April 2014
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Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan
The author invites readers to share where they were when Bhutto was hanged, and recalls his own day: his mother in tears, a silent Lahore, and a prank with rooh…
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Diaspora
The race for top US jobs (India > China)
A Wall Street Journal report on why more Indians than Chinese reach top US jobs, citing language, familiarity with Western culture and willingness to move.
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Society
Be glad you are not a gal (in Senegal)
A report on a ten-year-old Senegalese girl forced to continue a pregnancy after rape, which the poster sets against India’s own dangers for girls, with a warning against the state…
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Economy
India: food, food everywhere, not a bite to eat
An article on India producing more food than it needs while children go hungry and grain rots from poor storage, with the poster joking that Amartya Sen deserves a second…
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(SUV Kings) India defeat the French and Americans
A note that the Mahindra Scorpio led Indian SUV sales ahead of the Renault Duster and Ford EcoSport, in a falling market hit by diesel price rises.
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Politics
Muslim #1 speaks (TINA Congress)
The poster answers the Shahi Imam’s complaint that Muslims lack their own party, arguing there are several and blaming division and the two-nation theory for Muslims’ weak position in India.
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Shakti Mills gangrape – death penalty (3)
A report that three repeat offenders in the Shakti Mills gang-rape cases were sentenced to death. The poster opposes the death penalty in all cases and prefers solitary confinement.
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ZA Bhutto murdered (5 April 1979)
A short assessment of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on the anniversary of his execution, calling him a great man whose actions also led to the persecution of Ahmadis, with a quotation…
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Economy
India ranks 102 out of 132 nations on social progress index
India ranks 102nd of 132 countries on the 2014 Social Progress Index, the lowest of the BRICS, according to a report quoted in full.
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Society
Justice delayed (denied) in Suryanelli
A report that Kerala’s high court found 24 men guilty in the Suryanelli case after a rehearing, with the poster crediting the Nirbhaya case for pushing the Supreme Court to…
