Aligarh, Oct 26: As terrorism takes centre stage in Indian politics and is being debated on communal lines, filmmaker and social activist Mahesh Bhatt said there is no need for the Muslims to be fearful in the country.
Airing his angst on the growing threat of terrorism and communalism, he said, "Where there is fear, there is no Islam and where there is Islam, there is no fear. The Muslims can change the destiny of India and their community too."
Bhatt was addressing students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at a seminar on "Threats of terrorism to secular democracy in India", organised by voluntary organisation Millat Bedari Muhim Saturday here.
Commenting on the present situation of growing communal and regional feeling in the country and the alleged exploitation of the minority community, Bhatt said: "Everywhere there is darkness in the country. There is a need for light and you students are the hope of this nation to enlighten the people of your own community, that is the Muslims."
He said there is a need to wage a war against communalism, regionalism and terrorism by all Indians across the country and it can be started from the AMU. Bhatt urged the youths not to lose hope in fighting the evil and asked them to fight within the legal framework.
He also termed politicians a confusing lot and blamed the police for their communal bias.
"Secularism is not a reality today while India is aspiring for it. The students of AMU can be a good starter for heralding true colours of secularism," he said.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Jamia residents foiled "encounter" attempt by NOIDA police
New Delhi( Shaheen Bagh): The residents of Jamia Nagar today foiled a kidnapping/encounter attempt by some policemen in plainclothes in Shaheen Bagh area under the Jamia Nagar Police Station in Delhi.It was around 8 in the night when a black Hyundai car with tinted glasses but with no number plates entered Shaheen Bagh. Five persons, maybe ATS sleuths in plainclothes, came out and tried to drag a youth named Amir into the car. He resisted and asked them why they were dragging him. They said they will tell him soon.As the Jamia Nagar encounter and subsequent indiscriminate picking of locals were fresh in people's mind, locals began gathering. The plainclothes people threatened them but as mob got thicker, some of them slipped away. The locals, however, were able to catch one who later turned out to be an ASI of Noida Police. The public brought both the policeman and Amir to Jamia Nagar police station.Hundreds of people gathered around the police station and demanded action against the 'kidnapppers'. They alleged that their plan was to encounter the person and later declare him a terrorist.People say Amir was with his friend Irfan on a motorcycle. Amir from Zafarabad area in Delhi had come here to meet someone. They alleged that his friend Irfan was police informer because those came in car tried to drag into the car only Amir, not Irfan. Irfan also fled the scene.
The car had no number plate but a number plate was found in the car which had DL1T W 1590 written on it. The plate looked new and unused. The mob also was able to snatch some documents from the Noida policemen. They include PANCARDS, mobile, SIM. Among other things in the car two ID with different picture but same name belonging to an IT company was found in the car. The angry residents damaged the car and broke window panes. The local police reached the spot and asked the residents to hand over Amir and the policemen but the people demanded that they will do it before higher authorities. Soon ACP (Sarita Vihar) Gurcharan Das reached there and persuaded the locals to handover the men. After much effort the police could bring them and the car to the Jamia Nagar Police Station. But hundreds of locals followed the police and reached the station.
People remained outside the station until 1 am when the police announced that the FIR from Amir has been registered. This all proceeding was done in the presence of Aziz Burney, Editor of Sahara Urdu daily, Md Rahman, Delhi High Court advocate and some local leaders.Talking to mediapersons around 1 am, DCP Ajay Choudhry said those who came in the car were Noida Police personnel. The Delhi Police will investigate the matter. He said he had contacted Noida SSP and he assured he is looking into the case and action will be taken against the guilty officials.
The car had no number plate but a number plate was found in the car which had DL1T W 1590 written on it. The plate looked new and unused. The mob also was able to snatch some documents from the Noida policemen. They include PANCARDS, mobile, SIM. Among other things in the car two ID with different picture but same name belonging to an IT company was found in the car. The angry residents damaged the car and broke window panes. The local police reached the spot and asked the residents to hand over Amir and the policemen but the people demanded that they will do it before higher authorities. Soon ACP (Sarita Vihar) Gurcharan Das reached there and persuaded the locals to handover the men. After much effort the police could bring them and the car to the Jamia Nagar Police Station. But hundreds of locals followed the police and reached the station.
People remained outside the station until 1 am when the police announced that the FIR from Amir has been registered. This all proceeding was done in the presence of Aziz Burney, Editor of Sahara Urdu daily, Md Rahman, Delhi High Court advocate and some local leaders.Talking to mediapersons around 1 am, DCP Ajay Choudhry said those who came in the car were Noida Police personnel. The Delhi Police will investigate the matter. He said he had contacted Noida SSP and he assured he is looking into the case and action will be taken against the guilty officials.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Delhi Police: Victims of obscene phone calls!
CAN YOU imagine or even think of any one disturbing the police with prank calls or perhaps obscene calls? Confused by my question? The Delhi police acknowledges a huge rise in obscene calls at the Central Police Control Room. The police has claimed to book many such miscreants.
