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Monday, April 12, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Tagore Deification



 

"Tagore speaks of the "Heavenly Kingdom"---the "almighty God" and "Soul". If these could remove us from misery what would be the use of man's Endeavour to reform the world? We oppose Tagore, who tries to stunt the growth of self-determination and the struggle of oppressed classes and races". Chinese Communist Party
 

What is this near absolute cult-like blanket status granted to Tagore by the educated sheeps of Aipaar and Oyeepaar Bangla? What is this about the Bengalees who love to deify anything or anybody they fall in love with?

Sujit K. Bhattacharjee, the great Tagore lover opines, "he is the greatest literary genius the world has ever seen". Greatest genius? Let's try this. Was he a better short story writer than Leo Tolstoy? Was his Geetanjali better than Tolstoy's War and Peace? Did he write anything comparable to Dostoevsky's Crime & Punishment?  How can the Nobel committee chose Geetanjali over that epic War & Peace? Was he better than Shakespeare in poetry? Was he better than George Bernard Shaw as a playwright? Was he better than Shakespeare as a dramatist? Honestly tell me, is he better than Ludwig Van Beethoven or Wolfgang Mozart as a composer?  Are you telling me that Tagore as an Essayist surpassed the Essayist, E.B White? In fact, Hazrat Google informed me that Tagore's name is not even included in the list of 100 greatest novelists of all time! Why do these Bengalees get all touchy and feely when anything about Robindronath is questioned? What is this inveterate admiration of Tagore by the second rate Bangla-Babus of this world? Wasn't he a mere mortal ? What is this tendency among the Bengalees for deification of a personality? What is this cult mentality? As long as we keep on deifying him, how can we ever judge him as a human being? Where is the difference between blind Mohammed lovers and blind Tagore lovers? Where is the difference between those who recite holly Quran to get their cancer cured and those who listen to Robindroshongeet to get cured from their deadly earthly sojourn?  In Calcutta, on December 16, 1911, Robindronath sung Jana Gana Mana to welcome King George V.  This poem sung high praises of the King of England—calling him the Bharat Bhaggyyaa Vidhaata-Dispenser of India's Destiny! Next day all the newspapers reported it was a magnificent salute to a mighty King. There is no doubt in my mind that he had written the song to felicitate the King Emperor of England and his Colonial Empire. Who is this Bharat Bhagya Vidhata?  Who is this Adhinaayek? When attacked viciously by the nationalist forces of India, Tagore clarified that the song was written in praise of God. Alas the damage was already done! Nehrujee did admit that the song was in praise of the King!!! I am astounded by the behavior of Tagore lovers. Most of them have only herd instinct like the members of the jealous desert cults. You see, until we chose to slay the gods—we shall never be free as people.   
 
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[ALOCHONA] Chatra League



Chatra League
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Ridiculous to hear that there are war criminals in Awami League



http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-04-12/news/56056.

 

