A few good lessons from the Crusaders
By By Ross Douthat
Jun 08 2010
Watching the Israeli governments botched, bloody attempt to enforce its blockade of Gaza, I kept thinking about Outremer.
Thats the name French for beyond the sea given to the states that the Crusaders...
Kashmir: pessimism may be good news
Praveen Swami
Last month, Noorjehan Baba left her home in Srinagar's Dal Gate area to start a new life across the Line of Control with the man who unleashed a war which claimed her first husband's life. Her husband, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen field commander...
How is the ferry supposed to travel? Along the Bay of Bengal, a kiss on the Indian Ocean and then Travel in the God Almighty "ARABIAN" Ocean? Talk about thinking out of the Box!!
How mean!?!!?
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Power shortage owing to reduced generation: Minister
CHENNAI: The State government on Thursday attributed the problem of power shortage to reduced generation from the Neyveli expansion project, Kalpakkam and Kaiga atomic power...
well! I too have a reason to be sad here...
ok ok .. Pakistan is here to stay.. I dint contest that.. But ...
let me leave it that way. and allow you to fill it up with what ever that u want
You know? You can replace the word India with Pakistan and you have a quite realistic picture.. :D If you have such an opinion about India, God knows what you think about Pakistan, which by all means is worse off in some of the stuff which you Just mentioned. ;)
everything is not black and white. Violence is to be abhorred. That the maoists have resorted to violence is bad. But dont assume for a minute that the corporates and the Government of India lack only the pearly wings that befit an angel. I assume you must have seen enough Amitabh movies, old...
I wonder why people always tend to look at communists as a bad influence. What they want is equitable growth and equal distribution of wealth. Maoists are an off shoot of this communist group.
A question to all you anti maoists. All of you know the speed of bureaucracy in India. You know...
:agree: Yep! I can readily imagine how one becomes a Naxal. fOr the Triblals, its the only home and its the only thing on Earth which they can relate to . But Violence is horrendously escalating and am not able to agree to do that..
Maybe Indian members are over reacting( emotional ) owing to death of Paramilitary forces and train accident. But I would rather you not resort to name calling! Being an admin and all these..
Please try to understand what I am trying to say here.. Its an insult to keep explaining a sarcasm. The "thanks" for my post indicate, clear comprehension from others. Except the concerned party :undecided:
http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/60297-arundati-lauds-maoists-lashes-govt-2.html#post903285
Ahem!! U seem to do an U turn with every other Post.!!