“Untangling the Manderweb” !!

DEAR SIR,

 

Reference the ‘ book review ‘ – entitled ” Post – Mortem of a Ghoulish Orgy ” – (TNIE – 05 APR).

 

The name of the author of the book

” Fear and Forgiveness “
caught my eye – Mr. Harsh Mander , a ‘ former I.A.S. officer ‘ of the Chattisgarh cadre. 

 

Mr. Harsh Mander,was the ‘ poster boy ‘ of the ‘ secular

media ‘, especially NDTV (then Star News) , in the period post the ‘ghoulish orgy ‘ – aka – Gujarat 2002!!  However two brave and straight forward individuals & patriots – Shri Krishen Kak a ‘ former I.A.S. officer ‘ and Smt. Radha Rajan – co-edited an explosive book entitled – “NGOs: ACTIVISTS AND FOREIGN FUNDS-ANTI-NATION INDUSTRY” (2006) - published by VIGIL PUBLIC OPINION FORUM,CHENNAI.

 

Mr. Harsh Mander comes in for special mention in the book , with a full chapter devoted to this ‘secular poster boy’ – and rightly entitled – ” Untangling the Manderweb ” ( pp -116 – 153 ).

 

What emerges from a reading of that particular Chapter is the fact
that this  ‘ secular worthy ‘ was peddling a pack of LIES to the unsuspecting citzenary.


This is proved by the fact that the Press Council of India had found Mr.Harsh Mander 




‘ GUILTY ‘ by its decision  ’14/106/02-03 of 30 JUNE 2003 ‘.


It was in the case,’ Dr. Krishen Kak vs TIMES OF INDIA ‘.
The Council found that Harsh Mander was  ‘ spreading false rumours about alleged Hindu atrocities in his column ‘ HINDUSTAN HAMARA -TOI, 20 MARCH 2002 ‘.

 

The independent and statuatory Press Council of India determined that Harsh Mander’s ” Hindustan Hamara ” report at


‘ several points reiterated rumours that were being circulated at the relevant time. The truthfulness of the facts mentioned therein had not been established at any point of time till then but Shri Mander had chosen to base his views and sentiments on them , and put pen to the opinion formed by him ‘. The Council then ruled , ‘ it was expected of the author as a responsible serving officer as well as of a respondent paper of repute like the Times of India , to be more restrained and circumspect in pronouncing a denouncement of the whole system in a communally surcharged atmosphere ‘.

 

The Press Council of India admonished the Times of India for its
‘ indifferent and irresponsible attitude – – – in a matter of great public importance ‘, and felt , ‘ that a greater responsibility devolved on the Editor of the paper in exercising his discretion to select articles for publication in such a situation ‘.  ( ibid – pp – 126).

 

In a word – the Press Council of India found that Harsh Mander had LIED. No more. No less. But then , that’s the

” DNA of the Indian Secularist “!!

 

As Shri Krishen Kak noted in the book : ” Indeed , not a single major paper or T.V. Channel reported the Press Council’s exposure of Mander. Not surprisingly , in addition to The Times of India , publications like the Hindustan Times , The Telegraph , Asian Age , Mainstream , Deccan Chronicle and Rashtriya Sahara were found by the Press Council of India to carry reports tending to inflame communal passions and , let it be noted , these were pro – Muslim and anti – Hindu passions”. (pp – 127) . JAI HO!!  

 

Some excerpts from the book are in order and in context!! Here goes:

 

QUOTE:

 

HARSH MANDER

 

by

 

SHRI KRISHEN KAK

 

 

QUOTE:

 

 

‘ Mr. Mander is a Sikh but finds it expedient to discard the identifying Sikh name of ‘Singh’ so as to be ‘SECULAR’. He has NEVER spoken up for Indian Sikhs victimized in the 1984 killings and still un-served by justice, BUT HAS NO QUALMS SERVING THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN SIKHS DETERMINEDLY DOGMATISING THEIR FAITH.’

 

 ‘As an I.A.S. officer, he was no different from most others,except that he found favour with UPPER-CLASS JHOLAWALAS AND JHOLAWALIS,a constituency whose AGENDA he promoted and that in turn PROMOTED HIM. Within the I.A.S., however, there were many stories of the REAL REASON for his frequent transfers,and the MISUSE of his official position and facilities,especially in the country’s LBS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION where he was posted for a few years.These included awkward questions about who paid his bills when he travelled to and in Rajasthan,and for what mode of travel (rail or road) the accounts had TO SHOW payment’.

 

 – – – – . Mr. MANDER (WHILE STILL IN THE I.A.S.) arranged his deputation to ACTION AID, the giant Britsh Multi-national with a ‘subsidiary’ in India, that calls itself as a charity but IS ACTUALLY IN GLOBAL CHILDREN EXPLOITATION INDUSTRY. Mr. Mander secured for himself exceptionally favourable terms,even getting ACTION AID to shift-to suit him-its national Headquarters from Bangalore to New Delhi,and to giving him a salary that was PARTLY IN POUNDS STERLING, and that was at least 50 times the salary OF ITS LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEE IN THIS COUNTRY.In return Mr. Mander used his official connections to DROP a government enquiry into ACTION AID implementing a COMMUNAL AGENDA in India.’

 

‘A move to revert Mr.Mander from British employ to Indian government employ was STRONGLY resisted by Mr.Mander,and again he used his I.A.S. connections to HAVE IT DROPPED. Meanwhile,still in the I.A.S., he declared IN WRITING HIS PRIMARY LOYALTY NOT TO THE INDIA GOVERNMENT BUT TO HIS BRITISH EMPLOYER. Two years before he actually put in his papers from the I.A.S.,he’d announced he was prepared to leave his own country’s administrative service to SERVE AS AN AGENT IN INDIA THE ‘AGENDA’ OF OUR FORMER COLONIAL MASTERS’.

 

However, the sword of reversion continued to hang over Mr. Mander’s head so, when he completed his pensionable service in the I.A.S.,he put in his papers for early voluntary retirement, claiming from the Indian government upto a million rupees in reitrement benefits.The Indian government agreed,with the stipulation (well within the rules) that Mr.Mander cease working for ACTION AID. Secure in British employ,Mr. Mander mooned the Indian government. He stayed on with ACTION AID-on a fat British salary-and continued to DEMAND HIS RETIREMENT BENEFITS. HIS ATTACHMENT TO HIS COUNTRY IS CLEARLY ONLY TO WHAT HE CN MULCT FROM IT’. (pp 118-119)

 

UNQUOTE 

 

Shri Krishen Kak then followed up with an ‘ OPEN LETTER ‘ to the ‘VERY-VERY-SECULAR HARSH MANDER’. Some very interesting points are raised :

 

An Open Letter to Mr Harsh Mander