5 to kick ass

Asked how terrorism might be counteracted, Frederick Forsyth says: 'The West can only form an "alliance of the civilized" and work on the five fronts on which all covert or "cold" wars are fought: diplomatic, financial, that of lethal action--and, most importantly, by using intelligence and psychological means, i.e. propaganda, persuasion, hearts and minds. You cannot defeat a modern, fanatical terrorist enemy without winning all five.' [Source: 'Note on Author' section in the book The Afghan]

I wish India be considered as part of the West. Or at least, if not the alliance, this is what India as alone should try to do with Pakistani terrorists. If we are already not doing this. I don't see anything being done in this direction by our Government or the Intelligence cadre.

India faces reality

The current war-like situation created by Pakistani based Islam terrorists and ISI together against India if analyzed objectively can beget this:

Now there are Pakistanis who argue that these terrorists are a greater threat to Pakistan than India is. But the fact is that they don't count for much. So one month after Pakistani jihadi terrorists attacked Mumbai, here's the objective reality: the Pakistani people are willing to allow their armed forces to provoke a nuclear war so as to protect terrorist organisations.
The 'peace process' of the last four years was doomed to fail because it refused to accept this fundamental reality. It was based on hope. But hope, to quote George Shultz, is not a policy. The price of ignoring this wisdom should be obvious now. (source link)

dharma: Ram Jois

http://www.vhp-america.org/dynamic_includes/ebooks/DHARMA_Ram_Jois.pdf

Vote for Nobody: A Myth

This chain mail with subject 'Vote 49-O' has been doing the rounds for some time now, but is based on a complete misunderstanding of the statutory provisions.

Neither the Consitution of India nor the Representation of the People Act, 1950 contain any provision to suggest that failure or refusal to vote can have any bearing on the outcome of an election at which other people have duly voted for the candidate of their choice. The provision in question, "49-O", is actually a mere Rule which has been enacted in order to deal with a peculiarity of the electronic voting system which India pioneered. {link ]

Wiki has similar information calling it "Disqualification hoax":

A hoax has been circulating which claims that if the '49-O' votes more than those of the winning candidate, then that poll will be canceled and will have to be re-polled. Furthermore, it claims that the contestants will be banned and they cannot contest the re-polling. This is false and has no basis whatsoever.