Start this weekend by reading Sandeep’s views on the Hindu Holocaust. 
Next an impassioned plea for broadminded, enlightened Indian Muslims to speak out. Amazingly, it was written more than 16 years ago! Unfortunately I have no URL link to this article, so I am reproducing it in full below.
Finally, a thought-provoking essay on Interfaith Marraiges by Dr Dilip Amin. It is a long article but I have reproduced excerpts below.
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Although I was aware that the Church was playing an increasingly prominent role in the elections in Mizoram, the full extent of that missed me until I was alerted to this report in Outlook by Sanjay.
Excerpts below (emphasis mine):
…Elections in Mizoram this year have defied norms. Quite contrary to the usual threat of violence that defined them, they were subdued and sterilised because of the involvement of the almighty Church in the election process…this (was) the first time a church-backed vigilante group—the Mizoram People Forum (MPF)—stepped in to “oversee the …

I am going to miss the til-laddus and the kites
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Next year, I plan to do something about it

In the meantime, Happy Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Maghi and Bhogali Bihu to all my readers.
Enjoy the day…
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Many of you would remember Empowering India – a website that I mentioned on this blog a few days back.
While in India last month, I had a chat with Kirti, who manages this initiative along with Barun. Kirti told me about the great work that they are doing in terms of “compiling information on all electoral candidates to help citizens make informed choices when they vote and make the electoral representatives accountable”
As you can imagine, this is a huge task…and they need help…and our involvement.
Kirti specifically asked for help in terms …

Two news-reports from Friday, one heartening and one depressing. Read on:
From “Muslims see Pak army role in attacks” (The Telegraph):
Nearly 19 of 20 Indian Muslims believe what the Prime Minister said this week — that some official agencies in Pakistan were involved in the Mumbai attacks.
A survey has shown that 94 per cent Muslims believe that the Pakistan military and the ISI are hand in glove with the Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed who, they say, plotted the carnage.
The same percentage trashed suggestions that the November attacks were “revenge for the Gujarat …

Begin your weekend by reading Atanu Dey’s brilliant “The Truth about Satyam“.
Next read Tavleen Singh’s expose of Modern India’s modern myths (recommended)
and finally, why the proposed equivalence between Madrasa certificates and CBSE is not such a good idea.
As always, excerpts from all these articles, below.
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