The police said that it had started locating such obscene calls and miscreants because besides misusing the public facility, such calls were also creating nuisance to the attending officers, especially to the lady police officers. The police has provided this round o’ clock facility to the citizenry of Delhi to call on 100 number for immediate help but it’s a pity to see people misuse this facility for fun sake.
Some time back, the police had caught an engineering student, for making such calls on this number. And yet again, they have been receiving calls from a mobile number, so much so that the same number has been used to make 1981 calls in two months and 65 calls in a single night.
The engineering student caught by the police had been trying to propose the female operators at CPCR but on not getting any reply he turned utterly vulgar. So, when the things got too much out of control, the police tracked him down with the help of electronic devices available in the control room. The caller was located in the area of Paharganj and identified in the locality of Yog Maya Basti, Paharganj.
The modernisation of Central Police Control has made easy to find out or locate such miscreants. A case had been registered in Police Station IP Estate Police and the accused got arrested.
The DCP at the control room says that they had become very particular about such callers, who used this public facility for mischief and other undesirable purposes. These callers not only block the channels but also make the distressed callers trying to access the public assistance number suffer. “We have also started locating such callers with the help of Call Locating System and ACD, so that these miscreants will think twice before making any such calls,” added the DCP.
The police said that it had started locating such obscene calls and miscreants because besides misusing the public facility, such calls were also creating nuisance to the attending officers, especially to the lady police officers. The police has provided this round o’ clock facility to the citizenry of Delhi to call on 100 number for immediate help but it’s a pity to see people misuse this facility for fun sake.
Some time back, the police had caught an engineering student, for making such calls on this number. And yet again, they have been receiving calls from a mobile number, so much so that the same number has been used to make 1981 calls in two months and 65 calls in a single night.
The engineering student caught by the police had been trying to propose the female operators at CPCR but on not getting any reply he turned utterly vulgar. So, when the things got too much out of control, the police tracked him down with the help of electronic devices available in the control room. The caller was located in the area of Paharganj and identified in the locality of Yog Maya Basti, Paharganj.
The modernisation of Central Police Control has made easy to find out or locate such miscreants. A case had been registered in Police Station IP Estate Police and the accused got arrested.
The DCP at the control room says that they had become very particular about such callers, who used this public facility for mischief and other undesirable purposes. These callers not only block the channels but also make the distressed callers trying to access the public assistance number suffer. “We have also started locating such callers with the help of Call Locating System and ACD, so that these miscreants will think twice before making any such calls,” added the DCP.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Picture of Batla House in Jamia Nagar Okhla
Sunday, October 5, 2008
My Tryst with L-18 Building, Batla House
( A poster campaigm launched by Jamia Students )( L-18 building where Delhi Police Gunned down alleged terrorist)
An uneasy calm prevails 
not only inside the L-18 building located near Khalilulah Mosque in Batla House, where the Delhi Police have gunned down two suspected terrorist namely Mohd Sajid and Mohd Atif, but also in the lanes and by-lanes of the buildings.
Call it the fear psychosis created by the unexpected and surprising assault of Special cell of the Delhi Police on the hideouts of alleged terrorist in Batla house at Jamia Nagar or the self restrain approach of the residents, the alleyways leading to the encounter site or the L-18 building wears a completely desereted look.
Such is the sense of fear among the building residents that when i started clicking the pictures of the notorious building, a resident of L-18 building drags backward and prevented his 10 year old child from peeking from a window, who was curiously watching me taking snaps.
A day before the encounter, the lanes leading to the encounter site were used to be so much crowded that you can't pass through your way without rubing your shoulders with the fellow pedestrians.
Even after 4 weeks of the dreaded gunfight between police and alleged militants, Delhi police maintains a strong vigil of the building by posting half a dozen personnel.
There is no denying the fact that incidents like recent shootout in Batla house has created an utter atmosphere of fear among the residents of not only Batla House, but the adjacent enclaves of Zakir Nagar and Abul Fazal too.
not only inside the L-18 building located near Khalilulah Mosque in Batla House, where the Delhi Police have gunned down two suspected terrorist namely Mohd Sajid and Mohd Atif, but also in the lanes and by-lanes of the buildings.Call it the fear psychosis created by the unexpected and surprising assault of Special cell of the Delhi Police on the hideouts of alleged terrorist in Batla house at Jamia Nagar or the self restrain approach of the residents, the alleyways leading to the encounter site or the L-18 building wears a completely desereted look.
Such is the sense of fear among the building residents that when i started clicking the pictures of the notorious building, a resident of L-18 building drags backward and prevented his 10 year old child from peeking from a window, who was curiously watching me taking snaps.
A day before the encounter, the lanes leading to the encounter site were used to be so much crowded that you can't pass through your way without rubing your shoulders with the fellow pedestrians.
Even after 4 weeks of the dreaded gunfight between police and alleged militants, Delhi police maintains a strong vigil of the building by posting half a dozen personnel.
There is no denying the fact that incidents like recent shootout in Batla house has created an utter atmosphere of fear among the residents of not only Batla House, but the adjacent enclaves of Zakir Nagar and Abul Fazal too.
