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Date sent: Fri, 01 May 1998 07:34:23 -0700 Dr Subramanian Swamy's attempts to topple the BJP government can only be stopped if Mr Vajpayee were to sing the famous Tamil song of the 1950s sung by M K Thygaraja Bhagavathar in Siva Kavi. The song goes like this: "SWAPANA VAZHVIL MAGINZHTHU SUBRAMANYA SWAMY UNAI MARENDEN..." (I WAS ENJOYING LIFE IN THE DREAM WORLD AND HENCE FORGOT YOU O SUBRAMANYA SWAMY) The song is all the most appropriate as the poet was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and refuses to accept Subramanya, the son of Lord Shiva, and finally realises his folly. Here Mr Vajpayee accepts Jayalalitha, the political mother of Dr Swamy, but refuses to accept Dr Swamy. Hope Mr Vajpayee realises his folly and embraces Dr Swamy. Sankar Iyer
Date sent: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:17:21 -0700 After reading about Swamy's recent outburst on the BJP, I reflected on some thoughts that portray the childish petulance of Dr S Swamy. Before you subject me to categorisation, I would like to point out that I am not a fanatic or staunch supporter of the BJP. However, I am just like many millions of Indians who would like to see how the BJP can mend the state of affairs. 1. Swamy is a one man party in TN. 2. Never openly came forward in support of the BJP pre-or-post election. 3. Did not vote for the BJP during the vote of confidence. 4. Got cozy with Jaya and tried to be a pain for the BJP. With the above mentioned points, would you think that BJP in their right mind will put this man on the 'action committee?' No way. In Swamy's case, all his bickering and whining is about not being given a berth in national politics. Any party who knows the history of this fellow should watch out for Swamy. He is nothing more than a power hungry politician. Not about truth, not about policies. In the last one and half months even the Congress had very little to say in comparison with Swamy's everyday nuisance. No wonder empty vessels make more noise!
Venkat
Date sent: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:48:48 -0500 The chatterbox is on again!!! If somebody is a part of the government, then he should be willing to take criticism. This is one thing which Swamy lacks and thus he always ends up being a blabbermouth . SWAMY GO GET A LIFE! Srinivas Durgavarjhula
Date sent: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 23:06:26 -0700 The all-knowing Swamy has again displayed his arrogance and "wisdom" of condemning everyone except his opportunistic friends Jayalalitha and Chandra Swami. This great economist who claims to have been a professor at Harvard lays claim to his deep understanding of the Communist economy and has offered his advice to the Russians on how to run their country!! Perhaps he should devote some time to study the comparative economics facing the world than his home-brewed, half-baked theoretical knowledge which only Indians can accept. Truly, he should not open his mouth on such serious subjects. It is a wise man who knows what he does not know, and Dr Swamy will never know what he does not know. I heard him lecture the Indian community in Edmonton, Canada in the early '70s. I do not think he has changed at all. Dr Batu K Dutt
Date sent: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:26:34 +0530 There is something wrong with our system. It is time to examine it very closely. A federal set-up is not an irresponsibility. A Union minister is a minister for the whole country and is expected to discharge his duty without fear and favour. This is the oath. If s/he violates this oath, s/he should be dismissed. Here is a Union minister who wants to start an agitation against a duly elected state government. That means he is violating the oath. He is against a state or state government. He should be dismissed by the President. Unfortunately, every minister in the Union from Tamil Nadu is demonstrating their loyalty by talking greater nonsense to please AMMA. This is very dangerous. The nation must think how to set this right. Or else our Constitution will be mocked by hypocrites and sycophants. Intellectuals please wake up. Enough of your escapism. Please do something. Dr Madhu
Date sent: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 06:36:16 PDT It is a nice article, brings out the dilemma faced by the MDMK. Being aligned with the AIADMK it conceded its electoral victory to amma, and now it is not able to come out against its major ally. All they can do now is wait and watch. They should remember that when MGR aligned with the Janata Party on 1979, the AIADMK got only two seats, but in the next election for the assembly the AIADMK won with a thumping majority. TN voters can see the difference between voting at the Centre and in the state. Dissolving the DMK government will not bring any good for the AIADMK and its allies. The MDMK stands to gain all if it stays with the BJP than the AIADMK. It can gain a major national ally and can come out without any harm while they broke away from the AIADMK. It is all up to them to make it or break it. G Kandasmy
Date sent: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:49:16 -0400 I am a graduate student in Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. I am very interested in the way our country plans to defend itself from who are supposed to be her neighbours. I hope we attain complete technology needed to launch a SLBM at our will. Moreover, I am convinced that a deterrent is what is going to maintain a better status quo between India and Pakistan. Though there are chances of a nuclear deterrent igniting a conflict, I think that would be better than years of unnecessary suppression. Sachin
