How journalists and politicians are all sleeping together.

[S.D. Sharma]

1. All of us must read all available newspapers and waste time watching TV news and make them richer!
   
   If we think we can expect analytical , independent and objective reporting from this bunch of closely related journoes, we will be living in Utopia! The following story is very long. You need not read the entire stuff to get the story, though............ (Preserve it for reference)
   
   
   Suzanna Arundhati Roy is niece of Prannoy Roy (CEO of NDTV)
   
   Prannoy Roy sits Council on Foreign Relations' International Advisory Board.
   Mukesh D. Ambani also sits on CFR's International Advisory Board.
   Mukesh is MD, Reliance Industries Ltd.
   
   Prannoy Roy married to Radhika Roy
   Radhika Roy is sister of Brinda Karat (CPI(M))
   Brinda Karat married to Prakash Karat (CPI(M) - General Secretary)
   
   Prakash was part of debating club in Madras (Chennai).
   N.Ram, P.Chidambaram & Mythili Shivaraman were part of this group.
   This group started a magazine "Radical Review".
   
   CPI(M)'s senior member of Politburo and Parliamentary Group Leader is Sitaram Yechury.
   Sitaram Yechury is married to Seema Chisthi.
   Seema Chisthi is the Resident Editor of Indian Express
   Burkha Dutt works at NDTV
   
   Prabha Dutt was mother of Burkha Dutt.
   Prabha Dutt was a chief reporter for Hindustan Times.
   
   Rajdeep Sardesai was Managing Editor at NDTV
   Rajdeep Sardesai married to Sagrika Ghose
   Sagarika Ghose is daughter of Bhaskar Ghose.
   Bhaskar Ghose was Director General of Doordarshan.
   Sagarika Ghose's aunt is Ruma Pal.
   Ruma Pal is former justice of Supreme Court.
   Sagarika Ghose's another aunt is Arundhati Ghose.
   Arundhati Ghose was India's permanent representative/ambassador to United Nations.
   
   Rajdeep is now Editor-in-Chief at CNN-IBN
   CNN-IBN is a tie up between GBN (Global Business Network) and Turner International.
   GBN is a Network 18 company.
   CNN is one of Turner International's asset.
   Sagarika also works at CNN-IBN as senior editor and as an anchor.
   
   Dilip D'Souza was member of PIPFD
   Dilip D'Souza's father was Joseph Bain D'Souza.
   J.B.D'Souza was former Maharastra Chief Seccretary and activist.
   Teesta Setalva member of PIPFD
   Teesta Setalvad married to Javed Anand
   Teesta and Javed run Sabrang Communications.
   
   Javed Anand is General Secretary of Muslims for Secular Democracy { ?? }
   Javed Akhtar is spokesperson for Muslims for Secular Democracy
   Javed Akhtar married to Shabana Azmi
   Karan Thapar owns ITV
   ITV produces shows for BBC
   Karan Thapar's father was General Pran Nath Thapar COAS during 1962 war, when India lost under his watch.
   Karan Thapar was very good friend of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari.
   
   Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan's Prime Minister.
   Benazir Bhutto's father was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
   Z.A.Bhutto served as Pakistan's President.
   A.A.Zardar is the current Pakistani's President.
   Karan Thapar's Mama was married to Nayantara Sahgal.
   Nayantar Sahgal is daughter of Vijayalakshmi Pandit.
   Vijayalakshmi Pandit was sister of Jawharlal Nehru.
   Medha Patkar is a leading spokesperson for Narmada Bacho Andolan.
   NBA was helped by Patrick McCully of International Rivers (formerly Internal Rivers Network.)
   Angana Chatterjee was on the board of IRN
   
   Dipti Bhatnagar was an Intern/Volunteer at IRN.
   Dipti Bhatnagar is an activist at NBA.
   Dr. Angana Chatterjee part of PROXSA
   PROXSA mother-ship of FOIL
   ASHA endorsed by FOIL
   Sandeep Pandey co-founder of Asha for education (ASHA)
   
   Dr. Angana Chatterjee is married to Richard Shapiro
   Richard Shapiro is Director and Associate Professor of the Grad. Anthropology Prgm at CIIS
   Shubh Mathur co-wrote a letter with Angana on 'Humanitarian Crisis in J&K'
   Biju Matthew is co-founder of FOIL.
   Vijay Prasad is co-founder of FOIL.
   Vijay Prasa co-authored with Angana Chatterjee and wrote against IDRF.
   ASHA has association with AID
   AID works with FOSA
   FOSA started by a Pakistani - Ali Hasan Cemendtaur.
   
