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Oh my god. We get it. China is the manufacturing hub of the entire world and you have some fascinating data to back it up. Why do you feel the need to constantly reassure yourself by flashing these numbers? I don't see someone trolling you into resorting to the cheap shots. You have...

You are being too kind to India's diplomats. To be perfidious, and to enjoy the ill-gotten gains of the same, one would need to be adroit, tactful and would also require foresight. India's diplomats have often displayed a spectacular lack of the above mentioned qualities. India's diplomacy is...

India undermining resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva Geneva/New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), an NGO having Special Consultative Status with the UN and participating in the ongoing 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva accused India of trying to...

Not that I have any sympathy for the Congress, but the Karnataka urban local bodies elections does highlight the vulnerability of the BJP. Victory in merely 906 wards as compared to victory in 1960 for the Congress. This party is absent in south and eastern india - that's 2 out of 4 regions -...

Adding context and meaning through interpretation of a given statement, especially those made by political leaders, is not an "ability" or skill but a daily and rather mundane task performed on a daily basis. To understand, or rather to try and understand, the true intent - we all associate a...

Firstly, let's calm down. Your "one-man-BJP-army" routine only ends up infusing humor into this debate. As for the question about the "line" - one needs to appreciate the subtle nuances of a statement or a speech. Let's begin by turning the argument around - Congress presents an agenda of...

Thanks for the gesture. I'll need some time though. Cheers.

I am afraid you have misunderstood what I had to say. As you mentioned, the approval of the majority is crucial for a democracy. However, what is not in consonance with the idea of democracy is drawing the line distinguishing the majority from the minority along - religious lines. Modi is...

Appreciate your clarification. I had allowed myself the luxury as the high-decibel debate around Modi invariably boils down to, and not entirely unfairly, on his stance with respect to religious minorities and vice-a-versa. As for escape from socialist system - i'm afraid you will first have...

You have raised a volley of issues (and I agree with quite a few), not all of which are connected to subject matter of debate. As I mentioned in one of earlier posts - by making such statements - he is proposing a power sharing formula. He has tactfully drawn a linkage between India and the...

I still don't know why you are preaching to me about the Congress. And thanks for the tip. But you are going off track. My argument is simply that this statement will further polarize opinions and that there is a very little likelihood of the BJP's star campaigner settling in at 7 RCR.

Wow!! You almost blind-sided me with an entirely unexpected, but well - rehearsed, taunt about how Congress is the worst thing to happen to this country. For starters, if my memory serves me right, I don't remember expressing any sympathy, on PDF, for the Gandhi clan. Adding context or...

You don't want to see why or you are unable to see why? Let me break it down. Think logically, coming from, to say the least, a right leaning hardliner - with India's 80% of the population being hindu - no "India First" policy can be possible without the approval of Hindu masses. Meanwhile...

On the face of it - there is absolutely nothing wrong with the statement. But since when has it been advisable to take what politicians have to say at face value? Let's not pretend to be blind. The oh-so-obvious fine print, whereby he has sought to assure a potential votebank that consists of...

I think modi is taking a big gamble when he says - "my definition of secularim - India first". With such a stance he is, or rather hopes to score brownie points with the majority community. But such signals will clearly alienate the minorities. Moreover, the hindu majority is not known to...

ahh...the contest in the 90s in sharjah...watching the master in full flow...

I am not so sure that I want Modi as PM. Anyways, he's unlikely to get the required numbers.

War on Islam?! Why are you guys so insecure? Why does it take nothing more than an mere comment from an insignificant journo to get your panties in a bunch? And the comment is not even inflammatory. It's your emasculated brain working magic.

Hahah...so you guys pride yourself on that fact that after years of being used and abused by the US for its own war efforts first against the soviets then afghanistan (for which you guys oiled up and willingly obliged when the US aimed for penetration), you finally grew a spine for laying a...

I agree with you that 5.5-57% would be a more realistic target. However, there is a sense of optimism with respect to global growth. The US is not keen on a fresh round of Quantitative Easing and they made that public recently, hinting that there is greater confidence in the economy to sustain...