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Course Program 1. Kamma-Samiddhi Sutta in Classical Macedonian,Malagasy,Malay,Malyalam,Maltese,Maori,Marathi,Mongolian,Myanmar(burmese)

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Пали пеењето на theravada (јужна) будистички училиште како извикуваа од Bhikkhus (монаси) на Abhayagiri будистички манастир. . 1. Namo tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-Matika-Patho4 Випасана-Bhumi-Patho5 Karaniya Metta Sutta6 Anicca Вата sankharaRessources за понатамошни студии:.... Http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … http: //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio и преземената слика од http: //www.abhayagiri.orgMay сите суштества биде ослободен од сите страдања.

55) Classical Malagasy

Navoaka tao amin’ny Jun 27, 2014
Pali mihiaka ny theravada (atsimo) Bodista sekoly toy ny hira ny Bhikkhus (moanina) ao amin’ny Abhayagiri Bodista monasitera. 1. Namo tassa2. Dhammasangani Matika3. Patthana-Matika-Patho4. Vipassana-Bhumi-Patho5. Karaniya Sutta6 Metta. Anicca vata sankharaRessources Ho an’ny fandalinana fanampiny: http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … http: //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio sy ny sary nalaina tao amin’ny http: //www.abhayagiri.orgMay ny olona rehetra ho afaka amin’ny fijaliana rehetra.

56) Classical Malay
56) Melayu Klasik

Published on Jun 27, 2014
Pali berbaur Theravada (selatan) sekolah Buddha sebagai melaungkan oleh bhikkhu (Sami) dari Biara Buddha Abhayagiri. . 1. Namo tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-Matika-Patho4 Vipassana-Bhumi-Patho5 Karaniya Metta Sutta6 Anicca sankharaRessources Vata untuk kajian lebih lanjut:.... Http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … http: //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio dan gambar diambil dari http: //www.abhayagiri.orgMay semua makhluk dibebaskan dari segala penderitaan.

57) Classical Malyalam
57) ക്ലാസിക്കൽ മരക്കലം

ജൂൺ 27, 2014 പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചു
Abhayagiri ബുദ്ധ ആശ്രമം എന്ന പ്രജ്ഞ (സന്യാസികളെ) വഴി രാജവാഴ്ചയുടെ പോലെ തേരവാദ (തെക്കൻ) ബുദ്ധമത സ്കൂൾ കഴിയ്ക്കുമായിരുന്നു പാലി. . 1. നമോ tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-Matika-Patho4 വിമുക്ത-ഭൂമി-Patho5 Karaniya, Rangreejpet Sutta6 കൂടുതൽ പഠനത്തിനായി Anicca Vaţa sankharaRessources:....: Http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B …: http: //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio ചിത്രമെടുക്കുക HTTP നിന്ന് എടുത്ത: //www.abhayagiri.orgMay എല്ലാ ജീവജാലങ്ങളിലും എല്ലാ കഷ്ടതകളിൽ നിന്ന് റിലീസ്.

Ippubblikat fuq 27 Ġunju, 2014
Chanting Pali ta ‘l-iskola Buddhist Theravada (Nofsinhar) kif chanted mill-Bhikkhus (Monks) tal-Abhayagiri Buddisti Monasteru. . 1. Namo tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-MATIKA-Patho4 Vipassana-Bhumi-Patho5 Karaniya Metta Sutta6 Anicca sankharaRessources vata għal aktar studju:.... Http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … http: //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio u stampa meħuda minn http: //www.abhayagiri.orgMay bnedmin kollha jiġu rilaxxati mill-tbatija kollha.

Whakaputaina i runga i Jun 27, 2014
Pali karakia o te theravada (tonga) te kura Putihi rite karakia e nga Bhikkhus (Monks) o te Abhayagiri Buddhist ohu. . 1. Namo tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-Matika-Patho4 Vipassana-Bhumi-Patho5 Karaniya Metta Sutta6 Anicca sankharaRessources vata mō te ako atu:.... Http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … http: kia tukua //www.abhayagiri.orgMay taata katoa i te mamae katoa; //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio me te pikitia i tangohia i te http.

60) Classical Marathi
60) शास्त्रीय मराठी

जून 27, 2014 रोजी प्रकाशित
Abhayagiri बौद्ध मठ Bhikkhus (Monks) यांनी कोरले म्हणून थेरवडा (दक्षिण) बौद्ध शाळा पाली पठाण. . 1. नमो tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-Matika-Patho4 विपश्यना-भूमी-Patho5 Karaniya Metta Sutta6 Anicca वात sankharaRessources पुढील अभ्यासासाठी:.... Http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … HTTP, http: घेतले //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio आणि चित्र: //www.abhayagiri.orgMay सर्व प्राणीमात्रांना सर्व दु सुटका करण्यात.

61) Classical Mongolian
61) уйгаржин монгол

Jun 27, 2014 Нийтэлсэн
Abhayagiri Буддын хийдийн Хуврагууд аа (лам нар) нь дуулж болох Теравада (өмнөд) Бурханы шашны сургуулийн Пали тарнийн уншлага. . 1. намо tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-Matika-Patho4 Випашяна бясалгалын-Bhumi-Patho5 Karaniya Metta Sutta6 Anicca vata sankharaRessources цаашид суралцах нь:.... HTTP: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … HTTP: HTTP авсан //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio болон зураг: //www.abhayagiri.orgMay бүх хүмүүн бүх зовлонгоос чөлөөлөгдөнө.

