Moderator: The Moderator Team
Easter Cross
Jesus Milestone Cross
Religious - Milestones in the life of Jesus Christ from birth to ascension are portrayed in 6 inset scenes on this hand-painted alabastrite crucifix. 9 3/4" x 3/4" x 12 1/4" high.
----------
Visit:
https://host38.ipowerweb.com/~we-exist/ ... nc=search2\
The Biological Roots of Evil
The origination of evil -- was it biologically pre-programmed in the human species, or was it due to to choices made by early humans, such as eating fruit that had been prohibited by a certain deity?
From my studies of biology and anthropology, it appears that the propensity for evil has been pre-wired into the human species through a set of biological imperatives, of which the instinct for survival is only one example. other views of the biological imperatives built into our subconscious, from the most primitive, to the most cognitive, include...
fight or flee syndrome -- when confronted with something we fear, once emotional panic has set in, humans are faced with two basic choices -- try to fight and kill that which we fear, or run away from it. this survival instinct served ancient people well, but in today's world we only need this instinct rarely, to avoid a car accident, deal with the ocassional bandit, or to take shelter from a major storm. in most cases today, what we fear only needs to be understood, so we do not fear it anymore, and this makes the fight or flee syndrom a moot point in most circumstances.
sociality -- humans tend to band together for community and protection. we are by nature social creatures.
territoriality -- we like having our own spaces, as exhibited by the ownership of property and our discomfort when others invade our personal spaces.
hierarchiality -- we tend to structure ourselves into hierarchical groups, with leaders and followers. when little kids gather in a sandlot to play an ad hoc baseball game, one of the first things they do is to select captains, who then choose team members. arranging ourselves hierarchically is as natural as breathing.
symbology -- we react strongly to certain symbols, from feelings of patriotism at seeing certain flags or hearing certain songs, to reading the words on this page. assimilation of symbology has heavily influenced human cultural development.
on top of these biological imperatives, deep within our psyches we have our genes at work -- the set of chromosonal urges that often subsconsciously drive us. when examining the genes from an anthromorphic perspective, the genes operate from three basic rules -- be nice to insiders (those who share our genes); be nasty to outsiders (those who do not share our genes); and do whatever is necessary, in the most ruthless fashion necessary, to replicate. the genes at work within us create a tremendous propensity to do evil[/i], unless one realizes that [b]ultimately all humanity derives from the same gene pool, and that there ultimately should be no outsiders in our mental schemata.
the biological and genetic imperatives at work in our psyches create the possibility of evil in our midst. channeling and controlling these imperatives toward productive and charitable ends is one of the greatest challenges of our generation, to mitigate and disable the evil propensities created by our biological heritage. in a phrase, the evil in our midst comes from ourselves and the way we evolved on this planet, not from some imaginary deity who tricked early humans into eating forbidden fruit.
----------
Visit:
http://forums.about.com/ab-christianty4 ... s/?msg=483
Three's a Charm - Storytellers
"Before cartoons, video games, movies or television, there was -- the mental animation of the listener, the physical animation of the storyteller enlivening the tale. Together they produce the experience of storytelling, humanity's oldest art."
-- John Stansfield
Three local masters of "humanity's oldest art":
John Stansfield, storyteller extraordinaire, has entertained almost 1 million listeners in his career, regaling them with tales at schools, libraries and storytelling conferences across the country. Manitou High School drama teacher Wendy Harms has taught, directed and performed for over 20 years. And Pam Faro, since 1988, has made a living as a professional storyteller, weaving Spanish and/or music into her programs, telling tales from around the world, playing her guitar and leading bilingual Spanish-English cuentos.
Together, these three entertainers have concocted a program that will showcase their different rhythms, styles and subjects.
# Before the electronic and video age, storytelling was a time-honored family and community tradition as well as a distinctly human art form. As that tradition has given way to wired communication, the storytelling profession has taken on urgent importance. If we forget how to tell our stories, or how to listen, we risk forgetting who we are. Stansfield, Harms and Faro stand ready to remind us.
----------
Visit:
http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2004-03-04/tendays3.html
Ramesvara Mahadeva
Sadasiva always lives with his consort, mula Parvati. In the Ramayana and the Puranas it is stated that Lord Rama established Ramesvara Mahadeva in South India, and began worshiping him. Why was He worshiping Him? Lord Rama thought, "By his mercy I can cross the sea." Actually Rama was powerful enough to jump across the ocean in a second, but he showed to ordinary persons that, "By the mercy of Sankara I may cross this endless ocean." The common people considered that Ramesvara Mahadeva was in fact 'the Lord of Rama', and therefore his name was 'Ramesvara'. At that time the demigods appeared and said: "No, no, no. Ramesvara Mahadeva and Rama are both the same. There is no difference. Both are Ishwara. Ordinary people think only that Ramesvara is Ishwara of Rama; but they are not intelligent. It is not like that. Lord Rama and Lord Siva are both Ishwara."
At that moment Lord Siva manifested from the linga of Ramesvara Mahadeva and said, "No. Try to understand this fact. Ramesvara means 'He whose Lord is Rama.' It is Rama who is my Lord!"
----------
Visit:
http://www.purebhakti.com/lectures/lect ... 0305.shtml
Ramesvara Mahadeva
Sadasiva always lives with his consort, mula Parvati. In the Ramayana and the Puranas it is stated that Lord Rama established Ramesvara Mahadeva in South India, and began worshiping him. Why was He worshiping Him? Lord Rama thought, "By his mercy I can cross the sea." Actually Rama was powerful enough to jump across the ocean in a second, but he showed to ordinary persons that, "By the mercy of Sankara I may cross this endless ocean." The common people considered that Ramesvara Mahadeva was in fact 'the Lord of Rama', and therefore his name was 'Ramesvara'. At that time the demigods appeared and said: "No, no, no. Ramesvara Mahadeva and Rama are both the same. There is no difference. Both are Ishwara. Ordinary people think only that Ramesvara is Ishwara of Rama; but they are not intelligent. It is not like that. Lord Rama and Lord Siva are both Ishwara."
At that moment Lord Siva manifested from the linga of Ramesvara Mahadeva and said, "No. Try to understand this fact. Ramesvara means 'He whose Lord is Rama.' It is Rama who is my Lord!"
----------
Visit:
http://www.purebhakti.com/lectures/lect ... 0305.shtml
Poetry is Black or White ... "Poetic Gift"
As with magic, poetry is black or white, depending on whether it serves the sub-human or the superhuman.
The same innate tendencies govern the machinery of the white poet and the black poet. Some call these tendencies a mysterious gift, a mark of superior powers; others an infirmity or a curse. No matter. Or rather, yes! - it matters highly, but we have not yet reached the point of being able to understand the origin of our essential structures. He who could understand them would deliver himself from them. The white poet seems to understand his poetic nature, to free himself from it and make it serve. The black poet uses it and becomes its slave.
But what is this "gift" common to all poets? It is a particular connection between the various lives which make up our life, such that each manifestation of one of them is no longer simply its exclusive sign, but could become, through an internal resonance, a sign of the emotion that at a given moment is one's own color, sound or taste. This central emotion, deeply hidden within us, vibrates and shines only in rare instants. For the poet, these instants will be poetic moments, and at such a moment all his thoughts, feelings, movements and words will be the signs of this central emotion. And when the unity of their meaning is realized in an image stated in words, then most especially will we say that he is a poet. This is what we will call the "poetic gift", for want of knowing more about it.
----------
Visit:
http://www.deaddrunkdublin.com/poems/re ... white.html
Saturday / Sunday "Drive" ... Hussain Sagar / Durgam Cheruvu / Visakha Beach ...
----------
Visit:
http://www.nhgrassdrags.com/photosSA200 ... to_13.html
Use Your Time Wisely
Nothing says, “I love you” better than a portion of your time. Time is more valuable than any other resource we may have. Shouldn’t we be determined to use our time wisely?
Following are some ways we can make the best use of our time:
* Read a Book to a Child. The knowledge he or she will obtain is tremendous.
* Take a Walk ... The exercise will keep your body in shape.
