Giving life to Aryan Invasion theory?

The following article is a fascinating argument by someone who can not accept the crumbling down of the Aryan Invasion theory. The author has labored well to capture different people of the Indian sub-continent to show how they all bear resemblance to people outside India. The author's agenda behind his arguments is that Indians had received inputs from the superior races (Aryans) from  outside India for the past 17,000 years.


But common sense tells us that if a country has people who bear resemblance to many (almost all) kinds of people who are presently found outside that country, then it is deduced that the spread had happened from that country to outside and not the other way round.


Every type of ethnic resemblance is found in some groups in India. It is preposterous to think all these ethnic groups have desecnded on India in the past, left their imprints and left. On the contrary it makes sense to say that the Indian land mass (the Larger India that stretched to the Indian Ocean in the past) had many groups of people with distinct features and characteristics and they spanned out in course of time.


This is perhaps what is menat by the Gothra rishis of the Hindu system. Each rishi was considered as a progenitor of a particular clan and each clan was distinguishable from one another on many ways. This Gothra origin which is still in vogue in India may perhaps explain why we have so many varieties in India. Each variety grew and spread out in due course.


About the gothra basis for genetic variation,
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2009/01/gothras-common-genetic-ancestry-of-all.html

Links to other posts on this topic are given at the end of the article.


- jayasree


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http://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/the-peopling-of-india/

The Peopling of India

Repost from the old site. A very interesting post speculating about the peopling of the Indian subcontinent, with lots of pics of Indian racial types and attempts to categorize them.

The peopling of India is a mystery. As my Indian doctor told me, India is as old as dirt. There are various narratives in India, but none of them make any sense, as usual.

Hindus believe something like that Hindus have always been in India, so if you say anything scientifically different, the Hindu fundamentalist boneheads are going to freak out and probably even threaten you. Wonderful people, and surely as stupid as any Christian or Muslim fundamentalist anywhere.

Within India, there is a lot of debate about whether or not there was an Aryan invasion that conquered the indigenous Dravidians, relegated them to the South of India, and imposed a ferociously racist Hindu caste system on the darker Dravidians – with Whiter Brahmins and higher castes being on top and darker Dravidian types being put in the lower castes.

Actually, caste in India is quite complex. High caste Indians from South India are often quite dark, and lower caste Indians from the North can be quite light. However, there is a general tendency for higher castes to be lighter skinned. In particular, for Indian women, Whiter has always been better, and Indian women have been trying to lighten their skins for as long as anyone can remember.

It is also interesting that, although inter-caste marriage was supposedly forbidden and enforced with serious penalties, the Brahmins have been getting progressively darker down through the centuries. Gee, how did that happen? Race mixing! Horror of horrors!

The Aryan Invasion theory is actually most popular with Dalits or untouchables. Supposedly they had a paradise down there until these evil White Aryans invaded and imposed evil caste Hinduism on the natives. In truth, Hinduism may be as old as India itself.

Surely, it seems to date back before any Aryan invasion. It seems to be the case that the Aryans may have superimposed caste on native Indian Hinduism though, and caste probably did not exist in the original religion.

The Aryan Invasion theory is also popular with White nationalists, see they see it as normal that Whiter folks should declare themselves superior to, and treat like shit, darker folks. The notion that there are two separate races in India, darker, inferior Dravidians and Whiter, superior Aryans is often added to this. In truth, all Indians are best seen as one coherent group.

An interesting collection of Northern Pakistani types, who resemble in type the Northern Indians such as Punjabis. The guy on the left, I swear, could be a Greek fisherman and the guy with the slicked-back hair could easily be an Italian. The fellow on the right and the one on the second to left are more classic North Indid types.

I think it's pretty hilarious that so many White nationalist morons say that this kid is not White. With a constricted mindset like that, WN is doomed for sure. Look real hard at this kid and tell me he's not White. This is a Pashtun kid (with a non-human kid on his shoulders) from northern Pakistan – specifically, the area where the Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda leadership is thought to be hiding.

She's not White? Says who? Says White nationalists, that's who. Another interesting Pashtun from northwest Pakistan. This is where you find the most European-looking types in the area. They live in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the greatest concentration in Nuristan, Kunar, Dir and Chitral. This girl could easily be an Italian.

A young Pakistani Pashtun girl with her little sister. I understand that these women are quite beautiful, but in this region, they go into purdah, or isolation, at puberty, and pretty much no one ever gets to see them anymore. They probably spend most of their time after that in a burka or some other stupid bag thing. Too bad. Nowadays, these poor girls are going to even have a hard time going to school.

An Afghan man from Chitral, where the most European types can be found. Take off the turban, put him on any street in America, and he's just another White dude. I think that bin Laden may be hiding in the area of Chitral and across the border in Kunar and Nuristan, though Dir in Pakistan is the best bet of all.

Yes, a red-haired Pashtun. I think this guy is from Afghanistan. Pashtuns describe themselves as Aryans, and say that they are the base that the European Whites came from. No one really knows, but the White European type that we know today probably came into existence with the spread of Indo-European across the continent 8,000 years ago.

White skin only shows up in Europe 9,000 years ago, and at 11,000 years ago, Europeans look something like Middle Easterners, so maybe the Aryans were the original Europeans. Who knows. Unfortunately, Hitler's Nazi regime was roaming around in these parts searching for the original White man or original Aryan or whatever.

Hence the word Aryan, mangled by Nazis to idiotically mean Nordic, has fallen into disgrace. But it deftly describes all of these North Indid types we are looking at in this section.

Another Afghan Pashtun. Unfortunately, it is the Pashtuns who are leading the insurgency against the US in Afghanistan.

Interestingly, the Brahmins themselves have totally rejected this theory lately, so if someone vociferously rejects the Aryan invasion theory, they are probably high-castes or Hindu fundamentalists. The motivation is unsure, but they seem to be denying that caste is a bad thing or that it was imposed by evil invaders.

This is often leavened with dollops of caste is a good thing, or caste is normal, or caste hardly exists anymore talk, or other pro-caste propaganda. I have yet to meet a high-caste Indian who will denounce caste. If you ever meet one, please introduce them to me.

Recent research on the question is difficult, but there is a suggestion that an Aryan invasion may have occurred. Although all Indians are one major ethnic group, higher castes seem more related to Europeans and lower castes seem more related to Asians. There is also a northwest – southeast cline, with those towards the northwest being more European and those towards the southeast becoming more Asian.

Nevertheless, the best evidence is that Indians are a coherent race (they cluster together on genetic tests and there is no way to winnow out Aryans and Dravidians via genes) and they have been evolving, more or less in situ, with few outside inputs, for a good 15-20,000 years. Let's call it 17,000 years. Where did the Indians come from prior to 17,000 years ago? Evidence suggests the Middle East.

What is interesting about this theory is that we know that Indians look like Aborigines until about 8,000 years ago, when they begin to transition to Caucasians. So does this mean that the proto-Indians of the Middle East were Australoid types? You tell me. Racially, peoples of either the Middle East or Europe are poorly known at such an early date.

Indians and Dravidians are outside Caucasoids (but not by much) on the Cavalli-Sforza genetic chart below, but we have to lump them into one of the big three, so to Caucasians they go.