62) Classical Myanmar(burmese)
62) Classical မြန်မာ (ဗမာ)

62) Classical မြန်မာ (ဗမာ)
62) Classical မြန်မာ (ဗမာ)

Jun 27, 2014 တွင်ထုတ်ဝေသည်
ထို Abhayagiri ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာကျောင်းတိုက်၏ရဟန်းတို့ (ဘုန်းကြီးများ) ကအော်ဟစ်ခဲ့ကြတဲ့အဖြစ်ထေရဝါဒ (တောင်ပိုင်း) ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ buddhist ကျောင်း၏မေတ္တာပို့ပါဠိ။ ။ 1. Namo tassa2 Dhammasangani Matika3 Patthana-Matika-Patho4 ဝိပဿနာ-Bhumi-Patho5 Karaniya မေတ္တာသုတ် Sutta6 နောက်ထပ်လေ့လာမှုအတွက် Anicca vata sankharaRessources: ။ ။ ။ ။ ကို http: //www.dhammatalks.net/Articles/B … ကို http: //issuu.com/erycamel/docs/wat_la…Audio နှင့်ရုပ်ပုံလွှာကို http ထဲက ယူ. : //www.abhayagiri.orgMay အားလုံးသတ္တဝါတွေအားလုံးဒုက္ခဆင်းရဲမှလွတ်မြောက်ကြလိမ့်မည်။

‘It took EC 4 years to admit that EVMs could be hacked’

Court cases

On 25 July 2011, responding to a PIL (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 312 of 2011), Supreme Court of India asked EC to consider request to modify EVMs and respond within 3 months. The petitioner Rajendra Satyanarayan Gilda had alleged that EC
has failed to take any decision despite his repeated representation.
The petitioner suggested that the EVMs should be modified to give a slip
printed with the symbol of the party in whose favour the voter cast his
ballot.^[6]^[21]^[22]^[23]

On 17 January 2012, Delhi High Court in its ruling on Dr. Subramanian Swamy’s Writ Petition (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 11879 of 2009) challenging the use of EVMs in the present form said that EVMs are not “tamper-proof”. Further, it said that it is “difficult” to issue any directions to the EC in this regard. However, the court added that the EC should itself hold wider consultations with the executive, political parties and other stake holders on the matter.^[5]^[5]

Dr Swamy appealed against Delhi High Court’s refusal to order a VVPAT
system in Supreme Court. On 27 September 2012, Election Commission’s
advocate Ashok Desai submitted to a Supreme Court bench of Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi
that field trial for VVPAT system is in progress and that a status
report will be submitted by early January 2013. Desai said that on
pressing of each vote, a paper receipt will be printed, which will be
visible to the voters inside a glass but cannot be taken out of the
machine. To this, Dr Swamy replied that the new system was acceptable to
him. The Supreme Court posted the matter for further hearing to 22
January 2013.^[24]^[25]

Introduction of voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT)

On 8 October 2010 Election Commission
appointed an expert technical committee headed by Prof PV Indiresan
(former Director of IIT-M) when at an all-party meeting majority of
political parties backed the proposal to have a VVPAT in EVMs to counter the charges of tampering. The committee was tasked to examine the possibility of introduction of paper trail so that voters can get a printout that will show symbol of the party to which the vote was cast.^[7] After studying the issue, the committee recommended introduction of VVPAT system.^[27]

Just 2 days after Delhi High Court judgement saying EVMs are not “tamper-proof”,^[5] Election Commission on 19 January 2012 ordered Electronics Corporation of India Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to make EVMs that will generate a “paper trail” of the vote cast. BEL CMD Anil Kumar said: “The new EVMs’ paper trail should make the poll process safer and tamper-proof.
EC has given us its requirement for EVMs and work is on to incorporate
new features. The EVM software will be modified and a printer attached
to it. When you cast a vote, the serial number and “some data” will be
generated as a printout. It is to ensure that there is no malpractice in
the voting system. “ It appears that, when the voter presses the
button for the candidate of his choice in the EVM, a paper ballot with
the serial number, name and symbol of the candidate will be printed.^[31]
The printouts will be used later to cross check the voting data stored
in the EVMs. Talking about other features in new EVMs, he said the
machines will be more rugged and smaller in size but with more computing
power.^[8]^[32]

Tampering with electronic voting machines

Some forms of electoral fraud specific to electronic voting machines
are listed below. Recent research at Argonne National Laboratories
demonstrates that if a malicious actor is able to gain physical access
to a voting machine, it can be a simple process to manipulate certain
electronic voting machines, such as the Diebold Accuvote TS, by
inserting inexpensive, readily available electronic components inside
the machine.^[28]^[29]

^{http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ls-election-it-took-ec-4-years-to-admit-that-evms-could-be-hacked/20140314.htm}

‘It took EC 4 years to admit that EVMs could be hacked’

They take care of these things:
1) they never hack state assembly
elections. who cares state assemblies, supreme court, vigilance, CBI,
ED everything is at central hand. those r enough to secure their looting
spree.

