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Karishma1234
8y ago
You are far more articulate than I am.
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9y ago
So ? Are you saying people or group should not be allowed to influence government decision making ? Do you want your government to do X ? X => Ban Guns/Allow people to bear arms X => Make abortions simple/Ban abortions tota
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When you venture into "people should change their mentality" logic you are likely to meet with disappointment. I am saying this with utmost respect for your thought process though. The very reason it is a common mentality is becau
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I am pretty sure you are in top 5% people by education, income and thinking. But people like you and me don't really count when we are talking Indian statistics. It is that farmer in Bihar who counts more. As income levels in India ris
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Sometimes dumbing down a concept can totally screw up a person's learning curve. During early days a lot of Java tutorials (in Indian engineering books) mentioned that the reason Java has Interfaces is because otherwise it is not possi
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You are wrong and smug Sir.
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In case you have missed this phenomenon you might have missed the following too: - People from Harayana actually paying money to smuggle young brides from UP and Bihar. - Bringing brides from outside has become an election promise in Hara
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Indian parents who do not like girl child will agree with you. Even the most conservative parents do not doubt female ability. It is just that they prove less valuable than male child for following reasons. 1. Parents have to spend more ti
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True. Our building watchman spends 6 months in Mumbai while his brother 'takes care' of his wife. He then goes back and brother comes on watchman duty. Better its my brother than neighbour he says.
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Bribes help women get better husbands. Unlike USA marriages in India is about family ties and hence it is important that an uneducated unattractive women gets a good husband. She has to pay the premium of dowry to get a husband who otherwis
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I personally think this is a good idea. It is better for the well being of the child if parents love him/her instead of having an unwanted child. Female child is expensive in India and Indians are poor hence not all can afford the luxu
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Ford Foundation, Evangelical NGOs and World Bank Intellectual Yet Idiots are to be blamed here. I remember in my childhood government ran this insane propaganda for vasectomy. Government claimed we all would die of hunger unless we stop pro
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People tend to get better services and more efficient industries ?
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> However my experience with the defense industry has shown me that unless Silicon Valley teams up with the Pentagon, the US will be destroyed. That is jingoism. If despite spending half trillion dollars if US military is behind somethin
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Labour unions are like leeches they suck productivity and promote mediocrity. If people are unhappy with the job they should simply resign and take up another.
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I have a very simple solution for this. Whenever people checkout on Amazon give them an option to tip people in the originating warehouse.
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Lobbying is an excellent way for small groups to be heard in political corridors. Lobbying happens in any large democracy and when it is illegal it often happens through backdoors creating a chain of unimaginable corruption. It is much bett
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Both politicians and Facebook have different incentives. Facebook has to stay competitive and work with realities with the world. Politicians are paid from taxpayer money and don't have to pay for their decisions. Politicians are not s
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> If you can't come up with US $800 a year to pay a business tax That is not only condescending but also insulting to people who are working very hard to just survive. I would respectfully request you to come down from your ivory to
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Unless you have a very good reason do not register your company in California. Most certainly not because it costs $70. California is very backward in all sort of regulations and you will get into trouble as your company goes bigger and big
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Sounds excellent except travel to San Francisco. Why would you start there instead of some better location like mountain view cupertino sunnyvale etc/
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Yes. Indian constitution discriminates based on religion when it comes to running schools and other edu institutions. Article 30 gives special rights to christians and muslims and subsequent amendment 93 also gives right to occupation to mi