Fig. 1:
Click to enlarge and view. As you can see on this Cavalli-Sforza gene chart of the human race, Indians are just a bit outside Caucasians. It is true that Indians on some charts are the most divergent Caucasians of all. We may use this to deduce that Indians may be, along with Berbers, some of the most ancient Caucasian stocks on Earth.

After all, the European racial type is only known from about 9,000 years ago or so. Just prior, they seem to have resembled Middle Easterners and way back, they have had dark skin and resembled Masai or Tutsis from Central Africa. On many genetic charts, Indians of both the northwest and the southeast tend to ride the divide between Asians and Caucasians very closely.

So, while Indians are Caucasians for sure, they are starting to get towards Asians. North Indians such as Punjabis have 10-15% recent Asian genes to boot.

There are some ancient peoples in India who may represent the earliest Indians of all. Most Indians probably don't want to believe this, as these folks are tribals who, while outside the caste system, are widely discriminated against.

This map shows the location of many of the obscure tribes described below that may be remnants of the first Indians. This old map uses racial classifications that are no longer used today. It is written in a foreign language, possibly German. Although it sounds creepy today, German scientists did a lot of good work involving the races of man in the early part of the 20th Century.

The notion that any investigation of race may lead to the Nazi catastrophe has curtailed most such research today, but intrepid folks like yours truly continue to venture forth where fools fear to tread.

Nagas of NE Asia, thought to be perhaps the original people of the area. The guy on the right looks Papuan, for Chrissake (Or does he?), while the guy on the left looks sort of SE Asian, but not quite. I put the Naga into a Tibetan Northeast Indian Race within Southeast Asians, but the situation is confused as to whether or not they should be lumped in with Tibetans or split off. If they were early Indian Australoids, they then bred in heavily with Tibetan types and got genetically swamped.

A nice looking young Naga girl. She almost looks Amerindian, especially Central American Amerindian, but that's just convergence. Maybe a hint of SE Asian?

Indian Caucasians are clearly some of the most ancient existing Caucasians, except for the Kalash.

Kalash woman with her two girls in Pakistan. The Kalash are so diverse that they form an entire split in the Caucasian Race. In other words, among Caucasians, there are Kalash in one race and all Kalash in another vast race. I do not know what this means, but I am thinking that the Kalash may be one of the oldest Caucasians in existence due to their extreme genetic distance.

More Kalash. A woman and her son. The general theory is that the Kalash came from the Caucasus. If the Kalash indeed are the remnants of the most ancient Caucasians, the origin in the Caucasus is interesting because the Caucasus plays a major role in the formation of the Caucasian race as a nexus.

Other major nexuses are India, the Middle East and North Africa. Cavalli-Sforza suggests that the oldest Caucasians were two parts Asian and one part Black, this going back 40-45,000 years in Southern Russia (=Caucasus?). It is interesting to note that many Kalash have some Asian features. My theory is that the two Asian parts of the proto-Caucasians were Ainu types and the one Black part was a Masai-Tutsi type, but hey, I'm guessing.

There is evidence that Indians go back 44-63,000 years in India. Going back that far, they probably looked something like Aborigines, but no one is sure. The people along the coast were probably Negrito types.

The Garwhalis of far northern India. These people look a lot like the Kalash and may also be a very ancient Caucasian stock, this one probably from the Caucasus itself, which is where the mysterious Kalash arose. Some of these girls could walk down a street in a European city and no one would bat an eye. They could be Spaniards, Greeks, Albanians or Italians, but I am guessing. I could not place the Garwhalis into any race.

Nagas of Northeast India. Thought to be possibly be a remnant of the original people of Northeast India. They have a lot of Asian admixture. This one looks Tibetan. Genetically, they cluster with Tibetans.

More strange Naga people. The Naga have been fighting for a separate state for a long time now called Nagaland, and I support that struggle 100%. India has no right to any of NE India. India, go away.

The Indian proto-Caucasians seem to have bred in somewhat with Australoid types in India, but this is not at all clear except in the case of Tamils, who share skull affinities with Australoids. The general theory is that Indian skulls look like Aborigines from 8,000-40,000 years ago. Up until 5,000 years ago, Indians are quite muscular (robust), but then they become more gracile.

There are skulls going back 35,000 years in Sri Lanka, and more in Uttar Pradesh going back 45,000 years. According to one theory, Australia may have been settled from India. Tamil skulls do look Australoid, and resemble Papuans, Andamans, Senoi and Semang. There are stone tools in Sri Lanka dating back 22,000 years that are similar to the tools in Australia and Indonesia.

It is thought that these tools in the latter two countries came from India. The Veddas are the original peoples of Sri Lanka and predate the Tamils and Sinhalese, both of whom came about 2,000 years ago. However, in contrast to the India to Aborigine Theory, Vedda skulls do not currently cluster with Aborigine skulls, nor do Andaman Islander skulls (Bulbek)

Do look at many of the photos of Indians on this page who may be related to the original Australoids, possibly Negritos, of India.

A Yanadi boy peddling a canoe by the shore of the Indian Ocean in India. Some say Yanadis are the remains of the original Australoid inhabitants of India. The Yanadi live in coastal SE India.

An odd looking Nord Indid Banjara – Lambadi – Gypsy speaking a North Indian dialect This woman is from Karnatiman, which is somewhere in India. Maybe the ancient proto-Caucasians of 20,000 years ago in India looked like this.

I do not think we see much left genetically of the original Indian Australoids.

Yanadi boys in India. As you can see, some look a lot like Aborigines. Fascinating.

A Yanadi girl from India. This photo was taken from a Black nationalist site where they were screaming about how these people are ancient Blacks. Party all you want over your fantasy. She is more Aborigine than anything else, if you look very closely. For the Black appearance, more convergence. Lots of folks of various races look Black, or Negroid. So what. Doesn't prove relation.

Black or Negroid appearance, like Caucasoid phenotype or appearance, is probably just another endpoint for recent human facial evolution. Many races may end up either Negroid or Caucasoid appearing on a micro level.

The ancient Australoids of India now genetically and even (except in the case of the Tamils) anthropologically look like the neighboring Caucasian groups; we may be able to see older traces, but probably just that – traces. See these photos for those traces.

Super-commenter Joe Stickler calls these folks Indo-Melanids and calls them are proto-morphers (sort of anthropological shape-shifters). He notes that they are strongly stabilized and that they are certainly not Australoids.

A Gond boy from the Gond scheduled tribe in India. More aborigine appearance. The Gonds are thought to be the remains of the original Australoids of India. The Gonds are members of the South Indian Race along with the Munda, the Bhil, the Marathi, the Rajbanshi, the Oraon, the Parji, the Kolami-Naiki, the Chenchu-Reddi, the Konda, the Kolya, the West Bengal Brahmins and the Parsi. Gonds live in Central India.Joe Stickler* describes this boy as intermediate between Indo Melanid and Veddoid. He is actually fairly standardized. Note the Asiatic eyes.

A Vedda man from India. The Veddoids are thought to be one of the endpoints of Negrito evolution, in this case the remains of the original Indians. Veddoid Tamils do resemble Negritos, Papuans, the Senoi, the Semang and the Andaman Islanders and others in skulls. However, Vedda skulls do not resemble Aborigine skulls.

I swear I know a Chicano guy who looks a lot like this.

A Mardia Gond male from India. He could well be a descendant of an original Indian Negrito group. Note the very primitive hunter-gatherer lifestyle. The Mardia reside in Central India, south of the Gonds.

