The World That I See - My View

As BN asked ... "show the people's power in the ballot box" not on streets ...... lets do it !

I was coming back from Pudu the other day and noticed this wall painting along the Kota Raya road. it is a very nice drawing and carries a strong message. Stop rape .... if you really need it please get a paid service......!

A Hindu woman has had her attempt to stop her estranged husband from divorcing her in an Islamic court, and converting their youngest son to Islam, thwarted by Malaysia's highest court. Subhasini Rajasingham's husband had already converted himself and their elder son, now four, to the religion in 2006. Subhasini also wants a divorce but says it should be decided in a civil court. The federal court rejected her request on a technicality, leaving the option of another attempt. But it failed to clarify the status of Malaysia's minorities in marital disputes where the spouse is a Muslim. The court said that as a principle, marital disputes involving a converted Muslim spouse and a non-Muslim partner should only be decided in a civil court and not in the sharia court. But at the same time, the court said Subhasini's husband has the right to approach the shariah court to seek redress. Civil-rights groups have voiced fears that minority rights have become subordinate to Islami

This is the right time (10 mins to Christmas ) to wish all my friends, viewers and the world Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year I hope the time to come, everyone will see a Santa Claus with a gift of LOVE, KINDNESS, JOY, A GOOD HEALTH and above all the UNIVERSAL LOVE for every one on the earth.

co-exist .....the green hills and the verticle rock hills......full of snow Lots of eagles roaming in the sky The saffron plantation....it was expensive

MALACCA: A garbage collector had the shock of his life when he saw two little legs jutting out from a plastic bag at the Bestari Apartments in Bukit Beruang. When he realised it was the body of a male stillborn baby, he informed his supervisor who called the police at 2.45pm yesterday. The supervisor, Azmi Yusof, 28, said the garbage bins were usually full with plastic bags and the worker thought the bag contained diapers. Police detained a woman, in her mid 20s, who was walking back to the apartment with blood-stained pants. “The woman claimed that she had been having heavy periods for the past two days,” state deputy CID chief Supt R. Gunarajan said. The woman has been sent to the hospital for a check-up, he added. Anyone with information can call C/Insp Lina Samidi at 0120-3671699. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/12/18/nation/19793964&sec=nation seals: more cases... and more .... they rather drop the baby in bin and dump site then drop them at a place that c

A tourist... The cute angels of Badrinath .... gifted to be born there even though they are poor... bless the souls!

I told PM the truth RK Anand Dec 18, 07 11:29am As citizens of Malaysia, Indians have the right to enjoy equal opportunities and must not be treated like third-class citizens. This was the crux of Malaysian Indian Business Association (Miba) president P Sivakumar's hard-hitting speech during the special meeting between Indian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last Friday. "In the past, only the educated and middle-class Indians were unhappy about the difference in treatment. But over the last three years, every Indian in the country is unhappy and angry over the way we are treated," he said. Siva told Malaysiakini yesterday that at the onset of his speech, he sought permission from Abdullah to speak without fear or favour and to tell him the truth.To this, he said, the premier replied: "Yes, please tell me the truth." Following this, Sivakumar continued: "As you (Abdullah) are aware, the communities in Malaysia

The long walk on the hills.... The bus station at Badrinath If you are driving you should observe the gate timings. If you miss the 11.30 gate then you can't make it to Rishikesh by sun set. The beauty of nature.

Have a good laugh .....

By VIJAY JOSHI – 2 hours ago KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The prime minister of Malaysia intervened to head off rising anger among the Southeast Asian country's ethnic Indian population after a rare public rally involving 20,000 protesters led to violent clashes with police. Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi asked the protesters to list their grievances after meeting with community leaders Abdullah "assured us that he will personally address the issues," Indian representative A. Rajaretnam said Sunday. The Federation of Malaysian Indian Organizations will prepare a report for Abdullah within a month. The Indians cite a lack of government funding for Indian schools and the destruction of Hindu temples by authorities in this Muslim-majority nation among their grievances. Ethnic Indians make up about 8 percent of Malaysia's 27 million people, and most are at the bottom of the country's social and economic ladder. Malay Muslims comprise about 60 percent of the population

