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People call him 'King Khan of Bollywood'! I would rather call him 'King of vulgarity'. The way he appeared in front of roughly 25,000 people at Dhaka's Army Stadium on December 10, 2010, which was also watched LIVE by millions of TV spectators, as Bangladeshi channel Boishakhi got this show on their LIVE broadcast, most of the time, the elders in the family were feeling so uncomfortable, when half nude Russian girls were exhibiting exposed bodies to public in the name of dancing. And of course, I felt ashamed for those Bangladeshi flop actresses like Shimla, who went at the Army Stadium wearing a Western type dress, almost exposing her body. I am sure; she wanted to get into the attention of Shahrukh Khan, hoping he would pick her up for any of his future shows anywhere in the world, where Shahrukh would love to lead the role of ring-master of a group of mere porn-star category performers.
And, Shahrukh Khan has shown his highest audacity to Bangladesh by uttering Bangla slang repeatedly while on the dais, which very clearly showed that this man has no respect for the host country, that brought him with huge amount of money [US$ 200,000]. During the month of liberation, Shahrukh Khan was trying to impose Hindi or English language on proud Bangladeshis. This was another huge audacity of this man.
Now let us look through the gross irregularities both by Shahrukh Khan and the local organizer of the event - Antar Showbiz:
1. To justify the reason, Swapan Chowdhury of Antar Showbiz repeatedly told Bangladeshi media that, Shahrukh Khan will vote for Sunderban during this visit and make an appeal to the world for voting in favor of Sunderban, which is the largest mangrove forest in the world. But, in reality, Shahrukh did nothing! This was a clear blackmailing attempt of Swapan Chowdhury, for which he should be definitely punished.
2. Swapan Chowdhury made public promises by calling press conference that, two sculptures of Shahrukh made by two poor rural students [both Hindus] in Bangladesh would be put on auction and the entire money received from the auction would be donated for education of these two poor brothers. On the day of the event, these two poor boys were waiting at the green-room of the dais for hours hoping Shahrukh Khan will do something in their favor and put the sculptures in auction. But, in reality, instead of doing that, the Bollywood Khan very shamelessly took both the sculptures with him as 'gift' without paying even a single bucks to the boys. The event organizer also did not pay anything. This was a huge deception both by Shahrukh and his organizers.
3. The organizers paid Valued Added Tax to the Bangladesh government for 15,000 spectators at the Army Stadium, while it was later even confessed by Swapan Chowdhury that, more than 27,000 tickets were sold.
4. Shahrukh Khan alone received US$ 200,000 for the show, while another significant amount of money was paid to other members of the team. Antar Showbiz mostly smuggled the amount through illegal means, which is a serious crime under Money Laundering Act of Bangladesh.
5. Indecent things took place at Dhaka's hotels, where the team members of Shahrukh Khan were housed [those females, especially Russian girls], who were reportedly engaged in illicit activities with the locals. It may be mentioned here that, most of the Russian girls, who accompanied the entourage of Khan are suspected to be sex-workers in Mumbai.
6. Shahrukh Khan violated Bangladeshi law by smoking in public in presence of TV cameras. Should he be even able doing this in India? No way! But, Shahrukh Khan did this, rather intentionally to show to Bangladeshi authorities that, he gives a damn to them.
7. Shahrukh Khan was allowed to use the VVIP terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. After checking facts, it is proved that, he does not enjoy any such privilege in any of the countries in the world, including his own country – India. It is a natural question as to why Bangladeshi government allowed Shahrukh Khan to use the VVIP terminal, when there were a number of VIP terminals at the airport? Who is the people showing over-enthusiasm in this matter?
The entire issue of this event should be immediately investigated for the sake of dignity of Bangladesh. Event organizer Swapan Chowdhury should be questioned for such series of illegal activities, including semi-nude show in the country during the month of liberation.
http://www.weeklyblitz.net/1168/shahrukh-khan-vulgar-show-in-bangladesh
A vicious political row has erupted in India after the publication today of leaked American diplomatic cables about Hindu extremism and human rights abuses.
