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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Anandmatha: Genesis of bigotry in South Asia

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Anandamatha is a Bengali novel, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterji (English title “The Abbey of Bliss”),  which was published in 1882.  It is set in the background of the Sannyasi Rebellion in the late 1700s. It is the darling of the Hindu Mahasabah and coincided with the “discovery” of mythical figures in Hinduist mythology. This [...]

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'Ashoka': A mythical creation of British colonialists

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Ashoka was a mythical character created by the British–If there is no Ashoka–the whole thing falls apart. –many of the pillars preceded the date ascribed to Ashoka–some of them even preceded Buddha–if he was real. Much has been written about the subject by Dr. Fleet.

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Hamid Mir's revelations about CIA agent Khalid Khawaja

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Mr. Hamid Mir exposes Mansur Ejaz as a CIA agent. Mr. Mir claims that Mansur Ejaz stole father’s Pakistan’s Nuclear secrets. According to Mr. Hamid Mir Mansur Ejaz offered Benazir Bhutto a quid pro quo deal–if she recognized Israel all the debts of the country will be forgiven.
According to Mr. Hamid Mir Mr. Paracha a Pakistani was handed over to the US Under Secretary of State as an Al-Qaeda intermediary.
According to Mr. Hamid Mir Colonel Imam did not want to go with Khalid Khawaja but went along to help him

Hamid Mir's revelations about CIA agent Khalid Khawaja

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200,000 Indian farmers commit suicide

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200,000 Indian farmers commit suicide

200,000 Indian farmers commit suicide

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Maoist resurgency in Nepal threatens India

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The current coalition government is headed by an unelected prime minister and a majority of unelected ministers backed by India, who has already declared its own homegrown Maoists as the country’s biggest internal security threat – it suspects that Nepalese Maoists are aiding their southern comrades. The Maoists, who have the people’s mandate to rule the country, are now in the opposition. This makes it difficult for the Nepalese government to take independent decisions and reconcile with the Maoists.

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US Japan row over Okinawa base continues

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Most people on Tokunoshima also adamantly oppose the plan, a point that local politicians said they again stressed in a meeting with Hatoyama’s right-hand man, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano, on Wednesday.

As the row has rumbled on, and Okinawans have held mass anti-base rallies, with another planned for Sunday, Hatoyama’s cabinet approval poll ratings have crashed from more than 70 per cent into the low 20 per cent range.

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Is the TTP, Mullah Barader, Khalid Khawaja, linked to Shahzad?

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Now a backup plan was required to create reasons to initiate a war into North Waziristan. – Here enter Faisal Shehzad – a false flag operation to implicate Pakistani Taliban and then threaten and force Pakistan to “do more” in North Waziristan! Another Pakistani is arrested in Chile in the US embassy with traces of explosives on his luggage and clothes. More Pakistanis are being arrested and a massive media disinformation war is being launched that all global terrorism is emerging from Pakistani tribal pocket of North Waziristan and ISI/army is either hands and gloves with Taliban or nor willing to do more.

Is the TTP, Mullah Barader, Khalid Khawaja, linked to Shahzad?

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Sonya vs Chidambaram: Dealing with Naxal insurgency

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When Singh’s comments had triggered a controversy in the wake of April 6 Dantewada massacre, Congress distanced itself from them and said such views should be expressed in party fora only.
In the midst of the debate over the right approach to deal with Naxalism, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said the ‘root causes’ of the problem need to be addressed while tackling it decisively.

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Freedom struggle in Indian Occupied Kashmir heats up

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Freedom struggle in Indian Occupied Kashmir heats up

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Is US murdering prisoners in cold blood?

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At the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Geneva, Hersh criticized President Barack Obama, and alleged that US forces are engaged in “battlefield executions.”

Is US murdering prisoners in cold blood?

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