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Sunday, November 28, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Barrister Nazmul Huda's letter to Khaleda Zia



Barrister Nazmul Huda's letter to Khaleda Zia
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Terrors released



Terrors released
 


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[ALOCHONA] Helen Thomas Forced to Resign as WH Reporter for her Anti-Israel Remarks

In the United States one can criticize the President and the Government, but,
says veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas, "there is no freedom, no
real freedom, of speech in this country if you mention Israel…. You cross the
line if you talk about Israel".
 
Here is a blunt example. Helen, herself is a Jew, could not be exempted from
forced resignation as a renowned White House Reporter just because she spoke
about Israel.

 
The truth prevails through this very revealing interview. It is worth
watching:   

Helen Thomas on Her Resignation and Middle East:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M1Qo83CoGU
 
Helen Thomas resigns: Anti-Israel opinion sinks US press legend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16dAI96Gl08&feature=related
 
Raw Video: White House Reporter's Israel Gaffe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVlg01QMN3k&NR=1
 
Nader says reinstate Helen Thomas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_dcD5ebPQ&feature=channel
 
Helen Thomas on her one question for Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Oz8M_FnV4&feature=channel



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[ALOCHONA] Re: Khaleda 'lying': ISPR



Dear Junaid

 

As I said, you set the tone. I shall not exceed your total word count.

 

No, I never fled from Bangladesh.

 

I never said technology in the ME was better than in Dhaka. Though

bandwidth is better in the ME and more useful than ring tones. I simply

said you could perhaps write more with wireless technology and were not

victim to lengthier traffic jams. Respectfully, though you do not argue

with me on any subject, it seems that you wish not to argue with anyone

on any subject in this forum. Of course you are not obliged to.

 

I have the same information as you except for a variation in personal

sources. I find more good company for my thoughts and feelings every day

– in Bangladesh. I welcome your conclusions based upon what you are

finally sure of and hope one day to see at least one of them. I suggest

you do not spend too much more time looking at things at ground level

lest another decade goes by and lest you start to rationalize why some

awful criminality is necessary.

 

I said if the ME labourer had the chance – ie had the income and the

legal right – he would take his family with him. Perhaps I have

worked with more of them over the years than you. Perhaps you know more

than me after your lengthy and thoughtful analysis at ground level.

 

I have every right to assert the patriotism of NRBs in the face of all

the `but you fled' arguments, `just give us your money and

leave' strategies, `please bribe me and welcome home'

schemes that many unpatriotic Deshis at home throw at many patriotic

Deshis abroad.

 

I am required to insult my country as I see fit in order to make a

point. I can insult it with words abroad as much as many others insult

it with actions – and silence – at home. Our myriad complexes

and sensitivities create taboos which strangle the voice of outrage

limiting us to a decorum that only provides more space for the same

injustice to flourish.

 

AL and BNP are both indispensable parties of the soil, reflecting

perfectly the conflicting viewpoints that necessarily define us. We need

both parties to be run properly, but they are not – at outrageous

cost to both our flag and our people. Many from every side and walk of

life, privately speak of the nation in derogatory fashion out of misery

and frustration. That's okay apparently as long as we don't publicly

write it. Our nation has been turned into a joke by both AL and BNP. The

neutral and the inclined rather than diehard AL or BNP supporter can

find a reluctant expression of their own unhappiness in such language. I

have been told so many times by the same. The guilty die hard supporter

however can't handle the desecration of the very taboos upon which

his party thrives.

 

In my country murder and mayhem are considered the necessary tool of a

democratically elected government. My country has been made a joke. I am

outraged by it and shall speak accordingly. I have more decorum than any

party you may care to mention.

 

Please don't repeat the history of how we got this country. It

justifies nothing that ails our nation today. The nation owes nothing to

any living politician vis a vis 1971. Generally speaking, our nation has

many scheming cowards who consider the worst injustices done by their

party to be necessary evils and who spend their time trying to

neutralize the complaints of others without revealing their own biases

or openly defending their party. They think it is a patriotic act on

their part.

 

I write for a wide audience so these 45 minutes writing are worthwhile.

Perhaps, most importantly of all, to you, I am at home on my own

computer. Our politicians, and their die hard supporters, believe that

nothing, not even conditions far worse than those today, could possibly

make our nation a joke.

 

It is a tragic joke.

 

Respectfully

 

Ezajur Rahman

 

Kuwait

 

 


