Hindu nationalists in India are taking aim at another target — the unlikely figure of Charlie Chaplin. They to0k d0wn a 67 foot statue of him. A reason why they they didn’t like Mr. Chaplin is because he was Christian and he didn’t make a single contribution to India. Because India started spreading that they didn’t like Chaplin, Christians in England thought that Chaplin was agnostic. Kannada-language filmmakers said that the taking down of Chaplin’s statue was banning artistic freedom. Appeals to the state government have been made and an online petition set up urging people to save Chaplin from “these great dictators” — a reference to his 1940 satire on Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Hindus have argued that the 16th century mosque called the Babri Masjid (after the Mughal emperor Babur) was built over a temple commemorating the birthplace of Rama

Both of these articles tell you that Hindu’s have had conflict with Christians over little stupid things

India’s Hindu extremists have attacked women, and Muslims, but now they are rioting against the popular silent film star, Charlie Chapman. Hindus in the southern state of Karnataka are fiercely against the construction of a 67 ft tall statue of Mr. Chapman for a film shoot. Extremists are arguing that Charlie was a Christian and made no contribution to India and that putting up a likeness of him would be extremely disrespectful to the religion and the country. These same radicals have attacked women, storming into a bar and accusing them of “debauched behavior” because they were drinking and smoking. On valentines day, they threatened to take any couple that showed themselves in public straight to a church where they would be forced to get married. Many people have said that these extremists are acting like Afghanistan’s hardline rulers, that may be part of the reason that dozens of people have now offered up their private land for the statue. So even though Hindu radicals think Charlie Chapman hasn’t benefited India, obviously some Indians are a fan of his work.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfkOfvbAgzaLSit_kRv9NXKyIIZA

http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/16/arts/peeptue.php

Not only is child marrage bad for the Women but also bad for the children that are produced. It is more likely for a young women of 13 to 15 years old to have complications during child birth; were the off spring would die or both would die.  Even thow the legal age of Marriage has been increased from 13 to 18.  Thier is still a lot of child hood marriages in ruel settings.  And most of the women reported not using birth control before starting to reproduce.  Thier is a HIGH rate of women having thier set number of children at very young age; which also leads to sterilization.  which would lead to less use of condoms among partners. Whic also leads to the transportation of HIV in sex partners. I think the ban of Child hood marriage until the age of 21 for women and 21 for men EQUAL.

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We are going to start today by trying out a little blogging. Remember, a blog entry is like both a newspaper discussion and a discussion wrapped into one. I will ask a question or make some topic request and then ask you to write an entry about that topic. The point of this is to get you writing and thinking about India and current events AND discussing the issues with your fellow scholars.

Here is the process I’d like you to follow to make the perfect blog entry:

1. Read the “Rules for Blogging” document listed on this page. Remember that you need a minimum of two links and 100 words in your blog entry.
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3. Comment on a minimum of three other class blog posts. Your comments should be substantial, including questions and substantive comments. I will find the ten best comments and highlight them in class.

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