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I mean that this government will see it as a project that is vital for India's image in South Asia (and the wider world). Education diplomacy has worked to some extent in India, Afghan students get places at Indian universities (either based on a quota/concessional admission requirements) and...

The campus is being constructed right now in Delhi. They are functioning out of a temporary campus. The university isn't functioning well at all, partly because the Indian government has mismanaged it and partly because it's hard to run something when you require consensus form seven countries...

Don't you think, after operation Ajax and supporting Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war, that the Iranians have legitimate reason to hate the US? Both are examples of the most cynical and most devious foreign policy possible. It's a wonder that the Iranian people still seem open to Americans. It's one...

I don't know where they were invented. At least as far as Biryani is concerned, there are too many varieties with too many different influences to identify one single origin. In West Bengal, where I'm from, they put aloo in biryani and eat it with masoor dal (I can tell you that the result is...

Actually, every one I know who buys Shan spices knows that they're Pakistani. In fact, at least as far as Briyani/Haleem kind of dishes are concerned, people buy them because they are Pakistani and will, therefore, be good.

While I completely disagree with this 'Ghar Wapsi' nonsense and think that the Hindu right needs to be controlled, I'm shocked at the hypocrisy of John Dayal. I studied in a catholic convent in school in a small town. Every time a child's father died and the school authorities got to know that...

While this is great news, it's a mixed blessing for developed countries. If US growth continues like this, QE will have be unwound sooner rather than later. Which is going to hurt financial markets everywhere. The positives so far have been the noises from the Fed which seem to indicate they're...

You guys have a far better government and Prime Minister than you realise. Don't let Imran Khan subvert your institutions so he can satisfy his drama queen tendencies.

For all practical purposes, the dispute over Kashmir is over. It's only the hostilities between the two countries that are still alive. There is no possible outcome of the Kashmir situation other than both countries legitimising the status quo (while arriving at compromises on the side issues...

Yep. Very good stuff. The only masala I used to find easily in Spain, when I lived there. They're reasonably big there as well, given the large Pakistani diaspora.

Why, according to you, is Chuck Hagel the only American official who is unbiased and tells the truth? If we were to compete on which American said what, we'd have a thread 100's of pages long just with quotes of Americans speaking of the Pakistani establishment as the largest organiser and...

We get to be on the right side of history by supporting Palestine. In the long run, the moral perception of a nation is as much of a part of national interest as AESA tech. Besides, I don't think Israel will make the relationship contingent on supporting them (or abstaining).

I doubt India will end up changing the way it votes. This newspaper's sources (who knows who they are and what they really said- btw, this is a left wing paper that tends to be alarmist on these issues) might have this opinion but I can't see what purpose this will serve. It will also stir up a...

That'll be a bad decision, if it is taken (which I doubt). While national interest is paramount, morality is important and shapes how nations are perceived in the long run. By any fair yardstick, the Palestinian demand for statehood is legitimate. Also, the public opinion in many parts of the...

While I don't work on that particular project myself, I'm sure all the NITs were visited and stakeholders spoken to- my opinion is base on the feedback I received. In case you're interested, google TEQIP (the project I'm referring to, currently about to begin it's 3rd phase). The NPIU website...

Given that this is the only part of the thread that I am qualified to comment on, let me add my bit. You're absolutely right about IITs, NITs etc not being up to the quality of mid tier US/UK universities. Unfortunately, in India, we tend to confuse the difficulty of getting admission with the...

I would feel disgusted if Hafiz Saeed became the Prime Minister of Pakistan. I'm sure those Muslims (and others) who are convinced Modi was behind the Gujarat riots were disgusted when he became Prime Minister. Ultimately, your argument comes down to a matter of evidence. My belief, based on...

How you see Putin's success depends on what you feel his mandate was. If his mandate was to improve the well being of ordinary Russians, he's set his country back a decade, at least. If his mandate was to make Mother Russia the centre of world attention, he has succeeded temporarily.

If you are indeed attempting to discuss this seriously and not just troll, here's why you're wrong. 1. Modi did not murder any one. He was accused by some of complicity and by others of inaction during the Gujarat riots. Cases that lasted a decade, pursued, first, by a government that was bent...

Agreed. Except, temporarily, these dollars can be created out of thin air. The Pakistani central bank credits it's account with X Pakistani rupees (the same as printing money). These rupees are then exchanged for Y dollars. Clearly, this cannot be done forever, because it will prove highly...