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "junaid.sultan" <junaid.sultan@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Mr. Ejazur
> I believe that you fled Bangladesh long time back so with all due
> respect and with extreme reverence should I tell you that you have
> absolutely lost your touch with the reality. It is not a laugh but a
> fact that as far as wireless technology is concerned Bangladesh is at
> least one step ahead of many Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait.
> True we have traffic jams but cities like Kuwait and Jeddah do have
> traffic jams, may be not that severe as in Dhaka or in Chittagong.
>
> I had no desire at all to argue with you on this or any other topic.
> May be we look at the things but from different angles. Your hectic
> comments are based on some internet newspaper reports or some articles
> you might have seen on internet. I don't draw any conclusion unless
> I am not very sure about it. I look the things from ground level that is
> why it is difficult for me to knock out 10 sentences in 3 minutes. May
> be my employer don't give me time to write in this forum in my
> office hours.
>
> The statement "Our people don't leave anymore for education or jobs.
> They leave to leave Bangladesh. All labourers in the ME would take their
> families and permanent residency if it was offered to them. If empowered
> none would return - to the delight any Deshi government. People are fed
> up" was really amazing. Do you have the slightest idea how much a
> laborer is paid in Kuwait or in Saudi Arabia? A poor labor from
> Bangladesh with his pay of 22 KD or 450 SR cannot meet his both end not
> to talk about bringing their family with him.
>
> Partially, I agree with you. People from Bangladesh are not leaving for
> education or jobs but very recently some people are leaving the country
> because they are war criminals .May I ask you very humbly why you fled
> Bangladesh to Kuwait? I mean why you choose Kuwait as your destination?
> Guaranteed, Kuwait is not best for "" health, safety, security,
> peace, values, reasonableness etc".
>
> Very unlike you, I don't have any complex on patriotism. Patriotism
> is everybody's responsibility and it applies on every nation and on
> every person. I have no right to question the patriotism of any
> individual. I absolutely cannot generalize that if a person is living
> inside the country is more patriot than a person who is living outside
> the country or vice versa.
>
> I very much believe that every Bangladeshi rich or poor, Hindu or
> Muslim, Christian or Buddhist, young or old etc. etc., knows the
> condition of present Bangladesh. You can pick the person who is
> responsible for it and if your good taste allows you, you can insult him
> also. But very sorry to say it, you cannot insult the nation for it. And
> for that matter, I really don't care if you consider me a lifelong
> foe or a lifelong friend and I repeat I can insult the person who made
> my nation miserable but I cannot insult my nation. Again, very unlike
> you. But I liked the way you tried to blackmail me.
>
> To me it does not matter if you are a BNP supporter or an AL supporter.
> Anybody may have some inclinations. Don't forget that BNP or AL come
> to power by people's vote. Important is to learn to appreciate the good
> deeds of your opposition. More important is to learn to criticize your
> position on its bad deeds. But I like the way you are repeatedly beating
> the old drum, "AL supporters – BNP supporters AL supporters
> – BNP supporters", There is no use to claim yourself a
> "Neutral", if it gives a blank cheque to call your country a
> joke. You simply cannot call your country a joke (if you have all the
> right senses) but you can call joke to persons who brought the country
> to that condition. (Straightforwardly say if it is AL or BNP or both.
> But don't call your country a joke for only the reason that it
> offends AL or BNP supporters). I am not going to repeat the history how
> we got this country.
>
> With lot of love and regards, my good friend or foe
>
> Junaid
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" Ezajur@ wrote:
> >
> > Hi Junaid
> >
> > Thank you for an email of some substance. Now we can talk.
> >
> > It takes 3 minutes to knock out 10 sentences, especially using
> predictive text and wireless technology. Respectfully, you probably
> spend 20 times as much time as I do in traffic jams. The time and energy
> one takes to debate an issue is irrelevant. More time and energy is
> spent by AL and BNP ruining our country.
> >
> > There is indeed a brain drain in Bangladesh. Every year thousands of
> our best minds leave the country. No one cares. They are not wanted.
> >
> > I'm not brainy. Better better people than me, at home and abroad,
> apply better intellects to our problems. But blind supporters of AL and
> BNP don't face such intellects. Our best minds tend not to address them.
> So I take on these supporters - many may do it better but they don't
> bother.
> >
> > If only I can provoke you to write then I am happy. For just as you
> glean something about me I also glean something about you.
> >
> > I am not saying all sophisticated politics is draining out of
> Bangladesh. I was being sarcastic. I should have been ruder. We don't
> have sophisticated politics - we have rubbish politics which is exported
> abroad.
> >
> > Our people don't leave anymore for education or jobs. They leave to
> leave Bangladesh. All labourers in the ME would take their families and
> permanent residency if it was offered to them. If empowered none would
> return - to the delight any Deshi government. People are fed up.
> >
> > Parents don't urge their children to stay abroad primarily because of
> careers, money and lifestyle. This is the language of deception as per
> the wealthy airport official who demands his bribe stating economics.
> Parents urge their children to stay abroad for reasons of health,
> safety, security, peace, values, reasonableness etc. How cruel that it
> takes a madman like me to say it.
> >
> > It is my job to offend those who are not offended enough by the
> headlines in any paper on any day of the year.
> >
> > Many Bangladeshis living abroad love Bangladesh and understand its
> woes as much as, and sometimes more than, those who live inside the
> country. Our love is unconditional and uncompromised by corruption and
> the necessity of surviving amidst wickedness. Our love can be foolish
> but it is pure. And our country has much need of us.
> >
> > I have written with courtesy, and with time, to you in this mail. If
> you disagree with me on anything you are most welcome to take me up, to
> correct me and to inform me. But if you seek to make our nation's
> condition seem tolerable, understandable and unworthy of insult you will
> find a lifelong foe in me. I have as much time and energy as the
> criminals in the party of your choice. The tone will always be set by
> you.
> >
> > I am a member of a growing body of vocal people who are politically
> neutral. I am on the angry fringe of that body. But I never killed
> anyone or stole from anyone - unlike many members of the main body of AL
> and BNP.
> >
> > Our country conducts its affairs as if our country is a joke. Our
> country is therefore a joke. This offends/hurts me as much as it
> offends/hurts you. But thats no reason not to say it. Especially when it
> offends supporters of AL and BNP who never complain about their own
> criminals.
> >
> > Ezajur Rahman
> > Kuwait
> >
> >
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "junaid.sultan" junaid.sultan@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I think that I like you too much and more that I love your writings
> too
> > > too much. Sometime I really wonder how on earth you manage that much
> > > energy and that much time to write that much. Seems all the brain of
> > > Bangladesh had fled to Kuwait.
> > >
> > > Hi, I am not all resentful for the comments coming from abroad.
> However,
> > > comments like this are not only confusing but unfortunate also. ".
> > > After all Bangladeshis in large numbers are fleeing to the US, UK
> and ME
> > > bringing all their sophisticated politics with them." Do mean to say
> > > that all sophisticated politics from Bangladesh is being drained
> out?
> > >
> > > People from Bangladesh are in Middle Eastern countries purely for
> > > economical reasons. There are no migration rules. You finish your
> job
> > > today say after 20 years in service and tomorrow you are supposed to
> > > leave the country. The situation in UK and USA is bit different.
> Most of
> > > the people (if not all) went there for higher education and stayed
> back
> > > there for better life style and again for economical reasons.
> > >
> > > I agree I am generally toothless and speechless. I only speak when I
> > > feel water is flowing above the head. And unlike you, I am not in a
> > > Middle Eastern country and don't have much time to write. Very
> > > unlike you.
> > >
> > > With lot of love
> > >
> > > Junaid
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Er. Yes. Well. That really helps the argument on one side of an
> issue.
> > > > Which argument on which side of which issue is not clear to me.
> > > >
> > > > You are generally toothless and speechless so I wouldn't say you
