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Dr Manmohan Singh as Governor of RBI
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Dr singh, our PM, signed these when he was governor of RBI
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Fear of small numbers
Life term adequate for Staines murder convicts: SC
"Though Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt to death while they were sleeping inside a station wagon at Manoharpur, the intention was to teach a lesson to Staines about his religious activities, namely, converting poor tribals to Christianity," it said. While condemning killings in the name of religion, the bench also expressed its disapproval of conversion. "It is undisputed that there is no justification for interfering in someone`s belief by way of `use of force`, provocation, conversion, incitement or upon a flawed premise that one religion is better than the other," said the bench.
After thought:
The Bench ordered deletion of this paragraph and replaced it with -- "However, more than 12 years has elapsed since the act was committed, we are of the opinion that the life sentence awarded by the high court need not be enhanced in view of the factual position discussed in earlier paragraphs."
The paragraph ordered to be deleted from the judgment read -- "It is undisputed that there is no justification for interfering in someone's belief by way of `use of force', provocation, conversion, incitement or upon a flawed premise that one religion is better than the other."
It will now be replaced by -- "There is no justification for interfering in someone's religious belief by any means."
Source: Times of India of 21.1.11 and 26.1.11
"Though Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt to death while they were sleeping inside a station wagon at Manoharpur, the intention was to teach a lesson to Staines about his religious activities, namely, converting poor tribals to Christianity," it said. While condemning killings in the name of religion, the bench also expressed its disapproval of conversion. "It is undisputed that there is no justification for interfering in someone`s belief by way of `use of force`, provocation, conversion, incitement or upon a flawed premise that one religion is better than the other," said the bench.
After thought:
The Bench ordered deletion of this paragraph and replaced it with -- "However, more than 12 years has elapsed since the act was committed, we are of the opinion that the life sentence awarded by the high court need not be enhanced in view of the factual position discussed in earlier paragraphs."
The paragraph ordered to be deleted from the judgment read -- "It is undisputed that there is no justification for interfering in someone's belief by way of `use of force', provocation, conversion, incitement or upon a flawed premise that one religion is better than the other."
It will now be replaced by -- "There is no justification for interfering in someone's religious belief by any means."
Source: Times of India of 21.1.11 and 26.1.11
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
sanatana Dharma
Swapan Dasgupta writes in his column in Sunday Times of 26th Septembar 2010, “The irony is that this New India is more religiously and assertively Hindu than ever before. Judging by the sharp increase in middle class pilgrimages, the exaggerated sindoor of the new bride, the frequency of car pujas in temples and the holy wallpaper in the laptops of the young and successful, the sharp rise in national self-confidence has come in the wake of a spectacular revival of the Sanatan Dharma”.
He is a regular columnist, and I presume is well informed of what he writes. Is sanatan Dharma all about this. My understanding of Dharma was about social, economic and political justice. I thought being good was Dharma.
He is a regular columnist, and I presume is well informed of what he writes. Is sanatan Dharma all about this. My understanding of Dharma was about social, economic and political justice. I thought being good was Dharma.
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