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I do agree with some of your points. As far as Ayodhya is concerned, the place deserves a national memorial of mourning or a joint mandir/masjid complex. Regardless of what Babur did, we cannot take history in our own hands. What if archeologists discover an ancient temple beneath VT...

What I do not quiet understand is why do people assume that being pro-Hindu is being anti-Muslim and vice versa? The government's minority policy has been good in certain areas and bad in others. An overhaul is definitely required to further the integration of the many religions and sects.

Gujrat was a case of communal riots, albeit a grave one at that. Equating it with civil war is foolish. Your contention that Muslims did not fight back is invalid in the light of the number of court cases in progress. The Central Governmant went to the extent of making sure that case...

No, a civil war in India is very unlikely. Further, please give the logic behind your "analysis."

According to the Hindu, it is a blue-on-blue (militant-on-PA regular). According to NDTV, the militants were hunted down together by PA and IA. In this case the incident is red-on-blue (militant-on-PA regular). For once I hope that the NDTV is right.

An oxymoron. The independence of these institutions is circumspect. Coming back to the topic: The four soldiers have been killed by firing from the Pakistani side. This sounds really wierd to me; mistaken blue on blue hit? If so, then by whom? PA regulars or militants? If this...

Such strikes will continue; confronting the ISAF is not in the interests of GoP/PA. Even if popular perception is at an all time high and GoP does away with being part of the WoT, then ISAF will evolve new supply routes that may be more time-consuming and expensive. But in such a scenario...

This is the primary bone of contention. There is a perception (the correctness of which is subjective) that elements within the Pakistani establishment are anti-West and pro-Taliban. Pakistan's government and army will have to hardsell itself to gain the trust of NATO forces. Otherwise the...

With regard to India, what the author has said is very true. It is indeed difficult for an Indian head of state to allow such "groundbreaking" measures. Frankly, the only way I see froward is normalizing of relations and converting the LoC into the IB. There are hawkish sections in both...

I second that... Won't Hummer be at odds with LR? Further, Tata Motors is better-off expanding their passenger line in India...

Dude, why so much prejudice?

Rather than doubting my knowledge of history; please check yours first. Your country's expansionism is well known.

Why did you post this?

Correct; Thackeray is a Hindu and a pretty extreme one (though this is largely for political gains) at that. Correct; Hinduism has a billion followers. Every religion has moderates and extremes. Certain sects within every religion are extremist. So, stating that Hinduism is an...

The IA is increasingly getting polarized on the Arjun issue. It does look like as though the pro-Arjun faction is gaining strength day by day. Arjun won't be ignored by the IA; the implications of such a move would be huge. Plus, its a significant improvement over the T-90/72s that the...

Same goes for you. Wouldn't the same logic apply to India as well? Plus why exactly did you bring the Gujarat riots in the picture here? The 3:1 (attackers to defenders) ratio does not merely mean that the attacking force has to be three times the defending force. This figure is far more...

Operation Parakram was meant to be a show of force... the chances of it going live were minimal to say the least. These chances were further minimized by PA's mobilization. This led to Cold Start. So aren't some of PA's assests involved in COIN and policing duties in Pakistan? 1:3... are...

This statement by Thackeray has caused more stir in this forum that in my city (Bombay). Speaks volumes about the attention that the "aam junta" pays to Bal Thakeray, soesn't it?

This I thoroughly agree with; the Dalai Lama is not a fundamentalist. It is yet to be seen whether this politics is a result of his noble intentions or something else is at play here. But one canot deny, by and large, the Dalai Lama is rightly respected. To a certain extent, yes this...

Dude, you're mistaken. Jinnah was a firm advocate of separation between the religion and the state. What Jinnah sought was a Muslim-majority secular democracy and not an "Islamic Republic."