   Amitava Kumar associated with FOIL
   FOIL & FOSA opposed California Text Book Edits.
   California Text Book Edits was opposed by Michael Witzel.
   M.Witzel is Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University.
   Rahul Bose is brother-in-law of Khalid Ansari.
   Khalid Ansari is the Chairman of Mid-Day Group of Publication based in Mumbai.
   Khalid Ansari is Chairman of M.C.Media Ltd.
   M.C.Media Ltd. has a join-venture with BBC for FM radio brodcasting.
   
   Khalid Ansari's father was Abdul Hameed Ansari.
   A.H.Ansari was a freedom fighter and active Congressman.
   Dr.John Dayal worked as a journalist with the N.Delhi edition of Mid-Day.
   Narasimhan Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of 'The Hindu'.
   
   N.Ram was part of a CPI(M) debating club along with Prakash Karat
   
   N.Ram's first wife was Susan.
   Susan, an Irish, was in charge of Oxford University Press publications in India.
   N.Ram and Susan's daughter is Vidya Ram.
   Vidya Ram is a journalist.
   N.Ram is now married to Mariam.
   N.Ram, Jennifer Arul and K.M.Roy participated in closed door Catholic Bishops Conference of India in Thrissur, Kerala.
   
   Jennifer Arul is the Resident Editor and Bureau Chief in South India for NDTV.
   Jennifer Arul is Chief Operating Office for Astro Awani - Indonesian news and information channel.
   K.M.Roy was a reporter in �The Hindu�
   K.M.Roy is the General Editor of the group of the �Mangalam� Publications.
   Mangalam Group of Publications was started by M.C.Varghese
   K.M.Roy received the �All India Catholic Union Lifetime Award�
   
   All India Catholic Union�s National Vice President is Dr.John Dayal.
   Dr.John Dayal is also Secretary General of All India Christian Council (AICC)
   AICC�s President is Dr. Joseph D�souza
   Dr. Joseph D�souza founded Dalit Freedom Network (USA)
   Dr.Joseph D�Souza participated in the inaugural Religious Freedom Day
   The Religious Freedom Day was attended by former Republican Sentor Rick Santorum
   
   AICC claims Confederation of SC/ST Organizations (India) as a sister organization.
   AICC claims Christian Solidarity Worldwide (UK) as a sister organization.
   AICC claims Release International (UK) as a sister organization.
   Release International states it supplies bibles and literature to meet the need of growth and evangelism.
   Dalit Freedom Network�s partner�s with Operation Mobilization India.
   OM India�s South India Regional Director is Kumar Swamy
   Kumar Swamy is the State President of Communal Harmony Committee.
   Kumar Swamy serves with Karnataka State Human Rights Commission.
   OM India�s North India Regional Director is Moses Parmar.
   
   Moses Parmar serves as North India Public Relations officer of the All India Christian Council (AICC)
   OM seeks to plant and strengthen churches in areas of the world where Christ is least known.
   OM ministries work with Dalit-Bahujan people in India.
   Operation Mercy Charitable Company (OMCC) grew out of OM India
   OMCC works with Dalit Freedom Network.
   DFN has Dr. Kancha Illaiah on its Advisory Board.
   Dr. Kancha Illaiah is a Professor in Osmania University, Hyderbad.
   DFN has William Armstrong on its Advisory Board.
   
   William Armstrong is a former US Senator from Colarado (Republican).
   William Armstrong is currently the President of Colorado Christian University.
   Colorado Christian University�s one of the strategic objective is to share the love of Christ around the World.
   DFN has Udit Raj on its Advisory Board.
   Udit Raj claims Joseph Pitts as a great friend of India.
   Joseph Pitts is a Republican US Congressman from Pennsylvannia.
   Joseph Pitts sent a letter to Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State �USA, requesting USA to deny visa to N.Modi.
   Joseph Pitts has led a Congressional delegation to Pakistan & India.
   Joseph Pitts is Founder and Co-Chairman of the �Kashmir Forum�.
   Joseph Pitts along with Congressman John Conyers introduced legislation condemning actions of N.Modi.
   
