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Chinese tourist alleges she was raped by Usham, a hotel staff at Ritz-Carlton resort in Maldives, accuses police and hotel authorities of inaction

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Chinese tourist alleges she was raped by Usham, a hotel staff at Ritz-Carlton resort in Maldives, accuses police and hotel authorities of inaction

On June 18, Sunday, a Chinese national took to Twitter to share a harrowing incident she encountered during her stay at Maldives’ luxurious Ritz-Carlton resort. In her long Twitter thread, the 26-year-old Chinese tourist accused a resort staff named Usham of sexual assault. She also accused the resort management and the Maldivian police of hushing the matter and taking no coercive steps to investigate her case.

The victim also shared pictures of her assault, a photo of the accused, Usham and a copy of the complaint filed with the Maldivian police to substantiate her allegations.

The victim, a Chinese national currently pursuing her studies in Australia, in a long Twitter thread wrote that she had reached Maldives on the 6th of June and was scheduled to return to China on the 10th but she decided to extend her stay and checked into the Ritz Carlton Fari Island resort, unaware of the horror that would befall her.

Ritz-Carlton Fari Island Resort, owned by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and a subsidiary of Marriott International, high-end resort known for its pristine beaches and world-class hospitality.

The Chinese tourist, however, revealed that the alleged perpetrator was not an outsider but an in-house butler of this lavish resort, assigned to assist the victim during her stay.

The victim recalled being assigned Usham as her butler soon after checking into the hotel. Usham assisted her in settling in and gave her the rundown of the hotel’s amenities once she checked into her room.

The victim added that the same day, she accidentally poured water on her phone, which resulted in her phone getting damaged. She said that she approached the front desk for assistance because she was worried and didn’t know how to contact her family. They sent Usham to assist her.

The victim recalled that Usham came to her room and offered her his phone. She inserted her sim card into Usham’s phone and spoke to her parents. Usham then sat on her bed and started making conversations with her, which at first were quite generic.

He asked things like ‘Why did you come alone, where do you live, etc,’ the girl recalled, adding that later he started asking her some personal questions like what she did last night and if she slept outside by the room pool. “And that’s when I realized he watched me. And I wanted to change the topic. He left the room for a brief moment and came back because my mother had sent a WeChat,” she wrote.

The victim said that this time while chatting with her again, Usham took a chewing gum in his mouth and asked her whether she would like to kiss him. The girl felt uncomfortable and told him that she did not like “physical contact.”

“And he was chatting with me again, asking questions. And he took a chewing gum and started chewing and asked me if I wanted to kiss, which left me numb. I was blank. I said no I don’t like physical contact. I took my computer and translated it to him in case he didn’t understand.”

The victim recalled in her subsequent tweet, how the resort staff tried to coerce her into having sex with her by saying “yoly no need to be ashamed sex is ok,” but when she resented he forced his tongue into her mouth.

The girl, here, recounted how Usham at first tried to mock her by asking her if she is gay since she was not showing interest in him. He also told her that he would be a gentleman while he continued to force himself on her. He then pushed the victim to the bed and began assaulting her.

“I was in my pyjams. He started forcing his tongue into my mouth and said I will be a gentleman. He then pushed me to bed and started removing his pants and he put his pen*s in my mouth twice. He then went ahead and touch me down in my pvt part and tried to intercource,” the girl recounted the horrific incident.

“I was forcing and trying to stop him but he wouldn’t. His tries to have sex with he was not working that’s when he stretched his fingers inside my pvt part. I then got up and ran and wrapped myself in a quilt. He then asked me if he can touch my breasts to cum. I refused,” the hapless victim added.

She then said that the accused ejaculated on her computer screen then used a towel kept in the bathroom to clean the screen and left saying, “you need time to open up” and that he would come back again.

The girl recalled how she managed to gather herself after the terrible incident and told the resort managers what had happened, but they showed up at her room and pretended that everything was normal. She urged the resort staff to call the police.

Further explaining how the resort management tried to cover up the crime, the victim said that the staff members told her that they would contact the police. Meanwhile, two staff members went to her room and confiscated her laptop and the towel, which had the accused’s semen smeared on it. She recounted telling the resort staff that those were important pieces of evidence and should be handed over to the police.

