My Malice and Bias

The Liberator of Bangladesh Lt. General Jagjit Singh Aurora Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora (Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਅਰੋੜਾ; 13 February 1916 – 3 May 2005) was a Three-star General in the Indian Army. He was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He led the ground forces campaign in the Eastern front of the war, which led to an overwhelming defeat of the Pakistan Army and the creation of Bangladesh. The Liberation of Bangladesh Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora was a tireless advocate of peaceful coexistence between India and Pakistan. He knew the cost of war, having led Indian forces to their most brilliant victory in any of the three main Indo-Pakistan wars, in 1947-49, 1965 and 1971. In the last of these conflicts, Aurora directed the Indian invasion of East Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh. The operation lasted just 13 days, and culminated in the public surrender of Pakistan&#

The Nose Mask of Abdali and the End of Durrani Empire Face mask of an Muslim Ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali , later known as Ahmad Shah Durrani , was the founder of modern Afghanistan. Respected by the Afghans as 'Baba", Ahmad Shah is known in Indian history as a genocidal maniac who massacred over 100,000 Indians, kidnapped their women, and plundered their properties. Not many know that Ahmad Shah Abdali wore a nose mask to hide a cancerous would inflicted by the Sikhs during the battle of Amritsar.   Before being elected king in 1747, Abdali was a cavalry general under the Persian emperor Nadir Shah Afshar. Abdali was part of Nadir Shah's army as it plundered Delhi and annexed the famous diamond Koh-i-Noor from the Mughal Emperor Muhamad Shah.  Koh-i-Noor on British Royal Crown Nader Shah was a ruler of Iran belonging to Turkish Afshars , a semi-nomadic Qizilbash tribe settled in the northern valleys of Khorasan , a province in the north-east of the Persian Empire. N

A Maharashtrian Who made Punjab his Home Bhagat Namdev, also transliterated as Namdeo (1270 – 1350) was a Hindu poet-saint from Maharashtra, India who is venerated in Sikhism and his poetry is enshrined in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. He was born into a low Shudra caste as shimpi (tailor) in the Marathi language and as chimba (calico-printer) in northern India. Shudra is the lowest-ranked of the four castes in Hinduism. Bhagat Namdev Poetry of Bhagat Namdev Sixty-one of his hymns in fact came to be included in Sikh Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. These hymns or sabdas share the common characteristic of lauding the One Supreme God distinct from his earlier verse which carries traces of idolatry and saguna bhakti. In the course of his spiritual quest, Namdev had, from being a worshiper of the Divine in the concrete form, become a devotee of the attribute-less ( nirguna) Absolute. Ghuman Village GHUMAN, village 10 km west of Sri Hargobindpur in Gurdaspur district of the P

Indian Newspapers With more than 70,000 newspapers and over 500 satellite channels in several languages, Indians are getting news rammed through their throats with a diversity of biases. Such robust growth, many believe, may have come at the cost of accuracy, journalistic ethics and probity. The media has taken some flak in recent months for being shallow, inaccurate and sometimes damagingly fictitious. Who owns who? To understand the media biases, we need to understand the ownership of Indian media and the alignment of these owners with respective political parties. The Times Group with its flagship company Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) is India’s largest media conglomerate in India. The company remains a family-owned business as the descendants of Sahu Jain own a majority stake. Its media control extends from Times of India, Economic Times, Navbharat Times, Times Now, Munbai Mirror, Filmfare, Femina, and Radio Mirchi.  Political affiliation: BJP (Previously a

Today, the Haryana government in India renamed the city of Gurgaon as "Gurugram". Gurgaon is a city in the Indian state of Haryana located to the south-west of the National Capital Territory of Delhi,(20 mi) and 167 mi southwest of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab. Modern City of Gurgaon Should the City Names be Changed? Although I am in favor of naming of Indian towns to their native names form the names given by the invaders of the country - the Afghans, Mughals, British, and the Portuguese. Most of the current cities and town were created by these invaders who conquered India and established new cities named after them. Why should the Indian public face the embarrassment of remembering their conquerors, plunderers, destroyers and rapists of their cultural and religious heritage, and their dignity? Should Indians keep the names of the cities based on these villains in history - Aurangzeb who destroyed thousands of Hindu and Buddhist temples, and converted mill

Loud, loving and full of life, Punjabis personify fun. What are the attributes that make Punjabis fun to be with and makes them so awesome?  Love for life and Celebrating Life   No matter how small the occasion, Punjabi's love to party hard. There's food enough to feed a small country and Punjabis of all ages get their groove on the dancing floor.  Punjabi Students in Celebration Mood There's a reason why Punjabis say " saade naal rahoge te, aish karoge ".  Burraha! Celebration of Life from Despair Whats the Reason behind this boisterous behavior?  Punjabi's love for life stems from their history. The desire to live the life to the full because its so short .. so short that you could lose it all in a matter of moments.  Will of the Creator is Sweet - Tera Bhana Meetha Laagey Being a frontier state, Punjab had to endure the plundering invasions of numerous foreigners for thousands of years ranging from Cyrus the Persian king, Alexander th