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Assam Riots : The Real Cause

July 31, 2012 – 8:18 PM | 9 Comments | 6,942 views
Assam Riots : The Real Cause

Source:Indiawires.com
Something terrible is happening as this column is being written, in the North Eastern part of India.  This is not just a “routine” riot between two groups fighting each other, but much more impacting the …

The Pursuit of Happiness

July 29, 2012 – 1:08 AM | No Comment | 1,079 views
The Pursuit of Happiness

Smile a while-Spending time with friends ranks high on the happiness meter
And they lived happily ever after, say the fairy tales. Have you ever wondered if they really did? They could have in fairy tales …

London 2012 Olympics- winning gold or losing a diamond?

July 28, 2012 – 12:29 PM | No Comment | 857 views
London 2012 Olympics- winning gold or losing a diamond?

Author: Venu Gopal Acharya
“I don’t care to be remembered as a man who scored six goals in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life” – Gale Sayers (former All American …

How BANGLADESHI MUSLIMS wiped the Assamese out in their OWN land

July 26, 2012 – 10:06 PM | No Comment | 2,039 views
How BANGLADESHI MUSLIMS wiped the Assamese out in their OWN land

Source: This article originally appeared here.
In the absence of any definite policy of the Government, the infiltration gradually assumed an alarming proportion and the aliens became politically so strong that no political party in this …

Battlefield Life

July 24, 2012 – 11:27 AM | No Comment | 665 views
Battlefield Life

By AIF Staff
Life throws up predicaments at every step challenging us to tackle it with all our strength and wisdom. None of us are free from difficulties and failures. And no great man has ever …

Mother Cow will never be a burden on any one who takes care of her!

July 19, 2012 – 11:54 AM | No Comment | 1,151 views
Mother Cow will never be a burden on any one who takes care of her!

An article from Gujarat printed in the TIMES OF INDIA dated 7th July 2012
This article shows how we can protect Mother cows and at the same time make millions. Mother Cow will never be a burden …

Is the blood of our soldiers so cheap?

July 17, 2012 – 3:24 PM | 3 Comments | 1,309 views
Is the blood of our soldiers so cheap?

Quite relevant here is a recent case of a small country called Israel. Its population is about 1/100th of Indian population. On June 25, 2006 Palestinians attacked on an army post on the Gaza-Israel border …

The intellectual scene in Post-independence India

July 15, 2012 – 1:25 PM | No Comment | 1,634 views
The intellectual scene in Post-independence India

By AIF Staff
A speech of S. Gurumurthy given to IIT Chennai
… Defeat and anger go together. Abuse and defeat go together. So, it is in this norm and with this understanding of what an intellectual …

Give Yourself A Break Before You Break Down!

July 11, 2012 – 1:04 PM | No Comment | 1,440 views
Give Yourself A Break Before You Break Down!

Are you irritated, depressed, frustrated or angry? Perhaps the software of your mind is infected with negative viruses.
Imagine a person working on a computer that has viruses. He is busy typing, but the computer is …

Don’t fire cow smugglers!

July 9, 2012 – 12:12 PM | No Comment | 1,237 views
Don’t fire cow smugglers!

P Chidambaram, Union Home Minister, is against any shooting of cow smugglers across the India-Bangladesh border in any circumstances and according to him, cows are present in the realm of India in large numbers while …