[ALOCHONA] India wants to use country's two Inland Container terminal (ICTs)

India wants to use country's two Inland Container terminal (ICTs)

Anand Sharma last Saturday, his team members requested Bangladesh to expedite the procedure for allowing them to operate the Khanpur ICT and the Pangaon ICT

After seeking permission to use country's two sea ports, India has now expressed its desire to operate two inland container terminals (ICTs) of Bangladesh, officials said Wednesday.(The Financial Express)

During the visit of Indian Commerce and Industries Minister Anand Sharma last Saturday, his team members requested Bangladesh to expedite the procedure for allowing them to operate the Khanpur ICT and the Pangaon ICT, sources said Wednesday.

"The Indian team members raised the issue in the meeting and requested us to resolve the matter as fast as possible," a senior government official told the FE seeking anonymity.

Shipping Secretary Abdul Mannan Howlader told the FE Wednesday that he sought specifications from Indian authority last month in this connection.

"Last month I sent a letter to India seeking specifications against their willingness to operate the two ICTs. Decision will be taken based on terms and conditions," Mr. Howlader said.

"Anyone can seek anything, but they may not get everything," he said while replying to a question.

Of the two ICTs, Khanpur terminal in Narayanganj is now being operated by the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) while the Pangaon ICT is under construction.

The BIWTA has recently floated tender to operate the Khanpur ICT through private sector. The tender will be opened on May 04. It will be handed over to private sector on first July.

The ICT, at present, mainly handles containers carrying cement clinkers and most of those come from neighbouring India.

The Khanpur ICT, started operation in 1981, has the capacity to handle some 60,000 TEUs (twenty feet equivalent units) per year and during the last fiscal it earned revenue worth Tk 36 million through unloading 1,100,000 tonnes of containers.

Established on an area of 9.36 acres of land the ICT has one jetty of 18,200 square feet (sqft) and two warehouses where unloading of containers is increasing by 30 to 40 per cent a year.

Construction of Pangaon ICT in Keraniganj is scheduled to be completed by next June and may start full fledged operation by the end of this year or early next year. After construction the ICT will be operated by private sector.

The ICT now under construction on 60 acres of land has a capacity to handle some 160,000 TEUs per year. It has one jetty with berthing facilities of two ships at a time.

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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh says Yunus's Grameen 'flouting' rules-Future of Grameen Phone

Dear Alochoks

There is one important morsel in this story that seems to have been glossed over. The government has cleared Yunus of mismanagement of funds and of charging high interest on loans. Both of these accusations were the mainstay of Hasina and her sycophants' venomous attacks on Yunus.

Can we now expect an equally humiliating apology from Hasina, her son, her sycophants and the rest of the morally bankrupt AL?

Can we now also expect Muhith to finally resign in disgust at the behaviour of his nethri and his peers? To remain is to support Yunus' treatment. I do not believe he does. But if he remains, then he has confirmed popular criticism of him as an opportunist. In which case, we will in future equate him rather than elevate him from the traitors that he calls friends.

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Future of Grameen Phone:
The report also proposes that the Grameen Bank should take over the
Grameen Telecom which has 34 per cent stake in Grameenphone, equivalent
to $1.25 billion.
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Source:http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/16798.html

DHAKA - A Bangladeshi probe has accused Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of
turning his pioneering microfinance bank into a "massive conglomerate"
against its own rules, the chief investigator said Tuesday.

The government investigation into Grameen Bank found a "large-scale
trend in flouting of rules and regulations in the management of the
bank", probe committee chief A.K. Monowar Uddin Ahmed told AFP.

The finance minister announced on Monday that the probe had cleared the
bank of misusing Norwegian aid and of charging excessive interest on
loans.

But Ahmed said the government ordinance that set up the bank -- which
shared the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize with Yunus for their work providing
small cash loans to the poor -- should be amended to tighten regulation
of Grameen.

"It needs a new legal framework" to regulate the bank and its many
sister firms, known as social businesses, which include a number of
profitable foreign joint ventures, he said.

"Grameen Bank is now the kind of massive conglomerate we see in South
Korea or Japan," he said.

The bank has huge influence in Bangladesh, and its sister companies have
moved into solar panels, mobile phones and other consumer goods, but
this expansion did not adhere to the original Grameen Bank law, the
probe said.

