Rev C Rothuama is the President of the Baptist Church of Mizoram (Mizoram is a remote state in the northeastern part of India). In a meeting chaired by Rev Rothuama in Lawngtlai the Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) decided to take strong actions against members of the Church who are homosexuals including ex-communication from the [...]
The Indian Railways is a living example of the failure of the Indian state to manage and operate anything efficiently. As one of the few major countries in the world that still does not have a national limited access highway system, Indians are completely dependent on the Indian Railways to travel. Air travel which is [...]
American President Barack Obama made a famous speech after winning the Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina in 2008. In it he said “We’re up against the idea that it’s acceptable to say anything and do anything to win an election. But we know that this is exactly what’s wrong with our politics. This is [...]
Next week China will usher in the year of the Tiger. Many in India claim that China is one of the primary reasons why tiger poaching is very prevalent in tiger preserves all across the country. The body parts are smuggled from India to China through Nepal and used in China for medicinal properties. Some [...]
George William Curtis was an American writer and an individual involved in the founding of the Republican Party. He is often credited with saying that “A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle”. This is a [...]
It is Shashi Tharoor vs. S.M. Krishna and it involves Twitter. I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would one day live to read about a political controversy involving two Indian politicians about what one of them wrote on Twitter. When I think of an Indian politician the image that I see on [...]
When things do not go according to plan it is time to start pointing fingers. The American economy is in a big slump and a lot of people are feeling the pinch. Technically the recession is over. Stock markets are performing well and many financial institutions have started repaying the government bailout money (TARP). But [...]
I was at a customer’s house finishing up my work when I heard her saying “are you sure you don’t want coffee?” I had already declined her initial offer. I normally do not socialize with my customers. I looked at her and felt a little sorry for her. She was a widow and living alone [...]
As a teenager growing up in India I had two different vision of what America was like. America I dreamed was a country that was modern and full of high rise buildings. It was also a country of huge farms where a cowboy could ride his horse (in the seventies and early eighteen the only [...]
Switzerland became the latest country to fall into the trap laid by Osama Bin Laden and the likes since September 11, 2009. More than 57% of the Swiss voters approved a referendum to ban the building of minarets. This decision by the voters was unexpected considering that the Swiss are well known for their openness [...]
For the most part America is not a very religious country. In most polls Americans will indicate that they believe in gods, angels and saints. But in reality most Americas do not practice their religion (or faith as they sometimes call it). But there is a very conservative group of people in the country.
Although most Americans would not agree with me America today is an empire just like the British, Soviet, Spanish, Byzantine and Roman empires before them. America is unlike previous empires in the sense that it does not occupy large areas of land that does not belong to them (except in the case of Iraq and [...]
“Former President George W Bush is a great friend of our country. We, in India, recognize the important role he played in the fruition of the civil nuclear cooperation initiative”. These were the statements made by our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a
The second paragraph of the American Declaration of Independence includes the following important statement: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life,
This is a very simple question. On the surface the answer seems to be very obvious. Since 9/11 there have been no terrorist attacks on American soil. There were some attacks on American interests abroad but nothing major. There are constant reports of senior members of
Press Trusted of India is reporting that Madhushila Sahu and 14 members of her family where arrested in Chhattisgarh village. According to the local Superintendent of police they were charged with “spreading superstition and hurting the religious sentiments of the people”. The villages started worshiping her as they considered her to be the reincarnation of [...]
According to PTI news bulletin, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to hold seminars and discussions at various mosques to make people “aware of the ills of divorce”. Participants will be informed on how and when a Muslim can seek divorce and still be within the framework of the Quran. AIMPLB [...]
A Dutch company (AZS Media Group) has announced that it will launch search engine for Muslims. The search engine will be called ImHalal. According to news reports the search engine will have filters and will block sites that have “non-halal” list of words. The companies founder (Reza Sardeha) is also in talks with Imams to [...]
