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Incredible India – Romani People

All of us know what the Germans did to the Jewish people under Adolf Hitler.  About six million Jews from Europe were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany in what is known as the Holocaust.  But the Jews were not the only victims of Nazi Germany.  The Nazis also targeted the Polish, Soviet prisoners of wars, [...]

Indian Tradition of not Accepting Resignations

In 1956 the then Minister of Railways and Transport Lal Bahadur Shastri submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.  He did so after about 112 people were killed in a railway accident in Mahbubnagar.  Nehru refused to accept his resignation.  A few months later he resigned again because of another rail accident in Tamil [...]

Shiv Sena is Hurting Marathi Interests

It is very clear that the Indian government has a major problem on its hands in Maharashtra.  The Shiv Sena is not only challenging the state and central governments authority over the state but is also trying to influence India’s foreign policy.  If the government does not handle this swiftly and cleverly then it has [...]

Rules for Commenting on Blogs

My blog (www.indiafirsthand.com) is only about six months old.  Early on I was often wondering whether anyone was reading the material that I was writing.  There were very few comments and most of the comments were basically spam.  But traffic has picked up a little bit and I have a small following.  I am also [...]

New Moon Over Andhra Pradesh

It is new moon over Andhra Pradesh.  Indians all over the world were shocked at the recent turn of events in Andhra Pradesh.  A loser (politically speaking) like Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (popularly known as KCR) single-handedly blackmailed a country of 1.2 billion into submission.