   John Conyers is Congressman from Michigan�s 14th congressional district.
   The 14th district contains Dearbon, a major city.
   Dearbon has the largest Arab Americans for a city of its size.
   Udit Raj is member of National Integration Council, Government of India.
   Udit Raj is National Chairman of Buddha Education Foundation.
   Udit Raj is National Chairman of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations.
   Udit Raj leads Dalit International Foundation
   Udit Raj leads Lord Buddha Club.
   Udit Raj was part of an international Steering Committee on Kashmir
   
   Majid Tramboo promoted the Steering Committee.
   DFN has Baroness Caroline Cox on its Advisory Board.
   Baroness Caroline Cox is Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, England.
   Suhasini Haidar is daughter of Subramanian Swamy
   Suhasini Haidar is daughter-in-law of Salman Haidar
   
   Salman retired as Foreign Secretary in 1996.
   Salman was later appointed as High Commissioner to the UK.
   Salman was also India's ambassador to China.
   Salman has written weekly columns for "The Statesman".
   Salman was Minister/Deputy permanent representation of India at UN.
   Salman directed South Asian Political Initiative, a Ford Foundation funded project.
   
   Nadira Alvi married V S Naipaul
   Nadira Alvi, a journalist, is sister of recently assassinated Maj Gen Amir Faisal Alvi, the ex-chief of Pakistan's elite SSG
   �Resalat� is a Tehran-based Persian daily.
   �Ettela�at� is another Tehran-based Persian daily.
   �Resallat� and �Ettela�at�signed MoU with �Siyasat� and �Munif�
   Siyasat and Munif are Hyderbad, Andhra Pradesh based dailies.
   
   Toseeh is another Persian daily.
   Toseeh has tied up with Vaarta.
   Vaarta is one of the dailies from A.G.A.Publications Pvt Ltd.
   A.G.A Publications Pvt Ltd is one of the companies in Sanghi Group
   Sanghi Group was co-promoted by Gireesh Sanghi with his brothers.
   Gireesh Sanghi is Congress M.P, Rajaya Sabha
   Gireesh Sanghi is All India Vaish Federation National President.
   Mahendra Mohan Gupta is on the Advisory Board of AIVF
   Mahendra Mohan Gupta is Chairman of Dainik Jagran Group
   
   Ramoji Group is headed by Ramoji Rao
   Ramoji Rao is Founder & Chairman of Eenadu
   Eenadu is the largest Telugu news daily in Andhra Pradesh.
   Ramoji Group also owns ETV Network.
   ETV Network produces content in Telugu, Bangla, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu & Hindi.
   Ramoji is reported to be close to Chandra Babu Naidu and supported of Telugu Desam Party.
   Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd�s parent company is Ramoji Group.
   
   Blackstone Group is reported to have invested Rs600 crore in UEL.
   Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd brings out The Deccan Chronicle newspaper.
   DCHL also brings out �Andhra Bhoomi� a telugu newspaper.
   DCHL also brings out �Asian Age�.
   DCHL became a publishing parter of �The New York Times�.
   DCHL began publishing �The International Herald Tribune�
   
   T.Venkatram Reddy is the Chairman of DCHL.
   T.Venkatram Reddy is fromer MP, Rajhya Sabha from Congress.
   M.J.Akbar was Editor-in-Chief of Deccan Chronicle and Asian Age.
   M.J.Akbar is Founder and Chairman of the fortnightly the Covert.
   M.J. Akbar worked at �Times of India�, �Sunday� & �The Telegraph�
   M.J.Akbar was an Congress MLA from 1989 to 1991.
   M.J.Akbar joined The Brookings Institution, Washington in 2006, as a Visiting Fellow on U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic World.
   M.J.Akbar was a member of the �Forum of Islamic Scholars and Intellectual� held in Makkha al-Mukaramma in 2005.
   M.J.Akbar's wife is Mallika Joseph.
   
   Mallika Joseph worked at Times of India.
   Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
   YSR Reddy is from the Congress party (INC).
   YSR Reddy's father, Raja Reddy, setup a degree college and a Polytechnic in Pulivendula.
   YSR Reddy has said that his one year study at Andhra Loyola College (ALC), a Jesuit institution, influenced him so much that he handed over the Pulivendula colleges to the Loyola Group.
   The YS family has established several educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh.
   YSR Reddy's daughter is Sharmila.
   
