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    The state has no business deciding someone’s faith

    One of the most majestic and arresting structures of Europe is the Great Mosque of Cordova. Apart from exquisite architecture, the unique thing about the mosque is that it is not really a mosque. Built in the eighth century by the Umayyad Caliphate as one of the greatest mosques, it was...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    A road in Delhi.. Connaught Place, Renovation
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    India’s Underrated Strategic Asset

    lies lies and lies. andaman tribals are Australoids...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    The Junior college.Spent two memorable years We have many grounds and a lot of greenery.. The hospital..this is an old photo. now its renovated and painted. I reckon one of the best government hospitals.. Another school and some buildings. we have ample space for playing outdoor games etc.
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    BARC Residential Colony - Anushakti nagar.. Vikram Sarabhai Bhawan Path going to BARC complex, with a huge green divider.. In the colony, with trainee hostels.. A section known as Raagmala, due to the fact that all the buildings being named after Ragas More buildings.. My old...
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    GOLD AT HISTORIC HIGH: Crosses Rs 30,000/10 gm on global cues

    most jewelry in india is 22k. anything less than 22k is considered inauspicious. just wait for the wedding season to kick in..
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    Trapped by Tradition

    things are changing for the better, and people have awareness. media is talking about it and there are laws against these things. surely it will take time and we have many challenges, but we will be there :) lol...roflmao!
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    Gujarati dairy king Amul crosses $2.5Bn

    i love their branding..those amul butter print advertisements have cult status...
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    Hindi and Urdu words learning thread.

    noticed this just now Sanskrit: shwet urdu : safed sh -> s w -> f t -> d
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    Indian Economy-News & Updates

    well some good news...
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    Hindi and Urdu words learning thread.

    afternoon is apraahn in sanskrit kidnap is apharan
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    Hindi and Urdu words learning thread.

    "aap" is a sanskrit word for "Water". it is rarely used in Hindi.there are many hymns are dedicated to Apam Napat, a deity of water. Both early Hinduism and Zorasterianism have the deity called Apam Napat. Even the shanti paath, or Hymns for Peace, have a hymns "shantirapah shantiraushadhayah"...
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    Hindi and Urdu words learning thread.

    I beg to differ. The Iranian members here will agree that Aab is a persian word. Its close cognate in Sanskrit is "aap". Panjab = Panch +Aab = 5 rivers...
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    Hindi and Urdu words learning thread.

    Wisdom : Jnana there is a linguistic issue here, it is pronounced as "Gyan". but gyan transliterated in hindi becomes ग्यान, while in reality its ज्ञान. and as ज्ञ is phonetically the compound of "j" and "n" ...
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    Being Pakistani and atheist a dangerous combo, but some ready to brave it

    Well, you should ask your parents, um do i have to spell it out. "You" didnt take birth, as a matter of fact, the "birth" took you. To say you took birth, would be to say that you existed before, and then "took birth". you have not yet proved this. all busibodies are always thinking about...
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    Being Pakistani and atheist a dangerous combo, but some ready to brave it

    All intelligent men, whose critical thinking has not been poisoned in the early days of childhood, will one day or other reject all kinds of organized religion. Even mainstream Hinduism, even the great Adi Shankara, proudly states in his Nirvana-ashtakam, "neither Dharma, nor Wealth (bad...
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    Being Pakistani and atheist a dangerous combo, but some ready to brave it

    the hindu (religion ?) has no concept of theism. theism is a western concept. most mainstream hindus are monists, monism eventually denies the existence of a seperate "God". the so called Buddhists and jains are also atheists, dont go by the size of Jain temples. In classical hinduism...
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    Hindi and Urdu words learning thread.

    ^ firstly as this is a words thread..so...its not bharati..its bharatiya...(the "a" at the last is unpronounced, "ya" as in "yalgaar") bharati, infact is another name for India. Indus would be Sindhu Nadi. In persian father is called "Pedar", and mother "madar". this is consistent with...
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