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March 25th, 2015 - 8:31 am § in China, Misc.

China vs India: Confronting Each Other Over the Spoils of Vietnam and Phillipines

India warning use of its naval power in South China Sea India has warned that it is prepared to use force to secure its economic interest in the South China Sea. India has placed allegations that Beijing had deliberately hampered its rival oil and gas exploration efforts. As China and India rise ec[...]

January 12th, 2015 - 1:09 am § in Misc.

Can India Be Tolerant?

Our Constitution accommodates differences: Pranab In the wake of growing instances of communal intolerance in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee of India  expressed his apprehension, asking if tolerance and acceptance of dissent are “on the wane.” The President said the Indian civilisation[...]

July 28th, 2014 - 9:41 am § in Uncategorized

Celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr in India

Id to be celebrated tomorrow Muslims in Kerala will celebrate Id-ul-Fitr on Tuesday, marking the culmination of a month-long Ramzan fasting. » A celebratory serving Susanna Myrtle Lazarus meets women in the city who talk about the joy of cooking up the flavours of Eid-ul-Fitr »[...]

May 17th, 2014 - 9:58 am § in Misc.

What Happened In India

America’s Christians may be in for a shock .. India is now ruled by a fundamentalist religous party that celebrates idolatry and worships not one, not two but thousands of gods.[...]

November 6th, 2013 - 3:57 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics

Heroes of Islamic India

From the Chapati Mystery Blog: On a visit to the Punjab, the blog editor  visited Jahangir’s tomb with friends. The tomb of the 4th Mughal Emperor and son of Akbar the great, lies at the outskirts of Lahore by the river Ravi. Rather, it used to. Lahore swallowed up Ravi. It swallowed up the tomb.[...]

January 13th, 2013 - 1:11 pm § in China, Misc.

Chandrayaan 2 Heads for the Moon

Now that China is roving the Moon, India can not be Far Behind India gears up to send Chandrayaan 2, its second lunar exploration mission to the moon, in the near future. India shows a lot more innovation than China .. or for that matter the US. Indian Scientists have proposed a system of mirrors, [...]

October 15th, 2012 - 8:55 pm § in Uncategorized

Hinglish

A Case for Hinglish A new circular from the Department of Official Language, part of the Indian Home Ministry, encourages the use of popular English words in place of difficult Hindi terms in official Hindi communications. The circular states that Hindi words such as “misil” (for “file”), �[...]

October 6th, 2012 - 9:51 am § in China, Misc.

India serious about its “Russian” aircraft carrier

Xinhua has an interesting piece on the aircraft carier that India is buying from Russia.  Unlike the carrier that China bought, India’s Russo-Indian carrier comes with a fleet of airplanes.  The effect could be startling .. imagine India as a real sea power in the Indian Ocean![...]

October 12th, 2011 - 2:33 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges

Can the US supply learning to India?

INDIA: Higher education summit with US reveals gaps Alya Mishra The first India-US higher education summit, between India’s Human Resources Minister Kapil Sibal and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week, was aimed at strengthening collaboration between the two countries. It provide[...]

July 8th, 2011 - 1:14 am § in Politics

The Case of Peace: Pakistan Realizes War Is Too Expensive

Pakistan cannot afford to match the induction of modern weaponry by India, which possibly has a greater capacity to sustain a war, Pakistani Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said. “If we only try to match them (India) militarily and buy the sort of armament which they have, we will prob[...]