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According to Webster's New Universal Unabridged

Dictionary published in 1983 the definition of

"inflation" after "the act of inflating or the condition of

being inflated" is: "An increase in the amount of

currency in circulation, resulting in a relatively sharp

and sudden fall in its value and rise in prices: it may be

caused by an increase in the volume of paper moneyissued or of gold mined, or a relative increase in

expenditures as and when the supply of goods fails to

meet the demand.

This definition includes some of the basic economics

of inflation and would seem to indicate that inflation is

not defined as the increase in prices but as the increase

in the supply of money that causes the increase in

prices i.e. inflation is a cause rather than an effect.

A persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or

a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money,

caused by an increase in available currency and credit

beyond the proportion of available goods and services.

Ayodhya - A Symbol of Unity in Diversity

n the 7th century CE, Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang), the Chinese monk, recorded spotting many Hindu temples in

Ayodhya. In the epic Ramayana, the city of Ayodhya is cited as the birthplace of Lord Sri Rama, worshipped as Lord

Vishnus seventh incarnation. Ayodhya became a famous pilgrimage destination in the 15th century when

Ramananda, the Hindu mystic, established a devotional sect of Sri Rama. In 16th century, Ayodhya like many other

ndian cities came under the rule of the Mughal Empire. Ayodhya was annexed in 1856 by the British.

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The Historical start of Ram Janmabhoomi issue is the contention that the Babri

Masjid structure in Ayodhya was built after the demolition of a Hindu temple.

In December 1990, a small group of scholars, upon the invitation of the VHP,

collected some documentary evidences. The excavation carried out by the

Archaeological Survey of India from 12 March 2003 to 7 August 2003

uncovered a variety of different structures and objects including a 12 foot statue

of Lord Hanuman and coins dating back to early historic period. In July 1992, a

group of eminent archaeologists went to the Ramkot hill to examine the findings.

They found religious scriptures and statue of Lord Vishnu. The results of the

findings reveal that the inner boundary of the disputed structure rests, on an

earlier existing structure, which may have belonged to an earlier temple.

The Archaeological Survey of India has given a 574 page report on

the facts and findings of a massive temple beneath the Babri

Mosque site. The excavation showed existence of stones and

decorated bricks, mutilated sculpture of divine couple, carved

architectural semi-circular shrine pilaster, circular shrine having

pranjala in the north. Nearly 50 pillar bases with brickbat

foundation below concrete blocks topped by sandstone blocks were

found. Nearly 14 pillar stones with Hindu ornamentation have beenused to build the mosque. These remnants of Hindu architecture

were mostly used to display the victory of the mosque over the

temple- of Islam over Paganism.


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"Unity in Diversity"


How are we one? What is that underlying truth or process that

makes us one? We can think of several reasons for this

oneness:-

1) Our common 5,000+-year cultural history and ancestry.

2) The post-1947 India with a written Constitution as a

democratic and sovereign republic where every citizen has full

liberty of life and thought.

3) Our innate Hindu nature to respect all pluralistic forms and

paths of secular as well as spiritual pursuits.

4) Our non-aggressive live and let live attitude, etc.

The puranas narrate this land as Bharatavarsha (after an ancientchakravarti named Bharata. Today we call this land, though

much truncated, as Bharat Ganaraajya- the Rebublic of Bharat

or India.

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity) is the official national motto of Indonesia, a Muslim-majority

country. It is in the Indonesian national symbol Garuda. The phrase is from a 14th century Old Javanese poem:

Rwneka dhtu winuwus Buddha Wiswa,

Bhinnki rakwa ring apan kena parwanosen,

Mangka ng Jinatwa kalawan Siwatatwa tunggal,

Bhinnka tunggal ika tan hana dharma mangrwa

Which means that:

Though the Buddha and Shiva are different, the Jina tatva and the Shiva tatva is one. There is no duality inDharma so declared Mpu Tantular. Esteemed readers surely will recognize the closeness of the Old Javanese

words in the poem above to those in Sanskrit which says Vasudaiva Kutumbakam- meaning World is one

large family.


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Ayodhya is situated in Uttarpradesh. It is one of the landmark cities of 6th Century BC situated on the banks of

river Sarayu. According to the documentation of Rishi Valmiki, Ayodhya is the birth place of Lord Ram.

Ayodhya used to be the capital of Kosala kingdom, a vast stretch of land which spreads from Kabul valley to the

banks of river Godavari. The Kosala kings were devastated by the Magadhans. The city later gained reputation

as a great centre of learning and enlightenment under the glorious rule of the Mauryans and Guptas. The city is

also a cradle of different religions. The city has been mentioned in various religious texts. Ancient structures of

Ayodhya reveal the legendary tales of Hinduism, Budhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Atharvanaveda describes

Ayodhya as city built by the Gods.

