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		<title>By: The Indian Economy Blog &#187; The Dollar Auction Continues</title>
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		<title>By: Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; The Dollar Auction Continues</title>
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		<title>By: Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; India&#8217;s Development and the Terrorist State of Pakistan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; India&#8217;s Development and the Terrorist State of Pakistan</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] s of development. It is in that spirit of  eclectic investigation that I recently wrote on the true weapons of mass destruction. Understanding conflict and how to m [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; The Care and Feeding of the Permanent Arms Industry &#8212; Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator>Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; The Care and Feeding of the Permanent Arms Industry &#8212; Part 2</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] ing both sides and giving military aid to whichever side is unable to fork up the cash for the weapons of mass destruction.  	=================  	I wish I did not h [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; The Care and Feeding of the Permanent Arms Industry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; The Care and Feeding of the Permanent Arms Industry</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] ll help it out so that the war continues.  	A few weeks ago on Oct 16th, I had pointed out the true weapons of mass destruction and wrote:  Why is the US so hell-be [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Kumar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kumar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All the disputes between India and Pakistan is because of  Kashmir.  There is no rear lines thatâ€™s why problem creat on border and both go to war over Kashmir.  But the Government now refine the policies for bringing stability in the entire state of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.himalayanaffairs.org/articles.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;J&amp;K&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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		<title>By: Gurpreet</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gurpreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi

Sunil i would like to correct you, you said that &quot;In that sense I do not think any of the present leaders of India Pakistan and USA are â€œbadâ€ &quot;.Well that would be wrong if President of USA ,were not bad that why selling arms to India and Pakistan.US shouldn&#039;t sell arms to anyone.I know if they don&#039;t then India and Pakistan would look for alternatives but US is a world power at present so if they dont sell that would have and effect for sure.What i feel is whatever US does is for its own interest(every country will do the same) but being a word power means something.Now i only see US as a terrorist state that attacks anyone at its own will.Thay have broken every treaty and they ask others to sign it.What i feel , US is a terrorist/rogue state which has power in its hand and can influence any country in world.They don&#039;t give a dam about supporting poor nations,all they want is supermacy, edge over other countries and a strong economy at any cost.Also US is the most scared nation, they attacked Iraq on name of weapons of mass destruction, they knew that Iraq have none :D so they attacked.They will never attack Korea,Iran because these countries have nuclear weapons.

Being a power means something so US should realize its responsibility in this wold of chaos and stop selling weapons because finally these weapons will be used against US only.Like Osama and Saddam.If you dont know US is father of Osama and Saddam,Osama was to repell Russian invasion and US+Saddam fought war against Syria and they used chemical weapons. :P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi</p>
<p>Sunil i would like to correct you, you said that &#8220;In that sense I do not think any of the present leaders of India Pakistan and USA are â€œbadâ€ &#8220;.Well that would be wrong if President of USA ,were not bad that why selling arms to India and Pakistan.US shouldn&#8217;t sell arms to anyone.I know if they don&#8217;t then India and Pakistan would look for alternatives but US is a world power at present so if they dont sell that would have and effect for sure.What i feel is whatever US does is for its own interest(every country will do the same) but being a word power means something.Now i only see US as a terrorist state that attacks anyone at its own will.Thay have broken every treaty and they ask others to sign it.What i feel , US is a terrorist/rogue state which has power in its hand and can influence any country in world.They don&#8217;t give a dam about supporting poor nations,all they want is supermacy, edge over other countries and a strong economy at any cost.Also US is the most scared nation, they attacked Iraq on name of weapons of mass destruction, they knew that Iraq have none <img src='http://www.deeshaa.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  so they attacked.They will never attack Korea,Iran because these countries have nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>Being a power means something so US should realize its responsibility in this wold of chaos and stop selling weapons because finally these weapons will be used against US only.Like Osama and Saddam.If you dont know US is father of Osama and Saddam,Osama was to repell Russian invasion and US+Saddam fought war against Syria and they used chemical weapons. <img src='http://www.deeshaa.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; The Care and Feeding of the Permanent Arms Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Atanu Dey on India&#8217;s Development  &#187; India&#8217;s Development and the Terrorist State of Pakistan</title>
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		<title>By: Ad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Atanu,
  Whatever you have written looks like is true and also a result of India being a poor country. Reading this I got an idea. We have nuclear weapons which are capable of destroying some countries(neighbours and maybe someother). But we say that we will not be the one to use nuclear weapons first, reiterate only if others use on us. And saying this we keep on attaining other weapons. Why not have a new policy. India say we love peace, want to develop, so we stop spending on weapons for 2 years, we will use that big money for development. At the same time we have our nuke ready to hit some countries, if someone feels that we are weak and will attack us we will be first ones to use the nuke. Saying this loudly on one side and not spending money on more weapons(something different and to me makes sense, having nukes is showing you are strong, then why spend more money on weapons instead of on development). Maybe I am wrong but this can be right also... What do you say?

