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Open letter to Mr. Shahrukh Khan (SRK) Of late, we have been reading about your opinions and statements on matters beyond the celluloid world. Nothing is wrong in it. You live in a free, democratic country and are entirely entitled to your opinion. But as a common man, also from the same soil, I think I have the right too to raise a few points that may not conform to your views of the real world.I hope you will read it out.When recently, the Pakistani players were not selected for the IPL, it was almost predictable that NDTV, the awa...	Arindam B	Truth Speaks: Imran, We are opposing Mr.Shahrukh khan just for one reason: He is supporting a enemy country which is conducting Terrorist attacks and killing our people like in Mumbai Islamic Terrorist attacks and many more before. He is supporting a state sponsor.... [92 comments]
INDIA IN 1983: Predictions made in 1888 When George Orwell published his book 1984 in June 1949, it instantly became a best seller. Likewise in 1888, a book entitled INDIA IN 1983 was published. The book became very popular in India and England at that time. During my visit to the British Museum Library in London in 1987, I had the good fortune of reading this book. I also managed to get a photocopy of this very rare and unknown book from the museum authorities. The author of that book intended to remain anonymous. Written in the natu...	V Sundar..	abhijit sen: iam feeling proud [1 comments]
Communal Tipu Sultan: Secular Hero A three day International Conference on Life and Achievements of Tipu Sultan concluded here in Mysore on Monday, 18th January. It was organized by Directorate of Archaeology And Museums, Mysore. Dr.B.Sheikh Ali, former Vice Chancellor of Mangalore and Goa Universities, speaking at the valedictory function said Tipu Sultan practiced religious tolerance and was a revolutionary of his time. Several people had wrong notion that Tipu as not tolerant to other religions. K.B.Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief ...	Nithin S	U.NARAYANADAS: The secular brigade has been re-writing history for a long time. This article might interest you: http://voxindica.blogspot.com/2005/09/should-we-re-write-indian-history.html [6 comments]
Imagining Pakistan in decade of 2010 I am presenting a picture of how Pakistan can and should become as a productive neighbor in a community of global village. I suggest that the army as well as ruling elites need to rethink strategic plans to accommodate the reality that without a powerful economy they are fighting or pursuing in long run a lose-lose strategy.What is at their disposal to create an atmosphere for wealth generation? Answer is youth in abundance that is looking for opportunities to escape from generational cycle of p...	K Bhatia	hh shah: Feedback sent to Author: Imagining-Pakistan-in-the-decade-of-2010 Mr. Bhatia; I would urge you to please read a recent book, "9-11 made us think" It is available at : www.createspace.com/3399993 and www.amazon.com This book, when read by ma.... [3 comments]
Need to save Disappearing Water Tanks Every year, our country faces water scarcity due to delayed monsoon and inadequate rainfall in certain places. This has resulted in deaths due to water scarcity and water-borne diseases.Historically, tanks and lakes had been one of the important sources fulfilling water demands of population. Kautilya Arthashastra(1) (4th century B.C.) gives copious information regarding construction of dams, canals, management of canal water including leaving of tax.Rules for location of tanks are also detailed...	Nithin S	sharetipsinfo: Hi, Stock market India is volatile and all those who speculate in market are loosing everyday. Please remember stock market is not for speculation purpose. If one feel investing in stock market is gamble then its better to think again. One shou.... [1 comments]
Earthquakes Dont Kill People, Buildings Do The earthquake in small country of Haiti on Tuesday (12/01/10), was devastating causing buildings to topple and in the process to have killed many. According to BBC (1) thousands are feared dead. The Red Cross says up to three million people are affected. A report in The Christian Science Monitor (2) says many government and United Nations buildings in Haitis capital Port-au-Prince have collapsed. It quotes Bernice Robertson, a senior analyst in Haiti for International Crisis Group as saying maj...	Nithin S	Add Comment
US, India, Pak: Squandered Decade It was a decade in which nothing good happened, concluded US columnist Paul Krugman, and none of the optimistic things we were supposed to believe turned out to be true. From an economic point of view the decade was the Big Zero; comparing the data for 1999 - 2009: ...	K Bhatia	cici: top edhardy denim www.lookedhardy.com [1 comments]
New M F Hussein in AP: Lakshm Prasad Amidst the uneasy and uncertain lull in the Telangana storm, passions in Andhra Pradesh have been incited yet again, this time by an attack on Draupadi by a Telugu writer from Andhra Pradesh.Dussasana who disrobed Draupadi in open Court in the Mahabharata has been put to everlasting shame by a despicable writer called Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad in Andhra Pradesh. He holds Ph.D in Hindi as well as in Telugu from Andhra University. He became a Rajya Sabha MP in 1996. He was awarded Padmashri in 200...	V Sundar..	U.NARAYANADAS: Mr. Sundaram, one couldn"t agree more with you. Lakshmi Prasad seems to have outdone Dussasana! Whereas, in the original epic Dussasana only tried to disrobe Draupadi, in his novel (pornography in the garb of an epic!) Prasad used the noble character.... [19 comments]