আসল কথা হচ্ছে আà¦"য়ামী লীগ à¦" এর নেতারা কেউ দেশ স্বাধীন হোক এটা চাননি। তারা সব সময় স্বাধীনতাকামী জনগনের সামনে এসে একধরনের ধোঁকাবাজি মূলক কথা বলেছেন আর পেছনে পাকিস্তাকের শাসক শ্রেনীর সাথে ক্ষমতার জন্য আঁতাত করেছেন। জনগনের বিপরীতে তাদের এই ক্ষমতালিপ্সু আচরনের দূর্বলতার সুযোগ নিয়ে পাকিস্তানীরা যুদ্ধের সাহস পেয়েছে, আমাদেরকে পরাস্ত করতে গনহত্যার পথ বেছে নিয়েছে। স্বয়ং যুদ্ধাংদেহী পরিস্থিতিতে তাদের নেতা শেখ মুজিব স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধের নেতৃত্ব না দিয়ে ক্ষমতা ভাগাভাগীর পরিকল্পনায় স্বেচ্ছায় কারাবরন করে জামাই আদর নিয়েছেন আর আà¦"য়ামী নেতারা যুদ্ধের ময়দানে না থেকে কোলকাতায় সব ধরনের জামাই আদর ভোগ করেছেন এবং অপেক্ষায় ছিলেন কখন তারা আবার বিদ্রোহ দমনের পর অখন্ড পাকিস্তানের মসনদে ফিরে যেতে পারবে। জনগনের রক্তের বদলে দেশ যখন স্বাধীন হলো তখন আà¦"য়ামী নেতাদের কৃতিত্ব নিতে দেখে মীর জাফরের বীভৎস চেহারাই চোখে ভেসে আসে, বৈকি। à¦"দের ক্ষমতা লিপ্সা à¦" আঁতাতের ফলশ্রুতিতেই এতো রক্তপাত, এতো গনহত্যা! à¦"রা যুদ্ধাপরাধী না তো কি সাধারন জনগন যুদ্ধাপরাধী? ইতিহাস কাউকে ক্ষমা করেনি করবে না। ইতিহাস একটু পরে মুখ খোলে। যখন সব মিথ্যাচার শেষ হয়ে যায় তখন ইতিহাস মুখ খোলে। ইতিহাসের মুখ খোলার অপেক্ষায় আছি আমরা তরুন প্রজন্ম। দেখতে চাই ইতিহাস কখন মিথ্যাচারী à¦" মীর জাফরের বংশধর আà¦"য়ামী নেতাদেরকে যুদ্ধাপরাধের বিচারের জন্য আসামীর কাঠগড়ায় দাঁড় করাবে।



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[ALOCHONA] Dhaka sends list, asks Delhi to remove non-tariff barriers



Dhaka sends list, asks Delhi to remove non-tariff barriers

Bangladesh has sent a list of non-tariff barriers to India with a request to remove the same immediately for the sake of unhindered access of its goods to the Indian market. But the former avoided the issue of para-tariff barriers, official sources said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has recently sent the list to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka for immediate consideration. The government has taken the move in line with Indian Prime Minister Dr. Monmohon Singh's promise to address the issue of trade barriers to facilitate increase in imports of Bangladesh goods to the markets of his country.

The commitment was given in the joint communiqué, signed between Dr. Singh and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in January last. The list of non-tariff barriers was prepared by the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) in response to a request made by the MoFA, it is learnt. However, the MoFA list has ignored the issue of para-tariff barriers that the exporters have long been facing while sending their goods to India, sources alleged.

Officials in the MoC said the central government of India has nothing to do with the issue of para-tariff barriers that are imposed by the state-governments. According to the list of non-tariff barriers put up by India to discourage imports from Bangladesh goods, Indian customs authority asks for laboratory tests for each and every consignment of food products, cosmetics, and leather and textile products. Getting laboratory reports normally takes 15-20 days as the samples are sent to the laboratories, located far from the land customs stations, through normal mail, which delays the clearance of consignments.

Original SAPTA certificate issued by the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau is largely ignored by Indian customs. Indian customs people ask both the exporters and importers to submit details of rules of origin calculation along with the documents, ignoring the set criteria of the regional agreement, said the list. Sanitary import permit has been made mandatory for Indian importers of processed food, toiletries and cosmetics from Bangladesh.

Packaging requirement has been made mandatory by Indian customs authority for food items with maximum retail price, standard unit, month and year of packaging inscribed on the packets. All pre-packaged commodities like processed foods, cosmetics, toiletries, spices imported in India requires generic and common name of the commodity packed, net quantity in terms of standard unit of weights and measures.

Besides, non-tariff barrier like inordinate delay in clearance of Bangladeshi goods from customs for various reasons, including non-availability of their designated officers and certificates from departments concerned of the Indian government causes problems for Bangladeshi exporters. Furthermore, inadequate physical facilities like warehousing, transshipment yard, parking yard and connecting roads at land customs stations of India also hinder exports from Bangladesh, the list elaborated.

