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Aha. So this is what you get off to these days?

^^^ Why whats wrong with secularism? It merely means that the State will be equidistant from all religion (and atheism) and therefore will not formulate any policy that gives a particular religion undue advantage or puts a particular religion in jeopardy. Whats wrong with that?

Finally. Question is where did MMS mail order his pair from. Surely he didn't grow those overnight.

They would do exactly zilch except for 4 or 5 seats in Murshidabad area. Even if Left wins there, it won't be a big deal for the coalition. BJP on the other hand can do severe damage in areas where the margin between Left and anti-Left vote is slim.

Statistically speaking, and notwithstanding current wave of 'change', the likelihood of Left Front coming back to power in WB is less. On-the-loose loudmouths like Anil Basu and Gautam Deb are not helping at all.

So what is it that is pissing off our kommandoo. Is it the fact that the 'non-state' actor was indeed a Pakistani got established so early in the drama and so easily, killing any possibility of a charade of 'no Pakistanis involved'. Or is it the fact that it was a firangi who killed the buzz...

Those who are claiming that evolution is 'false' or not proven or some $hit like that, please explain how viruses become resistant to drugs.

With tandoori chicken as national bird and national emblem

Situation in Bengal is such that people will vote for anything that moves, and preferably breathes, so long as it is not CPI(M) or CPI(M) groupie. :cheesy: We, the hapless people of Bengal, are caught between the devil and the deep sea. :cry: PS: Railway ministry will still remain with Trinomool.

Actually AFSPA was enacted in 1958 to handle insurgencies in NE. Criminal laws empower civil authorities e.g. police to maintain law and order. As a result these laws have inbuilt provisions to protect civil rights and to minimize misuse of power. However, these laws are grossly inadequate to...

Joe, please take a bow from this minion.

Being gay is not a matter of choice, just like being straight is not a choice. I am glad that India is slowly but surely comming of age.

sheta ki jinish? khay, mathay day, na pete boshe? [Since you do not understand Bengali here is the translation: What is that thing. Do you eat it, put it on, or sit on it?]

Bauls live like hermits, within their own community. Bauls creating public disorder is something I have never heard of. May be you can tell us something about it. Oh btw, have you heard of the adage: 'It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.'

When was the last time India went on a 'misadventure' against Pakistan, that gave you this phantom memory of '5000 targets' being attacked through 'surgical strikes'. The rest of your post is the usual shrill of machismo that we have come to expect of a Pakistani fauji of your breed.

I guess we have to agree to disagree on this one. My own assessment was not based on newsreports alone. Reports by HRW, NHRC and several other citizen's fora headed by retired judges, IPS/IAS officers and social activists contributed hugely to shape my views.

That a person can be equally, objectively critical of both the parties, is a concept alien to you. When you meet such a person you just don't know how to handle them. Therefore it is necessary for you to put us, who are critical of NaMo, in the common mould of a known enemy i.e. the Congress, so...

Karthic, those are all valid points for a debate on Congress vs BJP. Unfortunately, this is not such a debate, at least not to me. We are criticizing NaMo, for what he is and for his failures. Congress is not a scale against which NaMo is to be measured. That Modi failed to come through as a...

The theme of the thread seems to have turned into 'since Congress is bad, BJP, therefore, has every right to be worse'. Congress did Sikh riot of '84. Therefore Gujrat riot is fine. Congress panders to the minorities. Therefore it is alright for BJP to pander to the majority. - 'Buddy, your...

^^ I'm making an entirely different point here.