Govt Style - Shame to Mahabharatha epic

Government of India
Ministry of Human Resources Development
Department of Culture
Films Division
New Films Subdivision

No. B1452/234/2003 Dt. 23.12.07

To:
Shri. B.R.Chopra,
Film Director,
Mumbai

Ref: Film story submitted by you, regarding financing of films by Govt of India; Your letter dt. 2.12.90

The undersigned is directed to refer the aforementiontioned letter and state that the Government (GOI) has examined your proposal for financing a film called ''Mahabharat'. The VHLC (Very High Level Committee) constituted for this purpose has been in consultation with the Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Women and Labour Commission, in addition to various Ministries and State Governments, and have formed definitive opinions about the script. Their observations are as below:

1. In the script submitted by you it is shown that there were two sets of cousins, namely, the 'Kauravas', numbering one hundred, and the 'Pandavas', numbering five or six. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has pointed out that these numbers are high, well above the norm prescribed for families by them. It is brought to your kind attention that when the Government is spending massive amounts for promoting Family Planning in due earnest, this indiscretion will send erroneous signals to the general public. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that there may be only three 'Kauravas' and one 'Pandava'.

2. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has raised an issue whether it is suitable to depict kings and emperors in this democratic age. Therefore,it is suggested that the 'Kauravas' may please be depicted as Honourable Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and the 'Pandava' may please be depicted as Honourable Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). The ending of the film shows the victory of the said 'Pandavas' over the said 'Kauravas'. The ending may be suitably modified so none of the Honourable Members of Parliament is shown as being inferior to other Honourable Members of Parliament.

3. The Ministry of Science and Technology has observed that the manner of birth of 'Kauravas' is suggestive of human cloning, a technology banned in India. This may be changed to normal birth.

4. The National Commission for Women has objected that the father of 'Pandavas', one Sri 'Pandu', is depicted as bigamous, and also there is only one wife for the 'Pandavas' in common. Thereore suitable changes may be made in the said script so that the said Sri 'Pandu' is not depicted as bigamous. However, with the reduction in number of 'Pandavas' as suggested above, the issue of polyandry can be addressed without further trouble.

5. The Commission for the Physically Challenged has observed that the portrayal of the visually impaired character 'Dhritarashtra' is derogatory. Therefore the said character may not be shown as visually impaired.

6. The Department of Women and Child Development have highlighted that the public disrobing of one female character called 'Draupadi' is objectionable and derogatory to women in general. Further the Home Ministry anticipates that depiction of such scenes may create law and order problem and at the same time invite strong protests from the different women forums. Such scenes may also invite penal action under SITA (Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act), therefore they may be avoided and deleted from the film.

7. It is felt that showing the 'Pandava' and the 'Kauravas' as gamblers will be anti-social and counter-productive as it might encourage gambling. Therefore, the said 'Pandavas' and 'Kauravas' may be shown to have engaged in horse racing or cricket. (Hon. Supreme Court has held horse racing and cricket not to be gambling).

8. The 'Pandavas' are shown as working in the King 'Virat's employment without receiving any salary. According to the Human Rights Commission, this amounts to bonded labour and may attract provisions of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. This may be corrected at once.

9. In the ensuing war, one character by name Sri 'Abhimanyu' has been shown as fighting. The National Labour Commission has observed that, war being a hazardous industry, and the said character being 16 years old, this depiction will be construed as a case of child labour. Also there is no record of his being paid any compensation. This may also be deemed to be violatory of the provisions of The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 and Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Such references in the film may be removed.

10. The character Sri 'Krishna' has been depicted as wearing a peacock feather. The peacock is our National Bird and wearing dresses made from peacock feather is an offence under the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. This may not be depicted

11. Smt. Maneka Gandhi has raised very serious objection against using any elephants or horses in war scenes, since there is every scope for mistreatment and injury to the said animals. The provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act, 1960 would be applicable in the instant case. Suitable changes may be made in the script to address the objections raised.

12. In pursuance of the Memorandum of Ministry of Finance regarding austerity measures, it is informed that in the battle field sequences, only ten soldiers may be allowed for each side. Also, all the characters may be shown to have obtained a valid licence under the Arms Act, 1959 as well as the Indian Arms Act, 1878.

You may have observed already that none of these observations attempt to curb artistic freedom or ingenuity in conformity with avowed GOI policy. You are therefore requested to modify your otherwise meritorious script along the aforementioned lines and resubmit it (notarised triplicate) to the undersigned at the earliest for the Government's consideration in due course.