The Indian authorities do not allow trucks of Nepal to go into Bangladesh territory through Banglabandha land customs that causes extra expenses for Bangladeshi importers and exporters. At Banglabandha point at Phulbari, Nepalese trucks are allowed to come up to zero point and unloading/loading takes place there. The Bangladesh customs and ministry of commerce have long been requesting the Indian authorities to allow Nepalese trucks to come 200 metres inside Bangladesh from the zero point.

The joint communiqué signed between Sheikh Hasina and Monmohon Singh clearly mentioned to permit Nepalese truck to enter into Bangladesh territory. The two-way trade balance was $968.71 million in favour of India in the 2001-02 fiscal year, when Bangladesh exported goods worth $50.19 million to India against her imports of $1.01 billion. The gap increased to above $3.0 billion in 2008-2009.

A high official in the MoC said exports from Bangladesh to India would be at least two-fold if non-tariff barriers are removed."Our export to Indian markets has long been hampered due to all these barriers", a high official in the MoC told FE."Things are likely to improve soon", he said

According to a list of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the exports face numerous para-tariff barriers in Indian markets that hamper the country's export potential badly. The exporters concerned are subjected to pay Rs. 3000 as laboratory test fee for each type of food items.

The Indian authorities have recently imposed 18 per cent tax and value added tax as central value added tax, Special Central Vat and Education Tax on apparels of Bangladesh origin defying the SAFTA agreement. Under the SAFTA list of sensitive goods, India is supposed to provide duty-free access to 8.0 million pieces of apparels originating from Bangladesh from 2008.

Indian government has recently imposed 18 per cent extra duty on cement imports from Bangladesh, affecting cement exports to India's North Eastern region.

http://fe-bd.com/more.php?news_id=97479&date=2010-04-12



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[ALOCHONA] The Micro Chipping of Americans?



The Micro Chipping of Americans?
 
Relevant clauses of the House and Senate Health Bills
 

Global Research Editor's Note

Since the publication  of this article by Indymedia, certain portions of the bill were eliminated. There is no National Medical Device Registry in the latest version of the Bill. It follows that the proposals pertaining to micro-chipping were not carried out. Readers are therefore cautioned that part of the analysis below is no longer valid.  We have nonetheless decided,  for reference purposes, to retain this article in our archives.

April 2010



Related links concerning this horrible 'wealth care plan' below.*

MICROCHIPPING INCLUDED IN HEALTHCARE BILL

Submitted by celeste on Sun, 08/30/2009 - Buried deep within the over 1,000 pages of the massive US Health Care Bill (PDF) in a section titled: Subtitle C-11 Sec. 2521, National Medical Device Registry, and which states its purpose as:

"The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the registry, to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that; (A) is or has been used in or on a patient; (B) is a class III device; or a class II device that is implantable."

In real world speak, according to this report, this new law, when fully implemented, provides the framework for making the United States the first Nation in the World to require each and every one of its citizens to have implanted in them a radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip for the purpose of controlling who is, or isn't, allowed medical care in their country.

Source: Via 'Daily Ron Paul' - member of the U.S. Congress. - "Microchipping included in Healthcare Bill?" - Url.:  
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/105079

Required RFID implanted chip

Sec. 2521, Pg. 1000 – The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry. What does a National Medical Device Registry mean?

 

National Medical Device Registry from H.R. 3200 [Healthcare Bill], pages 1001-1008:

(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the 'registry') to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that— ''(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; ''(B)and is— ''(i) a class III device; or ''(ii) a class II device that is implantable, life-supporting, or life-sustaining."

Then on page 1004 it describes what the term "data" means in paragraph 1,

 

section B:

''(B) In this paragraph, the term 'data' refers to information respecting a device described in paragraph (1), including claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary"

What exactly is a class II device that is implantable?

Approved by the FDA, a class II implantable device is an "implantable radio frequency transponder system for patient identification and health information." The purpose of a class II device is to collect data in medical patients such as "claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary."

 

See: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/ucm072191.pdf

 

This new law – when fully implemented – provides the framework for making the United States the first nation in the world to require each and every one of its citizens to have implanted in them a radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip for the purpose of controlling who is, or isn't, allowed medical care in their country.