The most explosive revelation has proved to be a cable reporting that Rahul Gandhi – the 40-year-old politician widely predicted to be India's next prime minister – told the US ambassador at a lunch last year that radical Hindu groups in India could pose a bigger threat to the country than Pakistan-based Islamic militants.
After a series of terrorist attacks by extremists from both religious communities over recent years, and a history of inter-faith violence, such views are deeply controversial.
Both the opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) and the ruling Congress party regularly accuse one another of playing on communal divisions for political aims.
Spokesmen for the BJP said Rahul Gandhi, who leads the youth wing of the ruling Congress party, had been "irresponsible".
"In one stroke, Rahul Gandhi has sought to give a big leverage to the propaganda of all terror groups operating from Pakistan and certain segments of the Pakistan establishment," Ravi Shankar Prasad, a BJP leader, said.
Prasad said the statement showed how little Gandhi, the son of the Italian-born Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi, knows about India.
The Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari said the BJP "should act responsibly on the issues of national importance".
"[The] Bharatiya Janata party has a habit of communalising and politicising everything. Congress has always maintained that terrorism does not have any religion, terrorism does not have any caste and to fight terrorism is the duty of every Indian citizen," he told reporters.
Other cables published today also dominated the headlines.
One, from April 2005, reported how US diplomats in Delhi were briefed by a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the organisation's frustrations with the Indian government which, it said, had not acted to halt the "continued ill-treatment of detainees" in Kashmir.
The cable gave details of a presentation by the ICRC in which US diplomats heard of the systematic use of torture involving beatings, stretching and electric shocks in Kashmir between 2002 and 2004, based on research the humanitarian organisation had conducted in the violent former Himalayan princely state.
A spokesman for the ministry of external affairs in Delhi said India "is an open and democratic nation which adheres to the rule of law".
"If and when an aberration occurs, it is promptly and firmly dealt with under existing legal mechanisms in an effective and transparent manner," the spokesman added.
"In India, there is a healthy tradition of democratic debate and freedom of expression on all issues that concern the welfare of our citizens anywhere in our country. Neither have we shied away from an open and candid discussion on such issues when raised by our international friends and partners."
The ICRC declined to comment on the cable.
The controversy over Rahul Gandhi comes at a bad time for the ruling coalition government, which has been hit by a series of corruption scandals that have badly dented its image.
Criticism of other senior Congress figures in the cables, including Sonia Gandhi, led to headlines describing India's first family as "Wiki-bombed" by a "twin Wiki-blast".
Abuse 'Widespread' In Kashmir Jails
17 December, 2010
Leaked cable suggests US diplomats were briefed by the Red Cross of
continued torture in Indian-administered Kashmir
Torture has been routinely used in prisons in Indian-administered
Kashmir, a US cable released by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks
has suggested.
The cable, released on Thursday, says that the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) had briefed US diplomats on widespread torture
in 2005.
The memo, titled "ICRC frustrated with the Indian government"dates
back to April 6, 2005, and outlines a confidential meeting in which
the ICRC told diplomats of "torture methods and relatively stable
trends of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces", based on data
derived from 1,491 interviews with detainees from 2002-2004.
ICRC was quoted as saying their staff made 177 visits to detention
centres in Jammu and Kashmir and conducted 1,296 private interviews,
but reported that "they had not been allowed access to all detainees".
Techniques included electric shock treatment, sexual and water torture
and nearly 300 cases of "roller" abuse in which a round metal object
is placed on the thighs of a sitting detainee and then sat on by
guards to crush the muscles, according to the cable.
The memo added that since torture and ill-treatment continues unbated,
"the ICRC is forced to conclude that the Government of India (GOI)
condones torture".
Prerna Suri, Al Jazeera's correspondent in New Delhi, said though
shocking, the allegations were not new.
"Human rights groups and activists have been bringing out all these
allegations in the last few years at various public fora," she said.
