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U. Mahesh Prabhu Guest Columns : 1

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Debunking Krishna, Demonizing Hinduism In Hinduism itself Krishna, as a person, as a statesman and/or as a God, has been subjected to criticism; not just his detractors but even those who believed in his divinity have criticized him. Scores of his devotees across the ages have sung him in, both, love and rage. However, it was only after the advent of Muslim manslayers that his very existence was oppugned.Charged with their zeal to reserve a berth for themselves in "Jannat" (read Heaven) with "Houries" (read virgins), referred in Kora...	U Prabhu	S.Ghosh: Sri Aurobindo said, "Gandhi is a European-truly, a Russian Christian in an Indian body." ?????? [31 comments]
How War on Terror is Bankrupting the World When President George W. Bush assumed office in 2000, his administration inherited a small budget surplus. President Barack Obama, today, faces a national debt of $10 trillion - about 70 percent of the countrys gross domestic product (GDP) or 18 percent of the world economy. So where did all that money go in a span of eight years? Answers Loretta Napoleoni, author of TERRORISM AND THE ECONOMY: HOW THE WAR ON TERROR IS BANKRUPTING THE WORLD, "Two wars, still underway, and an extremely ambitious -...	U Prabhu	030201kishankb: The Long War in Pakistan by Imtiaz Gul WSJ offers an opportunity to vent and comments, at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704696304575537281933054918.html. Progress in Afghanistan will be fleeting if it comes at the cost of creatin.... [3 comments]
Defeating Political Islam: New Cold War Nine years have passed since United States of America, along with its allies, commenced its "War on Terror". Yet, what we see on ground is far from encouraging. Taliban is still operational; its ally Al-Qaeda along with its leader Osama Bin Laden is still on the loose perpetrating terror on "infidels". Americas two major war fronts - Afghanistan and Iraq - are yielding zilch other than death of their soldiers and debt on its economy. But why is it so? Where did we go wrong? Moorthy S. Muthuswamy...	U Prabhu	Ubaidah: Feedback sent to Author: Islam:-Religion-or-Politics? I bear witness there is no god but ALLAH and Muhammad is his messenger. Dear Columnist, How sad it is for you to write about Islam being a political .... [3 comments]
Wahhabis" atrocities against Muslims This book by Stephen Schwartz (a Sufi Muslim) consists of unusual account focusing on a murderous cult in Islam called "Wahhabism". He fervently believes that "Islamaphobia" is owing to acts of "misguided" Muslims "in the name of Islam". "Wahhabism", the actual state religion of Saudi Arabia is, according to him, "one of the main perpetrators misleading the Muslim youths into terrorism." What he has to say about them - in particular - is something which Muslims as well as non-Muslims - alike - c...	U Prabhu	Maksood Dalupang: Wahhabism is not found in Islam the misguided sect is only using Wahhabi. The correct Islamic Creed Aqeedah should be in accordance with the Qur"an and the Sunnah of Prophet Mohammed alaihisalam. [5 comments]
Simplifying Sharia for Non-Muslim With "9/11 mosque" controversy in New York is already making news, not just in the United States but also across every free thinking world. A question as to whether it is appropriate to build a mosque so close to a place where World Trade Centre once stood before it was brought down by Islamic terrorists is fast gaining momentum. The insistence of Muslims and their apologists to build a mosque there itself, against all the resistance put forth by people of several faiths, including Jews, Christi...	U Prabhu	hindu: if i had dog named mohammed will i be persecuted- i mean sharia is only applicable to muslims isnt it [1 comments]
Journey into America - Akbar Ahmed When Muslims in democratic societies demand for a room for Islamic prayer, for liberty to wear head scarf or call for newspapers to refrain from publishing Mohammeds cartoons, Islams apologists support them by referring to freedom of faith. By comparing Islam to other religion(s) and by presenting arguments like What would you do if you were not allowed to practice your own faith!? they smartly deceive those without any idea about Islam besides making them declare that Islam is a reli...	U Prabhu	CHOW BORGOHAIN: i am not a muslim so i don"t know what"s the problem of muslims staying in non islamic country. it seems that when ever there is a problem of muslim, it becomes global. but think about the islamic countries, do they give respect to non islamic people.... [1 comments]
Book Review: Understanding Muhammad A large section of Muslims created hullabaloo recently for banning of Dr. Zakir Naik from entering UK. "Hes banned for having spoken the truth." many Muslims along with their apologists assert. "See he has proved the supremacy of Islam in front of several religious leaders." This idea of having "proved the supremacy of Islam" for these Muslims is little more than showing down upon others faith by concocted ideas and theories. That Dr. Naik thrives by demeaning gods and prophets of other faiths i...	U Prabhu	A.Moron: It is only natural for any King, Sultan to shout from the top of his palace that "I am the God; wash my feet, otherwise I will cut your head off". Akber started a new religion; Japanese Emperors used to think that they were Gods. That is the way.... [21 comments]