Date sent: Fri, 1 May 1998 08:35:31 -0700 We arrested the people first and then were looking for evidence that did not exist. What a burden on the scientists and the Maldivian nationals? Gross injustice done to so many and then to make matters worst, the Kerala government unwilling to release the accused. No wonder there is never a trusted relationship between the citizen and the police. India needs space age scientists, and we surely know how to insult them and tear them apart. There may be a job waiting for them in another country that would treat them fairly. My advise to the scientists is to pack up and leave India. Next time there is a war let the local police be on the frontline. If scientists leave India this will be one of the star examples of a vindictive behavior by the local Commie police. What a great loss for a country with aspirations of space age technology. Rs 100,000 as compensation to the scientists for being falsely accused would hardly pay for the loss of reputation, insult, pain and sufferings. Will India not give these scientists a huge sum of money for the misunderstanding created for them and their families? The police agency that initially cried wolf should be thoroughly punished for such false accusations of eminent scientists. If the Ghauri missile from Pakistan is a threat to India then we have to start respecting scientists who have put their life and sweat to secure India's borders and democracy. No amount of money will compensate these scientists for what they went through, may god give them the strength to endure the pain and forgive those who wronged them. Many eminent scientists from India come to the Western world and contribute to the Western world's scientific aspirations and success. If one went to research facilities in Palo Alto, IBM, Johnson Space Center, JPL -- one can see so many Indian names in the roster. I am sure the ISRO scientists will also soon leave the miserable motherland where we say Satyameva jayate. My heart and sympathies also go to the ladies from Male, they probably got tortured too. At least the CBI did a good job with the Supreme Court.
Date sent: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:33:06 -0400 The feature was very good. I am an ex-employee of ISRO. S Ramamani
Date sent: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:58:00 -0500 This is with regards to your news item "Mariam Rasheeda released, at last" So what's the truth behind the whole episode? Were the persons involved in this controversy, innocent? If so, why were they accused in the first place? What's the connection between the Maldivians and the scientists and the businessmen? What made the police suspect that spying was involved? Maybe you could run an investigative story and try to answer some of these questions that arise in our minds. Shashi
Date sent: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:26:30 -0400 Someone should tell the Tibetans they are in the wrong country -- for the powers-that-be and the powers-that-wanna-be in India don't seem to remember the cost of freedom or the value of independence. It would seem that the values they now shout from the top of election scaffolds are merely words to ensure that they hold a couple of million under their beds or Swiss accounts. If they had any recollection, these septuagenarians, of the night of Independence or any pride, India could be in the position to help, not be helped. Ah well, you live in this country, know the disrepute of the politicians, and yet you hope for help... perhaps that might be the only thing that can save us all -- hope and effort. Beg your pardon sirs, but India cannot shed tears for your plight. There are no eyes left even to cry on its own shame. Sonal
Date sent: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:11:03 -0500 The report shows that any society based on religion is not going to fare well. I hope people all over the world stop bickering with each other and start living a life. SUCH REPORTS DO HELP!!
Date sent: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 21:14:01 PDT It is very hilarious when I hear Pakistanis calling India a bully, yet wanting friendship with India. Well let me tell you that India and Pakistan (for that matter -- Afghanistan or Bangladesh) can never be friends! Pakistan was created out of hate! Hate for us kafir Hindus! I am not saying it is not possible to have individual friendships, but between Pakistan and India, never! As for being a bully, it was Pakistan that started all the wars fought so far and they are also making proxy wars. It's too bad a majority of Indian Muslims support Pakistan.
Date sent: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:58:26 PDT Syed Ashraf's article was almost like a dream coming true for me. As a child I was a avid listener of All-India-Radio's Urdu Service which was immensely popular in North-India and Pakistan (it still is) in the days when television was not accessible so easily. I always listened to what Pakistanis had to say, and they seemed just like us. Over a period of time, establishments in both countries have exploited people and in general -- it was difficult for people in both countries to know about the day to day life of each other. Now, of course, with the advent of the Internet, people can at least know that people on the other side of border are just just like them, with the same race, language and history. I hope we can remove the mistrust by letting the people of each country visit each others as a tourists. The only reports people on the other side come to know about India is that -- "Hindus are butchering Muslims, or for that matter Muslims are living as second class citizens in India" (The same is true for reports reporting on Pakistan in India). I would love to see a Pakistani friend to come and see how good we are at upholding secular credentials of India, no matter how blotted they may be in occasional cases. Most of the time we get reports from people who don't have -- in 90% cases -- first hand information about people's lives in the other country. Raj
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 20:47:08 +0800 The feature is "great."
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:52:49 +0530 The article by Pallavi Joshi was indeed wonderful. It gave me my first idea about the Andamans and its people. The only problem was with the size of the photographs. If only they were big enough, it would have helped many people like me, who may not be travelling to such destinations, to keep the pics on the desktop. Venki
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 21:23:36 -0700 Enjoyed the article, especially since it came from firsthand experience. I especially enjoy culturally related articles other than by fellow Americans.
Neal Camp
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