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		<title>By: priya</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-708476</link>
		<dc:creator>priya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you know the morning i saw these actors, politicians, policemen flashing their middle fingers in all national newspapers, i thought, i ought to scan all the photos and send them to greatbong! i knew u would&#039;nt miss it :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you know the morning i saw these actors, politicians, policemen flashing their middle fingers in all national newspapers, i thought, i ought to scan all the photos and send them to greatbong! i knew u would&#8217;nt miss it <img src='http://greatbong.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: rishi_khujur</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-708198</link>
		<dc:creator>rishi_khujur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Bengalvoice
I knew.</description>
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I knew.</p>
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		<title>By: The Middle Class Apathy Myth &#187; Givvup Only Are There</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-708135</link>
		<dc:creator>The Middle Class Apathy Myth &#187; Givvup Only Are There</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 10:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] doesn&#8217;t vote. (Some recent blogposts and articles that touch on this: Sainath, The Acorn and Great Bong) But this election is beginning to shake up that [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] doesn&#8217;t vote. (Some recent blogposts and articles that touch on this: Sainath, The Acorn and Great Bong) But this election is beginning to shake up that [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Bengal Voice</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-707950</link>
		<dc:creator>Bengal Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 19:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@rishi khujur,

In case you don&#039;t live in Kolkata, here&#039;s some &quot;masala news&quot; for you ..... It might be of interest to you that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tathagataroy.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;earlier website&lt;/a&gt; (you had linked to your name previously in this very post) was inaugurated during a massive rally of 50,000 people at Satyanarayan Park in the Burrabazar locality of Kolkata on Friday (just two days ago). So I guess you knew about it a while back... hmmmmm, intriguing !!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@rishi khujur,</p>
<p>In case you don&#8217;t live in Kolkata, here&#8217;s some &#8220;masala news&#8221; for you &#8230;.. It might be of interest to you that the <a href="http://www.tathagataroy.com/" rel="nofollow">earlier website</a> (you had linked to your name previously in this very post) was inaugurated during a massive rally of 50,000 people at Satyanarayan Park in the Burrabazar locality of Kolkata on Friday (just two days ago). So I guess you knew about it a while back&#8230; hmmmmm, intriguing !!</p>
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		<title>By: rishi khujur</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-707698</link>
		<dc:creator>rishi khujur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 20:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Pushy Lejur/anonymous

You did not understand the reason why I wrote &quot;Ram, Purusha avatar of Vishnu&quot;.

Ofcourse, I should have known that, because for you to understand history or philosophy is too much of an ask. And you will also find it difficult to find historical logic in words like &quot;purusha&quot; or &quot;avatar&quot;, because the only time you have heard this word was probably in a online videogame. 

Any way, Babur ordered the destruction of a temple in Ayodhya, to reinforce the Islamic nature of his conquest to the local population.

The temple that was destroyed (and remains of which have been found at the site by ASI), was dedicated to Vishnu and had existed there from around 500 CE. Deities of Jaina tirthankars and Bodhisattva (Buddha avatar as per Mahayana philosophy) from the same period were also found with the primary Vishnu icon. The fact that in Hindu Puranic texts, both Rama and Buddha are considered &quot;purusha avatars&quot; of Vishnu is important to establish the relationship between the 1000 year old Vishnu temple that Babur destroyed and Rama.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Pushy Lejur/anonymous</p>
<p>You did not understand the reason why I wrote &#8220;Ram, Purusha avatar of Vishnu&#8221;.</p>
<p>Ofcourse, I should have known that, because for you to understand history or philosophy is too much of an ask. And you will also find it difficult to find historical logic in words like &#8220;purusha&#8221; or &#8220;avatar&#8221;, because the only time you have heard this word was probably in a online videogame. </p>
<p>Any way, Babur ordered the destruction of a temple in Ayodhya, to reinforce the Islamic nature of his conquest to the local population.</p>
<p>The temple that was destroyed (and remains of which have been found at the site by ASI), was dedicated to Vishnu and had existed there from around 500 CE. Deities of Jaina tirthankars and Bodhisattva (Buddha avatar as per Mahayana philosophy) from the same period were also found with the primary Vishnu icon. The fact that in Hindu Puranic texts, both Rama and Buddha are considered &#8220;purusha avatars&#8221; of Vishnu is important to establish the relationship between the 1000 year old Vishnu temple that Babur destroyed and Rama.</p>
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		<title>By: ghost who walks</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-707511</link>
		<dc:creator>ghost who walks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@bengal watch
you are wasting your time
these pseudo secular morons would rather wait [edited]

[GB: Communally charged speech will only get removed. ]
Why do you think we were slaves for a thousand year?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@bengal watch<br />
you are wasting your time<br />
these pseudo secular morons would rather wait [edited]</p>
<p>[GB: Communally charged speech will only get removed. ]<br />
Why do you think we were slaves for a thousand year?</p>
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		<title>By: Bengal Voice</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-707462</link>
		<dc:creator>Bengal Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 22:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Pushy Lejur,

While your religiously motivated hatred for the BJP is predictable (as is your obvious hatred for Lord Rama), can you deny the following brilliant, novel contributions of BJP-NDA Govt (under Vajpayee as PM) to help the common man (urban voters, rural farmers, youth and women), whereas the Congress-UPA reacted in a knee-jerk way by either stopping or delaying these projects after they came to power in 2004:

1) The River-Interlinking Project to create a National Water Grid: 

- This was a visionary, brilliant project to interlink all rivers in India to solve the eternal problem of nature. Ex: &quot;Floods in Assam while a severe drought rages in Rajasthan&quot;. 