Thanks
AD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Atanu,<br />
  Whatever you have written looks like is true and also a result of India being a poor country. Reading this I got an idea. We have nuclear weapons which are capable of destroying some countries(neighbours and maybe someother). But we say that we will not be the one to use nuclear weapons first, reiterate only if others use on us. And saying this we keep on attaining other weapons. Why not have a new policy. India say we love peace, want to develop, so we stop spending on weapons for 2 years, we will use that big money for development. At the same time we have our nuke ready to hit some countries, if someone feels that we are weak and will attack us we will be first ones to use the nuke. Saying this loudly on one side and not spending money on more weapons(something different and to me makes sense, having nukes is showing you are strong, then why spend more money on weapons instead of on development). Maybe I am wrong but this can be right also&#8230; What do you say?</p>
<p>Thanks<br />
AD</p>
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		<title>By: Zenil</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zenil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Atanu,

I chanced upon ur blog from Rajesh Jain&#039;s website.I have been reading ur blogs occasionally..I found this one interesting.We in India routinely call Pakistan a &quot;Terrorist state&quot;.Infact all major communication media in India refer to Pakistan as a terrorist/failed state.And its become so common that u dont notice it.And without thinking ,i forwarded it to my colleagues.And one of my colleague was a pakistani and u can imagine the mess that I was in!!! My point is if u think about it,labelling a country a terrorist state is some real serious charge..And any reference that we make to Pakistan is always accompanied by this &quot;appendage&quot;,so much so that any serious article that we write even though it makes sense becomes a rant against Pakistan..Arent we being hypocritical...From ur very article isnt US more of a &quot;terrorist&quot; state than Pakistan..I dont see anybody calling US this.How can we improve relations with Pakistan when we keep calling them this..I dont want Pakistan to become a terrorist/failed state.Thats not good for India.ANd it doesnt help when we jump from our rooftops and point fingers at Pakistan everytime there is an attack anywhere in the world.Heck US has considered them as an ally,so what&#039;s pissing us off.On one hand we want to have good relations with Pakistan and on other hand we keep calling them a terrorist state..I know that calling Pakistan a failed state(in some myopic way) makes us feel good,but that doesnt solve the problem..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Atanu,</p>
<p>I chanced upon ur blog from Rajesh Jain&#8217;s website.I have been reading ur blogs occasionally..I found this one interesting.We in India routinely call Pakistan a &#8220;Terrorist state&#8221;.Infact all major communication media in India refer to Pakistan as a terrorist/failed state.And its become so common that u dont notice it.And without thinking ,i forwarded it to my colleagues.And one of my colleague was a pakistani and u can imagine the mess that I was in!!! My point is if u think about it,labelling a country a terrorist state is some real serious charge..And any reference that we make to Pakistan is always accompanied by this &#8220;appendage&#8221;,so much so that any serious article that we write even though it makes sense becomes a rant against Pakistan..Arent we being hypocritical&#8230;From ur very article isnt US more of a &#8220;terrorist&#8221; state than Pakistan..I dont see anybody calling US this.How can we improve relations with Pakistan when we keep calling them this..I dont want Pakistan to become a terrorist/failed state.Thats not good for India.ANd it doesnt help when we jump from our rooftops and point fingers at Pakistan everytime there is an attack anywhere in the world.Heck US has considered them as an ally,so what&#8217;s pissing us off.On one hand we want to have good relations with Pakistan and on other hand we keep calling them a terrorist state..I know that calling Pakistan a failed state(in some myopic way) makes us feel good,but that doesnt solve the problem..</p>
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		<title>By: Jyoti Iyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jyoti Iyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Atanu,

