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Is working in the Indian Army over-hyped?
Is working in the Indian Army over-hyped?
Answer by Anonymous:
When I spent merely 2 days trapped in a Himalayan Valley, I thought I was dead. It had taken us 4 days to reach that spot walking 12 hours a day. We had no food supplies and no strength to even walk a mile.
4 Indian Army men reached us at midnight. Apparently they had managed to reach to us in mere 8 hours after they were informed. They had climbed a peak which no human had…
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What are some of the best questions/answers asked/given by kids?
What are some of the best questions/answers asked/given by kids?
Answer by Arjunraj Natarajan:
Valuable lesson learnt from a five year old. Little girl: Why do we call the man who picks up garbage bag from our home everyday as kachrawala(garbage man)? Mother: Because he collects kachra(garbage)! Little girl: How come he is kachrawala(garbage man). He collects garbage and keeps the environment clean. He should be called safaiwala(cleanliness man) and it is we who…
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Who are the best IAS/IPS officers India has seen? Answer by Priyadharshini March: “It is very sad that many of us are yet to discover the North-eastern part of India.
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Rumi I keep you in a memory confined to a night spent among swirling smoke and ash.
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Converting Religion, Converting law: Rajshree Chandra
Converting Religion, Converting law: Rajshree Chandra
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exceptional analysis, communal politics is the word.
Originally posted on Kafila:
Guest Post by RAJSHREE CHANDRA
The right to freedom of religion  (Art. 25 of the Indian Constitution) in a country like India has a burden so extensive and a content so capacious that the same right functions both as an instrument of individual liberty As well as a mode through which the…
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Why don't Indian poor people start a revolution?
Why don’t Indian poor people start a revolution?
Answer by A Quora admin:
100,000 new people are getting added to Indian Middle Class every single day. By the time you finish reading this answer 100 new Indian families would have climbed up to the middle class. That's why India is not revolting. They are busy climbing.
The college where I studied my undergrad is in a poor region. Being a government funded institution it is primarily populated by…
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Is India changing? Answer by A Quora admin: Yes , India is changing , but more importantly we Indians are changing.
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A concert with satellites for drummers an amazing account of a national pride, in the most poetic way possible
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Transmission
Today is our last day on earth,and we know,
with this last sunset, we would fade into the night.
The future remains unwritten
but somewhere up there among the stars,
we know our souls would survive, within you
and we hope you get to build a better world than we.
i hope this transmission doesn’t find you.
That you no nothing
of our fears of fading into the night.
But you must know, no god came
You…
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What is political pragmatism?
What is political pragmatism?
Answer by Gary Meegan:
It was pragmatism that helped make the US work politically. We can see that in other countries, the plethora of political parties holding differing worldviews and how difficult that makes governing. With so many competing ideologies and systems of thought, agreement is tedious and time-consuming. However, when one looks for "what works," then the pressure is taken off of…
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Holy I told her to wait for me at four And she knew I will not show up…
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Why Should Adivasis Bear the Burden of ‘National Development’? Deba Ranjan
Why Should Adivasis Bear the Burden of ‘National Development’? Deba Ranjan
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The cost of good governance and development, heil to the pigs.
Originally posted on Kafila:
Guest post by DEBA RANJAN
On 25th August 2014 large number of armed police including CRPF with magisterial power reached at the top of the Baphlihill, where Utkal Alumina of Aditya Birla – Hindalco is continuously transporting bauxite through trucks to its Doraguda Alumina Plant.…
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Pakistans Wake-up Call
December 16 shall never be forgotten, today, in the year 1971 the Pakistan army surrendered to the Indian-Bangladesh Allied Forces thus paving way for the birth of a new nation, Bangladesh.Today is also the day Pakistan faced the reality and full gravity of their actions over decades, with the death of 141 school children in what appears to a carnage that rang alarm bells all over the world.
Paki…
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Pakindustan
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interesting to nore that there exists such romanticism even today, such notions maybe be acceptable in India for we are diverse.
Originally posted on Catchywordz's Blog:
Why to make flood of blood? For the two countries Once joined not by Physical frontiers But by chords of hearts!
Sword of the British that Cut through the chords O hearts! You bled and bled Cruel sword had…
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Stone
I have lived many lives and faces
A stone chiseling itself
Casting shapes and shadows
All that was good in me turn to dust
Flesh of stones make this heart
I endure time,I refuse to fade
I am stone,I refuse to fade
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As an Indian Muslim, what do you wish Hindus knew?
As an Indian Muslim, what do you wish Hindus knew?
Answer by Muhammed Hussain:
I'm an Indian Muslim and I would like to tell my Hindu brethren, in no particular order:
1. You guys rock! You're very inclusive in your way of living and we love you for that.
2. Diwali and Holi are thoroughly enjoyable festivals and we love it when we are included in the festivities.
3. If I don't drink at a party,  please don't repeatedly ask me to. I'll be fine…
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Ripples over the Pond
What are the ramifications of throwing a pebble into a pond? Ever wondered? i am a muslim in my passport, even before I stepped inside a mosque I went to a Shiva temple and a Christian church, on Krishna Jayanti I was often dressed up as Lord Krishna when I was a child, I didn’t mind, I didn’t care, I didn’t question,i still dont, I was a child.
I realized there are borders among us on the basis…
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