3)
they dont do rampant hacking, c0ngress only needs seats between 160 to
210 on its own to rule the nation. the remaining seats wud come from its
slave tentacles (parties).

The real force who manipulates the_CONgress_ party are happy. They care a hoot for the assembly results

The best case to
prove the hacking is how P Chidambram won by 1000 votes after losing by
big margin. There simply cannot be a counting mistake by an electronic
voting machine. In an ideal scenario, it will produce the same count
whether you do it 100 or 1000 times. But the second time, the
manipulated EMVs were used to count, to win him the MP seat.

The “Ugly face” of the ECI: Arrest of Hari Prasad for “sting demonstration”

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66 Responses to “The “Ugly face” of the ECI: Arrest of Hari Prasad for “sting demonstration””

lenin Says:

August 21st, 2010 at 3:49 PM

The ECI ugly action itself shows the that EvMs haveen manipulated
and it is in fear of being exposed.Fair and honest elections are lifine
to demcracy.the elections should be conducted in transparent and
verifiable manner.Black box voting is unconstittuinal and is dangerous
to democracy.Black box model DRE voting is unconstitutional as this
voting process is secret to voter himself!!!!Unless papaer trails are
used these are cheating machines.I want to know whether my vote really
casted to my candiadate.Even if those machines are honest they have
technical failures due to lot of other factors effect on electronic
divices.Many polling stations showed the failure of EVMs in middle.Votes
polled upto then were reset and deleted !!!.ECI actions shows its fear
of being exposed.Truth can not be suppressed for ever.There are millions
of people to in support of Hariprasad.What more can ECI do in democracy
where people active and protest.I will be ready to be the next person
to continue fight against black voting.Elcetions are for the people and
democracy not for the employment of public sector EVM assembling
companies like ECIL , BEL and not for those american back end chip
making companies which get billion doller contracts.I support Hari
prasad.ECI ahs used older EVMs in andhra which does not have time
stamp!!then this EVM data can be erased in seconds and freshly voted in
two hours using a multi meter like divice as ballot unit!!!
Arunkumar Says:

August 21st, 2010 at 5:21 PM

ECI has once again proved beyond doubts that we are living in a
camouflaged Aristocracy rather than Democracy; it’s pathetic to see the
most supreme body of India to resort to such a heinous act. Now is the
time for all those Technically qualified Indians to come forward to
support the cause Mr. Hari Prasad has started. This act of unwarranted
arrest is an axe to the so called democracy. Please join hands to save
India
Surendera M. Bhanot Says:

August 21st, 2010 at 6:22 PM

The story is very disturbing. I urge the RTI Activists to file RTI
Applications with all those matters in this case to expose their
designs. This is a another blow to the “Whistle-Blower”.
Sujeet Says:

August 21st, 2010 at 9:37 PM

ECI has to answer the question of vulnerability of the electronic
balloting system. Staging this kind of arrest of a person who is only
trying to strengthen the system is foolish and illegal. Any weakness in
the election system can easily be exploited by the political party in
power. This will not serve the democratic system.
Dinesh Chanchalani Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 6:29 AM

This is totally shocking! And expected!
Shame on the ECI, which has become part of the sycophant brigade!!
B. Rajendran Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 6:52 AM

Shame. Govt. officers are ambassadors between people and
government. But, once they entered into public service in all level and
all departments,they are acting as a masters. The government servants
should be separated from the politicians a law.
Kalpesh Sharma Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 6:55 AM

Hariprasad is arrested… This proves now very clearly that EVM’s
were truely tampered and the election commission of india is now
misusing their powers by arresting the common indian citizens.

I have a doubt? Has Indian Citizens got independence where such
misuse of powers and position are being done? I think that pre-1947, we
were ruled by Britishers and post-1947 Congress is ruling us? And we
Indian Fools are celebrating 15th August with great hapiness. This
question is for every Indian Citizen: Are you truely and honestly
speaking living in a democratic and Independant Country? Ask your
children this question? You will get the answer for yourself.

Congress has come upto this level of doing the crime and misusing
their powers on general public. I never assumed this. Now it seems like
this message should be sent to every citizen across the nation. And who
the hell is this ECI Chief Election Commissioner?
B. Rajendran Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 6:59 AM

# B. Rajendran Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
August 22nd, 2010 at 6:52 AM

Shame. Govt. officers are ambassadors between people and government.
But, once they entered into public service in all level and all
departments,they are acting as a masters. The government servants should
be separated from the politicians by law.
Saurabh Adhikari Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 10:03 AM

EVMs are not tamper-proof anywhere..from India to the US. We need
to make them better. Improved them as best as we can and that depends on
who all may help us by understanding its vulnerabilities. As a CEC, I
would have asked Hari Prasad and others to be part of an inclusive ECI
team instead of harassing t=him and others. Unless one has something to
hide, such actions discredit national institutions. Its likely that they
may have a “WMD” like case against Hari Prasad. But haven’t we learnt
that the abuse of power can put the whole world at risk? Hari Prasad has
done well to take the stance he has taken and it may help expose ECI
further.
Lenin Babu Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 10:30 AM

The pillars of Democracy are its Institutions. If this institution
(ECI) does not come clean on this episode… people will loose faith in
the democratic system. Why ECI doesn’t want to accept shortcomings in
its EVMs and come clean?