> are
> > > so
> > > > just in front of me. How delightful to have a general opinion on
> my
> > > > comments and conclusions on a subject, without making any comments
> and
> > > > conclusions of your own on the subject!
> > > >
> > > > You shouldn't resent comments from abroad. After all Bangladeshis
> in
> > > > large numbers are fleeing to the US, UK and ME bringing all their
> > > > sophisticated politics with them.
> > > >
> > > > Depthless comments eh? Perhaps. But it will take more than your
> > > > invisibility to prove that.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "junaid.sultan" junaid.sultan@
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I liked your advice son. You are right. I am toothless and
> > > speechless
> > > > in
> > > > > front of extremely learned, highly knowledgeable, sub jaanta
> people
> > > > like
> > > > > you. Very obviously, I live in Bangladesh and not in UK, USA and
> for
> > > > > that matter not even in Kuwait.
> > > > > Carry on son. I am sick and tired and am going back to sleep.
> Keep
> > > on
> > > > > making your nice, very thought provoking and depth-less comments
> and
> > > > > conclusions.
> > > > > Junaid --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" Ezajur@ wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Aw Grampa!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You are sweet. Obviously all is well in the Army. And
> obviously
> > > you
> > > > > have nothing else to comment about except the comments of your
> > > > grandson.
> > > > > I am blessed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now please. Take your teeth out, drink your warm milk and go
> back
> > > to
> > > > > sleep.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Goodnight
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Your grandson
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ezajur Rahman
> > > > > > Kuwait
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "junaid.sultan"
> junaid.sultan@
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I liked this very sweeping remark. But more than that I
> loved
> > > the
> > > > > one
> > > > > > > sentence conclusion, "It shows that all is not well in the
> > > Army."
> > > > > > > Carry on son, we need people exactly like you.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Junaid
> > > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The confusing and inconsistent behaviour of the ISPR is a
> good
> > > > > sign.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It shows that all is not well in the Army.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan bdmailer@
> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > *Khaleda 'lying': ISPR *
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Dhaka, Nov 14 (bdnews24.com)—Military public
> relations
> > > > > > > department ISPR has
> > > > > > > > > accused BNP chief Khaleda Zia for misbehaving and also
> > > refuted
> > > > > her
> > > > > > > > > allegation of dragging her out of cantonment residence.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The ISPR in a press release issued on Saturday night,
> termed
> > > > > > > Khaleda's
> > > > > > > > > statements made in a press briefing, held on Saturday,
> > > > > 'fabricated
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > ill-intentioned.'
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > After the High Court deadline ended on Nov 12, the
> > > cantonment
> > > > > board
> > > > > > > > > initiated to vacate the cantonment house at 6 Shaheed
> Moinul
> > > > > Road.
> > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > > opposition leader left her house at about 3:15 on
> Saturday
> > > by
> > > > > her
> > > > > > > personal
> > > > > > > > > transport and reached her Gulshan office.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > While the ISPR claimed that Khaleda had willingly left
> her
> > > > > house,
> > > > > > > the BNP
> > > > > > > > > chief, in the Saturday press briefing, accused the
> military
> > > of
> > > > > > > dragging her
> > > > > > > > > out of the house.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The ISPR release said Khaleda had acted 'lethargic'
> while
> > > she
> > > > > was
> > > > > > > requested
> > > > > > > > > to leave the house. Khaleda, also started acting up with
> two
> > > > > female
> > > > > > > military
> > > > > > > > > officials who knocked at her door. "She didn't even
> hesitate
> > > > to
> > > > > term
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > army members as ungrateful dogs and national enemy. She
> > > yelled
> > > > > in
> > > > > > > front of
> > > > > > > > > everyone saying, "I'm marking everyone, after assuming
> > > power,
> > > > > will
> > > > > > > kick out
> > > > > > > > > all from your jobs one by one."
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Placing proofs in support of ISPR's claim that Khaleda
> > > vacated
> > > > > her
> > > > > > > house
> > > > > > > > > willingly, the release said the cantonment board
> officials
> > > had
> > > > > gone
> > > > > > > to that
> > > > > > > > > house at 8am. "If she was forced, she would have been
> > > dragged
> > > > > out by
> > > > > > > then."
> > > > > > > > > "But the fact is that she left the cantonment residence
> in
> > > her
> > > > > own
> > > > > > > car at
> > > > > > > > > 3:15pm. This is the proof of her leaving the house
> > > willingly."
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Presence of eight vehicles of ultramodern models and
> about
> > > 50
> > > > > > > helping hands
> > > > > > > > > in that house of only one family reveal signs of her
> > > luxurious
> > > > > life,
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > ISPR release added. The cantonment house is at present
> under
> > > > > police
> > > > > > > keeping,
> > > > > > > > > it said.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The 2.72-acre plot was originally the official residence
> of
> > > > the
> > > > > > > army's
> > > > > > > > > deputy chief of staff, a position held by Ziaur Rahman,
> who
> > > > > later
> > > > > > > became
> > > > > > > > > army chief and then military ruler. Former military
> dictator
> > > H
> > > > M
> > > > > > > Ershad, who
> > > > > > > > > later became president, allotted the house to Khaleda
> and
> > > her
> > > > > two
> > > > > > > sons
> > > > > > > > > following the assassination of Ziaur Rahman, in a
> military
> > > > coup
> > > > > on
> > > > > > > May 30 in
> > > > > > > > > 1981.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > His widow Khaleda was given another house in Gulshan in
> > > > addition
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > cantonment house, where the family had been living since
> the
> > > > > 1970s.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments handed
> a
> > > > > notice on
> > > > > > > Apr 20
> > > > > > > > > last year asking the BNP chief to vacate her cantonment
> > > > > residence.
> > > > > > > Khaleda
> > > > > > > > > filed a petition with the High Court challenging
> legality of
> > > > the
> > > > > > > government
> > > > > > > > > notice asking her to leave the house within 15 days.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The government maintained its stand with two separate
> > > notices
> > > > on
> > > > > May
> > > > > > > 7 and
> > > > > > > > > May 24. On May 27 last year, the court stayed the
> notices
> > > for
> > > > > three
> > > > > > > months
> > > > > > > > > after the initial hearing. The final hearing started on
> June
> > > 6
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > > year. On Aug 23, the court asked the government to
> submit
> > > all
> > > > > files
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > relation to the lease of the cantonment house.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The government gave a legal notice to Khaleda for a
> number
> > > of
> > > > > > > anomalies
> > > > > > > > > regarding the allotment within the military zone.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The allegations and irregularities for which the notice
> was
> > > > > issued
> > > > > > > include
> > > > > > > > > 1) Khaleda has been carrying out political activities
> from
> > > the
> > > > > house
> > > > > > > – which
> > > > > > > > > goes against a condition of the allotment 2) One cannot
> get
> > > > > > > allotment of two
> > > > > > > > > government houses in the capital 3) A civilian cannot
> get a
> > > > > resident
> > > > > > > lease
> > > > > > > > > within a cantonment. The government also alleged that
> > > > > unauthorised
> > > > > > > changes
> > > > > > > > > and extensions were made to the building violating the
> code
> > > of
> > > > > > > conduct in
> > > > > > > > > the military area.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=178938&cid=2
> > > > > > > > > ---------------------------
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > *Privileges under Presidents Pension Ordinance,1979*
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> http://www.bd-pratidin.com/?view=details&type=pratidin&pub_no=201&cat_id\
> \
> > > \
> > > > \
> > > > > \
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[ALOCHONA] Fwd: The pain of losing a nation





