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    Pakistan bristles at India’s 1965 war ‘commemorative carnival’

    Know the difference between a war and a battle? More like Pakistani failure: Nur Khan reminisces ’65 war - Newspaper - DAWN.COM From the article: Since the 1965 war was based on a big lie and was presented to the nation a great victory, the Army came to believe its own fiction and has used...
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    Zaid Hamid Sentenced to 8 years in Jail and 1200 Lashes

    I don't think an Egyptian or even a Saudi will be given preferential treatment. Nevertheless, I do not know of any instance of a European getting beheaded. But on the other hand, the general perception here is that Bangladeshis are fair game given their frequent run ins of the serious type with...
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    Zaid Hamid Sentenced to 8 years in Jail and 1200 Lashes

    Actually no. In the last year there wasn't even one Indian who was beheaded, while 10 Pakistanis were behaeded. The general trend is that Bangladeshis top the list, followed by Pakistanis (a distant second though), while Indians are nowhere close.
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    #RAWattacksAfghanParliament trending in Pakistan

    And look who the Afghan lawmakers are blaming: Pakistan behind Afghan parliament attack: Senators | Pajhwok Election site From the story: Senate Chairman Fazal Hadi Muslimyar denounced the attack in strong words. He said the enemies of Afghanistan were involved in the attack and they were...
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    Brinda Karat wanted Yoga to be compulsory

    An article from 2007 talks about the report submitted by a 32 member Parliamentary committee of which one RS MP and one LS MP both from CPM (Brinda Karat being one of those 'honroable' MPs), wanted Yoga to be made compulsory across India. Wonder if she suddenly realized yoga has become communal...
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    INDIA’S BIGGEST MOSQUE TO BE IN KOZHIKODE

    Three year old news. Nothing progressed AFAIK. I heard that the project was dropped too.
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    Mumbai liquor poisoning death toll rises to 94, Indian police say toll may rise

    Funny you had to ask. Here's a WaPo story on the deaths from such tragedies. They did make a comparison of this number to a terrorist attack too. Only that it is not from India, but a neighbor. In dry Pakistan, deaths from toxic liquor continue - The Washington Post
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    Techies-MBAs-doctors-join-IB-to-become-spies

    From the article: "A young boy even left his job where he was earning Rs 1.5 lakh per month to become an intelligence officer," said a top official.
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    Pakistan should embrace yoga for peace: Ravi Shankar Prasad

    We have few topics which Islam does not have like 1. An Impersonal God 2. Flexibility and freedom 3. Non-violence Also, Hinduism does have the topics you listed. When some of the posters here cannot resist their urge to call everyone to Islam, then one is bound to respond (or at least troll)
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    Pakistan should embrace yoga for peace: Ravi Shankar Prasad

    And I'd recommend you if you do not accept Hinduism ,atleast follow it teachings regarding how to live your lives. I assure you,you will find its teachings perfect if you follow them correctly...
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    These backward classes are the ones that have been screwing the low castes too. Know the difference between backward and low castes first. Even the guy you love to hate, Modi is a backward caste guy. And who else, Manu the man who wrote the infamous Manusmriti, if he lived today will be a OBC...
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    A backward caste woman from Tamil Nadu is not what you think it is. Someone from a backward caste is actually the politically and economically most dominant person in this state. These are land-owning communities who oppressed the other communities (including the Brahmins in the past century)...
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    Let me try to get this into your thick head for one final time. Affirmative Action is not bad. No one whines about positive discrimination. However, affirmative action has to be phased out slowly and also it should be accorded to the ones that are really deserving. The intention with which our...
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    I've kept to the topic terrorist. Just countering your cheapshots with mine.
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    If someone from Utopia calls it stupid, then I wouldn't object so much. But I don't want to hear that from a citizen of a failed state that cannot even guarantee everyday safety for it's own citizens, let alone it's underprivileged and minorities. So, no, thank you.
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    Apparently, your Muslimah had begged the court to consider her so. So much for equality.
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    The ones who whine about it do so because, most often the beneficiaries of this system happen to be the ones who are in fact well off despite their caste status or the history of oppression of their caste/religion. That is exactly the problem. Hence the concept of "creamy layer" being...
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    Why shouldn't one support the notion? Positive discrimination is bad? You really are thick in the head.
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    Ever heard about Affirmative Action? In India, we call it the Reservation system. If you belong to the Backward class or Most backward class or even better, the scheduled caste or scheduled tribe you have a better chance of gaining entry into educational institutions or goevernment jobs.
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    HC comes to rescue of woman who converted to Islam

    They have. And people will give up a limb to become part of that class. In fact, people even demand that they be accorded an even backward class status. 2008 Gurjar unrest in Rajasthan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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