & a Jihadi pilot crashes on Diego Garcia.
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