Grameen Group has joint ventures with companies like French food giant
Danone, Norway's Telenor through Grameen Phone -- Bangladesh's largest
mobile company by subscribers -- and Japan's largest clothing retailer
Uniqlo.

"The Grameen Bank has violated its own laws, rules and regulations...
consistently on the way," the committee's report said, according to a
copy obtained by AFP.

The review was launched after a Norwegian documentary claimed $96
million of aid was diverted in 1996 from Grameen Bank to other parts of
Grameen group.

"Grameen Bank has become a person-oriented organisation, not a rules or
system-based organisation," the report said, calling for an overhaul of
the board structure and the restructuring of some sister companies.

"Together, Grameen Bank and its sister organisations have emerged as a
big conglomerate, which needs to be redefined and restructured," the
report said.

The Grameen Bank dismissed reports of irregularities as "untrue and
baseless".

The bank is still awaiting a final decision on a separate government
claim that Yunus was illegally reappointed managing director, with the
Supreme Court due to review an order for his dismissal early next month.

Yunus was last month fired by a central bank order, which claimed he
failed to seek the bank's approval when he was reappointed managing
director of Grameen Bank indefinitely in 1999.

The High Court upheld the order in a March 8 ruling, saying the
dismissal was legal and that Yunus had also exceeded Grameen Bank's
mandatory retirement age of 60.

Backed by international lobbying, Yunus has defied the sacking order by
filing a legal appeal and continuing to work at Grameen Bank's Dhaka
headquarters.

The Supreme Court has said it would review the dismissal decision on May
2.

Supporters of Yunus, who has also been vilified in the Bangladeshi
press, say his legal woes stem from a fallout with Hasina in 2007 over
his short-lived attempt to found a political party

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[ALOCHONA] Golden boys of Chatra League

Golden boys of Chatra League





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[ALOCHONA] Humayun Ahmed on Muhammad Yunus

Humayun Ahmed on Muhammad Yunus




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[ALOCHONA] Farakka, started it's operation for only 40 days in 1975.

That 40 days is not over yet. Sheikh Mujib very reluctantly allowed this experimental run. Some say, India might have a hand in killing Sheikh becuase he would definitely stop this indefinite run.

 

Farakka's Vicious Aggression

Posted on February 2, 2011 by wakeupbd

Source : nEWS BD71

1. Farakka Barrage project looked innocent :

Farakka is a hangover project not seriously taken up earlier until by independent India since 1949 , that is immediately after Indian partition and Pakistan founded in two parts, the West in northern British India and East in East Bengal. Though the founding of the new innovative state of Pakistan was founded through popular votes of the people and in consensus agreement of the three main parties then involved active in Indian politics- the British, the Congress and the Muslim League- the powerful actors the British colonialist and the caste ridden elitist Brahmanist Congress had set their targets very much at the beginning to dismember Pakistan and eat that up at some opportune moment. The first target being East Bengal for many vulnerable reasons against East Bengal, such as, its geographical location almost encircled by big India and economic over dependence on West Bengal and bigger Indian merchants and businessmen. The set hidden target being so, India's Farakka Barrage Project just 11 miles up from the agreed international land border across the mighty river Ganges/ Padma must have had the additional hidden agenda for hegemony and throttle East Bengal in the down stream flowing through East Bengal ( East Bengal/East Pakistan) to the Bay of Bengal. Apparently the project for control and diversion into the river Bhagirathi to flash out and keep fit for deeper draught vessel into the Haldia river port near Calcutta looked innocent and of big utility to India.

2. Pakistan kept on objecting then off :

Although Pakistan since almost the beginning in mid August 1947 had leadership crisis, India had both experienced and more efficient leadership and continuity of old colonial administration obtained almost intact, Pakistan had kept on objecting to erecting the Barrage across river Ganges in upstream for that was taken to affect adversely the water flow along the Padma in the down stream through East Bengal to the Bay of Bengal. That is why almost no substantial progress of the work was made in nearly two decades. But as soon as East Pakistan was in political turmoil in late 1960 s the project got a quick accomplishment. Whether there was any close connection between the Jalao Porao or put on arson and burn- of East Pakistan mainly engineered by Sheikh Mujib's six point ' autonomy' formula launched in mid 1966 need be looked into depth. Soon in midst of the anarchy and chaos, civil war in 1971 , secession and independence of East Pakistan naturally left Bangladesh on its own in all matters and so the Farakka matter, as well.