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Thank you for forwarding the article. The Mir Jafars and Lhendup Dorjis are very well-known negative examples in history. But the short-sighted greedy people do not seem to learn from history. I highlight the following section of the article:

 

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Dorji is seen as a 'traitor' in the contemporary history. He lived, and died, with the same ignominy. "Everybody accuses me of selling the country. Even if it is true, should I alone be blamed?" he asked me, when I met him in Kalimpong in November 1996. But the allegation of 'betrayal' towards one's own motherland was so powerful that Dorji could no more lead an active political life. He spent his solitary life at the 'Chakung House' in Kalimpong for several decades. Few people chose to remember Kazi when he passed away, nor took pain to recall his life and times.

 

So much so that the Kazi was ignored even by Delhi, "I went out of my way to ensure the merger of Sikkim into India but after the work was done, the Indians just ignored me," Kazi told me during an interview for Jana Astha weekly, nearly 11 years ago. "Earlier, I used to be given a 'Red Carpet' welcome. Now I have to wait for weeks even to meet second grade leaders."

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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:16:58 +0600
Subject: The pain of losing a nation
From: bdmailer@gmail.com


The pain of losing a nation
 
By Sudheer Sharma
 
On the northern corner of West Bengal state of India , there is a hill station-- Kalimpong, which once hosted celebrities from all over the world. The hill town, where most of the settlers are of Nepali origin, no longer retains its old charm. But until a few weeks ago the last prime minister of a country—that has lost its independence—used to live here. Kazi Lhendup Dorji, who died on 28 July this year at the ripe old age of 103, had played a pivotal role in the merger of Sikkim into India .
 