   Sharmila married Anil Kumar, Anil Kumar converted to Christianity after the marriage.
   Anil Kumar set up �Anil World Evangelism� and is an active Evangelist.
   YSR Reddy's son is YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
   YS Jagan is a youth Congress Leader.
   YS Jagan is Chairman of Jagati Publications Pvt. Ltd.
   Bhumna Karunakara Reddy is close to YSR Reddy.
   Karunakara Reddy is the Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.
   JPPL publishes the newspaper Sakshi.
   
   Chandra Babu Naidu has claimed that Lanco group was forced to invest in JPPL.
   L. Sridhar is alleged to have made the investment from Lanco Group.
   L Sridhar is Lanco Infratech�s Vice Chairman
   L Sridhar's brother is L.Rajagopal.
   L.Rajagopal joined Congress in 2003.
   L Rajagopal is the son-in-law of P.Upendra.
   P.Upendra is a former Minister from Congress.
   Lanco Group's Chairman is L. Rajagopal
   
   Andhra Prabha is a telugu newspaper started in 1938.
   Andhra Prabha is owned by The New Indian Express Group.
   Andhra Jyothi is a telugu newspaper.
   Andhra Jyothi's Managing Director is Vemuri Radhakrishna.
   SUN TV Network is owned by Kalanidhi Maran.
   Kalanidhi Maran is the Chairman & Managing Director of SUN TV Network.
   SUN TV network owns: Sun TV, Gemini TV, Teja TV, Surya TV, Kiran TV, Udaya TV, Surjo TV among other channels.
   
   Kalanidhi Maran owns the tamil daily �Dinakaran�.
   Dinakaran was started by a former DMK Minister K.P.Kandasamy.
   Kalanidhi Maran�s brother is Dayanidhi Maran.
   Dayanidhi Maran was Minister of Communications and IT in the UPA government.
   Kalanidhi Maran�s father was Murasoli Maran.
   
   Murasoli Maran was a Union Minister from the DMK party.
   Murasoli Maran edited a tamil daily �Murasoli�.
   Murasoli Maran was an editor to �The Rising Sun� a English weekly.
   Murasoli Maran as a publisher published the following tamil magazines: Kungumam, Muththaram, Vannathirai & Sumangali.
   Murasoli Maran�s uncle is M.Karunanidhi.
   M.Karunanidhi is Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, from the DMK party.
   M.Karunanidhi launched Kalaignar TV in 2007.
   
   M.K.Azhagiri owns Kalaignar TV.
   M.K.Azhagiri is M.Karunanidhi�s son.
   M.K.Stalin is another son of the M.Karunanidhi..
   M.K.Stalin was named after Joseph Stalin.
   Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union.
   M.K.Stalin is the Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration in Tamil Nadu.
   
   Kanimozhi is one of the daughters of M.Karunanidhi.
   Kanimozhi was a sub-editor for the �The Hindu�.
   Kanimohi was Editor in Charge of �Kungumam� a tamil weekly.
   Kanimozhi became a Rajya Sabha member in 2007.
   Kanimozhi conducted programs in SUN TV and Vijay TV.
   Kanimozhi�s second husband G.Aravindan is Singapore based Tamil literary figure.
   
   Dina Thanthi a tamil daily was founded bu Si.Pa.Aditanar.
   Aditanar�s second son is Sivanthi Athithan.
   Sivanthi Athithan owns Dina Thanthi.
   Aditanar had launced the tamil evening daily �Malai Murasu�.
   Aditanar set up Malar Publications Ltd.
   Malar Publications Ltd. Brings out the tamil evening newspaper Malai Malar.
   Balasubramanian Adityan son of Sivanthi Athithan managers Malar Publications Ltd.
   