- This would lead to many states releasing excess water (during floods and heavy monsoon rains) to other states that need them. 

- This would solve the problems of flood damage and help not only farmers, but also alleviate the drinking water problem for millions of households. Won’t all Indians thank BJP for this?
 
2) &quot;The Golden Quadrilateral&quot; project with highways interlinking cities and villages in the North, South, East and West of India:
 
Even the National Geographic magazine has lauded this BJP/NDA contribution to India. Please read this 12-page article, Photo-gallery, Videos on the &quot;The Golden Quadrilateral&quot; project:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/india-highway/belt-text/1

What the Congress couldn&#039;t achieve in nearly 60 years, the BJP achieved in just 6 years.

This shows that the BJP has the will and determination for development, not just empty slogans like &quot;Garibi Hatao&quot;. 

The Congress (like the Communists) likes to keep Indians in perpetual poverty, so votes of poor Indians provide a perpetual votebank – which can be harvested by shelling out a hundred-rupee note, a bottle of alcohol and a sari/dhoti to such hapless Indians.

The only credit the Congress gets is for the Oscar award to “Slumdog Millionaire” – for making crores of Indians so impoverished that they have no way of escaping from slums and moving on to a better future.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Pushy Lejur,</p>
<p>While your religiously motivated hatred for the BJP is predictable (as is your obvious hatred for Lord Rama), can you deny the following brilliant, novel contributions of BJP-NDA Govt (under Vajpayee as PM) to help the common man (urban voters, rural farmers, youth and women), whereas the Congress-UPA reacted in a knee-jerk way by either stopping or delaying these projects after they came to power in 2004:</p>
<p>1) The River-Interlinking Project to create a National Water Grid: </p>
<p>- This was a visionary, brilliant project to interlink all rivers in India to solve the eternal problem of nature. Ex: &#8220;Floods in Assam while a severe drought rages in Rajasthan&#8221;. </p>
<p>- This would lead to many states releasing excess water (during floods and heavy monsoon rains) to other states that need them. </p>
<p>- This would solve the problems of flood damage and help not only farmers, but also alleviate the drinking water problem for millions of households. Won’t all Indians thank BJP for this?</p>
<p>2) &#8220;The Golden Quadrilateral&#8221; project with highways interlinking cities and villages in the North, South, East and West of India:</p>
<p>Even the National Geographic magazine has lauded this BJP/NDA contribution to India. Please read this 12-page article, Photo-gallery, Videos on the &#8220;The Golden Quadrilateral&#8221; project:</p>
<p><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/india-highway/belt-text/1" rel="nofollow">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/india-highway/belt-text/1</a></p>
<p>What the Congress couldn&#8217;t achieve in nearly 60 years, the BJP achieved in just 6 years.</p>
<p>This shows that the BJP has the will and determination for development, not just empty slogans like &#8220;Garibi Hatao&#8221;. </p>
<p>The Congress (like the Communists) likes to keep Indians in perpetual poverty, so votes of poor Indians provide a perpetual votebank – which can be harvested by shelling out a hundred-rupee note, a bottle of alcohol and a sari/dhoti to such hapless Indians.</p>
<p>The only credit the Congress gets is for the Oscar award to “Slumdog Millionaire” – for making crores of Indians so impoverished that they have no way of escaping from slums and moving on to a better future.</p>
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		<title>By: Bengal Voice</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-707454</link>
		<dc:creator>Bengal Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 22:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Pushy Lejur,

Inspite of your nickname(s) and handles, I do realise what your background is; so it is plainly obvious why you loathe Indian nationalists 

[edited by GB]

Sending 1000 farmers on a one-time study tour to get trained in high-yield agricultural methods (like &quot;drip irrigation&quot; etc) to produce more food-crops per hectare that will feed Indians (irrespective of their religion) IS MUCH BETTER THAN wasting hundreds of crores of rupees (tax-payer money) annually on funding expensive &quot;indoctrination trips&quot; (oops..subsidies) to Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem for tens of thousands of people every year, in the name of religion.

The farmers&#039; efforts help feed their countrymen, while the latter&#039;s foreign junkets only help radicalise certain sections of Indian society. 

