July 10, 2014 – Brown Pundits

The reaction you can expect when a minority community has been denied justice by the uncaring majority. The Sikhs have waited patiently for a long 30 years…enough is enough.

There is also that subtle fear of being subsumed by the Hindu majority sooner or later.

That said it is ironic that the Sikh political leadership in Punjab is represented in the main by the Badal family (patriarch: Parkash Singh Badal) and is allied with the BJP. Thus you have the conservative groupings (Hindus and Sikhs) allying against (not-so-conservative) Hindus and Sikhs represented by the Congress. This bipolar state of affairs has changed dramatically with the arrival of the Aam Admi Party which allied with an extreme Sikh organization- Dal Khalsa (another Hindu-Sikh alliance).

So it matters not much, how you cut the sacred goat, the situation in the Punjab is (thankfully) not Hindu vs. Sikh (more like Punjabis vs. troublemakers seated in Delhi).

Coming back to accusations against Gandhi, Sikhs are quite conscious of (and are divided by) caste and sect even though the religion forbids it. Also, racism is endemic to all of India and Sikhs can hardly claim any superiority on that account. Finally, the Panth is not known to be very comfortable with “sexual deviancy” as has been attested in person by gay Sikhs (neither are any of the other religious groups).They need to upgrade the soft-ware.

It is clear that statue or not, the memory of Gandhi will continue to be honored in Britain and in the West. Not the (perhaps equally deserving) leader(s) of the Muslims, Tamils and Dalits and many others. Gandhi was the (self-described) role model of Martin Luther King (junior) and Nelson Mandela. The Gandhi brand is uniquely strong (aided in part by the Gujarati bio-sphere) and it is too late for the partisans to change that.
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Sikhs
in UK have announced a massive campaign to oppose Britain’s plan to
build a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at London’s Parliament Square. The Sikh Federation (UK) has written to Britain’s culture secretary Sajid Javid who is leading the project.

Bhai Amrik Singh, chair of the Sikh Federation in his letter to Javid
called Gandhi “a blatant racist, a sexual weirdo or worse a child abuser
and someone discriminating on the basis of the Hindu caste system,
which is now outlawed in the UK”.
Singh said “it would therefore be totally inappropriate to have a statue of Gandhi erected in Parliament Square”.

The Federation has also written to Philip Jackson, the British sculptor
who has been approached by the British government to begin work on
Gandhi’s statue asking him to boycott the project.

The
Federation is also writing to anti-racists groups, campaign groups
opposed to paedophilia and organisations that have been working in the
UK to have caste discrimination outlawed in the UK.

They are
being urged to unite to oppose the statue and write to all UK
politicians that support their causes “highlighting the other side to
Gandhi’s life that many choose to turn a blind eye”.

The plan
to have a Gandhi statue at Parliament Square in London was announced by
British foreign secretary William Hague and Chancellor of the Exchequer
George Osborne on Tuesday.

They intend to have the monument in
place early next year. Once installed, the statue will provide a focal
point for commemoration next summer of the 100th anniversary of Gandhi’s
return to India from South Africa to start the struggle for self-rule,
as well as the passing of 70 years since his death in 2018, and the
150th anniversary of his birth in 2019″.

The memorial will stand alongside those to other international leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincoln.

Hague said “Gandhi’s view of communal peace and resistance to division,
his desire to drive India forward, and his commitment to non-violence
left a legacy that is as relevant today as it was during his life. He
remains a towering inspiration and a source of strength. We will honour
him with a statue alongside those of other great leaders in Parliament
Square”.

Osborne added “As the father of the largest democracy
in the world, it’s time for Gandhi to take his place in front of the
mother of Parliaments. He is a figure of inspiration, not just in
Britain and India, but around the world. New Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi invoked his memory in his inaugural speech to Parliament. I
hope this new memorial will be a lasting and fitting tribute to his
memory in Britain, and a permanent monument to our friendship with
India”.

The Gandhi statue will be the 11th statue to be erected in Parliament square.

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Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/Sikh-group-in-UK-calls-Mahatma-Gandhi-a-blatant-racist-sexual-weirdo/articleshow/38085777.cms

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regards

…Tichleman stepping over the
victim’s body several times as she is gathering her belongings....Tichleman stepped over Hayes at one point to finish a glass of
wine….

Yes we know that men rule the world. The highest paid CEOs, the most gifted mathematicians, even the highest profile chefs are all men. This is perhaps because of a hundred different reasons (men are pushed to the front by peers and families, men are encouraged to take risks, men have better access to higher-up men-mentors). However women have been overcoming odds and making significant progress. We can always hope that true equality* will come one day.

In our opinion though men are dumb (yes that is a broad generalization and mis-andrist). Even a smart man (a tech-giant executive in Sun, Apple, Google) can be mighty dumb (fond of impulsive purchases, really?). You meet a pretty girl and your brain switches off.

Thing is, women know that men are dumb. How to monetize this can be a challenge. If a person is capable AND she still prefers an easy life then it may even lead to a win-win situation. Then there are others who like to have a bit of adventure (of course adventures are risky and a modern girl ought to know all about video surveillance). It seems fair game that men should be ready to pay a price, even the ultimate price, for being dumb.
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A high
priced call girl killed a Google executive with a lethal dose of heroin
and then fled his yacht in California, authorities alleged on
Wednesday.

Alix Catherine Tichleman, 26, was remanded to a cell
after a hearing to face criminal charges including manslaughter,
prostitution, destroying evidence and transporting a controlled
substance, according to Santa Cruz County Superior Court.

Her bail was set at $1.5 million, and she is to return to court on July 16 for her next hearing.

Tichleman was taken into custody Friday by Santa Cruz city police, who
identified her as the woman in a surveillance video on the yacht where
51-year-old Forrest Hayes was found dead of an overdose in November.

The video shows Hayes suffering “medical complications” and passing out
after being injected by Tichleman — and then shows Tichleman leaving
the scene, instead of administering first aid or calling for an
ambulance, police said.

“Ms. Tichleman proceeds to gather her belongings including the heroin and needles,” police said in a release. “The video also shows Ms. Tichleman stepping over the victim’s body several times as she is gathering her belongings.”

Tichleman stepped over Hayes at one point to finish a glass of wine,
according to investigators, who added that she lowered a window blind
while leaving to hide the man from view.

His body was found the
next morning. The California woman was arrested on July 4 after being
lured to an upscale hotel by investigators under the pretense of meeting
a rich man willing to pay well for sex, according to the court.

Tichleman is a high-priced call girl who had an “ongoing prostitution relationship” with Hayes, police said.

She used a “Seeking Arrangements” website to connect with men and boasted of having more than 200 clients, investigators said.

Hayes reportedly met the woman through the website, where a visit on
Wednesday found a promise that a “Sugar Daddy” can find “Sugar Babies”
for “upfront and honest arrangements with someone who will cater to your
needs.”

An obituary in the local newspaper, The Santa Cruz
Sentinel, said Hayes had worked at Silicon Valley tech firms Sun
Microsystems and Apple before taking a position at Google.

The city of Santa Cruz is a beach community in Northern California, south of San Francisco.

Hayes was described as a family man inclined toward humor and impulsive purchases.

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Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/alleged-prostitute-charged-in-heroin-overdose-death-of-google-executive/article19530798/

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regards

*even equality in depravity

Day: July 10, 2014

Sikhs (UK): Gandhi ‘racist’, ‘sexual weirdo’

Pretty woman meets dumb man