Government Wins Manmohan Singh Loses The agreement would not prohibit India from testing a bomb. The advisory part of the agreement states India to abstain from testing, which does not make it incumbent on us. Like the Chinese agreement's advisory part asks them to end human righ violation in Tibet, allow people to practise religion etc...China went ahead and signed the agreement.

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India Masadi,

No doubt there are scores of Indian Muslim living in poverty but there is also a much bigger Hindu population in poverty. Denial of self-esteem is not a problem for Indaian Muslims alone but also for poor lower caste, middle caste and upper caste people too.

What I am trying to say is that your categorization does not depict the exact picture. If somebody from xyz caste/religion says that there are lots of poverty stricken people of my caste/religion in India, it will always turn out to be true.

Why dont you visit India to clear out the misgivings?

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India Re: # 204

HP,

"History teaches many lessons….I guess Hindutva followers need to look at the German fascist history very closely. The mirror will surprise them."

If History is going to repeat itself again and again then theres no History...

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India Maju Anna,

Muslim chowkies are intelligent enough to understand that. Afterall we have several things in common, especially the survival problems...

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India Masadi,

"The part regarding Americanism and Hinduism- translated through the current right wing Hindu mind it might hold true as these Hindus try to kiss the behind of their masters but not otherwise"

You are right, theres no single point agenda for Hinduism and also there is no singular description for Hindus and their aspirations...

There are more Hindus who are worried about the right onset of monsoons than their religion/country making inroads into other's territory...

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India HP,

Saima's post is not a parody...She has tried her best to express the underlying ideas of Hinduism, which again is her own understanding.

I am not sure if she is right when she speaks about Hindu's attachment to the land...I've been thinking the contrary...

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India Masadi,

Your thoughts and intelligence are much valued but not your temper...Your ascerbic language distracts people from seeing what your thoughts are...

Please go cool....(thumbs up icon)

Of Medical Students, Passports and Religous Tolerance nb,

Theres a rumour that WHO or some western agency(ies) is/are administering a drug, in the guise of polio vaccine, that would cause sterility...

A Fatal Act-Bad News for India Pakistan Relations nb,

lol...Majumdar is trying to retribute for being anti-Masadi for a long time...

A Fatal Act-Bad News for India Pakistan Relations Re: # 76

Vision for the next 20/40/60 years...Still people believe in this stuff...Society is not a plastic toy to morph into something that a leader wants it to be...Society has a mind of its own..

Nkg the next time when somebody says this to you, you can safely assume he doesnt know what he is talking about.

A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey Re: # 203

Harimau,

Sounds difficult but still exciting...I am not the least surprised about the Mech guy...A couple of batch-mates are running a Subway shop there in the US. They have got good grades but dunno why...

But the serious question is, why are we Indians bad in stamina? Theres something seriously wrong...

A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey Re: # 192

nb;proly Maju Anna is trying to be irreverential...

A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey Harimau,

How did your cycling expedition go?

Happy to see you back Sir...:)

A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey Nkg,

Are you trying to say that West Bengal can produce more intellects only in a certain controlled environment? Are you trying to say that if all of the problems you are talking about for Bengal's woes could be solved, Bengal will be back to its glory days?

A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey Maju Anna,

"(Kerala economy is 50% Gulf money. )

So why cant Bongs work as workers elsewhere?"

Thumbs up icon....If Nkg considers these professions lowly then where is the relevance of CPM to Bengal and Bengalis...Pity he doesn't know about Kerala's intellectuals. It is just that nkg knows no more than a few villages of Bengal.

FYI rural TN is far developed than any part of Bengal

A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey nkg,

"There are stark difference between a village in Karnataka and a village in West Bengal. That will tell you the story."

Can you elaborate on this?