Dorji is seen as a 'traitor' in the contemporary history. He lived, and died, with the same ignominy. "Everybody accuses me of selling the country. Even if it is true, should I alone be blamed?" he asked me, when I met him in Kalimpong in November 1996. But the allegation of 'betrayal' towards one's own motherland was so powerful that Dorji could no more lead an active political life. He spent his solitary life at the 'Chakung House' in Kalimpong for several decades. Few people chose to remember Kazi when he passed away nor took pain to recall his life and times.
 
So much so that the Kazi was ignored even by Delhi . "I went out of my way to ensure the merger of Sikkim into India but after the work was done, the Indians just ignored me," Kazi told me during an interview for Jana Astha weekly, nearly 11 years ago. "Earlier, I used to be given a 'Red Carpet' welcome. Now I have to wait for weeks even to meet second grade leaders."
 
When I visited Kalimpong for the second time in 2000, Lhendup's anger towards Delhi had reached new heights. At one time, he was received warmly by Indian leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs Indira Gandhi. But later he became a political actor whose utility had been finished and thrown away into the dustbin.
 
The origin of crisis
 
After India got independence in 1947, the Sikkim State Congress, which was established as per the advice of Nehru, launched anti-King movement. Sikkim managed to overcome the crisis then but after Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India, the tiny Himalayan kingdom found itself in a crisis from which it could never escape. The anti-King movement, launched by the Sikkim National Congress (SNC) under the leadership of Lhendup Dorji in 1973, led to the demise of a sovereign nation.
 
India openly supported the movement against King (Chogyal) Palden Thondup Namgyal. The then ADC to the King, Captain Sonam Yongda, claimed that soldiers of Indian Army in civil dress used to take part in the protests. Some of the protesters were brought from Darjeeling and the surrounding areas. The number of Sikkimese who took part in the protest was quite small. But that was enough.
 
Lhendup's protest movement depended mainly on Indian financial assistance. The money was made available through Intelligence Bureau (IB). "The people from IB used to visit me twice or thrice a year. An IB agent, Tejpal Sen, used to handover money to me personally," Dorji had told me in a recorded interview.
 
In fact, the main actor behind the " Mission Sikkim " was India 's external intelligence agency, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing). Set up in 1968, RAW was able to disintegrate Pakistan (and form Bangladesh ) within three years. The annexation of Sikkim was their other 'historic' success. The strategists of RAW didn't want to repeat a Bhutan in Sikkim . Bhutan managed to acquire the membership of the United Nations in 1968. So, they launched a movement under the leadership of Lhendup, which is described at great length by Ashok Raina in his book Inside RAW: The Story of India's Secret Service.
 
Raina writes that New Delhi had taken the decision to annex Sikkim in 1971, and that the RAW used the next two years to create the right conditions within Sikkim to make that happen. The key here was to use the predominantly-Hindu Sikkimese of Nepali origin who complained of discrimination from the Buddhist king and the elite to rise up. "What we felt then was that the Chogyal was unjust to us," said CD Rai, editor of Gangtok Times and ex-minister. "We thought it may be better to be Indian than to be oppressed by the king."
 
Lhendup—who belonged to the Kazi family—had a historic enmity with Sikkim 's ruling Chogyals. He said he wanted to pressurise the King through public protests but lamented that the King never came forward for reconciliation.
 
Under pressure from Delhi , the Sikkimese King was forced to hold tripartite talks with SNC and India . The talks not only curtailed royal powers, it also turned Sikkim into an Indian 'protectorate.' In the elections held in 1974, Lhendup's SNC got overwhelming majority in the parliament. The government and the king saw each other as enemies. Ultimately, the cabinet meeting, on 27th March 1975 , decided to abolish monarchy. The Sikkimese parliament endorsed it and decided to hold a referendum on the future of monarchy. Four days later, the outcome of the poll in 57 stations across the country was: 'Abolition of the monarchy.'
 
In an interview, then Agriculture Minister of Sikkim KC Pradhan recalled that the referendum was nothing but a charade. "Indian soldiers rigged the polls by pointing rifles at the hapless voters," he said. Immediately after the referendum, Kazi Lhendup moved a motion in the parliament proposing that Sikkim be annexed to India . The 32-member parliament, which had 31 members from Lhendup's SNC—passed the motion without a blink. Needless to say that the entire episode was being orchestrated by India . The then Indian envoy to Sikkim (known as 'political officer') BS Das wrote in his book The Sikkim Saga, Sikkim 's merger was necessary for Indian national interest. And we worked to that end. Maybe if the Chogyal had been smarter, and played his cards better, it wouldn't have turned out the way it did."
 
But Chogyal didn't play his cards well. When Sikkim was undergoing turmoil, the Chogyal visited Kathmandu in 1974 to attend the coronation ceremony of King Birendra. According to insiders, King Birendra, Chinese deputy premier Chen Li Yan and Pakistan 's envoy advised Chogyal not to return to Sikkim . "They narrated a 'master plan' to save Sikkim from Indian hands but the King didn't accept," said Captain Yongda. "It was because the King couldn't think even in his dreams that India could use force to annex Sikkim ."
 