3. Advantage taken by India and Delhi :

Ganges/Padma river route and farakka barrage (which also disturbed Hilsha Fish Movement) in map. Click to enlarge.

The friendly governments of Delhi and Calcutta took the best advantage of the period of turmoil of Bangladesh and completed the Farakka Barrage construction left only to just begin its operation. Even so, they could not do so unilaterally because the Ganges/Padma happened to be not only India's river but also of sovereign Bangladesh's that made it a serious matter for water sharing subject to rules, regulations and norms of international river waters under several statutes. However, India took another advantage of close friendship with Dhaka to get the barrage operation for diverting and withdrawal of water at the upstream. They had little difficulty in making Dhaka agree to their programs that they did in May 1975. Even so, the operation was meant for '40 experimental days' and to get things viewed for adverse effects in the down stream. Unfortunately the top leader's fall from power in mid August 1975 that kept things ahead not only in uncertainly but also hardening of Delhi's attitude to Dhaka on all matters.

4. Prelude to 1977 water treaty :

Bangladesh was no match in anything with bigger India. The changes of government in Dhaka through army coup and counter coup one after another, the national army being in the driving position and General Zia to the top, was unpalatable to India that made things very difficult for Dhaka to move ahead. But the people were united and so were the people for the due share of water down the Farakka Barrage. On 16 May 1976 the oldest and the most experienced politician and mass leader Maolana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani organized and led a road march of hundreds of thousands of people towards the Indian border nearest to the Farakka point. Obviously the procession was stopped at the border by Indian security forces. He addressed the rally there and asked India to give our share of water or face serious other consequences. The threat on behalf of the huge mass of people gathered there produced some result that made the 1977 water sharing agreement for five years possible with minimum guarantee clause of 34 ,500 cusecs of water to be released at the Farakka point for Bangladesh's needs.

The most experienced politician and mass leader Maolana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani organized and led a road march of hundreds of thousands of people towards the Indian border nearest to the Farakka point. He addressed the rally there and asked India to give our share of water or face serious other consequences.

5. President Zia killed in May 1981 :

President General Zia had a stronger spine that made the 1977 treaty with guarantee clause for minimum flow during lean season for five months (January to May).

Once President General Zia was killed, many alleged the killing by Indian Intelligence R&AW operatives and under Indian PM Indira Gandhi's direct planning and order, the water sharing for three years set had passed. The renewal of the agreement was not made. Bangladesh suffered for loss of everything of life and economy due to lower quantum of flow. There was nothing except a MOU made in 1982 , India arrogantly refused to make any agreement to enjoy scope to withdraw water unilaterally at will until the 1996 treaty that in fact unfortunately flouted rules and norms of international water sharing bodies like Helsinki Rules or treaty conditions that existed for other river waters elsewhere like the Nile, Danube, Indus Water between India and Pakistan, etc.

6. Hasina made an agreement in December 1996 for 30 years with no guarantee clause :

PM Sheikh Hasina says as also her own men in top administration that the Tipaimukh would be so done and operated that it would do no ' harm' to Bangladesh That was what the assurance she has got from Indian PM Monmohon Singh.

Shaikh Hasina on assuming the position of PM in 1996 for the first time through indecent and immoral league with the Jamaat and the Jatiya Party leader imprisoned Ershad for high degree corruption, made a high sounding agreement for 30 years. The additional suicidal clue was ' dependent on availability of water' at the Farakka point, being other mass withdrawn at points still up in the stream caring nothing much less taking consent of Bangladesh. It sounded high but having no clause for minimum guarantee for the down stream flow during the leanest season (April-May) it remained suicidal for Bangladesh for all encompassing adverse effects due to non availability of water for basic sustenance of lives, economy and environment. For thirteen years India has been even more aggressive not only in matters of Farakka but also in matters of Teesta, its seven tributaries, and now newly started Tipaimukh Barrage in the upstream of Surma and Kusiara that flow down to the Meghna another big river of Bangladesh. This is certain to have ill fate of Farrakka's adverse effects on one fourth of the country in the south west region just as one third of Bangladesh in the south east of Bangladesh due to the Tipaimukh Multi- purpose Barrage. Hasina says as also her own men in top administration that the Tipaimukh would be so done and operated that it would do no ' harm' to Bangladesh That was what the assurance she has got from Indian PM Monmohon Singh, but unfortunately nothing in written much less in document of treaty. Pity for Hasina for the harsh reality is that they cared little for written documents possibly for their bigness and bigger muscle power, how could Delhi be trusted for verbal sweet words!