Very insightful and that explains a lot. The cycle of money is interesting. We are forced to sponsor their economy by buying weapons from them (big money). Then in the form of USAID, Plan International etc etc , they give us monetary grants (peanuts) to prop up our economy. Never mind that inspite of making the right noises, there seems to be no impact on our poverty alleviation. But guess who comes out looking good - ethically and financially? No prizes for guessing!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Atanu,</p>
<p>Very insightful and that explains a lot. The cycle of money is interesting. We are forced to sponsor their economy by buying weapons from them (big money). Then in the form of USAID, Plan International etc etc , they give us monetary grants (peanuts) to prop up our economy. Never mind that inspite of making the right noises, there seems to be no impact on our poverty alleviation. But guess who comes out looking good &#8211; ethically and financially? No prizes for guessing!</p>
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		<title>By: krishna</title>
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		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wonderful articles. atanu! though most US of know,
what the USA is upto intutively. facts are hard to get.

I want know about the the  inflated dollar. i don&#039;t believe this equation of $1=Rs45. i am sure it is half that. some one said that america has issued treasury bonds to chinese and japan banks. and china and japan don&#039;t want the dollar to decrease.

while american media is so screwed up in portraying realities.

leave alone their skewed foriegn policy and 
UN policy. no country in the world should have 
veto power, UN needs to strengthed and 
need to be more fair.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wonderful articles. atanu! though most US of know,<br />
what the USA is upto intutively. facts are hard to get.</p>
<p>I want know about the the  inflated dollar. i don&#8217;t believe this equation of $1=Rs45. i am sure it is half that. some one said that america has issued treasury bonds to chinese and japan banks. and china and japan don&#8217;t want the dollar to decrease.</p>
<p>while american media is so screwed up in portraying realities.</p>
<p>leave alone their skewed foriegn policy and<br />
UN policy. no country in the world should have<br />
veto power, UN needs to strengthed and<br />
need to be more fair.</p>
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		<title>By: sunil</title>
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		<dc:creator>sunil</dc:creator>
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		<description>Hi Atanu,
While my heart bleeds as much as yours when I think of the pathetic state of poor in India and other such countries I do not like to get carried away by what looks to you any others as obvious cause and effect relation between the miseries of these third rate countries and spendings in defense.It is a betryal to sensible conscience to connect dots more out of emotional compulsions  then applying scientific methods.
Remove USA from your argument and one feels that countries would stop spending on  latest weapons which is not eniterly true. The reality is that every  good leader of every country dutifully wants to protect his people and so spend on whatever is available as a better choice.On the other hand a bad leader, not bad in the sense of leading but bad in intentions would combine his position and above mentioned duty to buy latest weapons and fill his pocket with lot of money.
World history is full of war and miseries associated with war. I see them as nothing but a fight for survival by humans but maipulated and exploited by some misguided leaders to serve their whims.
Instead of getting too carried away by feelings of hatred born out of past, one should engage in isolating bad leaders of world and support good ones.In that sense I do not think any of the present leaders of India Pakistan and USA are &quot;bad&quot;. Put yourself in the shoes of those leaders and you will end up making almost same decisions as they are making now as far as spending on defense is concerned.
Hate your negihbour and you deny yourself and him the opprtunity to coexist in peace.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Atanu,<br />
While my heart bleeds as much as yours when I think of the pathetic state of poor in India and other such countries I do not like to get carried away by what looks to you any others as obvious cause and effect relation between the miseries of these third rate countries and spendings in defense.It is a betryal to sensible conscience to connect dots more out of emotional compulsions  then applying scientific methods.<br />
Remove USA from your argument and one feels that countries would stop spending on  latest weapons which is not eniterly true. The reality is that every  good leader of every country dutifully wants to protect his people and so spend on whatever is available as a better choice.On the other hand a bad leader, not bad in the sense of leading but bad in intentions would combine his position and above mentioned duty to buy latest weapons and fill his pocket with lot of money.<br />
World history is full of war and miseries associated with war. I see them as nothing but a fight for survival by humans but maipulated and exploited by some misguided leaders to serve their whims.<br />
Instead of getting too carried away by feelings of hatred born out of past, one should engage in isolating bad leaders of world and support good ones.In that sense I do not think any of the present leaders of India Pakistan and USA are &#8220;bad&#8221;. Put yourself in the shoes of those leaders and you will end up making almost same decisions as they are making now as far as spending on defense is concerned.<br />
Hate your negihbour and you deny yourself and him the opprtunity to coexist in peace.</p>
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