Many countries have abolished EVMs due to the possibilities of
manipulation. Why don’t we revert back to Paper Balloting till EVM are
probed by by a committee of members from all National and Regional
Parties?
Sanjay Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 1:23 PM

EVMs are better than paper ballots.

That’s all that matters.

How many people in India have the technical expertise to hack an EVM in the manner disclosed in your “sting” ? 5 ? 10 ?

Do you really want us to go back to the dirty old days of booth capturing and ballot stuffing ?

You Sir, are a fear-monger.
kakim Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 1:31 PM

The instruction would have come from both Home Ministry and the
ECI to arrest Hariprasad. The government should ban these EVMs
immediately.
Electronic Voting Researcher Arrested Over Anonymous Source Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 1:44 PM

[…] any good has come from this, it’s that there has been an
outpouring of support for Hari. He has received positive messages from
people all over […]
Narasimha Rao Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 2:52 PM

Dear Mr. Sanjay,

Like you, until some months ago, we all thoughts
that EVMs were a good thing that happened. But the facts that have
surfaced and the international developments show that we were unwise and
uninformed. There is plenty of evidence now which shows that EVMs pose a
threat. All over the world EVMs like the one we are using have been
rejected..Germany, Netherlands, Ireland and most states in the U.S. to
name a few. Come on, should we not be alert to such dangers to
democracy? Should we merely trust them because they are machines? With
paper ballots, you know booth capturing has happened because ordinary
voters can see. How would you know if electronic booth capturing happens
in an invisible manner. Paperless voting has been rejected all over the
world and India has to follow suit. Is in’t better to safeguard
yourself (even if it earns the epithet of fear mongering) rather than be
shocked to find yet another scam in a country where they happen
routinely. Wake up to the hard realities, my friend. Look up at our
website to get more details.
Pawan Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 2:55 PM

Mr. Sanjay, you said

“EVMs are better than paper ballots.
That’s all that matters.
How many people in India have the technical expertise to hack an EVM in the manner disclosed in your “sting” ? 5 ? 10 ?
Do you really want us to go back to the dirty old days of booth capturing and ballot stuffing ?
You Sir, are a fear-monger.”

But why arrest the person who is trying to get the
authorities’ attention to perfect the machine? That looks like bullying
by the powerful. Who is really spreading fear here? The powerful. You
must be one of them Mr. Sanjay.
Deepak Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 PM

We agree with the above findings. It was very evident that scam
has existing for last 5 years. The first misuse is seen in 2004
election.

I am also victim of one Scam in which I have lost my life savings due to congress.
Augosto Pinochet Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 6:17 PM

Looks like we are heading for the days of emergency of 1975.
Congress party consists of mainly Nehruvian Stalinists who want to keep
thier hold on power no matter what the cost.

One Hari Prasad may be arrested and silenced, but there are many more
Hari Prasads in our country who will keep the flag of Indian democracy
high.

God bless India
Jo Dean Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 8:14 PM

Stupid cops, go arrest the REAL crooks, the politicians themselves!

Lou
http://www.privacy-tools.eu.tc
Bharat Says:

August 22nd, 2010 at 10:21 PM

GVL boss,

You guys have done a great job, now I guess it is upto the political
setup in India to continue on the great work and get rid of evm’s. I
have one question though it might seem out of context. You have a 13
party memorandum on EVM’s. Did you have any success in getting more
parties to sign it. I am surprised that TRS, BSP and many others have
still not signed it. But irrespective of that, roping in more parties
for this cause will do it good, wont it??
Manish Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 12:04 AM

I request this website to start a petition demanding the release of Mr. Hari Prasad ASAP.
dharmendra Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 12:26 AM

There is no coverage of this news by any media channel …

we owe the responsibility to spread this news ….
Hijacking Elections IT-Style | Chronosynclastic Infundibulum Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 2:23 AM

[…] Welcome to India, a country whose democracy has been bought
and paid for. Anyone trying to rock that boat will not be tolerated.
[…]
Doug Webb Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 2:46 AM

Sounds like free and fair elections do not and cannot happen in India. Too bad the world’s largest democracy isn’t!
v Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 2:53 AM

Im from Florida in the US, remember what happened in Florida. The
EVM’s in florida had results where certain races there were undervotes
where no vote was recorded in certain races in some races up to 5%
undervote other people complained that touched one candidate button only
to have the other show up. Florida is a fairly honest state but in the
year 2000 , the margin that elected Bush was only 535 votes in Florida.

This was such an issue(with the lack of a paper receipt) that Florida
in 2006 switched from touchscreen EVM to optical scan balloting where
people would mark on paper ballots which would be scanned into the
computers.
a b Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 AM

The very fact that the EVMs can be compromised brings into question all the election results.
@Pawan…it’s not a question of how many people can do it. The question
is are politicians “capable” of doing. Why not? Election Commission
of India should use the wisdom of the researchers in making these EVMs
better and not shoot the messenger!
Bala Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 6:04 AM

Guys,
this is how congi won in andhra last time, no way they cld have got 33
of 42 seats in lok sabha. it is ok to use EVM, but what is the proof
that the button i press registers the vote for the party i actually am
voting for, we need a print receipt like ATM or some other proof to show
that the vote went for the correct party
Jaidev Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 7:26 AM

This is India. Are you surprised? The bureaucrats and politicians
supposed to be running the show have no clue about technology, free
speech, or human rights. Money runs the show.

