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рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░, 2008 рдореЗрдВ рдмрд░рд╛рдХ рдУрдмрд╛рдорд╛ рд╕рдВрдпреБрдХреНрдд рд░рд╛рдЬреНрдп рдЕрдореЗрд░рд┐рдХрд╛ рдХреЗ рд░рд╛рд╖реНрдЯреНрд░рдкрддрд┐ рдирд┐рд░реНрд╡рд╛рдЪрд┐рдд рд╣реБрдПред рдЕрдореЗрд░рд┐рдХреА рд░рд╛рд╖реНрдЯреНрд░рдкрддрд┐ рдХрд╛ рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡ рдкреНрд░рддреНрдпреЗрдХ рдЪрд╛рд░ рд╡рд░реНрд╖ рдкрд╢реНрдЪрд╛рддреН рд╣реЛрддрд╛ рд╣реИрдВред рдЕрдд: рдЖрдЧрд╛рдореА рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡ рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░ 2012 рдореЗрдВ рд╣реЛрдЧрд╛ред рдХрд╛рдиреВрди рдореЗрдВ рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡ рдХреА рдирд┐рд╢реНрдЪрд┐рдд рддрд┐рдерд┐ рддрдп рд╣реИ, рдЬреЛ рдХрд╣рддрд╛ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐ рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡ ”рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░ рдХреЗ рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ рд╕реЛрдорд╡рд╛рд░ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж рдХреЗ рдордВрдЧрд▓рд╡рд╛рд░ рдХреЛ рд╣реЛрдВрдЧреЗред” рдХрд╛рдиреВрди рдХреА рдЗрд╕ рдкрд░рд┐рднрд╛рд╖рд╛ рдХреЗ рдореБрддрд╛рдмрд┐рдХ рдкрд╣рд▓реА рд╕рдВрднрд╛рд╡рд┐рдд рддрд┐рдерд┐ 2 рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░ рд╣реЛ рд╕рдХрддреА рд╣реИ рдФрд░ рдЕрдВрддрд┐рдо 8 рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░ рддрдХред

рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░ 2012 рдореЗрдВ рдкрд╣рд▓рд╛ рд╕реЛрдорд╡рд╛рд░ 5 рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░ рдХреЛ рдкреЬрддрд╛ рд╣реИред рдЕрдд: рдЕрдореЗрд░рд┐рдХрд╛ рдореЗрдВ рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡ рдХреА рддрд┐рдерд┐ 6 рдирд╡рдореНрдмрд░, 2012 рд╣реЛрдЧреАред

рдХреНрдпрд╛ рдХреБрдЫ рдЗрд╕реА рддрд░рд╣ рдХреА рдмрд╛рдд рдмреНрд░рд┐рдЯрд┐рд╢ рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡реЛрдВ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рд░реЗ рдореЗрдВ рдХрд╣реА рдЬрд╛ рд╕рдХрддреА рд╣реИ? рд╕рд╛рдорд╛рдиреНрдпрддрдпрд╛, Click to Read More

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FIXED TENURE FOR LOKSABHA AND STATE ASSEMBLIES

Friday, May 28th, 2010 15
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Barack Obama was elected President of United States in November 2008. The Presidential Elections in the USA take place every four years. The next election is thus due in November 2012. The law lays down even the exact date of polls, when it says that the election shall be held тАЬon the Tuesday after the first Monday of NovemberтАЭ. With this phraseology of the law, the earliest possible date is November 2, and the latest November 8.

In November 2012, the first Monday falls on the 5th. So the election date in USA shall be November 6, 2012.

Can anything be said in the same way about the British elections? Ordinarily, No ! But if the new coalition that has just assumed office has its way, YES ! The next General Election in UK will take place on May 7, 2015. The new Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has already made this declaration.

