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From: t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Early Bengali Lit. ( Was Alt.culture.bengal)
Date: 26 Dec 1992 14:56:21 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu




In article <lh78290@pion.lanl.gov), lahiri@pion.lanl.gov ( Amitabha Lahiri) writes:
In article <1hdh7kINN86h@menudo.uh.edu>, mecele3@jane.uh.edu ( Arindam) writes:

>> ..... Only Bengali writings worthy of note before the
>> Renessiance period is the composers of the Bengali Ramayana and
>> Mahabharata.

> Tut, tut :-) -- Forgetting Chandidas is unforgivable. Not many Bengalis
> are well-versed ( forgive the pun) with his works though.

How about the Bengali writers who wrote in Sanskrit? Jayadeva for example?
Such richness in sanskrit poetry is rarely seen elsewhere. I would certainly
count them in, since writing in Sanskrit was in vogue at that time. ( Like
writing in persian later - Raja Rammohan Roy for example) Besides, aren't
we concerned with the literary contributions of the Bengali society as a
whole instead of just the contributions in Bengali language alone??


>> Arindam

> Amitabha

Bijoy

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: prabhak@giga.cs.umn.edu (Satya Prabhakar)
Subject: Re: Alt.culture.bengal
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:12:49 GMT

(Kuram T Narayana) writes:
>(Satya Prabhakar) writes:
>>>
>>Oh, come on! Please don't assume the role of the supreme censor now.
>>There are (I suppose) Usenet laws divined to contain terrorism and
>>let the law take care of that. With respect to blasphemy thing,
>>you sound like Jerry Falwell than a reasoned individual. Looks like
>>the first amendment stops at your whim and fancy! 

>Oh! Bull! The same liberal smut. There is a difference between censorship
>and terrorism. Terrorism and propaganda oriented towards the same is
>curbed in every democratic society unless it is your looney society.

If hate, blasphemy (whatever you meant by that word) and terrorism
were to be the litmus tests for the creation and existence of news
groups, then soc.culture.indian should have been shut down a long
along time ago. And so should soc.culture.pakistan and many other
such groups. 

Please tell us why you support the existence of soc.culture.indian
and not the creation of soc.culture.bengal?

>My god, some people will go to any lengths to prove that 
>they are intellectual slaves of outstanding quality. 

Since I cannot do any better, I will quote Voltaire and leave this
alone: "I don't agree one bit with what you are saying, but I
will defend unto my death your right to say so." Call me whatever
you want, but I see this as extending the same liberty that we
have to others. 

The bottom-line is this: any group has the right to form their
own newsgroup (as long as it meets technical criteria) unless others
decide, through magnanimity or malice, to gag them!

Satya Prabhakar

	Oh! Give me liberty,
	For were ev'n Paradise my prison,
	Still I should long to leap the crystal walls - Dryden
--
___________________________________________
Happiness, dear Phaedrus, is a passed pawn!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.bangladesh,soc.culture.pakistan
From: dbose@aem.umn.edu (Deepak Bose)
Subject: Re: Victory Day in Bangladesh!!!
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:47:12 GMT

hasan@cs.washington.edu (Shams Hasan) writes:

>Dear Sanjay K. Gupta,


>If it was not for Islam there would be no Taj Mahal, no Deleep Kumar, no
>Salman Khan, and no Pakistan to beat the Indians at Sharjah come this tournament. It may not be Miandaad this time who will give the Indians the BIG one to
>take back with their tails betwen their skinny legs....  Keep guessing....



SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN LABELLED AS AN IDIOT , I THINK I BETTER CALL

YOU BY THAT NAME . I HOPE YOU WON'T MIND .

SO DEAR IDIOT SHAMS HASAN ,

	I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY

	IF IT WAS NOT FOR ISLAM 


		THERE WOULD BE NO PAKISTAN WHOM OUR KIDS
		COULD CALL A 'TERRORIST STATE '

		THERE WOULD BE NO INSULT OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN
		RIGHTS
		( EX: PAK,B'DESH,IRAN,IRAQ,S ARABIA AND SO ON)

		THERE WOULD BE NO KASHMIR, NO IRAN ,NO IRAQ,
		NO BOSNIA , NO PALESTINE, NO AFGANISTAN
		AND NO TERRORIST STATES LIKE HARAAMI PAKISTAN 

		THERE WOULD BE NO BACKWARDNESS ,NO UNDERDEVELOPMENT

		THERE WOULD BE NO GROSS VIOLATION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS .

		THERE WOULD BE NO KHOMENIs AND HIS FATWAs

		THERE WOULD BE NO ' AADHA L*ND AUR CHAAR BIVIAN(WIVES)'
			CASES LIKE OUR IDIOT SHAMS HASAN
	
		THERE WOULD BE NO BABAR , NO BABRI MASJID , NO RIOTS,
			NO KILLINGS ......


		JUST TO SUMMARIZE THERE WOULD BE NO FILTH ON THIS PLANET .


		THE WORLD WOULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL ,SO NICE TO LIVE......


					
>Best Regards,
>Shams Hasan., AN IDIOT
From: sngattan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (The Almighty)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Hindus Resume Prayers in Ayodhya Shrine
Date: 2 Jan 1993 17:23:47 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
Keywords: Ayodhya Prayers

mghayalo@uceng.uc.edu (Manoj Ghayalod) writes:

>I have some questions here.

>1. How do Hindus have a right to pray there?
>2. Do Muslims also have a right to pray there?

>It is very difficult to understand how the GOI thinks.


>Manoj

A1..  The decision is based upon 1986 Supreme court verdict. 
A2..  Frm A1, it follows that NO..Muslims do not have the right.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: dbose@aem.umn.edu (Deepak Bose)
Subject: Re: Mustafa Ibrahim's brilliant wit!
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:47:07 GMT


an4277@anon.penet.fi writes:

>And as for that Deepak Bose character, the cretin is an insult to
>humanity. I hope for his own sake that he's not ugly because if he
>is, and I have a feeling that he is, he better not run into me. Being
>ugly for you is one too many man! 

>I won't like you at all, Deepak Bose because you're  stupid, vile
>and ugly. You're a disgrace to humans Deepak. A word of advice to
>his friends: Guys put a leash on this one!



	ABEY O' ANONYMOUS # 4277 (ANON. BAAP KA 4277th PUTTAR ) 


	ARE HAMSE ITNA DARTA KYON HAI RE TU ? 

		KYA SOCH KE ANONYMOUS BANA THA , KE DEEPAK KHUS

		HOGA ? SABASI DEGA , KYON ?

		ABEY O' HIMMAT HAI TO APNA NAAM BATA .

					DEEPAK
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From: imustafa@slate.mines.colorado.edu (MUSTAFA IBRAHIM )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: THE BASTARD MUSTAFA
Date: 3 Jan 93 00:10:14 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

In article <1993Jan2.205836.21279@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> c4sg@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca writes:
>
>
>HEY YOU BASTARD MUSTAFA, MOTHER FUCKING CASTARTED SON OF A BITCH.
>
>GO FUCK YOUR MOM AND IF YOU WANT YOUR GRAND MOM. DON'T SPEW YOUR FILTH ON SCI.
>
>YOU ARE A FUCKING TERMITE BORN FROM YOUR DAD FUCKING A WHORE WITH A TORN
>
>CONDOM. YOU ARE A INCESTOUS LEPER WHO DESERVES TO DIE.
>
>DON'T EVER POST YOUR FILTH ON SCI.
>
>GOT THE MESSAGE. FINE NOW FUCK OFF.

Same to you baby .
From: shivanan@nyquist.usc.edu (Mr. Shivanan Bhajekar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: aamchi mumbai
Date: 30 Dec 1992 08:29:08 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: nyquist.usc.edu

In article <1992Dec26.201444.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> skumar@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Wonko, the sane) writes:

>.chaailaa..
>
>abbey o soni, GAP BAS. aamala paahije  alt.culture.mumbai. BTW, "officially"
>manje kai? the city's corporation is called brihanmumbai mahanagar palika. 

	Let me reiterate the fact that the Indians never believe in unity.
	I had mentioned having 2 India Assos in USC. Now there are people
	wanting separate news groups for ghaats, bengalis. Kashala hava aahe
	marathi lokancha group?

	Almost all the news is conveyed well in sci. In fact translations
	with the originals make interesting reading. Why do people want
	to segregate from the general crowd?

	Shivanand Bhajekar 

>
>jai maharashtra.
>
>jai hind.

