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[mukto-mona] Re:Michelle Obama’s literary turn



"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
--Abraham Lincoln

As Michelle Obama was describing how hard life was at the beginning, I was waiting to hear from her the phrase "... our life is the American dream ..." somewhere. But, it never came. The closest she came to is, " ....this is every man's dream .."

I know she was a skeptic at America in the beginning, but - now she likes it. Ask her again when Barak is defeated.

She said she loves her children, and she loves Barak even more now. Duh...! Ask any parents, and couples and see what they say. 
 
Jiten Roy





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Convention speeches are mostly vignettes, applause lines, coded jabs and cautious jokes. One damn thing after another. But on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, Michelle Obama brought an element so far lacking at both the DNC and the Republican convention last week: suspense.

She told a story, almost a cliffhanger. The plot was built into the speech—tightly written and evidently a thrill to deliver, in the pleasing, earnest, faux-halting style that Obama shares with her president husband. In subtly patterned cherry-colored silk cut to expose her exquisite shoulders, Obama first touched on the kindness Americans had shown her and her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, in their travels.

In this kindness Obama spotted epic altruism, which sometimes bordered on the absurd, as in the case of the modern-day Nathan Hale, a blinded Afghanistan veteran, who she said told her, "I'd give my eyes 100 times again to have the chance to do what I have done and what I can still do."

The Americans she'd met on the road were good to her daughters because they were good—heroic—Americans.
  
Obama tightened this conceit as her well-engineered narrative steamed on. Sure, people might be nice to the first family now, Obama ventured, but four years ago, "I still had some concerns about this journey we'd begun."

Would Barack change? Would the girls suffer?

These are seemingly naive questions for a powerful first lady but are right on the money for a woman who's now styling herself, somewhat discordantly, as a "mom-in-chief." What woman doesn't wonder whether a new job for her mate might unsettle him, or disrupt the kids' lives?

The plot twist worked. With this frank expression of concern, even bygone concern, Obama also gave a reason to keep listening to the speech. She'd been reluctant to be first lady! She was concerned about her family! So what happened? What did you learn, Dorothy?

The audience in Charlotte appeared rapt. And it was hard to look away. There is something in Obama's deployment of "worry" and "concern"—a move she's made before, to be fair—that makes you wonder whether she really might say, at any moment, "Barack, this thing of being the president is nowhere. We're going back to Chicago. She's only here provisionally. Only until it starts to bum her out.

But back to the speech. Obama said she didn't want to lose her husband into heraldry and pageantry; she wanted him to always be the guy with "a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door." This image seemed designed to counter Ann Romney's evocation of dining on an ironing board in early marriage. Sure enough, it conjured a set of fantastic imaginings, as this listener, and surely a few others, tried to figure out how the hole worked and what a shotgun rider actually saw.

Any image that's in motion, that's not a cliché, and that gets you trying to call it to mind—that's gold. This one stuck with me til. . .well, it's still with me. Was it rewritten ("a hole in the passenger side door") so as not to sound too unsafe?

Anyway, that man with the junky car—and, Michelle went on, the humble beginnings like her own—stayed the same after he became president. Barack Obama was still the thrifty goofball Michelle married. Because now he fights for people like the poorer and younger and older versions of himself and his wife, Obama explained. So he keeps it fresh. His true self has been revealed.

But what of the girls? Breathe easy. Malia and Sasha Obama, too, have thrived in the White House.

"Today," Michelle Obama said, "I have none of those worries from four years ago about whether Barack and I were doing what's best for our girls. Because today, I know from experience that if I truly want to leave a better world for my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, we want to give all our children a foundation for their dreams and opportunities worthy of their promise."

Along the way to what this lovely peroration, Obama did her share of hit work and issue pushes; some commenters called it the most political speech of her career. But what stood out as I watched was not the politics but the spectacle of transformation: A woman skeptical of the office of the presidency was now ready to call herself a convert. Obama did a lovely job staging her original reluctance, only to bring herself around—and tear up while she did.