Sd/-
Under Secretary

Adopting Hindu names for destroying Hinduism

"How come I am a Hindu?"
said Rajiv Gandhi.
B.K.Dass(kunjwani@sancharnet.in)

During his visit to Kashmir in late eighties, the Prime Minister of India , Rajiv Gandhi was adamant to drive his Safari himself across the tunnel, when both the air and road traffic were closed due to heavy snowfall. For others it was violation of law, but Mr. Clean was above the law of the land. The Safari was however, almost hand lifted by a Brigadier, the I / C Commanding Officer at Udhampur to the north portal of the tunnel
Kashmir Valley was covered white. The road traffic had come to stand still. I along with my children walked the distance from Magarmal Bagh to Zainakot, HMT crossing. En route, we, besides a crowd of people had to stand on the roadside at kamarwari Chattabal, until the cavalcade of the two non serious Heads, who were the curse on the people, thrust by their self centered parents on the innocent Indians including the Kashmiris. We Kashmiri people were doubly cursed. Both our Prime Minister and the Chief Minister had inherited their respective thrones courtesy manipulation of democracy. The senior Clean was at the steering wheel while the local Clean was next to him waving hand to the public standing under compulsion due to the traffic hazard. A little ahead the caravan had a temporary stopover at Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari’s residence at Kamarwari crossing over a tea party.
Doordarshan Kashmir Evening News Bulletin had given full coverage to the PM’s valley joy tour. Special event of the news made me to believe that faces are deceptive. Though Clean, yet filthy within. Farooq in his dramatic style held Rajiv’s hand tight in his hand and lifted hand to exhibit commitment:” Aaj eak Musalman eak Hindu key saath muhadha kerta hai (Today a Musalman and a Hindu do commit to each other.” Naming Rajiv as Hindu was nothing short of an electric current to Rajiv. He in a jolt withdrew his hand and said: “Maie kehan Hindu houn(How come I am a Hindu?” Farooq said: “Thodee dhair key leiay maan lo na. (Let it be for a while)”.
The next day or the same day, the two were, stopped by Farooq Ahangar, a National Conference worker at Kanikadal crossing leading to Tankipora, near Hari halwi’s shop. Rajiv followed Farooq and, both one by one shook hand with with Farooq Ahangar.
Hari Halwaie’s immediate prophecy was that bad days for India are bound to come.
The same year Lala Tirth Ram Amila, Raj Sabha Member (Congress) forewarned the Raj Sabha about the infiltration of militants. Rajiv gagged Lala Ji and said: “Lala Ji you are not here to spread rumours”.

