Quick notes: Dadri truth, BJP in Kerala...

• A Run For Their Money: RuPay has potential to end the dominance of Visa and MasterCard in India



• The Dadri Truth: A Personal Grudge Twisted Into a Communal Killing



• A first for BJP in Kerala: Party takes control of Palakkad municipality.



• 'Kiss of love' campaigners ran a sex racket: The gang operated by placing online ads that showed images of children, especially girls.



• Secular haven: Women most unsafe in Akhilesh's Uttar Pradesh. Record escalation in crime against women



• Kar Sewak: Ashok Singhal's journey from engineer to VHP chief



• Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era'

National Geographic Documentary on India's Mission to Mars (Hindi)

Here's the hindi-language version of the National Geographic documentary on India's mission to Mars:

India to Overtake US in Internet Users by December

Next month the number of internet users in India will surpass the number of internet users in the US:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/india-to-overtake-us-internet-user-base-by-december/articleshow/49815679.cms

No wonder Zuckerberg has India in his sights.

Dalai Lama Endorses Bihar Election Result

Dalai Lama seems to have made remarks amounting to an endorsement of Bihar's election results, saying that it confirmed that "majority of Hindus are tolerant":

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34829687

What a pity that his holiness doesn't see that Indian nationalism is the main reason he and his community aren't all speaking Mandarin.

Quick notes: Grad student, Ajay Bhatt...

• International Student: 133,000 Indian students contribute $3.6 billion to US economy



• Syrian refugee among assailants? Fingerprints from Paris bomber match man registered in Greece



• Ungrateful Mohammedans: Growing number of states refuse to accept Syrian refugees in wake of Paris attacks



• Ajay Bhatt: The guy who invented USB didn’t make a dime off of it — but here's why he’s OK with that



• Low-cost and risk-free: Study reveals how meditation, yoga, and prayer could cut health care costs by 43%



• Imran Khan of Alwar: NaMo's Hero.

Paris Attacks Based on Mumbai

Bruce Reidel, former US National Security Advisor, says that the 13-11 Paris attacks are based on the 26-11 Mumbai terrorist attacks:

Modeled on Mumbai? Why the 2008 India attack is the best way to understand Paris

Molyneux: The Truth About the Paris Terrorist Attacks

Social Affairs commentator Stefan Molyneux has come out with his assessment in the wake of the ISIS terror attacks on Paris: