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> It is victory of truth, says Harbhajan's mother

> CHANDIGARH, January 29: It was celebration time at Harbhajan's Singh's
> house in Jalandhar on Tuesday, with his mother terming the dropping of
> racial abuse charges against her son as the "victory of truth".

> "I am very happy today. It is the victory of truth," Avtar Kaur said
> in Jalandhar.

> "I was anxious before the verdict came, but now I am more at peace,"
> Kaur, who was struggling to hold back her tears, said.

> It is victory of truth, says Harbhajan's mother

> CHANDIGARH, January 29: It was celebration time at Harbhajan's Singh's
> house in Jalandhar on Tuesday, with his mother terming the dropping of
> racial abuse charges against her son as the "victory of truth".

> "I am very happy today. It is the victory of truth," Avtar Kaur said
> in Jalandhar.

> "I was anxious before the verdict came, but now I am more at peace,"
> Kaur, who was struggling to hold back her tears, said.

> She said the family would go to a nearby gurudwara to pay obeisance
> and thank the almighty.

> "I knew God was with us and I had full faith that my son would come
> out clean," she said.

> Kaur said Harbhajan would be calling her later in the day and she
> would wish him and the team good luck for the forthcoming ODI series.

> "The unity shown by the team, who rallied behind Harbhajan, is highly
> commendable. The board, too, fully backed him up and the support he
> got from everyone, including people of this country and the media,
> gave him strength," she said.

> Kaur, who said she did not care much about minor penalty imposed on
> Harbhajan, also felt the verdict would give a "new strength" to the
> whole team, which would help them put even better performance in the
> upcoming triangular series.

> Well-wishers and Harbhajan's fans thronged his house with boxes of
> sweets and planned to celebrate in the evening.

> "We are planning a party in the evening and everybody will perform
> bhangra," a relative of the cricketer said.

> It is victory of truth, says Harbhajan's mother

> CHANDIGARH, January 29: It was celebration time at Harbhajan's Singh's
> house in Jalandhar on Tuesday, with his mother terming the dropping of
> racial abuse charges against her son as the "victory of truth".

> "I am very happy today. It is the victory of truth," Avtar Kaur said
> in Jalandhar.

> "I was anxious before the verdict came, but now I am more at peace,"
> Kaur, who was struggling to hold back her tears, said.

> She said the family would go to a nearby gurudwara to pay obeisance
> and thank the almighty.

> "I knew God was with us and I had full faith that my son would come
> out clean," she said.

> Kaur said Harbhajan would be calling her later in the day and she
> would wish him and the team good luck for the forthcoming ODI series.

> "The unity shown by the team, who rallied behind Harbhajan, is highly
> commendable. The board, too, fully backed him up and the support he
> got from everyone, including people of this country and the media,
> gave him strength," she said.

> Kaur, who said she did not care much about minor penalty imposed on
> Harbhajan, also felt the verdict would give a "new strength" to the
> whole team, which would help them put even better performance in the
> upcoming triangular series.

> Well-wishers and Harbhajan's fans thronged his house with boxes of
> sweets and planned to celebrate in the evening.

> "We are planning a party in the evening and everybody will perform
> bhangra," a relative of the cricketer said.

> > It is victory of truth, says Harbhajan's mother

> > CHANDIGARH, January 29: It was celebration time at Harbhajan's Singh's
> > house in Jalandhar on Tuesday, with his mother terming the dropping of
> > racial abuse charges against her son as the "victory of truth".

> > "I am very happy today. It is the victory of truth," Avtar Kaur said
> > in Jalandhar.

> > "I was anxious before the verdict came, but now I am more at peace,"
> > Kaur, who was struggling to hold back her tears, said.

> > She said the family would go to a nearby gurudwara to pay obeisance
> > and thank the almighty.

> > "I knew God was with us and I had full faith that my son would come
> > out clean," she said.

> > Kaur said Harbhajan would be calling her later in the day and she
> > would wish him and the team good luck for the forthcoming ODI series.

> > "The unity shown by the team, who rallied behind Harbhajan, is highly
> > commendable. The board, too, fully backed him up and the support he
> > got from everyone, including people of this country and the media,
> > gave him strength," she said.

> > Kaur, who said she did not care much about minor penalty imposed on
> > Harbhajan, also felt the verdict would give a "new strength" to the
> > whole team, which would help them put even better performance in the
> > upcoming triangular series.

> > Well-wishers and Harbhajan's fans thronged his house with boxes of
> > sweets and planned to celebrate in the evening.

> > "We are planning a party in the evening and everybody will perform
> > bhangra," a relative of the cricketer said.

> Interesting, I thought that Monkey wasn't a problem in India.

> CDK

> > It is victory of truth, says Harbhajan's mother

> > CHANDIGARH, January 29: It was celebration time at Harbhajan's Singh's
> > house in Jalandhar on Tuesday, with his mother terming the dropping of
> > racial abuse charges against her son as the "victory of truth".

> > "I am very happy today. It is the victory of truth," Avtar Kaur said
> > in Jalandhar.

> > "I was anxious before the verdict came, but now I am more at peace,"
> > Kaur, who was struggling to hold back her tears, said.

> > She said the family would go to a nearby gurudwara to pay obeisance
> > and thank the almighty.

> > "I knew God was with us and I had full faith that my son would come
> > out clean," she said.

> > Kaur said Harbhajan would be calling her later in the day and she
> > would wish him and the team good luck for the forthcoming ODI series.

> > "The unity shown by the team, who rallied behind Harbhajan, is highly
> > commendable. The board, too, fully backed him up and the support he
> > got from everyone, including people of this country and the media,
> > gave him strength," she said.

> > Kaur, who said she did not care much about minor penalty imposed on
> > Harbhajan, also felt the verdict would give a "new strength" to the
> > whole team, which would help them put even better performance in the
> > upcoming triangular series.

> > Well-wishers and Harbhajan's fans thronged his house with boxes of
> > sweets and planned to celebrate in the evening.

> > "We are planning a party in the evening and everybody will perform
> > bhangra," a relative of the cricketer said.

> Interesting, I thought that Monkey wasn't a problem in India.

>This is what happens when the justice system fails. A storm in a
>teacup leads to trumped up charges, and a Salem witch trial occurs. A
>bunch of relatively harmless acts are "proven" with hardly any
>credible evidence in front of under-qualified judges, and punished
>with all the might of the law. Everyone is so enthralled in it, that a
>truly condemnable act becomes trivial. The whole saga has proven
>Procter's initial hearing to be what I initially said it was - a Salem
>witch trial.

>-Samarth [ then again, this is the sort of abuse we're told Aussies
>use to address their clients, so maybe it's perfectly acceptable after
>all ].