   B.Adityan set up �Air Media Network Pvt Ltd� (AMN)
   AMN is into cable distribution, content productions and broadcasting.
   AMN owns AMN TV
   AMN has produced content for FM radio, All India Radio, Doordarshan, Vijay TV.
   Dina Mani is a tamil newspaper.
   Dina Mani is owned by The New Indian Express Group. (NIEG)
   NIEG owns Kannadaprabha, Andhraprabha, Malaylamvarikha, Indiavarta and Expressbuzz.
   NIEG also owns Cinemaexpress & Tamilanexpress
   
   STAR Vijay TV is a tamil TV channel.
   Vijay TV is owned by STAR TV
   STAR TV is owned by News Corporation based in Hong Kong.
   News Corporation is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
   Fox Entertainment Group is a subsidiary of News Corporation.
   FEG owns Fox News Channel, in USA.
   Fox News is a conservative, pro-church Republican Party channel in US
   News Corporation owns the The Wall Street Journal
   
   Jaya TV is a tamil TV channel.
   Jaya TV is owned by Jaya Network.
   Jaya Network is owned by J.Jayalalitha
   Jayalalitha was the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (AIADMK party)
   Makkal TV is owned by Makkal Tholaikatchi
   Act Now for Harmony and Democracy�s (ANHAD) Founding and Managing Trustee is Shabnam Hashmi
   Shabnam�s father was a freedom fighter.
   Shabnam went to USSR on a cultural exchange scholarship for six years.
   Shabham is married to Gauhar Raza.
   
   KN Panikkar is a Founding trustee of ANHAD
   Panikkar is an Indian Marxist Historian.
   Panikkar was the Vice Chancellor of Sree Sankarcharya Sanskrit University, Kalady, Kerala.
   Panikkar received Homi Bhabha Senior Fellowship.
   Panikkar was awarded Padma Bhushan.
   
   Harsh Mander is a Founding trustee of ANHAD
   Harsh Mander is a Human Rights activist, author and was in the IAS.
   Harsh Mander was close to Ajit Jogi
   Harsh Mander, born into Sikh faith, was in-charge of the relief camps in Indore during the 1984 riots.
   Harsh Mander served as Managing Director of SC/ST Finance Corporation.
   Harsh Mander was the Director of ActionAid India.
   Ajit Jogi was the Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh.
   Ajit Jogi is from the Congress party (INC).
   It is claimed that after Ajit Jogi, a tribal Christian became the CM the rate of Christian conversions has gone up.
   
   Harsh Mander received the 2002 �Rev. M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award�
   Rev M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award was awarded by �Vigil India Movement.
   Shubha Mudgal is a trustee of ANHAD
   Shubha�s parents Skand and Jaya Gupta were professors of English literature at Allahabad University.
   Shubha�s grand-father Prof. P.C.Gupta was also a professor at Allahabad University.
   Shubha�s first husband was Justice Mukul Mudgal of Delhi High Court.
   Shubha is currently married to Aneesh Pradan, a tabla player.
   Shubha received Padma Shri.
   Shubha has received several awards in the field of music.
   
   Kamla Bhasin is a trustee of ANHAD
   Kamla is an Indian feminist.
   Kamla was a lecturer in the Orientation Centre of the German Foundation for Developing Countries, Bad Honnef, West Germany.
   Kamla was the Development Secretary of Seva Mandir, Udaipur.
   Saeed Akhtar Mirza is a trustee of ANHAD
   Saeed Mirza is a writer and director in Hindi films and television.
   Saeed Mirza�s father is Akhtar Mirza
   
   Akhtar Mirza was a noted film script writer.
   Asianet Communications Limited (ACL) has a majority stake in Asianet TV.
   ACL is owned by Jupiter Entertainment Ventures Limited (JEVL).
   JEVL is a subsidiary of Jupiter Capitals Ltd.
   The other media outlets of ACL are: Asianet News, Asianet Plus, Best FM 95, Asianet Suvarana, Suvarna News, Asianet Sitara and Sitara News.
   
   Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Chairman & Editor-in-chief.
   Rajeev Chandrasekar entered Rajya Sabha in 2006.
   Rajeev Chandrasekar�s uncle is M.K.Narayanan
   M.K.Narayanan is National Security Advisor
   M.K.Narayanan headed the Intelligence Bureau from 1987 to 1990.
   Malayalam daily, Mathrubhumi, is owned by M P Virendrakumar
   Virendrakumar is a MP through Janata Dal (Secular), from Kerala
   In Kerala, Deva Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular) party is a constituent of Left Democratic Front
   Latest Editor of Mathrubhumi is Kesava Menon
   Kesava Menon was the Associate Editor of The Hindu before taking up this position
   
   Shashi Tharoor is an Indian Diplomat.
   Shashi is the son of late Chandran Tharoor.
   Chandran was a journalist working for Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta.
   Chandran headed "The Statesman" in 1959.
   Shashi Tharoor is going to contest as INC (Congress) candidate in 2009.
   
   Ishaan and Kanishk are twin sons of Shashi.
   Ishaan lives in Hong Kong and works for "Time" magazine.
   Kanishk lives in London and works for "OpenDemocracy".
   Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan is a sister of Shashi.
   Smita Tharoor is another sister of Shashi.
   Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan is daughter of Shobha.
   Ragini is the editor of "India Currents".
   Shobha writes in "India Currents"
   
   India Currents is an Indian American monthly.
   Shashi's first wife was Tilottama Mukherji from Kolkata.
   Tilottama was/is a journalist and scholar.
   Sahshi's second wife is Christ Giles, a Canadian.
   Christa is Deputy Secretary of the United Nations Disarmament Commission.
   Mukundan Unni was Shashi's maternal uncle.
   Tharoor Parameswar was Chandran Tharoor's elder brother.
   
   Parameswar was the founder publisher of the Indian edition of "Reader's Digest".
   Param resurrected & presided the Advertising Club of Bombay.
   Param was also the Advertising Manager of Amrita Bazar Patrika.
   Shobhana Bhartia is the Chairperson and Editorial Director of Hindustan Times group
   Shobhana is the daughter of KK Birla; grand daughter of GD Birla.
   
   KK Birla joined INC (Congress) party in 1984.
   KK Birla was later elected Rajya Sabha member in 1984.
   Shobhana is married to Shyam Sunder Bhartia
   Shyam is the Chariman of Jubliant Organosys Ltd, a Pharma company
   Shyam is the son of late Mohan Lal Bhartia.
   
   Shamit Bhartia and Priyavrat Bhartia are their sons
   Shamit is a Director at the Hindustan Times group.
   Shobhana was nominated for Rajya Sabha in 2006.
   Shobhana is politically affiliated to INC (Congress).
   She was nominated by UPA headed by Sonia Gandhi.
   
   Shobhana was a 2005 Padma Shree award. This was after UPA formed the government in 2004.
   Priyavrat is a Director at the Hindustan Times group.
   Shamit heads franchises of Dominoes Pizza and Hot Breads.
   Shamit also looks after the chain store �Monday to Sunday�
   Shobhana is a close family friend of Scindias.
   
   Late Madhavrao Scindia was a Minister from the INC (Congress) party.
   Jyotiraditya Scindia is Madhavrao�s son.
   Jyotiraditya is a MP from the INC (Congress) party.
   Karan Thapar writes a weekly column in Hindustan Times.
   Vir Sanghvi writes two columns �Counter Point� and �Rude Food�
   Barkha Dutt writes the column �Third Eye�
   Sonal Kalra is a editor of HT City a supplement of Hindustan Times and writes a column.
   
   - Joseph Bain D'Souza was CEO of a housing project in which Mrinal Gore, PB Samant and Suresh Narvekar were trustees.
   - N. Ram was a founder of Students Federation of India, CPI(M)'s student wing.
   - N. Ram's niece is married to Dayanidhi Maran.
   - Joseph D'Souza is the head of All India Christian Council.
   - Dalit Freedom Network operates out of a church in Colorado. Melody Divine is part of DFN and Melody Divine works for Arizona Congressman Trent Franks.
   - Joseph D'Souza is listed in Pat Robertson's 700 club, a group for fundamentalist Christians.
   - Dalit Freedom Network is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

[R. Dua]

Quite illuminating list out here.

What one surmises after a look thru, one shd separate the grain from the chaff, wen going thru papers and tv channels.

Yes, easier said than done, but after reading thru the well researched post , will give us a better insight into this business.

Thanks for the post.

[Govind... Hoping for better]

Mr. Roy now will explain us how this news is related to RTI

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[jasvir singh]

thanks for the post

jasvir

 

[M.K. Gupta]

I request Mr. Roy to disclose his hidden agenda.  It seems to me to hit all other leading RTI activists like (all Shri ) Subhash Chander Agarwaq, Arvind Kejriwal, Aruna Rao, Shekhar Singh and all other those who matter.  He even does not spare former CCIC, Mr. Wajahat Habibullah and present Hon IC Shri Shailesh Gandhi. It seems that there should be only one active and leading activist and all other shld be cut to sizes so that he can claim that he is taller than others. I apologe for such terse comments and was not able to contro myself in the face of arogance of our one of our colleagues. .  --- On Wed, 16/2/11, Govind... Hoping for better <hopeg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Govind... Hoping for better]

Agree to you

[umapathy subramanyam]

 Dear Sharma Sir,Thanks for the excellent post .
 
 Now, Mr. Roy should come out with his hidden agenda as requested by shri. M.K.Gupta .

[Sarbajit Roy]

Dear Guptaji

Your post has deeply wounded me. Let me list MY grievances against YOU !

1) First of all I am NOT and RTI "activist". So there is no question of my having anything to do with "other" activists or wanting to cut them to size.

2) Secondly I am not your "colleague".

3) Thirdly, I do not "lead" anything, nor do I want to be "leading" anything.

4) Fourthly I am simply a private citizen, leading a simple and honest life. I can say with great pride that I have not  taken even 1 rupee from anyone for my "social work".

5) Fifthly, all the people you have named as leading RTI activists are all (without exception) part of a massive foreign financed network of haramis. They are out to scuttle the RTI Act and render it useless for ordinary citizens. Wajahat Habibullah is only the public face of this f*** RTI movement - the others are the sly behind the scene operators  - ex babus all  !!!-

6) Sixthly when Govind agrees with me that ALL CCICs and ICs are corrupt, then should I keep quiet about Mr Habibullah, Mr Gandhi, Mr Ansari etc. FYI when I say that ALL ICs are corrupt to some degree, even those ICs will agree with me.

7) Seventhly, Mr Gandhi's corruption is legendary. You just don't know about it, as yet !!!

8) Eightly, when Mr Shekhar Singh openly admits that he is financed by Google (in crores) for his RTI activities, do you trust him to to represent YOU/the People or Google & other foreigners ??? Please be honest.for once !!

9) When Aruna Roy so "selflessly" declines to take even 1 rupee as salary, and puts in sooo much work at the NAC (she is on each and every Working group - except 1), should we not look these gift horses in the mouth ? Ask yourself this, we all know that she lives in Delhi (see CIC records), yet she dutifully claims her conveyance / TA./ DA / flights from Tilonia to New Delhi :-) :) No wonder the NAC has a 30 lakh travel budget just for AR and SG (Sonia NOT Shailesh).

10) Lastly the agenda of this group is PUBLIC. You can read it on the homepage. My only desire is to file "responsible" RTIs as a citizen of a free republic and get the information speedily. Unfortunately because of these haramis that golden age has not dawned on India. Into that heaven of freedom let my country awake !!!

Sarbajit

[devinder chopra]

Many grateful thanks for your kind email. Much appreciated -- dev chopra.

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[binu peter]

come on. let us have meaningful discussion in this group.   binu peter --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Sarbajit Roy <sro...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sarbajit Roy <sro...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] How journalists and politicians are all sleeping together. To: humja...@googlegroups.com

[Govind... Hoping for better]

Let me clarify something...

Mr. Roy, first of all you should stop using such word F... and Haramis.. nobody has given you such authority

Other points:
I don't accept anything whatever you have said about Shailesh Gandhiji. I am from Mumbai and know him since 2005. he was a person who left his business and dedicated himself for RTI. he never begged anybody for IC position.He has got this due to his public virtue.

You are saying you have nothing to do with the RTI then:
1. Why did you copy other's intellectual property (Brand name "Hum Janenge", this belongs to people using RTI, all of them are citizen ) you could keep any other name or start a fresh. Isn't your intention to gain short term popularity?
2. If this forum was not for meant for RTI why did you use such highly unacceptable language. If the group is not meant only for RTI, you should have avoided such language.

Don't you think you are behaving like as a dictator and you are facing seriously a political problem where you want to use this group as your mouthpiece and nobody should act against your will?

I suggest you should create a separate group as your mouthpiece and let Mr. Sharma and all other people who are interested on such thing should debate there. This group should be made significant to its brand name and as a tribute to Shri Prakash Kardlayji, to whom we  all debtor and you are more as you have stolen the group name to gain instant popularity, promote RTI in well manner, it doesn't matter who is using or who is misusing it. or else allow everybody to post their content even political or social.

