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PTI lost long ago and they are just trying to save face now. Nawaz Sharif knows he has won and the people of Pakistan are either corrupt or apathetic to the core. The morons in Sindh are already chanting "Bilawal" to welcome the next set of thieves.

The US government is arming the PKK which is designated as a terrorist organization by NATO. Shall we now list the US as a state sponsor of terror? The point, my dear Suleiman, is that any rhetoric is only as good as the guns behind it. Whichever side has the power (military, economic...

Anyway, we are deviating from the main question of whether his cult status will tempt Modi into recklessness on the foreign front. That's a good question and I guess we will have to wait and see.

Having clout in a few heavily Muslim states doesn't equate to having a national say. The fact that Modi remains unrepentant and unapologetic about the Gujarat riots shows that Muslims have no power on the national scene.

That's my point: that Indian Muslims themselves have no power. All they can do is to hope that Congress addresses their concerns. If Congress doesn't, what choice do the Muslims have anyway?

Almost everyone admits that Indian voters expect Modi to be more assertive on the foreign front, and @Chinese-Dragon is asking whether Modi will cross the line from 'assertive' into 'reckless'. That's a legitimate question.

That's simply not going to happen. Not in the next 100 years. Muslims are less than 15% of the population, with no power, and that's not going to change much in the coming decades. India's diversity may have an Achilles' heel but it's not Muslims; it's the economic gap between rich and poor...

Anybody who can land and plant their flag on it.

The core expectation is that Modi, unlike his rivals, will make India proud by being more assertive, more decisive and more forceful on all issues, domestic and foreign. I don't think that will happen. Indian Muslims have no political power in India. All they have is numbers, but those...

Do this experiment: Stop watching your favorite show for a couple of episodes. You will realize how incredibly easy it is to get on with your life and forget the show ever existed.

@Chinese-Dragon I see you played a masterful stroke in this thread. You made the Indian posters prove your point that Modi has domestic pressure to be more aggressive in his foreign policy. As to whether his bravado -- like a teenager strutting his stuff in front of his new girlfriend -- will...

Personally, I think Asimov lost the plot when he opted for Gaia over either Foundation. I think the concept of Gaia is fundamentally flawed, for the same reason that communism fails and capitalism flourishes. A certain amount of selfish greed is necessary for a group/civilization/species to...

Speaking as a HUGE fan of The Good Doctor, I have to say this essay isn't saying anything new. We know that scientific creativity is about finding patterns. The human brain is designed to find patterns in random data (even when they don't exist) which is why people see a face on Mars or a...

Hi Sultan, Thanks for your interest in Pakistan. Since I grew up and learnt about Pakistani history in school, I am not sure what resources there are for someone to learn it quickly. Perhaps some of our more knowledgeable members @Aether @Akheilos @syedali73 @genmirajborgza786 @Rusty can help?

I think there are two factors at play here: a) Modi's policy will be to keep all foreign countries on their toes. He will give the Americans some indication that India _may_ join an anti-China alliance (part-time). He will give the Chinese and Russians some indication that India _may_ join an...

I had read (not sure if it's true or just an urban legend) that some ex-President (Jimmy Carter?) was denied entry into a posh restaurant because he wasn't dressed properly. No tie or something...

The question then becomes which body is the planet and which is the moon? For example, Pluto (which is not a planet any more) has a moon called Charon, which is big enough that Pluto-Charon are called a double system. It's not clear that Charon should be called a moon of Pluto. You have to...

OK. I was going by the claims here by Indians that Congress is dynastic and BJP is more diverse. Individual constituencies in BJP may be dynastic, but I don't see an overarching dynastic presence as we see in Congress, PML-N and PPP. Those latter parties are formed around the dynastic core...

Maybe Zarda-ri should have served zarda instead of biryani...

I don't know about the hollow part, but two things I find absolutely spooky about our moon is that a) its rotation and revolution match exactly, meaning that it keeps the same face towards Earth b) its size and distance are exactly right to eclipse the Sun perfectly as seen from Earth's surface...