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The banned group’s general secretary rode a post-Babri Masjid jihadist tide New Delhi: A thick red line ran through the words ‘democracy,’ ‘secularism’ and ‘polytheism,’ followed by an emphatic “No!” Some of the other slogans the Students Islamic Movement of India had plastered across...

with all due respect, Mr. Zakir Naik is in the words of Mr. Khushwant Singh "an English speaking Maulana", Unlike Sir Syed Ahmed he is not a reformer which Muslims of the subcontinent deserve (to follow).

For armed services "Notification - National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II), 2008" Conditions of Eligibility : (a) Nationality : A candidate must either be : (i) a citizen of India, or (ii) a subject of Bhutan, or (iii) a subject of Nepal, or (iv) a Tibetan refugee who...

If I am not wrong Taliban evolved from the Mujahideen(after they were left in the lurch) so created to fight the Soviet invasion... why would anyone want to destabilize Pakistan?? The only problem was a lack of rehabilitation and opportunities and reliance on short-term quick fixes, I...

Democracy hardly makes a difference when talking about happiness, that is under the gamut of freedom.. Even then a survey such as this has no meaning because the data is quantitative and not qualitative, and Happiness is a very abstract term as well.. For eg a Monk subsisting on alms in a...

loved the title song!! C'mon Barbie lets go party!! Interesting to see youth spending time creating propaganda videos to show their patriotism...

How do you define a decent life? So do Chinese, Tibetans, Iraqis, Americans, Iranians, Uighyurs, Bengalis, Pakistanis etc... ??? 51% of Chinese are unhappy as per the website!!! Material richness? China has one of the worst income divides in the world, as for Happiness figures it is...

Why don't you make a Location tab: where you write your location at present and a country flag tab which is your choice of Affliation...

Once again face it.. in several years from now like China, India will not see hunger deaths... but you will still be under an authoritarian regime... I don't get it? and to whom do you pray? I moved to quote Churchill here.. "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for...

actually has no correlation with the topic... and yes Indians kill Indians.. and so happens in China.. and other nations.. Heard of murder/homicide??

face it.. in several years from now those 40000 will be history too just like the 100million+ Chinese who died of hunger in the 60s... but you will still be under an authoritarian regime... More than a year old report(and I feel pretty biased too).. but found this gem.. "That...

What is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan is a disaster. What is happening in Tibet is also a disaster. Just because US was wrong in attacking Afghanistan and Iraq and it supports Tibetan freedom(?) doesn't mean that we turn a blindeye to Tibet or the plight of Tibetans.

I would have been shocked out of my wits if you would have replied in the negative the world believes so.. in fact freedom of press is one of India's strengths, India is one of the top ranked countries(and I think is the top ranked Asian or developing or newly industrialized or third world...

KvLin you do realize that there is quite a lot of censorship in Chinese Media?? Your rights are curtailed(esp on comparing with democratic free nations) what is democracy?? In layman terms it means a govt whose rep are chosen by the people and who are responsible to the people... If the...

Arjun MBT didn't meet the objectives so in that it is a failure to achieve desired objectives/parameters. Otherwise performance wise, IMO Arjun MBT is not bad. This sounds cliche but development of Arjun provides loads of knowhow to the Def scientists and engineers which will help in future...

Will Nepalese Govt be involved since the soldiers were Nepalese citizens?

Excellent !! Very Informative!! I differ here.. Farmers/Agriculturists don't require city/urban education.. the basic wants of a farmer.. our timely and cheap availibility of seeds, water, electricity, fertilizer, *cides and CREDIT.... Look at Punjab and Haryana they don't necessarily...

the infra figures are much higher and farmer waiver is nothing out of the blue or what is not practised in other countries.. Agro sector to an extent yes is neglected but India would not like to go for capital intensive agriculture rather for labour intensive argiculture due to population...

slowing down? it is still growing and at 8% per annum implies generation of a 80-100bn$ economy per annum.... (for comparision Pakistan's gdp is 150bn$) being dirty does not imply they are deficient in any manner.. Indian govt plans to invest almost 3-500bn$ but like all things govt. it...

US economic recession will not affect India significantly though the ensuing snowball effect can Rupee prices are stable, and is expected to drop viz a viz other currencies... in fact Rupee appears much stronger than it actually is because of falling Dollar.. inflation is not a significant...