In Bhaarat, Rajiv Gandhi who was a Muslim (Most of the Bhaaratiya people believe that he is a Hindu due to his name) became a Roman Catholic and still Bhaaratiya made him the Prime Minister of Bhaarat (80% of people in Bhaarat are Hindu.) That happens only in Bhaarat. However, adopting Hindu names and practices poses a danger. If a convert adopts name Joseph we immediately know that he is different, but if he keeps his name Jagannath or Jagadish and becomes a Christian we can't distinguish him. Rajiv kept his Hindu name to deceive Hindus in spite of being a Muslim and latter converted to Christianity, the religion of his wife. Many Christians and Muslims are taking Hindu names for fooling and deceiving Hindus. Daya Shankar, Dinesh, Sunil, Nirmala, Deepak, Kirti, Shakti Singh, Bhanu Pratap, Vivekenanda, Kapil, Manohar, Vidyadhar, Arvind, Shanti Prasad, Premchand, Vimla, Anand, Vinod Kumar, Jyoti, Rajni, Jai Shree, Yashwant, Shalini, Ajay Singh, Ajat Shatru are all names of Christians and some Muslims are also having such name for getting jobs or for merging with Hindus for creating terrorist activities. Many Christian ministers in government are having Hindu names.
Ambika Soni is a Christian lady with Hindu name. She is trying to destroy Hindu religion. How did Ambika Soni, in spite of being Christian come to the conclusion that NASA's evidence is not reliable about Ram Sethu? She is neither being logical, nor neutral, but is divesting her anti-Hindu propensity. She is not even doing her job properly; she is mishandling and bungling her job. If she were doing her job, she would be setting funds to classify Ram Sethu as an Ancient-Monument, which is older than the pyramids, older than the Great Wall Of China, in fact, it is the oldest man-made structure in the world. She would try to propagate the importance and history of this great monument, and notify the government about its significance, importance, and antiquity of it. She has not done any study to determine the age, the antiquity, and heritage value of this great monument. Of course, this monument is highly sacred to over one billion Hindus. But this is never a consideration in Ambika Soni's thinking that is why she has such a reputation for being an anti-Hindu. Her assessment of the situation is purely anti-Hindu, political, and not scientific.
Ms. Gandhi, an Italian-born Roman Catholic, hails from a family loyal to Benito Mussolini. She married Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, son of the then Indian Prime Minister Indira khan (commonly known as Gandhi); he became Prime Minister after her assassination in 1984. In 1991, Congress failed to win enough seats to form its own government, so Mr. Narasimha Rao was asked to cobble a working majority, while the widowed Ms. Gandhi bided her time. By 1996, she felt strong enough to physically takeover the party from president Sitaram Kesri, but in 2004, despite overt support, was denied premiership and forced to make way for Dr. Man Mohan Singh.
She now hopes to groom her son, Rahul Gandhi, for leadership of the party and country. The citizenship status of Ms. Sonia Gandhi and her two children has never been clarified; she is a naturalized Indian and under Roman law, she and her offspring are eternally entitled to Roman citizenship. This was how she took her husband and children to the Italian embassy in 1977 after Mrs. Indira Gandhi lost the elections.
Ms. Gandhi’s long and privileged stay in this country was lucrative to her native country and friends. The Italian public sector Snam Progetti won extravagant and regular fertilizer contracts in India , and her personal friend Ottavio Quattrochi even doubled up as a middleman in the Bofors kickbacks scandal. The Congress president had enough political cachet to help friends evade justice after the scandal broke, and as UPA chairperson ensured that the Bofors monies, frozen in two London accounts, were released to Mr. Quattrochi, and that he walked free after detention in Argentina!
More recently, she struggled hard to impose the controversial Indo-US nuclear deal on the nation, despite its crippling financial, technological and security implications for Bhaarat. The covert but firm opposition of coalition partners to premature elections appears to have scuttled the deal, but it is too early to celebrate. Observers expect Congress to somehow ‘buy’ Left compliance.

Should we be proud of Bobby Jindal?
Bobby Jindal born to relatively affluent professionals in Louisiana, he rejected his Bhaaratiya name (Piyush) as a very young child, insisting that he be called Bobby, after a (white) character on the popular TV show 'The Brady Bunch'. His desire to fit in to the majority-white society he saw around him soon manifested itself in another act of rejection: Bobby spurned the Hinduism into which he was born and, as a teenager, converted to Roman Catholicism, the faith of most white Louisianans. After conversion to Christianity he did not change his Hindu name to maintain his Hindu identity as well.

The election of Bobby Jindal as governor of the US state of Louisiana has been greeted exultantly by Bhaaratiyas and Indian-Americans around the world. There's no question that this is an extraordinary accomplishment: a young Indian-American, just 36 years old.
Jindal asked his Indian wife, Supriya, to convert to Christianity as well, and the two are regular churchgoers. In his social circle, Bobby Jindal is considered very conservative Christian.
Let us be proud that a brown-skinned man with a Bhaaratiya name has achieved what Bobby Jindal has. But let us not make the mistake of thinking that we should be proud of what he stands for.
To achieve something poor people are leaving Sanatan Dharm and Bobby did the same thing what is the difference. Why give label made in India ....Hindus treat Hindutva like their mothers can’t give her up for anything and most of you will not. The point is don’t just be happy because of some sensation created by a converted Hindu. He won’t be of any use to you or for Hindutva....keep this thing in mind. Hindus should not be heart broken....He has left all Hindus willingly let him go. do not label his family as they are still practicing Hindu...it does not matter at all....he has set precedence for people eying for higher positions...to convert and achieve...
If he helps Bhaarat, we should be thankful, as for Hindus he can be of no help. And most of us know, during California Books Crisis, it was Indian Christians and Communists who were supporting Michael Witzel of Harvard University .

