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The question of 'what is a moon?' can be tricky. The rings of Saturn consist of tiny particles which orbit the planet -- in precisely the same way that larger objects orbit their planets. Some of the bigger particles in the rings are called 'moonlets' and the decision of when a particle...

Technically, the rings of Saturn are nothing more than millions of tiny moons which just happen to orbit in a narrow belt. One theory is that the rings are just the remains of ancient moons which broke up.

ghareeb (poor) kay (of) leader (leader) ka (of) maqbara (tomb) zinda (living) ghareeb (poor) ka (of) ghar (house) The urdu sentence reads backwards.

That's a good question and my guess -- I will never live down what I am about to write -- is that India's success is due to the BJP. The root cause of Pakistan's misfortunes is the ruling cabal, which remains functional because there are only a few players: two dynastic families and a handful...

I am not disputing the concept of espionage or the tactics used by all countries. I am commenting on the language used here.

It's absolutely disgusting that a senior member like @MastanKhan should be defending the shameful language used by @gambit .

Power of American democracy. If this was Pakistan, the restaurant would have been shutdown and the owner thrown in jail on trumped up charges.

The nexus between feudals, robber barons and military generals. This nexus requires the general population to be easily controlled and not too rebellious (i.e. uneducated). Religion is merely a tool for this elite. If not religion, they can use ethnicity, linguistic differences or other...

That's precisely what I am saying, that religion is not the root cause of Pakistan's problems. The Objectives Resolution is not responsible for the failure of power generation or mass transit or law enforcement or tax evasion or corruption or any myriad of ills plaguing the country. While we...

I think we are mixing cause and effect. The rise of religious madrassas is not the cause of the dysfunctional educational system; it is a consequence of it. These madrassas arose to fill in the vacuum left by the decrepit public school system. The decay of the public school system. in turn...