Don’t rock the boat, pay your friendly politicians and policemen
their monthly bribes, shut up and get to work. And we dare dream of
challenging China.
dnate Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 7:40 AM

where do i donate?
Moosia Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 AM

Follow the money. Find out how who stands to benefit from EMV implementations, and see how it’s tied to the EC.
Ram Kumar Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 9:42 AM

Any type of Black Box electronic voting system can and will always be manipulated.

The Indian EVM’s can be easily made more reliable by adding a simple ticket printer that prints a small ballot with:

1. Election symbol of the candidate
2. Name of the candidate

Then the voter can verify the vote and drop it in the vote box.
Tabulation can be made both electronically and by counting the vote
tickets. This will create a fool proof voting system.

Conditions for Real Democracy
——————————
For real democracy to exist the following conditions are required:

1. Real currency system, means the currency issuer has obligation to
supply the quantity of commodity “that will sustain life” eg. food,
mentioned on the currency on resumption of the currency.

2. Largest 3 media companies in the country should be owned by public
membership. ie. Any adult citizen can buy a single membership and vote
in electing the management of the media company.

3. All political parties should be membership based and the
membership fee should be sufficient for the functioning of the political
party without accepting donations.

4. Teaching staff in the Universities of the country should reflect
the same approximate demographic proportion as the general population.
If we allow any ethic group to exceed their numeric strength as
university teachers – through nepotism they will put their kin in key
bureaucratic positions and eventually take control of the government and
subvert democracy.

5. 90% literacy rate among the population of the country.
संदीप नारायण शेळके Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 10:13 AM

Namaste Shri Rao,
I show my support to Shri Hari Prasad and will try my level best to bring this to the wider public.

Can I use your article for republishing it on blog?

Dhanywad!

Jai Bharat!
Amitabh Ranjan Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 AM

Can someone please provide a link to the ECI feedback page (or
similar) so that readers can post comments to them protesting against
this ?
ashok pai Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 10:55 AM

this is government subverting democracy at its best
SS Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 11:07 AM

As unacceptable as the arrest is, I agree with Sanjay …. Anyone
who has lived through the days of booth-capturing, rigging, false voting
etc. can vouch for the comparitive improvement today.

Yes, EVMs can be tampered with (and thanks to you guys to bringing it
out in the public eye – real proof beyond the mere unsupported claims
till then) – but it requires technology that has not yet made it
mainstream in India – and for now it largely works. Margins of victory
are closing in, we observe manifestations of incumbency (and voter
apathy) in almost every election – and in general we hear much less of
guns during elections than we used to!

Unsurprisingly, the major parties you see opposing the EVMs today are
the exact same ones that were most prolific in the booth-capturing days
(not that any party was above it – each had their own areas where they
were strong).

Having said all that — I hope the EC takes their heads out of their
*rses, accept the flaws and works with the acaedemic community &
manufacturers to close the issues as far as possible instead of such
wasteful strong-arm tactics to supress people / information.

Here’s hoping and wishing …..
Sagar Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 11:18 AM

This send out all the wrong signals to responsible people wanting
to contribute to the government machinery. If we so boisterously claim
to be the world’s largest democracy (sic) then Hari Prasad’s arrest
shouldn’t be tolerated.
Tejaswy Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Well,
India is a democratic country, It is not that he will go into a blackhole without a trail.
In the word of Bhagat Singh who launched the smoke bomb in the british
india parliament “if we are caught, there will be a case, if there is a
case then there will be a trail, it takes a loud voice to make the deaf
hear”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh#Bomb_in_the_assembly

I am not too worried. Even if he is charged with stealing the EVM,
Under IPC Sections 381, It has a small amount to pay as bail. I guess he
can afford this amount.
None the less he has broke the codes and ethics of research,that is if he has indeed stolen the EVM.

Don’t get me wrong I appreciate the work done by him, But please
understand, You just cannot break the law and hope to get away with it
even if you are doing it for good.
This would have been the same case for him if he had stolen a EVM in the US or anyother country.

I hope that this case brings out the flaw in the voting machine and it will be rectified.
Ironically BJP has been crying “foul” on the voting machine since they have been incepted.
http://videos.sify.com/EVMs-have-become-Electronic-Victory-Machines-for-Cong-BJP-ISTREAM-watch-jkwpObhifhe.html
Tejaswy Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 11:49 AM

I might have got the sections of IPC wrong.

A website tells me it is Sec 379 of IPC, the punishment goes from 6 months to 7 years.

You get the point don’t you?
Ajay Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 12:27 PM

The new sepoy is proving his loyalty to the Queen.

