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Puff piece on Modi, but it does make some excellent points :
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/columnists/western-media-feeds-on--demonisation-of-modi.html
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/columnists/western-media-feeds-on--demonisation-of-modi.html
Interesting POV from an unexpected writer :
India’s discuss-until-death culture is giving way to a ‘just do it’ approach
India’s discuss-until-death culture is giving way to a ‘just do it’ approach
Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) Tweeted:
Often people ask me, being a Hindu why do I despise Hindutva politics - I am not an atheist, rather a temple-going practicing Hindu. Here I explain why I hate Hindutva's hate of Minorities! Why Does Hindu Diaspora In Developed Multicultural Countries Hate Minorities Back Home In India? ( )
Often people ask me, being a Hindu why do I despise Hindutva politics - I am not an atheist, rather a temple-going practicing Hindu. Here I explain why I hate Hindutva's hate of Minorities! Why Does Hindu Diaspora In Developed Multicultural Countries Hate Minorities Back Home In India? ( )
Chiki Sarkar (@Chikisarkar) Tweeted:
Savarkar did not approve of cow workship - @VaibhavP21 sizzling biography of the great man shows the many shades of saffron 'He was born, he joined the RSS and he died without accomplishing anything' ( )
Savarkar did not approve of cow workship - @VaibhavP21 sizzling biography of the great man shows the many shades of saffron 'He was born, he joined the RSS and he died without accomplishing anything' ( )
I thought this was a political thread..... Stick to topic please.....
Leadership and mechanism for the idea of separate electorate sprung from Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College; that's where the seeds were sown, sapling nurtured. United Province - smack there in the centre of India, ironically, where it still stands. Not east not west, and either ways malignant ideologies, are just malignant ideologies, their geography doesn't change their potency to metastasize.
"If Hindutva is to sustain itself on a cow's legs, it'll come crashing down at the slightest hint of a crisis".
In 2019 one cannot stop from pondering, 'what the cow did Savarkar know'.
One of the most pertinent points made by admirers of the RSS as opposed to the so called bhakts is the lack of intellectual rigour within its ranks. Hence, you often come across anti intellectual statements from various arms of the Sangh about vimanas, golden period of the Hindus before Islam, the increasing reverence of the cow, etc.
Savarkar not only ridiculed the RSS. He positively undermined them at every opportunity he got. It's a bit rich considering one of his brothers was a co founder of the RSS.
The atheist Savarkar tried but failed to appeal, to the average Hindu intellect, that his Hindutva was a call for an internal awakening of political consciousness of Hindus and this calling was not dependent on external forces like Islamic or British atrocities of the past. He detested political leaders who masqueraded as religious gurus, be it Golwalkar or Gandhi. You are right, he probably disliked RSS because he perceived in its focus on external formalism, like organized cadre, uniform, nazi style marches, RSS could not tolerate intellect, which is always contrarian. Savarkar probably disliked Islam perhaps for the same reason, it was anti-intellectual.
Just rice & salt for midday meal
Allegations of misappropriated funds by chairman of the Trinamul-run Chinsurah municipality
By Snehamoy Chakraborty in Chinsura(Hooghly)
Published 20.08.19, 3:01 AM
Locket Chatterjee with students having midday meals on Monday. Picture by Sagarika Mondal Sarkar
A sudden visit by Hooghly MP, Locket Chatterjee, to a high school in Chinsurah on Monday revealed that students were being given only boiled rice and salt for midday meals.
Chinsurah Balika Bani Mandir has 1,200 students, of whom 600 from Class V to Class VIII are entitled to midday meals that consist of boiled rice, a dish of mixed vegetables and pulses. They should also be served eggs at least once a week.
The BJP MP alleged that the chairman of the Trinamul-run Chinsurah municipality, Gourikanta Mukherjee, who is also the president of the school managing committee, had misappropriated funds provided by the administration for the midday meals.
Sources said the students were being served only rice and salt for the past five days. A teacher said the school did not have a teacher-in-charge for the past 28 days to sign cheques for purchasing items for the midday meals.
Education minister Partha Chatterjee has ordered a probe. "This kind of serving of midday meals can't be tolerated. The matter will be investigated," the minister said when journalists asked about Locket's allegation.
Y. Ratnakara Rao, the Hooghly district magistrate, said: "I have formed a team to know why students were provided with salt and rice only. We will lodge an FIR against those who are responsible. The team will submit a report to me and appropriate legal action will be taken," said the DM.
Chinsurah Balika Bani Mandir is a higher secondary school for girls.
Locket was accompanied by Hooghly district BJP president Subir Nag during the visit to the school.
"I had been informed about the corruption at the school by the managing committee before the Lok Sabha polls. Today, I conducted a surprise visit to the school and found out that girls are having just boiled rice and salt for midday meals. I have reports of malpractices at the school. I have come to know that 5,000 eggs were bought with Rs 25,000 earlier but the students have been given only rice and salt," said Chatterjee.
