2nd October 1986 marks the day when Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji very nearly assassinated rajiv gandh-i; the son of indira gandh-i who had orchestrated the delhi 1984 massacre. Below is an extract from an interview with Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji: "I knew that killing the Prime Minister of the country wasn`t an easy task, considering the security around him. So, finally, it occurred to me that this plan might be executed on Gandhi Jayanti at the Rajghat- the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi. Now, the main problem was to get high-quality arms and ammunitions. Initially, I tried to get a superior-quality revolver from Punjab, but failed. I settled for a country-made revolver from Shriganganagar (Rajasthan) that cost me Rs 300. I was doing it with the utmost care and confidentiality, but the information was leaked by Punjabi arms suppliers to the police and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) came to know that someone from Punjab might try to shoot at him on Gandhi Jayanti at Rajghat in New Delhi. So commandos were deployed at the Rajghat days before the program. I knew that the security would be tight. So, I made it a point to take my position inside Rajghat about 10 days in advance. I entered Rajghat on September 22 with 35 things necessary for the operation. I sat on an elevated platform at a height of about 10 feet from the ground behind the bushes. Adjacent to the platform, there was a honeybee hive. On the first night itself, there was a lot ...
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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Assassination attempt on rajiv gandh-i (Live footage) - Singh Soorma Bhai Karamjit Singh
Assassination attempt on rajiv gandh-i (Live footage) - Singh Soorma Bhai Karamjit Singh Tube. Duration : 1.55 Mins.
2nd October 1986 marks the day when Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji very nearly assassinated rajiv gandh-i; the son of indira gandh-i who had orchestrated the delhi 1984 massacre. Below is an extract from an interview with Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji: "I knew that killing the Prime Minister of the country wasn`t an easy task, considering the security around him. So, finally, it occurred to me that this plan might be executed on Gandhi Jayanti at the Rajghat- the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi. Now, the main problem was to get high-quality arms and ammunitions. Initially, I tried to get a superior-quality revolver from Punjab, but failed. I settled for a country-made revolver from Shriganganagar (Rajasthan) that cost me Rs 300. I was doing it with the utmost care and confidentiality, but the information was leaked by Punjabi arms suppliers to the police and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) came to know that someone from Punjab might try to shoot at him on Gandhi Jayanti at Rajghat in New Delhi. So commandos were deployed at the Rajghat days before the program. I knew that the security would be tight. So, I made it a point to take my position inside Rajghat about 10 days in advance. I entered Rajghat on September 22 with 35 things necessary for the operation. I sat on an elevated platform at a height of about 10 feet from the ground behind the bushes. Adjacent to the platform, there was a honeybee hive. On the first night itself, there was a lot ...
2nd October 1986 marks the day when Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji very nearly assassinated rajiv gandh-i; the son of indira gandh-i who had orchestrated the delhi 1984 massacre. Below is an extract from an interview with Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji: "I knew that killing the Prime Minister of the country wasn`t an easy task, considering the security around him. So, finally, it occurred to me that this plan might be executed on Gandhi Jayanti at the Rajghat- the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi. Now, the main problem was to get high-quality arms and ammunitions. Initially, I tried to get a superior-quality revolver from Punjab, but failed. I settled for a country-made revolver from Shriganganagar (Rajasthan) that cost me Rs 300. I was doing it with the utmost care and confidentiality, but the information was leaked by Punjabi arms suppliers to the police and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) came to know that someone from Punjab might try to shoot at him on Gandhi Jayanti at Rajghat in New Delhi. So commandos were deployed at the Rajghat days before the program. I knew that the security would be tight. So, I made it a point to take my position inside Rajghat about 10 days in advance. I entered Rajghat on September 22 with 35 things necessary for the operation. I sat on an elevated platform at a height of about 10 feet from the ground behind the bushes. Adjacent to the platform, there was a honeybee hive. On the first night itself, there was a lot ...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
150 mile wardrobe: local fiber, real color, Gandhi economy
150 mile wardrobe: local fiber, real color, Gandhi economy Tube. Duration : 11.68 Mins.
Except for notions (buttons, zippers, etc), everything in Rebecca Burgess' wardrobe has been grown and designed within 150 miles of her home. But until putting her closet on a diet one year ago, nearly all her clothing was produced far from home, and that made her a very typical American. Over the past half century the US textile industry has been decimated. "In 1965, 95% of the clothing in a typical American's closet was made in America," Burgess writes on her blog, "today less than 5% of our clothes are made here." Upset by the outsourcing of the American wardrobe, as well as the disconnect this by the waste produced by the textile industry worldwide (it's the #1 polluter of fresh water on the planet and America's 5th largest polluting industry), Burgess decided she needed to focus public attention on local fabric, in the same way the food movement had done with local food. Inspired by the success of challenges like the 100 Mile Diet, Burgess decided to put her closet on a diet. For six weeks she wore one outfit (created from local rancher Sally Fox's color-grown cotton that Fox had milled back in 1983 before the area lost all of its mills), but then local designers, in collaboration with local farmers, began creating more hand spun/knitted/dyed pieces until her wardrobe had become so complete she even had a naturally-wicking alpaca raincoat. Rebecca calls her experiment the Fibershed Project, because like a foodshed or watershed, her fibershed- the 150 mile radius of ...
Except for notions (buttons, zippers, etc), everything in Rebecca Burgess' wardrobe has been grown and designed within 150 miles of her home. But until putting her closet on a diet one year ago, nearly all her clothing was produced far from home, and that made her a very typical American. Over the past half century the US textile industry has been decimated. "In 1965, 95% of the clothing in a typical American's closet was made in America," Burgess writes on her blog, "today less than 5% of our clothes are made here." Upset by the outsourcing of the American wardrobe, as well as the disconnect this by the waste produced by the textile industry worldwide (it's the #1 polluter of fresh water on the planet and America's 5th largest polluting industry), Burgess decided she needed to focus public attention on local fabric, in the same way the food movement had done with local food. Inspired by the success of challenges like the 100 Mile Diet, Burgess decided to put her closet on a diet. For six weeks she wore one outfit (created from local rancher Sally Fox's color-grown cotton that Fox had milled back in 1983 before the area lost all of its mills), but then local designers, in collaboration with local farmers, began creating more hand spun/knitted/dyed pieces until her wardrobe had become so complete she even had a naturally-wicking alpaca raincoat. Rebecca calls her experiment the Fibershed Project, because like a foodshed or watershed, her fibershed- the 150 mile radius of ...