A 'double game'
 
In fact, India was playing a 'double game.' On one hand, it was supporting Lhendup in whatever way possible against the King. On the other hand, it was assuring the king that monarchy would survive in Sikkim . The Chogyal was also an honorary Major General of the Indian Army. He never thought that his 'own army' would act against him. It was only an illusion.
 
The Chogyal of Sikkim was in his palace on the morning of 6 April 1975 when the roar of army trucks climbing the steep streets of Gangtok brought him running to the window. There were Indian soldiers everywhere, they had surrounded the palace, and short rapid bursts of machine gun fire could be heard. Basanta Kumar Chhetri, a 19-year-old guard at the palace's main gate, was struck by a bullet and killed—the first casualty of the takeover. The 5,000-strong Indian force didn't take more than 30 minutes to subdue the palace guards who numbered only 243. By 12:45 pm it was all over, Sikkim ceased to exist as an independent kingdom.
 
The Chogyal also lost the second opportunity. The Sikkim Guards had the capacity to stop the Indian Army for two hours. If the Chogyal had informed Beijing and Islamabad about the Indian invasion from the transmitter set up at his palace, both the countries had assured him—during the Kathmandu meeting—that they would instruct their security forces to open fire along the borders with India . Chinese army could even travel to Gangtok to rescue the Chogyal.
 
Captured palace guards, hands raised high, were packed into trucks and taken away, singing: "Dela sil, li gi, gang changka chibso" (May my country keep blooming like a flower). But by then, the Indian tri-colour had replaced the Sikkimese flag at the palace where the 12th king of the Namgyal dynasty was held prisoner. "The Chogyal was a great believer in India . He had huge respect for Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Not in his wildest dreams did he think India would ever gobble up his kingdom," recalls Captain Sonam Yongda, the Chogyal's aide-de-camp. Nehru himself had told journalist Kuldip Nayar in 1960: "Taking a small country like Sikkim by force would be like shooting a fly with a rifle." Ironically it was Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi who cited "national interest" to make Sikkim the 22nd state of the Indian union.
 
During a meeting, former Chief Minister of Sikkim BB Gurung told me that the King and Lhendup were just fighting a proxy war. "The real battle was between an American and a Belgian lady." If that was true, the real victor was the third lady—Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
 
Two Foreign Ladies
 
Chogyal Palden met the 24-year-old New Yorker, Hope Cook, in Darjeeling in 1963 and married her. For Cook, this was a dream come true: to become the queen of an independent kingdom in Shangri-la. She started taking the message of Sikkimese independence to the youth, and the allegations started flying thick and fast that she was a CIA agent. These were the coldest years of the Cold War, and there was a tendency in India to see a "foreign hand" behind everything so it was not unusual for the American queen to be labelled a CIA agent. However, as Hope Cook's relations with Delhi deteriorated, so did her marriage with the Chogyal. In 1973, she took her two children and went back to New York . She hasn't returned to Sikkim since.
 
Then there was Elisa-Maria, daughter of a Belgian father and German mother who left her Scottish husband in Burma and married Kazi Lhendup Dorji in Delhi in 1957. The two couldn't have been more different. Elisa-Maria wanted to be Sikkim 's First Lady, but Hope Cook stood in the way. "She didn't just want to be the wife of an Indian chief minister; she wanted to be the wife of the prime minister of an independent Sikkim ." With that kind of an ambition, it was not surprising that with annexation, neither Hope Cook nor Elisa-Maria got what they wanted.
 
Meanwhile, in New Delhi Indira Gandhi was going from strength to strength, and India was flexing its muscles. The 1971 Bangladesh war and the atomic test in 1974 gave Delhi the confidence to take care of Sikkim once and for all. Indira Gandhi was concerned that Sikkim may show independent tendencies and become a UN member like Bhutan did in 1971, and she also didn't take kindly to the three Himalayan kingdoms, Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal, getting too cosy with each other.
 
When the Indian troops moved in there was general jubilation on the streets of Gangtok. It was in fact in faraway Kathmandu that there were reverberations. Beijing expressed grave concern. But in the absence of popular protests against the Indian move, there was only muted reaction at the United Nations in New York . It was only later that there were contrary opinions within India —(Former Indian Prime Minister) Morarji Desai said in 1978 that the merger was a mistake. Even Sikkimese political leaders who fought for the merger said it was a blunder and worked to roll it back. But by then, it was already too late.
 
Lhendup Dorji became the first chief minister of the Indian state of Sikkim and retained the post until 1979. The Indian government conferred on him 'Padma Bhusan' in 2002 and he was also awarded the 'Sikkim Ratna' by the state government in 2004.
 
Despite such "rewards," Lhendup and his wife Elisa spent their last years in Kalimpong repenting their past deeds. After the death of his wife in 1990, Lhendup was forced to lead a solitary life. He neither had any children nor relatives to take care of him. He cut himself off from his own people to avoid their wrath and hatred.
 
In the elections held in 1979, Lhendup's SNC failed to bag even a single seat in the Sikkim 's legislature. This effectively brought to an end to his political career. At one time, when he had gone to file his nomination, his name was missing from the electoral roll. In his resolve to dethrone the Chogyal dynasty that had 400-year-old history in Sikkim , Lhendup ended up delivering his motherland into the lap of India . In return, all he got was a life haunted from the shadow of the past and an ignominious death.
 
