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Generally its the women in the family who use the BPL card to buy rations and in small quantity. And people are less likely to squander money if they get it piecemeal in form of various subsidies rather than a large cash transfer.Its common sense. What you are suggesting was tried and found...

The method of cash handouts was tried before and it did not work. Poor people simply buy alcohol and other drugs, party for a few days/weeks and go back to being poor again. Many slum dwellers put the free houses they are given by the govt. up for rent and go back to living in slums because...

I saw some tweets yesterday It shows the insecurity of indian cricket fans who are yet to come to terms with fact that cricket is not a global sport. Atleast not yet.

I said skilled immigrants.

Please see the edit.

I don't think you really understand the meaning of Transfer of Technology Mr. Think Tank.... Getting ToT is like getting the final answer in a math problem e.g x= 12 Nobody transfers the process employed to get the final answer, every nation has to figure it out by itself. ToT is used to...

Oh my bad. Why would someone want mid-flight refuelling on a trainer ?

Is JF 17's refuelling probe retractable ? Because I was lead to believe it wasn't, on another forum.

That depends on your perception of Mr. Shinde. You perceive him as a congressi, while I think he is an idiot first and foremost.

I did no such thing my sweet. Stop making up BS.

If you think RSS should be a bigger concern for a mango Indian than terrorists trying to establish Taliban across the border then you are in very hallowed company.

I agree with you but you make it sound like they are the equally bad. I would further qualify your statement by adding two caveats : 1. RSS fools are nowhere near as bad as Taliban or even Shariah demanding fools in Pakistan. 2. Religious BS is taking a backseat in India with time while in case...

Do you have bikini beaches in Pakistan in the first place ? (srs)

I have a question if anyone is willing to indulge me for a second. At a time when the whole world is moving away from religion and other associated dogmas, why is Pakistan going in the opposite direction ? Is it because of the policies of Zia ? To answer the question in the topic, the best way...

The chart in the op assumes that US will remain young forever due to immigration. I wonder if it factors the fact that skilled people will be less inclined to immigrate to US as it declines and rest of the world catches up slowly.

What gives you the idea that China is trying to contain India economically ? Only yesterday, MoU was signed for large scale Chinese investment in India's infrastructure, notably in the industrial corridors. That completely goes against what you are postulating. Hello Everyone!