	I second that!
>
>wonko, the sane.
> 


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From: deb@soil.Princeton.EDU (Arghya Deb)
Subject: Worship at Ayodhya
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:41:14 GMT


Some netters have voiced amazement at the recent Govt. of Indian decision
to allow Hindu worship at the Babri masjid site. The Govt. of India is
merely implementing court orders. A few facts are perhaps worth 
reiterating:

The first recorded riots relating to the dispute date back to 1855. 
Students of Indian history will recall that the last Nawab of Oudh, 
Wajed Ali Shah, was deposed by the British around that time.

In 1939 a local court, as a measure to reduce tension, 
ordered that muslims  refrain from offering
namaz at the mosque as it was common belief among local Hindus
that it was the birth-place of Shri Ramchandraji.

In 1949, idols of Shri Ram appeared at the mosque. Though some devout
Hindus claim supernatural causes, according to the police FIR some 50
people entered the mosque complex at night and placed the idols there.  

Litigation continued at the Faizabad district court. Finally, in 1986,
the district court ordered that Hindus be allowed to worship the idols
of Ramlala which had appeared at the mosque.

Accordingly, and following the instructions of the then prime minister
Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the gates were opened to Hindu worshippers. 

The BJP at is Palampur session in 1987 decided to support the VHP's
decision to build a temple to Shri Ram at the Babri Masjid site. It wanted
the mosque to be relocated and re-built at a separate location. 

The rest is recent history.
From: fafat@aludra.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: alt.culture.bengali-rasagulla
Date: 29 Dec 1992 11:26:14 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

Arindam Ghosh writes:
>to brazenly promote rasagulla. Rasagulla is the symbol of foreign oppression
>promoted by the British and the Muslims to eliminate and contaminate Hindu
>culture. It is never mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata or the Vedas.
>No trace of it can be found in the Bengali Culture prior to the British and
>the Muslims. I hereby announce that all Rasogolla making factories be
>demolished and converted to Sandesh making factories to assuage hurt feelings.


	You try to touch any of those rasogolla (Shlurrrppppp PBUT) factories
	and you'll repent dearly, buster. Communal bloodbath across the
	cowntry, I warn you. The rasogolla lovers won't yield to your
	pseudo-sweet-toothing.



>Arindam
>


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From: crajan@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chella Rajan)
Subject: Re: Can GOI rebuild the mosque?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 19:19:25 GMT


The BM was a national monument rather than a religious place of
worship.  It does have, after all, historical significance
as a Mughal construction.  
Having said that, it is also important to remember that it
has acquired tremendous symbolic value simply through the
reactionary efforts of Hindu fundamentalists - now,
the GOI will only demonstrate complicity, or worse connivance,
 VHP-RSS if it uses the issue of secularity for not rebuilding the mosque/
monument.


n
to demonstrate its 
rule.  L
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: verma@pfeast.enet.dec.com (Virendra Verma)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: The significance of Arya - Part 1/3
Date: 30 Dec 92 06:51:24 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


	Arya - its Significance Part 1/3

Ref. - The Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings by Sri Aurobindo.
----------
To those not familiar with Vedic culture, the word 'arya' is no more
than a hieroglyph which attracts or repels according to their
temperament. To some, the word has been converted to purely racial
terms, an unknown ethnological quantity on which different speculations
fix different values. To others, the word represents a difference of
culture because the Vedic rishis had accepted a particular type of
self-culture, of inward and outward practice, of ideality, of aspiration.
Their gods were the supraphysical powers who assisted the mortal in his
struggle towards the nature of the godhead. All the highest aspirations
of the early human race, its noblest religious temper, its most idealistic
velleities of thought are summed up in this single vocable.

In later times, the word Arya expressed a particular ethical and social
ideal, an ideal of well-governed life, candour, courtesy, nobility,
straight dealing, courage, gentleness, purity, humanity, compassion,
protection of the weak, liberality, observance of social duty, eagerness
of knowledge, respect for the wise and learned, the social accomplishments.
It was the combined ideal of the Brahmana and the Kshatriya. Everything
that departed from this ideal, everything that tended towards the
ignoble, mean, obscure, rude, cruel or false, was termed un-Aryan or
anarya (colloq anari). There is no word in human speech that has a
nobler history.