After some time, the police arrived at the crime scene and recorded her statement. The victim added that the police took the sample of her mouth and told her that it would take a week to get the result. They told her that she should leave Maldives before the results come. The police, also trying to hush the matter, further told the victim that they had no reason to arrest the accused at that point.

The victim added that she went ahead and did a medical examination as well. “I had bruises all over my body,” the victim wrote, lamenting how the Maldivian police did nothing more than ignore the obvious evidence.

“I was then asked to leave the hotel at the earliest. And that it’s a case between police and Usham and nothing ti do with the hotel. And that they can no longer arrange my accommodation. I left the hotel and there wasn’t even an apology,” she bemoaned.

The victim concluded her long Twitter thread by lambasting the Ritz-Carlton management which, she revealed, accused her of concocting the story for a free stay.

“you only train your housekeepers to ask for tip @RitzCarlton I was raped in your hotel and you did nothing. You told me I did this to get a free stay. I paid the full amount to the hotel. I’m a chines living in Australia my family is well reputed and rich,” the Chinese student wrote, as she concluded her post with pictures of her assault.

Local media reported the Maldivian police as saying that they have launched an investigation into the accusations. They confirmed that they have collected the necessary samples required for the investigation. The police further said that no arrests have yet been made in relation to the case.

The Chinese national, meanwhile, in undergoing treatment at the Health Center in Thulusdhoo island of Kaafu Atoll in Maldives.

After his Gaumutra jibes earlier, Uddhav Thackeray now follows Western propaganda by equating Nazi Hakenkreuz to Swastika

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After his Gaumutra jibes earlier, Uddhav Thackeray now follows Western propaganda by equating Nazi Hakenkreuz to Swastika

On Sunday, June 18, Shiv Sena (Uddhav camp) chief and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. While addressing a conclave of his party leadership a day before Shiv Sena foundation day, Thackeray criticised the PM and HM. However, during his speech, Thackeray also backed Western propaganda and equated the Nazi Hakenkreuz to the Hindu Swastika.

Thackeray equated PM Modi to Hitler and claimed that his rule pushed the country towards dictatorship in the same way Adolf Hitler pushed Germany in the 1930s. Equating BJP to Hitler’s Nazi party, Thackeray said, “Our ruling party is acting in the same way as Hitler’s party [the Nazi party]… It is silencing all Opposition, unleashing Central agencies on them, seizing control of the media. Remember, Hitler’s symbol too was the Swastika.” He claimed that the “authoritarian” rule of the PM and the BJP was threatening to “split the country into pieces”.

He criticised the PM and HM over Manipur violence and attacked the scheduled US visit of the PM while violence is still persistent in Manipur; he said, “If you [PM Modi] want to show your strength, then first go to Manipur and try and get things under control… No one even cares about Amit Shah there, such is the fury of the locals at the moment. PM Modi is willing to go to America and advise but cannot visit Manipur. He brags about allegedly stopping the Russia-Ukraine war, but I want to see if he can calm Manipur down.”

Pointing out his intentions to attend the opposition parties’ meeting on June 23, he said, “We are not merely Opposition parties who are getting together just to oust the BJP at the Centre. We are patriots who seek to protect our country’s freedom and save democracy.”

Hakenkreuz is not Swastika

Thackeray, who claims to be a devout Hindu and speaks volumes on Hindutva, followed the same template that the West followed by claiming Swastika was the symbol used by Nazis. However, in reality, it was Hakenkreuz, or the Hooked Cross, that the Nazis used, which is a Christian symbol. It is worth mentioning that this is the tactic used by Hindumisic propagandists who intentionally link ‘Swastika’ to the Nazi Hakenkreuz (hooked cross) in order to indicate that Hindus draw their inspiration from Nazis.

In fact, it has been debunked several times that Hakenkreuz and Swastikas are very different. Hindus and Hindu leaders worldwide are working hard to change the perception people have created towards Swastika. Interestingly, there is documented evidence that Adolf Hitler never used the word Swastika in his autobiography ‘Mein Kampf’ but used Hakenkreuz. However, when it was translated from German to English, the translator used Swastika, which has been propagated ever since.

