Guest guest Posted March 1, 2002 Report Share Posted March 1, 2002 >Folks, > >It is quite interesting that Christian groups petitioned >the *Human Rights Commission* to prevent Rajaram >from joining the ICHR! Makes you wonder about the >unholy alliances in the background. Marxist-missionary >nexus indeed. > >I have been getting quite a few petitions from this >All India Christian Council and some Federation of >Indian American Christian Organizations of North >America complaining loudly about alleged attacks >on churches in India. I think we can safely assume >that the pressure from the US right-wing churches >on India will go up in the near future, just FYI. > >Rajeev Srinivasan >rajeevmail > > >- >Krishen Kak >covdnhrc >Sunday, February 24, 2002 9:38 PM > > >This is with reference to a report on p.9 of The Hindu (New Delhi), Feb 24, >2002 that the All-India Christian Council has moved the NHRC against the >appointment of NS Rajaram to the Indian Council for Historical Research. > >If this report is correct then, as a concerned citizen, I wish to bring to >the notice of NHRC that > >i) such a matter is prima facie outside the purview of the Commission since >it is not concerned with human rights > >ii) notwithstanding the Council's vituperative description of Prof Rajaram, >the latter is among those scholars whose groundbreaking research, drawing >upon and supported by empirical evidence, is exposing the >missionary-colonial construction of Indian history. It is because of >scholars like Prof Rajaram that, for example, the Aryan invasion theory is >now generally abandoned, even grudgingly by such senior "professional >historians" as Romila Thapar. > >iii) the attention of the Commission is invited to SR Goel, "Freedom of >Expression" (New Delhi: Voice of India, 1998:xxxiii) which quotes Alok >Kumar in State vs Sita Ram etc., 1997 that > >"if the Indian Constitution gave freedom to missionary religions to seek >converts by presenting their creeds in luminous colours, the other side had >not only the right but was also under obligation to examine the creeds and >inform the public about their shortcomings." > >Prof Rajaram is merely exercising this constitutional freedom as a research >scholar. _______________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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