CBCNN takes the lead in pushing for muslim reservation

Coming to terms with India's missing Muslims
Why dont we start with reservations for muslims in CBCNN.

CPI bidding for Chinese interests

Nation-specific bar in new FDI policy opposed

CBCNN reports this as if CPI(M) is the opposition party. Disproportionate coverage of CPI utterings and events is CBCNN's "adherence to core values". "People's Democracy" articles are also deeply analysed and discussed in CBCNN.

Karat on Patriotism

Karat assails "alliance" with U.S.

Karat just cant take it when India is acting against Chinese national interests. He is one real patriot - not of India.

Communists trying to stay in limelight

Discuss Tarapore panel report: CPI (M)

CPI contemplates; CBCNN reports

CPI(M) panel discusses uplift of minorities

The minorities sub-committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) considered a suggestion whether to ask the Planning Commission to make a sub-plan in the 11th Five Year Plan so that funds could be earmarked for the uplift of the minorities.

The communist party was considering a suggestion. Is it a newsworthy item?

The committee has party general secretary Prakash Karat as convener.
Firstly, this is a CPI(M) meeting and secondly Karat is involved. So, by CBCNN high standards, this becomes newsworthy and deserves a place in the national news.

When CPI organises a meeting, it becomes a national event for CBCNN

People have a big role, say Pakistan politicians

Jammu and Kashmir CPI (M) MLA Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami organised a meeting for the communists to meet parliamentarians from Pakistan. Our comrades are, as usual, getting cosy with our enemies. Pakistan is autocratic and the parliamentarians are largely irrelevant. Not for the Indian communists, and by extension to CBCNN. It is hilarious to watch the megalomania of the communists mooching in the wilderness of irrelevance.

Its Karat time again

Planning Commission and poverty estimates

Brinda Karat is the wife of Prakash Karat, who is a good friend of N.Ram. Karats invariably get a lot of space on the pages of CBCNN.

In this lengthy article, Brinda Karat rips apart the poverty estimates as "utterly irrational, unscientific, and unjust". No alternatives provided. Just identifying flaws and magnifying them. It must be so easy being a communist in India. No responsiblity or accountability. Just go around whipping others and blabber a lot. The subservient media will keep the halo around the communists shining.

A rare note of appreciation for the police

Challenge and response
N.Ram is actually appreciating India's security forces and he uses "Islamist terrorist" to describe the assailants. A rare editorial, indeed. I wonder how long before N.Ram returns to his normal self.

Scholarships for Pakistani students

http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/30/stories/2006103004081100.htm

Given CBCNN's slant to support Pakistan, it is not surprising that this article appeared in this paper.

The author says that giving scholarships to Pakistani students will help improve relations between the two countries. Inspite of all the good-will measures extended by India, Pakistan has not taken the first step by stopping cross-border terrorism. So why another goodwill geusture?
It is obvious that the only benefeciary of extending scholarships to Paki students would be Pakistan. Some of these "students" will come on an all expenses paid trip to India to establish terror cells. Remember, some of the visitors who came to India to watch the India-Pak cricket match - another goodwill gesture - disappeared mysteriously into the vastness of India.
And what has this people to people contact enabled. What do Pakistani nationals do in India. CBCNN gives us a few hints.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/30/stories/2006103004231200.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/30/stories/2006103004151200.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/30/stories/2006103016191400.htm


Such a gesture should not be contingent on Pakistan reciprocating. It would, however, become inevitable for Pakistan to allow Indian students too to come study in Pakistan. This would be particularly appropriate in areas such as anthropology and archaeology ...
The author is asking for unilateral action. I wonder, even if Pakistan extended scholarship, who in India would be interested in going and studying there. Indeed, Pakistan has got wonderful archealogical sites but not institutes. There is one area in which Pak specialises and students from all over the world go there to study - International Terrorism.

Democracy: Congress-style

Time to tune up the Congress machine
In true Congress tradition, her(Sonia Gandhi's) pronouncement became the official policy
CBCNN keeps repeating Manmohan's integrity and honesty. But it makes no difference to how Congress party is run because the official policy is determined by the bar maid's pronouncements.

Basu in favour of inviting Hu Jintao

http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/30/stories/2006103004131200.htm

Jyoti Basu is in favour of Chinese President Hu Jintao being invited to address a joint session of Parliament.


Drawing a distinction between his wanting the Chinese President to address the joint session of Parliament and the opposition of the Left parties to a proposal to invite United States President, George Bush, to do the same when the latter had visited the country in March, Mr. Basu said, "We see China in one way, the other [the U.S.] in another."

The communists, the traitors that they are, will welcome the Chinese troops invading India with garlands. They also oppose any economic and technological cooperation with US as it is beneficial to India.

CPI (M) to take stock of its shortcomings

http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/30/stories/2006103016231400.htm

There really are a lot too many shortcomings, if you ask me. Let me start with patriotism.

CBCNN carries intricate details of the mid-term review process of CPI, with the assumption that its readers are active badge-holders of the communist party. Other national newspapers did not even bother to mention this non-event.

Barking dog of Indian politics

UPA policies benefiting few, says Dasgupta

CPI comes out with yet another set of pompous statements and CBCNN just can not afford to miss out on splashing and flashing it.

