Pipe Dreams?

re:#21 by Imtiaz84
``Pakistan has gone much a head with its sophiticated technologies the result of which you all witnessed in shape of Cruise Missel Test.``
This kind of moronic talk is perhaps the norm in Pak. But the realities are different. Yes, china has been very supportive in giving such technology that Pak can only dream of fabricating at its factories. After all, a country that does not produce even 100 PhDs of repute cannot think of producing cruise missile on its own. But it can and does get such technology from outside and pass it off as its own.
Sridhar

re:#21 by Imtiaz84
Bangladesh recently Okayed a trilateral deal with India and Myanmar to transport gas from latter to India. Bangaldesh is likely to join in later. Now, this is a win-win situation.
Sridhar

#60 sigh

hinduism (sanatana dharma) is NOT a religion in the judaeo-christian-islamic sense... Hence there is no formal mechanism to get converted ... similarly, if you are born into hinduism (which actually as a term is of recent vintage), there is nothing you can do to get excommunicated.. there is no such thing. Theological beliefs are a secondary aspect of hindu traditions; hence there is a large diversity of such beliefs and even accomodates atheists. Historical events, which are crucial in JCI religions, also have little importance.

there are lots of people who actually follow the tenets of sanatana dharma but are not ``official`` hindus due to an accident of birth. About a million (mostly white) americans fall in this implicit category (taking interest in yoga, vedic literature, meditation, interest in vegetarianism etc.). I know quite a few muslims who fall in this category (Indian President Abdul Kalam is one such). Likewise there are plenty of born hindus who dont have any interest in any of the above but remain nominal hindus to varying degrees depending on their exposure to various cultural traditions.

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Dharma FAQ     Essentials     Myth of Hindu sameness

Re: # 60

I thought the West is where ``largest number of conversions`` happening - the unhappy white people in europe and US are converting in droves to Islam, ``the religion of peace``....

Atleast that`s what pakis claim - Islam has become ``fastest growing`` religion in world because of that.

India has the largest number of conversions in the world i.e from hindu to Christian/Muslim. When was the last time you saw anybody converting to hinduism? hinduism is a religon full of social injustice. Dalits are abandoning their religon in thousands everyday due to the ill treatement they face everyday.

haideri

India has significant energy reserves in the Northeast and elsewhere that have not been tapped properly. Nuclear power is a cheap source of clean energy throughout India. Also, I think India should strongly support hybrid technology in cars and indigenize that technology as soon as possible. Given India`s population and driving conditions, small hybrids are perfect for it. Also it can immensely cut down gasoline consumption.

This pipeline nonsense is happening only because of that fool Mani Shankar Aiyar. That guy was born in Lahore so he thinks that the Pakistanis love him. He is selling away India`s economic future by giving the Pakistanis a tool to control us at their whim. If we need to import gas/oil, we should look at the pipeline from Central Asia that will go to China and see if we can jump on board that pipeline.

A liitle something I found today. Enjoy:
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_7-9-2005_pg3_2

The trouble begins with our obsessive love for our religion that ends up distorting all our thinking. The fact is that it is not the followers of other religions that hate us, but we Muslims who hate the followers of other religions. And we do so because we hate them for their power and their success

Re: # 56
Hey Haideri.
Of the 2 kinds of worships you mentioned - do you believe if one is ok the other is ok too ?

regards,
SN

Hey wiseguy,

I just read you ilog.

``What the **** is wrong with muslims ?
how can i as a person even imagine following a Paedophile ? ``

But it is ok for you guys to worship Shiva Jeez Urethra?

curious haideri

Re: # 54
>> So why don`t you?
I think they don`t want to embarass us by losing again :)

hehe , I bet the great Pakis tell/regale each other with stories of how they have defeated India. In every sphere.
They have defeated us in governance, education, technology, all development indices and, of course, all wars too.
And how their new religion is better then the previous infidel version (It was beta in any case).
version 3.0 is the latest and greatest.
version 1.0 (Judaism) has become a virus now.
version 2.0 (Christianity) has crashed completely.

There is no version 4.0 coming.

regards,
SN

Re: # 51

So why don`t you?

;-)

Re: # 49

What I mean is you will certainly try. Of that we are certain. However, whether you will succeed or not is the question.

Some points to ponder for you....

The vaunted Pakistan Air Force can bomb the Infosys campus in Bangalore or the Bhakara Nangal dam in Punjab. Why don`t they?

The Pakistan Army which is made up of tall, fair, accent less English speaking martial races with genius level IQs can walk over and crush all the short, dark, rice-eating baniyas and ``Confused Brahmins`` with their left hands tied behind their backs. Why don`t they?

Re: # 48
>> .... INDIAN OPPRESSED KASHMIR
How I wish this were indeed the case. Sigh ;)

- SN

It is in strategic interest of Pakistan not let India have access to cheaper oil. That will give Indian products a competitive edge. Pakistan should manipulate this situation and put a pipeline from Iran to supply to China, instead. Yes, China has an option to buy from Central Asia, but this is the price they have to pay to have competitive edge over India.

#48 by Urstruly on September 6, 2005 1:08pm PT


Nice map. But is there a guarantee that Pak navy submarines will not conduct their first strike on this pipeline in case a war is broke out for the liberation of Indian Oppressed kashmir.


Yes...you can be sure that the paki navy will never go to war as long as Uncle Sam is holding the strings of your dictator...

in any case, i don`t think your armed forces have the testicular fortitude to go to war to liberate Indian occupied Kashmir...

Re: # 48

We would expect nothing less. I am glad we understand each other.