Indians have been evolving in situ, pretty much, without a lot of outside inputs, for about 17,000 years.

An Australoid looking man, or possibly a very early ancient Caucasian from India. Very interesting type.

The people of India are pretty closely related to each other, and form a compact and fairly unified group.

Che Guevara himself or any hippie from the 1960's in the US, right in India. Interesting phenotype.

The Indian proto-Caucasians probably came from the Middle East to India about 20,000 years ago.

A very modern Caucasian looking woman from Rajasthan in the West of India. Going West, Indians get more modern Caucasian-looking. The ring must mean marriage.

Originally, the Indian proto-Caucasians may have looked like Arabs, but this is not known.

A very beautiful Indian woman. This woman could easily be an Italian, if you ask me. A very interesting looking phenotype. She looks hot. Commenter Joe Stickler describes her as a North Indid – Graci-Indid type.

There were Australoid types present in the Indian subcontinent when these new Caucasian people came to India 20,000 years BP, and they looked like Australian Aborigines.

A Santal man from another scheduled tribe in India. The Santal are also thought to be a remnant of the original people of India. The Santal live in NE India, north of Bangladesh near Assam.

Another odd looking tribal woman, this one from Goa. The ring through the nose thing must be a sign of being a married woman. Once again, I look and think, ancient Caucasian, but who knows. There is somewhat of an Amerindian appearance, but this is more synchronicity. This is another Nord Indid Banjara – Lambadi – Gypsy speaking a North Indian dialect.

The Indian Australoids were bred out or genetically swamped by the Caucasians from the Middle East and they have now just merged into Indian Caucasians.

Oraon women in Orissa. Another scheduled tribe thought related to the original Indians. Note the Negroid or possibly Negrito appearance. The Oraon are members of the South Indian Race described above. The Oraon live in NE India, west of Bangladesh near the state of West Bengal.

Very happy Irular kids in India. Once again, I think I am seeing some kids that look like Aborigines in this photo. Another possible remnant of the first Indians. The Irular are members of the South Dravidian Race, along with the Sinhalese, the Lambada, the Izhava, the Kurumba, the Nayar, the Toda, the Kota, the Malayaraya and the Tamils. This race, along with the South Indian Race, are probably the remains of the earliest Indians.

The Irulars live in the far south of India, southwest of the Yanadi.

More Irulars of far southern India. The Irulars are a scheduled tribe and hence are subject to affirmative action measures, which are quite controversial in India. They are very dark-skinned, as you can see.

A Malid Panyer woman from India. Blacks love to claim these folk, but really the connection is probably to the Aborigines of Australia. Big difference. Or she could well be the remains of the Indian Negritos. In fact, early racial scholars Eickstedt put them and the Gonds in with the Negritos of the Andaman Islands. The Malids live in far southwestern India, near the state of Karnataka and west of the Irular. Joe Stickler* describes Malids as a mostly unspecialized and primitive Veddoid type.

A very primitive-looking Kanikar man with a loincloth and a bow and arrow. Note the woolly hair typical of Veddoids. The face seems to have an Australoid appearance also. Early racial scholars classed these people as Negrito types. Probably among the remains of the first Indians. The Kanikar reside at the very southern tip of India. Joe Stickler* describes Kanikars as a mostly unspecialized and primitive Veddoid type.

A Panya Gond woman, probably one of the remains of the first humans to populate India. Note the woolly hair and Negrito appearance. Gonds reside in central India. Joe Stickler* describes Panyas as a mostly unspecialized and primitive Veddoid type.

Indians are also one of the most diverse Caucasian groups, as they tend to ride on the edge between Asians and Whites all the way through, from Punjabi in the north to Tamil in the South.

A Chenchu woman in India, another possible remnant of the ancient Indians. They are also in the South Indian Race. The Chenchu reside in Southern India, mostly north and west of the Yanadi. Joe Stickler* describes this woman as a strongly stabilized Indo-Melanid type with some Veddoid influence.

Chenchu kids, from a scheduled tribes in South India. Scheduled tribes are completely outside of the caste system, whatever that means.

A beautiful North Indian girl. As you can see, folks in the North can also be quite dark. India is a mysterious continent.

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Related posts on India centric evolution of Man and the genetic analyses disproving Aryan Invasion theory are given here:

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2008/12/myth-of-aryan-invasion.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2008/12/india-centric-evolution-of-aryans.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2009/03/no-support-from-genetics-for-aryan.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2009/01/gothras-common-genetic-ancestry-of-all.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2008/05/zero-genetic-distance-and-gothras.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2009/02/tamilnadu-home-for-negroids-australoids.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2009/01/mankinds-date-with-indian-land-mass.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2008/04/migration-from-africa-or-inhabitants-of.html

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2008/08/roma-connection-with-india.html

 

 

 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2008/04/genetic-studies-dravidas-and-kashmiri.html

 

Only 6% BE grads are employable!

 

After the NASSCOM report on the unemployability of the graduates from our Professional colleges, here is the latest study on the deepening decay. Only 6% of the BE graduates are employable according to the recent survey.  While even those colleges in the field for a long time are not able to hone up their capability to bring out finer student material, here is our new HR minister ready to grant Madrassas the job of professional training! After the CBSE tag to the Madrassa products, the Government is leaping with gay abandon, least bothered about educational standards. Is there anyone in the government serious about giving quality education to our youth?

 

- jayasree

 

 

From

http://www.dc-epaper.com/DC/DCC/2009/06/09/ArticleHtmls/09_06_2009_005_004.shtml?Mode=0#

 

If a study by Pur pleLeap, a Bengaluru-based talent management company is to be believed, only 6 per cent of the engineering graduates in India are 'employable'.

The 10,000 students, including 1,000 from Tamil Nadu who were surveyed in 150 colleges across the country are lacking in the three major industry requirements — communication, problem solving and technical skills, the study claims.

This paints a gloomier picture than the findings of NASSCOM-McKinsey Report 2005, which states that only 25 per cent of engineering graduates and 10 per cent of non-engineering graduates in the country are fit for employment.

Several 'tier two and three' engineering colleges do not sufficiently develop the analytical thinking ability of the youngsters, which is what leads to poor problem solving ability, says Amit Bansal, CEO, PurpleLeap.

"When we talk of problem solving, we mean the ability of a student to grasp all aspects of a situa tion. In designing a programme for example, he should not only be able to deal with the constraints, but also troubleshoot," he explains.

Companies that recruit these candidates, point out that the quality of students and faculty is crucial in determining the skill-set of the fresh graduates. "The curriculum needs to reflect the changing market conditions and expectations," explains R. Ramkumar, VP, (corporate marketing, research and communications), Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Meanwhile, academicians insist situation is as bleak as it is portrayed in the study, and say that the responsibility of honing these skills, especially communication, lies with the industry and not the educational institutions, they say. "A large number of companies lookout for soft skills, which is not and should not be expected to be provided by universities, that should rather concentrate on content," says Prof. M.S. Ananth, director, IIT Madras.

 

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http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=4410509&navname=General%20&moreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/zeenews/general/zeenews.php&homeurl=http://www.samachar.com&nextids=4410505|4410506|4410507|4410508|4410509&nextIndex=0

 

 

Education system in madrassas to be restructured

New Delhi, June 09: Education system in madrassas is set to witness a restructuring with Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal saying these institutions will impart professional training along with religious teachings to empower Muslim youth.  However, he clarified that the ministry will not interfere with the religious teachings in madrassas.