"About 257kg of rice that was stocked at the school disappeared. I want to know which leader or minister grabbed it," she added.
Sources said the earlier teacher-in-charge, Samita Kushari, had been transferred on July 22. A meeting of the school managing committee on July 20 voted to select the senior most teacher, Sumita Meel, as the in-charge.
"But the president of the managing committee (Mukherjee) forcibly appointed teacher Purba Mukherjee as the in-charge. We lodged a complaint with the district inspector of schools and the process was stopped. We have no teacher-in-charge now," said Deepanwita Ghosh, a teacher and a member on the managing committee.
"In June this year, midday meals were served for only 18 days. But interestingly, Rs 25000 had been spent for buying 5,000 eggs. We want a probe," Ghosh said.
Mukherjee, the president of the managing committee, said: "This is clearly politics by the BJP. A section of teachers intentionally provided rice and salt today (Monday) to show the school in bad light. The BJP wants to control the school and hence, the MP went there and staged a drama."
On Monday night, the Hooghly DM suspended Sumita Kushari and Purba Mukherjee.
Rao said the district administration would inspect 1,000 out of 4,000 schools in the district on Wednesday to see whether midday meals were being properly served. The DM said he had also requested the education department to appoint a full-fledged teacher-in-charge at the school in Chinsurah.
Just rice & salt for midday meal
Allegations of misappropriated funds by chairman of the Trinamul-run Chinsurah municipality
By Snehamoy Chakraborty in Chinsura(Hooghly)
Published 20.08.19, 3:01 AM
Locket Chatterjee with students having midday meals on Monday. Picture by Sagarika Mondal Sarkar
A sudden visit by Hooghly MP, Locket Chatterjee, to a high school in Chinsurah on Monday revealed that students were being given only boiled rice and salt for midday meals.
Chinsurah Balika Bani Mandir has 1,200 students, of whom 600 from Class V to Class VIII are entitled to midday meals that consist of boiled rice, a dish of mixed vegetables and pulses. They should also be served eggs at least once a week.
The BJP MP alleged that the chairman of the Trinamul-run Chinsurah municipality, Gourikanta Mukherjee, who is also the president of the school managing committee, had misappropriated funds provided by the administration for the midday meals.
Sources said the students were being served only rice and salt for the past five days. A teacher said the school did not have a teacher-in-charge for the past 28 days to sign cheques for purchasing items for the midday meals.
Education minister Partha Chatterjee has ordered a probe. "This kind of serving of midday meals can't be tolerated. The matter will be investigated," the minister said when journalists asked about Locket's allegation.
Y. Ratnakara Rao, the Hooghly district magistrate, said: "I have formed a team to know why students were provided with salt and rice only. We will lodge an FIR against those who are responsible. The team will submit a report to me and appropriate legal action will be taken," said the DM.
Chinsurah Balika Bani Mandir is a higher secondary school for girls.
Locket was accompanied by Hooghly district BJP president Subir Nag during the visit to the school.
"I had been informed about the corruption at the school by the managing committee before the Lok Sabha polls. Today, I conducted a surprise visit to the school and found out that girls are having just boiled rice and salt for midday meals. I have reports of malpractices at the school. I have come to know that 5,000 eggs were bought with Rs 25,000 earlier but the students have been given only rice and salt," said Chatterjee.
"About 257kg of rice that was stocked at the school disappeared. I want to know which leader or minister grabbed it," she added.
Sources said the earlier teacher-in-charge, Samita Kushari, had been transferred on July 22. A meeting of the school managing committee on July 20 voted to select the senior most teacher, Sumita Meel, as the in-charge.
"But the president of the managing committee (Mukherjee) forcibly appointed teacher Purba Mukherjee as the in-charge. We lodged a complaint with the district inspector of schools and the process was stopped. We have no teacher-in-charge now," said Deepanwita Ghosh, a teacher and a member on the managing committee.
"In June this year, midday meals were served for only 18 days. But interestingly, Rs 25000 had been spent for buying 5,000 eggs. We want a probe," Ghosh said.
Mukherjee, the president of the managing committee, said: "This is clearly politics by the BJP. A section of teachers intentionally provided rice and salt today (Monday) to show the school in bad light. The BJP wants to control the school and hence, the MP went there and staged a drama."
On Monday night, the Hooghly DM suspended Sumita Kushari and Purba Mukherjee.
Rao said the district administration would inspect 1,000 out of 4,000 schools in the district on Wednesday to see whether midday meals were being properly served. The DM said he had also requested the education department to appoint a full-fledged teacher-in-charge at the school in Chinsurah.
Just rice & salt for midday meal