Though referred by some as ghetto or the Sub standard resedential locality, the Jamia Nagar area houses some of the best muslim intellectuals in the country. And that is the reason that people in the Jamia nagar area raised their voice to demand a probe into the police encounter and the manner in which Delhi police has carried out his mission to eliminate two suspected terrorist alleged to be masterminds of Delhi serial blast.
A Jamia Student persuing his Bachelors in Engineering grumbles and said that incidents like these (encounter) has defame the whole resedential enclave and put a dent on the credibility of the residents who resides in Jamia Nagar, Okhla.
He further argues that Such acts( terrorist violence and subsequent man hunt by police) has defamed the entire community for a wrongful acts of some misguided youths".
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Honourable Health Minister Sorry-- R U A GAY?
Now a days u can see our health minister Anbumani Ramodoss vehemently arguing for the elimination of Section 377 of the IPC which crimnalises homosexuality. And his cabinet colleague Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes has also thrown his weight behind Ramodoss.
i m not going into religious or moral aspect to argue my case about homosexuality. i dont understand whyRamoo doss is hell bent on scrapping Sec 377 which punishes illicit, uncanny behaviour of brats who indulges in same sex activity.
i m not going into religious or moral aspect to argue my case about homosexuality. i dont understand whyRamoo doss is hell bent on scrapping Sec 377 which punishes illicit, uncanny behaviour of brats who indulges in same sex activity.
National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) says that there are around 25 lakh male homosexuals and around 8 pc of them are infected with HIV. my question is that what is the need of having man to man sex that would lead to hazardous sexual diseases. Is there any dearth of female partners to have (legal) sex with.
The Central govt also seems to keep itself away from the rhetoric of Ramodoss and asked Delhi high court to "ignore" health minister Anbumani Ramadoss's statement favouring scrapping of Section 377.
DONT U GUYS THINK THAT DE-CRIMNALISING HOMOSEXUALITY WOULD LEADS TO CHOAS IN A DECENT AND CULTURAL SOCIETY LIKE OURS.
Homosexual relations are legally still a crime in India under an old British era statute dating from 1860 called Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises “carnal intercourse against the order of nature
if Section 377 is abolished it would lead to rapes between same sex, forced slavery and stuff like that.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
HEIGHT OF INJUSTICE
Today that is SEPTEMBER 25 will be remembered as the day of INJUSTICE in the world's history and also to the minorities in Gujarat.
"IT WAS A CONSPIRICY AND NOT AN ACCIDENT" was the result of 8 years of probe conducted by NANAVATI SHAH COMMISSION , who probed the burning of Sabarmati Train Express in 2002 in Gujarat, and gives a clean chit to the " BUTCHER OF GUJARAT" also known as NARENDRA MODI.
The commission's report tabled today in the Gujarat assembly raises the eyebrows of many secularist and nationalist with its shoddy and prejudiced findings accusing a particular group of community of setting Sabarmati Expres on fire.
THERE CAN BE NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE was the reaction to Nanavati Commission Report by a survivor of 2002 Gujarat GENOCIDE victim i talked to.
The report disappointed many including social workers , right activist and secular leadership of the country and bringing a loud cheer on the faces of communal and fascist forces who are hell bent not to let minorities including Christians to live in peace and prosperity.
I would term the findings of the report as a " BLATANT AND OPEN RAPE OF DEMOCRACY BEFORE THE EYES 1.2 BILLION INDIANS" . It will be remembered as a TIGHT SLAP on the face of world's largest democracy that India.
The BJP,RSS, VHP and their other communal and facist sister organisation would be be cheering this DISGUSTING verdict as it would vindicate them from their henious and inhuman acts.
The other worse thing which would follow the findings of this report is the nasty politics.
From the beginning it was evident that the formation of this Commission was no more than an eyewash.
"IT WAS A CONSPIRICY AND NOT AN ACCIDENT" was the result of 8 years of probe conducted by NANAVATI SHAH COMMISSION , who probed the burning of Sabarmati Train Express in 2002 in Gujarat, and gives a clean chit to the " BUTCHER OF GUJARAT" also known as NARENDRA MODI.
The commission's report tabled today in the Gujarat assembly raises the eyebrows of many secularist and nationalist with its shoddy and prejudiced findings accusing a particular group of community of setting Sabarmati Expres on fire.
THERE CAN BE NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE was the reaction to Nanavati Commission Report by a survivor of 2002 Gujarat GENOCIDE victim i talked to.
The report disappointed many including social workers , right activist and secular leadership of the country and bringing a loud cheer on the faces of communal and fascist forces who are hell bent not to let minorities including Christians to live in peace and prosperity.
I would term the findings of the report as a " BLATANT AND OPEN RAPE OF DEMOCRACY BEFORE THE EYES 1.2 BILLION INDIANS" . It will be remembered as a TIGHT SLAP on the face of world's largest democracy that India.
The BJP,RSS, VHP and their other communal and facist sister organisation would be be cheering this DISGUSTING verdict as it would vindicate them from their henious and inhuman acts.
The other worse thing which would follow the findings of this report is the nasty politics.
From the beginning it was evident that the formation of this Commission was no more than an eyewash.
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