"Some announcement will be made on that. It will be part of the 100-day agenda. When I talk about restructuring education, we will not interfere with the religious teaching in madrassas. But at the same time, the aim will be to empower Muslim youth," Sibal said in an interview.

"The objective is to ensure that when the Muslim youth go out of schools, they get job opportunities. We will ensure that they have skills and they are equipped with the kind of education that enables them to be part of the mainstream," he said.

The government has already decided to treat madrassa qualification at par with CBSE to enable Muslim students to get Central government jobs. However, this benefit will be available for those madrassas which are affiliated to the state madrassa boards existing in 10 states.

 

Sanatana Dharma is India’s National religion – Enliven Aurobindo’s dream!

 

 

From

 

http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/opinion/op-ed/renaissance-man-of-india.aspx

 

Renaissance man of India

By Jagmohan

(former governor of J&K and a former Union minister)

 

May 30 : Every nation has its own special attributes: Germany has its organisational abilities, the United States has enterprise, Japan has adaptability and the United Kingdom has balance. The hallmark of India, in its hey-days, was the power and profundity of her mind and the purity and punctiliousness of her soul. It was this power and purity which made Indian civilisation one of the most creative and constructive civilizations in the world.

 

In his own inimitable style, Sri Aurobindo had noted: "For 3,000 years she has been creating abundantly and incessantly, lavishly… republics and kingdoms and empires, philosophies and cosmogonies and sciences and creeds and arts and poems and all kinds of monuments and public works, communities and societies and religious orders, laws and codes and rituals, physical sciences, psychic sciences, systems of yoga, politics and administration, arts spiritual, arts worldly, trades, industries, fine crafts — the list is endless and in each item there is almost a plethora of activity".

 

The saints and sages of ancient India injected power and potency in the Indian mind. In turn, this power and potency added to the capacity of the sages and saints to think deeply on the phenomena around. One of the fundamental truths discovered by them was that the universe is an organic web in which every life is inextricably enmeshed with the other and that this web is permeated with cosmic force of which man and nature were constituents as well as contributors.

 

A philosophic structure, in the form of Vedanta, was raised and a way of attaining elevation of mind and moving towards truth, while carrying on with day to day work, was indicated through a comprehensive system of yoga.

 

Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, the power of the Indian mind, which had produced profound systems and structures, began to wane after the 7th century. Soon there was a near total desertification of the Indian mind, with small meadows of green appearing here and there occasionally. The "mighty evil" that had invaded the Indian mind and soul was, to a large extent, beaten back by a galaxy of profound thinkers and reformers who brought about a new awakening that led to the great renaissance of the later 19th century and early 20th century.

 

Out of the stalwarts of renaissance, Sri Aurobindo emerged as the strongest champion of the Indian spirit and expressed the highest confidence in its underlying strength. In no uncertain terms, he declared:

"India cannot perish, our race cannot become extinct, because among all the divisions of mankind it is to India that is reserved the highest and most splendid destiny, the most essential to the future of the human race. It is she who must send forth from herself the future religion of the entire world, the eternal religion which is to harmonise all religion, science and philosophies and make mankind one soul".

 

In Sri Aurobindo's thought, the Sanatan Dharm and India always appear as two sides of the same coin. But in his famous Uttarapar speech, delivered on May 30, 1909, he placed the former at a higher pedestal: "When, therefore, it is said that India shall rise, it is the Sanatan Dharm that shall rise. When it is said that India shall be great, it is the Sanatan Dharm that shall be great. When it is said that India shall expand and extend herself, it is the Sanatan Dharm that shall expand and extend itself over the world".

 

Sri Aurobindo makes it clear that Sanatan Dharm is designed to uplift the entire human race and not merely the Hindus:

"What is this religion which we call Sanatan, eternal. It is the Hindu religion only because the Hindu nation has kept it... But it is not circumscribed by the confines of a single country. That which we call the Hindu religion is really the eternal religion because it is the universal religion which embraces all others".

 

It needs to be underlined that in the post-Uttarpara-speech period, Sri Aurobindo committed himself mainly to the liberation of human consciousness. He made it clear: "Spirituality is India's only politics, the fulfillment of Sanatan Dharm its only swaraj". A regenerated India alone, he said, could free the world from its "enslavement to materialism" and for pointing it to the "way towards a dynamic integration of spirit and matter and to make life perfect with divine perfection". He believed that a greater evolution was the real goal of humanity.

 

After Sri Aurobindo's thought had undergone a subtle shift at Uttarpara on May 30, 1909, his vision was to liberate India's consciousness and bring back Sanatan Dharm as India's "national religion" — a religion which is all embracing, non-sectarian and eternal. His vision was to build a nation of karmayogis who would have a higher consciousness, be rid of egos, desires and attachments, have no joy over their successes and no grief over their failures, achieve inner rather than outer renunciation, perform passionless and impersonal actions and take themselves to such a height where no distinction is kept between their will and the will of the divine.

 

But what is position today? Has not a deep and dark shadow fallen between Sri Aurobindo's vision and the reality in India today? Do we find karmayogis around or see signs of liberation of India's spirit? Has there been any advance towards spirituality or higher level of human consciousness? Clearly, the answer to all such questions is in the negative. On the centenary day — May 30, 2009 — of Uttarpara speech, let all students and teachers of Sri Aurobindo's school of thought resolve that they would not lose heart on account of current dismal scenario and would work with a renewed sense of mission to ensure that the vision of the great prophet of the 20th century is fulfilled. Undoubtedly, the task is Herculean, the goal is distant and would take a long time to traverse. But let us not forget that even the longest journey begins with the first step.

 

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Related post on Sri Aurobindo's Uttarpara speech

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2009/04/indian-dharma-is-sanata-dharma-sri.html

 

Indian elections – a mega rigging with EVMs??

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Is india doomed forever? a review on 2009 election results

Published May 16, 2009

Now the long expected election results is out. Contrary to the popular views, the results was a shock to everyone, both to the winning UPA and to the losing NDA. The reason is that this result is unexpected, and in some sense, unfeasible, considering the so much of anti-incumbency and confusion that existed in the past few months.

I strongly believe, that this election result appears to be highly artificial, and that some external/internal forces had acted on it to alter the verdict, to the non-popular italian lady and the rubber stamp Manmohan Singh. While i could not specify exactly the kind of riggings/manipulations that have happened, i just wanted to list down the possibilities and the reasons why i believe the results could be largely manipulated.

I would analyse this point NOT on NDA’s strength, but rather on the position of UPA before the polls.

Status of the Parties in the Pre-Poll Scenario:

Its clearly evident, that UPA was running on a heavy anti-incumbency factor, and was in a state of confusion, with infighting among its UPA partners. The Congress was continuously losing the state elections since 2004, except for few states like rajasthan and delhi. Even in rajasthan, congress won only because of BJP’s rivalries and it could not secure a comfortable majority.

And then the famous UPA parliamentry scam, where a group of opposition MP’s were bought by the ruling congress (but the principal architect being the US). Congress earned a bad name after that scam, and its popularity further plunged, because of the simultaneous bomb blasts in major indian cities, within weeks after the vote for cash scam. (While this is widely believed to be handiwork of congress and its american masters to cover up the rumbles raised by the opposition over the Vote for cash scam).

