In the Indian subcontinent, certain clay's have been used since ages to help with wound healing and as an antiseptic.
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Quora got popular in India because of widespread adoption in IIT circles, who by virtue of being influencers spread it across India. So much so that, I saw a statistic which said that most visits on Quora are from India.
However for me what that has meant is that a rash of new registrants have appeared who have destroyed any topic related to my alma mater and India.
EDIT - Also shouldn't this 'Indian Invasion' have had an effect on the valuation?
EDIT - I am also an Indian and mean no disrespect. But the fact is that one of the side effects of Quora getting popular so fast is that it is often the first Internet forum for many students. I know it because I have talked to them. And that ends up in usual newbie mistakes.
In any case, the 15 odd percent Muslims in India are proof enough that the word genocidal is not appropriate here.
Pakistan is not really one of the most paranoid and aggressive in the world. And that is coming from an Indian here. It is much more civilized than many nations and has much of the institutions that make a modern nation. Just that the military and religious extremism( which incidentally was helped along the way by a desperate general who wanted to hold on to power) has destroyed the idea of the state.
The longstanding conflict with us, is fueled by the United States, who in their quest to have an ally in the region against perceived Russian expansion to the Persian Gulf supported successive military regimes against a presumed 'communist' but democratic India. The United States, replaced a reformist and yes a repressive government, with the most regressive government anywhere in the world in Afghanistan in 1991. And didn't care about it till 9/11. The hindsight of history tells us that maybe communist totalitarianism is what the country needed to break hundreds of years of warlordism.
Maybe what US does on the whole balances out their excesses here. Maybe stopping the spread of communism and totalitarianism required this. But looking at it at a theatre level, US policy in the region has been short sighted and should have been directed at promoting democracy in Pakistan. Not in helping the military. Along with being short sighted it has also been hypocritical. And that is what makes it sad.
The world's per capita emission in 2010 was 3 times that of India. US emits 10 times more than us on a per capita basis. It befuddles me. HN please explain how India is in the wrong here?
Do you have proof that Indians caused this. The guy tried to make a point that in his view the Afghans caused this. Is he not allowed that?
>Ah, cars don't really brush slightly, now do they? That reads more like "he hit the student with a car" to me. Though perhaps you believe in the stereotype of the exceedingly careful Indian driver, especially the youths... ;) Lay the blame quick. You would presume that the OP is lying especially because Indian youth are rash drivers. That is a fair stretch of the rubber band, if I may say so.
>What's "some 10"? Is that an accurate estimate? I'll take your word for it. Some 10 is acceptably used in Indian English. It means around 10 people. I am sorry if the people involved could not count the exact number of attackers. But since you are being nice and taking his word for it, it should be ok.
>Interesting move to the passive voice! Compare "10 of them beat him up" to "Afghans were beaten". It almost seems like it was simply circumstance. I think Indian were more than "also involved", don't you? They beat up the Afghans after hitting one of them with a car.
They beat up the Afghans after the Afghans beat some of them up because one of them hit an Afghan with a car. And he says he did it accidentally. Stop distorting what he said. If you know otherwise, write about that, but being snarly is not a rebuttal.
>Did they put this out on Twitter or Facebook? I think you mean, "someone spread a rumour that they were planning to beat down ever Indian". No they shouted and threatened to beat every Indian. This is most certainly an exaggeration to be sure. There were far more Indians than Afghans on the campus.
>And again, more "involvement". Which he has already pointed.
>Perhaps, but your story doesn't support that.
Of course. Even if his story was correct, we can't make a sweeping generalization about Afghans.
>Your tale sounds like a kid trying desperately not to lie, but bending the truth just about as far as possible to make it seem that "he started it and it's all his fault" :)
I am glad you can make all of that about somebody. What little I could gather about you is that you knew nothing about the incident yet can be vicious and lawyerly about someone who does. Also imagine a situation when a group of Indian students beats up an American driver in LSU. We can be sure how balanced the narrative would be then.
In any case, its a fundamental right, enshrined in the Indian Constitution. Its not really a part of the culture, even in highly educated circles. Part of that has to do with the Indian apathy towards Humanities and pursuit of pragmatism over ideology.
Back of the envelope calculations. 95 grams of CO2 is equal to 2 moles of CO2. Assuming complete combustion of Propane that is two moles of propane as well. Calorific value of propane is 2,200 kJ per mol. That turns out to be total energy output of 4,400 kJ per kilometer or 1.2 kWh. Which continuing with your line of thinking is 144 kW of power at 120km/h. This places an upper theoretical limit exceeding 110kW. Not saying this says anything about the actual burning characteristics of gasoline, just that the theoretical limit is higher.