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Some months back, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had hosted a luncheon in honour of the Japanese Prime Minister. I remember that on the sidelines, I had an informal chat that day with Dr. Manmohan Singh and Shri Pranab Mukherjee. I found both of them receptive to a proposal I have been advocating for quite some time: fixed term legislatures and simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. The upshot would be: no uncertainty about the date of the five-yearly Lok Sabha and Click to Read More

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рдПрдХ рдмрдВрдзрди рдЬреЛ рджреЗрд╢ рдХреЛ рдмрд╛рдВрдзреЗ рд░рдЦрддрд╛ рд╣реИ

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 1
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рдореЗрд░реЗ рдФрд░ рдореЗрд░реА рд╕реБрдкреБрддреНрд░реА рдкреНрд░рддрд┐рднрд╛ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рдкрд┐рдЫрд▓рд╛ рд╕рдкреНрддрд╛рд╣ рд╕рджреИрд╡ рдЕрд╡рд┐рд╕реНрдорд░рдгреАрдп рд░рд╣реЗрдЧрд╛ред рд▓рдЧрд╛рддрд╛рд░ рджреЛ рджрд┐рдиреЛрдВ рддрдХ рд╣рдордиреЗ рджреЛ рдРрд╕реЗ рдкрд╡рд┐рддреНрд░ рд╕реНрдерд▓реЛрдВ рдХреА рдпрд╛рддреНрд░рд╛ рдХреА рдЬрд┐рдиреНрд╣реЗрдВ рджреЗрдЦрдиреЗ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рд╣рдо рдХрд╛рдлреА рд╕рдордп рд╕реЗ рд╕реЛрдЪ рд░рд╣реЗ рдереЗред

рдкрд╣рд▓рд╛ рдЧрдВрдЧреЛрддреНрд░реА рдерд╛ рдЬреЛрдХрд┐ рдкрд╡рд┐рддреНрд░ рдЧрдВрдЧрд╛ рдХрд╛ рдЙрджреНрдЧрдо рд╕реНрдерд▓ рд╣реИред рдЧрдВрдЧреЛрддреНрд░реА рд╕реЗ 19 рдХрд┐рд▓реЛрдореАрдЯрд░ рдКрдкрд░ рдЧреЛрдореБрдЦ рд╕реЗ рдЧрдВрдЧреЛрддреНрд░реА рдЧреНрд▓реЗрд╢рд┐рдпрд░ рдкреНрд░рд╛рд░рдореНрдн рд╣реЛрддрд╛ рд╣реИред рдЧрдВрдЧреЛрддреНрд░реА рдореЗрдВ рдЧрдВрдЧрд╛ рдХреЗ рдирд┐рдХрдЯ рдЬрд╣рд╛рдВ рдпрдЬреНрдЮ рд╣реЛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рдерд╛ рдФрд░ рдЬрд┐рд╕рдореЗрдВ рдкреВрд░реНрдгрд╛рд╣реВрддрд┐ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рдореБрдЭреЗ рдЖрдордВрддреНрд░рд┐рдд рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЧрдпрд╛ рдерд╛, рдкрд░ рдЬрдм рд╣рдордиреЗ рдкрд╛рдВрд╡ рдЧрдВрдЧрд╛ рдореЗрдВ рд░рдЦреЗ рддреЛ рдЧреНрд▓реЗрд╢рд┐рдпрд░ рдХрд╛ рдкрд╛рдиреА рдмрд░реНрдл рдЬреИрд╕рд╛ рдерд╛ред

рджреВрд╕рд░рд╛ рдерд╛ рдХреЗрджрд╛рд░рдирд╛рде рдЬреЛ рдХрд┐ рджреЗрд╢ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рд░рд╣ рдЬреНрдпреЛрд░реНрддрд┐рд▓рд┐рдВрдЧреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рд╕реЗ рдПрдХ рд╣реИред рдЗрдирдореЗрдВ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рд╛рдзрд┐рдХ Click to Read More

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THE SILKEN BOND THAT KEEPS THE COUNTRY UNITED

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 11
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For me and my daughter Pratibha, last week will remain absolutely unforgettable. On two consecutive days we visited two hallowed sites that we had been longing to see for quite some time.