KUALA LUMPUR - THOUSANDS of activists gathered near a detention camp where Malaysia is holding five leaders of a ethnic Indian group and freed pigeons to demand their freedom, a rights group said on Sunday. The five leaders were detained under the country's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) that allows for detention without trial last Thursday. At least 2,000 activists held prayers in a nearby temple for their early release after police sealed the roads leading to Kemunting camp in the northern Perak state, rights campaigner R.S. Thanenthiran told AFP. 'These people are not terrorists. The government is escaping from the real issue that Indians are marginalised in Malaysia. We demand the immediate release of the detainees,' he said, adding that the protest also aimed to rally support for families of the detainees. 'We released 36 pigeons - five for the ISA detainees and 31 for those in prison awaiting Monday's bail application - as a symbol of freedom for al

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia : Malaysia has told the United States to study its own human rights record after it criticized the Southeast Asian nation for detaining without trial five ethnic Indian activists, reports said Saturday. "Can they first of all give a fair trial to the detainees in Guantanamo Bay? We'll only respond if they do so," Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times. Washington — widely criticized for detaining 290 terror suspects without trial at its Cuban military prison — urged Malaysia to give a fair trial to the five Indians arrested Thursday under the Internal Security Act, which also allows for indefinite detention. Najib said the activists were detained because they had continued to violate the law despite receiving several warnings. The five are senior members of the Hindu Rights Action Force, or Hindraf, which sparked fears of ethnic unrest in this multicultural country when it held a street protest Nov. 25 that d

The United States demanded Thursday that Malaysia provide fair treatment to five leaders of a rights group held under a security law that allows for indefinite detention without trial. The five from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), pushing for an end to discrimination of ethnic Indians in multi-racial Malaysia, were picked up Thursday and ordered held under the feared Internal Security Act (ISA)." Our expectation as a government is that these individuals would be provided the full protections under Malaysian law, that they would be given due process, that they would be accorded all the rights accorded to any other citizen, and that this be done in a speedy and transparent manner," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. Hindraf enraged the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last month by mustering at least 8,000 people to the streets of Kuala Lumpur to highlight various issues facing ethnic Indians, including lack of economic opportunities and

ALOR GAJAH: An outraged Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday blasted Hindraf’s claims of the mistreatment of Malaysian Indians as lies intended to divide the races and destroy the country’s peace. “I rarely get angry but this time I am very angry and this is something I cannot accept,”he said. The prime minister took grave exception to a memorandum asking the British government to lead an international condemnation of Malaysia ’s “atrocities” against Indians. “Hindraf is making baseless allegations and wants the United Kingdom to move an emergency United Nations resolution condemning ethnic cleansing in Malaysia. “Tell me, do you believe there is ethnic cleansing in Malaysia? Is there ethnic cleansing, tell me? If this happened, I will resign,” Abdullah said at a press conference after launching Kampung Tanjung Bidara as the country’s second Islam Hadhari village. “Tell me, you are an Indian and so are you (referring to Indian reporters), have we been doing it for the past 50 yea

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia invoked a tough internal-security law on Thursday to indefinitely detain five ethnic Indian activists from a group that had staged a mass anti-government protest last month. A police official, who declined to be named, said the five belonged to the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which had stunned the government by bringing more than 10,000 ethnic Indians onto the streets to complain of racial discrimination. One of those detained on Thursday was a Hindraf leader, lawyer P. Uthayakumar, who had already been charged with sedition for alleging that Malaysia practised "ethnic cleansing" of Indians, which make up about 7 percent of the population. "They said they were arresting him under the ISA (Internal Security Act), but they didn't say where they were taking him," said Shantha, who answered Uthayakumar's mobile phone after news of the detentions and said she was his secretary. She gave the names of three other detainees as M. Man

PETALING JAYA: Five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders have been arrested and detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The five are P. Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan, R. Kenghadharan, V. Ganabatirau and T. Vasanthakumar. They were picked up at various locations in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Seremban. It is learnt they were detained under Section 8 (1) of the ISA after Internal Security Minister Datuk Seri Abdulah Ahmad Badawi signed their detention order. Their detention is for two years. Uthayakumar and two others namely Ganabatirau and P. Waythamoorthy were charged under the Sedition Act on Nov 23 in Klang 23 for allegedly making speeches to incite hatred at a gathering in Batang Berjuntai, Selangor, on Nov 16. Waythamoorthy is currently overseas. Under Section 73 (1) of the ISA, the police can detain any individual for up to 60 days without a warrant, trial and without access to legal counsel if he was suspected to have “acted or is about to act or is likely to act in any

A joy full kid with her new toy, a stuffed duck and a lollipop..... closer look at the Vasundra Falls Crow with yellow beak... The eyes and the body that we have has a very limited capacity, ability and capability to enjoy the nature and the beauty of the existence ....I wish to break free from it to experience the beauty of both the worlds in time.