Asked about the continuance of Left support to the UPA Government, he said the CPI was exploring the possibility of extracting concessions from the ruling alliance for the people through the proposed agitation. "If the Government still fails to deliver, the Left Front will have to take a harsh decision."

CPI has all along been influencing economic and foriegn policies by virtue of their access to power. So what is the need for an agitation that cripples the economy. Did CPI explore the possibility of extracting concessions through negotiations to now pursue the agitation course.
Yeah, we are all dying to see the "harsh decision", comrade. A barking dog never bites.

Natwar Singh hits back at Sonia

http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/30/stories/2006103004191200.htm

"Everything that the Government did against me was on Sonia's direction. I will not blame (Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh,'' a release issued by the channel(Star news) said.

Natwar Singh reiterates that the real PM is Sonia and Manmohan is just a "Sikhandi".

He also said: ``Those who are born on Indian soil only will understand the country's ethos and culture. Others will not.''
Natwar Singh becomes a Hindutva fundementalist.

Fundementalists calling Diwali a religious festival

Be lenient to Indian students, Australia urged

Mr. Ravi said Diwali was recognised abroad as a pan-Indian national festival. But he was dismayed at the "fundamentalist" attitude of some ethnic Indians in Australia who looked at this "festival of colour and lights" through a religious prism. He was, however, happy that people from different faiths were present at the Diwali celebrations in Australia and New Zealand.

Vayalar Ravi is the minister of Indian overseas affairs. His wife is Mercy, a Christian. He is known to have filed a case against Guruvayoor temple.

CBCNN, like Vayalar Ravi, is known to display similar disregard to Hindu religion, customs and symbols. All good things in Hinduism are treated as Indian - an act of cultural appropriation practised by the minorities, and all bad things in India are blamed on Hinduism - an act of cultural terrorism by the 'secularists'.

"People's Democracy" or CBCNN? Its all the same

Apt juncture to assess foreign policy: Karat

... Mr. Karat said in the latest issue of party organ `People's Democracy.'

Not much difference between reading "People's Democracy" and CBCNN, because CBCNN maintains high standards, ethics, integrity, etc. to ensure it mirrors the views expressed in "People's Democracy".

... the NAM Summit in Havana showed that India could play an important and constructive role in advancing the platform of defence of national sovereignty against hegemonic trends

As Sabha pointed out here, NAM is irrelevant. Comrade Karat is just going through the motions of vomiting some nonsense. CBCNN is meticulously swallowing it all and regurgitating on its readers.

Another area of potential was trilateral cooperation between Russia, China and India.
And China is waging water wars on India.

Soul of N.Ram - intellectual dishonesty

For successful journalism, with a soul

NRam expresses serious concerns about "a new kind of demand being made for manipulating news, analysis and opinion to suit the owners' financial and political interests".

Meanwhile, CBCNN gives prominent coverage to Prakash Karat, parrots CPI's statements and dutifully publishes Xinhua nonsense .

Some forum established in China and some delegates attending the conference

Anti-graft forum
Yet another irrelevant article.

Microcredit in China virtually nonexistent

When a little money goes a long way - Pallavi Aiyar

In China, where the rural population stands at a weighty 700 million, only some 100,000 people have borrowed from microcredit institutions.


China's breakneck economic growth has led to a sharp income gap between rural and urban areas transforming one of the world's most equal, albeit poor societies, into one with a gini-coefficient (a commonly used statistical measure of income inequality) worse even than that of India.
Comrade Pallavi Aiyar is evidently upset that China is lagging behind India in this key indicator.


China's rural population is 700 million and the migrant floating population is estimated at 200 million.

On Chinese Banking:
Chinese banking continues to be dominated by large, inefficiently managed state-owned banks, beset with non-performing loans.

In China it remains extremely difficult for private enterprises to get access to credit. Bank loans still go overwhelmingly to state corporations and nearly three-fourths of the private sector has to depend on "shadow banks" for credit.

40 per cent of state-owned companies are losing money.

Irrelevant ramblings of a bigoted mind

Rule of law versus rule of judges

The `Hindutva' judgment naturally raised eyebrows all round and for all its claims to independence and its pro-activism, the judiciary was not able to step in and spare the country its two most recent ignominies — the destruction of the Babri Masjid and the Gujarat pogrom of 2002.

Mentioning Hindutva, Babri Masjid and Gujarat is out of context and totally unnecessary. This is just ramblings of a bigoted, asinine mind. Comrade Harish Khare is expecting the judiciary to step in and act on behalf of, or command the police and armed forces. Plain stupidity. Why just stop at Babri Masjid and Gujarat. Also mention in the same line the 1993 and 2006 bomb blasts, Governors trampling the constitution in Goa and Bihar, the character assasination of Kanchi Shankaracharya by the state, etc.

Why is the judgement labelled 'Hindutva'? Just because Comrade-Traitor-Bastard Harish Khare wants to do some name calling.


No democratic order can sustain itself if its critical institutions practise disdain for the aspirations and welfare of large segments of society.
I am keeping this here for reference because I know this moron will write another article very soon saying disdain for majority sentiments is acceptable to appease minorities.