- Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 6:13
- India
- 380 views
What if one doesn't speak Marathi in Maharashtra? Well, if you're a South Indian it's OK because you contribute to the economy. But if you're from Bihar or UP, then you'll be beaten up because you're a criminal. This is how Raj Thackeray's head works, and the idea has a substantial following. That this should ...
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- Thursday, April 24, 2008, 6:12
- India
- 346 views
All political parties backed the law for 27% reservations for a whole new class of population that amount to over a quarter of a billion. They certainly did not want to alienate this population for electoral purposes. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the law is constitutional because the fathers of our constitution clearly advocated reservations for the downtrodden in order to better equip them ...
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- Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 14:59
- Hindu
- 111 views
Secularism is an insidious destroyer of culture, but here in Canada, where our population is so diverse, especially in the big cities, it appears to be the only obvious acceptable compromise. (Although not one I am comfortable with).
I proposes that instead of Secularism, we should follow the Hindu model of pluralism, acceptance and open mindedness. Consider the broad scope of Hinduism and its wide ...
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- Sunday, February 12, 2006, 11:53
- Hindu
- 564 views
The Muhammad cartoons did rouse the Islamic Congress Govt. at the Centre. It seems that the Indian Govt. expressed its outrage and offered suggestions to the Danish Govt. in October of last year itself, when
the Mohammed cartoons were first published.
The
Press release from Indian Govt. reads:
?¢‚Ǩ?ìAt the time these offending cartoons were first published, Indian
outrage at this had been ...
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- Sunday, December 4, 2005, 0:16
- Hindu
- 91 views
The Kanchi Shankaracharya made a big deal of settling the Ayodhya issue by calling the VHP and the Muslims and talking a few times - well, he ended up making a big fool of himself. The sants of Ayodhya call together a meeting for constructing the Ayodhya temple, and then keep meeting and keep meeting, but that is all.
In olden times, surely saints and acharyas ...
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- Tuesday, November 22, 2005, 22:56
- Hindu
- 111 views
Nepal, the tiny country landlocked between India and China, is the only Hindu country and monarchy in the world. It has been about a decade of close to civil war with the Maoist terrorists fighting the government to convert the Hindu monarchy into a Communist republic.
Today, the Maoists have offered to end their bloody struggle and join mainstream politics in an effort to bring peace ...
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