By visiting the grandest Hindu shrine in Malaysia, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has won over the hearts of many Indians who had previously complained that they had been sidelined for too long.
PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s visit to Batu Caves, the focal point of Hinduism in Malaysia, is a strategic move that would go a long way to assure Indians that the new administration cares for their welfare.
All three Tamil newspapers front-paged the event and gave extensive pictorial coverage in the inside pages, prominently publishing a photo of Najib wearing a white garland with red strips that reached his toes.
The gesture by Najib, coming as it does after years of alienation, the rise of Hindraf and the March 8, 2008 voter backlash, is a strategic move and a clear signal that this Prime Minister is different and willing to walk the talk.
No Prime Minister had paid an official visit to Batu Caves since the time of Tun Hussein Onn in 1979.
THE TAXIDRIVER’S WEBNEWSNETWORK,The barisan coalition is on the verge of implosion, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the.The barisan coalition is on the verge of implosion, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin NAJIB PRAYERS AT BATU CAVES TEMPLE IS A UNFORGIVEABLE “By my estimate, it (the coalition) will be history in a year or two. I doubt they will be able to sustain the coalition till the next general election,” he said when asked about the conflicts taking place in the MIC,MCA AND OTHER BARISAN coalition, among them UMNO and MCA in Selangor openly quarrelling about the sale of alcohol in the state. Speaking to Malaysian journalists covering his official visit to Western Australia here today, Muhyiddin said that looking at the pattern of DECEPTION BY BARISAN mandated by the people. The Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chairman said the BN, WILL ROLL OVER THE constitution and practised collective DESEPTION WITH HELP OF MCC A responsibile Institution “I had seen the cracks from early on. They (the components) are unable to agree on many things, which is having a very negative effect on the people,” he said. As such, he said, the people should be aware and understand that they should not be sacrificing their and children’s future by not supporting barisan just because they were dissatisfied or did not agree on some issues. The BN, Muhyiddin said, was unable always take steps to improve itself and correct whatever weaknesses it may have. ketuanan MELAYU FACTOR “Don’t sacrifice the future just because you have been promised the sun, moon and stars,” he said. On the upcoming state by-election in Permatang Pasir in Penang, Muhyiddin, who is also Umno deputy president, said BN had a chance of winning it WE HAVE INCREASED THE WEEKLY GAMING 4 DIGIT FREE SELLING OF BEER 24 HOURS . “Though it is said to be a PAS strong hold, in the past we have won the seat. We have proven no matter how strong PAS is purported to be, it can also be vulnerable,” he said, adding that voters there should make a wise choice as PAS was just incapable of bringing development as proven in Kelantan. Answering a question, Muhyiddin said the Election Commission WILL FIX ELECTION JUST LIKE IN SARAWAK BECAUSE OF SEA FACTOR the date for the by-election and that if it was to be held before the fasting month started, this would not pose a problem for the BN. |
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The Ganges is said to flow from heaven to earth through the matted locks of Lord Shiva in the Himalayas, and it has a deep religious significance for Hindus. There are countless temples dotted along the murky river, some of them sinking into its soft sand, and Indians climb over and jump off the ruins to wash alongside the dead at all times of the day. You quickly become used to the smell of roasting flesh, which closely resembles that of burning hair, and is in any case preferable to the acrid stench of the detritus in every alleyway.
The holy dip in river Ganges is some thing that no Hindu ever wants to miss. It is believed that after taking a bath in the Ganges one becomes sacred and innocent as a new-born child. But belief is just a belief. The Ganges is now so polluted that taking bath or even just a dip is quite dangerous.
This whole Mela seems like a big GERM! How can people even think about going into the Ganges River which is polluted with god knows what? And all those men flashing their private parts in public is so disgusting! What kind of celebration is this?
I have smelled the river before 70 million people have bathed in it; I have no desire to be anywhere near it afterwards.
Some 60 million Hindus are usually attend Kumbh Mela which is a Hindu pilgrimage that occurs four times every twelve years and rotates among four locations: Allahabad (Prayag), Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. Each twelve-year cycle includes one Maha Kumbh Mela (Great Kumbh Mela) at Prayag, which is attended by millions of people, making it the largest gathering anywhere in the world
There are a lot of activities:
1) Millions of Naked Sadus show up. Activities include religious discussions, devotional singing, mass feeding of holy men and women and the poor, and religious assemblies where doctrines are debated and standardized. Kumbh Mela (especially the Maha Kumbh Mela) is the most sacred of all the pilgrimages.
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For some reason Batu Caves had become a preserve for Hindus, the MIC and foreign tourists with MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu dominating the stage during every Thaipusam for the past three decades.
When Najib visited Batu Caves on Sunday the veteran MIC leader and his entourage were missing. They were attending an MIC meeting in Perak and Najib had a productive time with Indian businessmen, worshippers, school children and temple officials.
He did not come empty-handed either. He offered millions in additional aid for Indian entrepreneurs, new temples and Tamil schools – aid that is highly welcome to the community which had long complained that they were sidelined.
When his father Tun Abdul Razak visited Batu Caves about four decades ago he was also making a strategic gesture – mending fences in the aftermath of the May 13, 1969 race riots that saw the people alienated and hostile, Parliament suspended and the country ruled by a National Operations Council.
Then not only was Razak visiting Batu Caves, but he also regularly visited churches, mosques, wet markets and New Villages to meet the people and interact directly.
These moves were to renew the links between the people and the government that had frayed in the aftermath of the riots.
Razak wanted to reconnect with the people and eventually succeeded, releasing ISA detainees, restoring Parliament, meeting Chairman Mao and returning to win massively in the 1974 general election.
The nation today, while not as shaken as it was in 1970, is still at a crossroads since the political tsunami of the 2008 general election and the rise of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
The political changes and the creation of Pakatan offers an alternative to the Barisan Nasional coalition that has ruled the country since independence in 1957.
A two-coalition system that many Malaysians had hoped and prayed for had arrived but has yet to evolve and take root.
The political landscape remains unclear, shaky and gripped by political grandstanding, squabbles and mudslinging, giving rise to the common question as to where all these politicking is leading to.
It is in this flux where Najib sees his work cut out for him – to give firm leadership and real direction to a nation at odds with itself and gripped by an economic downturn.
He is taking a leaf out of his father’s book – hit the road, be unconventional and open up minds and offer a new vision of society to overcome the gloom.
In that light his visit to Batu Caves is both warm and fresh and captures the imagination of the Indian community. He has caught their attention.
Leadership in the Indian community is currently being contested with traditional players fighting for their very lives and new players claiming to speak up for the community giving rise to a cacophony of discordant voices.
By visiting Batu Caves, the focal point of Hindu religious life, Najib has offered a steadying hand in a shaky situation.
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