http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/Discussion forum for the progressives.Reply: Oppressions of Ahmadiyya Muslims in Bangladesh- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Questions posed by Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq, on the surface, may seem simple, however, in my humble opinion, they are not as simple to deserve only Yes or No answers.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10735 Saving Mostakina - Violence against Children in Bangladesh- (Found July 8, 2008 ) An interesting pattern can be detected in the incidents of violence against domestic help. Once the initial shock subsides, a conscious or unconscious urge to paint the brutal offence as a mistake begins to gain strength. The police who have rescued the victim, the doctors who have treated the serious wounds, the lawyer who is contesting on the victims behalf and finally even the judge who is deciding the case, start to believe in the mistake theory with growing conviction each day. But why...http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10848 Globalization and The Garments Industries of Bangladesh- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Since the Ready Made Garments RMG Industry in Bangladesh is 100 percent export oriented industry and appearing as the major seventy percent export earning industrial sector of Bangladesh, the effect of contemporary pattern of globalization on this specific sector needs particular attention of the policy makers of Bangladesh and all concerned.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10849 Shining India's Dimming Equanimity- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The contrast between the rich and the poor is not a recent phenomenon. From the day India attained its independence from the British colonial rule more than half a century in the past, wide majority of Indian population were deprived in systemic steps.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10850 Straight Talk: Playing with Fire- (Found July 8, 2008 ) We are not concerned when religious extremists gain in power and popularity around the world from Iran to Indonesia. We tell ourselves that this kind of thing could never happen here, and dismiss out of hand suggestions that there are al Qaeda cells operating in the country or that we are a haven for international terror.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10852 Why Signora Sonia as PM- (Found July 8, 2008 ) In a democratic nation, a person like Sonia Gandhi, who has been residing there for more than 40 years, an Indian citizen, why would her foreign birth be an issue at all Mr. Singh claims that Even people who voted Congress now say they would not have done if they had known she had half a chance of becoming prime minister. However, he does not provide any evidence backing up his claim.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10863 For Afghan women, Olympics mean opportunity- (Found July 8, 2008 ) She may not break any records or win any medals. But sprinter Robina Muqimyar will make history in Athens this summer when she and a judo player become the first two Afghan women to compete in an Olympic Games.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10867 Sodas Raise Cancer Risk, U.S. Study Finds- (Found July 8, 2008 ) What would the giant soft-drinks producing corporations do countering this scientific claim Another studies that would show soda drinking does not cause cancer It would be like the cigarette industries with their paid "scientists" producing "evidence" that smoking is not as detrimental to health as claimed by most "unpaid" scientistshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10869 Apocalypse Soon -- Rescued explorer says he found a warmer Arctic- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Compare the above Boston Globe article with the following The Washington Post article and you will find a deep wedge between two groups, one who believes that climate change will bring catastrophic devastations in our globe, accelerating with speedy pace, and other group claims that the liberal and mainly the democrats are behind spilling out the myth of global warming hoax. Who could be truehttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10870 Responding to a Marxist Idealist- (Found July 8, 2008 ) First, no democracy at whatever point of the spectrum of democratic alternatives can ever 'demand' any re-distribution of global power and resources, for power is mostly earned and resources do not naturally exist in democratic proportions by headcount of each nation. Nor is there any divine mandate for those to be so shared, let alone for a human utopian ideal. In addition, some countries nurture economic environments that foster technological innovations, which lead to more power and higher..http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuktoChinta/message/10873 |