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country, which I like, but it is complicated. Their message is one of hatred," Pahuja said. Her documentary<br />
provides a peak into a training centre where the VHP disseminates its ideology and trains girls in selfdefense.<br />
Pahuja said that it took her two years to get access the training centre and win the trust of the<br />
VHP to shoot the film. "After interacting with members of the VHP at different levels, they finally trusted<br />
me enough to let me into the training centre. But they wanted me to portray them in favourable light," she<br />
said. The Canada-based filmmaker said that there was no pressure on her to make her film in VHP's<br />
favour or not to portray them in poor light. "I did feel insecure every now and then when I was interacting<br />
with VHP leaders," Pahuja admitted. Her film also provides an insight into the lives of women training for<br />
the Miss India pageant and brings out the contrast in between them and the VHP trainees. "My original<br />
idea was to see the changes in India post-liberalization and the role of women. I wanted to show it<br />
through women who participate in the Miss India beauty pageant. But then I came across this strong<br />
woman training with VHP and I decided to make the film showing the contrasting ideologies of these two<br />
women," Pahuja said. (Times of India 29/11/12)<br />
Country needs pro-Hindu Sansad: VHP (26)<br />
The country needs to form a pro-Hindu Parliament which is strong enough to protect the rights of Hindus,<br />
instead of a government which works against the interest of the community, Vishwa Hindu Parishad said.<br />
"We want a Parliament which can protect the rights of Hindus and the next 2014 general elections will be<br />
on this line," VHP leader Ashok Singhal said at press conference here. "Representation of Hindus should<br />
be higher in Parliament, then only there will be a proper arrangement in the interest of Hindus," he said.<br />
Singhal said Hindu monks and intellectuals of the community will discuss the issue in the Kumbh fair next<br />
year to draw a strategy. "People are frequently asking that when Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya and<br />
we have to give answer. The movement of Ram temple construction is not the movement of mere temple<br />
construction, but it is closely associated with the dignity of Hindus," he said. He claimed that during the<br />
last ten years, large number of Hindus were forced to adopt Islam or Christianity in the country and this<br />
was a matter of concern. Praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Singhal said Modi successfully<br />
protected the rights of Hindu and anti- Hindu elements could not develop during his rule. Singhal refrained<br />
from commenting on the action on BJP MP Ram Jethmalani for his controversial remarks about lord<br />
Rama. Jethmalani had said at a function, "Ram was a bad husband. I don't like him at all. Just because<br />
some fisherman said something, he sent that poor woman [Sita] to exile." (<strong>Indian</strong> Express 30/11/12)<br />
VHP activists attack Agnivesh (26)<br />
BHOPAL: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists on Friday manhandled social activist Swami Agnivesh<br />
here when he came to join the launch of the eradication of manual scavenging march from Bhopal to New<br />
Delhi. The VHP attack was over Agnivesh's comment on the Amarnath 'shivling' earlier this year.<br />
Agnivesh had said that Amarnath 'shivling' which is holy for Hindus was a natural occurrence caused by<br />
the collection of ice drops throughout winter. Local VHP head B L Tiwari and supporters of saffron<br />
organisation Sanskriti Bachao Manch attacked Swami Agnivesh and manhandled him at the Ravindra<br />
Bhavan. The violent activists tried to tear apart Agnivesh's robe claiming that he did not deserve to wear<br />
saffron attire. They even called him a traitor to the nation, sympathiser of Naxals and insurgents. The<br />
VHP even alleged Agnivesh had deceived Anna Hazare during the crusade against corruption. Police<br />
rescued Agnivesh from the spot while the VHP workers continued to raise slogans. In May this year,<br />
Agnivesh faced the wrath of the saffron brigade and was slapped in the face during a meeting in<br />
Ahmedabad for the same remark on Amarnath ice deity. (Times of India 1/12/12)<br />
Modi walks Hindutva plank, keeps Muslims off BJP list (26)<br />
Ahmedabad: His last year's sadbhavna mission notwithstanding, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi<br />
has retained his Hindutva symbolism and a divisive undertone while starting his election campaign for the
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