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The legend goes, Ashoka went to the devastated battlefield to inspect the valiant deeds of his brave soldiers. He did not see any sign of victory. All he saw were heaps of rotting and burning corpses and half-dead bodies of injured people wailing in pain. Severe sorrow and remorse gripped his conscience.

Ashoka’s Famous Dwandwam:

What Ashoka meant was, “If this is my Dharma, what then is Adharma?” This sight of devastation of men and materials made him sick and he cried the famous Dwandwam-ridden monologue:

“What have I done? If this is a victory, what’s a defeat then? Is this a victory or a defeat? Is this justice or injustice? Is it gallantry or a rout? Is it valor to kill innocent children and women? Do I do it to widen the empire and for prosperity or to destroy the other’s kingdom and splendor? One has lost her husband, someone else a father, someone a child, someone an unborn infant…. What’s this debris of the corpses? Are these marks of victory or defeat? Are these vultures, crows, eagles the messengers of death or evil?”

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Drugs, Item girls, New Year

Mumbai: People getting busy with New Year celebrations beware - the drug peddlers are on the prowl. According to reports, item girls are the preferred way of transporting the narcotics inside the party arenas.
Since item girls are the star attraction at these dos, the drug peddlers are reportedly offering huge amounts in the name of 'performance'. It has been reported that the item girls are being instructed to carry a travel bag which, they are told, contains cash but actually has drugs.
Reports say that a model-turned-item girl revealed the plans to the police in her complaint filed in Mumbai.
Rozlyn Khan told the police that she was approached by a caller who posed as an organiser offering her an amount three times of what she charges. On further prodding she came to know that she will have to carry a bag full of drugs to the New Year bash for which she has a VIP entry meaning that she won’t have to go through the security checks.
Rozlyn informed that a lot of item girls were being approached by these drug dealers and many of them agreed to the deal without knowing what was inside the bag.
The police have registered the complaint against the anonymous caller under section 507 IPC, criminal intimidation by anonymous communication.
Reports say that the police teams are also keeping an eye on the New Year bashes across the city.

Courtesy: Parda Phash

National Anthem of India, written in highly Sanskritized or Tatsama Bangla/Bengali: Jôno Gôno Mono..

ভারতের জাতীয় সঙ্গীত:

জনগণমন-অধিনায়ক জয় হে. ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা পঞ্জাব সিন্ধু গুজরাট মরাঠা দ্রাবিড় উত্কল বঙ্গ বিন্ধ্য হিমাচল যমুনা গঙ্গা উচ্ছল জলধি তরঙ্গ তব শুভ নামে জাগে তব শুভ আশিস মাগে গাহে তব জয়গাথা জনগণমঙ্গলদায়ক জয় হে ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় জয় জয়, জয় হে॥

In Devanagari script:

जन-गण-मन अधिनायक, जय हे भारत-भाग्‍य-विधाता, पंजाब-सिंधु गुजरात-मराठा, द्रविड़-उत्‍कल बंग, विन्‍ध्‍य-हिमाचल-यमुना गंगा, उच्‍छल-जलधि-तरंग, तव शुभ नामे जागे, तव शुभ आशिष मांगे, गाहे तव जय गाथा, जन-गण-मंगल दायक जय हे भारत-भाग्‍य-विधाता जय हे, जय हे, जय हे जय जय जय जय हे।

Bangla/Bengali phonemic transcription of our National Anthem:

Jôno gôno mono-odhinaeoko jôeô he, Bharoto bhaggo bidhata, Pônjabo Shindhu Gujoraṭo Marāṭhā, Drabiṛo Utkôlo Bônggo, Bindho Himachôlo Jomuna Gôngga, Uchchhôlo jôlodhi toronggo, Tôbo shubho name jage, Tôbo shubho ashish mage, Gahe tôbo jôeogatha, Jôno gôno monggolo daeoko jôeô he, Bharoto bhaggo bidhata, Jôeo he, jôeo he, jôeo he, jôeo jôeo jôeo, jôeo he

Zina (Arabic) in Islam is extramarital sex and premarital sex. and how Islamic law deals with it:

Muslims believe that the Quran was revealed in stages over 23 years. Until revelation on a specific point was received by the Prophet, he followed the law of Moses or the traditions of Abraham but once a revelation was received, there was no question of his substituting it by his own will or by the law of Moses. It is generally accepted that the Quran was compiled in its present form during the period of the third Caliph Othman.

ZINA: The Extramarital Ssex and Premarital Sex:

The term zina signifies voluntary sexual intercourse between a man and a woman not married to one another, irrespective of whether one or both of them are married to other persons or not: hence, it does not - in contrast with the usage prevalent in most Western languages - differentiate between the concepts of "adultery" (i.e., sexual intercourse of a married man with a woman other than his wife, or of a married woman with a man other than her husband) and "fornication" (i.e., sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons).

It has been explained by the great 20th Century Scholar Muhammad Hamidullah and others that the reason the death penalty is correct interpretation of the Qur'an for adultery (not for fornication where all scholars accept it is 100 stripes) is derived from verse 89 of Surah (chapter) 6, in that it obligates Muslims to follow the revelations given to the prophets beforehand (listed in the preceding verses to 6:89) hence their laws apply unless overruled or abrogated by the Qur'an or saying of the Prophet. For this reason the Hadith examples cited above are regarded by the consensus of orthodox Muslim scholars as confirmation that Mosaic Law concerning adultery is applicable in Islam and so for this reason it is part of the penal code implemented in Saudi Arabia, Iran etc.

Moreover, the Qur'an considers extramarital sex as one of the major sins besides polytheism and murder:

“And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall find a requital of sin. The punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection, and he shall abide therein in abasement"—[Qur'an 25:68]

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a well-known Pakistani Islamic scholar, has examined all hadith related to Rajm (stoning) in his book Burhan. Based on principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, such as the one from Shatibi, who writes that Sunnah is either explanation of the Qur'an or addition to the Qur'an. If it is an explanation, then its status is secondary otherwise, it will only be considered addition if it is not discussed by the Qur'an.[3][4] Ghamidi concludes that Quranic punishment for Zina in verse [Qur'an 24:2] does not leave a room for another interpretation.[4] He also writes that stoning can only be prescribed for someone who rapes or habitually commits fornication as prostitutes, as it constitutes hirabah (maleficence in the land) and punishable accordingly.[5] As it is attributed to Mohammad in following hadith:

“ Acquire it from me, acquire it from me. The Almighty ALLAH has revealed the directive about women who habitually commit fornication about which He had promised to reveal. If such criminals are unmarried or are the unsophisticated youth, then their punishment is a eighty stripes and exile and if they are widowers or are married, then their punishment is a hundred stripes and death by stoning.

— Sahih Muslim, 1690.

How Fundamentalists View Islam:

"Islam is a revolutionary faith that comes to destroy any government made by man. Islam doesn't look for a nation to be in better condition than another nation. Islam doesn't care about the land or who own the land. The goal of Islam is to rule the entire world and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. Any nation or power in this world that tries to get in the way of that goal, Islam will fight and destroy."
-- Mawlana Abul Ala Mawdudi, founder of Pakistan's Fundamentalist Movement.

Some, Muslims keep saying that Allah is a merciful God. The following is a perfect example showing how Islam sees this quality in their God:

Ishaq: 327 - Allah said, "A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion."

Source: http://www.targetofopportunity.com/islam.htm

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