School for Terror?

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The arrest of a serving army officer for bomb blasts and his links with a private military school suggest a conspiracy larger than thought before. TSI's Danish Riyaz and Malik Rashid Faisal probe deeper from the spot

The film Shaurya – about army men wearing their religious affiliations on their sleeves – had bombed at the box office. But the real life blast drama, allegedly played out by the likes of Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Purohit and retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, has been terrifyingly successful. And, yes, nobody would ever have known who precisely directed the Malegaon real time script had not the blast bike been identified as Sadhvi Pragya’s. For it was only after the arrest of Pragya and her accomplices that the sleuths were firmly launched on the army link to the terror trail. What’s more, the evidence gathered so far suggests they masterminded several other blasts as well. Interestingly, it is also now mentioned in some reports that one point from which some of the plans originated was the Bhonsala Military School in Nashik! It is alleged that this is where these army men and their cohorts 'trained' the saffron bombers.

As the school, established way back in 1937 by RSS ideologue Dr B.S.Moonje, evolved, its agenda purportedly came to borrow more and more from Germany’s Nazi and fascist Italy’s Brown Shirt training schools. In fact, some of the extreme criticism has also asserted that the school, set up initially to instill in its students the spirit of patriotism, has slowly but surely morphed into "a killing machine of the Hindutvawadis." Though this may or may not be correct, repeated calls to the school for an interview were not returned.

During a recent visit, however, TSI found that the school campus spread over hundreds of acres had a range of curricula on offer – and enrolled students from pre-nursery to matriculation levels. Yet, common to them all was an almost overbearing emphasis on physical training. Also, many of the students of Shishu Vihar were locals from middle class backgrounds. Others came from outside the district – all of them drawn by the Spartan discipline and quality education the school reportedly provides.

The military training school 20 yards from Shishu Vihar, watched over by several vigilant guards, is set in lush green compounds. Its halls are adorned with photos of RSS leaders like Savarkar.

The students’ day begins at crack of dawn with physical exercises and horse riding lessons. The school’s physical trainer, Sanjay Pagare – a retired army man - at first declined to answer our queries. And when, after great reluctance, he did slightly open up, nothing new was revealed. Said Pagare,“I have been here for a year now and have never come across any suspicious activities. (B.S. Moonje was this school’s founder and it is named after him). He always stressed on spreading communal amity. Now the school’s fair name is being sullied, that’s all.”


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Sleepless in siachen

We first reached Base Camp, at 12,000 feet. Our instructor Lance Naik Mohammad Latief Khan told us not to get adventurous, and stay as cool as possible, but at this place, where one felt so close to the Almighty, I wanted to walk all over the mesmerising terrain. But within the first hour, we thanked Khan: we were getting breathless. We had to stay there for four days to get acclimatised. And it was then that we saw the porters and the link commanders. The first were people who carried our heavy luggage, scampering about like mountain goats; the others were soldiers who knew the way between camps blindfolded; they have to work practically blindfolded when heavy snow obliterates all landmarks. Hence, if Almighty was just within reach in the sky so close above, he had already sent his seconds-in-command to us as porters and link commanders. And all their hopes lay in OP Baba.

He was a soldier – Om Prakash – who died fighting the enemy alone sometime in the mid-1980s. After a while, he started coming in the dreams of soldiers, often forecasting trouble and guiding them out of it. From then on, no team goes up or leaves Siachen without propitiating the spirit of OP Baba at the picturesque temple, an all-religion affair created by the army. We did the same.

As one walked, the toughness of the terrain unravelled itself. Feet felt lead-cast. Besides, some unfathomable feelings gripped our hearts when we walked on the ladders over crevices; we could hear the sound of gurgling water somewhere deep down below but couldn’t see it: they told us that anyone hitting that bottomless pit would reach temperature levels of minus 200 degrees. Two months before we reached, the bodies of two soldiers who died falling in those crevices 14 years ago, had been recovered, still un-decomposed.

