Word: joshi
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...destruction of the mosque had been a spontaneous act, but the new report calls the attack "meticulously planned" and carried out with the approval of senior members of the BJP, implicating L.K. Advani, who had been present at the site, and other top party leaders such Murli Manohar Joshi, and Kalyan Singh, then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. (See who's who among India's most influential people...
...true Delhiites to really care about Delhi. Among the 14 million people living in the capital today, some 40% are migrants. "If you ask anyone in Delhi where they come from, they don't say Delhi, they name their native city or village," says Delhi-based journalist Manoj Joshi. "No one knows anyone else, so people behave very differently from how they would where they come from. They have no affiliation with the city." Gokhale agrees: "There are no real Delhi insiders anymore, and the Delhiite's identity is diluted and fractured. There's no sense of loyalty...
...image of its national capital that India wants to project to the world. In the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, India has displayed the same touchiness about its self-image as the other rising Asian giant, China. "It's the same case with all Asian cultures," says Joshi. "They want to showcase their modernity to show they've arrived. Take spitting, for instance. In Singapore, China, India ... it's seen as something that belongs to the past and should be left behind...
...political leaders were gracefully accepting defeat and congratulating the winners, while their neighbors on the other side of the border were struggling. Yes, India has more problems than Pakistan but it has decided to resolve them democratically. Pakistan needs to learn from India or her days are numbered. Navin Joshi, LONDON...
...most clear in Mumbai after the November terrorist attacks in which nearly 200 people were killed. There was certainly anger directed at the terrorists and their sponsors, who are believed to be in Pakistan, but the more enduring feeling was disillusionment with the city's own inadequate response. Mihir Joshi, 28, is a DJ and musician in south Mumbai who says he has become politically active for the first time in his life because of "26/11." What still troubles him isn't the motivation of the terrorists. Instead, he wonders, "How could this happen? What is our system doing...