please read, comment and siscuss.

http://www.webdunia.com/news/samayik/0502/05/1050205025_1.htm

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Hi dp , i feel shame but waht we can do . no body in india serious about this .......even media supporting ......they ask question .. what is problem with sonia she is indian national & yes muslim are innocent people in india only hindus are spreading violance .... hindus are only black dot of indian nation .this is waht congress & communist propogating .... we sensible majority cant do any thing except migratin to canada / uk / usa /australia/newzealand .........this country is not for hindus specially for upper cast community ...... lots of pain in my heart but what to do ??????????? sone ki chidiya jaisa mera desh kya hal ho raha hai ..... my blood boiling when i see sonia holding power . lallu yadav , mulayam ,mayawati & communists are responsible for the down fall of indian nationalism

The article is in Hindi. I could not read but looks like it says about values and traditions of our nation. Did I miss any thing in the article?

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Shreenivas

hi shreenivas ........... here is english version ..........

Dear Friends,

Francois Gautier is the editor of the world's biggest
newspaper, in France. He writes this excellent
article. Please read and circulate:
Cry, my beloved India
Francois Gautier

January 21, 2005


I am a Westerner and a born Christian, but even I am
ashamed at what is happening in India since Sonia Gandhi, a Westerner and Christian, became the de facto ruler of this ancient and extraordinary country of 850 million Hindus and 125 million Muslims. Something terrible is happening here. On the one hand, you have the Shankaracharya, one of the most respected Hindu leaders, arrested like a criminal on one of Hinduism's most sacred days, even as politicians who have
more corruption cases against them than anybody else
and others who may even have blood on their hands are made ministers and strut around with security guards in tow.
The tarnishing of the Kanchi mutt's image is nearly complete. Will it ever be able to recover its sanctity, even if the Shankacharya is found not guilty? On the other hand you see a quack like Benny Hinn, who has no standing even in the United States, come openly to India, a country with an overwhelming Hindu majority, to deride idol worship and paganism and convert the poor and
the gullible. We see ministers, ex-prime ministers even -- many of them Hindus at that -- coming to the Benny Hinn show, with
heads bowed and hands folded like beggars asking for the white man's grace. We see the entire state machinery of Karnataka put at the evangelist's service and laws subverted so he can conduct his fake show. We see how when 56 innocent women and children were burnt alive in the most horrible manner in Godhra, for no reason other than being Hindus, there is no respect for their memory even, for the truth is now twisted for political purposes with the help of India's Marxists who want Hinduism's death. What a shame! Hindus are always accused of all the ills and intolerance, but where in the world will you find a Christian supreme leader in a country where there are only 3 per cent Christians, a Sikh prime minister where there are only 2 per
cent Sikhs and a Muslim President with only 10 per
cent Muslims? Poor,Hindus.
This is an insult to India's culture, greatness and intelligence What is even more saddening is the passivity of Indians in the
face of what is happening. Only a few voices have been raised in these moments of insanity. India's curse is the disunity among Hindus, their infighting. One is surprised at the lack of reaction even from India's top Hindu spiritual leaders Satya Sai Baba, Mata Amritanandamayi and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Together they hold sway over at least 400 million Hindus. Why don't they form a Supreme Spiritual Conclave along with the
Shankaracharya? They only have to utter the word and it will be done. But there is disunity even among them.
We are not ashamed of the Christian culture in France;even the American president is sworn in on the Bible. Nor, certainly, is
the Congress, which is incapable of finding a worthy Indian leader among its own members, many of whom are intelligent and sincere. By stooping to Sonia Gandhi, they repeated the same old story of India's princes and maharajas betraying each
other and bowing before a foreign ruler, be it Aurangzeb or His Majesty's Viceroy. Who betrayed the mighty Vijayanagar empire,
the last great Hindu kingdom, to the Muslims? Who betrayed India to the British? Who is betraying India today?
But at least the Congress is true to its ideals. The biggest culprit must be Mr A B Vajpayee who in five years of power did nothing
but project a Gandhian image, rather than having India's interests
at heart. He and his advisers should stand trial when history is written.The beauty of it all is that Sonia Gandhi does not
have to say or do anything. She does not have to instruct the Tamil Nadu police to arrest the Shankaracharya or tell Chief Minister Dharam Singh of Karnataka to attend Benny Hinn's show. Just being where she is, at the top of India's political
hierarchy, is enough to ensure that her silent wishes are fulfilled.
Everybody is bending over backwards to please her, even anticipating her wishes! The Benny Hinn show points to not only a renewed effort at Christianisation of India -- something which even the British and the Portuguese could not do -- and a targeting of Hindu spiritual leaders, but also the
westernisation of the subcontinent.

It would mean the loss of India's ancient culture, the loss of its unique identity, with India becoming just another nation cloning the West. Even the Muslims and Christians of India, who are like no other Christians and Muslims in the world, would lose something. Today I feel sad, sad for India, sad for the world.
For India is in mortal danger, its eternal Sanatana Dharma is under threat. And if India dies spiritually, the world will also die.
Cry O my beloved India, look what thy children have done to thee.

Arise! Awake! and stop not till the goal is reached.

I am really sorry to see that out of close to 12000 members only two members read this article and commented upon. It is really apathetic to see. Where are our learned members who write posts after posts on issues such as Veg/Non-veg, gay marriages etc.

When we talk about our culture, ancient history and Hinduism most of us try to keep mum.

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Live and Let Live. Together we can make a difference.

DP JAIN, CPA, CGA, CPA (US), CA(I), LL.B.(I)
416-305-0080
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Hi Jainji,

I did read the article but I restrained myself from commenting because to me, it appears, it is written with an express purpose of provoking certain sections of the Indian society. Moreover, the content quality does not behove the editor of the world's 'largest' newspaper.

We know what is plaguing us. We do not need some outsider to tell us what is wrong with us.

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Man's Best Friend

I agree with Yourstruly. This article is not written with an unbiased approach and trying to instigate religious feelings. I do not undertsand what is the big deal , if the Kanchi seer is being tried in court. No body is above the law and everybody can be tried in court for the crimes thay "may" have committed. It is not for the people to judge whether he is innocent or not but for the courts to ..

I am a hindu but not a religious , fanatic , fundamental one

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