On the trek, our truest friends were the porters, and no one was so grateful to porter Tsengey than TSI lensman Mukunda De. Here, the “safety rope” is the margin between life and death, so one has to cling on to his rope all the time. But with a 12 kg camera bag, his own 16 kg luggage, and a steady rush of chilling wind, Mukunda had the onerous job of taking pictures. So when Tsengey took away his luggage, he realised the core value of the word 'relieved'.


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the dusky beauty is learning martial arts for the movie.

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Living up to her Dad's name!

Deepika Padukone is learning quite a few things from her forthcoming film Chandni Chowk to China's co-star Akshay Kumar. For one, the dusky beauty is learning martial arts for the movie. But while doing a stunt she twisted her left ankle, which will now remain sprained for life, and she is unable to sit cross-legged and put weight on her left leg. But now this daughter of a sports-person wants to do a sports-based film, which would require her to go for rigorous training. That’s what we call a good sport!


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It's not just America that is celebrating the historic Obama victory. The entire world is in raptures, reports Solana Larsen in this special despatch

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And Obama it is!

But such a line could not have worked with Aditi Nadkarni and thousands like her. Nadkarni has been living in the US for over seven years, and never before has been so immersed in an election as in this one. It was chiefly her own experience as an outsider in a country, the majority of which is Christian and white, that inspired her to support the Illinois senator who was born to a black Kenyan father and white Kansas mother.

Said Nadkarni: "There is a degree of xenophobia among Americans — what is not like them is viewed with an element of suspicion. I think Obama is going to change that." Nadkarni was talking about how the public discourse on immigration affected her daily interactions with the American people. While she acknowledged that some Indian Americans had conflicting views on the candidate best equipped to address the key issues affecting them — such as the Indo-US civilian nuclear treaty and security — she herself never changed her mind about Obama.

A pre-election poll by the non-profit organization Bridging Nations immediately before the election had predicted that fully 81 per cent of Indian-Americans favoured Obama and Joe Biden, with barely 19 per cent rooting for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

McCain's steep drop in popularity in recent months is being blamed on the ongoing economic slump that brought down Bush's approval rating to below 30 per cent. Worse, McCain's choice of the inexperienced Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate found few takers among large sections of traditional Republican voters.

A national election exit poll conducted on behalf of AP and other major US TV networks said responses from nearly 10,500 voters after voting suggested that Obama had succeeded in mobilizing African-American voters to an unprecedented extent. He won 95 per cent of the black vote against McCain's 4 per cent. Moreover, Obama was also a major hit with the Hispanic voters whom Bush had partly succeeded in winning over in 2004. McCain led slightly among white voters.

But no surveys or polls are needed to conclude that the Americans know just what is good for them and the rest of the world. The melting pot that is the US of A has shown that the man holding its top job can be of any origin — and that black is better than white if it can deliver better.

(Solana Larsen is a New York-based journalist. She is managing editor of Global Voices Online)


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Urgent provisions needed to rescue the poor and destitute

On the footpath outside Sabir Hotel in Karachi, situated on the proximity of Jamia Cloth Market, off MA Jinnah Road, gather hundreds of poor people every day, anxiously waiting for some philanthropist to order free food for them.

A couple of years ago, only drug addicts would throng the hotel, but with inflation now at 24.5 per cent, large numbers of people from the working class and the lower middleclass, including women, are seen outside Sabir Hotel. Similar crowds can be seen in other parts of the city, where people wait for free food because they are unable to afford it with their meagre incomes.

"The exact figures will be available when the Economic Survey is published, but an estimated five per cent of the population has been added to below the poverty line in Pakistan," Dr Kaiser Bengali, an eminent economist told TSI. According to a UNDP report, 65.5 per cent of the 160 million population of Pakistan earns less than two dollars a day and they are defined as living below the poverty line.

Haris Gazdar, an economist associated with Collective for Social Science Research based in Karachi agrees that at least five per cent additional population has been pushed below the poverty line in recent months. He said it was high time that the government introduce an employment guarantee scheme on the lines provided by India to combat poverty. "In fact, the Pakistan People's Party manifesto has such a provision, but it has not been implemented as yet," he said. Also he added that the poorest sections of the populace should be provided social security and a cash support programme, while their children should be ensured food support at schools.

