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https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/well-deserved-diss.html?showComment=1133866980000 Secular-Right India: A Well Deserved Diss Ayaz Amir looks at -- the increasingly airheaded -- Indian media and correctly notes its descent into an information-free zone. As if on cu... secular rightindiawelldeserveddiss https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/ii-what.html Secular-Right India: II What? Gaurav Sabnis is disconnecting his cable connection because he's received a highly entertaining threat from some institute called IIPM. A w... secular rightindiaii https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/china-and-uyghurs.html Secular-Right India: China And Uyghurs Via National Review, Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer takes apart China's tyranny and its suppression of Uyghur freedoms. I'm sure this has b... secular rightindiachinauyghurs https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/acehnese-autonomy-and-kashmir.html Secular-Right India: Acehnese Autonomy And Kashmir An Indonesia-scholar friend hails the recently completed autonomy agreement for Aceh: The autonomy provisions for Aceh are truly remarkable.... secular rightindiaacehneseautonomykashmir https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/persian-idiot.html?showComment=1134583260000 Secular-Right India: Persian Idiot Via BBC, Iranian leader denies Holocaust Don't the good people of Iran deserve better than these fools for leaders? secular rightindiapersianidiot https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/blog-mela.html Secular-Right India: Blog Mela Do check out The PRM Bharateeya Blog Mela, Vol 3 hosted by Saket. secular rightindia blogmela https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2010/12/ Secular-Right India: December 2010 Ideas for an Indian century secular rightindiadecember https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/wisdom-of-shaukat-aziz.html Secular-Right India: The Wisdom Of Shaukat Aziz Via Pakistani newspaper Daily Times, Resolving Kashmir will help "enlightened moderation": PM This is just as idiotic as saying resolving Ka... secular rightthe wisdomindiaaziz https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/02/iran.html Secular-Right India: Iran New York Times reports, World Nuclear Panel to Refer Iran to U.N. Security Council In a move that could change the course of international d... secular rightindiairan https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/identity.html Secular-Right India: Identity Via AP, Morgan Freeman: The Concept Of A Month Dedicated To Black History Is "Ridiculous" The legendary African-American actor says he belie... secular rightindiaidentity https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/intelligent-evolution.html?showComment=1128175200000 Secular-Right India: Intelligent Evolution Via New York Times, Kenneth Woodward debunks the notion of evolution being locked in a zero-sum struggle with the notion of an intelligent ... secular rightindiaintelligentevolution https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/10/justice-not-vengeance.html?showComment=1160438880000 Secular-Right India: Justice, Not Vengeance Just a few words supporting the commutation of Mohammad Afzal's death sentence. This blogger has no personal view on Afzal's guilt except to... secular rightindiajusticevengeance https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/mr-vajpayees-legacy.html?showComment=1136017260000 Secular-Right India: Mr. Vajpayee's Legacy Yesterday, we quipped " good riddance " upon learning of Mr. Vajpayee's retirement from elective politics. In our judgment, his legacy is co... secular rightindiamrvajpayeelegacy https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/tenacity-and-grit.html?showComment=1130571180000 Secular-Right India: Tenacity and Grit I read the Iranian President's call to wipe Israel out from the map and I was reminded of the book by Elliot Cohen, "Supreme Command: Soldie... secular rightindiatenacitygrit https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/06/madrassah-reform.html Secular-Right India: Madrassah Reform Via Christian Science Monitor, Madrassah reform is key to terror war . Via New York Times: The Madrassa Myth . We agree with the Monitor. secular rightindiamadrassahreform https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/ Secular-Right India: 2006 Ideas for an Indian century secular rightindia https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/unseemly-gloating.html Secular-Right India: Unseemly Gloating Rediff commentator T.V.R. Shenoy credits Katrina with exposing the seamy side of the US . He writes: The question intrigues me given the vas... secular rightindia https://secularright.org/ Secular Right | Reality & Reason secular rightrealityreason https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/india-uncivilized.html Secular-Right India: India Uncivilized secular rightindiauncivilized https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/india-dimming.html Secular-Right India: India Dimming Via Hindustan Times, LS to discuss Ganguly's exclusion This is getting grotesquely embarrassing now. secular rightindiadimming https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/04/iraq-random-thoughts.html Secular-Right India: Iraq: Random Thoughts April 9 marks the third anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. The insurrection in Iraq persists unabated and the country is at the brink of ci... secular rightindiairaqrandomthoughts https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/03/shame-taslima-nasreen-revisited.html Secular-Right India: Shame: Taslima Nasreen Revisited The Government of West Bengal is opposing Taslima Nasreen's plea for permanent Indian residency. The reason per a senior official of the We... secular righttaslima nasreenindiashamerevisited https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/i-is-for-infidel.html Secular-Right India: I Is For Infidel Via Opinion Journal, Masood Farivar reviews Kathy Gannon's new book I Is For Infidel Ms. Gannon is an AP correspondent. Here is a powerful e... secular rightindiainfidel