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Pakistan is in a strange situation. On one side, its citizens are seeing their country move rapidly towards abyss, and on the other side, they – despite their opposition – cannot (or will not, at least completely) back the banishment and complete destruction of the Jehadi system. Jehad is not the product of some people, [...]
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First Sri Sri Ravi Shankar went to Pakistan with his Sudarshan Kriya and the Art of Living, and now Morari Bapu will enter Iraq’s Karbala and shares the Ram Katha (story of Ram) with the people there. Karbala is the third holiest city – after Mecca and Medina for the Shia Muslims. The necessary clearance [...]
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Anjem Choudhary is an Islamist who wants the West and countries like India to be under Islamic rule and be ruled by Shariah. So, the former British solicitor, has pioneered the organization Islam4UK. He is outspoken in his ideology of supremacy of Islam and doesn’t shy away from speaking out as to why Islam should [...]
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A great deal is made by Muslims about the discrimination they face in non-Muslim majority countries, say India or US. But none of them compares that to the complete annihilation of others done with a vengeance in the Muslim majority countries. The stories in Bangladesh and Pakistan are very similar in that such a large percentage [...]
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Are men more prone to violence? The fact is that men commit 90% of the world’s homicides and have started all the wars. In an interesting article in the latest issue of “Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society”, three authors – Melissa McDonald, Carlos Navarrete and Mark Van Vugt have discussed the interesting concept of [...]
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A rose was born in a lovely garden of marigolds and jasmines. In his small lifetime that he had woken up, he was sad and despondent. One day, a Sage happened to pass by and hear his crying. “What happened, O’ lovely one?”, the Sage asked. “Please don’t kid me. I am not lovely from [...]
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The richest temple in the world is taking a new lead in another area. It is going Green! A temple which gets 30 to 40 million pilgrims annually, (50k to 100k a day), food is a major project. Every day 50,000 kilos of rice and lentils is cooked for free food distribution to the devotees [...]
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Unbeknownst to many who don’t live in the US, Death is a very lucrative industry. And if the Indians think that the Haridwar-based Sati-Ghat side Panda (pandit) is asking for too much when he demands Rs 2000 (~$40), then one has to look at the proportions of spending one has to do in US on [...]
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Physical appearance is one thing, Salman Rushdie, in an India which is a free democracy – is not even welcome in a virtual form. Salman Rushdie isn’t welcome at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) in any form, not even virtually. The proposed session with Rushdie at the festival via video link on January 24 ran [...]
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Sikhs in Dubai have something to rejoice. A new Gurudwara has come up called Gurudawara Guru Nanak Darbar. The Gurudwara has come up at a cost of $20 million and built on 25,400 square feet of land provided by Vice-president and Prime Minister of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makhtoum. The place is Jebel [...]
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