Muslims Use Hindu Names to Survive
Muslims could be using Hindu names to survive, but can you blame Hindus who know that terrorists all over the world are all Muslims. And this also could be a trap for Hindu girls who may date or marry a Muslim who is using a Hindus name. In fact, Hindu organizations need to educate fellowmen regarding those Muslims who are hiding under Hindu names. Non-Hindu girls need to know about this trap.
-- Excerpts from news:--Muslims Use Hindu Names to Survive Al Alam -- August 25, 2007
"Fifteen years ago, when I came to Calcutta in search of a job, almost all street restaurants in the city refused to employ me because I was a Muslim," Shaikh Salim told the Washington Times on Tuesday, August 21.
"But soon I met a Muslim man who worked as a cook in a Hindu-owned restaurant under a Hindu identity. I followed his advice, picked up a Hindu identity, and soon an upper-class Hindu employed me to run a food stall."
Salim, who goes by the common Hindu name Shankar Maity, now runs a food stall in a busy street in Calcutta, which he calls "Shankar's Fast Food."
Nearly all of his customers are Hindus and he fears his business would suffer disastrously if they found out about his Muslim identity.
http://www.alalam.ir/english/en-NewsPage.asp?newsid=009090120070824203431
This is a Great-Opportunity for the Hindus, to convert a whole slew of Moslems to Hinduism.
There are tens of thousands of Moslems, who are using Hindu names (but are actually practicing Moslems), to secure jobs from Hindu-employers, to survive. These Moslems are living a Double-Life. A Double-Life is never easy; it is neither easy nor simple. There is always fear of being discovered and fired from the job. Unfortunately, most Hindu employers never do any detective work, to discover the real identity of their employees. What is required is an Army of Dedicated Hindu Dharm-Yodhas, who would do the detective-work, and notify the Hindu-Employer of any Double-Life Hindu (a Phony-Hindu), and the Phoney would be fired immediately.
Chances are that this technique work? Because the Moslem has an Addiction. The Moslem is Addicted to eating. He would rather dump his Islam (and become Hindu), than go without eating and die of starvation.
Hinduism can only flourish if such rules like Shuddhi and non acceptance of non vegetarians are allowed. Tillwe can evolve a method of conversion we will just die on the wine in the future. We must work towardreformation.
The Hindus have to create means to do this? The Hindu has more than enough resources (in terms of money) to hire Dedicated Dharm-Yodhas, and lots of them. This technique can work equally well (if not better) on Christians as well. Bhaarat is full of RICE-CHRISTIANS.

Special status sought for cow

Spiritual heads of various mutts demanded that the government identify cow as national animal in the place of tiger while addressing a national conference on glory of Gomatha known as Vande Gomataram at Mahati Auditorium in Tirupati on Saturday.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ (TTD) Sri Venkateswara Gosamrakshana Trust is holding the three-day seminar in association with Sri Bhashyakara Charitable Trust, Chennai. Head of Peshawar mutt, Udipi, Sri Viswesh Theertha Swamiji, who inaugurated the conference, said that cow is secular while reminding that it has no caste or religious reservations while giving its milk.

The swamiji pointed to the special bond between lord of Seven hills, Lord Venkateswara and Kamadhenu (celestial cow) which used to provide milk the lord everyday when the lord took the incarnation as Srinivasa. Sri Prasanna Venkatachariar Chaturvedi swamiji of Ramanuja mission Chennai questioned the rational behind selecting tiger as national animal while stressing the need to replace it with cow. "We have peacock as national bird instead of vulture and lotus as national flower instead of cactus why cow not cow in the place of tiger," the seer questioned. Taking strong objection towards cow slaughter, he lamented that there are 350 legal and over 30,000 illegal slaughter houses in the country. "It is not slaughter of cow it is slaughter of our culture and heritage," the seer asserted. He advocated the need for a cow policy and a Panch Sheel to protect the cows. Adopt a cow, establish vigilance committees after providing communication equipment and place them on the way to slaughter houses to prevent the cattle reach the place. Make documentaries to send the message across on the holiness of the cow to create awareness against the menace, the seer said. He donated Rs 1 lakh to the TTD towards cow welfare scheme out of Rs 5 lakh he promised before.

From Deccan Chronicle

By Samachar Bharati
Andhra Pradesh

Hindus, Celebrate New Year On Gudhipadwa

Celebrate Gudhipadwa and not 31^st December as New Year's day!

The celebrations of 31st December are a part of the Western culture. However, now even Hindus consider it as one of the different festivals of India. Thus, they have begun celebrating this day in large numbers. There are well-planned preparations for this day with respect to what should be done, what should be purchased, which restaurant to visit and which place to party. This day is celebrated everywhere from big cities to remote villages; which do not even have regular water and power supply. Hindus do not realise that by following the western culture blindly, not only are they ruining their own culture but also leading their future generations into hedonism by making them imbibe western cultural values. This article focuses on these very points.

