Union Home Minister P Chidambaram offered an olive branch to Maoists saying that Government will be willing to start dialogue process with them if they abjure violence. He said the government did not consider the confrontation with the Naxalites as war, but pointed out that their actions did not encourage the government to initiate talks with
them.

" In 2009 alone, the CPI(Maoist) have caused 183 violent attacks on economic targets, including railway tracks, telephone towers, power plants, mines, school buildings and panchayat bhawans," he said.

Should the government initiate "an unconditional dialogue" with leftist rebels as suggested by Citizens Initiative for Peace (CIP), a collective of civil right activists and academics?

There are allegations that state forces had unleashed a rein of terror in the name of anti-Maoist operations. Do you believe this?

The diabetes bomb is ticking in India and experts say massive awareness campaigns should be launched by both government and educational institutions. Healthy eating habits should be taught from childhood to curb the growing threat of the lifestyle disease that has already impacted 50 million people in the country. As per fourth edition of the World Diabetes

Atlas, by 2010 about 50.8 million Indians in the 20-79 age group will have diabetes, rising to 87 million by 2030 - the highest in the world.

British MP Keith Vaz has warned that India would be the world capital for diabetes if measures were not taken to prevent the disease.

Do you think that western culture motivated fast food habit in children is causig Diabetes or is it genetic?

Should Indians need to stop eating fried foods and sweets to prevent diabetes in the country?