Recent content by arun

True, this will be one good effect of this whole unsavoury drama. One thing that strikes me is that while people are calling for the blood of Raymond Davis, why are the calls for action against the ones who killed the innocent bystander so muted? I mean, in the Davis case, there is a...

Oops, first he says he has proof. Now he says he doesn't! Foot in mouth? Bloodsuckers playing politics over our dead shaheeds :( Now, Digvijay Singh can't find phone records of conversation with Karkare GUWAHATI: A day after he claimed of having proof of his phone talk with Hemant Karkare...

You forgot the Cheif Justice of India, SH Kapadia, who is a Parsi. And the Leader of Opposition, Sushma Swaraj, a woman.

Yes, I can leave the thread open to your propaganda, no? Anyway, if you had read my post after the one you quoted, you would have found where I stand on the killings. Maybe you should focus less on my "propaganda"? :frown:

Stupid claim, is it? I guess you know more about the maid than she herself :what: The Bombay slum people will work in Bombay, why should they come to Delhi? I already said what I had to say in my previous post.

All this talk of money and power is good, but there is a lot to ponder over too. Who is benefitting from all this? Is at least a part of this money reaching the 80 crore poor? Is it only a tiny no of well connected elites who are raking in all the moolah? A potentially very explosive situation...

By that line of argument, that will be true of surveillance too. Assassination in cold blood is not a minor thing which can be left merely to the judgement of the executive. Both the judiciary and legislature must be involved. The legislature, by setting down the guidelines. The judiciary, by...

The most significant point that struck me was this: How can the government prohibit judicial scrutiny for assassination, he asked, if it is required to get approval for electronic surveillance? How indeed!

I came across a thought provoking article in the NYT which has a lot of relevance to Pakistan, Afghanistan and many other countries. Editorial Judicial Scrutiny Before Death Published: December 12, 2010 The Obama administration no longer has to worry about an immediate legal challenge to its...

I hope the SC does the sane thing and either upholds the HC verdict or makes only minor alterations. There's no need to re-ignite an issue of this nature. And Prayag HC??? Its not hard to see the intent behind that usage.

Tell that to my friend's maid who is an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant, and who lives in an area in Delhi where many such people live. I would appreciate it if these people shared your sentiment and didn't come here. Besides, I mentioned it in the context of Assam's changed demography due to...

Secularism doesn't mean that my country has to accept millions of illegal migrants. The fact that this will alter the demography significantly is only one aspect of it. Even if the migrants were to be Hindus, it would still be very problematic. Plus, no matter how secular a country is, no-one...

The most likely thing that will happen is this: US will regret it in private, assure that it won't happen again. And then do it again. Rinse and repeat. Maaro. Sehlaao. Phir Maaro. Repeat.

Because it denotes a severe change in demographic composition of the state. This always leads to serious social and other problems. It is worse when it happens due to illegal immigration.

In a nutshell, from my personal experience and reading, most non-Muslims feel resentful of the Muslims domination of parts of India. They accept it as a part of their heritage (sorry, but I have to mention here the contrast with Pakistan), but don't feel happy about it. Leaving aside the...