----------
Visit:
http://www.happiness.com/happiness_tip.htm
Merriam-Webster : Words of 2004
2004 Words of the Year *****
1. blog: noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer
2. incumbent
3. electoral
4. insurgent
5. hurricane
6. cicada
7. peloton : noun (1951) : the main body of riders in a bicycle race
8. partisan
9. sovereignty
10. defenestration
Visit:
http://www.writenews.com/2004/121004_me ... s_2004.htm
Politicians' PRATTLE : Politics of Exclusion, Inclusion
The Indian public has just witnessed three bizarre contradictions. First, the government lays on a gigantic festival for Pravasi Bharatiyas to felicitate Persons of Indian Origin living abroad. This no-expenses-barred celebration, with a galaxy of non-resident stars and Cabinet ministers, is interspersed with seminars and lavish banquets, and ends at Rashtrapati Bhavan. But the same government impounds the passports of our Kashmiri citizens -- Hurriyat Conference leaders -- to prevent them from going abroad.
Second, our ministers speak in high moral tones of India's great inclusiveness. But the home minister threatens a witchhunt of millions of people who are merely suspected to be 'foreigners' -- from Bangladesh and Pakistan. Mr Advani claims, without evidence, that as many as 15 million Bangladeshis live illegally in India, besides 11,500 Pakistanis. They are to be summarily deported.
Third, our leaders prattle on about vasudhaiva kutumbakam (all the world is our family), including the 20-odd million PIO settled in 130 countries. But the government says it will only grant dual citizenship to some 4.5 million PIO living in a handful of countries: the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore and the European Union.
At work here are mutually incompatible, notions of inclusion and exclusion. How can we extend citizenship to foreign nationals, but deny elementary civil and political rights to those who we vehemently claim are our citizens -- Kashmiris from the valley, Muslims from Gujarat, and for long years, people from the Northeast? What, apart from 'dollar apartheid' -- as some PIO call it -- explains the exclusion of the vast majority of PIO living in countries with the strongest, richest, continuity with India, such as Mauritius, Fiji, Surinam or Guyana?
...
PIO are heterogeneous, and comprise four distinct groups.
First, and oldest, are those who were despatched as 'indentured' labour to other colonies in the 19th century: hardy, humble, peasants.
Second are the one million-plus Indians who went to Britain in the last century, some via East Africa. Most of them were petty shopkeepers, blue-collar workers, bus conductors and postal clerks.
The third group comprises the post-1973 temporary migrants to the Gulf -- workers without full residency rights.
The fourth groups consists of affluent professionals and businessmen who migrated to the US, Canada and Western Europe from the mid-1960s onwards.
One jarring note in the recent celebrations was the excessive emphasis on the last group, and discrimination against the others ...
- Praful Bidwai : January 23, 2003
Visit:
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jan/23bidwai.htm
Glazed Pottery Cross with Bowl
Glazed Pottery Cross with Bowl, unique handmade Mexican pottery cross with small bowl at the bottom made to hold holy water. Kiln fired with glaze to hold water. Each piece will be unique and may vary from image. Very special. Approx 7"-8" tall.
Visit:
http://store.yahoo.com/rockcandle/glpocrwibo.html
Tis not knowing much, but what is useful, that makes a wise man."
- Thomas Fuller
Easter Day
The silver trumpets rang across the Dome:
The people knelt upon the ground with awe:
And borne upon the necks of men I saw,
Like some great God, the Holy Lord of Rome.
Priest-like, he wore a robe more white than foam,
And, king-like, swathed himself in royal red,
Three crowns of gold rose high upon his head:
In splendour and in light the Pope passed home.
My heart stole back across wide wastes of years
To One who wandered by a lonely sea,
And sought in vain for any place of rest:
“Foxes have holes, and every bird its nest,
I, only I, must wander wearily,
And bruise my feet, and drink wine salt with tears.”
- Oscar Wilde
Earth’s Easter
Earth has gone up from its Gethsemane,
And now on Golgotha is crucified;
The spear is twisted in the tortured side;
The thorny crown still works its cruelty.