Uddhav Thackeray’s history of using Gaumutra jibes

This is not the first time that the CM of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray, has used anti-Hindu jibes while attacking his political opponents of BJP and RSS. He habitually uses Gaumutra jibes to attack both BJP and RSS. In April 2023, he said, “Every time I am accused of going with the Congress and leaving Hindutva, is there no Hindu in the Congress? There (RSS-BJP) Hindutva is Gaumutradhari Hindutva.” Irked by the reports that Gaumutra was sprinkled in Sambhajinagar, where MVA conducted a public meeting, he said, “They recently sprinkled cow urine at the place in Sambhajinagar where we conducted our public meeting. They should have drunk some cow urine; they would have become wiser; our Hindutva is about nationalism.”

In March 2023, Thackeray said, “Did our country get freedom by sprinkling cow urine? Did it happen that cow urine was sprinkled, and we got freedom? It was not so. The freedom fighters had made sacrifices, and then we got freedom.”

The cow urine jibe

Cow urine jibe is one of the most popular to abuse Hindus and Indians. Sadly, this was not the first time Uddhav used the cow urine jibe. In October 2020, he attacked BJP with crass, Hinduphobic references to Gaumutra (cow urine) and gobar (cow dung). The Shiv Sena supremo made derogatory remarks while addressing the annual Shiv Sena Dusshera Mela.

Not to forget, in 2019, a Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorist in a suicide attack, killed as many as 40 CRPF soldiers in Pulwama, Kashmir. Following the attack, a video was released in which the terrorist could be heard saying he wanted to punish and kill the ‘cow urine drinkers’ in the name of Allah. The terrorist, identified as Adil Ahmed Dar alias Waqas was seen admitting that he had joined the Jaish-e-Mohammad a year ago. In the video, he referred to Indians as “Gae ka Peshab Peene Wale” (People who drink cow urine).

Masturbation, images of private parts, sex manuals: Children, as young as 9, are groomed in UK schools in the name of Relationships and Sex Education

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Masturbation, images of private parts, sex manuals: Children, as young as 9, are groomed in UK schools in the name of Relationships and Sex Education

Schools in the United Kingdom are teaching pre-adolescent children about masturbation, orgasm and anal sex under the guise of ‘Relationships and Sex Education (RSE).’

As per a report by MailOnline, colouring books, cartoon drawings and word searches are peddling narratives about gender fluidity, distinctions between gender and sex, transgenderism and scientifically false claims about biology.

Relationships Education has become mandatory for primary school kids in the UK since September 2020. Around the same time, RSE has made compulsory in secondary schools. But even before the advent of RSE, lessons meant for pre-teens contained disturbing graphic teaching material.

According to MailOnline, the situation has been worsened now by ‘activist teachers’ and with the intervention of charity groups such as Coram Life Education, Brook and Sex Education Forum (SEF). Reportedly, they are at the helm of preparing teaching material on ‘biological sex’ and underage sex.

Coram Life Education also helps organise PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) workshops, which reach as many as 6 lakh children each year. On its website, Sex Education Forum boasts of its long history of ‘successfully influencing policy.’

MailOnline pointed out how lesson plans, which are meant for children as young as 9 years old, contained explicit images of masturbation. This is despite the fact that the UK government’s directive on teaching RSE for secondary school kids and Relationships Education for primary school kids do not mention ‘masturbation.’

Lesson plan for children as young as nine, image via Mail Online

Nonetheless, it is being taught openly in several schools across the United Kingdom. Coram Life Education even defended its decision to expose 9-year-olds (Class 4 students) to the concept of ‘masturbation.’

According to MailOnline, Merrywood House Independent Special School in Surrey is teaching 9-year-olds about ‘sexual feelings’, ‘wet dreams’ and ‘masturbation’ using lesson plans developed by Sex Education Forum (SEF).

Another school in West Yorkshire named ‘Calverly Primary School’ is exposing 9 and 10-year-olds to ‘wet dreams’ and ‘masturbation’ under the guise of ‘Relationships and Sex Education (RSE).’

