SECULARISTS - WHO IS WHO

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Secularists- Who's who?

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Arvind Tapkire Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:59 AM
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> Subject: MEDIA (CPI(M)) NDTV
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> MEDIA (CPI(M)) NDTV
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> Prannoy has secretly converted to Christianity.
> Suzanna Arundhati Roy is niece of Prannoy Roy (CEO of NDTV)
> 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)
> 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
> 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.
> 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.
> [/color]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'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
> 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
> - 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.
> - Joseph D'Souza works with Dalit Freedom Network.
> - 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.
> -Admin (came via email
> -- Dr. Shiv Kumar Poojari
>
>
> Jagdish Tatyler is a Christian. He killed more than 30,000
> Sikhs, still he
> has not been punished by Christian Congress president
>
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