(Sharma is the editor of NEPAL weekly magazine and can be reached at sudheer@kantipur.com.np. This article has been adapted from his original article in the magazine and published here with the author's consent.—Ed.)
 



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[ALOCHONA] Book Nehru for sedition too: Arundhati



Noted Indian author and Booker Prize winner, Arundhati Roy has reacted to the court directive asking Delhi police to file a case of sedition against her and others saying that a similar treatment should be meted out to India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, reports Kashmir Media Service.


   In a press statement, Arundhati Roy listed a number of occasions when India's first prime minister had described the Kashmir dispute in a manner, which would offend most Indians today. She urged the police to file an FIR against Nehru posthumously.


   The noted author said that in his broadcast to the nation over All India Radio on 2nd November, 1947, Pandit Nehru had stated, 'We are anxious not to finalise anything in a moment of crisis and without the fullest opportunity to be given to the people of Kashmir to have their say. It is for them ultimately to decide.'


   Roy further maintained that in the Indian Constituent Assembly on 25th November, 1947, Nehru said, 'In order to establish our bona fide, we have suggested that when the people are given the chance to decide their future, this should be done under the supervision of an impartial tribunal such as the United Nations Organisation. The issue in Kashmir is whether violence and naked force should decide the future or the will of the people.'

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RE: [ALOCHONA] FW: OPEN LETTER TO DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND FROM BHARATIYA MUSLIM MAHILA ANDOLAN



Touching facts while talking faith is not acceptable to many Muslims even though they jealously guard their personal freedom but behaves otherwise when certain aspects of Islam is discussed. The fatwa factory of Deobond was never a friend of the Indian Muslims. This is a citadel of ignorance which always tried to separate the Indian Muslims from the mainstream Indian society. The legacy of the painful poverty of the Indian Muslims is not a concern for this century Deobond institution. The successive Indian governments pampered the heavy weight mullahs of Deobond just for political purposes.

Deobond is infamous for churning out fatwa's which were sometimes useless, confusing, socially repulsive and illogical.

 

No civilized nation wants to be ruled by a parallel legal system but the fatwabaz mullahs always take advantage of the prevailing ignorance and fear among the Muslims and doing their business as usual. Even the modern governments in the Islamic countries succumb to these fear mongering half educated mullahs. No sensible person can call this situation a victory for Islam; rather it should raise concern and be considered a challenge for a progressive society.

 

There can't be a status quo between dogmas and our urge to embrace enlightenment.

 

 

Akbar Hussain (It's not a pseudo name. The hell will mostly be filled by the munafiques)

 

 




To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: qrahman@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:23:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] FW: OPEN LETTER TO DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND FROM BHARATIYA MUSLIM MAHILA ANDOLAN

 
         The problem with many "Muslim" women's organization in Bangladesh is that they are just female cadres of the jehadi Islamists comprised of completely brainwashed hijabized zombies. The secular women's organizations, on the other hand, do not have enough knowledge of religious matters and therefore are unable to fight the illegal anti-women fatwas on religious grounds.  The net result is the continuing oppression of Muslim women by illegal religious fatwas. 
 
                      Farida Majid     
  


>>>>>>>>  Dear Alochok,

I agree that, lack of knowledge about authentic Islam is a problem in Bangladesh and many other countries. There are good people among us who are trying to address this issue with Islamic sources. I have copied a mail from a different forum where a valid "Islamic" explanation was given to make that so called "Fatwa" invalid. This was posted by
Mohammad Choudhury.

Well known Islamic scholar Dr. Zakir Naik also said the same thing about "Talaq" in Islam.

There are good men and women among us who have good knowledge of Islam, we need to support them in confronting such social issues.

From your prior posts I have a feeling that, you have concerns about status of women in Bangladesh. I feel that if you stay away from verbal assaults [
jehadi Islamists comprised of completely brainwashed hijabized zombies.] and show respect to these people and Islam, your words will have more traction in hearts of Muslim men and women. You know the old saying you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

There are serious ignorance about religion in developed countries as well. If people of good will want to correct this situation, we have to use our knowledge [ NOT force or insults] to address this important issue.

Allah (SWT) also taught us how to make effective presentation and show tolerance to people at the same time
.


So We have taught thee the inspired (Message), "Follow the ways of Abraham the True in Faith, and he joined not gods with Allah.The Sabbath was only made (strict) for those who disagreed (as to its observance); But Allah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment, as to their differences.

Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.


And if ye do catch them out, catch them out no worse than they catch you out: But if ye show patience, that is indeed the best (course) for those who are patient. And do thou be patient, for thy patience is but from Allah; nor grieve over them: and distress not thyself because of their plots.For Allah is with those who restrain themselves, and those who do good.  [ good to other people]


[ The noble Qur'an 16:123-128]

Shalom!




-----Original Message-----
From: Mohammad Choudhury <msuc@hotmail.com>
To: history_islam@yahoogroups.com <history_islam@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 1, 2010 8:25 am
Subject: RE: [ History Islam & Beyond . . .] Muslim man told his divorce joke on Skype stands

 
 Jokingly saying something without intention shall not be counted and considered as real oath in Islam. This is clearly mentioned in the Qur'an: "Allah will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will call you to account for the intentions in your hearts. And He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing." [2:225].
 
