Archive for September, 2006
Islam and the Non Muslims.
With the recent growth in terrorism and the terrorists claiming to be the flag bearers of the Islamic faith, a lot of questions are being raised about Islam as a religion. Vikas questions whether Islam is a peaceful religion. Confused asserts that Islam is not the real problem. And Nitin maintains that it is the [...]
September 22, 2006
Posted in: Islam, Politics, Terrorism 
29 Comments
Vande Mataram And Jana Gana Mana
With the recent controversy on Vande Mataram, some people started wondering why did we choose Jana Gana Mana as our national anthem. One such instance is here at silkboard. Another one here at Amardeep’s Blog tries to analyze whether Tagore wrote this for King George or not.
Interesting comments on both the blogs. Some even go [...]
September 19, 2006
Posted in: India 2 Comments
School With No Teachers - School at Tuggalwala
To sir with love
A girls’ college in Punjab where there are
no teachers and where the students pay
no tuition fees and are taught to abhor
cheating in exams
Yesterday on Dateline Punjab they had a story of a school that had no teachers! At first I couldn’t bellieve it but they had a good 15 minutes coverage [...]
September 16, 2006
Posted in: Education, India 7 Comments
What’s up with Vande Mataram?
Vande Mataram is a great song. It arouses patriotic feelings amongst most Indians but singing it or not is in no way an indication of patriotism or lack of it.
One can argue that if in a country singing Vande Mataram is regarded as a symbol of patriotism, what’s wrong in singing it and showing your [...]
September 12, 2006
Posted in: India 29 Comments