It\'s Politics Uber Alles In Kashmir ..... And India Cobra, you need to think again. I used to think that way; the violence around the Amarnath yatra and some of the "secular" reaction to it, including this article, is probably responsible for changing my mind. Today I feel that people who deny their Hindu fellow Kashmiris the right to their homes and deny other human beings the right to toilet facilities have lost their humanity, and giving in to them would be seen as a victory for violence. It is much easier to give in here, but where does it stop? This is a war we have to wage. I feel like a fake saying it from the safety of my home, but India is mine in a way no other country can ever be.

It\'s Politics Uber Alles In Kashmir ..... And India Dostmittar, the third verse of the song is the German national anthem, Deutchsland uber alles is not used because of the nazi affiliations, perhaps?

It\'s Politics Uber Alles In Kashmir ..... And India Dostmittar, Deutschland uber alles is also the first line of the song of which the German national anthem is a part. It used to be a Nazi anthem, and is still (tahir or others who live there can correct me) used by neo-Nazi groups.
Regarding George Mikes, I remember reading How To Be An Alien as a kid, it was a copy which belonged to my mother in school a long time ago. His views on Nehru were interesting, but the book was funny, even though it was not just politically incorrect, it was outright bigoted and racist.

It\'s Politics Uber Alles In Kashmir ..... And India Re: # 89
Tahmed, you can take my silence to indicate it was late night in Australia. I still do not believe the BJP plantd those bombs. People like Dm don't need any proof when it comes to the BJP, but want proof of guilt every time it is a terrorist act committed by radical Islamist groups.

It\'s Politics Uber Alles In Kashmir ..... And India #78 is to tahmed32.

It\'s Politics Uber Alles In Kashmir ..... And India Who talked about no lawless communal acts by the BJP? All that I asked him was for proof that those bombs in Surat were planted by the BJP. As you know, many here do not believe that the September 11 bombings were not committed by Muslims; when people like dostmittar talk of conspiracies against Islam, it just sets them off further.

It\'s Politics Uber Alles In Kashmir ..... And India Dost mittar, I do not think you do Indian or other Muslims any favours by exempting them from the expectations we have of other humans, such as not killing other humans. What do you expect the people of Jammu to do?
Also, what evidence do you have that the bombs were hoaxes planted by the BJP? All this time, we needed to stop the BJP from making bombs..who would've guessed.

Fashion Or Lack Thereof It's a good thing women don't ask your permission then...I don't think any of us realised that men give so much thought to capris.
As neembu says, what of all the men who wear lengths anywhere between the knee and ankles? They're neither shorts or trousers too.

Aafia Siddiqui to Appear in Court Most chowkies who are so outraged at this, as they should be, have not addressed the issue of how they would feel if she was found guilty.(In my opinion, that would still not justify the way she was treated).I suspect many of the above would then justify her involvement in terrorist activities; we can always find some sort of moral relativism and false justification, it seems to have worked for long enough.

Brick Lane is About Immigrants Making Difficult Choices Arjun, I saw it was available on ebay UK to buy. Movies are released on different schedules in different countries, but make the effort, I'll buy it off you if you don't like it, how's that? I have only watched bits of the film, but you would like the book as well.

Aafia Siddiqui to Appear in Court No one's mentioned what happened to her kids. She should have had this day in court 5 years ago.

Brick Lane is About Immigrants Making Difficult Choices Yes, arjun,it is and you'll like it.

Ahmedabad Blasts: Numbed Apathy and The Conspiracy Of Our Resilience Hi Lalit. I feel for you and your family. I hope you can recover some of the faith you have lost in humanity. And remember, no matter what people here say ( I haven't read any of the interacts as yet), most Indian Muslims are as peaceloving as you or me, and it is unfortunate that the many will have to carry the burden of a few. But I won't blame you if you do lose faith in the country, in humanity, in Muslims or in God in the short term, and I don't think anyone can.

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India Re: # 109
It doesn't occur to you, I'm sure, that someone can sound encouraging of Hindus at all in any shape or form, but this article does, at least the start. All that is remarked upon is that it hasn't been easy for Hindus to celebrate Navaratri. This is the difference between Indians and Pakistanis to a large extent; Indians of whatever religion rarely if ever try to stop religious observance of any kind as long as it is peaceful and does not entail them having to participate, though they often do anyway. OTOH you, Matloob, would like the peaceful observance of a tradition stopped because it is Hindu.
I am grateful to Jinnah for removing such people from our midst. Unless of course, they were not like that until they had to live in minority-less isolation.

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India There was poverty long before the Us or its elite existed, Majumdar. And are people who blame poverty for everything actually doing anything about it?
People only talk about root causes as long as they and their loved ones are not involved.

Dhokha and Being a Muslim in India I quite agree with you that anyone being poor or homeless is very wrong, but not that it excuses terrorism, which is what you seem to be implying. If poverty is to be used to excuse everything,how would you feel if you were robbed, raped and killed and poverty was used as an excuse?