Hark! while the victim suffers on the tree,
There sound through starry spaces, far and wide,
Such words as in the last despair are cried:
“My God! my God! Thou hast forsaken me!”
But when earth’s members from the cross are drawn,
And all we love into the grave is gone,
This hope shall be a spark within the gloom:
That, in the glow of some stupendous dawn,
We may go forth to find, where lilies bloom,
Two angels bright before an empty tomb.
- Robert Haven Schauffler
Visit:
http://www.useful-information.info/quot ... uotes.html
Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year celebrations, take place during April 13 - 15. Across the country, it's a time for laughter and entertainment ... for religious ceremonies and merit-making ... for families and friends.
And of course for splashing water -- lots of it!
A spirit of good-natured fun permeates the holiday season. Songkran embodies the essential caring and unity at the core of Thai society - enduring qualities that make Thailand truly amazing.
Visit:
http://www.tatnews.org/events/events/april/2343.asp#1
How Does Mental Illness Differ Cross-Culturally?
Ever have the nagging feeling that our celebrity-driven, sound bite society is making us into a stupid, cynical, shallow people? Well, look to Oliver James, author of a May 2000 article in The Ecologist titled "Consuming Misery: Across the World, the Richer a Nation Gets, the More Unhappy Its People Become."
As a critic of consumer culture, I did a double take when I saw that headline--evidence at last! In his book Britain on the Couch, James purports that our way of wealth lowers our levels of serotonin--which he calls the happiness brain chemical--thereby making us depressed. James is far from alone in equating advanced capitalism with mental illness. Here in the United States, a growing movement of therapist-activists battles "affluenza," defined as a debilitating mental state caused by having too much money. While much of the affluenza literature makes a certain kind of sense, all it takes is a cross-cultural perspective to see the problem with arguing that affluence causes depression--namely, it's not true.
All of this is a roundabout way of introducing Lawrence Kirmayer. Dr. Kirmayer is a highly respected cultural psychiatrist at McGill University in Quebec. Unlike the affluenza crowd, Kirmayer has done a great deal of research on the mental health of aboriginal peoples, immigrants, and refugees. He points out that although our capitalist ways may be emotionally hazardous, it's unlikely that we are more depressed than poorer cultures. The only way to know for sure is to study those cultures, and research is generally lacking.
Stay Free! talked to Kirmayer ... about cross-culture mental illness more broadly:
STAY FREE!: What mental problems are the most similar across cultures?
KIRMAYER: At one pole you have organic disorders that are very similar across cultures, like Alzheimer's disease or epilepsy, and perhaps schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. And at the other end you have what used to be called hysteria--dissociative disorders and so on. That said, there are differences cross-culturally even for something like schizophrenia. For example, people with schizophrenia appear to do better in nonurbanized, nonindustrialized countries.
Visit:
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archive ... mayer.html
cross-pur·pose
n.
A usually unintentionally conflicting or contrary purpose
Idiom:
at cross-purposes
Having or acting under a misunderstanding of each other's purposes:
We're working at cross-purposes.
Visit:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/c/c0765400.html
Cross Your t's and Dot Your i's
: I looked it up in my dictionary and ran into a explanation that it means " to deal with all the details when you are finishing something"
: I don't get what the "t's" and "i's" stand for.
: and need to know what the "finishing something" mean
: does it mean end up something without skipping any trivial things?
: Help me here ...
The t's and i's are the letter "t" and the letter "i." A piece of handwriting isn't complete until every "t" is crossed and every "i" has a dot. "Finishing something" means doing the whole job, whatever it is - writing a report, washing the dishes, painting a house, anything. The saying refers to taking care of all the details of what you're doing, as opposed to leaving things out and doing an incomplete job.
Visit:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_boar ... s/670.html
Cross TIME!
TIME!
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the 2 cups of coffee...
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and
poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, " I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things-your God, family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions-things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else-the small stuff.
If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal."
Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend".
-NOT FROM THIN AIR ... Fom Friends of the Net!!
