Who’re Cong spin docs trying to fool ?

SONIA Gandhi’s unabashed admirers are thrilled to bits with her hysterical invective — merchant of death — and are touting it as the body blow that could fell Narendra Modi. From Delhi’s balcony seats, they have termed her speech a defining statement in the Gujarat campaign.


Really? Congress leaders, who understand the electoral game slightly better that Delhi’s arm chair brigade seem to have a somewhat different opinion. Ms Gandhi made the speech at a time when Narendra Modi was testing waters about the electoral ace up his sleeve. Ignoring suggestions from his colleagues, Mr Modi had even concluded that he could confidently go ahead and seek a fresh mandate on the basis of his developmental track record alone.

Did the unsuspecting Sonia —- or her spin doctors, spech writers et al— walk into Modi’s trap? It would appear so and even Congressmen are kicking themselves in the shin that her intemperate remarks have brought the necesary distraction to enable Modi evade answering questions about the muchridiculed “laundry list” of development issues. Incidentally, the Congress’ campaign against Modi in the past five years was centred around his alleged bias towards big business and the well-off. Given this, those who don’t believe in ideological group-think see the speech of Ms Gandhi as a sign of her party’s desperation in the face of Mr Modi’s continued popularity, despite rebellion in the BJP’s ranks and the lack of ethusiasm in the RSS.

There is hushed acknowledgment in Congress circles now that Sonia’s attack on Modi will ultimately help the BJP. Her party was already on a slippery slope. By making the Gujarat riots — the violence that took the lives of 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus — the central theme of the political narrative, Sonia Gandhi instead of lending a hand, has given it a push.


Her charges being what they are, there are now demands that the Congress also start answering a few questions on the Centre’s record on tackling terrorism. The cold government statistics are thus: Islamic terrorists have killed 5,617 Indians in the last three years, but only one died in Gujarat. Thursday’s Dec 13th 2007 death toll is 8 — five in a train blast in the north east and murder of three policemen by Naxalites in Chattisgarh.


If the response of the Modi campaign is anything to go by, he has been successful in ramming in his party’s point that the government controlled by Sonia Gandhi at the Centre suffers from an utter lack of credibility when it comes to leading, supporting and respecting anti-terror initiatives. Barring the familar “never again” declarations after terror attacks, there has been little sign of the government stepping in to contain the menaces lurking at our doorsteps.


The anti-BJP brigade’s rhetorical hitman and the commentariat who draw their wisdom from 24X7 channels have been hectoring the voters to make Modi answerable to the Gujarat riots. This is a question that can easily be put to the presiding deities of Delhi. The Centre, which has investigating agencies at its command, is yet to file a single case against Modi, who is the target of the anti-BJP side’s vilification and scorn.

The mob that that screams its lungs out on behalf of the murderous Afzal Guru’s human rights is now licking its fingers in anticipation of Modi’s defeat. The Congress cannot afford to opt for this narrative. It’s easy to mock at the “laundry list of development issues”, but as Nitish Kumar and Mayawati have shown, these are saleable commodities that got them landslides. In any case, “merchants of death” formulation’s chutzpah will speak for itself on December 23.

Interesting Facts about India and Indians!

38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

12% of Scientists in America are Indians.

36% of NASA employees are Indians.

34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians

28% of IBM employees are Indians

17% of INTEL employees are Indians

13% of XEROX employees are Indians

(These facts were recently published in a German Magazine which deals with WORLD HISTORY)

More interesting Facts

India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization

Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today?

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

India is the world's largest democracy.

Grammar constitutes one of India's greatest contributions to Western philology. Panini, the Sanskrit grammarian, who lived between 750 and 500 BC, was the first to compose formal grammar through his Astadhyai.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.

Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.

The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

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The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12).

India exports software to 90 countries?

According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.

The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India..

Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)

The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population?

Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion?

Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C.E and 52 A.D respectively.

The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination, larger than either Rome or Mecca, with an average of 30,000 visitors every day giving donations to the temple of $6 million (U.S.) daily?

The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

The Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Vinod Khosla, is Indian.

The head of the team that developed the Pentium co-processor, Vinod Dham, is Indian.

The founder and creator of Hotmail, the world's best-known web-based email program, Sabeer Bhatia, is Indian.

The testing Director of Windows 2000, Sanjay Tejwrika, is Indian.

Why Do Hindus Chant "Om"

Om is one of the most chanted sound symbols in India.

It has a profound effect on the body and mind of the one who chants and also on the surroundings. Most mantras and vedic prayers start with om. All auspicious actions begin with om. It is even used as a greeting - om, Hari om etc. It is repeated as a mantra or meditated upon. Its form is worshipped, contemplated upon or used as an auspicious sign. Om is the universal name of the Lord. It is made up of the letters A (phonetically as in "around"), U (phonetically as in "put") and M (phonetically as in "mum"). The sound emerging from the vocal chords starts from the base of the throat as "A". With the coming together of the lips, "U" is formed and when the lips are closed, all sounds end in "M". The three letters symbolise the three states (waking, dream and deep sleep), the three deities (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva),the three Vedas (Rig, Yajur and Sama) the three worlds (Bhuh, Bhuvah, Suvah) etc. The Lord is all these and beyond.

The formless, attributeless Lord (Brahman) is represented by the silence between two om Chants. Om is also called pranava that means "that (symbol or sound) by which the Lord is praised". The entire essence of the Vedas is enshrined in the word om. It is said that the Lord started creating the world after chanting om and atha. Hence its sound is consi dered to create an auspicious beginning for any task that we undertake. The om chant should have the resounding sound of a bell (aaooommm).

Om is written in different ways in different places. The most common form symbolises Lord Ganesha. The upper curve is the head; the lower large one, the stomach; the side one, the trunk; and the semi-circular mark with the dot, the sweet-meat ball (modaka) in Lord Ganesha's hand. Thus om symbolises everything - the means and the goal of life, the world and the Truth behind it, the material and the Sacred, all form and the Formless