ravishingravi Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Seems like a break through has been made on nuclear deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Lot of people got burnt pretty badly after the election results. Sone have still kept those ashes. Raghav Chaddha here on ICF claimed that he was in Varanasi and that Kejriwal was hugely popular and may win the elections.We know what happened there.Raghav here on ICF has accepted that he is a AAP member and worker.So i have doubt that he is Raghav Chaddha of AAP.Hence his comments are taken with bucket loads of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Saraswati Puja is now a must in ALL schools in Gujarat - even in Urdu medium and Catholic schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 No, Kiran Bedi did not run away. Here is the unedited version. 0Pkb2Lrxoe8 The manipulator Arnab stands exposed. the silence from raghav speaks for itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Saraswati Puja is now a must in ALL schools in Gujarat - even in Urdu medium and Catholic schools. That's not good... :headshake/: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Saraswati Puja is now a must in ALL schools in Gujarat - even in Urdu medium and Catholic schools. That is a misinfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 That is a misinfo I read it in Hindustan Times and then on some news websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I read it in Hindustan Times and then on some news websites. http://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-schools-asked-perform-compulsory-saraswati-puja-2062215.html In Gujarat, all schools asked to perform 'compulsory' Saraswati Puja Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad School Board has whipped up a controversy with its circular asking all schools to hold 'Saraswati Vandana' on Vasant Panchami on Saturday, drawing accusations of promoting ruling BJP's Hindutva agenda and warnings of legal action and protest by Congress. "Vasant Panchami is the occasion to remember Goddess of knowledge Maa Saraswati Devi. To make students understand the importance of education, schools need to organize Saraswati Puja and make students recite prayers of Saraswati during prayer gathering. Also, make them understand how Vasant Panchami is celebrated in other states," reads the January 19 circular issued by the board. Focus on education. AFPImage for representative purpose only. AFP Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) School Board runs around 450 primary schools in the city, including 64 Urdu medium schools, mostly in Muslim dominated areas attended by around 16,000 students from the minority community. The circular has raised the hackles of opposition Congress, which has dubbed the move as an attack on the fundamental rights of Muslims. All forms of idolatry is prohibited in Islam. Congress councillor from Sarkhej ward Haji Mirza Baig called it an attempt to promote the BJP's Hindutva agenda. "In a democracy, everyone has the right to follow their religion and related rituals. This circular is an attack on the freedom of not only Muslims, but also of other religions. Why (do) they want Muslim students to perform puja? It should not be made compulsory in Urdu schools," said Baig. "Congress councillors will stage protest against such dictatorial approach of AMC. Urdu schools, where majority students are Muslims, must be kept away from this order. Otherwise, we will take legal action and knock the doors of the court," he warned. Amid the mounting outcry over its circular, the board attempted a damage control with its chairman claiming it was not intended to hurt anybody's religious sentiments. "Our sole aim is to promote the quest for knowledge among children and not to hurt the followers of any religion," Jagdish Bhavsar, chairman of the board, said. "Everybody prays and worships in his own way. If they are not comfortable with offering prayers to Saraswati, they can do 'Ibadat' (worship) in their own way. The only aim of this circular is to make children aware of the importance of education," he said. AMC School Board's administrator L D Desai appeared to defend the move, saying, "Saraswati is the goddess of education and schools are temples of education for students of all religions. Thus, we just want students to understand the importance of education by remembering the goddess through prayer on that day." Describing it as an "educational and not religious" programme, Desai said,"There is absolutely no controversy. None of the Urdu medium schools have approached us against this programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Saraswati Puja is now a must in ALL schools in Gujarat - even in Urdu medium and Catholic schools. I know several catholics in kerala who rigorously follow saraswathi pooja and follow hindu rituals for initiating people to education. Why is christmas a must for all institutions across India? Why is eid a leave for all institutions across India? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I know several catholics in kerala who rigorously follow saraswathi pooja and follow hindu rituals for initiating people to education. Why is christmas a must for all institutions across India? Why is eid a leave for all institutions across India? Last time I checked, Christmas and Eid were School HOLIDAYS. Here they are asking students from another religion to perform Saraswati Puja - many of the students may not like to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Last time I checked' date=' Christmas and Eid were School HOLIDAYS. Here they are asking students from another religion to perform Saraswati Puja - many of the students may not like to do that.