The first was Gangotri, the origin of the holy Ganga. The Gangotri glacier starts from Gomukh, 19 kms. uphill from Gangotri. When at Gangotri , we stepped into the Ganga close to the site where a yagna was being performed and for which I had been invited to offer the poornahuti we naturally found the glacier water ice-cold.

A Gangotri ghat A Ghat at Gangotri

The second was Kedarnath, one of the countryтАЩs twelve Jyotirlings. The foremost among these Dwadash Jyotirlings is Somnath, in Gujarat. In the political transformation of IndiaтАЩs single dominant party polity into a bipolar polity the BJPтАЩs Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra has had a significant role.

The State of Uttarakhand is littered with pilgrim spots. No wonder it is popularly known as Devabhoomi. Gangotri and Kedarnath are reckoned as two of the four Dhams in the state Click to Read More

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рд╕рдЪреНрдЪрд░ рдХрдореЗрдЯреА : рдЧреБрдЬрд░рд╛рдд рдХреЗ рдореБрд╕реНрд▓рд┐рдореЛрдВ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рд░реЗ рдореЗрдВ рдЖрдВрдЦреЗрдВ рдЦреЛрд▓ рджреЗрдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓реЗ рддрдереНрдп

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 1
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3 рдордИ рдХреЗ рдЕрдкрдиреЗ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдореЗрдВ рдореИрдВрдиреЗ рдЧреБрдЬрд░рд╛рдд рдХреЗ рд╕реНрд╡рд░реНрдг рдЬрдпрдВрддреА рд╕рдорд╛рд░реЛрд╣ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рд░реЗ рдореЗрдВ рд▓рд┐рдЦрд╛ рдерд╛ред рдЙрд╕рдореЗрдВ рдореИрдВрдиреЗ рдмрддрд╛рдпрд╛ рдерд╛ рдХрд┐ рдХреИрд╕реЗ рдирд░реЗрдиреНрджреНрд░рднрд╛рдИ рдореЛрджреА рдиреЗ рдПрдХ рдкреНрд░рд╢рд╛рд╕рдирд┐рдХ рдХрд╛рд░реНрдпрдХреНрд░рдо рдХреЛ рд▓реЛрдЧреЛрдВ рдХреЗ рдХрд╛рд░реНрдпрдХреНрд░рдо рдореЗрдВ рдкрд░рд┐рд╡рд░реНрддрд┐рдд рдХрд░ рдФрд░ рдкреНрд░рддреНрдпреЗрдХ рдирд╛рдЧрд░рд┐рдХ рдХреЛ, рдкреНрд░рддреНрдпреЗрдХ рдХреНрд╖реЗрддреНрд░ рдореЗрдВ рдЧреБрдЬрд░рд╛рдд рдХреЛ рдПрдХ рдЖрджрд░реНрд╢ рд░рд╛рдЬреНрдп рдмрдирд╛рдиреЗ рдХреЗ рд╕рдВрдХрд▓реНрдк рдореЗрдВ рд╕рд╣рднрд╛рдЧреА рдмрдирд╛рдиреЗ рдХрд╛ рдЧрд░реНрд╡реЛрддреНрддрдо рдЕрд╡рд╕рд░ рджреЗрдХрд░ рдЕрдкрдиреЗ рдЖрдк рдХреЛ рдПрдХ рдЕрджреНрд╡рд┐рддреАрдп рдореБрдЦреНрдпрдордВрддреНрд░реА рд╕рд┐рдзреНрдж рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рд╣реИред

рд╕рд╛рдорд╛рдиреНрдп рддреМрд░ рдкрд░ рдХрд╣рд╛ рдЬрд╛рдП рддреЛ рдЕрдм рд▓реЛрдЧ рдпрд╣ рд╕реНрд╡реАрдХрд╛рд░рдиреЗ рд▓рдЧреЗ рд╣реИрдВ рдХрд┐ рдЧреБрдЬрд░рд╛рдд рдореЗрдВ рдИрдорд╛рдирджрд╛рд░ рд╢рд╛рд╕рди рдФрд░ рд╡рд┐рдХрд╛рд╕ рд╣реБрдЖ рд╣реИ рдФрд░ рдирд░реЗрдиреНрджреНрд░рднрд╛рдИ рдХреА рдЙрдкрд▓рдмреНрдзрд┐рдпрд╛рдВ рд╡рд┐рд╡рд╛рджреЛрдВ рд╕реЗ рдКрдкрд░ рд╣реИрдВред рдкрд░ рдкреНрд░рд╢реНрди рдпрд╣ рдЙрдарддрд╛ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐ рд░рд╛рдЬреНрдп рдореЗрдВ Click to Read More

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SACHAR COMMITTEE : TELL-TALE FACTS ABOUT MUSLIMS IN GUJARAT

Monday, May 17th, 2010 24
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In my blog dated 3rd May, I had written about the Swarna Jayanti Samaroh of Gujarat. In this I had pointed out how Narendra Bhai Modi had proved a unique Chief Minister who had converted a prashasanik programme into a PeopleтАЩs Programme and made every citizen feel a proud participant in the sankalp to make Gujarat a model state in every sense of the word.

Generally speaking, by now, people have widely come to acknowledge that in terms of honest governance and development of Gujarat, Narendra BhaiтАЩs achievements are beyond dispute. What is often questioned is how harmonious are inter-communal relations in the state, and specifically speaking, how happy and contented the Muslims are in the State.

In 2006 Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh appointed a high power committee headed by Justice Shri Rajinder Sachar to make a detailed study of the economic, social and educational conditions of Muslims in the country.

The Sachar Committee after completing the task assigned to it, submitted a detailed Report of over 400 pages. Given below are some very pertinent facts based on the statistics provided by the Sachar Report which look into various parameters like education, employment and income of the Muslim population living in rural and urban areas of the country through elaborate tables. Here Click to Read More

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рдлреЛрди рдЯреЗрдкрд┐рдВрдЧ, рд╕реАрдмреАрдЖрдИ рдХрд╛ рджреБрд░реБрдкрдпреЛрдЧ рдФрд░ рдЖрдкрд╛рддрдХрд╛рд▓

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 2
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рдкрд┐рдЫрд▓реЗ рдкрдЦрд╡рд╛реЬреЗ, рдирдИ рджрд┐рд▓реНрд▓реА рд╕реЗ рдкреНрд░рдХрд╛рд╢рд┐рдд ‘рдЖрдЙрдЯрд▓реБрдХ’ рдкрддреНрд░рд┐рдХрд╛ рдиреЗ рдПрдХ рд╕рдирд╕рдиреАрдЦреЗрдЬ рд░рд┐рдкреЛрд░реНрдЯ рдкреНрд░рдХрд╛рд╢рд┐рдд рдХреА рдереА рдХрд┐ рдХреИрд╕реЗ рдПрдХ рдХреЗрдВрджреНрд░реАрдп рдордВрддреНрд░реА, рдПрдХ рдореБрдЦреНрдпрдордВрддреНрд░реА, рдПрдХ рдХрд╛рдВрдЧреНрд░реЗрд╕реА рдорд╣рд╛рд╕рдЪрд┐рд╡ рдФрд░ рд╕реАрдкреАрдПрдо рдкрд╛рд░реНрдЯреА рдХреЗ рдПрдХ рдкреНрд░рдореБрдЦ рдиреЗрддрд╛ рдХреЗ рдлреЛрди рдЯреЗрдк рдХрд┐рдП рдЬрд╛ рд░рд╣реЗ рд╣реИрдВ рдФрд░ рдЙрдирдХреА рдмрд╛рддрдЪреАрдд рдХреЛ рдЯреЗрдк рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЧрдпрд╛ рд╣реИред

