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...instituted by the ruling Congress Party-led government found Muslims underrepresented in government jobs and faring badly in social indicators like household income and literacy. "When you have a community that has been brutalized, it is inevitable that there will be a pool of ready recruits," says political commentator Manoj Joshi, noting the anti-Muslim riots in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in 1993 and similar ones in Gujarat in 2002. "It is a very serious situation, which has arisen because our government has failed to accept the ground reality," says security analyst B. Raman, former head of the counterterrorism division...
...monsoon. Nor have shortages hit a government-run rice-distribution program that helps feed India's poor. That program bought 20.6 million metric tons last year. This year, procurement, from both domestic growers and importers, is expected to rise to 25 million metric tons, according to Manoj Pandey, a senior government official. "It's not a question of low production or low procurement," says Pandey...
...know Pakistan's battle against terrorism has implications for us in India," says political commentator Manoj Joshi. "The dialogue with Musharraf has been, perhaps, the most sustained and productive ever. So I think there is a feeling that we should do nothing to simply blow it away." More importantly, India's avoidance of demanding a return to democracy in Pakistan may be attributed to the long-standing belief that to do business with Pakistan, one has to deal with the army. "The army is the only political party worth its name in Pakistan," says Ashok Behuria, research fellow...
...arch-rival Pakistan access to nuclear fuel and technology. Some in India say the leftist parties are playing right into China's hands. "What is remarkable about the left's self-view of India is how weak they think the country is," says media commentator and political analyst Manoj Joshi. "They may do well to remember that India - with its nuclear-tipped armed forces, 8 percent-plus growth rate and burgeoning foreign exchange reserves - has never been stronger...
...American icon--it means to value and preserve," says Manoj Patel, who was born in the U.S., adding that travelers should care about not who owns a property but how well it is run. Route 66 enthusiast Emily Priddy agrees. She refuses to list on her popular website any motel proclaiming itself American owned. But there's always a new bend in the American road trip. Shilo Inns Suites Hotels, a large chain that has long supported veterans' causes, advertises itself as American owned but considers the phrase an expression of appreciation, not exclusion. When Shilo granted the hotels' first...