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The returning of Hindus to worship at the

disputed place indicates that the Babri

Masjid replaced a pre-existent place of

worship. Also, the Hindus attachment to

the place clearly dates back to the pre-

Masjid days and this is because of the

pre-existent tradition. The central dome

of the Masjid is slightly deformed and is

supported by a front wall. The reason

seems to be that the builders had to adjust

the upper part of the Masjid to the walls

and pillars of the pre-existing temple.

Results of the ASI report:

1000BC 300BC: A Northern BlackPolished Ware culture existed at the

mosque site. There were Terracotta

figurines of female deities.

200 BC: Sunga Period: Terracotta

mother goddess, human and animal

figurines, pottery, stone and brick

structures of the period.

100 AD 300AD: Kushan Period:

Terracotta human and animal figurines, beads, bangle fragments, ceramics of

this period were found.

400 AD 600 AD: Typical terracotta

figurines, a copper coin with Chandra

Gupta and a circular brick shrine with

an entrance from the east and provision

for a water chute on the Northern wall

has also been found.

11th 12th Century AD: A huge

structure of almost 50 m in North-

South orientation has been found with a

huge pillar hall.

Radar Search:

In January 2003, a Canadian geophysicist Claude Robillard

performed a search with a ground-penetrating radar. The survey

concluded the following:

"There is some structure under the mosque. The structures wereranging from 0.5 to 5.5 meters in depth that could be associated with

ancient and contemporaneous structures such as pillars, foundation

walls, slab flooring, extending over a large portion of the site".


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What is Hindutva?What is Hindutva?What is Hindutva?What is Hindutva?

Hindutva is the term used to describe movements

advocating Hindu nationalism. Members of the

movement are called Hindutvavdis. Translated as

Hinduness, it refers to the ideology of Hindu

nationalists, stressing the common culture of the

inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. The termoriginated in Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? (1923) by V.

D. Savarkar (1883-1966), written whilst imprisoned by

the British.

In a judgment the Supreme Court of India ruled that "no

precise meaning can be ascribed to the terms 'Hindu',

'Hindutva' and 'Hinduism'; and no meaning in the abstract

can confine it to the narrow limits of religion alone,

excluding the content of Indian culture and heritage." The

Court also ruled that "Ordinarily, Hindutva is understood as

a way of life or a state of mind and is not to be equated with

or understood as religious Hindu fundamentalism. A Hindu

may embrace a non-Hindu religion without ceasing to be a

Hindu and since the Hindu is disposed to think synthetically

and to regard other forms of worship, strange gods and

divergent doctrines as inadequate rather than wrong or

objectionable, he tends to believe that the highest divine

powers complement each other for the well-being of the

world and mankind."

Hindutva as a Culture, not Religion: M S Golwalkar, one of the main proponents of Hindutva believed that

India's diversity in terms of customs, traditions and ways of worship was its uniqueness and that this diversity

was not without the strong underlying cultural basis which was essentially native. He believed that the Hindu

natives with all their diversity, shared among other things "the same philosophy of life", "the same values" and

"the same aspirations" which formed a strong cultural and a civilizational basis for a nation.

Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul views the rise of Hindutva as a welcome, broader civilizational resurgence of India.

Hindutva and Uniform Civil Code

Leaders subscribing to Hindutva have been known for their demands for a Uniform Civil Code for all the

citizens of India. They believe that differential laws based on religion violate Article 44 of the Indian

Constitution and have sowed the seeds of divisiveness between different religious communities.

The advocates of Hindutva often use the term pseudo-secularism to refer to policies which they believe are

unduly favorable towards the Muslims and Christians. They oppose what they see as a 'separate-but-equal'

system; some supporters of Hindutva see it as the Indian National Congress party's effort to woo the sizableminority vote bank at the expense of true equality. The subject of a Uniform Civil Code, which would remove

special religion-based provisions for different religions (Hindus, Muslims, Christians, etc.) from the Indian

Constitution, is thus one of the main agendas of Hindutva organizations.


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Dharma isDharma isDharma isDharma is Unity, Not Religion(s)Unity, Not Religion(s)Unity, Not Religion(s)Unity, Not Religion(s)


It is often mistaken, particularly by Westerners, Leftists,

and MacAulayputras, that the Vedic religions historically

formed the characteristics of the Hindus and the oneness

of the country. Religions did not, and do not. During the

heights of the Magadha, Kushan, Harsha, or Mugalempire, neither religion nor the state power singularly

formed the unity. Our Republics role models, the states of

Shree Raama and Ashoka, did not have any one religion

or secular principle as the unifying thread. Throughout our

history, what tied the people of Bharat together was the

Sanatana Dharma. This Dharma is neither secular nor

religious but transcends both. Bharats state emblem and

our national flag with Ashokas Dharma chakra affirm the

centrality of Dharma as the unifying principle in the

Indian society and Indian Republic.