Analyzing RSS: Will it ever resort to terror..? CNN-IBN, the Indian news (and entertainment?) television channel, seems to be recklessly behind Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to expose it as a terror organization. Its correspondent Bhupendra Chaubey seem to be dead sure about RSSs involvement in Mecca Masjid Blast Case (see RSS under scanner for links to Hindu terrorists...	U Prabhu	Amit: I think writer has rightly concluded that BJP should dilute and join Bharat Swabhiman andolan in the interest of the nation and the world. The leadership we see in Swami Ramdev can not be matched by anyone currently. By seeing his sheer hardwork and .... [12 comments]
Vedic, Aztec & Mayan Culture In 1940 a little known Buddhist Bhikshu (monk) - Chaman Lal - authored & published a book entitled "Hindu America" with the intent of "revealing" the forgotten story of the ancient Americas, especially Indias "immortal links" with the Aztec and Mayan civilizations of Mexico and the Ayar-Inca rulers of the Ayar Empire. The book, though coupled with several circumstantial evidences and supporting theories, failed to make its point owing to several misrepresentations. But the very idea of Vedic, ak...	U Prabhu	hindu: histoysgrt which book u refering to i hope not those "book" touted by xtians and islam [7 comments]
Yes, India needs MF Husain Maqbool Fida Husain, popularly known as M. F. Husain, or simply Husain, is now living abroad. He lives in a land far away from his motherland - India. He is currently based in Dubai. He has been living there after his self-imposed exile. Hes revered by many as a painter - an artist extraordinaire. Millions are spent by people to buy his masterpiece and the kind of publicity and support he enjoys with the Indian elite is truly enviable. ...	U Prabhu	LawOrderGuy: Yes, India needs the MF Hussain. How can India hang him in a foreign country? [15 comments]
Demystifying the Sufis Perceptions are not history - they can never be. It is perceived in India, by many, that Sufis are living testimonies of secular face of Islam. and that they have played a pivotal role in shaping the secular fabric of this land. The facts, however, suggest otherwise. Folks Founder & Editor-in-chief U. Mahesh Prabhu Writes more.History testifies the fact that most of the Sufi saints came to India either accompanying the invading armies of Islamic marauders or just followed them in their sweeping ...	U Prabhu	Harish: Most of the Sufi"s in India were murderers and praised Islamic rulers for their activities. Sufi"s were used as a fifth column by muslim rulers to entice hindu population to Islam, as the violent methods had put off hindus. They imitated the lifestyl.... [12 comments]
Tablianization of Mangalore? Tablianization of Mangalore is how they began describing a truly petty issue. The Congressmen and Communists wasted no time to hurl their criticism and abuses on the state government. It was a mad-mad run for settling political scores and it was chaos all around.Amidst all, none, neither the media nor the politicos were interested in resolving the dispute. And a meagre incident was blown completely out of proportion. Who was at fault? If the media is to be believed it ought to be Sri Ram Sena me...	U Prabhu	Add Comment
For the love of kith and kin It is hard to determine the extent to which parents today can go towards promoting their kids, to make them famous. This is truer in case of the parents in the urban areas. Having hailed from modest background with little or no scope to harness their skills and develop their talents with their financial prowess they want to ensure that the opportunities are made available to their children. There is nothing wrong with this mentality. Its indeed commendable to ensure that you make provision for y...	U Prabhu	Add Comment
A lesson in life - at large Life has always taken so many absurd twists and turns that I have stopped keeping its counts. Shifting over five professions, namely software programmer, web designing, marketer, writer, editor and now publisher cum administrator, I have come to but one conclusion: If you are capable, if you can believe in you. opportunities knock on your doors.Its not easy to quit a job, for many. I have quit over forty times! You think I am lying? No-way! Its completely true. I have only quit, never was once t...	U Prabhu	Add Comment
Saddening case of the Indian Bureaucracy In India there is no dearth of columnists arrogating to be experts in polity, governance and administration. But the very mirthful fact, that which I realized of late, is how less of notions do we actually have versus the bureaucracy from these columnists. And most of the articles on them are absolutely rabble rousing - that which hardly makes any sense.When Indias first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was asked as to where in administering this country was he a failure, his answer was Administr...	U Prabhu	Add Comment

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