Bengali who has been the National Coordinator Benazir Income SupportProgram (BISP) and Member National Finance Commission, believes the extent of economic crisis in Pakistan today is structural. He points out that it was in the making for 30 years but was aggravated during the last eight years. "Without the policies followed in the last eight years, we would have lasted a few more years but we were heading for a doom," he told The News on November 2.

"In the last 30 years, we have not invested in our infrastructure, both physical and human. A lot of our infrastructure is non-productive and is falling apart. The basic problem is that the economy is not producing what it ought to. Our annual food production growth rate is one per cent, population is growing at 2.5 per cent per annum, so shortages are bound to occur," he said. Bengali believes that the Benazir Income Support Program would enable the poorest segment of the society, that earns Rs 5,000 per month, to boost its income by 20 per cent. He dismisses the notion that the bulk of the money earmarked for the scheme would be appropriated by a bureaucracy that is corrupt to the core.

"The money will be directly transferred from the ministry of finance to beneficiaries through an electronic postal system," he argues. About 3.5 million people would benefit from the scheme.However, given the track record of Pakistan, one could hardly believe that the bulk of the amount earmarked for families living below the poverty line would not be misappropriated by a corrupt bureaucracy working under still more corrupt ministers.


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The agriculture Minister is Sharad Pawar and more farmers are committing suicide. We want a new breed of leadership.

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'God forbid if they provoke us'

Sishir Parkar, General Secretary, MNS speaks to TSI

There is violence in other states too. Do you think violence here is being blown out of proportion?
Maharashtra has a history of traitors. Even some family members of Shivaji Maharaj were traitors. So people can can say and write anything about Maharashtrians.

Why this anger against north Indians?

We are not against them. We are angry with the spineless politicians of Maharashtra. In Delhi, the power minister is Sushil Kumar Shinde and we have a power crisis. The Home Minister is Shivraj Patil and terrorism is at all time high. The agriculture Minister is Sharad Pawar and more farmers are committing suicide. We want a new breed of leadership.

Are you against Chhath festival?

We are not against any festival. But do you find Jayalalitha, Mamta Bannerjee or Narendra Modi come to Mumbai to celebrate local festivals of their regions? Don't come to Maharashtra for indulging in dadagiri. We will not accept that.

What is your goal?

In every state in India, the locals get preference for jobs and other avenues of employment. We want the same to apply for our Maharashtrian people in this state.

Will there be violence during the coming Chhath festival?

We pray to God that 'they' will see sense this time. But then, if they provoke us....


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Reinventing policies

Prasun S Majumder's article about personal Police is a fact that govt have to think about, its age old policies of police department.

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Editorial marvel

I read your article in TSI by Arindam Chaudhuri on 5th october. I totally agree that education does not teach to kill innocent people.

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Master blaster sachin

You can expect nothing less from a giant like Sachin. And like his words, he is a true dreamer. I hope every Indian follows in his footsteps.

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Larger than life

I read your article and think this is the best gift you can give to Sachin. As I have met him personally, I know that any praise is not enough for him as his image is larger than life.

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Need of the hour

Arindam, your article "saving capitalism" is one of the best articles I have ever read. I agree with you that capitalism with human face is the need of the hour. It's high time that we rethink over the rapid pace of blind capitalism that only benefits creamy layer.

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Kudos to Sachin

Bravo Sachin! Hats off to you. You have shown true human spirit by your act - 'The Great India Dream".

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The humanitarian

I would like to congratulate for the editorial piece on Sachin, showing his humane side. Hats off to such a towering personality. Your article was deeply moving and I honestly desire that God may give you strength to carry on the noble task you have undertaken and the support extended by Sachin, as it is a leading example to all other celebrities. We need more people like you and Sachin for achieving social welfare.

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Fab piece

A very interesting and educative realistic article, 'saving capitalistm". Col Nirmal Mahajan"

Sachin the legend

Sachin is not only king of cricket but a legend for each one of us .

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