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According to the Global Peace Index, some $2.4 trillion (£1.5tr), or 4.4%, of the global economy “is dependent on violence”. The world spends around $1,000 billion annually on the military. In 2008, world military expenditure reached 1.46 trillion dollars, representing 2.4 percent of world gross domestic product (GDP). At least two [...]
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Defence spending causes poverty in India
Posted in Armed Conflicts, Human Rights, India Facts, Poverty, tagged Burma, Corruption, Defence, Democracy, Elections, Hindutva, India, Israel, Political Parties on October 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The State As Landlord
Posted in Armed Conflicts on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Naxlism feeds off genuine issues. It calls for policy, not police. …
Prem Shankar Jha
Lakshmi Mittal of Arcelor fame is finally about to deliver on his promise to invest in his home country. The plans he has unveiled are mind-boggling: Rs 1,00,000 crore ($24 billion) to be invested in two steel plants and iron ore mines [...]
7,395 BSF personnel quit in last three years
Posted in Armed Conflicts, India Facts, tagged Army, Bureaucracy, Corruption, Defence, Democracy, India, Kashmir, Maoists on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NEW DELHI: Posting in remote areas and prolonged period of separation from family were among the main reasons for 7,395 Border Security Force personnel to leave their jobs in the last three years.
A total of 7,395 BSF personnel have left the organisation on voluntary retirement or resignation between 2005 and 2007, Minister of State for [...]
Kashmir’s most wanted terrorist
Posted in Armed Conflicts, Minorities on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Indian media successfully reduced Kashmir to a problem of terrorism. Kashmiris are now alienated from both sides finds no mention in discourse on the Kashmir problem. The troubled waters of Kashmir were the brainchild of Indian politicians which is driven by Brahmin nostalgia. Pakistani politicians are merely fishing in those waters.
Kashmir is [...]
Bastille Day of Republic of India
Posted in Armed Conflicts, Hindutva, Human Rights, Poverty, Press Freedom, tagged Brahmin, Caste System, Dalit, Fascism, France, Hindu, Hindutva, India, Judiciary, Police, Poverty, Sarkozy, Upper Class on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Passport of current rulers of India?
Happy holiday my fellow citizens!
On this day of January 26, Republic of India completed 59 years with an elected President. The first elected President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, promised us “ the jurisdiction of one constitution and one union which takes over responsibility for [...]
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