Muthalik was expelled from the Bajrang Dal for his pro-Congress agenda. That is why he started a new organisation (SRSene) to serve his Congressi masters. BTW, the various points I had mentioned about the nexus between Congress and Sri Ram Sene is publicly verifiable information in various newspapers (paper and web editions). All GB readers are free to verify the news about:
- SRSene putting up candidates against the BJP even before the Mangalore pub attacks; 
- SRSene expressing hope that the Congress candidate Janardhan Poojary would win the elections and defeat the BJP in Mangalore; 
- SRSene leader Muthalik being a special guest of Congress leaders Suresh Kalmadi and Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit in Pune; 
- Congress leader and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot condoning the pub attacks by condemning pub culture.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Pushy Lejur,</p>
<p>Inspite of your nickname(s) and handles, I do realise what your background is; so it is plainly obvious why you loathe Indian nationalists </p>
<p>[edited by GB]</p>
<p>Sending 1000 farmers on a one-time study tour to get trained in high-yield agricultural methods (like &#8220;drip irrigation&#8221; etc) to produce more food-crops per hectare that will feed Indians (irrespective of their religion) IS MUCH BETTER THAN wasting hundreds of crores of rupees (tax-payer money) annually on funding expensive &#8220;indoctrination trips&#8221; (oops..subsidies) to Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem for tens of thousands of people every year, in the name of religion.</p>
<p>The farmers&#8217; efforts help feed their countrymen, while the latter&#8217;s foreign junkets only help radicalise certain sections of Indian society. </p>
<p>Muthalik was expelled from the Bajrang Dal for his pro-Congress agenda. That is why he started a new organisation (SRSene) to serve his Congressi masters. BTW, the various points I had mentioned about the nexus between Congress and Sri Ram Sene is publicly verifiable information in various newspapers (paper and web editions). All GB readers are free to verify the news about:<br />
- SRSene putting up candidates against the BJP even before the Mangalore pub attacks;<br />
- SRSene expressing hope that the Congress candidate Janardhan Poojary would win the elections and defeat the BJP in Mangalore;<br />
- SRSene leader Muthalik being a special guest of Congress leaders Suresh Kalmadi and Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit in Pune;<br />
- Congress leader and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot condoning the pub attacks by condemning pub culture.</p>
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		<title>By: Pushy Lejur</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-707430</link>
		<dc:creator>Pushy Lejur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 20:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem with Rightwings like Nirmalya is that they are unable to retort without invective. Note how he starts with calling me a Pussy. If this does not exhibit the Ram Sene attitude of glorified intolerance, then I wonder what does.

Now Nirmalya, your friend Muthalik belonged to RSS and Bajrang Dal, which as we all know are part of the Congress Parivar.Right? Word on the street? 

That oracular &quot;word on the street&quot; was the ultimate. How does Nirmalya know? Word on the street.  You guys do have a direct connection to the Truth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with Rightwings like Nirmalya is that they are unable to retort without invective. Note how he starts with calling me a Pussy. If this does not exhibit the Ram Sene attitude of glorified intolerance, then I wonder what does.</p>
<p>Now Nirmalya, your friend Muthalik belonged to RSS and Bajrang Dal, which as we all know are part of the Congress Parivar.Right? Word on the street? </p>
<p>That oracular &#8220;word on the street&#8221; was the ultimate. How does Nirmalya know? Word on the street.  You guys do have a direct connection to the Truth.</p>
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		<title>By: aylamrin</title>
		<link>http://greatbong.net/2009/05/04/the-middle-finger/#comment-707427</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 19:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;@Pus$* Sissy:&lt;/b&gt; How do you know that these &lt;i&gt;Sene&lt;/i&gt; d!$%heads are not sponsored by Congress? Just having a Hindu name for your band of thugs does not make one a Hindu activist (or the way you might like to interpret this, i.e. close to BJP &amp; Sangh). Moreover BJP was never patronising him, and the truth is he was a face well recognised in BJP party offices because there was a time when he used to run after BJP bigwigs to earn a place in the party. Now that BJP has distanced themselves after the pub incident (which he did because he was desperate for publicity) he has fallen back to Congress , who were not late to capitalise. You may of course say that some people have direct connection to the truth indeed, coz I stay in Bangalore, and hence, unfortunately, happen to know a few things. Its that you don&#039;t need to be in the Scotland Yard, but its the word on the street.

&lt;b&gt;Anonymous:&lt;/b&gt; Shame on you retard ! Look who&#039;s calling the kettle black ! Civilised rebuttal eh? [GB adds: edited]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>@Pus$* Sissy:</b> How do you know that these <i>Sene</i> d!$%heads are not sponsored by Congress? Just having a Hindu name for your band of thugs does not make one a Hindu activist (or the way you might like to interpret this, i.e. close to BJP &amp; Sangh). Moreover BJP was never patronising him, and the truth is he was a face well recognised in BJP party offices because there was a time when he used to run after BJP bigwigs to earn a place in the party. Now that BJP has distanced themselves after the pub incident (which he did because he was desperate for publicity) he has fallen back to Congress , who were not late to capitalise. You may of course say that some people have direct connection to the truth indeed, coz I stay in Bangalore, and hence, unfortunately, happen to know a few things. Its that you don&#8217;t need to be in the Scotland Yard, but its the word on the street.</p>
<p><b>Anonymous:</b> Shame on you retard ! Look who&#8217;s calling the kettle black ! Civilised rebuttal eh? [GB adds: edited]</p>
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