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That what I thought. I dont think PLA has any sort of control in these areas. In future, it would be interesting if Pakistan actually allows China to set up a military base or maintain a permanent military presence in the area.

Not to start an unnecessary debate, but how did you come up with the stuff in bold? I would be interested to know if those are your own views or did you use metrics, indicators to arrive at the conclusions. For all we know, Pakistan could be ahead in things other than those you mentioned.

While China's attempts to build infrastructure in Pak's norther areas does make sense for them, I am not sure how much of 'control' this gives them over the land. Has Pakistan actually relinquished control over these areas to the PLA? I wouldnt be quick to make assumptions untill I read more...

That defies logic. It would be naive to think that China and for that matter any country would place its ally's interest over its own. If what you say had been the case, then we would have surely seen a lot more Chinese help for Pakistan during the '71 war. Chinese forces didnt even fire a shot...

I am sure you'll agree that given China's progress, India can access comparable technology and at a lesser cost from China. But this attitude from China and needless cheap tactics aren't helping. Clearly, China could have avoided this incident.

You're right and there's no two way to it. Indians still follow it but the extent has definitely changed. Urban and semi-urban areas do not expereince it in any kind as economic differences between castes have been obliterated. But rural areas, specially in backward regions can be a different...

This move is nothing else but unnecessary needling. Why did China suddenly feel the urge to do this? As the news report stated, A General of the Eastern Command (covering Arunachal pradesh) had already visited China earlier. Why did China not have a problem with a General of AP but one of J&K...

Pakistan may be facing tough times, but surely it has the potential and the resources to find it way out of them.

I seriously think its a waste of money. F1 is an expensive sport and so is its infrastructure. The money can be well spent on so many other grass-roots sports infrastructure projects. After all how many ppl in India actually follow or get to 'play' the sport?

Come on Gubbi. Dont pick up random stuff from blogs yaar. We know this aint happening. IA has seen worse times during Emergency. The issues raised by the author arent strong enough to warrant a coup d'etat attempt.

Batman, my friend long time no see. But unsurprisingly your absence hasn't gained you anything by way of intelligence. You are still talking the same dim-witted stuff. Good to see that some things dont change.

Jana, Aryan component in Indian Hindus is debatable as till date nobody has solidified the definition of an Aryan. The Germans believed they were Nordic, the Persians call themselves the real Aryans whereas some nationalistic Indian historians believe that the Aryans were essentially indigenous...

The bolded part is incorrect, Jana. The Vedas, which are the earliest known texts of the Aryans in the subcontinent and the Hindus do not mention anything about the Caste system. Rig Veda has a text which goes - "I was a poet because my father was a farmer and he was a farmer because his father...

Is the author and the source credible or are these just somebody's imaginary scenario?

Maybe the question wasnt about Myanmar's nukes specifically? The article doesnt talk about the exact question that was raised. we dont know for sure what the issue was. But we surely dont have enough context or evidence to say that India was acting like Myanmar's spokesperson or was poking its...

We? You are neither British nor an American. Remove your mask and talk.

Valid question. US and Russia had nuclear 'accidents' as well. So does that mean no other country should have nukes?

Thand rakh, Jana biba. The foreign minister was only replying to a query in the Indian parliament. Whats wrong with stating the official govt. position in our own parliament? Its not like India was shouting about it in the UN.

Can you back up your claims about the origins of those products with sources? And even if these were originally from areas now in BD, India still has a claim to it as the land was collectively known as Bengal. All things tracing their history to pre-partition Bengal are as much West Bengal as...

Kugga, this is like burying your head in the sand. To draw you a parallel, Pakistan had no problems recognizing the Taliban govt in Afghanistan and has problems with recognizing Israel, a country that has been in existence for 60 years. There are many other examples of occupation in the world...