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Gandhi's collaboration with the British

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Almost two centuries of the British colonial rule is a fact of our history. An alien power can resort to two tactics to strengthen its hold over the conquered people: it can either resort to coercion by brutal use of superior force or can resort to persuasive means to co-opt the natives in the process [...]

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Indian Occupied Kashmir: 100,000 kids in orphanages

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SRINAGAR: Fourteen-year-old Nagina Bhat loves Sundays. It’s because she gets to spend the whole day with `Papaji’. And even though she must share his attention with a 100-odd others, she still longs all week for that day. Nagina’s chatter comes to an abrupt halt and her cherubic face clouds as she tells you that her father [...]

Indian Occupied Kashmir: 100,000 kids in orphanages

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Post-Hindu India: Dr. Ilaiah on the current Dalit-Brahman Civil war and end of Hinduism

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Book Review of “Post-Hindu India”: Dr. Kancha Ilaiah on the current Dalit-Brahman Civil war in India and the end of Hinduism Dr. Kancha Ilaiah well written book creates new discussion about the future of the country called “India”. Already wracked by Naxal-Maoist and 89 other insurgencies, Muslim marginalization, Sikh chagrin, Kashmiri secession, and Assamese rebellion–Brhamanic [...]

Post-Hindu India: Dr. Ilaiah on the current Dalit-Brahman Civil war and end of Hinduism

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Chinese Jumbo jets and aviation dominance

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COMACs “C919?: Chinese Jumbo Jet heralds The Chinese Aviation Century Chinese Jumbo jet The Chinese have moved from light and heavy manufacturing to cutting edge military aircraft to the aviation industry. Chinese first produces small aircraft, but since 2007 it has now set its sights on the Jumbo Jets, the largest civil aviation aircraft in the [...]

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“The world’s largest Open Air Prison:” Gaza’s Shrinking Borders

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Forty-two years of military occupation and sixteen years of the Oslo Process have made Gaza a smaller place. Already one of the most densely-populated strips of land in the world, its population has grown during this period from less than 360,000 in 1967 to 1.5 million today. Meanwhile, its borders have not only become more [...]

“The world’s largest Open Air Prison:” Gaza’s Shrinking Borders

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60 % of Russians 'deeply regret' the USSR's demise

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Moscow For Westerners, who grew up regarding Communism as a burden to its subjects and a menace to the world, it’s a perplexing mystery at best. It’s a perennial embarrassment for the Kremlin, which spends vast sums on international PR efforts aimed at making Russia look like a democratic, capitalist, and modern place. But here [...]

60 % of Russians 'deeply regret' the USSR's demise

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Can Mr. Zardari survive the challenge?

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According to Saleem Shehzad of Asia Times, the PPPP government has been given a deadline of December to clip the wings of the president and some of his ministers. What will happen if Mr. Zardari doesn’t accept the dedline and continues to fight the establishment, the parliament, the Supreme Court and Civil Society in Pakistan? [...]

Can Mr. Zardari survive the challenge?

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The rise and fall of "Al-Qaeda" in Afghanistan & Pakistan: Where next?

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The US forces and the Pakistan Army has been playing ping-pong. After 9/11, some of the leadership escaped to the tribal areas. They were picked up in the cities and sequestered away from the cosmopolitan centers. The US made a horrendous mistake by targeting them with drones in FATA. This gave root to the TTP. [...]

The rise and fall of "Al-Qaeda" in Afghanistan & Pakistan: Where next?

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Isn't Afghanistan Is More Complicated Than Vietnam?

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The headline grabber in the NY Times poll following Barack Obama’s recent West Point speech was the predicable ten point bump in support for the his latest planned Afghanistan escalation – precisely what his speech was designed to produce. The poll did turn up another more noteworthy finding, however: While a slight majority now backed [...]

Isn't Afghanistan Is More Complicated Than Vietnam?

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Is the US Military 'Exhausted'?

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The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the people of that country who have already suffered eight brutal years of occupation. It is also a harsh blow to the US soldiers facing imminent deployment. As Barack Obama, the US president, gears up for a further escalation [...]

Is the US Military 'Exhausted'?

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