Reply to: Brown gives £825 million to India

[Marina]

It's probably related to GB campaigning to get India admitted to the Security Council as a useful ally there - For example, if the UK is booted out of the EU or leaves voluntarily (e.g. if GB loses the vote on the EU Constitution and one thing leads to another) he needs as many allies as possible in the Security Council, to vote against motions put forward by France to kick the UK out of that as well. Possibly.

[oracleslave]

Even a blind chicken gets a piece of corn every now and then.

[sasguru]

flip off and quit scaring me

You remind me of the monkeys in the museum using typewriters. By the laws of chance they occasionally type something right.

[sasguru]

I meant the President, not the Prime Minister. The President used to be Dr. Abdul Kalam who is a muslim, but that changed in the middle of last year (I'm out of date obviously). He also had a fair bit to do with India's space policy so I fail to see how that space policy is now going to make all muslims hate India.

Yes there are a lot of uneducated Muslims living in povity in India, but there are also a lot of uneducated Hindu's and Sikh's living in povity in India too.

Ah the irony, the irony .....

[Ardesco]

Manmohan Singh is a Sikh.

I meant the President, not the Prime Minister. The President used to be Dr. Abdul Kalam who is a muslim, but that changed in the middle of last year (I'm out of date obviously). He also had a fair bit to do with India's space policy so I fail to see how that space policy is now going to make all muslims hate India.

Yes there are a lot of uneducated Muslims living in poverty in India, but there are also a lot of uneducated Hindu's and Sikh's living in poverty in India too.

[Troll]

For once I agree with Troll. There's something about that religion that keeps it's followers backwards.

flip off and quit scaring me

[oracleslave]

For once I agree with Troll. There's something about that religion that keeps it's followers backwards.

its

HTH Atw.

[sasguru]

Same as muslims over here then

For once I agree with Troll. There's something about that religion that keeps it's followers backwards.

[Spacecadet]

Well it sounds like a lot of money but a quick calc shows that it is about 18.74 rupees (24p) a year per person if everyone in India gets an equal share.

Thats half a days pay for some people

[Chantho]

Dudes - seems pants to give aid to a country that has nuclear weapons and a space program

Well it sounds like a lot of money but a quick calc shows that it is about 18.74 rupees (24p) a year per person if everyone in India gets an equal share.

[Troll]

muslims in india are seen as being at the bottom of the ladder and have one of the worse literacy rates in the country

Same as muslims over here then

[Spacecadet]

Considering that many muslims live in India (I belive that the person running the country at the moment is a muslim too) I would suggest that this is a load of carp. Standard media lets make somethign up to make the story seem a bit more interesting.

muslims in india are seen as being at the bottom of the ladder and have one of the worse literacy rates in the country

[Spartacus]

Considering that many muslims live in India (I belive that the person running the country at the moment is a muslim too) I would suggest that this is a load of carp. Standard media lets make somethign up to make the story seem a bit more interesting.

Manmohan Singh is a Sikh.

[Ardesco]

hmmm interesting:
apparently this will be seen as a "sinister tie-up between India and Israel by the middle east"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7199736.stm

I think we have to keep India on side.

Considering that many muslims live in India (I belive that the person running the country at the moment is a muslim too) I would suggest that this is a load of crap. Standard media lets make somethign up to make the story seem a bit more interesting.

[sasguru]

hmmm interesting:
apparently this will be seen as a "sinister tie-up between India and Israel by the middle east"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7199736.stm

I think we have to keep India on side.