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Jul 30, 2006 : Peace dividends in Mizoram
The Week magazine in its July 30 issue carries a report on twenty years of uninterrupted peace since 1986 when the Mizo Accord was signed. For twenty years before that, there had been an armed rebellion.How fares the state now? The report says rising levels of education and economic development have been reinforcing each other. Mizoram today is 90.27% literate, second only to Kerala’s 90.91%. Chief Minister Lalthangliana says, “We are trying to beat Kerala by 2006 end”.
Jul 27, 2006 : The Banaras Bounce
In an stirring piece in the Hindu, Vidya Subramaniam details how Varanasi coped with terrorist bombing of the Sankat Mochan Temple in March this year. The hero clearly is the Mahant of the temple, Veer Bhadra Mishra who is also a professor of engineering. Within hours of the attack, he had the temple cleansed, shooed away hysterical reactionaries, calmed nerves and held the arati on schedule.Muslims cowering in fear of retribution, responded to Hindu restraint with collective condemnation of terrorism. The Mufti of the Gyanvapi Mosque arrived at the temple and received Ganga Jal in an act of togetherness. Burqa clad women chanted the Hanuman Chalisa. Far from the expected discord between the two communities, a euphoric amity prevails in Varanasi. This is a must read classic.
Jul 24, 2006 : Prince of hearts
On July 21, 6 year old Prince fell into a borewell in Haryana and became a darling that the whole of India took to its heart. The well is 60 feet deep but it was luckily dry. Little Prince stoically bore his ordeal feeding on biscuits that were lowered.By the time he was rescued by the Army after a 50 hour operation, he had the whole nation praying for him. Channels covered his rescue live. Politicians arrived on the scene. Finally, a bewildered Prince emerged to the thunderous applause of a vast throng. His parents are poor labourers and it was refreshing to see them getting the consideration that the rich mostly enjoy in India. BBC Report
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