In the early days of comparative Philology, when the scholars sought in the
history of words for the prehistoric history of peoples, it was supposed
that the word Arya came from the root 'ar', to plough, and that the
Vedic Aryans were so called when they separated from their kin in the
north-west who despised the pursuits of agriculture and remained shephards
and hunters. This ingenious speculation has little or nothing to support it.
But in a sense we may accept the derivation. Whoever cultivates the field
that the Supreme Spirit has made for him, his earth of plenty within and
without, does not leave it barren or allow it to run to seed, but labours
to exact from it its full yield, is by that effort an Aryan.

.... to be contineued
namaste,

-- Virendra Verma
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From: rags@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Raghavan Jayaraman)
Subject: Re: Hindu Marriage Rituals
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 13:14:38 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.210502.1701@oracorp.com> narayana@oracorp.com (K. T. Narayana) writes:
>To Continue this thread on Vedic marriage rituals further:
>
>When my eldest sister was married (long ago), the bride and bridegroom
>wore Madhuparkhams. A madhuparkham is clothing dipped in
>termeric water and dried. The clothing is a Dhothi for the Bridegroom
>and a 9-yard saree for the bride. The clothing is invariably
>made of pure white cotton.
>
>So traditional is this for Vaisnavites settled in AP, that during
>the marriage, my sister's mother-in-law's parents walked out
>of the marriage ceremony. Ofcourse as you expect, they were
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^66   
Tamils and apparently, the Tamil marriage ritual regards
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



Ofcourse One who has been following U'r pounding on Tamils would have.


>Madhuparkham as Ashubham. Madhuparkam is a Telugu custom 

Now no one in TN considers "turmeric" as Asubham. In fact they use that
profusely with KumKumum for any 'subha kArya'. But any TN bramin would have
objected to bride wearing a 'white' Maduparkham for U may know what white
saree means to a woman in S.India.

>imbibed by the vaisnavites in AP. They consider that Termeric
>as a symbol of happiness.
>
>There are some rituals that go in the preparation of the
>Madhuparkhams.
>
>On the other hand, there are some communities who use pure white
>clothing, and some who use pure Silk clothing. For example, AP
>brahmins (namely followers of Sankara) follow a system of rituals 
>that are at variance from the vaisnavites. Note that all Brahmins
>in AP are vaidiika brahmins; I seriously doubt (i have not come across
>one in my life) a nonvaidiika brahmin in AP.


Could U differentiate between 'vaidka' and 'non-vaidika' brahmins.
 
>(Note that you have to leave aside those migrating recently in the
>past 50 years or so.  )
>
>...kt
>


raghavan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: dchatterjee@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Sameet's Hypocracy
Date: 3 Jan 93 16:18:11 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <1993Jan3.204702.18285@fuug.fi>, an3814@anon.penet.fi writes:
> X-Anon-To: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh
> 
> Dear Readers:
> 
> Recently, some articles were published by an3925@anon.penet.fi in which
> very abusive language was used against Deb, Deepak, and all Bengalis.
> In these articles, Mustafa's name was used as the author.  These articles
> were written with an evil sprit of putting flames on Mr Mustafa and making
> thes newsgroups the dumping yard of filthy language.  But the author was 
> so stupid that he thought that by using anonymous service, he can hide 
> himself.  You must be wondering that who that insane is.  He is bastard
> of all time Mr. Samit Bannerjee.  Ironically, he is himself a Bengali and
> a Hindu but he used filthy language against his Hindu Bengali brothers.
> 
> The proofs which I have, are sufficient to get his account cancelled at 
> USC.  However, I leave this to the readers of SCP/SCI/SCB to decide what
> we should do with him.
> 
> A piece of advice to all users of annonymous service, dont use very 
> abusive language or threaten others since this service is not meant for
> this.  And if you abuse this service, your actual account can be cancelled!!
> 
> Regards,
> 
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   A coward Pakistani swine like yourself will blame Dr.Banerjee. I know
   him pretty well and is sure that he cannot do this. BTW, by knowing what
   you wrote, I think that you are Mr.Shams Hasan - with whom I had serious
   disagreements plus Samit. 

   Thus, Shams, don't hide. We Hindus don't take refuge under stupid anonymous
   i.d's. If we have to speak, we use our proper address. We are not cowards
   like Pakis - after getting their ass kicked in 1971 - the last time.