[/quote]Squaresoft's Chrono Cross
Squaresoft's Chrono Cross
Squaresoft's Chrono Cross is a massive game that spans two worlds, features dozens of characters and contains countless secrets. Like its predecessor Chrono Trigger, this game is full of intriguing plot twists and dangers that threaten the entire planet. In Chrono Cross, your decisions make the difference between life and death, potential allies and enemies lurk at every turn, and finding hidden items and skills can tip the scales of battle in your favor. With so much to do and so many challenges to overcome, it's good to have a reference to make sure you don't miss a single bit of this impressively deep adventure.
This guide will help you master Chrono Cross inside and out. Learn how to:
# Recruit every character
# Master the element system
# Forge secret weapons
# Earn every combat tech
# Explore alternate plot events
- Jeremy Parish
Visit:
http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/guides ... ocross_gg/
Washington Crosses the Delaware, 1776
December 1776 was a desperate time for George Washington and the American Revolution. The ragtag Continental Army was encamped along the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware River exhausted, demoralized and uncertain of its future.
The troubles had begun the previous August when British and Hessian troops invaded Long Island routing the colonial forces, forcing a desperate escape to the island of Manhattan. The British followed up their victory with an attack on Manhattan that compelled the Americans to again retreat, this time across the Hudson River to New Jersey.
The British followed in hot pursuit, chasing the Americans through New Jersey and by December had forced the Continental Army to abandon the state and cross the Delaware into Pennsylvania. With New Jersey in their firm control and Rhode Island successfully occupied, the British were confident that the Revolution had been crushed. The Continental Army appeared to be merely an annoyance soon to be swatted into oblivion like a bothersome bee at a picnic. ...
During the night of December 25, Washington led his troops across the ice-swollen Delaware about 9 miles north of Trenton. The weather was horrendous and the river treacherous. Raging winds combined with snow, sleet and rain to produce almost impossible conditions. To add to the difficulties, a significant number of Washington's force marched through the snow without shoes.
The next morning they attacked to the south, taking the Hessian garrison by surprise and over-running the town. After fierce fighting, and the loss of their commander, the Hessians surrendered.
Washington's victory was complete but his situation precarious. The violent weather continued - making a strike towards Princeton problematic. Washington and his commanding officers decided to retrace their steps across the Delaware taking their Hessian prisoners with them.
The news of the American victory spread rapidly through the colonies reinvigorating the failing spirit of the Revolution. The battle's outcome also gave Washington and his officers the confidence to mount another campaign. On December 30 they again crossed the Delaware, attacked and won another victory at Trenton on January 2, and then pushed on to Princeton defeating the British there on January 3.
Although not apparent at the time, these battles were a decisive turning point in the Revolution. The victories pulled the languishing Revolution out of the depths of despair, galvanized colonial support, shocked the British and convinced potential allies such as France, Holland and Spain, that the Continental Army was a force to be reckoned with.
Washington Crossing the Delaware an allegorical representation painted by the German-American Emmanuel Leutze in 1850
Visit:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wash ... laware.htm
Cross-Stitch Wonders! : Sea Otters' Siesta & Mallard Landing
Visit:
http://www.crossstitchwonders.com/
Blueberry Thrills : Blueberries can be a tasty and attractive addition to the suburban garden. In the fall, blueberry bushes flame into scarlet, adding brilliant colour to what can be a dull season. And in the summer, who can resist the mouthwatering sight of blueberry bushes covered in dusky blue fruit? Aaaah, the fruit... those bursts of sweetness exploding on your tongue... One of my fondest childhood memories is of picking blueberries at a u-pick berry farm with my family, popping as many blueberries into my mouth as I put into my pail. When I was a child, I thought eating blueberries was like eating sunshine.
You can have the same experience on a smaller scale. If you're a gardener who grows mainly flowers, you may not have thought of it, but blueberry bushes take no more room than a typical dahila or rosebush and are less work than either. They can be grown in half-barrels on a balcony or patio, as long as you have two of them to ensure pollination. If you have room, you can grow blueberries in a separate sunny bed or border. But you can also intercrop them with flowers or other shrubs, a technique I've been experimenting with over the years, as, like many other gardeners, I'm always short of space.