In spite of some of the corny phrases, it was an airtight performance. A muscular speech about the speaker's change of heart—and, of course, love for her husband. She is "in love" with her husband, she said several times, taking no time out to dilate on how their marriage has its ups and downs or highs and lows and nonetheless endures. Nope. She stuck to "in love."

Hard to resist any of it. Even the big swells of patriotism. The only negative thought it provoked was jealousy. But jealousy can be damaging, and interfere with identification, so watch this space. "I wish my wife had this stuff to say about me," wrote one Yahoo News commenter.

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      Ashley  •  35 mins ago
      "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
      --Abraham Lincoln


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    Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima



    This is what, I think, happened. The affair is real, and it was consensual. She needed his support in the West Bengal, and this was the easiest way to seek it. Molestation is added to sensationalize the story. Scandal is most effective way to seek publicity. Most people have skeletons in the closet. Some of them get released when the time is right. Nothing unusual here. She is not a nun, so no one should expect - celibacy from her. 
     
    Jiten Roy


    --- On Tue, 9/4/12, Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com> wrote:

    From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
    To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
    Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 10:35 PM

     
    This episode reminds me of a nun joke.  While returning from grocery, she got raped inside a street side truck by it's driver.  After the event the rapist asked, "What would you tell the priest about your delay in returning from grocery?"  The nun says, "I would say, I was interrupted by a man who raped me twice"  - "Why twice, I did it only once!"  - "Won't you do it again?" she retorts back.

    On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com> wrote:
     
    I Think she wants to sell her book. The motive is very clear. Whether Sunil has done it or not, who cares? The lady is beyond her prime and most likely, suffering from menopausal syndrome. All the juices have vanished the least to say.
    This could be a good lesson for that fat idiot!
    -SD


     
    "All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS

    Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:34 PM
    Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima

     
    I know there are people who will never believe anything she said or wrote. But, it is quite surprising that some women are also testifying against her sexual harassment allegation. The question is how do they know for sure? Isn't it odd, and something to think about who may be lying here. How can anyone know about what happened between these two individuals? This type of incident does not happen with everybody. I don't know what happened. Why people are so eager to refute her allegation. Something to think about – isn't it?
     
    I remember when she was ousted from West Bengal to some other state in India, she was accusing Sunil Ganguli for the ban of her book, and her ouster from West Bengal. Her argument was that - her book contained inferences of multiple sexual encounters with Sunil Ganguli, and to cover that up Sunil Ganguli orchestrated the ban on her book and her ouster from West Bengal. Really, no one knows, but these two individuals, if everything was consensual or exploitation or molestation. It is possible that - she may have exploited him. Who knows?
     
    You may say why is she saying these things again now? She already said why? Now, Sunil Ganguli is  the President of the Sahitya Academy, who worked for banning her book. It's a quite plausible explanation - isn't it?
     
    Jiten Roy

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    From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Fw: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
    To: "Mohiuddin Anwar" <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
    Cc: farida_majid@hotmail.com, jnrsr53@yahoo.com, kamalctgu@gmail.com, subimal@yahoo.com, guhasb@gmail.com, unitycouncilusa@gmail.com, pressministerwash@yahoo.com, muhanajm@yahoo.com, srbanunz@gmail.com, aanis06@yahoo.com, manik195709@yahoo.com, americanbangladeshi@googlegroups.com, farid2002hossain@hotmail.com, "bangladesh-progressives googlegroups" <bangladesh-progressives@googlegroups.com>
    Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 9:45 AM

    That would not surprise me considering the man needing Scotch whisky and women' company for his daily urge to compose few paragraphs of his commercial writings.
    -SD  

    On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:


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    Subject: [Dahuk]: Sunil molested me:Taslima
    Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:48:34 +0600

     
    Taslima tweets: Sunil molested me



    Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen accused noted Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay on Monday of sexually harassing her.Taslima, who has been prevented by authorities from returning to Bangladesh for 18 years, brought the accusation on Twitter saying Sunil had "sexually harassed" her and many other young female authors and poets.

    Sunil brushed off the allegations. He told bdnews24.com, "I am not giving a damn about this (allegation). She had said such things against several people in the past after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own work."