‘Vagina Matters’ book by Brook, image via Mail Online

Similarly, Rotherham School Improvement Service has listed ‘masturbation’ in the list of approved words for Class 6. One school in Surrey, named Westfield Primary School, has extended the list to include words such as ‘clitoris’ and ‘wet dream’ for the same Class.

Brook, one of the charities involved in the development of RSE material, has a free teaching resource on its website called ‘Vagina Matters.’ The material, which is targeted at 12-14-year-old girls, is a hands-on sex manual on masturbation.

“Listen to your own body and find out how you like to be stimulated,” the description of the study material read. It also talked about clitoral stimulation, experiencing sexual pleasure, and squirting – all of which are directed at pre-pubescent girls.

Students are fed with ‘LGBT curriculum’

One of the lesson plans, developed by Brook, claims that people can identify with a range of gender identities and sexual orientations. Besides sexual grooming, the RSE material for schools in the United Kingdom also tries to indoctrinate young minds with trans propaganda.

A school in Dorset teaches Class 10 students that there can be differences between one’s body and gender from a young age. MailOnline found that a school plan for 9 and 10-year-old students teach them that biological sex is different from gender identity.

A London secondary school indoctrinates its Class 10 students into believing that gender is not the same as sex. The news website also found a lesson plan from one of the PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) workshops, which makes false assertions about biological sex and the Y chromosome.

It alleges that ‘XXY’ chromosomes (as observed in Klinefelter’s Syndrome) can be male or female or neither. But in reality, such individuals are always male.

Colouring books of children fed with LGBT propaganda, image via MailOnline

MailOnline pointed out that primary school children, as young as 5-year-olds, are indoctrinated with ‘trans terminology and LGB community’ through colouring books.

One such colouring book, created by LGBT Foundation, claims that a man named Zoe ‘identifies’ as non-binary and hence he is neither a boy nor a girl. Similarly, the book introduces another character named ‘Mia’ who was supposedly assigned the wrong character at birth,

“This is Mia. When she was born, people thought she was a boy. Mia is a woman who is trans,”

Study material contains naked pictures of toddlers

A school in Norwich by the name of Mulbarton Primary School uses teaching material developed by one Norfolk County Council’s Educator Solutions. It contains graphic cartoons of toddlers, which are used to help 5-6-year-olds, identify penis and vulva.

The material states, “If pupils correctly identify that their genitalia are different but use incorrect terminology, do not say that this word is ”wrong” or ”naughty”, congratulate them for noticing the difference and say we are going to learn the scientific word.”

Teaching material made by Norfolk County Council’s Educator Solutions, image via Mail Online

A spokesperson of the Norfolk County Council’s Educator Solutions defended the disturbing material and said, “The characters (cartoon of naked toddlers) are featured within a lesson plan for primary-aged school pupils. Schools may choose to use this as part of a broader developmental curriculum.”

“The lesson aims to help children learn scientific terms for the private parts of their body and normalise the appropriate use of these as part of good safeguarding practice,” he added.

Experts share concerns about children being exposed to sexual content

While speaking about the matter to MailOnline, the Director of the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists Ray Freeman said, “We need to let children be children. What I fear is more of a political movement, where we have classes of girls saying they are a different sex.”

“I think it is psychologically damaging and it can be physically damaging for a young person to be told they are or can be the opposite sex. We have a duty to protect our children. How can we if you don’t know what they are being taught?” he added.

Lucy Marsh, representing ‘The Family Education Trust’ told MailOnline, “It’s an overarching mission to sexualise children in the name of inclusion. If you normalise underage sex to children, it’s grooming and exposing them to sexual abuse. It’s a mission to sexualise children and people don’t understand there’s a huge safeguarding risk in that. It is child indoctrination.”

After being exposed to sexual content in schools, her child asked Lucy whether she was asexual. She sought a public inquiry into the matter by the Uk’s Department of Education and a temporary cessation of RSE lessons.