Tipaimukh Multipurpose Barrage Project

7. Questions to ponder and to rise :

On the Farakka March's 34 th anniversary this year on the 16 th May some pertinent questions have been raised by some quarters. The points are- (1) whether Bangladesh must raise the issue at the United Nations for arbitration for the quantum of water; (2) whether Bangladesh must seek for compensation to India for the huge loss incurred during the lat 35 years of the barrage operation at the upstream against lives, economy and environment; (3) whether Bangladesh must make enumeration of losses incurred in terms of money ( I made a calculation of loss in 2008 March that came to a figure of 49 lakhs crores, in May 2010 it might rise further 3 lakhs crores making the total as of now at 52 lakhs crore Taka that comes to US$ 7 , 400 billion at the current exchange rate) and seek the amount for the compensation from India; (4) whether comprehensive plans for joint development of river water sources in the Himalayan region for augmenting water flows through construction of dams in the upper region and for water management sharing with other neighboring countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and India be pursued for the total river basin as a unit in a cooperative approach, (5) whether, in case all the above four options unrealized satisfactorily, Bangladesh must opt for military option, the brief and the most likely would be bombing by our Air Force at the Farakka installations proper and so ensure natural flow of water in the downstream to Bangladesh.

Whether, in case all the above four options unrealized satisfactorily, Bangladesh must opt for military option, the brief and the most likely would be bombing by our Air Force at the Farakka installations proper and so ensure natural flow of water in the downstream to Bangladesh.

8. Strength of the spine :

Bangladesh has no strong spine to take up the 5 th option against mighty India. But a sniper action should not be ruled out. The Padua/Roumary battle in 2001 had been a good lesson for India. One would point out though that since the 25-26 February massacre of the 57 commissioned army officers in matter of hours in the capital city Dhaka in the well secured BDR HQ must have taught the army that how much deeply helpless they could be in face of India sponsored massacres meekly eaten up here for weaker spine and personal lust for power hungriness and as such any probable air attack on the Farakka Barrage installations could be countered with mightier attacks. The further issue that caused worry is that they have gained additional moral strength by dismissing at some one's will many other senior army officers in addition to those faced the judicial murder of five in late January 2010 due only to vengeance and hardly for upholding rule of law that have had additionally chilled the spines of Bangladesh army. Otherwise India would have had chilled her spines, I can confidently guess.

Any probable air attack on the Farakka Barrage installations could be countered with mightier attacks. So, Bangladesh Army should make its spine stronger then now.

9. Pakistan's instance :

India played havoc with Pakistan in the initial years and soon after the Kashmir war in October 1947 in that India had stopped all canals in the upstream in order for Pakistan to get lost in the lifeline for agriculture through irrigation in the Pakistan part of the Punjab that developed long before the British period, loss of drinking water supply and huge damage to environment. But Pakistan's spine though relatively weaker then even so India got to the table and made 10 years treaty permitting Pakistan exclusive rights of full three rivers' waters- Sind, Jehlum and Chenab, and India secured similar rights of another three – Ravi, Beas and Sutlej for her. On expiry of the ten year period the treaty was renewed forever that runs till today. The World Bank though made the mediation Pakistan's spine was an important factor to force India to sit down across the negotiating table and their leaders Ayub and Nehru in September 1960 did the formal signing. Again Pakistan had the Army General with stronger spine in leadership and Nehru the founding leader of independent India and top boss of the Congress party. We experienced President General Zia had a stronger spine that made the 1977 treaty with guarantee clause for minimum flow during lean season for five months (January to May) at 34 ,500 cusecs.