[/quote'] Have you been to any convent schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhunaeh Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 What's the surprise, bjp and rss want us to be a hindu saudi arabia. Those are the type of one religion, one language, one god countries they look up to. That's the "unity" they understand. They do not understand or respect the India we live in. Stupid fecks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Last time I checked' date=' Christmas and Eid were School HOLIDAYS. Here they are asking students from another religion to perform Saraswati Puja - many of the students may not like to do that.[/quote'] Let them not do it then. We used to recite prayers of all religions. We had a huge Saraswati statue where children would gather. The religious part didn't really occur to anybody. Hindus, Christians or muslims. If you are in India, you know what Saraswati represents. The liberal guilt or pseudo secular fear mongering is trying to build victims out of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Have you been to any convent schools? So you admit it wasn't a misinfo. Secondly, in cases of convent schools or RSS runs centres it was school's choice. But in case govt is dictating muslims or christians to follow hindu rituals which is absolutely unacceptable as per indian constitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Let them not do it then. We used to recite prayers of all religions. We had a huge Saraswati statue where children would gather. The religious part didn't really occur to anybody. Hindus' date=' Christians or muslims. [b']If you are in India, you know what Saraswati represents. The liberal guilt or pseudo secular fear mongering is trying to build victims out of nothing. Those loaded statement simply means to say to people of other religions that see India has a hindu identity you better align yourself with that identity. If you go that route, you better have Hindu as state religion than doing thing piece-meal like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Last time I checked' date=' Christmas and Eid were School HOLIDAYS. Here they are asking students from another religion to perform Saraswati Puja - many of the students may not like to do that.[/quote'] why should non christian people be "forced" to observe hoildays during christmas? Why should non muslim people be forced to observe holidays during eid? instead why can't they be in office/school for productive work? Why can't there be just say 30 holidays in a year that they can take any time of the year instead of having such enforced holidays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Let them not do it then. We used to recite prayers of all religions. We had a huge Saraswati statue where children would gather. The religious part didn't really occur to anybody. Hindus, Christians or muslims. If you are in India, you know what Saraswati represents. The liberal guilt or pseudo secular fear mongering is trying to build victims out of nothing. precisely. Its bigots and fanatics who see religion in everything. The current education minister in Kerala refused to light a lamp because according to him that's hindu tradition. Further he changed the name of his official residence from "Ganga" to "Grace" because the former was apparently against his beliefs. But hey that's secular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 So you admit it wasn't a misinfo. Secondly, in cases of convent schools or RSS runs centres it was school's choice. But in case govt is dictating muslims or christians to follow hindu rituals which is absolutely unacceptable as per indian constitution. Please list the rituals that the Govt has asked schools to follow and what defines those as hindu rituals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 BJP govt should take away all these nonsensical religious holidays and instead introduce the concept of additional leaves which people can take at their will. Keep only national holidays intact. If people want, let them take leave for their religious holidays out of this bucket. That way the economy is not deprived of momentum. For schools, let there be blocks of leaves termed simply as summer, winter holidays. Or make rather three blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Those loaded statement simply means to say to people of other religions that see India has a hindu identity you better align yourself with that identity. If you go that route' date=' you better have Hindu as state religion than doing thing piece-meal like this.[/quote'] There is a difference between aligning and giving respect for. Your parent asks you not to drink alcohol. They are observing a function at home and you have all your elders there, who subscribe to same beliefs as your parent's. But you love alcohol. Would you then blatantly purchase alcohol and go booze in front of your parents, or would you instead abhor alcohol for that one day and partake in their activities although you really don't subscribe to abstinence nor belief in the rituals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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