Now, UP BJP chief Laxmi Kant Bajpai says Taj Mahal part of ancient temple
Bahraich, 8 Dec 2014 After Azam Khan’s demand of handing over the Taj Mahal to UP Waqf Board, the state’s BJP chief Laxmi Kant Bajpai on Sunday sought to drag the famed mausoleum into another row by claiming that it was a part of an ancient temple. Bajpai told reporters in Bahraich that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan “purchased a part of Tejo Mahalaya temple’s land from Raja Jai Singh” and claimed that documents to prove it still exist. —–The Indian Express
J&K polls: For BJP, working to show where RSS meets Islam
Unlike in Jammu where it is running an exclusively Hindutva campaign, the BJP has set about tapping the Muslim vote-bank in Kashmir. The RSS’s Muslim Rashtriya Manch and the Islamic organisation Jamaat Ulema-e-Hind have been silently working with the local clergy and among people to spread the message that “Narendra Modi is the only saviour of the interests of Kashmiri Muslims and he will ensure they have the same rights as citizens in Delhi and Mumbai do.” A group of around 150 clerics of the Daryaganj-based Jamaat, which is close to the RSS and the BJP, has been working for two months to “build bridges with the local clergy” and market Modi’s development plan for Kashmir. —–The Indian Express
Mumbai’s ISIS recruit a trained suicide bomber
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: ISIS recruit from Kalyan, Areeb Majeed, is a trained suicide bomber who made as many as three attempts on security forces at different vital installations in Syria without any success, it has now emerged. His bullet injuries too were sustained in one of the many battles, including the August offensive on Mosul dam in Iraq, he participated in as an ISIS man against Iraqi and US forces.—The Times of India.
AMU library opens its doors to Women’s College students
ALIGARH: It was in the 1960s that the undergraduate girls of Abdullah Women’s College were told they would no more have access to AMU’s hallowed Maulana Azad Library. After decades of demand, denial and heartburn, in what many said was one of the university’s most landmark events, girl students stepped into the library once again on Sunday.—-The Times of India.
Israeli photographer’s fascination with Indian villages
New Delhi : For Israeli photographer Mayaan Gutgold, who has been living in India for the past seven years, capturing on lens the country’s people and especially its villages has become more than just a hobby.
“India is an incredible place. I have been living here for past seven years and am fascinated by the simplicity of the people here. My photography is not just clicking their faces, but trying to shoot their expression and how they feel and how they react,” says Maayan.
Gutgold who lives here with her family has participated in India’s only expatriate photo competition, the 17th Annual Beautiful India Photo Competition, organised by Global Adjustments in Chennai last month and won a third prize in the category “Into India”.—–The Statesman
To borrow the claim, “Narendra Modi is the only saviour of the interests of Kashmiri Muslims and he will ensure they have the same rights as citizens in Delhi and Mumbai do.” Unfortunately, it is untrue. Just check with Muslim name carrying people, e.g., Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar, who could not buy a good place to live. Which Mumbai/Delhi of india are they talking about. Modi has yet to deliver any of the campaign promises to anyone, no to talk of Muslims. Buying people wont cut mustard here, and that too in a pluralistic society like India of today. How sad that people who are talking/g/ifting/promoting are …….to their co-countrymen.