What isWhat isWhat isWhat is

DHARMA?DHARMA?DHARMA?DHARMA?

Dharma is rooted in the Vedas

that declared Ekam sadviprA

bahudhA vadantyangim yamam

mAtarishwAnamAhuH Truth

is one, the knowers of the Vedas

said of it in many ways, as Agni,Yama, and Matarishwan. Why

should this cause heartburn to

Indian secularists who wrongly

imagine true secularism as

dharma nirapeksha? It is this

Dharma that paved the way for

full religious freedom from the

Vedic times to the present day. It

is the Dharma that gave free play

for all secular pursuits as well. It

is the Dharma that sheltered allthe persecuted. It must be

clarified that the rule by Dharma

is no theocracy. Theocracy is a

Western phenomenon and it is

alien to Hinduism, Hindutva, and

India.

Therefore, Unity in Diversity is only the Dharma. Poet Mpu Tantular

in the 14th century Java learnt it from the Hindus and sang its essential

Truth for social harmony. This centrality of Dharma is attested in our

state emblem and in our national flag. Without this yoke of Dharma on

the shoulders of the state, sarva pantha sama bhaava is no guarantee, aswe amply see from some of our neighboring countries. In light of this

Dharma as the essential unity underlying our wide diversities, similar to

the life current in a diverse tree, the recent judgment of the Lucknow

Bench has affirmed the religious freedom of all Indians to pursue

their self chosen spiritual pursuits without hurting anybody else or

without getting hurt by anybody else.

A grave historical wrong done through the unjust force of an alien invader has been set right for national

healing. All of us Indians (Hindus, Muslims, and Christians alike) must recognize that Babur or his army

men were not any one of our ancestors. Pledging under the Dharmachakra-embossed national emblem and

the national flag, let us all Indians of many diverse creeds, languages, and pursuits, strive together, speak inharmony, and form a common goal to uplift all of our people to total material prosperity and spiritual heightsin whatever path each may choose to tread. We also have the noble task of fixing the present state from its

adharmic perversions.

Dharmam eva Satyam tat vratam


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Sixty years after it first went to court, the

Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has

pronounced judgment in the Ayodhya title suit,

saying Hindus and Muslims are joint title

holders. The three-judge bench - comprising

Justice S U Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and

Justice D V Sharma - ruled in a majority

judgment 2:1, that there be a three-way division

of the disputed land - one-third for the Sunni

Waqf Board, one-third for the Nirmohi Akhara

and one-third to the party for 'Ram Lalla'.

The Nirmohi Akhara, the judgment says, would get the Ram Chabutra and Sita Rasoi. Ravi Shankar Prasad,

BJP leader and senior advocate appearing for one of the litigants, emerged from court after the verdict to say,

"this matter will be looked into in the next three months but the important part here is that court has taken a

decision with the consent of the majority and that is that where Ram Lalla is (viraajman) is the birth place of

Ram and that's what the Hindu's believe and even (Justice) SU Khan has also said that Ram Lalla will not be

moved out from that place even when it will be divided into three." Crucially, the court has said there shall

be status quo at the site for three months.

There were two other majority findings, where one judge dissented and two agreed: that the disputed

structure was a mosque and that a temple was demolished to build a mosque. Justice SU Khan held that no

temple was demolished for constructing the mosque at the disputed structure. He said the mosque was

constructed under orders of Babar over the ruins of temples lying in that state for a very long time. The judgment observed that the idols were placed beneath the central dome early on December 23, 1949. The

court dismissed two major claims to the land - one filed in 1989 on behalf Ram Lalla, or the infant Lord

Ram, and the second by the Sunni Waqf Board filed in 1961. The Sunni Waqf Board has said it does not

agree with today's judgment and will appeal in the Supreme Court against it.

The chairman of the Sri Ram Janmbhoomi Trust, Nritya Gopal Das, too said they would challenge the

decision to provide one-third of the disputed land to the Sunni Waqf Board in the Supreme Court. The

dispute before the court was whether the 2.7 acres of disputed land on which the Babri Masjid stood before it

was demolished on December 6, 1992, belongs to the Sunni Central Waqf Board or to the Akhil Bharat

Hindu Mahasabha. It has been a protracted legal battle, and people across the country have spoken in one

voice on the need to maintain peace and harmony.

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