 

See Healthcare Bill H.R. 3200:http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/AAHCA09001xml.pdf

 

Pages 1001-1008 "National Medical Device Registry" section.
Page 1006 "to be enacted within 36 months upon passage"
Page 503 "… medical device surveillance"

 

Why would the government use the word "surveillance" when referring to citizens? The definition of "surveillance" is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people and often in a secret manner. The root of the word [French] means to "watch over."

 

In theory, the intent to streamline healthcare and to eliminate fraud via "health chips" seems right. But, to have the world's lone superpower (America, for now) mandate (page 1006) a device to be IMPLANTED is scary!

 

Microchiping included in Healthcare Bill?
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/105079

 

Coverage under Obamacare will require an implantable microchip?
http://current.com/items/90842279_coverage-under-obamacare-will-require-an-implantable-microchip.htm

 

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18512



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[ALOCHONA] Pakistan's divides grow ever-deeper



Pakistan's divides grow ever-deeper

By Syed Saleem Shahzad

ISLAMABAD - The brazen attack on Monday on the United States consulate in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), was the first ever against a US facility in the restive region.

The attack, in which gunmen fired on a security post at the consulate in broad daylight before detonating a car bomb, killing eight people, comes at a key time in Pakistan's turbulent history: deep fissures have created an environment ripe for exploitation by militants.

At stake is not only the security - and survival - of Pakistan, but the broader United States-led struggle in Afghanistan against the resilient Taliban.

In this volatile situation, political polarization has reached a climax in insurgency-hit NWFP between the majority Pashtuns and non-Pashtuns. The Punjab-dominated establishment comprising the judiciary, the chief of army staff, the prime minister and the media corps has ganged up against Sindhi President Asif Ali Zardari, making him a virtual figurehead. Al-Qaeda-led militants, far from being crushed as the military claims, have regrouped and are stronger than ever.

The timing and target of the Peshawar attack could not have been more significant as it followed close on an announcement by army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kiani that the months-long operation in the South Waziristan tribal area, the headquarters of the al-Qaeda linked Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP - Pakistan Taliban) had been concluded and that thousands of displaced families could return home. Earlier, Kiani had announced victories in Bajaur, Mohmand and Khyber agencies against militants.

Monday's assault on the consulate - the first on a US mission in Pakistan since 2006 - was clearly a statement that any declarations about the demise of militancy are grossly premature. The TTP claimed responsibility, but the plan in all likelihood would have been hatched by al-Qaeda.

Although the US Embassy in Islamabad says that the four attackers in two vehicles who tried to breach the heavily fortified compound caused only minor damage, a Pakistani security official told Asia Times Online on the condition of anonymity that the militants did enter the compound and exchanges of gun fire were heard, followed by a huge explosion.

It is possible that the extent of the damage is being played down. It is an open secret that the consulate serves as a front for Central Intelligence Agency operations against al-Qaeda and it is also believed to be the headquarters of American defense contractors who, according to American media, have been tasked to kill militants and pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda figures in Pakistan.

Shifting sands
In the past year, Pakistan has applied utmost strength against militants in the tribal areas that border Afghanistan and all operations have been fully coordinated and supervised by the Americans.

The militants have survived without major losses for the simple reason that they have refused to directly engage the security forces, preferring to disperse to remote areas to return another day once the heat had died down and once refugees have returned home to provide them cover.

The political situation has played into the hands of the militants. From the grand US-inspired vision of a strong democratically elected civilian government that could place a firm hand on the tiller to steer Pakistan resolutely down the US's chosen route in the "war on terror", Zardari's administration has been critically weakened.

The fault lines began to emerge during General Pervez Musharraf's presidency in 2007 when he signed the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) that granted amnesty to hundreds of politicians, political workers and bureaucrats who were accused of corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, murder and terrorism.

The NRO was brokered by Britain and the US and was fully backed by the military and Kiani, who was at the time the chief spymaster of Musharraf's military-led establishment. The main beneficiaries of the NRO were former premier Benazir Bhutto and her spouse, Zardari. They were allowed to return to the country from exile and a string of charges against them was dropped.

