Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
On The Guardian
Pat Condell rips through The Guardian
I have seen it too, Guardian is annoyingly pro-Pakiland and anti-Indian.
Books
Just finished
Breaking India: Western Interventions In Dravidian And Dalit Faultlines by Rajiv Malhotra, Arvindan Neelakandan
Almost finished
A SECULAR AGENDA:For Stregthening our country, For Welding IT – Arun Shourie
Just picked up
Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan – MJ Akbar
Next in queue
ಕವಲು – ಎಸ್ ಎಲ್ ಭೈರಪ್ಪ.
Children of Taliban
If you tame a snake to kill your neighbour, after doing that, its gonna come back to bite you !
Frankenstein monster is now in Pakistan. And you can watch it (if you haven’t already!) on PBS/Frontline documentary by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy “Pakistan’s” Children of the Taliban (2010) where she explores alarming consequences.
(That was 2010 movie, if anyone has follow up documentary, please share)
The Taliban often use radio broadcasts to drive home their message.
In one typical address, a preacher proclaims:
“Sharia Law is our right, and we will exercise this right whatever happens. We will make ourselves suicide bombers! I swear to God if our leader orders me, I will sacrifice myself… and blow myself up in the middle of our enemies.“
The Taliban have destroyed more than 200 government schools in Swat since they took control of the region. Walking through the rubble of a school that once taught 400 girls, the reporter comes across two nine-year-old girls who used to study there.
image from sharmeenobaidfilms.com
The genetic origin of Indians – variation in a glance
It was obvious, although not socially accepted. Brahmins-dalits, dravidians-aryans, hindus-muslims christians-jews, when it comes to India they are already mixed! Every is has certain percentage of someone else. Not a good news for many, but hey I dint make this up 
Here, a post gives you a breakdown of socially defined races by percentage of actual %age races. Its statistical data, so there will be +/- error, but in general they make a lot of sense to me. If you disagree, send your toothbrush.
Also, he draws few semi-conclusions based on data. One of them is
South Indian Brahmins claim northern Indo-Aryan origins. The genetics certainly bear this out, albeit with some probable admixture with the local substrate. There are many specific questions which can be asked and answered. The Cochin and Bene Israel Jews of the west coast of India clearly do have highly elevated Middle Eastern components of ancestry, though they are highly admixed with the native populations. My own question: do the Nasrani Christians truly descend from Jews? I would have dismissed this outright a few months ago, but I am not sure sure now. The western coast of India seems to have long-standing connections to southern Arabia, so we need to flesh out these patterns in more detail.
And, finally the breakdown
