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Will work for cause of Kashmir from jail: Ghulam Nabi Fai

On the eve of his imprisonment last month defiant Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai said that charges leveled against him for being a ISI agent have been withdrawn. Aziz Haniffa......

'There are issues with India, but can't ignore it'

Stephen Cohen, a senior fellow at the Washington, DC-based Brookings Institution, is considered the doyen among South Asian experts in the United States.Cohen has extensively researched South Asian......

King, Gandhi ideals must guide us: Obama

United States President Barack Obama received the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize at a glittering ceremony at Oslo City Hall on December 10.In his speech after receiving the award, Obama justified......

President's address to the nation

My Dear Fellow Citizens, Tomorrow, we will be celebrating our 60th Republic Day. I extend my good wishes to our citizens from all walks of life,living in the country and overseas. I convey my......

'Indians are yet to take advantage of RTI'

I first met Shailesh Gandhi several years back at a Pan IIT convention in Mumbai. Someone had introduced him to me as the 'relentless crusader of right to information'. I could not have been more......

'Prosperity is about the ability to combine'

Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto, now in New Delhi to advise the Indian government on urban housing and property right issues as part of its agenda for a slum-free India, says that the trick is......

Slum development? UPA to try 'de Soto model'

The day Kumari Selja assumed charge as the Union minister for housing and urban poverty alleviation in the second United Progressive Alliance government, she got an unusual gift: a set of two books......

Kapil wins Global Diversity Award for Sport 2011

India's first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has been chosen for the Global Diversity Award for Sports 2011 for his outstanding achievements in cricket and his recent induction into the ICC......

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Q. The near-uniform anti-incumbent voting by the Indian public in many recent elections is the clear proof that the Indian public is simply tired of NON-PERFORMANCE of the Indian democratic system that has FAILED on SECURITY and ECONOMIC fronts.It is simply down right idiotic to continue with Indian democratic system in its current form."Unregulated democracy undermines liberty and the rule of law". India is turning out to be a dysfunctional and a disintegrating democracy that couldnt provide rule of law or create conditions for its people to prosper.HAS THE INDIAN DEMOCRACY FAILED?
: A. The only time people have any role in Indian democracy is when on that particular day, you get up, walk up to the polling booth and cast your vote...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-near-uniform-anti-incumbent-voting-by-the-indian-public-//answers/9067230

Q. Discussion : Is India,as a SOCIETY,mature and sensible enough to handle and implement DEMOCRACY successfully?
Prabhat Kumar Kumar: A. U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) defined democracy as:Government of the people, by the people, for the peopleDemocracy is by far the most...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/discussion--is-indiaas-a-societymature-and-sensible-enough-t/9065342/answers/16190049

Q. Does Law give unfair advantage to women in divorce and custody cases.. reason..
Shintsie : A. Section 498A and the DV Act consider the accused party GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT of a CRIMINAL OFFENCE. This simply implies that any unscruplous...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/does-law-give-unfair-advantage-to-women-in-divorce-and-custo/16187078/answers/4219176

Q. Why is marriage important
Entrap : A. Marriage is one of those truths that, is important for the foundation of any healthy society. There are two ways to approach it. One is from a...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-is-marriage-important/4196535/answers/5888610

Q. relationship between democratic rights,civil liberties&human rights
Sweetgirl : A. Democracy and human rights are distinct yet interrelated concepts, with democracy referring to government by the people, and human rights referring...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/relationship-between-democratic-rightscivil-libertiesamphuma/5888333/answers/12331366

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Will work for cause of Kashmir from jail: Ghulam Nabi Fai

'There are issues with India, but can't ignore it'

King, Gandhi ideals must guide us: Obama

President's address to the nation

'Indians are yet to take advantage of RTI'

'Prosperity is about the ability to combine'

Slum development? UPA to try 'de Soto model'

Kapil wins Global Diversity Award for Sport 2011

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