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by Vayutuvan
29 May 2024 07:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Tanaji wrote: 29 May 2024 03:44 There is an interview of Karen Thapar with Prashant Kishore on YouTube.
Karen Thapar ... Good one. :lol:
by Vayutuvan
28 May 2024 09:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5682
Views: 1665734

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

PM can dissolve the parliament and call for elections. In the UK as well as in ROI.

@NRao gaaru, what elections commission you are talking about?
by Vayutuvan
28 May 2024 09:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

@chetak gaaru, that fellow AK is a smooth and slick. He talked over the interviewer and sort of came out ahead. :shock: :(( :eek:
by Vayutuvan
27 May 2024 22:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5682
Views: 1665734

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

A_Gupta wrote: 27 May 2024 18:53 India needs healthy export markets.
India has a big market. Better to exploit that. That also denies UK to make money off of Indian markets. Then we can export. The US is a different beast.
by Vayutuvan
25 May 2024 06:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: China poll- Timing question.
Replies: 22
Views: 1732

Re: China poll- Timing question.

I voted unlikely. A full blown war is not in the interest of China, i.e. its ruling clique. Taiwan is more bang for buck for them in the near term. They can instigate NoKo attacking SoKo at about the same time keeping the US busy on two fronts. India will not enter unless Indian interests are threat...
by Vayutuvan
24 May 2024 01:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

In fact, in the Pew Research Poll published August 29, 2023, PM Modi had a 79% favorable view among Indians including 55% with a very favorable view (emphasis is from Pew) https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/08/29/views-of-india-lean-positive-across-23-countries/ What is the error? I would gues...
by Vayutuvan
24 May 2024 00:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1180
Views: 356520

Re: BR Forum Feedback

A quick question.

Is it possible to post a verbatim quoted post like some computer code with intact indentation? If so, what are the tags? TIA
by Vayutuvan
24 May 2024 00:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5682
Views: 1665734

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

g.sarkar wrote: 24 May 2024 00:18 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-69050450
Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for Thursday 4 July
:shock: :twisted:
by Vayutuvan
24 May 2024 00:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5682
Views: 1665734

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

chetak wrote: 23 May 2024 01:25 charlie boy is in a bit of a sulk these days. His PM is richer than him
:rotfl: :mrgreen:
by Vayutuvan
23 May 2024 04:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

vera_k wrote: 23 May 2024 00:38 ^ News report where the younger sister is expressing concern about being banned from India.
Vox link (NSFW)
What a crock of $h173. They don't have comments section. Ironically the news site is named vox but they are shutting off vox populi.
by Vayutuvan
23 May 2024 03:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

A_Gupta wrote: 22 May 2024 22:02 IT Department’s huge tax bill for Congress will be collected after the election. Rs 3567 crores I think.
I wonder why they are waiting. They should start the collection process right away.
by Vayutuvan
23 May 2024 01:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

ramana wrote: 22 May 2024 16:30 Chetak, SC judges read Oscar Wilde and proclaim #EverySinnerHasAFuture.

Both HC and SC are guided by fiction and not Indian laws.
Codicil: Every saint has a past.
by Vayutuvan
23 May 2024 00:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5682
Views: 1665734

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Puhleez. ST said "all we need is an apology. No reparations needed" (I am paraphrasing). I would rather have both. If that is not possible, I will take reparations in lieu of any apology from Charles III (who might even be the last monarch).
by Vayutuvan
22 May 2024 05:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

triank wrote: 22 May 2024 00:32 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xGejCJft9JY
# Sanatani children with 'communist' parents j sai deepak shorts
Is there a longer version or rather a link to a video from which this has been excerpted? TIA
by Vayutuvan
20 May 2024 04:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Oxfam is another possibility. Oxfam is against GST, and for increasing income tax and for introducing a wealth tax in India. Sounds familiar? Don;t know about Oxfam India, but I do like the lunches they organize here in the US schools to highlight world hunger. DOn't jump on me folks. I am against ...
by Vayutuvan
20 May 2024 04:18
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1047
Views: 773659

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

Thotakura in Telugu means Amaranth greens. Is of Indian Telugu origin? I am just curious as to his life journey to have to such a pinnacle.
by Vayutuvan
20 May 2024 03:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8987
Views: 2623759

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Napolitano is a leftist. OK. Here you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Napolitano He is a libertarian and has gained prominence in part due to his criticism of the administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.[2] Beginning in 1997, he became an analyst for Fox News, com...
by Vayutuvan
20 May 2024 02:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1256
Views: 3290145

Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023

Pratyush wrote: 06 Apr 2024 09:47 The war between Israel and Hamas is not our business and we are well served by not identifying too much with either side. If the Israelis need weapons that we can supply. Sell them and provide aid shipments to Gaza.
Very well put.
by Vayutuvan
20 May 2024 02:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1256
Views: 3290145

Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023

Have you heard of the INSTC - the proposed International North South Transport Corridor that would connect India and Russia? It runs through Iran. So what happens to IMEC? Is it your view/Mershiemer's that India can play on both sides assuming that it is a two-player game - US/Israel vs. Iran (supp...
by Vayutuvan
18 May 2024 05:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2021
Views: 506899

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

sanjaykumar wrote: 18 May 2024 02:52 (There really ought to be a better term. I detest using “low caste”).
Scheduled category?
by Vayutuvan
18 May 2024 04:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2021
Views: 506899

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

A_Gupta wrote: 17 May 2024 22:10 Perhaps Sri Lankan Tamils have also used this route.
A huge number of Srilankans settled in Zurich circa 1983-85.
by Vayutuvan
17 May 2024 02:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1443
Views: 295195

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

"Modi will secure his third term in June. Though India remains an electoral democracy, if only occasionally a constitutional one, the process of holding fair https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/amit-shah-narendra-modi-right-hand-man-india ... the author which very neatly fits...
by Vayutuvan
15 May 2024 03:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
Replies: 323
Views: 125853

Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications

The fact that so many Indians could be ruled for so long by so few doesn't say anything good about Indians. After the failed first war of independence in 1857, Brutish banned private ownership of firearms in India. Hence the likes of Alluri Seetaraama Raju and Komuram Bheem had to fight with Bows a...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2024 01:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
Replies: 323
Views: 125853

Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications

The fact that so many Indians could be ruled for so long by so few doesn't say anything good about Indians. After the failed first war of independence in 1857, Brutish banned private ownership of firearms in India. Hence the likes of Alluri Seetaraama Raju and Komuram Bheem had to fight with Bows a...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2024 01:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
Replies: 323
Views: 125853

Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2024/04/26/us-news/george-soros-maoist-fund-columbias-anti-israel-tent-city/amp/ George Soros is paying student radicals who are fueling nationwide explosion of Israel-hating protests If it is from NYPost, it didn't happen (as per some posters in the Understa...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2024 01:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

I was talking to some PIO folks who were and still are never-trumpers. Their argument for voting for Hillary Clinton, Biden/Harris etc. was that "Modi govt. can handle them". A very strange argument that. Just because they can handle it doesn't mean that they should increase the workload f...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2024 01:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Actual transcripts from Trump's speech in New Jersey: "Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? "Excuse me. I'm about to have a friend for...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2024 04:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Flynn is KKK?!!! Yep ... The party is quite deranged. ... I will not respond to your post next time, thanks. Don't run away from the battle field. I want you to support your accusation that Flynn is KKK. You made an extraordinary claim. Cough up some evidence before you leave in a huff, hain ji.
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2024 04:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Vinod Khosla sounds like a doddering old fool: ... He is actually now. He had been pushing green enregy stuff for sometime now. I don't think those investments yielded much results. So he is onto the next "big thing" - AI . There is a feeding frezny in the valley and elsewhere. This whole...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2024 04:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

1. Michelle O did the "bring our girls home" thing while she was first lady. ... 2. I don't remember any post-POTUS visit. ... 1. Exactly. Why was she whining publicly even though she had her husband's large ears to herself during pillow talk?! Is it possible that O didn't ack her gentle ...
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2024 01:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2021
Views: 506899

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

tandav wrote: 10 May 2024 17:10 ... by farm land assets which are politically protected or some other way.
On top of being possibly overvalued.
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2024 01:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

... This is also the same Obama who gave us Kejriwal in some deluded scheme to do an Arab Spring in India. ... You have overlooked his post-presidency visit to India at the invitation of the Congress folks. Micelle O was reduced to placarding on the WHOTUS lawn with "bring the children home&qu...
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2024 01:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Cybaru wrote: 10 May 2024 11:09 CitizenshipThroughNaturalization
It is next to impossible to retroactively take away citizenships of naturalized americans. Flyn or no Flynn, KKK or woke idiots on the west coast.
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2024 01:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Cybaru wrote: 10 May 2024 11:09
I will not respond to your post next time, thanks.
Pointing out that you are suffering from TDS makes T my favorite dude?!!! :eek:
by Vayutuvan
10 May 2024 10:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7584
Views: 1791187

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Flynn is KKK?!!!

TDS strikes again and again and again. :mrgreen:
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2024 05:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2021
Views: 506899

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

^^^ We need to have a relationship with both of them that suits India. They don’t need any encouragement from us to fight each other; they’re already fighting each other through proxies in Ukraine and will do so directly in Taiwan in due course. Not in Pakraine. US and Russia are fighting. China's ...