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Okay gentleman [ladies all the more if we are so privilaged] this is a thread to compare and contrast two beasts from history. One the British Empire in Asia/Middle East often called the British Raj and the German Empire in Europe/North Africa often called the German Reich. While the major...

I think you know I utterly abhor the Islamists. I also think religion has no place in running of a state. However few points to note - Turkey with Islam [Ottoman Empire] did infintely better than a Hindu India. When you guys were tasting a the boot of the latest Muslim conqueror for ten...

10/10. @Nilgiri you won't be disappointed. He came. He did the needful. He left. With dropping left behind. Moaning Minnie.

Love Jihad perhaps?

The usual suspects. The usual dose. I guess the frustration of a putative superpower which after 70 years can't grab what was gifted to it by a Maharaja shows.

President Ayub Khan was probably one of the best leaders Pakistan ever had with exception of the present Prime Minister Imran Khan [both Pakhtuns I might add] and did much for Pakistan. In 1960s Pakistan was a differant place. With the Queen President Ayub Khan taking aim with a rifle...

Not much chance. Similar to Kurds and PKK the Hindutwa have a strong lobby in the West and a 1.4 billion market. So Cow terrorists and Cyber Hindus will run amok without fear.

Perhaps you have been given wrong info but by and large Pakhtuns and Punjabi's get along fine in Pakistan. The Pakistan Army is largely a Punjabi/Pakhtun force. The day the Pakhtun/Punjabi compact breaks is the day Pakistan ios finished. Both communities are neighbours with centuries of mixing...

I understand the complications. As much as some might feel threatened within Pakistan there are also groups in Afghanistan who would also feel they would be marginalized like Tajiks. It is for this reason I suggested a co-prosperity region of soft borders. Something like EU. Incidentally the...

Yes. Absolutely. Not possible right now. First step should be over time a softening of the border. Then over time a open border. Not sure of unification but certainly a common region for prosperity and trade. But now with all the wars and trouble it is not feasible. Unification can have many forms.

That is a very narrow minded perception. All societies come with differant shades of thought. I am sure that applies to Indonesians as well or are you all guys exactly the same fit?

A tribute. Pakhwa. With English subtitles.

Bringing your favourite deflections "Bangla and Uighurs" won't cut my friend. That is deflection or what you might call "whataboutery". The thread is about what it is. Cow terrorists and Cyber Hindus.

You are aware that BJP rule India today? You are aware that Prime Minister was refused US visa in 2000s for his role in the Gujrat Massacres? Are we surprised that this is happening in India today with a PM who has blood on his hands? "Mr. Modi's failure to stop a series of deadly riots three...

Cyber Hindus, Cow Terrorists are not something most people are aware. But to trade in or eat meat in India can get you killed by far right Hindu mobs. And if your Muslim it just marks you out more for hate. Hindu Nationalist Violence in India By Dr.Eviane Leidig Postdoctoral fellow on the...

For centuries in India, only people from the highest caste were allowed to become Hindu priests. Marichamy was the first from a caste lower than the Brahmin caste to be ordained as part of a state-sponsored programme. He hoped to pave the way for others. But a lawsuit and fears of...

Yes. Many Niazi's are in the military. Imran Khan's uncle I believe was a general. The present Pak naval chief is also a Niazi - Admiral M Amjad Khan Niazi.

They do share some vocabulary [Arabic/Turkish/Persian loanwords] but are not mutually intelligible. Pashto/Pakhto belongs to the wider Iranic language group and is in the same family as Kurdish [Turkey/Iran etc], Ossetian [Russia/Caucasus], Farsi [Iran], Dari [Afghanistan], Baloch...

So in the spirit of Prime Imran Khan's suggeted reading for December last "The history of Pathans" I open this thread to inform and educate about one of Pakistan's vital and important ethnic group that makes the rich Pakistan mosaic of peoples. Imran Khan is also of Pakhtun heritage. Just as to...

Sorry. Despite his English not being ideal the fact is one can get the gist of what he is saying. Your just using that as a excuse to kick the 'man' and not the 'ball' and you know it.