Word: krishnas
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...claimed to represent an unnamed foreign mining company, has yet to be identified.) Instead of banishing Judeo, the BJP bigwigs said he would still lead the party's campaign for Dec. 1 polls in the state of Chhattisgarh in central India. Defending Judeo, BJP Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani took defiance to daring new levels, declaring he once campaigned while facing charges of receiving $140,000 from the hawala system, an informal and illegal paperless banking network, and it hadn't done him any harm. He won the elections. "We stand on a high moral pedestal," proclaimed Advani...
...Bewildered by Mallya's unprecedented campaign, some members of Karnataka's political intelligentsia speculate that it's merely part of a cynical political conspiracy. One favorite theory is that he's being used by the state's unpopular chief minister, S.M. Krishna, to divide the opposition before the next elections. So far, however, the chattering classes have ignored the most obvious possibility: that politics in India, bringing the momentary adoration of millions, might provide thrills of self-gratification more intoxicating than those that even the greatest wealth...
Even if he wanted to, the musician who calls himself Krishna Das could not hide the fact that he was born on Long Island as Jeff Kagel. For one thing, there's his undeniably white skin, and when he sings in Hindi or Sanskrit, he does so with an undeniably American accent. But Das, who is known as K.D., has no desire to hide his New York roots or the fact that his musical style owes as much to the blues as to his Indian guru, Neem Karoli Baba...
...have now died in a frenzy of battles and assassinations. The toll includes several high-profile figures: in addition to Gazi Baba, Jaish-e-Muhammad lost two other senior leaders, while India mourned Kuka Parray, a former rebel leader who switched sides. Hawks such as Indian Deputy PM Lal Krishna Advani are again vowing revenge. "We have to fight it out," he said last week. As a Srinagar civil servant lamented: "We're back to square one." - By Alex Perry. With reporting by Yusuf Jameel/Srinagar...
...meted out by Muslims on minority Hindus. And there is always the example of Kashmir to heighten the ire of those who are predisposed to zealotry. Ever since the creation of an independent India and separate Pakistan, lives have been lost in the name of the two religions. Krishna Prasad Paudel Singapore...