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The study says that none of that is a factor. They claim that height and education are the two big missing factors. The earlier social exchange theories, national culture theories (a bunch of studies on Pakistani population) etc. have all failed to explain the differences, apparently. I'd...

Can somebody close this thread please ? China has already backed off from the plans to install this software on all computers and the thread has not been on topic for a while.

Is there any other term that can be used to describe the "Pakistani Deobandis" ? I mean if they were isolated for about 60 years, maybe the Indian Deobandi's should not have to justify themselves all the time for the Taliban actions (I would say it might be too much to ask the Indian Deobandi's...

According to the study, even that is <1%. The amount of intermarriages amongst India-Pakistan are very similar. 90% marry from the same country even if they are in UK. The unfortunate thing is not that - it is that more Indian and Pakistani women marry outside the ethnic group while less men...

India today claims that they have the entire intelligence briefing. How the heck did the whole document get leaked to the press? That'd be pretty daft if it was indeed a leak. I always figured that India today/ Headlines today was closer to BJP than Congress - so the leak if permitted by...

http://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/events/papers/081113_t.pdf A pretty interesting paper on inter-ethnic marriages in UK. It shows that in spite of UK being a very racially diverse place, people still tend to marry along racial lines. It then studies inter-ethnic marriages and finds that the...

Who would fly from Poland to Kandahar/Pakistan over Mumbai ? You'd always fly over land if possible. The fact that the Monsoons are on makes the story even more strange. It could be the cargo of MI-7 helicopters as another poster pointed out, but I doubt the origin as anything other than Diego...

Probably not Eastern European weapons. There is no reason to fly over Mumbai on that route. I'd believe the news stories about it taking off from Diego Garcia (which again rules out Eastern European origins). The aircraft itself can be leased easily from many cargo operators. They have in the...

Russian military plane violates Indian airspace: Rediff.com news A military cargo aircraft AN-124 of Russian origin carrying ammunitions and five persons on board on Friday night intruded into Indian airspace and landed at the international airport in Mumbai [ Images ]. Indian Air Force...

I would think the best interest s of US are in Pak Army clearing out the whole area and leaving them a free hand in Afghanistan. He is writing for the US audience, which always questions the "authority figures" - US press is full of articles about how Iraq/ Afghan war is a failure, how...

I think he is not saying it is fully correct. What he is saying is that there are reports from two sources (India/US) which both say something similar. I think he might be saying that while USA and Pakistan both gets reports wrong, USA corrects them publicly. Pakistan, according to him, has...

From the long thread of back and forth some things become clearer. 1) The full report that India made is not available. 2) It is possible that parts of it has been leaked - either as a publicity ploy or as a way for Indian Army to get more counter-terrorism funding. Or maybe someone who was in...

Jinnah knew that he had only a short while to live when he was diagnosed with TB. So the power-hungry claim may be stretching it. He may have wanted a legacy for himself or to claim a role in history, but I would doubt personal greed. I don't think secularism was hypocritical - I think it...

I think PAFce gave a very nice explanation. In Afghanistan, the Taliban are fighting in the midst of people and US forces can't distinguish between them. In Swat, most civilians have left so now Taliban has to fight a straight war. They can't hide behind civilians. I think we may have seen...

I did not know that Quran said India was your enemy. From a sign outside a mosque I saw this is what Quran/Hadith had to say about India " The winds from India, they are pleasant to me". I did not write down the actual book name (Hadiths/ Quran) since I was driving, but the quote was...

Goa, a small touristy state. You can actually drive from one end to another of the state on a motorcycle in half a day (which I did). The beaches are amazing, people remarkably friendly. It is also the richest state in India. (Some) People still speak Portuguese, but menus in atleast 6...

Just trying to give a "feel" of what the city is like. If you are used to other metros in India, what strikes you about Delhi is the wide roads and the relatively low-rise, colonial era buildings in Delhi.

Chennai. As an outsider what strikes you first is the fact that almost no one speaks Hindi. They'll work with you if you talk in English, but mostly the city runs on Tamil. The second thing that strikes you about Chennai (being a tropical, coastal city) is the smell. A mixture of salty air...

Actually, New Delhi feels very different from the pictures. Many Indian cities do look like that (Mostly UP, Bihar would be similar -except for the colour scheme of autos). Old Delhi is like what is in the pictures.Even parts of Agra can look like the picture. But the "New" Delhi feels very...

It was constructed while prophet was still alive. Cheraman Juma Masjid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There was this local king in Kerala called Cheraman Perumal. He was first a Hindu (I think), then converted to Buddhism and built a temple of Budha. Later he converted to Islam when he came...