10. 1996 treaty clauses flouted consistently by India :

The treaty made by Dhaka in 1996 with weaker spine facing Delhi's stronger one and cunning sweet words obviously fell flat and Bangladesh has not in the last 13 years got the due share agreed then unfairly though agreed for Bangladesh in the agreement. It is very much clear that unless the spine is made stronger there is in store all sufferings, misfortune and misery continuing for 35 years of water aggression now against Bangladesh not only for the Indian Farakka Barrage but also for the Teesta's Gazaldoba, Tipaimukh Dam etc, that is, in all 53 common rivers unfortunately Bangladesh geographically positioned in the down stream of the Indian location being in the upstream that must bring along in future many other for the country due mainly to spineless rulers running the country. May I say at the end that unless one is deeply aware of the aggressive and hegemonic attitude of the Indian rulers against the smaller countries in the region one must fail to understand the common river waters downstream flows and sharing in its proper perspective.

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Re: : [ALOCHONA] Amartya Sen on religion

Arerta dada is a fighter against muslims and Bangladesh. Comunal Rabindronath is GURU n Amarta is SISHO.

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From: Mohd. Haque <haquetm83@yahoo.com>
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Dear Brothers in Islam,  There is no point arguing what Amartya Sen or Emperor Akbar said on Islam. They have their own reason for maligning other religion. Any human with good humility and respect for others would never engage in demeaning other's faith. Amartya Sen is an economist, the book that earned him the accolade most of us have read it, we also watched Satyajid Ray's movie on that famine, also seen the famine in 74 and for each of us things and issues are perceived  in very different ways yet we do not challenge. What Jeoffrey Sachs says about AS's book quite opposite and India itself the proof, 60 years of its 'democracy' miserably failed to graduate its teeming millions from subsistence to middle class, we are not economists we are not in a contesting positions. Let another economist, social scientist do the job. We are ordinary, we only want to live in a congenial and accommodating society, hostile element to our culture and belief can not be our part. While they are so opposed to Islam they never speak of any other religion, is secularism only applies to Islam? And how Islam is found as hostile to secularism! Minority or non Muslim had every right to the state, they were well protected even till 12 century (think of Jews in Spain). Mohammad Bin Abdullah (PBUH) did not select his heir neither did the four Caliphs picked some one of their own without a consultative body (shoura). State and religion was separate and majority's  rule was there- and that was democracy, much before Abraham Lincoln or Jeorge Washington. Today's Muslim King, Sultan who appears as despots and Christian kings of medieval period can not be the example of either religion in their true spirits. Though all the Christian majority countries have all their fundamental belief system instituted in the state and cultural and social affairs even in their politics. Canterbury priest can inaugurate the parliament, Barack Hossain Obama take oath twice because the priest could not pronounce the verses from Bible correctly these and many rituals done everyday by the state never appears as contradictory to those who try to tell us they are only human being and want to not only curtail but demean my faith. They are basically criminals with super imposed characteristics of hating fellow human who happens to have a particular faith. This is my humble understanding. When worse catastrophe befalls and corruptions induced by their peer they never bothered to open their mouth to save or stand by the millions. Who talks loudly and make lot of noise on secularism found to be dead against only Islam and today mostly in our part of the world they belong to a particular party. One can notice the similarity in their thinking patterns, what ever the leader says they all say the same thing including issues on Dr. Yunus (one can easily notice that in this blog as well). They are not normal human, they are special. Einstein believed in God, I believe in my creator and His purpose of my creation. Einstein did not attend the church but I do pray five times to satisfy my creator. I only submit to Him the way he asked and ordained which I take from His book and that is my faith, my belief and I do not come on other's way. They should leave me alone too and let me do what is pleasant to me as long as it does not come in their way, it is so simple, yet great. One should believe in his/her sovereignty and independence. I have no problem distributing new cloths during Durga Puja following Omar Bin Khattab's sunnah to respect my dead father who had some hindu acquaintances who used to call him 'dad' so their children deserves what Omar has done to his father's friend. I am pleased to spent my heard earned resources in this way only to please my creator.  