The congress also announced series of freebies, like the 60,000 crore loan waiver for farmers etc, which ultimately did not create any positive impact on it. The situation further worsened with skyrocketing price rises where a kg of rice peaked from Rs.20 to Rs. 40 at the time of polling.

The other UPA partners also doesnt seems to doing well. The DMK was itself at heavy anti-incumbency, while the congress had all sort of issues with other UPA allies, like RJD, paswan and Sharad Pawar. Most of the UPA constituents fielded candidates against congress in many places.

In tamilnadu, Jayalalitha was riding at her peak, with even some of the pro-congress news channels giving her a sweep of tamilnadu. People were disgusted at DMK’s rampant corruption and inactiveness and mainly its double standard over Lankan tamil issue. The people were so angry that they were of the opinion that other than DMK & Congress, any other party can be voted.

In such a scenario, the outcome of the POLLS is highly shocking and unbelievable.

Analysis of the Poll Outcomes:

Let me start with Tamilnadu. The DMK has won 18 seats, while the ADMK won only 9. This itself is unbelievable, considering the electoral alliance. The DMK had only congress and VCK, while the ADMK camp has MDMK, PMK, and the communists.

Also, the winning margins of DMK candidates are very high, which again raises the suspicion. Such high margins are possible only when there is a wave in favor of DMK, which clearly is absent in TN.

Also the finance minister P. Chidambaram was trailing till the last round, but suddenly declared as winner. Expecting more details on this.

At the national level too, there was NO wave in favor of congress, to attain such big victory. It got around 200 seats on its own, which is beyond its capability in a genuine contest and also in terms of its position and popularity, it is beyond its reach.

In andhra pradesh, the opposition had put up a strong alliance, and PRP remained a third front. It seems the congress is nearing majority, which again is very difficult considering the grand alliance and also its anti-incumbency. The TDP really had a favorable position, along with the support of communists and the TRS.

Is there any behind the scene riggings & Manipulations?

Those who are from tamilnadu, will immediately say “YES” on seeing the outcome. But on the national level, its really difficult to say so, in a generic way. But i believe, something has taken place to bring out the outcome.

The main reason for my prediction is that the way the congress projected itself in medias, and the way it was confident of 200 seats, and the relaxing posture from it, all make me suspect that the poll outcome was determined well ahead of the polls. If we look at the 200 mark of congress, it is more or less the same it was boasting of in the medias. (one may say, they said it out of their estimation.. but no party can predict as close as this, amidst an anti-incumbancy situation).

So what are the ways, the polls could be manipulated or rigged?

Hacking of EVM Software:

This is one area, where we cannot reject it completely. Being a software engineer myself, i am aware of how much if’s and else’ we can inject in to the software that runs in the EVMs. ie, we can implant any amount of logic or possibilities in to it, so that the results are obtained in the way they wanted. Let me quote the few possibilities that could be hacked in to the EVMs.

1. For every 10 votes in each party, one vote is transferred to the congress.

2. At the end of voting, just by pressing/holding a specific button, the final results are adjusted that a specific % of votes (say 5%) from other parties are transferred to the congress.

3. When the results are counted, point two can happen.

4. A passive secret minute wireless device integrated in to EVMs, known only to specific people, so that the results could be manipulated after the elections, while the EVM’s are stored in a central location. The person can do this through remote, just outside that building, and that he need to break in to the building. I believe, this is highly possible given the current technologies, and also due to the fact that the hacker can establish wireless connection to each of the EVM’s separately.

Or there can be a software that gets the data from all the EVM’s at a time, so that the hacker can adjust the data all at once from a remote location, then update them to the respective EVMs in a batch mode. This is the most effective way of poll rigging.

EVMs with such manipulating software/wireless devices need not be used at all the locations. Rather, a specific set of seats, where congress is strong but could not win might have been chosen, and such EVMS might have been delivered to those constituencies. By this, the possibility of such fraud being detected would be less, as such manipulated EVMs would be distributed among regular ones, so that the parties could not detect it effectively. I think its time consuming to verify all the EVMS, and that the parties might not be aware of such conspiracies and hence would not have thought of checking or may not know how to check.

Also, even the polling officers might not be knowing this, as the software is developed by not more than a team of 10 engineers. Only those who developed the software know of its functioning, and only those who designed the hardware chips know of the wireless feature.

Since the software of the EVM’s could be updated at any time any where, through either data card, or through wireless (in case if its fitted), this thing could have been done at any time of the election process. Even at the last minute. It has to be noted again, that the time to reinstall the software might not take more than 10 minutes.

Rigging Elections:

Coming to the next possibility, the poll rigging has been another effective tool to manipulate the vote count. Its a known fact and it happened in the past, that at the end of the polls (by 4-5 PM), the booth manager, if he is a supporter of the ruling party, facilitates the respective booth agents to fill the unpolled votes to their party. The other party agents are either blackmailed, or subverted or threatened or thrown out of the room by using some false accusations.

But this could not be widely practiced, as it might expose the ruling party. However, the congress being extra constitutional party enjoying full media support, such incidents are never reported. When the congress could indulge in buying out votes in the parliament unmindful of the public reaction, its no wonder that it would fear for public reaction at the local booth level.

Particularly in Tamilnadu, the DMK has shown the way of how to do rigging without getting accounted for.

The Money Power:

I think, the BJP secured a self-goal, when it raised its pitch over bringing back swiss money. This backfired, as a tiny part of the swiss money would have been channeled to power broke the elections. Considering the fact that more than a two lakh crore rupees are stuffed in swiss bank, its natural for the corresponding secret account holders to divert a part of that to prevent BJP from coming to power, thus saving themselves from a government scrutiny. No wonder, even the congress persons themeselves would have lot of money stashed in swiss bank, which they might have used.

Now coming to the role of money in influencing the voters, i could accept it as a factor but not a deciding factor in the results. Because in the karnataka elections both ruling and opposition parties distributed money, and ultimately the BJP won through, inspite of congress distributing money.

Another possibility is to silence/bribe the BJP/opposition booth commitee members in key constituencies, to favor congress by being within BJP. I believe, there are many such moles available in BJP.

And the last thing is the distribution of money to the voters. In tamilnadu, it was taking place at an unprecendented scale, where for each constituency, around 50 crores were spent by DMK and the congress. This could not be matched by ADMK.

Deliberate Error in Election result:

I dont know how far the possibility is, but i am NOT ruling out this option. What if the person who announces the result in each constituency, manipulates in favor of the ruling party. Who is going to verify it or recount it? The respective booth representative just notes down what is being announced.

However i am aware that this is not that much easy.

The power of beurocracy:

And finally, i am coming to the most important factor. The absolute power of beurocracy, both in terms of governmental power and also in terms of their Unions.

In tamilnadu, its an open secret that the ADMK government was brought down last time, because of the conspiracies of the government servants. Jayalalitha came down heavily on the government employees, when they attempted to blackmail the government.

This was confirmed by me at some of my friends circle where their parents are government servants. But i could not speculate on how they could have done it. There are many possibilities/opportunities, where they could do this at various levels, right from polling booth.

Is india Doomed for ever?

Now, let’s consider the situation of India.

