[GreenYouth] Learning as an experience

Finally, UP got what it deserved. There is an old saying in Malayalam that: `Kandu padichillenkil kondu padikkanam'. (If you don't learn from what you see, then learn from the experience of receiving a good beating) . Sorry to sound diplomatic. -- You received this message because you are

[GreenYouth] What Yogi Adityanath Choice [as UP CM] Says About Modi-Shah, RSS

[Modi-Shah duo are, surely, bent upon following the "Gujarat model" in UP, the largest state of India - and politically/electorally most significant. Having once tasted blood, they're just thirsting for more. And, no pussy-footing, no squeamishness, nothing of the sort. I'd, in this context, like

[GreenYouth] Temptations of judicial piety: In Pakistan, judges are a part of the problem of religious conservatism trumping justice

[Judges happen to be most attracted to coercion under Islam. Namaz is regarded as “farz” (compulsory) like zakat (religious charity tax), and presumably enforceable on pain of punishment. Some judges, not able to lay down the law from their court, showed the way by their behaviour. One judge of

[GreenYouth] Former Chief Election Commissioner, S Y Quraishi, calls to conduct the 2019 general election with VVPAT, while defending the EVM

[The EC’s biggest challenge is to conduct the 2019 general election with VVPAT. It must speed up the production of the requisite number of machines. Funds must not be a constraint. Remember, it’s the “direction” of the Supreme Court.]

[GreenYouth] Irom Sharmila Welcomed in Calicut

*Irom Sharmila honoured and welcomed in Calicut. She** should have contested in Kerala. She could have even won, if all the existing political forces in Kerala which have supported her in Kerala could support her in elections also.* http://www.doolnews.com/irom-sharmila-kozhikode-864.html --

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[GreenYouth] Alarm Bell Ringing! '(US) Secretary of State Tillerson: Use of pre-emptive force an option with North Korea'

[Talk of preemptive strike is utterly irresposible and dangerous. It may even provoke the N. Korean regime to resort to its own "preemptive strike" to "preempt" the other side, regardless of (horrendous) consequences. "Meanwhile, as previewed one week ago, the odds of an unexpected North Korean