makes me the happiest person on the planet for a few minutes, for I should pass that on to someone unknown on this planet of 6.8bil humans.
The editorial essay says that asymmetric violence can hardly be resolved by conventional response. The contrast between the state's armed forces, and the ideologically driven insurgents is as stark as black and white. The only way out for the governments to win is to realize their limitations. As Manmohan Singh in "Clearing the air" clearly explains, the only way to reduce insurgency is dialogue and engagement.
"Revisiting the death penalty" rings the same bell in my head that has rung every time I hear news about death and murder: "If capital punishment is the worst kind of punishment, would there be suicide bombers?", "If death is worse than suffering, would there be suicides?" As Gandhi rightly said, everybody is a criminal, but only the unlucky ones are in jails.
The End-Use Monitoring Agreement, simply explained, is a result of highly valuable but ill-advised realization, of the US that its highly coveted weapons will bring its own destruction. Whatever reason they give to the public and their clients, has to be taken with caution, because before any government entity goes public with something, it will always think, "Will this cause public unrest and hatred directed at us?". We must know that the developed world thinks of India as one of the poorest nations in the world. The recent Mumbai attacks, puts a dent in the trust they feel for the Indian government and its security forces. There are things which no government will publicly, or even privately admit, but the public has to tacitly understand. Pakistan's acknowledgment that it has been aware of malicious parasites breeding in its own gut, after decades of suffering gut-wrenching pain by the same parasites, proves that it takes extraordinary circumstances and character to admit even the simplest of truths.
'"White flight" and segregation in UK schools" reminds me of the still existent prejudiced thinking among the white population. I ask a simple question:
In the European Union, are the French a minority because everybody else in the EU is non-French? In India, are the Malayalis a minority because everybody else is a non-Malayali? In London, are whites minorities because everybody else is non-white? This thinking shows that there is still a desire for racial superiority among the white population, but they are handling it in better ways. The fact that we are thinking about race in terms of whites and non-whites itself, proves that the term "white" still has a greater significance in people's minds, whether it's positive or negative.
This notion of 'non-white' has to go, for racism to be gone. Whites have to think of themselves as just another color in the spectrum, for their superiority or inferiority to be eliminated. Running away from where they are not a majority, will not clear their collective conscience. States are joining together to form bodies to root out mutual differences and find ever-lasting peace. The EU is an epitome of such union. The Spanish, Indians, Asians, and talented people from all over the world will go wherever they think they will find a better life, in search of opportunities. The US and UK can no longer claim that they are the most powerful nations in the world. After the historic end of the British imperialism and the establishment of the Commonwealth, and after the popular defeat of the US in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, we can no longer think that the race for supremacy among the world's nations will be won with an ever-lasting title. Because we realize that every country is different. Every human is different. Every species is different. Every microscopic entity is different. Every grain of sand is different. Everything is different.
What makes me happy reading those two pages in today's newspaper, is that the world is becoming a happier place, with eternal realizations, and one culture learning from the other, and some learning from their valuable experiences. But, if there is any power in the world that is the most supreme of all, that's the power of knowledge. If there is any nation in the world that will last forever, that will be the nation that brings the world ever-lasting truths, and ideologies that ring bells of harmony and peace in the ears of every human that hears it.
The editorial essay says that asymmetric violence can hardly be resolved by conventional response. The contrast between the state's armed forces, and the ideologically driven insurgents is as stark as black and white. The only way out for the governments to win is to realize their limitations. As Manmohan Singh in "Clearing the air" clearly explains, the only way to reduce insurgency is dialogue and engagement.
"Revisiting the death penalty" rings the same bell in my head that has rung every time I hear news about death and murder: "If capital punishment is the worst kind of punishment, would there be suicide bombers?", "If death is worse than suffering, would there be suicides?" As Gandhi rightly said, everybody is a criminal, but only the unlucky ones are in jails.
The End-Use Monitoring Agreement, simply explained, is a result of highly valuable but ill-advised realization, of the US that its highly coveted weapons will bring its own destruction. Whatever reason they give to the public and their clients, has to be taken with caution, because before any government entity goes public with something, it will always think, "Will this cause public unrest and hatred directed at us?". We must know that the developed world thinks of India as one of the poorest nations in the world. The recent Mumbai attacks, puts a dent in the trust they feel for the Indian government and its security forces. There are things which no government will publicly, or even privately admit, but the public has to tacitly understand. Pakistan's acknowledgment that it has been aware of malicious parasites breeding in its own gut, after decades of suffering gut-wrenching pain by the same parasites, proves that it takes extraordinary circumstances and character to admit even the simplest of truths.
'"White flight" and segregation in UK schools" reminds me of the still existent prejudiced thinking among the white population. I ask a simple question:
In the European Union, are the French a minority because everybody else in the EU is non-French? In India, are the Malayalis a minority because everybody else is a non-Malayali? In London, are whites minorities because everybody else is non-white? This thinking shows that there is still a desire for racial superiority among the white population, but they are handling it in better ways. The fact that we are thinking about race in terms of whites and non-whites itself, proves that the term "white" still has a greater significance in people's minds, whether it's positive or negative.
This notion of 'non-white' has to go, for racism to be gone. Whites have to think of themselves as just another color in the spectrum, for their superiority or inferiority to be eliminated. Running away from where they are not a majority, will not clear their collective conscience. States are joining together to form bodies to root out mutual differences and find ever-lasting peace. The EU is an epitome of such union. The Spanish, Indians, Asians, and talented people from all over the world will go wherever they think they will find a better life, in search of opportunities. The US and UK can no longer claim that they are the most powerful nations in the world. After the historic end of the British imperialism and the establishment of the Commonwealth, and after the popular defeat of the US in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, we can no longer think that the race for supremacy among the world's nations will be won with an ever-lasting title. Because we realize that every country is different. Every human is different. Every species is different. Every microscopic entity is different. Every grain of sand is different. Everything is different.
What makes me happy reading those two pages in today's newspaper, is that the world is becoming a happier place, with eternal realizations, and one culture learning from the other, and some learning from their valuable experiences. But, if there is any power in the world that is the most supreme of all, that's the power of knowledge. If there is any nation in the world that will last forever, that will be the nation that brings the world ever-lasting truths, and ideologies that ring bells of harmony and peace in the ears of every human that hears it.
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