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The state is simple an aggregate of individuals, not an organism in its own right. Regardless of laws and constitution, its actions will always be contaminated by the beliefs and practices of the citizens. By way of example, if BJP comes to power, encounters of suspected terrorists will be more...

What is meant by benefits?? Are you asking me to reply in the Marxist framework of economics alone?? Because then, as I told you, the question is irrelevant. Take it as no benefit if you really want a simplistic, dumbed down answer. But hardly any one, apart from theoretical, city dwellers with...

Irrelevant question because you are in effect asking me to expound on the direct economic benefits of religion. In this you are again making an implicit assumption that the common man only has tangible economic needs (Roti, Kapda aur Makan) and nothing else - a Marxist framework so to say. It...

Bharat Karnad is a strategic analyst who was long time adviser to MOD. He knows his chops. Better you refute the article through cogent arguments than by trying to shoot the messenger.

What is the pro testing lobby?? It is in our national interest to test. No one can make strike ready TN after a "sub optimal?!" yield test and computer simulations.

Religion is a way of life. No religion separates private ethos from public, so how can secularists claim a man should leave his religion at the doorstep when he leaves his house? Your question is itself irrelevant because it presumes a schizophrenic personality - religious in private matters and...

Wishful thinking.. I guess. The world is actually getting more religious.

You may never realize it. As I said, the shell may remain....do you think India is really secular apart from a political facade?

Politics is a part of religion at public level. Hinduism does not separate the church and the state.

Let's see....going forward. History is evidence that alien ideologies do not sustain....constitution or no constitution. At the best you may be left with a secular shell with no substance...which is where it has already arrived.

Historically, Hindus have been tolerant but never secular in the western sense of separating religion from political space. In Hinduism, a ruler must promote and propagate dharma.

Secularism cannot work in the long run because it is an artificial Western construct and not the natural choice of the Indian people. Alien philosophies may work for a while but cannot sustain . What makes you think that India can be a secular country in spirit when hardly any other Asian...

By that yardstick, every Indian politician has blood on his hands. As for numbers ne thousnad in Gujarat pales in comparison to the millions who died in China.

India needs to follow an independent foreign policy based on its own long term interests. The trio of MMS, Chidambaram and Montek are too much of America's ball lickers. The sooner we obtain a healthy distance from America, the better it will be for us.

Dont believe everything DRDO says. Read up neutral sites too. Of course the number of bombs will never be exactly revealed but there are methods of extrapolation for getting an estimate - generally by estimating Weapons grade plutonium. And test yields can be easily calculated through...

Obviously not...Mao was a first class criminal who should have been hanged by his balls for the genocide of millions of Chinese sheeple. It can only be in a brain dead country like China that people can have a warm glow for a mass murderer. Modi is neither Mao, nor are the Indians sheeple like...

That's because we are veering off to fantasy la-la land of futuristic weapons instead of getting the basics in order. Few points to ponder: 1. Our nuclear arsenal is widely stated to be lesser than Pakistan . Pakistan is producing Weapons grade Plutonium at a much higher rate. 2. It is widely...

Due to his RSS background Modi is far more patriotic and independent minded when compared with Congress crooks who are overt US stooges.

Where did you find Akhandbharat. It is written by Bharat Karnad, well known strategic analyst. Why does any mention of Bharat make you see red? Where did you find Akhandbharat. It is written by Bharat Karnad, well known strategic analyst. Why does any mention of Bharat make you see red?

What does Pakistan want to discuss besides Kashmir? As for India, I wonder what incentive we have for discussions with Pakistan, which has long ceased being a military threat to India. Kashmir, in any case, is non negotiable, except maybe the formalization of LOC as international border. I also...