рд░рд┐рдкреЛрд░реНрдЯ рд╕реЗ рд╕рдВрд╕рдж рдореЗрдВ рд╣рдВрдЧрд╛рдорд╛ рд╣реБрдЖред рд╕рд░рдХрд╛рд░ рдиреЗ рд░рд┐рдкреЛрд░реНрдЯ рдХрд╛ рдЦрдгреНрдбрди рдирд╣реАрдВ рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ред рдЙрд╕рдиреЗ рдпрд╣ рдХрд╣рд╛ рдХрд┐ : рдирд┐рдЧрд░рд╛рдиреА рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ ”рдЕрдзрд┐рдХреГрдд” рдирд╣реАрдВ рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЧрдпрд╛ рдерд╛ред рд╕рд░рдХрд╛рд░ рдиреЗ рдЗрддрдирд╛ рднреА рдирд╣реАрдВ рдХрд╣рд╛ рдХрд┐ рд╡реЗ рдкрддрд╛ рд▓рдЧрд╛рдПрдВрдЧреЗ рдХрд┐ рдмрдЧреИрд░ рдЕрдзрд┐рдХреГрдд рдХрд┐рдП рдХрд┐рд╕рдиреЗ рдпрд╣ рдХрд╛рдо рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдФрд░ ‘рдЕрдкрд░рд╛рдзрд┐рдпреЛрдВ’ рдХреЛ рдкрдХреЬрд╛ рдЬрд╛рдПрдЧрд╛ред рд╕реНрдкрд╖реНрдЯ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐ рд╕рд░рдХрд╛рд░ рдХреЗ рд╕рд┐рд╡рд╛рдп рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдФрд░ рдХрд╛ рдпрд╣ рдХрд╛рдо рдирд╣реАрдВ рд╣реИ!

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PHONE-TAPPING, CBI MISUSE AND EMERGENCY

Monday, May 10th, 2010 15
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A fortnight back the Outlook of New Delhi carried a startling story of how a Union Minister, a Chief Minister, a Congress General Secretary and the principal leader of the CPI(M) had been subjected to phone-tapping and how their conversations had been tape-recorded.

The report caused an uproar in the Parliament. Government did not deny the story. All that it said was: the surveillance was тАЬnot authorized.тАЭ Government did not even say that they would find out who had undertaken this exercise without authority, and haul up the тАШculpritsтАЩ. Obviously, no one other than Government itself had done it !

It is significant that Government did not deny the Outlook story relating to Union Minister Sharad Pawar, in which it was said that PawarтАЩs conversation with Lalit Modi was used to pressurise Pawar to call for ModiтАЩs resignation !

My blog on the Outlook story bore the caption тАЬIs the Emergency back?тАЭ Some friends felt that mine was an exaggerated reaction. I am convinced that the real test of a ruling partyтАЩs commitment to democracy comes only when adherence to democratic norms poses a danger to its continuance in office.

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In his excellent book on the Watergate episode, The Fall of Richard Nixon, Theodore H. White has made this very perceptive observation :

тАЬThe true crime of Richard Nixon was that he broke the Click to Read More

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рдЕрд╣рдорджрд╛рдмрд╛рдж рдХрд╛ рд╕рд░рджрд╛рд░ рдкрдЯреЗрд▓ рд╕реНрдЯреЗрдбрд┐рдпрдо рдПрдХ рд╡рд┐рд╢рд╛рд▓ рд╕реНрдЯреЗрдбрд┐рдпрдо рд╣реИред рд╡рд╛рд╕реНрддрд╡ рдореЗрдВ 54000 рд╕реАрдЯреЛрдВ рдХреА рдХреНрд╖рдорддрд╛ рд╡рд╛рд▓рд╛ рдпрд╣ рдЧреБрдЬрд░рд╛рдд рдХрд╛ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рд╛рдзрд┐рдХ рдмреЬрд╛ рд╕реНрдЯреЗрдбрд┐рдпрдо рд╣реИред рдпрд╣рд╛рдВ рдореИрдВ рдкрд┐рдЫрд▓реА рдмрд╛рд░ рджрд┐рд╕рдореНрдмрд░, 2007 рдореЗрдВ рд╡рд┐рдзрд╛рдирд╕рднрд╛ рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡реЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рднрд╛рдЬрдкрд╛ рдХреА рд╢рд╛рдирджрд╛рд░ рд╡рд┐рдЬрдп рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж рд╢реНрд░реА рдирд░реЗрдиреНрджреНрд░ рдореЛрджреА рдФрд░ рдЙрдирдХреЗ рдордВрддреНрд░рд┐рдордВрдбрд▓ рдХреЗ рд╢рдкрде рд╕рдорд╛рд░реЛрд╣ рдХрд╛рд░реНрдпрдХреНрд░рдо рдореЗрдВ рдЖрдпрд╛ рдерд╛ред

