1. Why the Name Change?
The Rajasthan government has renamed Muslim-named villages with names rooted in Hindi. A total of seven villages have acquired new names. They are:-
(a) Miyon-Ka-Bara(Barmer) - Mahesh Nagar.
(b) Narpada(Jalore) - Narpura.
(c) Islampur Khurd(Jhunjhunu) - Pichanwa Khurd.
(d) Mohammadpur(Chittorgarh) - Medikh Kheda.
(e) Nawabpur(Chittorgarh) - Nai Sarthal.
(f) Rampura-Ajampur(Chittorgarh) - Sitaramji Kheda.
(g) Mandfiya(Chittorgarh) - Sanwaliyaji.
Coming as it does, four months before the Assembly elections, it smacks of vote bank appeasement. Wonder what change is brought about by simply rejigging the nomenclature? I, for one, continue to call Mumbai as Bombay, Kolkata as Calcutta, Chennai as Madras, Odisha as Orissa as I'm comfortable with the earlier names. Meanwhile there has been no change, whatsoever, in the places after the rechristening. And hence the question, why the futile exercise?
2. The Insecure Husband.
Saddam(32) of Araria, in Bihar, had married Samira(28) for her beauty but he wasn't ready to accept the consequences viz. men stared at her wherever they went and he got jealous and got into fights. She was his second wife and he continued to keep in touch with his first wife and three children. He, then, came up with the idea of selling her to a brothel in New Delhi.
Accordingly, he had called up a number of pimps and in the process, without his knowledge, got in touch with a police informer who didn't hesitate to report the story to the Kamla Market SHO, Sunil Kumar. After overcoming Saddam's final twist of seeking an advance before producing his wife, the police could nab them and the young lady is, now, with the counsellors.
3. Muslim Protests in China.
Ethnic Hui Muslims of Wuzhong city protested against the official plan to demolish parts of the recently renovated Weizhou Grand Mosque in Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. The renovation has allegedly violated regulations making it look a typical west Asian mosque with "Arab style" domes. The officials want the domes to be changed to Chinese style "pagodas" which the local Muslims are resisting, through protests.
The Chinese media, in a terse report, has said that "No religion is bigger than law".
4. And Now, What's Happening to the Uighurs in China?
A United Nations human rights panel has said that it has received credible reports about a million ethnic Uighurs being held in a massive internment camp and that the whole exercise is shrouded in secrecy. Have the minorities been forced into political camps for indoctrination?
China had, earlier, said that its Xinjiang province suffers from the threat of Islamic militants and had, consequently, tightened controls and surveillance.
Is it the first step towards their forced migration into the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, I wonder?
Tailpiece.
1. The havoc caused by the widespread rains in Kerala is massive and a realistic assessment of the damages would only be possible once the rains stop. Meanwhile, the meteorological department has forecast heavy rains, in many parts, till Tuesday.
2. It was a nice gesture on the part of the chief minister to take the opposition leader, along with him in the chopper, for the aerial tour of the flood affected areas. Hope politics will not come in the way of the relief operations.
The Rajasthan government has renamed Muslim-named villages with names rooted in Hindi. A total of seven villages have acquired new names. They are:-
(a) Miyon-Ka-Bara(Barmer) - Mahesh Nagar.
(b) Narpada(Jalore) - Narpura.
(c) Islampur Khurd(Jhunjhunu) - Pichanwa Khurd.
(d) Mohammadpur(Chittorgarh) - Medikh Kheda.
(e) Nawabpur(Chittorgarh) - Nai Sarthal.
(f) Rampura-Ajampur(Chittorgarh) - Sitaramji Kheda.
(g) Mandfiya(Chittorgarh) - Sanwaliyaji.
Coming as it does, four months before the Assembly elections, it smacks of vote bank appeasement. Wonder what change is brought about by simply rejigging the nomenclature? I, for one, continue to call Mumbai as Bombay, Kolkata as Calcutta, Chennai as Madras, Odisha as Orissa as I'm comfortable with the earlier names. Meanwhile there has been no change, whatsoever, in the places after the rechristening. And hence the question, why the futile exercise?
2. The Insecure Husband.
Saddam(32) of Araria, in Bihar, had married Samira(28) for her beauty but he wasn't ready to accept the consequences viz. men stared at her wherever they went and he got jealous and got into fights. She was his second wife and he continued to keep in touch with his first wife and three children. He, then, came up with the idea of selling her to a brothel in New Delhi.
Accordingly, he had called up a number of pimps and in the process, without his knowledge, got in touch with a police informer who didn't hesitate to report the story to the Kamla Market SHO, Sunil Kumar. After overcoming Saddam's final twist of seeking an advance before producing his wife, the police could nab them and the young lady is, now, with the counsellors.
3. Muslim Protests in China.
Ethnic Hui Muslims of Wuzhong city protested against the official plan to demolish parts of the recently renovated Weizhou Grand Mosque in Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. The renovation has allegedly violated regulations making it look a typical west Asian mosque with "Arab style" domes. The officials want the domes to be changed to Chinese style "pagodas" which the local Muslims are resisting, through protests.
The Chinese media, in a terse report, has said that "No religion is bigger than law".
4. And Now, What's Happening to the Uighurs in China?
A United Nations human rights panel has said that it has received credible reports about a million ethnic Uighurs being held in a massive internment camp and that the whole exercise is shrouded in secrecy. Have the minorities been forced into political camps for indoctrination?
China had, earlier, said that its Xinjiang province suffers from the threat of Islamic militants and had, consequently, tightened controls and surveillance.
Is it the first step towards their forced migration into the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, I wonder?
Tailpiece.
1. The havoc caused by the widespread rains in Kerala is massive and a realistic assessment of the damages would only be possible once the rains stop. Meanwhile, the meteorological department has forecast heavy rains, in many parts, till Tuesday.
2. It was a nice gesture on the part of the chief minister to take the opposition leader, along with him in the chopper, for the aerial tour of the flood affected areas. Hope politics will not come in the way of the relief operations.
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