Political activist Laurence Fox told the news website, “Disgusting ideologues are trying to put children down an irreversible path of manipulation. The fact they want to hide what they are doing is disgusting. It should alarm every parent. This is entirely anti-scientific dribble. It’s total warfare on the family in the name of inclusion and kindness.”

Opindia exposed a similar menace in India

In July 2020, Tagore International School in Vasant Vihar in Delhi came under fire for hosting a session on gender identity politics in order to brainwash children.

Images of the visuals that the children were exposed to have shocked people on social media across the board. The sessions at the school were conducted by Nazariya- Queer Feminist Resource Group (Nazariya QFRG).

Another shocking post of Nazariya QFRG showed the organisation advertising a planner/colouring book for students, which had the image of a nude woman wearing a dildo (a female sex toy).

Screengrab of Nazariya’s facebook post

The colouring book also had the image of a nude woman masturbating in the bottom left corner. And the caption read, “Discount for students Rs.100”. Given the dangerous activism Nazariya QFRG was engaging in, we decided to investigate its background.

And we discovered that these are not fringe elements but are quite mainstream within the domain of LGBT activism.

Bhopal: Faizan, Sahil, Sameer who tied up Hindu man Vijay on a leash and made him bark like a dog get arrested, houses to be bulldozed

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Bhopal: Faizan, Sahil, Sameer who tied up Hindu man Vijay on a leash and made him bark like a dog get arrested, houses to be bulldozed

On Monday, June 19, a distressing video surfaced from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, wherein five men were seen brutally assaulting and harassing a man named Vijay with communal slurs, and lewd, abusive comments. As the video went viral, the police had registered a case and begun an investigation.

The victim was identified as a Hindu man named Vijay. Vijay was tied up on a leash and was forced to bark like a dog.

As per the latest reports, 3 of the men who harassed and assaulted Vijay have been identified and arrested.

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan has taken cognizance of the issue and has stated that the administration will take strict action against the culprits and their illegal residences will be bulldozed. Reports say the NSA will be slapped against the culprits who are wanted criminals.

Speaking to the media, MP home minister Narottam Mishra has stated that such incidents won’t be tolerated. He added that he had promised exemplary action within 24 hours, but the police arrested the accused within 4-6 hours. He added that NSA has been slapped against the accused.

Mishra added that such incidents are a result of a disgusting criminal mindset and the action will be so severe that it will send a message to all criminals in the state. He also added that bulldozers will be brought to demolish the houses of the culprits.

In the video that went viral on Twitter, the five accused made the victim kneel down like a dog and tied a noose around his neck. They forced him to bark like a dog and seek forgiveness. The accused are also used abusive slurs for the victim’s mother and sister and thrashed him mercilessly.

Madhya Pradesh: Couple murdered, dead bodies thrown into crocodile-infested Chambal river in horrific ‘honour killing’ case

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Madhya Pradesh: Couple murdered, dead bodies thrown into crocodile-infested Chambal river in horrific ‘honour killing’ case

In a horrific incident, a man named Rajpal Singh Tomar murdered his 18-year-old daughter Shivani Tomar and her 21-year-old partner, Radheshyam Tomar, on June 3 in a case of honour killing at Ratanbasai village in Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The dead bodies of Shivani and Radheshyam were then dumped into the Chambal River after being weighed down with heavy stones.

A case has been recorded in the Ambah police station regarding the murders. The incident occurred about two weeks ago when Shivani’s family along with some relatives allegedly shot the duo dead and disposed of their bodies.

Shivani’s family objected to the fact that the two were from the same caste and strongly opposed their relationship. The boy was a native of the neighbouring village of Balupura. When his father filed a report that the pair is missing for several days with the suspicion that he may have been murdered, the police started looking into the complaint and eventually learned about the horrific incident. Meanwhile, Rajpal Singh Tomar, on June 3, lodged a missing complaint at the Ambah police station about his daughter as well.

The young couple was missing since June 3, which prompted the boy’s family to repeatedly accuse the girl’s family of killing them. People linked to the latter were apprehended by police and interrogated in-depth. Rajpal Singh Tomar and a number of female accomplices later admitted that their daughter and Radheshyam Tomar had both been shot dead on June 3 and that their bodies had been dumped in the Chambal River in the dark.