Conversion of faith for a day

When a person converts his faith, he celebrates the customs and festivals of that faith and follows it. Likewise, if we do not follow our faith and celebrate 31st December and Christmas, which are rituals of another faith, it is similar to getting converted to that faith for a day! However, Hindus are not aware that by setting aside their own religion and celebrating days such as 31st December, etc. they are committing a sin of betraying their religion. Today, there is an urge to impart religious education to Hindus to awaken their religious pride.

Hindus give more importance to 31st December night than to Gudhipadwa!

Nowadays, on the night of 31st December; right from kids to old, every person is seen exchanging New Year greetings and wishes. In the real sense, Gudhipadwa is the New Year of Hindus. However, they seek greatness in celebrating the night of 31st December. The sight of Hindus exchanging New Year wishes on the Hindu New Year Day of Gudhipadwa has become rare.

Passive parents of the hedonist youth

According to Hindu Dharma, any auspicious occasion is celebrated by arising at 'Brahmamuhurta' i.e., the period between dawn and sunrise, having a bath, wearing clean clothes, ornaments and performing a holy ritual. This results in creation of good impressions on the mind due to the pious frequencies present in the atmosphere at that time. On the contrary, acts such as consuming liquor on the night of 31st December, creating nuisance and spending the night in a hedonic manner; results in creation of negative impressions on the mind. Also, at night, the atmosphere is charged with negative frequencies, which exert a negative influence on the person. The youth who are ignorant of these facts due to lack of religious education fall prey to such practices and develop a hedonist attitude, a fact about which even their parents are unaware.

Let us combat aggression of the Ravan-like western culture and hoist New Year's Gudhi on Gudhipadwa day!

Today Hindu Dharma is being attacked from all directions and the greatest threat is from the western culture. Counter-attacking this aggression is the duty of every Hindu. On the day of Gudhipadwa, Lord Ramachandra celebrated victory after slaying Ravana, by hoisting Gudhis at Ayodhya. Similarly, Hindus should combat the Ravan-like aggression of the western culture and fulfill their religious duty by hoisting the New Year Gudhi on Gudhipadwa day.

Oh Hindus! Live as Hindus with pride at least for a day!

On this day you can do the following acts -

1. On the night of 31st December or on 1st of January do not exchange New Year greetings with any Hindu.

2. If any Hindu gives you New Year greetings on that day then make him realise this mistake and emphatically tell him that Gudhipadva is the beginning of our Hindu New Year.

3. Send New Year greeting cards to relatives and friends on Gudhipadva day.

4. Pass on this information to maximum people in your contact and prevent them from committing a probable sin.

5. Remember! Celebrating New Year on Gudhipadva instead of 31st December is akin to creating pride for our own religion, nation and language.

Importance of Gudhipadva

Gudhipadva is the first day of the Hindu Calendar Year. The Hindu New Year begins on the first day of the month of Chaitra from the Hindu lunar calendar. The natural, historical and spiritual reasons to mark the commencement of the year on the first day of the month of Chaitra are discussed in the following sections.

Natural: The spring season commences, the trees bear new foliage and appear fresh. In the Shrimadbhagvadgita the Lord says, 'Among the seasons, the exhilarating Vasant season (spring) is My manifestation', thus signifying the importance of this season. In this season the weather is pleasant and exhilarating.

Historical: Lord Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, returned to Ayodhya after slaying the demons and Ravan, an evil king of the demons who had kidnapped Lord Rama's queen, Sita on this day. Also, he slayed Vali, a powerful and evil king of Kishkindha on the same day.

Spiritual:

1. Since on this day Lord Brahma created the universe and the Satyayug began, it marks the commencement of the New Year.

2. It is one of the three-and-a-half auspicious days (sade teen muhurtas). There is a special feature of the three and a half auspicious days. Unlike other days when one has to choose an auspicious moment to perform a ritual, on these days one does not need to do the same; as every moment of these days is auspicious.

3. The higher incidence of prajapati sanyukta (conjoint) frequencies on the earth: The Hindu Holy text Ganeshyamal tantra states that in total 108 subtle frequencies reach the earth. These stem from the four parts (charans) of each of the twenty-seven lunar asterisms from the Nakshtralok. They disintegrate further into four type of frequencies : yama, surya, prajapati and sanyukta (conjoint), and strike the earth in varying proportions throughout the year. On the first day of the month of Chaitra, the prajapati sanyukta and surya sanyukta frequencies, which have the potential to increase the spiritual/subtle purity (sattva) component, descend in larger quantities. Also on this day, the maximum number of the purity-predominant prajapati sanyukta frequencies descends upon the earth.