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I must add that India has in the past used back channel diplomacy to mediate between US and Iran during the 2001 Afghanistan invasion. There is no reason why the same can't be done again in 2012. Some basic ground rules like non-interference in internal affairs of other countries need to be...

Its a really confusing to say "radical Islam" will flourish. You have to define what you are talking about because its used to mean anyone who even mentions the word Muslim. For example, Turkey's ruling party openly supports a secular state but is still considered "radical Islam" by you...

This is certainly much required and the obstruction is on our end. Otheriwse, GCC and Iranians would be quite happy to get India to mediate. Ofcourse, there are some risks with this, but there are more risks of not doing anything. In terms of interests, we have about 7 million Indians working...

According to Indus Water Treaty, only the western rivers are allocated to Pakistan. India shares all data on western river dams with Pakistan regularly. It is actually quite mischevous of Pakistani media to falsely show that India is not sharing water data on eastern rivers when India never did...

@Riyadh Haque Being born and growing up in India and around Indians mostly Muslims for the past 2+ decades would I think entitle me to have a better idea of public opinion among Indian Muslims. I am from Hyderabad, so I can certainly say this about Hyderabad and adjoining south Indian Muslims...

If you want to listen to the truth, then the reality is that no Indian Muslim would want to leave India and come to Pakistan. Even those Muslims who went from East Punjab to West Punjab during the partition or the non-Muslims who went the other way, were mostly FORCED to do so. They did not want...

Implying that all Indian Muslims support Saddam or only Muslims supported Saddam is incorrect. Keeping aside the fact that he was a dictator and there could be no excuse for that, the fact is that Saddam was pro-India. Infact, Iraq was one of the few Arab countries that not only supported...

BSF recovers banned medicines, Indian and Bangladeshi currencies - The Times of India AGARTALA: The Border Security Force (BSF), customs and Tripura police recovered a big consignment of banned medicines and a huge amount of Indian and Bangladeshi currencies from Gandhigram, on the outskirts...

The link below has the full Interview with Prof. Deepa Kumar on her upcoming book "Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire". I don't agree with everything she says but it has some interesting research nonetheless Project Empire: How Anti-Muslim Sentiment is Used to Justify Imperial Adventures |...

^^^Its a more modern Gurudwara but it still has some traditional architecture and decoration. One main difference is that it has to be kept air conditioned so its not open air like Gurudwarars in Indian subcontinent.

Tap ties with West Asia to fullest : Shashi Tharoor, News - India Today During my brief stint as minister of state for external affairs, I had the privilege of being responsible in the ministry for India-Arab relations. It was a welcome challenge. The Arab world constitutes an integral part...

No kingdom for killers | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia Straws don’t float in the winds of international diplomacy because a sudden gust has risen on a lazy afternoon. They are sent up there to check the weather at...

India, Egypt to carry out naval exercises | Business Standard In their first engagement after the new establishment took over in Egypt, Indian and Egyptian navies will carry out a joint exercises in Alexandria. Warships of the Mumbai-based western fleet of the Navy are on a westward...

I don't have time to go to different forums and indulge in polemics. I gave you a link of an existing thread were this matter was discussed and if you wish you can learn from it and discuss with others. I will try to respond if you raised any matter in that thread. Its always a shock to...

India has started to ramp up power capacity addition. Lat year it added 20000MW in just 2011-12 FY. This use to take about five years before. I think the bigger issue now is the distribution and transmission and more focus on renewable generation like solar wind and water Ajay Shankar: The odd...

No, that is not an Islamist point of view. That is a Khwarij and UnIslamic point of view where he was becoming God and choosing who should go to hell or not passing judgment on a fellow Muslim I would leave aside the debate that a political Islamic ideology really has nothing to do with...

People like you are the greatest enemy of Islam and Muslims There was a word for people like you during the early days of Islam. Khwarij. People like you and your buddies give out fatwas on who is a Muslim and who is not without realizing that this is the most UnIslamic thing to do. Just like...

Oh and guess who was flying green flags with stars and moons in a political rally in 2009? Shiv Sena in Malegaon. Unfortunately, Shiv Sena still doesn't understand that Muslims don't vote because they want a green flag flying but because the ruling party can provide (1) Security and safety of...

I can't find any other news outlet reporting this news. Are we going to use a blog as a source now? Is it another one of those fake news like Ram Navami being banned by MIM in Hyderabad or how the Ram Sene workers hoisted a Pakistani flag and balmed it on muslims in K'taka? There is no...

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