I-Calling

Vivek

D.N. Sinha, Hyderabad : When Indian Christians are so vociferous about so-called attacks on them by Hindus how is it that they are silent when hundreds of Christians have been killed by Muslims in Indonesia?

That is because pseudo-secular India is soft enough to be abused but a Muslim state is a hard nut to crack.

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Has the Bofors case gone into cold storage?
It seems governments may come and governments may go but Bofors goes on for ever.

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What do you think of Kalyan Singh calling BJP leaders by all sorts of names?

Those politicians whom the gods wish to destroy they first drive mad.

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Gen. Musharraf says the Indian threat is not only in Kashmir but in India's desire to dominate the Pakistani economy. Comment.

India need not dominate a Pakistani economy that does not exist.

Debaratna Dey, Chandannagar : Why are there no towering personalities like Dr S.P. Mukheerji and Netaji Subhas Bose among present-day BJP leaders in West Bengal?

Perhaps because the quality of followers determines the quality of leaders.

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What will happen to CPM after Jyoti Basu?

The same that happens to a cadre-based party that becomes a leader-based party.

P.R. Akula, Secunderabad : Gurucharan Das, author of India Unbound poses the question : If we were once rich, why are we now poor? Comment.

I would say that is mainly because we lost sight of what wealth really means.

Shrirang J. Godbole, Pune : Why does the Government of India not bomb the terrorist training camps in PoK?

America had actually done some loud thinking about it, but then discretion is the better of valour and timidity the better part of diplomacy.

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Will the new US President declare Pakistan a terrorist state?

Old habits die hard, and the US habit of treating India and Pak alike is very old.

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Why don't Indian Muslims follow Indonesian Muslims in retaining their Hindu heritage at least after Partition?

Because after Partition some Indian Muslims became Pakistani Muslims but they left behind the Partition mindset for the remaining Indian Muslims.

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Stalin's secret papers reportedly reveal his opinion about Nehru as an opportunist. Comment.

don't agree. In my opinion Nehru was the most principled and steadfast pseudo-secularist.

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Why is there one rule for Bal Thackeray and another for Imam Bukhari who says he is an ISI agent?

Because under our secular dispensation followers of all religions are equal but Muslims are more equal than Hindus.

Prabhakar Pradhan, Mumbai : Unlike Cronje and his colleagues not one Indian cricketer has so far confessed to match-fixing. What do you say?

Perhaps Cronje's Christian values that made him confess do not apply in secular India

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BJP leader Naidu says it still stands by the abrogation of Article 370. Comment.

Making the right noises from time to time is important in politics, and this is one of them.

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Farooq Abdullah says if he had gone to Pakistan he would have become Prime Minister there. Comment.

Then he would have the same fate as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

N.K. Ahuja, New Delhi : What do you think of the English press giving so much coverage to Priyanka's baby?

This shows its infantile attitude.