it is 3%, but IA relies heavily on the martial races crap... IA is heavily represented by Punjab-Hayana-Himachal-Uttaranchal-Rajasthan belt.
IA has 8% sikhs (who are demographically 2%).
there are very few bengalis in IA, so is the case from my state of AP. IA has demographic imbalances...
we have evil intentions for Afghanistan... we want to give them medical aid, to hook them up on health and child-care. we want to give them dams so that with electricity they can hook up TV and waste all the time. we want to build roads, so that they can buy cars and trucks and pollute their...
Hindus are hindus.. they can be moderate or otherwise. I do not know secular hindus. Hindus have disputes with muslims regarding land and a history of destruction of Hindu temples, in many cases things were amicably settled and in some they were not, which turned out the way things are.
Babri...
So throwing mud so that something may stick is your approach. That you can throw some conspiracy theories and I will buy, where is lack of peace on Eastern front of Pakistan. When was the last time Pakistan was instrumental in bringing Peace in Kashmir by militarily involving itself.
Why and...
the worst thing about Indians, Pakistanis and now Bangladeshis is every one thinks Afghanistan is their backyard.. and some how Afghans will help Pakistan with "Strategic depth", or Indians with "Pinser move" or now Bangladeshis with access to Central Asia through Afghanistan.
My suggestion...
Pretty insightful statement about your psyche. I have not commented on their quality over Pakistan, I was enumerating the number of other movie industries that are thriving in India
http://www.gowanusbooks.com/punjabi.htm
selective amnesia is such wonderful thing.
Bollywood is one of the many Indian film industries. Tamil and Telugu film industries go toe to toe with Bollywood. Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada and Bhojpuri industries are profitable too.
If Pakistan had not looked down up on its own languages as...
SAARC, is a chaotic organization, which is the stage for Shouting matches between India and Pakistan. The other member sit around with bemusement.
What has SAARC delivered to its members that could not have been delivered with a bi-lateral relation with India? None of the SAARC members...
@MBI Munshi,
you have the answer in mind, if you have enough open-mind while posing the question, there is a point for me to answer the question and explain it.
If joining SCO helps bring more calm and stability in Sino-Indian relations, I am all for it. If India joins SCO and any minor bickering with China will weaken SCO. Things only get complicated if Pakistan joins SCO. In that case it will be SAARC duex, too chaotic to counter NATO.
The middle-class has little or minimal role in Indian democracy. It is the rich who can afford to stand in an election, and it is the poor who are majority of the electorate.
So for them, being semi-literate or clanish, what matters most is "family background", "caste" and other thing that...
Sonia Gandhi has automatic loyalty of many congressmen by the virtue of her family name. She could be tool is someone's hands. Especially the enmeshed coutourie, that surrounds her. But Dr.Singh is not the one pulling the strings.
Not in a generation or two. Treating a Parliamentary seat as personal property is nothing new. Also, there is not Intra-Party democracy, so basically you pass your Party to your kid or blood-relative with least resistance.
* Intra-party democracy should be given
* The guidelines for the...