   BTW, don't call Samit a bastard. You are a frightened, fucked-up, toad !!!! 
   
    8-) 

      - deb chatterjee
     (a good samaritan)
From: dbose@aem.umn.edu (Deepak Bose)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: KNOCK! KNOCK! P-Js
Date: 30 Dec 92 19:17:34 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota


	Knock knock !
	who  is there ?
	Tera Baap .
	Tera Baap, who ?
	Tere Baap ka Baap . 


	Please carry on this KNOCK-KNOCK series .
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: msdesa01@orion.spd.louisville.edu (Mehul Desai)
Subject:  >AT&T Cancels Service to Pakistan!
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:57:31 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville



In Reply to Imran Anwar,

Well, what do we have here!  Who's talking of high ehtnic area's. We're talking
all over U.S.
And no, the recommendation to declare Pak a terrosit nation is not connected
with AT&T.  Although Moody's whould be delighted to know about it when it releases it's economic rating for Pak!

Mehul
From: an4333@anon.penet.fi
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Trying
Date: 2 Jan 93 00:45:42 GMT
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.indian

Just trying to find out, how this donkey Mustafa has become so intellegent
He now a days uses this service.


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From: bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya)
Subject: Re: Shaping of Bengali Culture
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:46:57 GMT

In article <1hfatpINNdfb@menudo.uh.edu> mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU writes:
>>
>I have also heard that
>"true" Rabindranath can only be found in Russiar Chitthi [Letters from Russia:
>where Rabindranath commended the social projects undertaken by the communists
>but did not fail to warn that you can neglect human spirit only at your own
>peril]

There is no doubt as to where Tagore's sympathies lay. Note that when the
anti-fascist writer's movement was founded in Calcutta, mainly by leftist
intellectuals, in the late thirties and early forties, they found a willing
ally in Tagore in spite of the poet's advanced age and failing health. I 
strongly recommend you to read Shombhu Mitra's "Natak Roktokorobi", which 
was published in January this year by M.C. Sarkar and Sons, Calcutta (and
which had been serialised on the pages of Desh magazine earlier) for a masterful
analysis of Tagore's political views.




-- 
Sayan Bhattacharyya          |   Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.
Graduate student             |
Artificial Intelligence Lab  |
The University of Michigan   |
From: mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Bengali culture for net.bhadraloks
Date: 29 Dec 1992 20:28:41 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
Reply-To: mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: jane.uh.edu

>  thing; that is "sci.lang.bengali" - will only praise and kiss each other's
>  dirty behind, because *once upon a time* there were G--R--E--A--T Bengalis
>  like Tagore, Vidyasagar, J.C.Bose, Ashutosh Mookherjee and on and on and on..
>
>    - good luck,
>
>      deb chatterjee
>    (a good samaritan) 
>  
Ah, blasphemy. How can you forget great bengalis of today like
Samit Bannerjee, Subhendu Mukherjee, Vijay Sagar, yours truly
and the honorary member of our club Mr. Harsh Varma.
Arindam
From: an3947@anon.penet.fi (Deepak Boseadika)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: KNOCK KNOCK BOSEDIKA
Date: 3 Jan 93 19:50:28 GMT
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.indian

KNOCK KNOCK!
KAUN HAI?
DEEPAK BOSE
O BOSEDIKE PUTTAR, BAGH JA AUR APNI BEHEN KO BEJ :-))))))))))

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From: bala@ulysses.att.com (Bala Krishnamurthy)
Subject: MR Scindia escapes attack
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:34:11 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
Keywords: Scindia Radicals Hindu Suspected


apnews reports:
	   NEW DELHI, India (AP) _ Suspected Hindu radicals attacked a
train carrying a prominent government minister who escaped unhurt,
news reports said Sunday.
	   Madhav Rao Scindia, the minister for civil aviation and tourism,
was the apparent target of the attack, which occurred Saturday in
Agra, 105 miles southeast of New Delhi, United News of India news
agency said.
	   Scindia is a leading critic of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya
Janata Party, which was blamed for urging Hindu zealots to destroy
a Muslim shrine in the town of Ayodhya last month. The razing of
the mosque triggered Hindu-Muslim rioting across India in which at
least 1,200 people were killed.
	   TV footage showed the train's windows were smashed during the
attack, but it was not immediately clear what weapons the
assailants used.

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