Nehru was a corrupt politician. He had a crony called Krishna Menon, who involved in a scam involving the import of Jeeps. After Menon successfully pulled off the scam, Nehru rewarded him with the post of Defense Minister. Menon completely ruined the Armed forces, starving them of even the most...
^^^ Very interesting. Now Iqbal can be deleted from the list of ideologues of Pakistan.
Basically, Pakistan is a result of Jinnah's deliberate whipping up of fanaticism, under the guidance and encouragement of Churchill. There is a lot of information available on the clandestine contacts...
Depends on how you translate Vande. Look at Arif Mohammed Khan's translation, there is no problem.
That said, I don't believe people should be forced to say or not say anything.
My reaction to the bear story, is the same as what your reaction would have been, had the individuals belonged to the TTP rather than the Hibzul Mujahideen.
It's a mountain of of a mole-hill. "Vande Mataram" can be taken to mean respect or loyalty or devotion towards the Motherland. It doesn't have to mean worship - which is the meaning that causes theological controversies.
Ultimately, though, nobody should be forcing anybody to say or not say...
That article has no credible references. The so called "fertility godess" is that statue from Mohenjodaro. We don't even know that it represents a godess.
The term "godess" is a rather elastic term, and can mean many different things.
There is no tradition of nude depictions of Saraswati...
If you have a bunch of Congressmen of various religions rioting, it is highly dishonest to call it a "Hindu mob". Tytler had converted to Christianity long before he was orchestrating the orgy, but I don't call it a "Christian-led mob".
Not "Hindu mobs", they were Congress mobs. In fact, the most blood-thirsty rioter was a fellow called Tytler, who is a Christian and who remains a senior leader in the Congress.
Too bad that Kushwant is defaming people who had nothing to do with it.
Anybody would be disoriented if they were woken up from deep sleep only to find a raging bear on top of them, that too in the pitch darkness of a cave.
I guess they never had a chance.
Bear kills two Hizbul infiltrators in cave - India - The Times of India
SRINAGAR: It seems these are the worst of times to be a militant in Kashmir. First, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was axed to death by a teenage girl in Rajouri roughly a month ago. Now, a bear has mauled two Hizbul...
Yes, there were many atrocities and genocides in which nobody intervened to save the victims. But I'm sure the Bengalis would not have relished the idea of following in the footsteps of the African slaves or the Australian aborigines, trusting that their grievances would be resolved, to varying...
I tend to take a moral rather than a legalistic view of such questions. Yes, that opens the door to subjective biases, but one must try.
One question is at what point the victimization by a sovereign power of the natives of a territory ruled by it becomes a matter of concern for outsiders...