However, there was mistrust among all partners. Despite an understanding that Bhutto would not return before elections scheduled for January 2008 (which were later deferred a month due to Bhutto's assassination in December 2007), Bhutto came back on September 17, 2007. Saudi Arabia then pressurized Musharraf to also allow the return of another former premier, Nawaz Sharif.

In the general elections of February 18, 2008, Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League led by Sharif emerged the biggest winners. The situation was so delicate that the military chose to remain neutral.

Militants immediately exploited the situation by unleashing an unprecedented number of attacks across the country.

Musharraf tried to work with Zardari, who had taken over as co-chairman of the PPP after his wife's killing, to form a joint political front against the militants, but by then Musharraf had lost his grip at the helm of affairs - he stepped down in August 2008.

Kiani, by now chief of army staff, refused to take orders from Musharraf, and after Musharraf's foiled bids to dislodge him from his position Kiani developed ties with Zardari. In a tacit understanding between Washington, the Pakistan military and Zardari, Musharraf was given an honorable exit after nine years in power.

What the military did not anticipate was that Zardari would pitch himself as president. All intelligence reports had indicated that he would choose to be elected as a member of parliament in a by-election and then run the government as a de facto prime minister. Despite deep resentment against Zardari over his tainted past, the military could not stop him from being elected president in September 2008.

That was the beginning of a tug-of-war between the civilian government and the military establishment. The PPP-led government tried many times to bring the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) under the authority of the civilian government.

In addition, the military resented that several of Zardari's close friends who had very bad business reputations became a part of the government. Zardari ignored promptings from the ISI to distance himself from these associates. Zardari also stepped quickly and deeply into the US camp, to such a degree that China tacitly urged Pakistan to clarify the state of China-Pakistan relations.

At this point, the military began to set its sights on Zardari's government. The top brass reached out to the judiciary, the prime minister, leader of the opposition, Sharif, and the media corps as they all have strong roots in Pakistan's largest province, Punjab.

Zardari tried to appease Kiani by dishing out business opportunities to members of his family, but Kiani was not impressed and continued to weave his Punjabi nexus, which took a thread from Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan who is rumored not to be a big supporter of Zardari.

The military establishment took its concerns over Zardari to the US joint chiefs of staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen and finally even to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. They hammered home the point that the real player was the military, not Zardari. Last month's high-level meetings in Washington between officials from Pakistan (including Kiani but not Zardari) and the US were an endorsement that Pakistan's political setup is now irrelevant in the "war on terror" and that all dealings are being made through the military.

Soon after Kiani returned from the US, the judiciary moved into action. The additional director general of the Federal Investigation Bureau, considered one of the most trusted people in the PPP government, was arrested on corruption charges. Corruption cases against the president are expected to be reopened as the Supreme Court last December declared the NRO unconstitutional.

Parliament is also debating a bill of constitutional amendments that could result in the president being stripped of sweeping powers, including a transfer of powers from the Office of the President to the prime minister, taking away, including other things, the president's power to dismiss an elected government and appoint military chiefs. An all-party parliamentary committee has already agreed on the amendments.

One of the amendments - which was approved on Thursday - changes the name of NWFP to Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa - meaning "Khyber side of the land of the Pakhtuns". This has been a long-standing demand of the Pashtuns who dominate the region but it has to date been resisted by the Pakistani establishment as being a part of a conspiracy to break up the country. Non-Pashtuns in the province immediately rioted and called for a general strike. There were reports of violence.

As much as anything, the name change reflects the deep divisions in Pakistan, from the Pashtuns to the Punjabis, to the politicians to the generals - divisions and government indecision that militants will indubitably exploit to the full.

Saleem Shahzad is Asia Times Online's Pakistan Bureau Chief. He is writing an exclusive account of al-Qaeda's strategy and ideology in an upcoming book 9/11 and beyond: The One Thousand and One Night Tales of al-Qaeda. He can be reached at saleem_shahzad2002@yahoo.com

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LD09Df02.html

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