Nov
30
The Great Debate and The Pope
November 30, 2006 | 3 Comments
The Pope is visiting Turkey. Protests are taking place against the pontiff. This is from a BBC report(here):
The Pope’s words which sparked this and so many other demos came in a lecture back in September to his old university at Regensburg in Germany. He quoted the remarks of the 14th Century Byzantine emperor Manuel II […]
Nov
26
Update
November 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment
After a week of silence. I don’t have anything to say, either. So lets look at what has been happening this week.
India and China has vowed cooperation in Trade. We keep hearing reports of them making rail lines, dams etc. along India’s border, apart from the claim over parts of today’s India.
On the other […]
Nov
20
Articles
November 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
As I am a bit busy, I won’t write. Instead, I will suggest some articles.
Sachar Committee Report
Survey Of Socio-Economic Conditions Of Muslims In India by Imran Ali & Yoginder SikandA review. Somehow the fonts on this particular page are too small. You will have to enlarge the fonts to read it.
Ghettoes Reserved For Muslims? by […]
Nov
16
Malegaon Protests
November 16, 2006 | 2 Comments
Adnan has an interesting post in his blog. He writes:
Angry at the indiscriminate arrests and illegal detention of hundreds of Muslims in the aftermath of Malegaon blasts, the local residents staged a unique protest. After the Friday namaaz, they wore the kind of masks which police make the accused persons to wear at press […]
Nov
14
Peace is easy
November 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The drama has finally been restarted.
(I mean Indo-Pak peace talks have resumed.)
Somebody said
“Quitting smoking is easy, I’d dunnit so many times!”
Likewise we can say
“Peace talks are …”
Nov
13
Chinese Arunachal?
November 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment
China has claimed that Arunachal Pradesh belongs to China.
Nov
11
Reservation for the Muslims
November 11, 2006 | 8 Comments
The controversy on granting reservation for the OBCs at the institutes of higher learning has hardly died down. There is a new controversy going on about granting some reservation for the Muslims. It is not yet clear where and how much. I mean is the reservation going to be in schools and colleges, or in […]
Nov
10
Online Luck
November 10, 2006 | 1 Comment
Online lottery has become quite common in India these days. People pay few rupees and within minutes they know the result.
I watch a lot of people falling into this trap. A farmer lost 500. A businessman 11 lacs. Both were ruined. By their greed and by online lottery. The first we can’t help. The […]
Nov
9
Royal Return?
November 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment
BBC reports:
As India approaches nearly 60 years of independence, some of its former royals seem intent on turning the clock back.
One aristocratic politician has even gone so far as to persuade the authorities to rule that she should be addressed as “highness”.
Shabana HonoredA bit old news, but Shabana Azmi has received Gandhi prize. She said, […]
Nov
9
1857 Uprising
November 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There is an interesting discussion going on about the role of freelance jehadis in the uprising. Probably they were more important than we think.
Here are two reviews:
From BBC Indian mutiny was ‘war of religion’
From The Times of IndiaThe Jehad of 1857?