• The President of India is a congress selected person.
• The unaccountable super PM is an italian lady.
• The PM of india is the nominated person, who is the most obedient to his italian masters.
• The Chief Election Commissioner is Navin Chawla, who is a Congress stooge.
• Many government positions now appointed with person of congress loyalty.
• 
  

I am really concerned that using these high level circles, the congress could do anything in the future. Let me speculate some of the possibilities…

1. The BJP governments at the state level would be brought down, using any means. Now Navin Chawla being the CEC, the congress has full co-operation from him to do anything they want. Earlier, when gopalswamy was the CEC, he was very strict, and even the communists were able to come back to power under him. And now Navin Chawla took over, the results are clear in west bengal and kerala. The communists should also think over.

2. The christian missionaries will continue to hold sway over india. More amount of money will be pumped in to india unaudited. More conversions will happen, and the hindu religious institutions will be targetted again. Conversions will go on in full swing. The demography would be altered in the next general election, where the missionaries will try to increase the christian population to 15 crore, while the muslim population will increase to 20%. So combinedly, they will have 35% sway over voting. Since the christian population is under the church control, and muslim population under the control of respective mosques, in the name of minorityism and secularism, congress will buy back these vote banks, while splitting the already fractured hindu votebanks.

3.The temples will continue to be in government control, and left to its decay. Now itself, most of the temples are without priests , or in a shabby condition where priests get a paltry sum of Rs. 500 per month. In another 5 years, most of the remaining priests would leave away. More importantlly, the next generation of priests is virtually absent, as almost all the chidren of the current priest family prefer other jobs. The congress will never do anything to revive temples or Hinduism.

3. Rural areas would continue to be neglected. More people would migrate to cities, and more slums to be created. More infrastructure bottle neck at cities, and there would be two indias living. one in urban with all facilities, and the other in rural continuing to be neglected.

4. The security of India is already compromised with china encircling us, and Nepal in Chaos. It has to be seen, whether the congress, now free of communists pressure will act against the maoists or will continue a blind stand against them.

5. Afzal guru will not be hanged

6. Rajiv killer Nalini will be pardoned.

7. More looting of india by these men, and more money to be stashed in swiss bank by these people. No drive against corruption, nor any nationalistic sentiments. Indians would continue to de-indianised, and the cultural and spiritual base would continue to degrade/dwindle.

There are many more things that would happen. But for one thing is sure. India is doomed for ever, unless some thing drastic happens, and a nationalistic government gets to power.

Another article from Mr Senthila raja's blog

http://psenthilraja.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/remote-controlling-evm-manufacturing-election-result/

Remote Controlling EVM – Manufacturing Election Result

Published May 24, 2009

A realistic Perspective of the Mass EVM Fraud:

In my earlier posts, i just gave a wild prediction of how EVMs could be hacked. And as the discussion goes on further, we get a realistic picture of how this fraud could have happened.

Let me put up my views on such possibilities again.

Insertion of Trojan:

Many people claim that this possibility is low, as the number of persons involved in this process would be high, and that there are possibilities that it might be leaked out. While their point is valid, we can also consider the sivaganga constituency, where the result is changed at the last minute, but the news has been completely blocked. So, even if there is more number of people involved, the news might be prevented from leaking out.

The important stage of this Software hacking process is to insert a trojan code in to the Control Unit software, right at the manufacturing stage. The EC claims that, since the same EVM is used in more than one election, and that the candidate serial number is not known at the time of manufacturing, this trojan software could not be effectively used.

However, this is not a FOOL PROOF method. What the trojan software needs to know is the exact button assigned to the beneficiary party. This button may vary from constituency to constituency. So there may be series of key combinations, to make the software know the button assigned for the particular beneficiary party. For example, if the congress is assigned the 3rd button in a particular constituency, that button is held for a particular time period (say some 30 seconds to 1 minute), in combination with other buttons. By this, the software will come to know of the button assigned to the beneficiary party, and use this for diverting the votes from other parties.

The EC also claims, that the each chip has a unique code assigned, and that replacing with any other chip will make the EVM crash. This is again a vague reasoning, because, it will not be difficult, to manufacture the same chip with same unique number when a determined fraud is happening.

One more claim by the EC is that most of the EVM’s are manufactured long time back. But that doesnt explain the possibility of replacing the chip with another identical one, just before this election.

Embedding of Minute Wireless Transmitter/ Receiver in EVM Chip:

Most of the technical persons might be aware of the rapid advancement of Nano Technology, where the size of the electronic componenet is highly miniaturised. Today is the era of embedding everything in to single chip. And i strongly raise the this question; Why dont the Controlling Unit of the EVM’s be embedded with a wireless transmitter/receiver, for remote access?

The embedding of wireless Transmitter/Receiver inside the control Unit of the EVM machine is highly possible, and can be done without being detected. I believe, this form of manipulating EVMs through remote control is indeed the most sophisticated, easier, and advanced way to manipulate the results accurately.

For those, who are rejecting this very idea, please refer the following article in BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5186650.stm

The above news is about a HP chip, that stores 100’s of pages, and transmitts them via wireless, using bluetooth or other Radio Frequency.

So, its entirely possible to embed such a wireless transmitter/receiver inside the control circuit of the EVM’s, and they can be controlled from any part of the world.

Before, i move on, please read the following articles too.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084844.htm

A full fledged bluetooth wireless featured embedded in a single chip. (antennas, transmitter, receiver, all within chip).

http://embedded-system.net/bluetooth-chip-with-gps-fm-radio-csr-bluecore7.html

Another HP article, that describes about the minute wireless chip that they had designed.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2006/060717a.html

An article in 2002, reporting about a wireless feature embedded within a chip.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/05/020530073010.htm

A quote at the end of the above article, would give a brief idea on use of embedded wireless devices.

“In other potential applications, the military has expressed interest in pairing wireless chips with tiny sensors such as microphones. The idea is to drop thousands or even hundreds of thousands of these devices in a region to eavesdrop over a wide area. The chips would form a listening network by themselves, and the military monitor the system as needed.”

when a tiny wireless chip is dropped in hundreds to eavesdrop, it means, the chip is capable of transmitting data back to the control station. This point is very important and has to be noted to understand the issue further.

Nano Technology in US Military:

http://mae.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?article_id=294946

How the EVMs Could have been manipulated through remote control:

To discuss this possible scenario, We need to assume that the wireless transmitter/emitter had been embedded in right at the manufacturing of the Chip itself. (Note: THe chip manufacturing happens at a different place, well before EVM production)

There is a unique ID assigned to each EVM, and each of the EVM could be contacted separately, using this unique ID.

Can such a wireless component be detected or traced?

• The wireless componenet in a chip, cannot be detected, unless, it transmits or emits signals. The Chip might have been programmed to transmit data only upon receiving certain command through specific frequency. In this case, the receiver component might be in listen mode, waiting for a particular command, known only to a core expert group. So, in a normal circumstance, this wireless component will be in hidden mode.

Can the architecture of the CHIP be verified?

• To my knowledge, a chip’s internal circuitry cannot be verified after it is manufactured. In our case, the expert committee had verified only the approved architecture for use in production. However, it doesnt gaurantee, that all the Chips manufactured there are as per the original design.

• The current architecture might have been obtained by the hackers, and additional wireless component introduced, and this new modified architecture might be produced at some different place and then used during the assembly of EVMs.