https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/06/opposing-autonomy-for-kashmir.html?showComment=1119417960000 Secular-Right India: Opposing Autonomy For Kashmir Via India Uncut , we read Gaurav Sabnis ' generally reasonable evaluation of the recent Hurriyat visit to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. However... secular rightindiaopposingautonomykashmir https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/syria.html Secular-Right India: Syria The investigation led by Detlev Mehlis of the United Nations linked senior Syrian officials to the February 14 assassination of Rafik Hariri... secular rightindiasyria https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/02/curzonian-world-view.html?showComment=1141120200000 Secular-Right India: Curzonian World View I refer to a lengthy article by Parag Khanna and Raja Mohan dated February 13, 2006. It is an effort to convince the American policy audien... secular rightindiaworldview https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/terrorism-in-orissa.html?showComment=1127741520000 Secular-Right India: Terrorism In Orissa Via BBC comes report of yet another disgusting outrage against women, this time in Orissa. Six women in a village in the eastern state of O... secular rightindiaterrorismorissa https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/terrorism-in-kashmir.html Secular-Right India: Terrorism In Kashmir Pakistan-backed terrorists continue their murderous ways even in face of the calamitous earthquake in Kashmir. Via Times of India, Terrorist... secular rightindiaterrorismkashmir https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/despicable-bigotry-if-true.html?showComment=1135700160000 Secular-Right India: Despicable Bigotry, If True Via New York Post, some Muslim employees in Egypt's U.S. embassy being investigated for routinely denying visas to Coptic Christians If true... secular rightindiadespicablebigotrytrue https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/01/justice-banerjee-report.html Secular-Right India: Justice Banerjee Report Stratfor has reviewed the Justice Banerjee report (rejecting Muslim involvement in the Godhara fire) and found it partisan against BJP -- i... secular rightindiajusticebanerjeereport https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2014/02/ Secular-Right India: February 2014 Ideas for an Indian century secular rightindiafebruary https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/diwali.html?showComment=1130945580000 Secular-Right India: Diwali Amit writes that The best thing about blogging is the friendships it creates. Amen. A Hindi poet once lamented that even after numerous Diw... secular rightindiadiwali https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/well-deserved-diss.html?showComment=1133676000000 Secular-Right India: A Well Deserved Diss Ayaz Amir looks at -- the increasingly airheaded -- Indian media and correctly notes its descent into an information-free zone. As if on cu... secular rightindiawelldeserveddiss https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/hamas.html?showComment=1133560380000 Secular-Right India: Hamas Hamas announced plans to contest the parliamentary elections in the West Bank and Gaza next month. It had boycotted the presidential electio... secular rightindiahamas https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/east-turkestan.html Secular-Right India: East Turkestan East Turkestan, renamed Xin-jiang or New Dominion by the Chinese, is of immense strategic value. October, 2005 marks the 50th anniversary of... secular rightindiaeastturkestan https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/profile-in-courage.html Secular-Right India: A Profile In Courage Consequent to the increasingly bizzare actions by IIPM defenders, Gaurav Sabnis makes a principled stand and quits his job. The vile commen... secular rightindiaprofilecourage https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/taxation-in-hindu-law.html?showComment=1129956720000 Secular-Right India: Taxation in Hindu Law I refer to A.L. Basham, "The Wonder That Was India", London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1954. The fiscal norms alluded to below are extracted fro... secular rightindiataxationhindulaw https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/01/welcome-to-our-free-world-iraq.html Secular-Right India: Welcome to Our Free World, Iraq The successful weekend elections in Iraq have vindicated all supporters of the America-led Arab Middle East reform initiative. Early figu... welcome to oursecular rightindiafreeworld https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/01/jain-ire-at-asi.html Secular-Right India: Jain Ire At ASI Via BBC, Police blocked from Indian temple Thousands of Jain devotees have defied a ban on gatherings of more than five people and prevented... secular rightindiajainireasi https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/16-years-for-what.html Secular-Right India: 16 Years For What? Via Times of India, Indians jailed for 16 yrs in Dhaka for an alleged minor offense that did not involve violence. This is a society on a w... secular rightindiayears https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/12/encircled-with-chaos.html Secular-Right India: Encircled With Chaos We understand the dictators in Beijing worry about being encircled by strong democracies. American allies Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Austra... secular rightindiaencircledchaos https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/02/negotiating-nuclear-deal.html?showComment=1140961140000 Secular-Right India: Negotiating the Nuclear Deal Cynical Nerd published an analytical piece today contrasting the proposed Indo-United States nuclear deal with the earlier concluded Sino-U... secular rightindianegotiatingnucleardeal https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/revisioning-indian-history.html Secular-Right India: Revisioning Indian history I refer to G. Feuerstein, S. Kak, and D. Frawley, "In Search of the Cradle of Civilization", Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Publications, 2001. Th... secular rightindiahistory https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2004/12/three-readings.html