Jairam writes to PC on historian's visa cancellation Hindustan Times Saubhadra
Chatterji April 05, 2012
The Puducherry foreign regional registration
office’s order to send back Peter Heehs, US US author has been living in India
Categorically stating that he has no personal
rapport with Heehs and had met the author only thrice, that too at public
events, Ramesh hailed him for authoring one of the best biographies on Sri
Aurobindo. He said Hees had also written seven other books on India
Government sources, however, said that the
Puducherry Foreigner Regional Registration Officer’s decision to cancel the
historian’s visa hinged on violation of norms. “Heehs’s visa had expired last
year, but he was allowed to continue staying in India India
This is not the first time Ramesh has spoken against
the visa rules laid down by the union home ministry. While touring China
RY Deshpande
May we know what was the occasion for the three
meetings mentioned in the post? Were they history-connected, history in the
strictest sense? If Mr Heehs is here in the Ashram for spiritual
pursuits, how did the meetings promote those spiritual prospects? If there were
other factors please let us know them.
I'm also aware that there are hundreds of posts and
comments on the web-pages criticising the book on technical-professional
grounds. Please peruse them before making any hurried judgement about this
work. Thanks
GK Gokhale
Has Mr Jairam Ramesh read the book, The Lives
of Sri Aurobindo, or is he simply going by the three 'chance' meetings with the
author? It is not at all history, but is full of distortions calling Sri
Aurobindo a Terrorist. Does he agree to that?
Surinder Sharma
Is this Jairam Ramesh extra constitutional add on
who has inherent habit of political survival by going against the currents of
rational pragmatic laws of the land. Illogical illegal tantrums of Jairam
Ramesh have already cost nation very dearly he has no business to overshoot his
assigned refrains & compulsively tread on forbidden terrains to lead Indian
union home minister by nose during his tour in foreign land.
P Chidambaram has taken best decision conforming to
national interests as long years of stay in India
by controversial USA India
Dr. D.S. Rao
Peter Heehs is an anti-India person and must
be watched. Jairam Ramesh it is no secret has links in the USA
Guest
PC getting all decisions wrong. God help us,
whatever happened to the moderate, opinion hearing Indian?!
It was earlier alleged that Heehs’s visa was
cancelled at the behest of extremists who did not approve of his book on Sri Aurobindo. And that is the correct story indeed!
Talk by Shraddhalu at Nairobi Centre of Sri Aurobindo
Society part ...
07 March 2012, Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Nairobi Centre of Sri Aurobindo Society
07 March 2012, Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Nairobi Centre of Sri Aurobindo Society
Gautam
Chikermane @gchikermane
Excellent programme on NDTV that exposes the fundamentalist: Historian faces
expulsion: Are we an intolerant democracy? 12:28 PM - 4 Apr 12
Violation of Visa Norms by PETER HEEHS from A critique of the book "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo"
by Peter Heehs by General Editor 2:42 PM
from: Chris Duindam chris.duindam@live.nl date:
4 April 2012 15:48 subject: RE [sbicitizen] Re: Nature and we
can make life sustainable Messages in this topic (6) Dear All
I have learned
to live in this world by study and hard work. There have always
been rich and poor and that will never go. These kind of stories
will always be there. What important is to
follow a yoga practice. As richness is lost
at death and yoga practice is not. So look at what happened
in the world without being attached to it. And be open to the
Divine Reality following Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Greetings, Chris
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I am certainly a supporter of the freedom of speech. In this day and age to suppress or punish people who think or feel differently from you, is simply preposterous. That being said there is something more than meets the eye that is going on here. There is an inmate who presents the "human" and perhaps even frail side of Aurobindo whose follower he claims to be. Well. not a whole lot of common sense is needed to see that there is something not right here. He is not a typical follower to say the least. Then the Ashram itself publishes his book. That is queer too and even a greater surprise. One has to take leave of common sense to not see that there is mischief at play here on the part of the author and that he is a pseudo follower or perhaps not even a follower at all. For those unfortunate ones who support the author and for whom therefore common sense has evidently been on leave of absence there is one way to invite it back. Consider this, especially those who occupy important positions in an institution: Imagine for a moment someone wishes to comment on your founder's personality including both good and his/her "human" side. Would you enthusiastically approve the same? Now imagine further that one of your peers or inmates wishes to do the same. Would you encourage him or support that imbecility? If so, then certainly you or the peer need to be condemned or punished. Both need to be sent to a mental asylum. If there is no place for hopeless cases like yours then my practice is in NY.
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