• The size, apperance, and even the Unique ID of the Chip would be emulated as it is, and thus it is extremely difficult to verify, if the current Chip components used is indeed the original one.

The EVMs are all despatched to the respective constituencies, and the high level “Rigging / hacking team”, will ensure that the EVM’s with wireless component is delievered to the appropriate constituency.

Now, the election would be conducted regularly, and the EVMs are stored in a highly secured location in each constituency.

Now, the core hacking team comes in to picture. We know that there are two days b/w last phase of voting and counting. In that time interval, the following is possible.

• Using specially designed device, the core hacking team, can connect to each of the EVM’s through satellite connection, and obtain the voting data in to its computer. This is possible, since each EVM has a unique ID, and using that ID, they can connect to each and every EVM accurately.

• All the data would be downloaded to a computer, according to EVM’s.

• Now, in the selected constituencies, the votes are adjusted in each EVM’s used there, to increase the tally of the ruling party. Suppose, if there are 1500 boths in a constituency, and each booth having 1000 voters, with an average voting of 750 votes. If we could adjust, atleast 50 votes in each booth, it comes around 45,000 votes in all the 1500 booths. And this 50 votes need not be taken from any single party. For example, in a particular constituency, 20 votes from ADMK, 10 votes from DMDK, 5 votes from 4 other small parties/candidates, will total 50 votes. And these small adjustments are extremely difficult to detect and prove.

• After the adjustments, these data could be uploaded to the corresponding EVMs automatically through an appropriate devices.

• To give a familiar view of this process, its possible, to download all the data in an excel sheet along with EVM ID, adjust the values, and then upload these data back to the EVM, from this excel sheet itself. This is very much possible. Through automation, any number of EVMs could be manipulated in a short time.

we have seen how the remote controlling of EVM’s can be done by a small group of 5 to 10 expert group. I cannot prove that this is what could have happened, but i am pointing out, that this is largely possible, with current technological advancement, no matter, what amount of safegaurds we have.

Imagine, if atleast 25% of the EVMs are embedded with such wireless component, the result can be manipulated in atleast 25% of the constituencies. That comes around 136 constituencies of india, where the results can be adjusted remotely from anywhere in the world. THis is not a small number to ignore.

What the political Parties (Mainly the opposition parties) can do now?

First of all, it would be difficult to prove that a rigging has been happened, because of the secrecy of the votes. The political parties can analyse the voting patter in the booth where they are strong, and then take a mock survey.

The next thing is that the opposition parties can fight to ban use of EVMs in the coming elections, and return to paper ballot mechanism. This is very important, and can be argued strongly, citing the numerous possibility of hacking electronic devices. Also, the possibility of Rigging elections on a mass scale, like use of automated software, wireless technology etc, undermines the very purpose of election. In Paper Ballot, although some amount of rigging take place, it cannot be done at a mass scale secretly.

And if the parties fail to do that, then Indian elections would always be a “Match Fixing”. The parties will continue to spend large amount of money and effort in fighting elections, and atlast lose the elections, without being aware that a core group would sit inside an A/C room (either in Delhi or in Newyork), and manipulate the results to make a particular party to win.

For those who dont accept, or reject this as non-sense, i can confidently bet, that in the current world of electronics, Nothing is impossible.

Imagine, if the US could detect the location of Osama Bin Laden, through his cell phone signals, its not Impossible to remote control the EVM’s through satellite.

PS: The US and Britain had a direct stake in the current indian election, mainly because of the nuclear deal they had done. They can get the full co-operation (or perhaps, the servitude, slavery and subjugation) only from the congress party, and that they had the larger interest in making congress win. So, we cannot neglect the role of the US, in architecting such a large hi-fi election rigging, using a small core group of hackers.

No tectonic study done on Sethu - NIO Expert Group

Statement of Dr. Subramanian Swamy,

President of the Janata Party.

June 3, 2009. 

1. The Expert Group of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) of the Ministry of  Science and Technology under the Prime Minister has informed the Government and the Dr. R.K. Pachauri Committee in a Report dated March  2009,  that the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) as designed under the stewardship of Mr. T.R. Baalu, as Minister of Shipping, was  without "any study done on the potential impact of  tectonic events on the Sethusamudram Canal". It points out that "during February 1948 to January 1949, tectonic events led to the submergence of a part of Dhanushkodi town".  It goes on to recommend that "an answer to this question is clearly needed to estimate the impact and viability of this (SSCP) Project itself".

2. A copy of the Expert Group Report was provided to me by an official of the PMO, but it should be made public by laying on the Table of Parliament so that all citizens can know what skullduggery took place in ramming the SSCP through for implementation by T.R. Baalu.

3. It may be recalled that the SSCP was stayed by the Supreme Court in August 2007 on my Writ Petition, and subsequently after long arguments, on July 31, 2008 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Shri Balakrishnan directed the Government to consider an alternate route proposed by me, now designated Alignment No. 4A. This was being considered by the Pachauri Committee, which had referred the matter to the NIO for an expert opinion on feasibility of the alignments. The SSCP Alignment No.6 had required cutting through the Rama Setu, which was not acceptebale to the Supreme Court..

4. The said Report of the Expert Group of the NIO further censured the Ministry of Shipping for implementing the SSCP even as "there exists no baseline data to permit a  conclusive statement to be made regarding the potential impact of a switch in alignment (i.e., so as not to damage the Rama Setu), as asked for by the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India.".

5. The Expert Group therefore recommends that "a full fledged EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) be carried out to enable an assessment of the possible impact of Alignment 4A, and indeed of Alignment 6 on the Marine Biosphere Reserve". This would take another five years.

6. Mr. T.R. Baalu can now be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act along with all other officials and Ministers who approved the SSCP in gross violation of all canons and norms of government principles. His personal family pecuniary benefits from the SSCP would also come under the scanner.

  ( SUBRAMANIAN  SWAMY )

Sethu is back!

Sethu is back in news with the new set of ministers going vocal about their love for breaking Ram Sethu. Azhagiri, expressed his resolve to break it soon after swearing in and Vasan also did not lag behind in airing his intentions.


However I have a small hope on Vasan taking charge of Shipping ministry. He is a pious and balanced face groomed in Mooppanar image. I don’t think he will do anything to hurt the Hindu place of pilgrimage which is one of the oldest in the country, tracing its existence to Ramayana times. I don’t think the Congress also would irritate the Hindus by towing the DMK line. The reason for thrusting Vasan in shipping despite the clamour from DMK is perhaps to drive home the point that though Vasan will take care of Tamil ‘sentiments’ he will not be towing the DMK line in disregarding the religious importance of Sethu!


A lot has been written about Sethu’s importance.

I wish to show here a picture of the Sethu-k-karai.


The picture below is at the spot of Ram Sethu where pilgrims take bath. Parashara recommends a bath at this place to get relieved of Mother’s curse. Skanda puranam tells the many virtues of bathing here. The worst crimes against the 5 kuravargaL (mother, father, elder brother, teacher and king) are removed if one baths here. Kambha Ramayana also endorses this view.







The land area stretching into the sea is where the bund begins. One can see the white surf of waves formed by stoppage of waters by the bund. The while line of waves dashing on the Sethu stretches into the sea in the middle of the waters.


