You make valid points but GoP makes things hard by protecting non-state actors on its soil. GoP has no intention of giving up on using non-state actors as strategic assets, it seems.
You are right about poverty afflicting large numbers in South Asia. The main reason for the poverty is corruption and mismanagement.
Economic development can certainly be achieved even with current political boundaries. With economic development we also need education. But this education...
Some cooperation is already happening amongst countries of South Asia. For further progress, people will have to start becoming more open-minded and rational, rather than being blind followers of imperialistic religious and political ideologies.
There are several factors that come into the picture - whether there is a loyal relationship with one person, or whether whether there are multiple partners; whether the focus is more on love and intimacy, or more on the physical; how frequently sex occurs ...
What works best for different...
^^^ It is interesting to compare with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, described by psychologist Abraham Maslow in his paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" (1943):
Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The point is that different people have different needs and desires...
Each human being has various needs - Kaama (sensual desire), Artha (prosperity), Dharma (desire for natural righteousness), and Moksha (enlightenment).
However, depending upon the level of evolution, the emphasis is different. There could be some whose predominant goal is Kaama, and there...
Headley link traced to Pak, 2 LeT men arrested - India - The Times of India
Vishwa Mohan, TNN 7 November 2009, 03:47am IST
NEW DELHI: Home minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the arrest of two terrorists in Pakistan at the instance of FBI has established Islamabads link to a fresh...
He is a US citizen. Apparently both Headley and Rana are graduates of a military academy in Pakistan.
This case is quite important, with links to 26/11.
Indian mission in Dhaka was another target
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
New Delhi, November 7, 2009
With the arrest of three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba and HuJI terrorists by Bangladesh sleuths, a plan to target the US Embassy in Dhaka has been foiled.
It has also been learnt that the terror...
Headley ran visa agency in Tardeo before 26/11 - dnaindia.com
Josy Joseph / DNASunday, November 8, 2009 2:38 IST Email
New Delhi: The two terror suspects arrested in the US for plotting to strike targets in Denmark and India spent significant time in Mumbai before the 26/11 attacks...
US Embassy Attack Plan
Lashkar plotters identified
Kailash Sarkar
The Detective Branch of police has identified several persons including foreign nationals as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives holed up in the country with plans to attack the US embassy in Dhaka and other establishments.
A DB...
Headley a frequent flyer to Pakistan: FBI- Hindustan Times
Press Trust Of India
Washington, November 01, 2009
US national David Coleman Headley, nabbed by FBI for plotting a major terror attack in India at LeT's behest, was a frequent flyer who made multiple trips to Pakistan where he spent...
LeT torn between Denmark, India? - India - The Times of India
Vishwa Mohan , TNN 6 November 2009, 01:52am IST
NEW DELHI: As the details of a fresh Lashkar plot to target India emerge, it appears that a conflict of priorities may have come in the way of its plan to launch another...
The American Spectator : Foiled Again
By Christopher Orlet on 11.5.09 @ 6:07AM
The would-be terrorists -- one an American, the other a Canadian -- called their plot to murder two Danish newspapermen the "Mickey Mouse Project." The cutesy code-name may have stemmed from the fact that David...
I'm all for individual freedom. Children do need to be properly guided, but what people do as adults is their business (as long as they are not treading on anybody else's toes), and they will bear the consequences, good or bad.
If you feel put-off by Baba Ramdev's political views, you can...
My point was slightly different - that wanton sex is appropriate for those living on the animalistic plane.
As regards political statements - it's a free country, and he's entitled to express his opinion (and you're free to express your disagreement).
Prana is Life energy. This concept is not recognized in Western medical science. But even a beginner in Yoga can feel it for himself or herself, relatively easily.
The Nadis are channels along which Prana flows, and the Chakras are centers of Prana along the spine.
It's a simple matter - the vast majority of the people attending his classes are Indians, and Vande Mataram is India's national song, which in fact does not cause any theological difficulties for Muslims, if you translate it correctly.
In any case, nobody is being forced to say it.
Baba Ramdev says that those who don't want to say the Aum chant, for example, need not say it. And that's perfectly correct.
But Yoga is not just physical exercise - there are deeper aspects. One will have to discuss the concept of Prana (life-force), the Nadis (the channels through which...