"The spokesperson of the government of India said that this is an
internal assessment of American diplomats, and for them isn't
something that would warrant a response to."
Suri added that India has consistently denied human rights abuses in
Kashmir, and that it is alleged that the root problem comes from a
special dispensation that governs Indian troops in Kashmir.
"The Armed Forces special Powers Act gives the army sweeping immunity
... They can pick up civilians who they think are perpetrators, and in
some cases they can also get away with killings and torture with any
prosecution ... and some say that this is where the rot actually stems
from".
Growing anger
Suri said the cable was likely to create more restlessness in the region.
"We have seen this year, some of the worst protests on the streets of
Srinagar ... Hundreds of thousands of people came out on to the
streets protesting [against] army rule."
The cable said the ICRC revealed to US diplomats that in 852 cases,
detainees reported cases of ill-treatment, including various forms of
torture. As many as 681 detainees were said to be subjected to more
than one form of ill-treatment.
The memo added that the ICRC reported that ill-treatment and torture
"is regular and widespread" and "always takes place in the presence of
officers" and that the ICRC "has raised these issues with the
government of India for more than 10 years".
The cable added that while the ICRC reported that security forces were
rougher on detainees in the past, "detainees were rarely militants
[they are routinely killed], but persons connected to or believed to
have information about the insurgency".
Violence linked to insurgents in Indian Kashmir has eased since
nuclear-armed India and Pakistan launched a peace process in 2004 over
the disputed Himalayan region.
But popular pro-independence protests since June have left more than
110 protesters and bystanders -- many of them teenagers - dead.India
and Pakistan each hold part of Kashmir but claim it in full.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/12/201012176626768258.html
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US embassy cables: Indian officials tell US neither Sri Lanka
government nor Tamil Tigers respect international community
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 16 December 2010
Friday, 27 April 2007
C O N F I D E N T I A L
SUBJECT: INDIAN OFFICIAL SEES BANGLADESH AT CROSSROADS, SRI
LANKA DETERIORATING, BURMA RELATIONS BECOMING UNIDIMENSIONAL
Classified By: PolCouns Ted Osius for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)
Summary
Indian officials warn US counterparts the situation in Sri lanka is
"beyond bleak" and that neither the government nor Tamil separatists
fighting in the island nation's north have any "regard" for the
international community ... and request a briefing on China's aid to
Colombo. Key passage highlighted in yellow
1. (C) Summary. In a meeting with PolCouns on April 26, MEA Joint
Secretary Mohan Kumar:
-- said that the caretaker government in Bangladesh has reached a
crossroads by allowing Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to return,
stating such a move weakens the government and will force it to
reassert itself in some way; -- suggested the U.S., UK and India agree
on a core message to give the Bangladeshi caretaker government, one
that supports the government while it remains on a path toward
credible elections but clarifies that the military needs to remain out
of politics; -- provided his assessment that Chief Advisor Fakhruddin
is not in control of the government, but rather the executor for a
military which looms in the background; -- praised the progress which
has been made between the Indian Border Security Forces and the
Bangladeshi Rifles; -- asked for U.S. assistance in getting Bangladesh
to open its economy; -- stated Indian influence in Burma is waning,
suggesting that U.S. pressure to bring Burma before the UN Security
Council was
counterproductive; -- denied reports that India had provided Rangoon
with T-55 tanks; -- offered to verify whether India will fulfill a
request by a Burmese general to provide infantry weapons and
ammunition; -- confirmed that the Indian Navy is stepping up patrols
in the waters between India and Sri Lanka; and -- expressed concern
over China's participation in the port project in Hambantota, Sri
Lanka.
End Summary.
Bangladesh At a Crossroads
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2. (C) PolCouns met April 26 with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Myanmar) Mohan
Kumar to discuss India's assessment of recent events in the region.