“Sustained probe and questioning of both families finally saw the girl’s father Rajpal Singh Tomar spill the beans about having murdered Shivani and Radheyshyam, after catching them together. Both bodies were subsequently dumped in the Chambal river,” informed Sub-divisional Officer Police (SDOP) in Morena district, Parmal Singh Mehra.

Radheyshyam Tomar’s family claimed that he eloped with the girl last month and that they were later discovered in the state of Uttar Pradesh. They were forewarned by the girl’s father to convince their son to ‘rectify’ his behaviour and find another place to live when he called them on June 1.

According to Morena Superintendent of Police Shailendra Singh Chouhan, divers are being used to locate their bodies in the areas identified by the accused family. “We have not yet discovered anything. The search is on”, the police officer said. After learning of the crime, police sent out a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team and divers to look for the deceased in the river.

Police maintained that unless the bodies are discovered, they cannot conclusively prove the murder. Additionally, police disclosed that there is no proof of the use of guns by the perpetrators. They also proclaimed that due to the likelihood of predation by aquatic animals like fish and crocodiles, it is growing harder to obtain the bodies after 15 days since they were discarded in the river.

After people criticize Adipurush dialogues and plot, writer Manoj Muntashir seeks security from Mumbai Police

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After people criticize Adipurush dialogues and plot, writer Manoj Muntashir seeks security from Mumbai Police

Adipurush dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir has sought security from the Mumbai Police after facing heavy criticism and trolling from the people over the dialogues in the movie.

As per reports, Muntashir has submitted an application with Mumbai Police stating that he pertains a security risk. The Mumbai Police are reportedly investigating the alleged security threats.

Popular lyricist Manoj Muntashir has been receiving a lot of criticism and condemnation over the uncouth dialogues in the Adipurush movie.

People have been outraged because Ramayana characters are shown uttering loutish, indecent dialogues in the movie.

Muntashir had tried to defend the dialogues, saying the movie was not exactly Ramayana but an adaptation, and the dialogues were written keeping in mind the modern young audience.

However, his excuses fail to placate the public, and thousands of social media posts condemned the dialogues, especially those attributed to Lord Hanuman.

Following widespread outrage, the movie makers announced that they would change the controversial dialogues immediately. Following public outrage and dissatisfaction over cheap VFX and complaints of distasteful visual depictions of beloved religious characters, many prominent politicians and influencers have condemned the movie.

The movie has raked in Rs 340 crores in 3 days riding on the Ramayana hype.

Will not allow anyone’s religious sentiments to be hurt: IB minister Anurag Thakur assures to oversee revision of dialogues of Adipurush

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Will not allow anyone’s religious sentiments to be hurt: IB minister Anurag Thakur assures to oversee revision of dialogues of Adipurush

Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur, has responded to the controversy surrounding the recently released movie Adipurush and assured that the disturbing dialogues of the movie are changed.

Om Raut’s movie has been receiving criticism from all quarters due to its depiction of Ramayan and the language used by the characters in the movie based on Ramayana, especially lines spoken by the character of Hanuman.

Speaking to ANI, Anurag Thakur said that the CBFC has taken the decision needed. He also said that the writer and the director have also agreed to change some of the dialogues in the film and nobody is allowed to hurt the sentiments of people. He added that religious sentiments will not be hurt under his watch and that he will oversee the changes in the dialogues.

A day after defending the dialogues, Manoj Muntashir assured to change them

Notably, following widespread criticism, Muntashir announced on Sunday that the problematic dialogues of Adipurush will be revised within this week itself. He shared this announcement through his official Twitter handle. However, he claimed that the team created Adipurush for Sanatan Seva, which audiences are seeing in large numbers and will keep seeing in the future as well.

This followed a day after he had defended the dialogues after there was massive outrage over the language used by the characters in the movie based on Ramayana, especially lines spoken by the character of Hanuman.

Released on the 16th of June, Adipurush has found itself stuck in one controversy after another. At the centre of it lies the ‘problematic’ dialogues including those attributed to Hanuman, named Bajrang in Adipurush. 

