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Gerard wrote:Rajasthan town clashes leave over 35 injured

The article doesn't mention Hindus or Muslims. Should we just assume the two parties involved?

Sanjay M wrote:Because they're more enterprising and thoughtful than we are

Enterprising... maybe. Thoughtful... mmm... maybe not.

Someone should do one for Telegu, Tamil, Gujurati, Marathi, etc. Could make a buttload off that.

Tilak wrote:

ramana wrote:See Macaulay strikes again.

Err.. "Maratha".. no?

:AOT:

A victim amongst my own people...

Talking about her dilemma and frustrations, she said she would very soon write in international dailies on how a handful of hooligans made the Centre to toe its line and punish an author. The political parties of India are so secular that they were scared to defend a person who is anti-Islam, she s...

ramana wrote:

Keshav wrote: Eh... what? Our history is written by Christmas elves?

See Macaulay strikes again. Its the commies(red)- Romila Thapar types the islamists(green)- Irfan Habib.

It was just a joke, dude. I can't believe you didn't think that was funny.

vaman wrote:Too much of our history is actually written by red and green people,which is why this thread is priceless.

Eh... what? Our history is written by Christmas elves?

Let us stick with that instead of Porus beat Alexander type romantic ideas. Who say's its a romance? The point here is to understand the whole scenario from an Indian point of view. Too much of our history is written by white people. Just asking for resources doesn't imply that we've taken any side...

indygill wrote:Steven Vikash Chand, a 25-year-old restaurant worker from Toronto is a convert to Islam. He was one of 17 suspects in the case had plotted to take over media outlets such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

You don't think he might be Christian?

Someone posted the Syriac edition of tales about Alexander that stated he lost to Porus (and something about the Emperor of Persia asking Porus for help against Alexander), but what are the other sources that state Porus beat Alexander? See page one of this thread. It was by peter and he gave the l...

Each seige became much more bloody and costly for Alexander's troops as they ventured into India, each defensive action became much more successful for the Indians in turn - A classic study of defense-in-depth. How far exactly did Alexander actually get into India? and how did the Indians change th...

Someone posted the Syriac edition of tales about Alexander that stated he lost to Porus (and something about the Emperor of Persia asking Porus for help against Alexander), but what are the other sources that state Porus beat Alexander?

Ramana, Romans used to call any non Romanised people barbarians. Goths etc were called barbarians by the Romans. So, Romans calling the Carthagians vandals should not be taken seriously. Calling them vandals would be conforming to the western view. JMT. What was the word the Romans used for "b...

That was a great article, Tilak, but the comment section doesn't mean much. It would've been better if a Jew had reached out for the connections, but it sounds like "Isa Das" is probably Hindu to start with. India should spread the message about its lack of anti-Semitism. The fact that we ...

Folks let Keshav be. He is still new and comes out abrasive. But his heart is OK. And keshav try not to be abrasive and see what shiv is saying. Thank you for this. The choice is yours. While I understand what you're saying, you did not confirm or deny the uncivility of the excerpts I gave in my la...

Rahul M wrote: sorry 4 the sarcasm.

Ha! I was afraid you thought I was asking for top-secret no-one-should-know companies. Glad to see that wasn't true.

check http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?t=3757

Thanks.

Does anyone know if India has any private defense research companies?

By sheer quality and quantity the Islamic hordes have wrecked greater damage, but that does not mean every time one talks about a local dynasty or ruler doing routine war related atrocities that we have to jump and say "But the Christians and Muslims did these far frequently and in greater num...

Baljeet wrote:One wise man said, There is nothing sexier than waking up in the morning and saluting the female commander.

Robert DuVall, I believe, was the actor, but I forget the movie. It definitely was not "The Godfather", though.

I never understand the wisdom of such decisions. Would it not be better to just live to fight another day. Both overtly and covertly. Killing your own people is a self goal. You do not understand the situation the women were trapped deep inside pakistan They had the choice of death with honor or en...

Rajputs in the army under the Raj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLEhJ1s7GN0

kaangeya wrote:But soldier physique becomes less of an advantage with good projectile weapons isn't it?

I think you're pretty much correct. Knights faded out when Europe popularized sturdy bows and effective crossbows.

India should unilaterally oppose the independence of Kosovo, but under no pretenses and without using any ambiguous words. It should also be made clear that this has nothing to do with alliances to other countries such as Russia - clear, yet isolated. Note: I like the point Das makes about Prithivir...

ramana wrote:csharma and others you might want to read Airavat Singh's "The Last Mughal" which is a historical romance of the last years of the Mughal Empire. He describes this very question on a fictional way. Its on internet.

Can you provide the link?

Finally, I agree that taking pride in not having attacked anyone, is something that can easily be misinterpreted,even if it were true and i would certainly not highlight it as the defining characteristic of the indic civilization. Even if we limit it to 500 years didn't Zorawar Singh connect Ladakh...

Airavat wrote: A more reliable authority is Jadunath Sarkar:

Could you give me the name of specific books that Jadunath Sarkar has written on the subject?

shiv wrote:

Maratha wrote:

The login name "Maratha" is not allowable as per forum guidelines.

I have changed it to Marat

.

Do you wanna just go ahead and change it to my name, Keshav?

Does Marat even mean anything?

Remember vaguely that Aurangjeb installed Jijiya in India after jashwant's death (was jaswant poisoned)? Was he afraid of this king? It appears that Aurangzeb was very afraid of Jaswant Singh for one reason or the other. Col. James Tod in "Annals in Antiquities of Rajasthan" confirms this...

Hmm, I guess a Desi Gadgets thread might be too specialized for this forum, but here's an interesting item I just came across: http://www.gizmag.com/fastap-hindi-mobile-keyboard/8842/ I'm sure they'll be bringing them out in all languages, if they haven't already. Heh, I prefer Roman-Hindi myself, ...

I didn't know where to put this. Hopefully, a few will help me out. My father is going to India soon and I want him to find as many books as he can for me. My primary interest is history but I know how little interest it creates in India so I'm asking for a list of famous Indian works on Indian hist...

I'm sorry, but this is such a ridiculous statement. This man, a soldier, spent 35 years in a Pakistani cell - we might as well call up the British to open the Andaman Cellular jails again. Cut this man some slack. If he was dharmic and converted under pressure, I don't think his mentality has chang...

Probably, some of you may even have a list of books that you believe are important for the kids at different ages to read that are outside the academic curriculum. If so, can you list them here? if not, given that I do not have enough info about India myself (a CBSE Dhimmi), can someone help by sug...

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/60369/wait-ends-freedom-at-night-for-kashmir-singh.html A person who renounces Sikhism and accepts Islam is not even worth the support that he receiving. I'm sorry, but this is such a ridiculous statement. This man, a soldier, spent 35 years in a Pakistani cell - we mi...

It has always been a question of mine as to why India does not support the Hindu/Indian diaspora in the same way the Saudi's and Iranians, do - millions of dollars for Mosques, Qu'ran training programs, and what not. Only Gujurati's have the money to build temples like Akshardam, but the rest of the...

Although Indonesia is a secular country and there is, and has been, genuine attempts at giving the country's multiple provinces some kind of federalism, two hundred thousand Hindus were massacred in terrible pogroms in 1965 by the Indonesian army. It seems Indians have grown quite accustomed to the...