Tag: India
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Battle Royale – V
Alfred Hitchcock once said, “There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it”. Alfred Hitchcock had never witnessed the anticipation or the bang of an Indo-Pak cricket match. A match that lasts approx 8-hours, is played between 22 players but directly or indirectly affects nearly 1/6th of the human population. The…
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India to lose in World Cup Semi Final?
There’s a report on Indian TV channel that “Team India” will lose the Semi Final of ICC World Cup 2011. Fact or propaganda?
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The Curse of Dowry
In India, 7,618 dowry deaths were registered in 2006, followed by 8,093 cases in 2007 and 8,172 in 2008. It is estimated that not even 5% of dowry deaths are reported. Out of the ones that are reported, most of disguised as suicide or accidents. Culprits get away. The figures aren’t much better in Pakistan,…
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Shiv Sena Threat for Pakistan Team in Cricket World Cup 2011
Cricket World Cup 2011 has been kicked off after a glittering Opening ceremony in Dhaka. The event has been jointly hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Unfortunately Pakistan was stripped of its rights as co-host of the 2011 World Cup by the ICC on 17th April, 2009 due to concerns about the “uncertain security…
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TAPI Gas Pipeline: A Welcome Relief
Energy war is something we have heard through out the last century and it will be naive to say that this theme will be replaced in this century as well. First it was the great power penetration into Middle East which is still unfolding, while the collapse of USSR opened a new arena in Central…
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Permanent Membership for Permanent Nuisance
New Delhi is currently on cloud 9 and there is a good reason for this aswell. Team Manmohan has got the backing of President Obama for its quest to join the permenant member squad in UN Security Council. Although the aspiration is not new but its timing as well as its future implications have raised…
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Ajman Super Dad, Father of 88, marrying a 18 year old in India
Wow. Another starrer from shining India. On one hand the slum dogs of Mumbai become millionaire by selling their kids or renting their wombs for foreigners, rich men from abroad chose India to build their harem. According to a report in UAE newspaper, 64-year-old Daad Murad Abdul Rahman of Ajman, father of 88 children, will…
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Ayodhya Verdict: Indian Muslims will always be second-class citizens
The so-called “historic” verdict by the judges of the Allahabad High Court in India has been welcomed by rabid Hindu fanatics because they now feel they can go ahead and demolish all the remaining mosques in India. Instead of recognizing that Muslims were the owners of the land on which the Babri Masjid had stood…
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Bihari Qaumi Movement (BQM) – another split in MQM?
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was originally formed as Muhajir Qaumi Movement in early 1980s, claiming to protect the rights of Muhajirs, the immigrants who left their homes in India to come to Pakistan in and after 1947. These Muhajirs mainly belonged to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states of India. Arriving in Karachi, the capital of…
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Marching Kashmir and the Shameless Silence!!
Kashmiris in the occupied territory have protested as long as I can search my memory, and the issue has been highlighted time and time again with nearly the same result….. “Ignorance†Till now it was the international power centers ignoring their voice and one comes up readily with the justification being the “power politicsâ€. But…