Manoj Muntashir defended the dialogues

Earlier, Manoj Muntashir had defended the use of uncivilized dialogues, claiming that a very meticulous thought process has gone into writing the dialogues. In an interview given to Republic, he had said that it was not an error, and it was done deliberately. He stated that he wrote the dialogues keeping the ‘modern, contemporary’ speaking styles of the general public in the country.

Talking on Lallantop, he even went on to compare the controversy with the opposition faced by poet Tulsidas for writing Ramcharitmanas in the Awadhi language instead of Sanskrit.

What is the controversy surrounding Adiprush?

Adipurush makers drew flakes from fans and the general public alike for using uncouth language in Adipurush. Several dialogues of Adipurush went viral on social media where netizens claimed that they demeaned, trivialised Hindu Mahakavya Ramayana, and hurt the sentiments of Hindus. 

In the film, there are several characters that have used street-level language like “Bete”, “Tere Baap ki Jali” and ”Bua ka Bagicha” among others. A few of those dialogues are as follows – 

“कपड़ा तेरे बाप का! तेल तेरे बाप का! जलेगी भी तेरे बाप की”

“तेरी बुआ का बगीचा है क्या जो हवा खाने चला आया”

“जो हमारी बहनों को हाथ लगाएंगे उनकी लंका लगा देंगे”

“आप अपने काल के लिए कालीन बिछा रहे हैं”

“मेरे एक सपोले ने तुम्हारे शेषनाग को लंबा कर दिया अभी तो पूरा पिटारा भरा पड़ा है”

Earlier, Muntashir defended his approach and asserted that he intentionally crafted relatable dialogues to connect with the audience. The makers also claimed that they had not altered the original Ramayana. However, when the controversy spiralled they claimed that Adipurush is not an adaptation of Ramayana rather it is heavily inspired by Ramayana. 

Despite intense criticism and fans registering their protests, Adipurush has entered Rs 200 crore club. 

India gifts indigenously built missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam

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India gifts indigenously built missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Gang here in the national capital on Monday.

During the meeting, progress on various bilateral defence cooperation initiatives was reviewed, with both sides expressing satisfaction with the ongoing engagements. Defence Minister Singh announced the gifting of an indigenously-built in-service Missile Corvette INS Kirpan, which will be a milestone in enhancing the capabilities of the Vietnam People’s Navy.
“Both Ministers identified means to enhance existing areas of collaboration, especially in the field of defence industry cooperation, maritime security and multinational cooperation,” an official release by the Ministry of Defence said after the meeting.

Further, as part of his engagements Vietnamese defence minister also visited DRDO headquarters and discussed ways to enhance defence industrial capabilities by cooperation in defence research and joint production.

Earlier in the day, General Phan Van Gang laid a wreath at the National War Memorial and paid homage to the fallen heroes. The visiting dignitary arrived in India on Sunday on a two-day visit.

Vietnam is an important partner in India’s Act East Policy and the Indo-Pacific region.

 (This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Gita Press turns down Rs 1 crore cash reward included with the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021

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Gita Press turns down Rs 1 crore cash reward included with the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021

On Monday, Gita Press, Gorakhpur, declined the cash reward of Rs 1 crore that is included with the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. The publisher stated that it would only accept the citation and not the cash reward. 

Reportedly, the publisher has suggested that the Central government should spend this cash reward on some other worthy cause. 

Apart from the cash prize of Rs 1 crore, the Gandhi Peace Prize also includes a plaque and an exquisite traditional handicraft/handloom item.

Gita Press conferred with Gandhi Peace Prize 2021

A day earlier, on the 18th of June, a jury headed by PM Modi unanimously decided to confer the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 on Gita Press, which is based out of Gorakhpur. 

In its official statement, the Cultural Ministry stated that this was done to recognise Geeta Press’ outstanding contribution towards social, economic, and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods.

From his official Twitter handle, PM Modi congratulated Gita Press for being selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. 

The Prime Minister wrote, “They have done commendable work over the last 100 years towards furthering social and cultural transformations among the people.”