I humbly repeat, the only way to tackle the stolen mandate of the LS
May 2009 elections is to file more number of candidates, way higher than
the limit of 64.
The BEL and ECIL may improve this to 128 . Even then, the major
political parties could easily out maneuver this rigged system. A
deposit of Rs 10,000 * 128 works out tu less than thirteen lakhs rupees.
Are we so naive that we spend lakhs of ruppees to campaign in the
assembly and the LS and crores to obtain that elusive “Form A” or the
seat and then can’t spend a tiny sum of thirteen lakhs? The friends of
the UPA, when they start losing out in the state, will also join the
bandwagon. Such manipulation would not be possible in this years Bihar
polls, but could surely occur in WB next year, leaving Mamata Banerjee
holding a lantern.

With this action of arresting Shri Hari Prasad, the state of mind of
the EC can be clearly seen. Time and era for “Emergency” type measures
is up, but the sepoys that be, seem to be stuck in a time warp.

The opposition must come to the aid of Shri Hari Prasad and rid the nation of this menace of rigged EVMs.
John Gilmore Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 1:48 PM

Many people who expose insecurity in deployed systems are
initially treated like criminals by the people who fielded those
systems. However, they usually realize pretty early in the process that
they are unlikely to win in front of a jury, and meanwhile the public
decides that the authority is merely bullying its critics, possibly to
hide its mistakes or to avoid responsibility.

For example, the Boston MBTA (subway system) sued MIT students who
wrote a paper provocatively titled to ride free forever – and even got a
judge to suppress their paper. But the security researchers got good
lawyers, got the unconstitutional gag order rescinded, and in the end,
the MBTA and the students settled the case by agreeing that the students
would help the MBTA improve the security of the system. Which was the
goal of both sides in the first place.
See: https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/12/22
HVP Urs Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 2:35 PM

“To call the ECI’s bluff, Hari Prasad and team have demonstrated the tamperability of EVMs on an EVM made available to them.”

Who provided the EVM?
When was it done?
How was it carried out?

“If the stings done by media are a legitimate method of information gathering, so is this sting demonstration.”

THEFT cannot be treated in the same category!

“security researchers to expose vulnerabilities of absurd claims of
“perfect” and “tamper proof” electronic voting systems.” – If changes
are made to a design – to prove a point; this one is an example.
HVP Urs Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 3:45 PM

There is another blog, which is equally interesting. link is provided for your perusal. Better sense should prevail.

“http://blogs.newsx.com/saeednaqvi/2010/06/26/electronic-voting-machines-tamperable/”
HVP Urs Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 PM

The following link is another one for your study. A wake up call.

http://www.webandall.net/education/iit-2009-evtwote-10-panel-on-indias-electronic-voting-machine/
Sameer Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 5:58 PM

Indian establishment is no different from the British
establishment before independence… I was reading about the british rule
some days back during Independence day and thought.. our present govt is
no less.
These politicians are sucking the blood out of the people and the only
farce of democracy the elections are being hacked away by the corrupt
‘con’gress.
Hope the voice of people if heard by our sold out media dn pressure put
on police to release Mr Hari Prasad and hope the end of EVMs comes soon,
I also hope the stupid Quereshi is sacked.
KG Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 7:11 PM

The research involved had a very fundamental premise that was
flawed i.e. that physical access to the EVM is very easy to have, and
that tampered EVMs can be taken in and out of government warehouses very
easily, and that corrupt officials or criminals with inside access
could easily influence the result. Makes for a great academic paper, but
in the real world absolutely no system is invulnerable to corrupt
insiders, including paper ballots. What the EC has done is to build in
multiple checks and balances at various stages to make the system
redundant as much as possible. To claim that all of them will fail is a
smear job.

In the western world it will draw a lot of eyeballs, and the
narrative of a 3rd world government trying to hide something will
immediately catch on. But what has the EC exactly done? Physical
protection of the EVM is a cornerstone of the system. And it has filed
an FIR against a person who has illegally acquired one. Can IndiaEVM
point to any instance of research done to expose the vulnerabilities of
EVMs abroad based on illegally acquired hardware?

If it were so sure that EVMs were vulnerable, then why did it have to
resort to illegally breaking the exact system the EC has put in place.
India has a functioning judicial system independent of the EC, then why
didnt IndiaEVM follow the legal route to get the access it wanted.
Demanding improvements to the EVM based process, and illegally acquiring
one to make physical hardware alterations are entirely different
propositions.
Siva Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 7:28 PM

I agree that vulnerability in EVM is not good for the country. But
I don’t agree returning to paper ballot is a fool proof/Efficient way
as well. We need to fix the vulnerabilities and continue. We need to
quit complaining about corrupt politicians and bureaucracy. EVM’s
security standards must be open and available for public scrutiny. An
open standard democratic way to resolve the problem. India is a young
country.
Roy Says:

August 23rd, 2010 at 8:44 PM

Please take support of some politicians who are critical of EVMs.
For instance Mamata Banerjee is a vocal critic of the EVMs. Hopefully
media pressure and support of some politicians will result in Mr Hari
Prasad being freed. It is a shameful day for Indian democracy and
research mileu.
Links 24/8/2010: Many Android Tablets, OpenSolaris Board Disbands | Techrights Says:

August 24th, 2010 at 12:21 PM

[…] The “Ugly face” of the ECI: Arrest of Hari Prasad for “sting
demonstration” Reliable sources tell us that the Election Commission of
India had pressurized the Maharashtra police to press for Hari Prasad’s
arrest on charges of stealing the EVM used for exposing the
vulnerability of EVMs. The ECI’s intent becomes evident from the fact
that they had instructed the police not to share a copy of the FIR with
Hari Prasad to deny him an opportunity to move an anticipatory bail
application. Hari Prasad did mange to get a copy of the FIR later but
decided to court arrest if necessary rather than seek anticipatory bail.
[…]
Vibhu Says:

August 24th, 2010 at 1:08 PM

@tejaswy
Do not talk like a loser.. If things like stealing for good is bad..
then why did we fight for freedom it was against the laws of that time
.. be logical don’t try to be Mahatma and preach bullshit here..