    In her Twitter post, Taslima said on Monday: "My previous four tweets are only to prove that Sunil G is now lying in the media that he did not support the banning of Dwikhandito."

    The third of her five autobiographical novels, Dwikhandito or Split in two, had touched off rowdy protests and a series of street fights in Kolkata in November 2007, forcing nervous West Bengal state authorities to ask her to get out of the city. Taslima decided to take out the pages of the book that had controversial remarks a month later.

    When approached by bdnews24.com, Sunil Gangopadhyay said, " I am not taking this (allegations) seriously. She said these things against several persons at numerous times before after coming to Kolkata . I am busy with my own works."

    The award-winning feminist writer tweeted: "Sunil Gangopadhyay is for book banning. He sexually harassed me & many other women. He is the President of the Sahitya Akademi. Shame shame!"

    Further: "Sunil Gangopadhyay asked former WB govt to ban my book Dwikhandita. Now he is speaking against book banning. Such a hypocrite!� No Bengali has courage to tear off the mask of writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, the hypocrite and women abuser."

    Taslima got a good deal of response to her tweet, prompting her to tweet back on Monday.One of her tweets read: "Reason Sunil Ganguly behind to ban my book, I was tearing off the masks of women abusers lyk (like) him. Sunil Gangapadhyay was the mastermind behind banning of my book Dwikhandita and my banishment from West Bengal."

    In response, Sunil told The Statesman: "Why is she speaking out so late?" He said he isn't on Twitter, nor does he give any importance to such "baseless allegations".

    "People tend to criticise good works more and praise less. I don't want to react on (to) this as it would give unnecessary importance to her blabber," he said.
    There were diverse reactions to Taslima's tweet. One tweet asked why she is often the subject of alleged sexual harassment.

    Taslima angered conservative Muslims with her writings and fled Bangladesh in 1994 after radical Muslims demanded her execution.She has been living in exile for the last 18 years after a fatwa was issued against her in Bangladesh for her writings criticising Islam.

    Taslima, who had been in Kolkata since 2003, became a hot political issue for New Delhi with the Hindu nationalist opposition accusing the government of pandering to Muslim minorities by trying to get her out of the country.

    She fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had "deliberately and maliciously" hurt Muslims' religious feelings with her Bengali-language novel "Lajja", or "Shame", which is about riots between Muslims and Hindus.

    Several of her books have been banned in India and Bangladesh. The European Parliament awarded her the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 1994.
    http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=231529&cid=2
     
     


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    [mukto-mona] FW: Rimsha Masih: Please sign this petition



      I have signed the petition.
                      
                      Farida Majid


    To: MuslimCanadianCongress@yahoogroups.com; AILC-AIFD@yahoogroups.com; writers_forum@yahoogroups.com; muslimchronicle@yahoogroups.com; socialist_pakistan_news@yahoogroups.com
    From: tarek.fatah@gmail.com
    Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:19:59 -0400
    Subject: Rimsha Masih: Please sign this petition

     
    Friends,

    Please sign this petition specifically addressed to religious parties in Pakistan, Imran Khan included, to repeal Pakistan's blasphemy laws.


    I am aware cynics will say this does not matter, but if we can get 10,000 to sign, we will then pressure various Pakistani embassies to report back at the backlash Islamabad will face from overseas citizens and their host countries.

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    [mukto-mona] Kalpen' speech




    Kalpen was just brilliant! 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4GYC1O3CKI
     
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    [mukto-mona] Fw: একাত্তরে ধর্মের নামে গণহত্যা চালায় জামায়াত


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    Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 8:34 AM
    Subject: একাত্তরে ধর্মের নামে গণহত্যা চালায় জামায়াত