Gita Press was founded in 1923 by Jaya Dayal Goyanka and Ghanshyam Das Jalan for promoting the principles of Sanatana Dharma. Currently, they publish copies of Shrimad Bhagvad Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Ramcharitmanas, various Hindu scriptures like Puranas and Upanishads, other books related to Hinduism, books of Bhajans and Bhakta-Gathas, and others. 

The texts are published in several languages including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, English, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, Oriya, and other Indian languages.

Congress and pseudo-seculars got miffed over this announcement

The announcement of awarding the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 to one of the world’s largest publishers, Gita Press, didn’t go down well with Congress and its so-called left-liberal ecosystem. Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications and MP Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter to condemn the selection. He called the move a “travesty” and equivalent to “awarding Savarkar and Godse”.

The history of Gita Press turning down donations and cash rewards

This is not the first time that Gita Press has refused to accept cash rewards. It has been turning down requests for donations despite relentless fake news and smear campaigns about its financial health. 

From time to time, certain vested interest groups have been floating the rumour of Gita Press shutting down because of financial constraints. Back in 2021, OpIndia busted these fake stories and rumours about Gita Press closing down its operations. 

Talking to OpIndia, Lalmani Tiwari, the Manager of Gita Press had said, “If someone sends us a cheque as a donation, we humbly reply to them with a letter of appreciation and return the cheque. Gita Press Gorakhpur is doing well, and we prefer to serve the community with our books.” 

Till now, Gita Press has published 41.7 crore books in 14 different languages including 16.21 crore copies of Shrimad Bhagvad Gita.  

Kuttey ki tarha bhaunk, bol teri maa unki maa: Faizan and gang put Vijay on lease and ask him to bark like a dog, family allege forced conversion

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Kuttey ki tarha bhaunk, bol teri maa unki maa: Faizan and gang put Vijay on lease and ask him to bark like a dog, family allege forced conversion

On Monday, June 19, a distressing video surfaced from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, wherein five youths are seen subjecting another youth to brutal harassment and torture. The accused have been identified as Faizan, Bilal, Sameer, Mufid, and Sahil, while the victim is a Hindy boy named Vijay.

In the video that went viral on Twitter, the five accused made the victim kneel down like a dog and tied a noose around his neck. They are forcing him to bark like a dog and seek forgiveness. The accused are also heard using abusive slurs for the victim’s mother and sister and thrashing him mercilessly.

In the 50-second video that quickly went viral on social media, one of the five accused can be seen holding the leash as others ask Vijay to apologise. They yell and ask Vijay to bark like a dog while seeking forgiveness.

“Ask forgiveness. Bark like a dog. Bhaagna nahi (Don’t run) Whatever Sahil bhai is saying, just do that,” someone from the group can be heard saying in the video.

The visibly petrified youth, in a black shirt, can be seen pleading in the video. “Sahil Bhai mere baap hai, mere bade bhai hai (Sahil is my father. He is my elder brother). Meri maa unki maa, unki maa meri maa (His mother is my mother and my mother is his mother),” the youth says.

Repeatedly asked to say sorry, the youth says, “I have said sorry. I have not done anything.”

Asked who asked him to upload the story, the youth replies, “I did not upload it..did that at the behest of Shahrukh. He threatens me.”

Victim’s family says he was forced to eat meat, convert and rob his own house by Sahil and his gang

A report by India Today has quoted the victim, Vijay’s family alleging that the accused led by one Sahil forced him to consume drugs, eat meat and convert to Islam. They have also alleged that the accused coerced the victim to rob his own house.

The report claimed that the victim’s family added that police did not file a complaint when the victim’s brother approached the cops.

Madhya Pradesh HM Narottam Mishra orders probe

Reacting to the distasteful, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said, “I have seen that video. This kind of behaviour is really condemnable. I have ordered the Bhopal police commissioner to investigate the video. Instructions were given to submit the report on the video in 24 hours.”

Meanwhile, after the video went viral, the police filed an FIR under relevant sections of the IPC and anti-conversion law.

Members of Bajrang Dal staged a protest outside Jamalpura police station, raised ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans and sought strict action against the accused.

The family of the accused has, however, refuted all the allegations.

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