Visit:
http://www.gardenguides.com/articles/blueberry.htm
Therapy as a Dance and Dance as Therapy: A Cross Pollination : This article is a lecture about heaven. It discusses the interconnection between the practices of dancing and Self Relations (SR). Our desire is that it will pique the reader's interest and curiosity enough to abandon lectures about heaven. May all its readers go off in pursuit of a body-based practice that will help them discover and deeply feel their own aliveness and bring their unique gifts into the world.
The authors bring these thoughts to you based on their own experiences with dance and SR.
As human beings we all carry with us wounding, strengths and longings that propel us through life, like a large wave under the board of a surfer. Sometimes we experience the peak of riding the wave, sometimes we experience near falls off the board, and sometimes we purely crash and burn fighting against the strong undertow that feels like we will be forever lost. This is called the cycle of life. It's so easy to talk about as our "story," but it can be both euphoric and agonizing in the flesh of daily living. SR is a practice that helps one navigate the rapids of life: the joys, the tragedies, and the sufferings that life entails. It is a process of transformation that entails the full owning and full being of all that one is in a fashion that is open and all inclusive, on a second-to-second basis.
Dancing is a vivid metaphor for the principles of applying SR because it is by nature a combination of the body, the mind, and an audience. Dance is a discipline, a practice and a way of life, that when done well, epitomizes the essence of SR. For to dance well, one must develop the ability to hold multiple awarenesses at the same time: somatic self (body), cognitive self (mind) and the field (audience). It is the kind of dancing we experience at a phenomenal performance when an artist captivates us through her ability to express a deep emotion with the simple turn of a wrist, or the mere showing of her back.
Realizing the SR principle of mind-body unity, shown in the cognitive self and the somatic self integrating into a generative relational self, is one of the differences that makes a difference in achieving human excellence in any field of human endeavor, whether it be dance, art, choreography, music composition, athletics, theatre or scientific thought. It seems to us that no matter the field, excellence cannot be achieved either from a purely cognitive or somatic position. Only when the two are connected and in communion do great performances or works of art occur.
Visit:
http://www.olivebranchhealing.com/dance_as_therapy.html
Across KCR : Speaking in an idiom understood well by people of the region, Chandrasekhar Rao has, in a short span of three years, ensured that the TRS becomes a political force to reckon with. He has been able to whip up pro-Telangana sentiments, after a gap of over three decades, by highlighting the TDP government's neglect of a region that is perennially drought-hit and starved of development. He has effectively brought out the fact that though the major rivers, the Krishna and the Godavari, flow across Telangana, the benefits from these have been taken away by people of other regions, leaving the poor farmers of the region to depend on the more expensive method of drawing water from deep borewells using pumps. The majority of the 25 lakh agricultural pumpsets in the State are installed in Telangana.
...
Visit:
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/st ... 101400.htm
Across VIJAYASHANTI :
STRIDENT POSTURE: BJP leader and film star, Vijayshanti, warning NSUI activists as she comes out after opening a jewellery shop in Visakhapatnam.
VISAKHAPATNAM: Film actress Vijayashanti vowed here on Monday to fight for a separate Telangana and claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party's support to her.
Even as the press conference she was addressing was in progress, she had to face noisy protest from some activists of the National Students Union of India deploring her "separatist stance''.
Ms. Vijayashanti said that she was concerned about backwardness in Andhra and Rayalaseema as well as Telangana, but would fight for separate Telangana. The actress-turned-politician claimed that she was still in the BJP and wondered why that question was raised frequently. She also expressed confidence that the BJP would support her fight for Telangana.
"I will fight for people but not for any position of power,'' she asserted. She defended the BJP stance in the last elections citing its alliance with the Telugu Desam Party and also recalled the Kakinada resolution where the BJP committed itself to statehood for Telangana.
Declaring that her fight for Telangana would begin soon, she said she could not disclose everything now. "You will see it for yourself in future,'' she said.
...
Visit:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thsc ... 0/&prd=th&
Return to Special Interest Groups
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest
{{todos[0].text}}