Accordingly, jokingly writing divorce without intention is not accountable to Allah and divorce is not materialized. Therefore, the fatwa given by the Darul Uloom Deobandi seminary in northern India is not valid. The "Talaq" has not been done. "Talaq" in Islam is not that easy. That is why and whole surah was revealed on "Talaq"...Surah 65.

Marriage is a solemn responsibility for the the husband and wife and it is a sign of Allah (swt) that He put love and mercy between their hearts (30:21). For any dispute, Allah has guided the couple with the verse 4:34...Men take care of women – since God has endowed some with qualities that differ in degree, and since men spend from their financial resources. The righteous women are obedient (to God), and during the absence (of their husbands), they honor them according to God's commandment, even when alone in their privacy. As for those women who bring about in you a fear of disloyalty, you shall first advise them. Then (if they continue), you may desert them in bed. Then, (if they continue), you may leave them  [i.e. divorce them,  our traditional mowlanas will tell you this meaning as "beat" them which is not true (see below)]. If they obey you, (however,) then you must not do any wrong against them. God is Most High, Supreme.
 
The root word "Daraba" used in this verse has several meanings as given in the Qur'an: 
  • To travel, to get out: 3:156; 4:101; 38:44; 73:20; 2:273
  • To strike: 2:60,73; 7:160; 8:12; 20:77; 24:31; 26:63; 37:93; 47:4
  • To beat: 8:50; 47:27
  • To set up: 43:58; 57:13
  • To give (examples): 14:24,45; 16:75,76,112; 18:32,45; 24:35; 30:28,58; 36:78; 39:27,29; 43:17; 59:21; 66:10,11
  • To take away, to ignore: 43:5
  • To condemn: 2:61
  • To seal, to draw over: 18:11
  • To cover: 24:31
  • To explain: 13:17
 
Basically the verse 4:34 gives a guidance for couples who will have problems in their marital relationships and how to deal them and finally separate themselves by divorce. Under these conditions, divorce will be materialized in three stages and upto two stages husband and wife can go back and live together. But the third stage is final and after that stage the verse 2:230 will have to applied.
 
 
Yours
 
Mohammad S. Choudhury
 




-----Original Message-----
From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Nov 27, 2010 2:34 am
Subject: [ALOCHONA] FW: OPEN LETTER TO DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND FROM BHARATIYA MUSLIM MAHILA ANDOLAN

 
                     The problem with many "Muslim" women's organization in Bangladesh is that they are just female cadres of the jehadi Islamists comprised of completely brainwashed hijabized zombies. The secular women's organizations, on the other hand, do not have enough knowledge of religious matters and therefore are unable to fight the illegal anti-women fatwas on religious grounds.  The net result is the continuing oppression of Muslim women by illegal religious fatwas. 
 
                      Farida Majid        
 


Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:54:35 -0800
Subject: OPEN LETTER TO DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND FROM BHARATIYA MUSLIM MAHILA ANDOLAN

 
OPEN LETTER TO DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND
FROM
 
BHARATIYA MUSLIM MAHILA ANDOLAN
 
We the activists of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan condemn the fatwa issued by Darul Ifta, Fatwa department of Sunni Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Deoband stating that divorce pronounced by the husband on phone is valid even if the wife has not heard it due to network problems. It says that 'for talaak to take place it is not necessary that wife should hear it or witnesses are present.' In October this year they also ruled that talaak pronounced in jest is also valid. 
 
We demand an answer from all those mullas, muftis and qazis who have nothing better to do than pass fatwas which ruin the lives of so many women. We ask you 5 questions and we demand an answer to all of them:
 
  1. Who are you and what is your authority in passing fatwas? In a secular democracy like India and in a religion that denounces clergy ship, from where do you get the authority to pass dictates which are unConstitutional and unIslamic?
  2. What is the source of illogical, stupid and laughter-evoking fatwas like women should not be riding bicycles, women should not talk loudly, they should not work in male company and without a veil, that women cannot be a judge and that she cannot be talking to her fiancé before marriage and many other much much more ridiculous rulings? Don't you think twice before you defile a rational, progressive and liberal religion like Islam? Don't you have an iota of a sense of responsibility? 
  3. A Muslim man today feels empowered and emboldened when irresponsible muftis and qazis send letters and notices on his behalf to his unsuspecting wife abruptly terminating her marriage. Divorcing ones wife by letters, emails, SMSs is a recurring phenomenon which gives no opportunity to a harried wife to even know what went wrong where and how. Instead of dissuading men from resorting to this unIslamic method of divorce, the qazis are actually providing an easy conduit to men who think of marriage as some joke and his wife to be some piece of furniture to be discarded at his will. What do you feel when you read the verse no. 4:35 which insists on arbitration before divorce? Do you suffer from selective amnesia and forget all those verses which are just and fair to women?
  4. Is there no control over the qazis and maulana? Are they free to speak nonsense and defile the religion and hurt the dignity of Muslim women? You have given a bad name to Islam. Give us one good reason why Muslim women should not approach the police station and put these irresponsible mullas behind bars?
  5. When practically all Islamic/Muslim countries have codified the family law, why is the Darul Uloom not taking an initiative to call for codification of Muslim personal law in India? You have to tell us your views on codification.
 
We challenge the Darul Uloom Deoband to be answerable to Muslim women on the above and many more such pressing issues. We urge you to stop taking the community and Muslim women for granted.
 
 
 




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