Dec 1 2007
India and Pakistan both engage in fierce rhetoric against each other. The casualty in this continuous tirade is the common man of both nations. The Kargil war alone cost the Indian exchequer more than Rs 10,000 crore. Pakistan too had to pay a huge...
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Dec 1 2007
Once upon a time some white men wanted to do business with India. We trusted them to give us a fair deal. Instead they cheated and enslaved us. In The Empire Writes Back Bill Ashcroft points out how India is winning over intellectually the turf...
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Dec 1 2007
Dictatorial, Communist and closed up, that is how the US media habitually describes North Korea. But, it seems to be the only nation in Asia with gumption. It continues to have large enriched-uranium resources, ready for nuclear warfare. Yet...
Nov 30 2007
Malaysians of Indian origin are angry with the way they are being treated by native Malaysians. Ethnic Indians there are demanding equal opportunities in getting jobs and education. They also point out that Hindu temples are being routinely...
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Nov 28 2007
God loves man. But then why are self-professed men of God so eager to kill other men, created by the same God? The answer is simple; the God-business provides a good cover for the blood-thirst in violent men. God is not known to visit in person in...
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Nov 28 2007
Is Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joking when he says he is willing to volunteer as an observer during the forthcoming US Presidential elections? Or is he being sarcastic? Or has the old terrorist gone mad? Politicians all over the world...
Nov 28 2007
Privileges for the Scheduled Tribes exist to right the wrongs of history.But now the status of being a Scheduled Tribe is a sort of passport to a better life. Other non scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are thus naturally feeling the heat of...
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Nov 26 2007
Why are we anymore surprised to know of terrorists living amongst us? When Muslim kids are flunking exams in secular subjects because they are spending more time in religious studies, then why are we surprised at the results? Bad results translate...
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Nov 26 2007
It was recently pointed out that Bangladesh is being run by Mafioso-style leaders who do not care for the poor. Terrorists wax eloquent about the larger causes they profess to espouse, only to choose murder as the right path to silence all opposition....
Nov 26 2007
Indians like to wash their dirty linen in public. This of course is put forward as a perquisite of democracy. The common argument is that watchdogs need to clean up the dirty acts of our fellowmen. If someone buys a billion dollars’ property in...
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