Regards
Govind

[Hari Goyal]

Dear Friends,
 
 Time is precious for every body. Let us not waste it, in the name of RTI matter, on useless and irrelevant issues. 
 
2.  India rather Real India  expects some concrete action from these three groups -Humjanenge, RTI-India and rti4empowerment -
to help the poor of this country. I like suggestion of Mr. Binu Peter. From my side, at present main issue is CORRUPTION in Central
Government and State Governments; and second one is LOK Pal.
 
3.   Let us start discussion on how to contain this corruption so that every penny of the tax payers advanced to the State Governments as
central assistance for poverty alleviation programmes reaches the targetted grouprs. 
 
4.  Members may give their views on the proposed bill of LOK PA being submitted in the Budget session.
 
5.  Just a query! How many participating members of these three Groups have noted the promotion of the Chairperson of the Congress Party
recently to the position of the Chairperson of the UPA (as per an advertisement in Hindustan Times day before yesterday) ? 
 
With best wishes & JAI HIND
 
Hari Goyal
17.02.2011
 


 

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:37:50 -0800
From: binupet...@yahoo.com

[Hari Goyal]

Dear Friends,
 
 Time is precious for every body. Let us not waste it, in the name of RTI matter, on useless and irrelevant issues. 
 
2.  India rather Real India  expects some concrete action from these three groups -Humjanenge, RTI-India and rti4empowerment -
to help the poor of this country. I like suggestion of Mr. Binu Peter. From my side, at present main issue is CORRUPTION in Central
Government and State Governments; and second one is LOK Pal.
 
3.   Let us start discussion on how to contain this corruption so that every penny of the tax payers advanced to the State Governments as
central assistance for poverty alleviation programmes reaches the targetted grouprs. 
 
4.  Members may give their views on the proposed bill of LOK PA being submitted in the Budget session.
 
5.  Just a query! How many participating members of these three Groups have noted the promotion of the Chairperson of the Congress Party
recently to the position of the Chairperson of the UPA (as per an advertisement in Hindustan Times day before yesterday) ? 
 
With best wishes & JAI HIND
 
Hari Goyal
17.02.2011
 


 

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:37:50 -0800
From: binupet...@yahoo.com

[Sarbajit Roy]

Dear Govind

Many of your points had been previously clarified by me in a post titled
"IMPORTANT NOTICE: Meaningful discussion".

You are free to disagree with my dictatorial attitude. You are free to post
as much as you want to this group within your daily limit (3 posts) AND
your monthly limit (10 posts).. This group's bandwidth is very precious
and we are not going to waste it on non-issues. If you feel that YOU own
the title to "Humjanenge" please take whatever action you want to. if
you know of anyone else with a clear title, let them step forward.

Insofar as Shailesh Gandhi is concerned, the first statement made against him is that his company (I forget the name right now, Clear Plastics ??) had a loss of Rs. 5.7 crores. Allegedly workers had not been paid their salaries, statutory dues etc. Shailesh sold out to Asian Paints people, and coincidentally the assets subsequently declared by him were almost exactly equal to the losses of his company. He was also said to be under severe
financial pressure then and started filing RTI and cases as a PROXY for real estate interests etc. He was hand-picked by vested interests to be a IC. people who have applied for the appointment papers in RTI know exactly how he was selected and how his bio-data reached the selection committee. Of course I am writing this from memory, and I could be missing out some details. You claim to know him from Mumbai, well I met him on 11 or 12th Aug 2008 in Delhi (Arvind Kejriwal was there too) and we all know EXACTLY why Shailesh became an IC shortly thereafter - ( I have already placed all my facts about this meeting in public domain a very long time back) !!.

Sarbajit

[Govind... Hoping for better]

There is no such bandwith allotted so now it is clear that You are settling personal score with Mr. Gandhi.

Further, RTI discussion should not have any limit i.e. 3 in a day 10 in a month then if it rule applies, you come under scanner first
If you have so much problem, let's be democratic and let member decide who should be moderator of this group.

If you are so confident about Shailesh Gandhiji, pot all the evidence you have. It doesn't make any sense if you misuse this group as platform to settle your personal score

I hope member will agree to this