I feel HARI did the right thing.. why dint the government/ ECI itself
gave away the machines to hackers and security researchers for
researching the loopholes if they were so sure it was tamper proof..coz
they wan to keep the tampering secret to themselves so that they can
drink and be merry..
kayveeb Says:

August 24th, 2010 at 2:15 PM

I have read the paper that has been released by the researchers
and they have clearly described the EVM architecture and its
vulnarabilities,
The indian government should strive to rectify these shortcomings rather than defending them.

The arrest of Hari is a pure political action. We all should commend it.
Geeva Says:

August 24th, 2010 at 2:43 PM

I think the method ramkumar has said will be the useful moderation
for EVM. Printing the tickets and dropping it in vote box would be a
good suggestion.
Srinivas Says:

August 24th, 2010 at 2:48 PM

Whoever thought the EVMs cannot be tampered. If you have physical
access to the machine, obviously you can tamper it. Ask any network
security guy and he would tell you if you have the physical access to
your computer not even GOD can save you even you have the best of
security mechanisms.
What guarantee that if you have paper ballots cannot be replaced? The EVMs are as safe or unsafe as paper ballots.
What you guys should be proving is, during the whole election process
how anybody can fiddle with EVMs and get the result in someone’s favor.
What Hariprasad has done is a mini-project in an engineering course. No great shakes.
But I am all for any improvement in the system which will help in conducting free and fair elections.
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August 24th, 2010 at 7:13 PM

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sgs Says:

August 24th, 2010 at 7:42 PM

the correct argument is not “how many people have expertise to
hack the EVM” that is an incorrect argument. Indian EVM doesn’t have any
good footprint to detect fraud. The thing is it should make it
uneconomical to hack into EVM. And should have good foot print to detect
any possible fraud. people should be able to verify thier votes.
Sad State Says:

August 24th, 2010 at 9:04 PM

The press report from Times Of India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Man-who-stole-EVM-in-Mumbai-held-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/6398910.cms

paints the computer scientist as a thief.

I don’t think media like Times of India will come to Mr Hari Prasad’s
rescue. Who will sponsor ? This is the decade of “Paid News” invented
by Times of India themselves.
Pradeepchandar Says:

August 25th, 2010 at 10:06 AM

story is heard and famous all over. Government should release Hari
Immediately and a public apology for these stupid action. Government
want to take his advice or not its upto them. He did his job as an
Indian citizen and a professional. Screw other things..
GIJoe Says:

August 25th, 2010 at 2:50 PM

While I do believe that the machines should be made available to
researchers to improve the robustness of their design and rectify any
flaws, I also believe that all tools have flaws and I do regards EVMs as
a step forward. There has to be an authority u got to trust and we have
to trust EC in case of elections. Even if the machine is tamper proof
in the hands of a corrupt official its useless. The chain is as weak as
the weakest link. As far as physical tampering at voting booths is
concerned, the sophistication of methods involved almost completly
eliminates that option.
baddy Says:

August 25th, 2010 at 4:57 PM

end of democracy in india…………areest all politicians and kick their butts
настройка strong dc « Эхо блогосферы Says:

August 25th, 2010 at 5:16 PM

[…] Narasimha Rao пишет: Last week, international experts in
computer security have concluded in a workshop held in Washington D.C on
August 9 and 10 that the Indian EVMs do not provide the security,
verifiability, or transparency adequate for confidence in election …..
Unsurprisingly, the major parties you see opposing the EVMs today are
the exact same ones that were most prolific in the booth-capturing days
(not that any party was above it – each had their own areas where they
were strong) . … […]
seetharaman Says:

August 25th, 2010 at 8:53 PM

What surprises me is that electronic media which exposes small
time frauds like Common Wealth Games has royally ignored this shocking
fruad on the entire Citizenry and perhaps we are being ruled by those
who did not win elections by fair means at all. This also shows that
these Reasearchers have not given proper publicity to their selfless
work. Whatever may be the reason, it is time to go to Supreme Court and
expose these Voting Machine Fraud and do everything to make the voting
public know about this fraud.
meg Says:

August 25th, 2010 at 9:05 PM

This is a sad thing, I have come across. As an responsible citizen
of INDIA have always felt that my vote counts.Insisted of arresting
and making fool, I think it would be better to take inhouse (within
country) experts help and make thing better the best!!! Stop wasting
everybody’s time, its now the time to work for the betterment.
Truth seeker Says:

August 26th, 2010 at 9:27 AM

Why is congress and election commission scared?: Look, to generate
faith, EC can invite people like Halderman and Hari Prasad and ensure
that machines are tamper proof. But strangely, they seem scared.

The case should be taken to Supreme Court and this whole business of fraud should be exposed.

I strongly suspect there is EC fraud. We do not want to find this in
10 years are so, when most of these leaders are in their graves.

Whatever the truth should come out.
P N V Krishnan Says:

August 26th, 2010 at 4:45 PM

The Blackberries,the Ipads etc are not tamper proof .Then why
should the EVM developed in India almost 10 years back, be expected top
be tamper proof.
The EC and the Govt must agree that these machines are not 100% tamper
proof. The paper trail is the best .Regarding booth capturing etc , it
is prevalent even with the EVMs. Nobody can stop a powerful candidate
from capturing the machines and pressing the right buttons any number of
times.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and it is true in any system.
Ganesh Says:

August 28th, 2010 at 1:07 PM

I have read the report by the three member team on the risks of
EVM. one thing i found was that it is not possible to tamper with it
without acces to the machine. it is obvious that the moment a fraudster
gets access to a machine it is possible to tamper with it. changing the
CHIP or the memory devise is possible even in remote circumstances. what
you can probably have is an auto delete / auto destroy option if there
is any kind of tampering. i am sure there are solutions to it. so the so
called VETA / researchers etc can do is not to create panic and aim for
cheap publicity.
raj Says:

August 29th, 2010 at 8:43 PM

The arrest of Hari Prasad had once again proved that ECI has been
shook hard and it no more could face the ample evidence shown by experts
like hariprasad.. So they have gone to the extent of arresting him..
Such kind of arrest will not intimidate determined persons..

Some one said, booth capture is not possible in EVM.. they did not
understand that in the case of booth capture, the parties need to print
so many ballot papers, for the rigging, which costs them enormous, in
terms of printing, handling, transporting secretly, capturing the booth
and replacing its own rigged votes..

But in case of EVMs, all one needs is just to change the memory data,
which in any way is NOT a difficult task in present world.

In the case of ballot papers, we can physically verify the ballot
papers in case of rigging.. In case of error in counting, each and every
vote can be retraced back..

In case of EVM, this is not possible.. individual vote is NOT
physically existing and cannot be verified.. when some one changes
memory data before counting, no one can find it or trace back..

So technically, there is no need for booth capturing in EVMs.. what
one needs are access to the place where EVMs are stored, where they can
change the memory data, in all the EVMs over night..
And common sense tells, that it is NOT difficult to get this access, if
the ruling party wishes.. Just a small hole in a storehouse, or just
few minutes of opening the door to allow conspirators in, who would
silently do all the data manipulation and then get back..

Such a rigging does not need any physical data to handle.. a small
piece of electronic device for changing the data is enough, and it can
be done by one or two persons..

The possibility of rigging in EVMs are very largescale and highly sophisticated to be detected by ordinary persons..

I need not tell about other possibilities, where the data can be rigged even by counting machines..

But the point is that EVM’s are more potentially riggable..
K.C. Suresh Says:

September 9th, 2010 at 8:06 AM

EVM is not fools proof is evident from the words of”Last week,
international experts in computer security have concluded in a workshop
held in Washington D.C on August 9 and 10 that the Indian EVMs do not
provide the security, verifiability, or transparency adequate for
confidence in election results, the Election Commission of India. (Read
the letter
here:http://www.usenix.org/events/evtwote10/final-letter-eci.pdf)”.
ECI must be fair and it should appear like that. Otherwise the
whole system will collapse. The perfection always rests at hard disks.
So let us go back to the Ballots. No EVM is necessary if there is a 1%
error possibility.
Like Rama the ECI must be fair to Nation. Let your honest, trust
worthy, loving Seetha shaped EVM to seperate. That is Indian model of
honesty and public interest. Don’t show over enthousiastic trappies,
which is not expected from an independent fair and impartial system like
ECI.
akshada Says:

September 10th, 2010 at 5:12 PM

Above information is only half truth.police wants only a name of
people who had given machine to him. but he is not ready to dispose
name. lator on he said he got machine from shobha Bachhav and her
husband from nashik who is working as social activist. police are doing
enquiry of these people.
During election collector has oppointed a retired tahsildar to
see all activities related to EVM and 10 outsider temporary people were
working under him. they didn’t keep the record.worst thing is all
machines were on open ground below one tree whitout any security,infront
of collector office mumbai.any one can steal it. collector knew
this.Every day she was passing by, she saw it. At that time no one got
importance of this machine. and now they are making issue. main thing is
while loging complaint she has written, machine was stollen from
godown.it may be stollen from open ground.collector transfered to
mantralaya as a joint secretory.
Now present people working in collector office are not taking
resposbility. bcoz they were not appointed for EVM. now let me tell who
is responsible for this from collector office?

Present collector has suspended 4 people from collector office
just bcoz currently they are working on EVM. how stupid action this
is.just to show the ECI that he has taken action. but one of these four
one is filed case in court against illegal suspension aganist
court.present collector realy did unjustice with these people.
hari prasad is right in his place. according to police he know the name of person and not telling to police.

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