Also initially in attendance was British High Commission PolCouns Alex
Hall-Hall, who had coincidentally been discussing Bangladesh with
Kumar when PolCouns walked in. Kumar and Hall-Hall described their
conversation, agreeing that the recent decision by the caretaker
government (CTG) in Bangladesh to allow Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia
to return had put that country at a crossroads. The government had
gone back on its strategy to remove the two women from the political
scene, they assessed, would be weakened, and the question now was
whether the government will reassert itself by pushing the election
schedule forward, or by digging in its heels and seeking to remain in
power longer. Kumar presented a third option, that either the military
or one of the
women would stir up civil unrest, which could then be used as a
pretext by the military to step in and take political control,
although he admitted he did not believe a military coup was likely.
Kumar suggested that now would be an opportune moment for the U.S., UK
and India to agree on a core message to take to the caretaker
government, pressing for elections and voter list reforms, providing
support for the government as long as it sticks to a schedule for
elections, and making clear that the military needs to remain out of
politics. Hall-Hall noted that any coordination needed to remain
invisible to the Bangladeshi public in order to avoid the perception
of some sort of conspiracy.
3. (C) Kumar said India is concerned with the time frame for
Bangladeshi elections, given -- in his analysis -- that the government
has been weakened. He believed the interim government would benefit by
moving up elections to the first quarter of 2008. He noted that he had
been the notetaker for the April 4 meeting between Prime Minister
Singh and Chief Advisor Fakhruddin, and his impression was that
Fakhruddin "was not a free agent." Fakhruddin made no commitments and
could not clearly explain the government's strategy, leading Kumar to
believe Fakhruddin was merely the executor of the military's political
control.
4. (C) Kumar stated that good progress had been made in talks between
India's Border Security Forces and the Bangladesh Rifles. The five-day
February meeting between high-level officials was "fantastic," he
said, adding that guards on both sides of the border have cooperated
better since the meeting. (Note: Kumar's comments echo what Bangladesh
Embassy Political Minister Mashfee Binte Shams told Poloff earlier in
the week, that the BSF and BDR have relieved border tensions and
improved communications. End Note.)
5. (C) The U.S. and UK could help India by pressing Bangladesh to open
its economy and trade, Kumar suggested. Companies such as Tata, which
have made efforts to enter the Bangladeshi manufacturing market, are
reporting to Kumar that the CTG is impeding its entry into Bangladesh.
Kumar said he has met with representatives of the Asian Development
Bank, who have been positive regarding the potential for
infrastructure projects in the region, but in terms of assisting with
India-Bangladesh trade have only suggested some smaller connectivity
projects.
6. (C) PolCouns referred to press accounts of the recent visit to New
Delhi by Burmese Quartermaster General Lt. Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung
Myint Oo, which reported that Lt. Gen Tin had come requesting infantry
weapons and ammunition in return for the junta's help in flushing out
insurgents based along the border. Kumar said he was unaware of any
promises India made to provide such materiel, but would check on the
report's veracity. He stated India is losing influence -- and gas
deals -- in Burma to China, and suggested that American pressure on
India to press the junta on democracy and human rights was
counterproductive. The more the U.S. presses India to bring Burma
before the UN Security Council, he said, the more the Burmese tell
India to "go to hell." PolCouns strongly countered, pointing out the
junta's horrible record on human rights and democracy dating back
years, and stressed to Kumar that any assistance to the Burmese regime
by India would be poorly received by Washington.
7. (C) India-Burma relations have deteriorated to being
unidimensional, Kumar said, with the only cooperation being on the
anti-insurgency campaign along the border. India is not getting any
gas contracts from Burma ("We're getting screwed on gas" were Kumar's
exact words, reflective of his candid nature), nor is it getting the
transit rights it seeks which would open a bridge to East Asia.
Burmese officials have told Kumar that they "hate" the Chinese and
would prefer not to cooperate with China, but do so because they feel
Beijing is more reliable than New Delhi. He claimed a recent report
that India was planning to provide Burma with T-55 tanks was untrue.
