Fighting terrorism in India 449:Mumbai‚107:delhi‚75:Kashmir ‚50:Jaipur the list goes on…These are the number of innocent lives that have been lost in the past year to terrorism in 2008.These numbers not only indicate the growing rate of terror in India but also highlight the issues of lack of security ‚corruption and weak government policies to fight terror.This year the nation was shaken by the Mumbai terror attack described as the “fidaheen”style of terror only seen in J&K.We always felt that
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India The Navratri celebrations in India also vary from state to state. Each state has something unique of its own to add to the celebrations of the festival. The Navratri celebrations in the state of Gujarat‚ Maharashtra‚ West Bengal‚ Kerala and Kashmir are popular all across India for being reflective of true Indian culture through traditional dances and pujas (prayers) among numerous other activities. If you wish to travel to any place in India to enjoy the fun and frolic of an Indian festival
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Hindus had held most of the skilled jobs in both business and in the professions. Religious riots broke out in both countries‚ and an undeclared‚ inconclusive war was fought over Kashmir. Pakistan gained control over the northwestern portions—including Gilgit‚ Baltistan‚ and Azad (Free) Kashmir. India retained the Vale of Kashmir. In 1956 Pakistan adopted a constitution under which it became the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In 1958 Gen. Mohammad Ayub Khan came to power in a bloodless revolution. He was
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Janma Bhoomi Movement helped to propel BJP’s rise in the 1990s and it was able to form governments in many states of north India. The 1990s also saw the rise of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir‚ which was sponsored by Pakistan as a proxy war against India. Almost 90% of Kashmiri Pandits were driven out of Jammu and Kashmir in the early nineties due to rising Islamic
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The term nation has been envisioned variously by primordialists and modernists and is enmeshed in bewildering contradictions. In this paper it has been used to mean “ . . . not so much a cultural artifact . . . but a web of material relations and practices‚ which rests on classes‚ caste structures‚ gendered systems of production and reproduction‚ armies‚ laws‚ territories and yes‚ signifying practices as well.” (Ahmad 2007:40) The establishment of India as a nation-state upon Indian sub-continent
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leadership a team also drafted the first report of the Basic Principle Committee and work began on the second report. During his tenure‚ India and Pakistan agreed to resolve the dispute of Kashmir in a peaceful manner through the efforts of the United Nations. According to this agreement a ceasefire was affected in Kashmir in January 1948. It was decided that a free and impartial plebiscite would be held under the supervision of the After the death of Quaid-i-Azam‚ he tried to fill the vacuum created
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Pakistan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the country. For other uses‚ see Pakistan (disambiguation). Islamic Republic of Pakistan اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاكِستان (Urdu) Islāmī Jumhūriya’eh Pākistān Flag Emblem Motto: ایمان، اتحاد، نظم (Urdu) Īmān‚ Ittiḥād‚ Naẓm "Faith‚ Unity‚ Discipline" [1] Anthem: Qaumī Tarāna قومی ترانہ "The National Anthem" MENU 0:00 Area controlled by Pakistan shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled territory shown in light
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INDIAN ARMY (IA‚ Bhāratīya Thalasēnā) Introduction : The Indian Army (IA‚ Bhāratīya Thalasēnā) is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Army came into being when India gained independence in 1947‚ and inherited most of the infrastructure of the British Indian Army that were located in post-partition India. Since independence‚ the army has been involved in four wars
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PAKISTAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS: POST-COLD WAR ERA Adnan Ali Shah * The demise of the Soviet Union in December 1991 witnessed a tectonic shift in world affairs. The transition from a bi-polar world to uni-polar one‚ the emergence of the United States as the triumphant‚ sole super power‚ at the end of fifty years of the Cold War‚ has necessitated a shift in the priorities and goals of the nation states. The renunciation of the Soviet communist ideology‚ coupled with the unraveling of the Soviet Union
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THE PROBLEM FACED BY THE STUDENTS WHILE LIVING IN THE HOSTELS. This study aims at exploring the adjustment problems and stages through which a non-local student‚ from a different cultural background‚ has to pass in his/her attempt to get well-adjusted at a foreign place. During the process of adjustment in a foreign culture‚ newcomers may encounter the situations that work as stressors for them. These stressors can be physical‚ social‚ cultural‚ functional and biological. Physical stressors include
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