Secular-Right India: Three Readings We have previously condoled the passing of P.V. Narasimha Rao. Indian Express has now carried the transcript of a recent interview with th... secular rightindiathreereadings https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/prakash-karat.html?showComment=1128097680000 Secular-Right India: Prakash Karat The arch-communist Prakash Karat has forcefully denounced India's revolutionary vote on Iran. Among other inanities, he writes: The stark ... secular rightindiaprakashkarat https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/04/nepal-at-edge.html?showComment=1145957940000 Secular-Right India: Nepal At The Edge Nepal just might have been rescued from the brink as King Gyanendra announced at 11.30 PM yesterday that he had reinstated the lower house... secular rightindia nepalat theedge https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2004/11/indo-us-relationship.html Secular-Right India: Indo-US relationship Colin Powell is gone. Condoleezza Rice is apparently now charged with purging the Department of State. In "The Unbearable Lightness of Be... secular rightindiaindousrelationship https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2010/11/kashmir.html Secular-Right India: Kashmir secular rightindiakashmir https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/01/valley-of-blood.html Secular-Right India: The Valley Of Blood Via BBC, Nepal Maoist clash leaves 23 dead Via Stratfor, High Noon in Nepal, India to the Rescue? The government of Nepalese King Gyanendra ... secular rightthe valleyindiablood https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/01/malthus-lives.html?showComment=1137084360000 Secular-Right India: Malthus Lives! Worldwatch Institute claims that booming nations 'threaten Earth' (BBC) Asian prosperity bothers Western liberal "do-gooders" comfortable in... secular rightindiamalthuslives https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/sakhalin.html Secular-Right India: Sakhalin Stratfor alerts us to a little-known but significant event that occurred over the weekend: Oil and gas production has begun in the Sakhali... secular rightindiasakhalin https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2011/11/we-are-all-soni-sori.html?showComment=1325514475678 Secular-Right India: We Are All Soni Sori Not long ago, I was in mofussil UP for a cousin's wedding. We woke up one day to a commotion. My aunt was arguing with the sabziwallah about... secular rightwe areindiasonisori https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/indian-root-cause-apologist.html?showComment=1126037220000 Secular-Right India: An Indian Root-Cause Apologist Via BBC, Indian landmine blast kills 24 paramilitary soldiers. The killers: Indian Maoists. Has our government declared a state of emergenc... secular rightroot causeindiaapologist https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/16-years-for-what.html?showComment=1127046420000 Secular-Right India: 16 Years For What? Via Times of India, Indians jailed for 16 yrs in Dhaka for an alleged minor offense that did not involve violence. This is a society on a w... secular rightindiayears https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/01/is-musharraf-delusionary.html Secular-Right India: Is Musharraf delusionary? Nitin Pai gives us his take on Musharraf's interview with Karan Thapar . The interview is a must-read. Following are some mirthful excerpts... secular rightindiamusharraf https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/taxation-in-hindu-law.html?showComment=1129989540000 Secular-Right India: Taxation in Hindu Law I refer to A.L. Basham, "The Wonder That Was India", London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1954. The fiscal norms alluded to below are extracted fro... secular rightindiataxationhindulaw https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/terrorism-in-orissa.html?showComment=1127621040000 Secular-Right India: Terrorism In Orissa Via BBC comes report of yet another disgusting outrage against women, this time in Orissa. Six women in a village in the eastern state of O... secular rightindiaterrorismorissa https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/sakhalin.html?showComment=1128517500000 Secular-Right India: Sakhalin Stratfor alerts us to a little-known but significant event that occurred over the weekend: Oil and gas production has begun in the Sakhali... secular rightindiasakhalin https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2004/11/ Secular-Right India: November 2004 Ideas for an Indian century secular rightindianovember https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/06/opposing-autonomy-for-kashmir.html Secular-Right India: Opposing Autonomy For Kashmir Via India Uncut , we read Gaurav Sabnis ' generally reasonable evaluation of the recent Hurriyat visit to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. However... secular rightindiaopposingautonomykashmir https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/10/doesnt-musharraf-get-lives-are-at.html?showComment=1128916920000 Secular-Right India: Doesn't Musharraf Get Lives Are At Stake? We saw a distraught Pakistani mother wailing on BBC that her child was trapped in a collapsed building, but that there were no cranes to mov... secular rightindia https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2006/02/inner-mongolia.html?showComment=1141499940000 Secular-Right India: Inner Mongolia Mongolia traditionally included Outer Mongolia - now an independent republic - with an area of 604,000 square miles and Inner Mongolia wit... secular rightindiainnermongolia https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2005/09/bill-e-clinton.html Secular-Right India: Bill E. Clinton Via Times of India, Clinton in the city of nawabs for a banquet hosted by Mulayam Singh Yadav Via Washington Post, Bush, Clinton Announce K... secular rightindiabillclinton https://secular-right.blogspot.com/2004/11/corruption.html Secular-Right India: Corruption Going back to the Hoover well. This Hilton Root essay is a fascinating view on the structural corruption that pervades Indian political-econ... secular rightindiacorruption