Separating Telangana from Andhra: Does..? December 9, 2009 was a defining moment for Telangana. At midnight the Home Minister of India, Mr. P. Chidambaram, announced the initiation of forming Telangana State and instantly Telangana burst into joy and jubilance. Every nook and corner witnessed the spectacle of celebrations that symbolized the culmination of fifty some years of struggle seemingly into fruition. But the news was gloom and doom for opponents of Telangana from Andhra region. They flooded the internet with blurred blogs that...	Gopal A	Neilish: Great and well-written article! Self-rule is the principle of democracy. You have made strong and sound arguments... [11 comments]
Yes, India needs MF Husain Maqbool Fida Husain, popularly known as M. F. Husain, or simply Husain, is now living abroad. He lives in a land far away from his motherland - India. He is currently based in Dubai. He has been living there after his self-imposed exile. Hes revered by many as a painter - an artist extraordinaire. Millions are spent by people to buy his masterpiece and the kind of publicity and support he enjoys with the Indian elite is truly enviable. ...	U Prabhu	LawOrderGuy: Yes, India needs the MF Hussain. How can India hang him in a foreign country? [14 comments]
Demystifying the Sufis Perceptions are not history - they can never be. It is perceived in India, by many, that Sufis are living testimonies of secular face of Islam. and that they have played a pivotal role in shaping the secular fabric of this land. The facts, however, suggest otherwise. Folks Founder & Editor-in-chief U. Mahesh Prabhu Writes more.History testifies the fact that most of the Sufi saints came to India either accompanying the invading armies of Islamic marauders or just followed them in their sweeping ...	U Prabhu	S.Ghosh: Some Bauls are Vaishnavas, some Bauls are Sufis. Muslim fanatics normally attack those Sufi Bauls. [11 comments]
Loyalty of Home-grown American Terrorist Commenting on Americas immediate problem WSJ said and I agree that Hasan, Not KSM, Is Our Real Problem (Daniel Henninger, WSJ, Nov 19). We need to take a fresh look at reasons why home-grown terrorism is surfacing in America? Some American terrorists have a global reach as is evident from the recent arrests in Chicago.Many experts are analyzing Muslim behaviors to explain why a US army officer on Nov. 5 allegedly committed a crime at Fort Hood, TX killing 13 fellow soldiers. The alleged gunman, ...	K Bhatia	Dr Ratan Bhattacharj: American policy of double dealing with the terrorists is at the root of all troubles. It is pampering the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and punishing them in Afganisthan. It is not pressurising Pakistan to cleanse the country of terrorists It is a .... [1 comments]
Hinduism: Sankhya System & Guna - Part V Part V concludes the Introduction to Hinduism by describing scientific roots of Hinduism. The Hindu concepts of human behavior were adopted from the scientific Sankhya Systems and the Guna theory of evolution of human behavior.In a nutshell, Hindu philosophers who developed Gita were contemporaries of Kapila, the author of the Sankhya System. The theist of the day, true to their Vedic faith and upbringing, dressed up the Sankhya system in religious clothes by incorporating the concept of paramat...	K Bhatia	S.Ghosh: No Indian should look at the History of the world or History of Civilization written by any Anglo-Americans, as they always insult us, try to minimize the importance of India. In their books, Indian ancient civilization does not even exist, the histo.... [7 comments]
America - Problems for Pakistan The root of global peace lies in Pakistans mindset of imperialism for a regional power status. In 21st century dominant nations are not only militarily but also economically powerful. Pakistan is economically broke.Pakistani press is good at creating noise and its commentators with rare exceptions are mostly hyperactive; their initial responses to President Obamas speech (see references and notes) were same old twisted arguments against President Obamas reevaluation of and may be abandoning the ...	K Bhatia	ramesh: Pakistan has a strategic postion between China , Central Asia, India , Iran and Arabia. Unless India does not reabsorb Paksitan the US will have to cooperate with the Paks. [1 comments]
Dharma and Cosmic Man - Part IV Dharma is virtue. Hinduism advocates that every one should live dharmic life, which is the highest level of Hindu living. It is basically moral and ethical foundation for Hindus. Dharmic persons are considered to be close to God or Bhagwan. Characteristics of the immortal dharma are identified below.The relationship between cosmic forms described in Gita and that of the understanding of modern sciences is presented in notes to Part IV....	K Bhatia	Rana: Hello I would like to add that I do relegious / spiritual tours to India. Tours like meditation tours, yoga tours, prayer tours and visit to places like Amritsar, Dharmshala, Kullu, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Khajuraho, Varanasi, tirupati, Mahabalipuram,po.... [1 comments]

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