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Actually there is a problem with having anything named after any corrupt politician. However IG deserves some credit for liberation of Bangladesh. If you are condemning both Bhindranwale and IG then it's OK.

Iran should really stop bothering about Israeli issues and also rein in its allies in Lebanon. Palestinian extremist organizations like Hamas are supporters of Jihadists in Syria and are therefore not worth supporting in any case.

Very unfortunate incident. The force of the blast can judged from the bent and twisted blades of the ceiling fan, in the 7th photo. The shock wave itself was probably sufficient to cause severe internal injuries to organs, not to mention any shrapnel that may have been used.

Actually, they will be in India only for the trial. They will serve their sentences in Italy. This was the deal even before they went back to Italy to "vote". It's not that the Govt of India is looking particularly good in all this.

If Pakistan was smart, it would do everything possible to strengthen a democratically elected, independent government in Kabul, which would be able to keep Afghanistan unified and peaceful. Karzai is your best bet. Really. I know it won't happen.

Actually both the Tamil script and the Devanagari script (used for Hindi) are descendants of the Brahmi script.

The origin of the problem was domestic but it was exploited as much as possible by Pakistan. In fact, one of the reasons Benazir is criticized in Pakistan is her alleged "betrayal" of Khalistani terrorists.

One of the ring-leaders was Tytler ... all these things are well-known. Bhindranwale was a nobody before Indira Gandhi decided to prop him up against the Akalis.

Of course not. The 1984 massacre was not a natural consequence of anything IG did. It was criminal act orchestrated by some powerful individuals in the Congress, many of whom were not even Hindus. That is not true. But she can be blamed for creating Bhindranwale to under-cut the Akalis.

Firstly this is not about Sikhs in general - it is only a small faction. If this faction were to honor killers of those Congress leaders who actually organized the massacre, that would be less objectionable, even though breaking the law should not be celebrated. However Indira Gandhi was not...

I totally agree that the GoI has not acted responsibly. The victims are not just the Sikhs, but the Indian people as a whole. Most of our population is living in poverty and misery because of the poisonous behavior of political elites. But does that mean it's OK for the victims to start...

Besides, we need funds for keeping in foreign bank accounts. Please don't worry, we have very close relations with foreign arms middlemen and bankers. They will not blackmail our party high command and they have verbally assured us that they will not cut supplies by more than 50% in case of war.

In a way it is my plight also, having to deal with people of very average intelligence, such as yourself.

And what have you done Mr Sashan? Other than sitting on your as* and doing lip service, what have you done for justice? If we are a democracy, then only way to get anything done is to support a political party at the center which is committed to justice. The first step is for all Sikhs to stop...

That is a big topic with a whole sticky thread dedicated to it - http://www.defence.pk/forums/military-history-strategy/7961-motivations-behind-selecting-name-india-1947-a.html Regards.

I generally agree with all that A "natural" identity is an identity that does not need to be supported by force or by state sponsorship. For example, "Pushtun", "Punjabi" and "Tamil" are natural identities. Before 1947, "Indian" was a natural civilizational identity that included South...

I am not saying the Indonesians are not Muslim. All I am saying is that their national identity is not based on Islam. And that is why they can be comfortable with their history. Does Pakistan, for maintaining unity, need to privilege the Islamic identity over the older natural regional...

The identity based on Islam meant a devaluation of the older natural regional identities. The Bengalis broke away in 1971, and in today's Pakistan, the faith-based identity is still being privileged over other identities. Now, would being Muslim necessarily be in conflict with one's roots? I...

Well, the creation of Pakistan was justified on the basis of the Islamic identity, which was supposed to be in opposition to a "Hindu" identity. I would suggest that the natural, ethnic identities - Punjabi, Sindhi, Baloch and Pashtun, should be given their due place. The Sanskrit roots of...

This is an extremely delicate and interesting point. We have in India a somewhat eccentric former Supreme Court judge named Katju, who has been annoying a lot of people with his undiplomatic views. Let me look at the situation from his standpoint - He would say that because the idea of...