8. (C) The situation in Sri Lanka is "bad, really bad - beyond bleak"
in Kumar's judgment. Characterizing the government and the LTTE as two
sets of people with scant regard for the international community,
Kumar was skeptical that political progress could be achieved anytime
soon. He confirmed reports that the Indian Navy has stepped up patrols
in the Palk Strait, and said that India and Sri Lanka are doing
coordinated patrolling to prevent the smuggling of weapons from the
Tamil Nadu coast. Kumar said it would be helpful to get the American
assessment of the port being built in Hambantota, which he estimated
China was willing to spend $500 million to help develop. He noted that
China has increased its influence with President Rajapaksa, opining
that Rajapaksa had a "soft spot" for China following his visit to
Beijing in March.
9. (SBU) Bio note. Kumar confirmed he has been selected to become the
Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Paris, likely to
assume the position in August.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/106051
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--- On Fri, 12/17/10, Zoglul Husain <zoglul@hotmail.co.uk> wrote
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WikiLeaks Indian assessment and influence over Bangladesh during 1/11 intended to favour Awami League
http://deshcalling.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileaks-indian-assessment-and.html
Seems persons/events like these are a perfect set-up for those who want ban the burq a altogether for racist reasons. I dont like or approve of the burqa at all but if someone wants to were it on their own free choice without pressure from elders, religious figures they should be allowed to.
Robin
From: Ishtiaq Ahmed <> [Edit Address Book]
To: Back to the Bible
Subject: Burqa bungle - Making a Police Job More Difficult
Date: Dec 17, 2010 3:46 PM
The Burqa debate,
Kindly have a look below at the TV clip which shows how the burqa serves the interests of the lawless and liars.
Best regards,
Ishtiaq
The writer is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stockholm University. He is also Honorary Senior Fellow of the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. This actually took place in Australia … and was caught on tape.
This is one of the big news items on tonight's news over here. The woman In the burqa was pulled over by the police because she was a "P" plate (provisional) driver and the plates weren't displayed correctly. He asked her for her license and asked her to remove her burqa so that he knew it Was her license. She then accuses him of being racist and that the only reason he pulled her over was because she was wearing a burqa. She then tells him he will be sorry and that she would take him to court. Then she contacted the media and says that he was very racist and touched her burqa and she was intimidated by him. However luckily for the policeman The police car's video camera was operating and it was all caught on film. She has now been charged and supposedly is going to be jailed for 6 months And the judge said she was the racist one. Now her solicitor is saying it wasn't her who made the complaint but someone else in a burqa and they
Are now saying she shouldn't go to jail as she has 7 children.
This video appears in
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=burqa+bungle&scope=video&filt=all&sk=&docid=326580961415&mid=0F21EB31AC195F3076570F21EB31AC195F307657&FORM=LKVR1#
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This is hardly exposing anything new that we do not already know. Let me see now, this is published in an anglo-saxon news paper/magazine so it must be worthy of reading and it must have credibility. This report suggests that Dr. Yunus is under massive pressure - oh really - don't tell me, let me guess, Dr. Yunus has a got Swiss bank account with huge fund diverted from the Grameen bank. His family members are all multi-millionaires living in Swiss chalets just like many corrupt criminals, drug dealers, contract killers and dictators from all over the world. Grameen bank as a business model is not perfect but at least it tried to help the people of Bangladesh long before it become fashionable in the western media or (dare I say) with our politicians. I remember when I was in Bangladesh few years ago, my sister tried to open an account with the HSBC and she was asked to deposit a minimum of 1 lakh taka if she wished to open an account. Even in the UK there are millions of people who do not have bank accounts because the banks do not consider them credit worthy and they can not afford the cost of banking. As the division between rich and the poor getting wider there is an underclass of people who are prayed on by loan sharks, which is completely unregulated. News on the BBC website reported that Dr. Yunus has been exonerated. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11947902 If our politicians were looking after the interest of Bangladesh then we would not have to go to foreign donors with our begging bowl for few Euro and Kroner. It appears they are more interested in maintaining their family legacy than helping the people of Bangladesh to stand on their own feet. --- On Wed, 15/12/10, Robin Khundkar <rkhundkar@earthlink.net> wrote:
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