The force of waters is such that it is heavy and muddy showing that the entire volume of waters is hindered here – being stopped by the bund that rises from the bottom of the sea.
This is in contrast to the waters near Rameshwaram temple or in Dhanush koti where you feel the normal rush of waters to the shore.



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From

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vasan%5Cs-intentsethusamudram-project-stirs-uphornets%5C-nest/359970/

Vasan's intent on Sethusamudram project stirs up a hornets' nest


Mihir Mishra / New Delhi June 03, 2009, 1:15 IST


As the new Union government takes its place in the saddle, the initial statements of intent by ministers have begun to create ripples. First up is Shipping Minister G K Vasan, who said upon taking charge that the United Progressive Alliance government should complete the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project, as it was beneficial to the country and Tamil Nadu. The statement by the minister, who represents the Congress, has raised the hackles of non-government organisations, as well as the main Opposition party, the BJP.


“The matter is pending before the Supreme Court and nothing can happen before the apex court’s verdict,” said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javdekar.


There is also the Pachauri Committee that is examining the project and is expected to come out with a report soon.

“The Sethusamudran Project, by any stretch of science, or environmental compatibility, is not good for the people,” said Ossie Fernandes, convenor, Coastal Action Network, a Chennai-based NGO opposing the project. “Dredging does not mean there is a canal.”


Subramanian G, executive-director of Manitham, another NGO, said: “We are opposing the project on environmental grounds.”


India has a peninsular coastline of 7,517 km studded with 12 major ports and 185 intermediary and minor ports. The Sethusamudram Project, which envisages dredging of a ship channel across the Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka, plans to provide ships sailing between the east and west costs of India a straight passage through India’s territorial waters, instead of having to circumvent Sri Lanka.


The project is facing oppositions on environmental grounds. There is the fear that the project may result in tsunami waves hitting south Kerala more fiercely. The dredging of Ram Sethu, a mythological bridge built by Lord Rama in the Palk Strait, has made the BJP oppose the project.
There is a view that the project will disturb the ecological balance and kill corals. It is also an important fishing ground in Tamil Nadu. The trade in shells, which has a turnover of Rs 150 crore a year, will also die, it is feared. “We challenged Baalu (Vasan’s predecessor) and challenge Vasan to read the reports and then come out with any such claims,” said Fernandes.
Subramanian is less strident. Questioning the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) report, he said he would not oppose the project if it got clearance from an international agency.


“We are not totally against the project. We want another survey by an international agency, because the Neeri report lacked facts about the tsunami and cyclones. If that international agency clears it, we will let it happen,” he said.


Both Fernandes and Subramanian said they would meet the minister. “Yes, we will meet the minister and show him that this is not feasible and so work on the project should be stopped,” said Fernandes.


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From


Newly sworn-in minister M.K.Azhagiri promises to revive the Sethu Samudram project.
The newly sworn in minister for chemicals and fertilizers, Mr M.K.Azhagiri, promised on Thursday to revive the controversial Sethu Samudram project.


The elder son of the Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi, told this newspaper that the DMK manifesto had promised the people that the ‘prestigious’ project would be revived despite opposition by some groups on religious grounds.


“I will personally meet the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, in this regard,” he said. “We will fulfill the promise we have given to the people.” The Sethu Samudram pro ject was inaugurated in 2005 by Dr Manmohan Singh and the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, during the previous UPA regime when Mr T.R. Baalu was the Union shipping minister.


Sources said moves had started on Wednesday itself with all the DMK ministers meeting the Tamil Nadu Congress leader G.K.Vasan, who took over as union shipping minister on Thursday.
The project involves dredging along the Palk Strait to form a channel that will enable ships to pass along without taking a circuitous route around Sri Lanka. It ran into controversy after environmental activists protested over the ecological damage and Hindu religious groups claimed it would damage the ‘Ram Sethu’ bridge believed to be built by Lord Rama to cross over to Lanka.


Mr Azhagiri, who won from Madurai parliamentary constituency by more than one lakh votes, said that all the ministers from Tamil Nadu will work for the growth of the country and the state.
The first time MP and the DMK’s south organising secretary was able to manage a victory in nine out of 10 parliamentary seats for the DMK-Congress combine.


He has already taken the reins of the party in New Delhi. “It was possible only because of joint efforts of the two parties and Kalaignar’s achievements,” he said.

The astrology of the Air France crash

The crash of the Air France plane carrying 228 people is in the news.

As one currently working on deciphering the astrological connections to terror attacks and man made calamities of unnatural variety, I think I can say something on the crash of the Air France plane.

If we go by the traditional wisdom, the causes are more obvious.

(Starring time , May 31, 2009, 7-00pm, Rio de Janeiro)

The ascendant falls at Moola.
The Lagna Lord Jupiter and the 8^th Lord moon are afflicted by Saturn bringing an airy element into focus, besides foretelling death potential (Prasna Marga, Upadesa Sutras) while Mercury (signifactor of transportation) is in 3^rd from lagna lord and is getting afflicted by Mars in Aries.

Mars and Saturn in Aries and Leo with Jupiter passing Aquarius foretells a calamity of unnatural deaths. Whenever Mars, Sun and Saturn transit Aries or Leo or Scorpio, there will be mass death of unnatural kind caused by fire. Even if 2 of these planets are there, the causative will be triggered. Mars in Aries and Saturn in Leo make us keep our fingers crossed, expecting some bad news. It has happened. I vaguely remember a similar astro map mentioned by Nostradamus. His prediction sees Jupiter in Aquarius, aspected by Saturn and fire falling from air. Jupiter was in Aquarius at the time take off and crash with Saturn in Leo aspecting it. Leo is the sign of France in mundane astrology.

The 2^nd has Rahu along with Gulika and Mandhi while Ketu was transiting the 8^th in the Saturn's star of Pushya.

The marak and Bhadak of the 7^th house (airy sign) Mercury is afflicted in Aries (fiery) by Mars.

All these show that the cause of the crash is fire, though the plane made a watery grave (8^th house in watery cancer with Ketu in Saturn's star)

The melefics not placed in any type of inauspicious axis to each other, rule out any sabotage.

As Mars is sailing through Aries and is set to enter Taurus, my concerns increase. Whenever the malefics such as Mars or Saturn had crossed Rohini, man- engineered (terrorist attack or wars) calamities had happened. The Rohini Shaka Bheda was feared from time immemorial.

When Mars transits Rohini, it will be in 3-11 axis with Ketu while Saturn will continue to be in Leo casting its 10^th glance on Taurus, increasing the chances of a terror attack or man-made calamity at that time. The places affected are likely to be Ireland, Iran, Poland or France and Italy.

May God bless everybody!

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest-of-World/Air-France-plane-crashes-into-Atlantic-with-228-aboard-/articleshow/4605069.cms

The plane vanished on Monday four hours into its 11-hour flight, as it was beyond the reach of radar midway over the Atlantic between South America and Africa, in an area known for its tropical storms. The last communication from the aircraft were automatic data signals warning of multiple electric and pressurization failures on board. The pilot did not send any mayday distress calls.

Air France suggested the four-year-old plane could have been struck by lightning - a fairly common hazard that by itself should not knock out a modern airliner, but coupled with other problems such as violent turbulence it could be dangerous. Other theories advanced by experts include pilot error, mechanical defects or even the remote possibility of terrorism. "No hypothesis is being favoured at the moment," French prime minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday.