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The unfortunate thing is that the wheels of justice turn very slowly in both countries. And it seems like the executive (atleast from India) has made it a condition that judiciary act against terrorists before talks can continue. I can understand the feeling from Indian side that as long as that...

Another bit of related news, this time from Gilani. Seems like only rediff is reporting this, so wait for confirmations. --------------------------------------------------- Pak, India should begin Composite Dialogue: Gilani: Rediff.com news Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on...

"The news" is reporting that Fazlullah probably reached Afghanistan. Across the border? A massive manhunt for key Taliban has been intensified after the death of two TNSM leaders who were thought to be in government custody. Their murder is thought to be a message from Maulana Fazlullah...

I really doubt that Dude Communist who posted that is Indian. I have 2 Aussie friends I know for almost a year whom I met in Europe - I know how the earlier riots started and how racists piled in to make it a widespread issue. What I cannot understand is this - how is it that the drug...

Not sure if this is from the current story or the earlier riots. Links would clarify. But, there is no need of added perspective. Vigilante attacks on groups based on cultural or racial heritage is always a bad idea - whether they are Indian, Australian or Middle Eastern. Sit around have a...

Not the first time, read up on Cronulla riots.The target then was Middle easterners/ Muslims. Some say it was started when some people asked women to "cover up" but the rest of it was a mess with the racist fringe piling on.

You are using two different terms which mean different things. Stateless actor is someone like Bin Laden - he is no longer Saudi (his family and state have disowned him). A non-state actor is someone who acts without state support in another country. The term used to describe NGO's and such (it...

Thanks for the apology. Accepted. That puts that to rest. What I specifically am against is this -- you generalize(d) things based on individual instances. For example: Asking for "transparency in your opinion about the great Dravidian culture". Not everyone thinks of themselves as...

It is a slightly older story and was posted before as "We have our share" http://www.defence.pk/forums/strategic-geopolitical-issues/20010-we-have-our-share.html The thread was started by an Indian with the comment: I sincerely apologise to Ms. Saba, for the behaviour of my fellow citizens.Hope...

Care to explain how your question to me is not racist ? Here is what you asked me (in the post I linked to earlier) Let me know whether you are genetically an Aryan/fair Skinned or Dravidian/colored? Because without knowing your ethnic identity, I will remain confused on which side you...

I posted the skin colour comment -explain that one. You don't need to look it up for me.. I already did. And don't try to hide behind the WW2 story - you very well know that the term you used for Japanese was racist. And I never said anything about Australians or made a generalization. Please...

Communist, Here is the original comment by you about my Skin colour and my reply. I specifically have a problem with the second paragraph. http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/24852-indian-politics-muslims-sidelined-cleric-2.html#post349089

Actually, I dislike your views from the day you asked me what colour my skin was before you could understand my opinions. That post (about 4 months ago) should be somewhere on the records too. Oh that and the series of threads about how Pakistani's are whiter skinned and hence Aryans or...

Thanks for spelling that out clearly. I always wondered about the sweeping bans on that previous thread - can we add that to the list of rules for forum ? Say something like "Do not generalize racial statements" or something like that.The generalization is what trips the whole discussion up...

True. I don't think stabbing someone is a good way to respond to a taunt (racist or otherwise). The protests that the students were holding were peaceful and were getting results and then someone goes and takes the violent path. Hopefully the police can catch the culprits and truth will come out.

Supposedly he said "Teri Maa Ki ..." which is not a nice thing to say but is not racist.

Translation: I can speak French and Russian. Does that mean I am from Bangladesh ? Sorry sentence does not parse :-) I have not yet heard that Bangladeshi's speak Russian/french commonly.

The other alternative being ? If talks work, India would get lesser terrorists and more trade. If talks fail, at least there is some hope that there is no war. Without talks, you get terrorists running amok in India and a border that is sealed for trade. In addition there is the fear of...

This post may be offtopic, but hopefully will illustrate the difference between what one hears and what one sees. The picture you get from US is that it is authoritarian and cut-throat. You also tend to think of the place as something rapidly changing from the USSR times. I thought of it as...

Sorry to hear that. Hope those injured recover fast and are able to get back to their lifes as fast as possible.