    একাত্তরে ধর্মের নামে গণহত্যা চালায় জামায়াত

    নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক | তারিখ: ০৫-০৯-২০১২ \
    একাত্তরের ঘাতক দালাল নির্মূল কমিটির নির্বাহী সভাপতি শাহরিয়ার কবির বলেছেন, জামায়াত একাত্তরে ধর্মের নামে গণহত্যা ও মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধ করেছিল। ধর্ম একটি পবিত্র বিষয়, ধর্মকে রাজনীতির ভেতরে টেনে এনে কলুষিত করা উচিত নয়।
    আজ বুধবার আন্তর্জাতিক অপরাধ ট্রাইব্যুনাল-২-এ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল আলী আহসান মোহাম্মাদ মুজাহিদের বিরুদ্ধে মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধের মামলায় রাষ্ট্রপক্ষের প্রথম সাক্ষীর জেরায় আসামিপক্ষের আইনজীবীর এক প্রশ্নের জবাবে শাহরিয়ার কবির এসব কথা বলেন।
    বিচারপতি এ টি এম ফজলে কবীরের নেতৃত্বে তিন সদস্যের আন্তর্জাতিক অপরাধ ট্রাইব্যুনালে এই জেরা করেন আসামিপক্ষের আইনজীবী মিজানুল ইসলাম। এ সময় আসামি আলী আহসান মোহাম্মদ মুজাহিদ আসামির কাঠগড়ায় উপস্থিত ছিলেন।
    শাহরিয়ার কবির বলেন, 'আমরা জামায়াতে ইসলামীকে রাজনৈতিক দল হিসেবে নিবন্ধন করার বিরুদ্ধে নির্বাচন কমিশনারের কাছে মৌখিকভাবে আবেদন করেছিলাম। কারণ, আমরা মনে করি জামায়াত গণহত্যাকারী ও যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের দল। তারা বাংলাদেশের সংবিধান মানে না।'
    জেরা অসমাপ্ত রেখেই মামলার কার্যক্রম কাল বৃহস্পতিবার পর্যন্ত মুলতবি করেছেন ট্রাইব্যুনাল।

    http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-09-05/news/286801

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    Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: [ History Islam & Beyond . . .] Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Shri Krishna [2 Attachments]

    [Attachment(s) from qar included below]

    Mainstream Muslims do not agree with views shared here. However I did share an article on Sri Krishna. It looked amazingly close to life of prophet Musa (PBUH).

    I am attaching the article on Sri Krishna and also an article on similarities between Islam and Hinduism. Hope "Mukto-Mona" members would enjoy reading them.


    Shalom!


    -----Original Message-----
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    To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 8:13 am
    Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: [ History Islam & Beyond . . .] Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Shri Krishna

     
    FYI
     
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    From: Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
    Subject: Fw: [ History Islam & Beyond . . .] Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Shri Krishna
    To: farida_majid@hotmail.com, syed.aslam3@gmail.com, akhtergolam@gmail.com, jnrsr53@yahoo.com, kamalctgu@gmail.com, jnrsr53@yahoo.com, shahdeeldar@gmail.com
    Cc: captchowdhury@yahoo.ca, guhasb@gmail.com
    Date: Monday, September 3, 2012, 9:55 PM



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    From: phoolel
    To: History Islam <History_Islam@yahoogroups.com>
    Subject: [ History Islam & Beyond . . .] Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Shri Krishna
    Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:05:36 -0700 (PDT)

     
     From Ismaili shia web page, this comparison is taken.
    They add Mawlana before Shri Krisna. These are full of Shiirk.
    May Allah swt. save us this fitnah (ameen).
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    Imâm 'Alî has said: "I speak in every language of the world". In the language of yesterday, the Eternal Imâm spoke as Mawlânâ Shri Krishna; in the language of today, he speaks as Mawlânâ Shâh Karîm.
     
    The Songs (Gita) of Shri Krishna and the Sermons (balagha) of Imâm 'Alî:
    Human Form – Eternal Essence:

    The Creator and the Fashioner:

    The Creator and the Destroyer:

    The Sustainer and the Provider:
    The Judge and the Resurrector:
    The All-Encompassing and the Omnipresent:
    The All-Knowing and the Omniscient:
    The Revealer of Scripture and the Teacher of Gnosis:

    The Manifest and the Immanent:
     
    Historical Names of the Eternal Named:
     
     
     
    Bismillah
     
     
     
      
    Thanks
    (Shukran = Thank you)      
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


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