рдЗрд╕рд▓рд┐рдП, 1 рдордИ рдХреЛ рдЧреБрдЬрд░рд╛рдд рд░рд╛рдЬреНрдп рдХреЗ рд╕реНрд╡рд░реНрдг рдЬрдпрдВрддреА рд╕рдорд╛рд░реЛрд╣ рдХреЗ рдЕрд╡рд╕рд░ рдкрд░ рдЬрдм рдореИрдВ рд╕реНрдЯреЗрдбрд┐рдпрдо рд╕реНрдерд┐рдд рд╕рдорд╛рд░реЛрд╣ рд╕реНрдерд▓ рдкрд╣реБрдВрдЪрд╛ рддреЛ рдпрд╣ рдЬрд╛рдирдХрд░ рдЖрд╢реНрдЪрд░реНрдпрдЪрдХрд┐рдд рд░рд╣ рдЧрдпрд╛ рдХрд┐ рди рдХреЗрд╡рд▓ рд╕реНрдЯреЗрдбрд┐рдпрдо рдЦрдЪрд╛рдЦрдЪ рднрд░рд╛ рд╣реИ рдЕрдкрд┐рддреБ рд╕реНрдЯреЗрдбрд┐рдпрдо рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рд╣рд░ рдХрд╛рдлреА рд▓реЛрдЧ рд╣реИрдВ рдЬреЛ рдЕрдВрджрд░ рдЖрдирд╛ рдЪрд╛рд╣рддреЗ рд╣реИрдВред

рдЕрд╣рдорджрд╛рдмрд╛рдж рдХреЗ ‘рдж рдЯрд╛рдЗрдореНрд╕ рдСрдл рдЗрдВрдбрд┐рдпрд╛’ рдиреЗ рдореБрдЦ Click to Read More

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A MAHATMA MANDIR IN GANDHINAGAR

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The Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad is a huge stadium. In fact, with a capacity of 54000 seats, it is the largest stadium in Gujarat. I had last visited this place for the oath taking ceremony of Shri Narendra Modi and his Cabinet in December 2007 after the BJPтАЩs spectacular victory in the State Assembly elections.

So, on May 1 this year, the Golden Jubilee anniversary of the formation of Gujarat in 1960, I was astounded to hear when I reached this stadium, the venue fixed for Swarnim Gujarat Celebrations, that the stadium was not only jam packed but that there were as many people outside the gates wanting entry as there were inside.

The Times of India, Ahmedabad, in its main story on page one reported:

тАЬFor a generation that has grown up knowing their home-state of Gujarat only as a business-driven dry state on the west coast of the country, SaturdayтАЩs Swarnim show was an eye-opener. In brilliantly synchronized multimedia show that began with fireworks, the story of Gujarat from pre-historic era, through the era of Siddhraj Jaisingh, Sultan Ahmed Shah, the landing of Parsis at Sanjan and the separation of Bombay state to become a separate entity in 1960, was narrated before a jam- packed crowd at Sardar Patel stadium here.

Outside a huge crowd, including bureaucrats, politicians and other VVIPs, struggled to be part of the celebration and got Click to Read More

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