As I have learnt from the book and examples from Sunnah I do not disrespect disciples from other faith and by all means I will stand by and uphold my religion – Islam in my capacity. I can not make much distinction among Ben Ali and Swiss or France's democracy in terms of their dealing with Abrahamic faith, I only pity them who speak ill of my religion yet  wish them peace. Thanks. --- On Wed, 6/4/11, Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@gmail.com> wrote: From: Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Amartya Sen on religion To: alochona@yahoogroups.com, "wideminds" <WideMinds@yahoogroups.com>, "dahuk" <dahuk@yahoogroups.com>, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, "Sonar Bangladesh" <sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>, "alapon alapon" <alapon@yahoogroups.com>, "ovimot yahoogroups" <Ovimot@yahoogroups.com>, serajurrahman@btinternet.com, farhadmazhar@hotmail.com, zoglul@hotmail.co.uk, "Bangla Zindabad" <Bangladesh-Zindabad@yahoogroups.com> Cc: "Isha Khan" <bd_mailer@yahoo.com> Date: Wednesday, 6 April, 2011, 3:56 PM   Friends   It is an established fact that  literate(fools) and illiterate Hindus are by born against ISLAM. The reason being the wide acceptance of the basic human principles of ISLAM which caters the need of day to day life of an individual irrespective of social standing or society and the whole nation and the globe as well. It strictly teaches n instructs it's followers not to be blind and die hard and be harsh against other believers of faiths and rather respect them with right dignity.  But the followers of the HINDUISM on getting any opportunity to undermine any religion specially ISLAM they do not leave any stone unturned to defame, denigrate the religion as well it's followers. Dada Amartya is no exception.   As Dada Amartya was well received by the PM and BAL to undermine our great son Md. Yunus, so, he is taking opportunity to set their vicious black teeth against ISLAM and high light their religion HINDUISM which in fact preachers hatred and discriminate amongst people of the tribe just due to birth by the class distinctively made by the so-called brute upper class Brahmins to squeeze the lower class forever.   Amartya dada is no different than literate(fools) and at last joined the queue of the ignorant fascist fundamentalist HINDUS and so-called secular K.Jibis supporting  the rubbish bull shit so-called religion created by Akbar It is doubtful whether an warrior like Akbar that he had so much time and prudence (since he was an illiterate person + busy day in n day out to face war) to write such an attractive treatise to allure people out  from an established and respected religion ISLAM. Some say that it was Akbar's one type of diplomatic endeavour to appease the majority HINDUS of then INDIA to come and rally behind him since he showed that he has left ISLAM and believes in faith other than ISLAM. This he has done with the intention that HINDUS will support him since they(HINDUS) were die hard against ISLAM considering Muslims are invaders.   One wonders looking at the insular fundamentalist attitude of the  Noble Laureate Amartya who is suppose to uphold the cause of the people to unite n have solidarity instead he is echoing the sentiments of the blood sucker Bal Thakre/ Adbhani who has strictly asked the Muslims of the secular(???) HINDU  STAAN either become HINDU or leave HINDU STAAAN. What a tragedy of down grading in thinking of the world famous celebrity. Then what is the difference between him and the blood monger HINDU fundamentalist  in secular HINDU STAAAN.   The conscious people who had some iota of respect for the Noble Laureate  feels very frustrated and shocked observing the insular fundamentalist face. So, it is clear that how much a HINDUSTANI talks and claims to be so-called secular overtly but in fact they do neither believe nor practices the same. At the back of their mind they have hatred against MUSLIMS and wishes to subjugate them as well followers of other religious faith within their jurisdiction.   Conscious people should reject  Dada Amartya's book in totality and identify him as a fundamentalist Hindu.   Faruque Alamgir On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@yahoo.com> wrote:   Amartya Sen on religion Amartya in his 'The Argumentative Indian' has repeatedly mentioned that (Islamic and Muslim) tradition should be rejected and 'rahi aqbal' theory given by Emperor Akbar should be accepted as the main principle. He has even gone to the extent of saying that this demon tradition should and must be fought and rejected by the society.' Dr Sen says, "Akbar not only made unequivocal pronouncements on the priority of tolerance, but also laid the formal foundations of a secular legal structure and of religious neutrality of the state. ...Despite his deep interest in other religions and his brief attempt to launch a new religion, Din-ilahi (God's religion), based on a combination of good points chosen from different faiths, Akbar did remain a good Muslim himself." "The pursuit of reason and rejection of traditionalism are so brilliantly patent as to be above the need of argument. If traditionalism were proper, the prophets would merely have followed their own elders (and not come with new messages". Prof Dr Hasanuzzaman Chowdhury on Dr Amartya Sen's book: http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/04/05/75481

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