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by A_Gupta
12 May 2024 19:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7553
Views: 1775760

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 A_Gupta
12 May 2024 18:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1980
Views: 492418

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

A few dimwits on social media say that RAW agents in the Canadian consulate got the visas for these men who were arrested.
by A_Gupta
12 May 2024 09:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

^^^ The BJP won 303 seats in 2019. All I'm saying is that if it is some such number in 2024, a more even distribution around the country is preferable to winning mostly in the north, etc. etc.
by A_Gupta
12 May 2024 08:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1980
Views: 492418

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

"The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said that Amandeep Singh (22 years old) was arrested on May 11 for his role in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. He was already in the custody of the Peel Regional Police for unrelated firearms charges out, the official release said."
by A_Gupta
12 May 2024 07:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4489
Views: 1375301

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

"vibrant" --> shalwar shiver.
by A_Gupta
12 May 2024 01:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Global Media Watch
Replies: 137
Views: 45575

Re: Global Media Watch

Here is another specimen with a Hindu name who is a useful idiot for Islam https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/11/this-indian-historian-fights-the-far-right-one-makeup-video-at-a-time-2 With more than 200 YouTube videos in just over two years, the historian is building a growing audience: Her...
by A_Gupta
12 May 2024 00:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

If a certain definite total number of seats is written in the BJP’s destiny, I would prefer the BJP gain seats in the south (thus losing some in the north and west). IMO it is supremely important that BJP is established as a truly national party competitive and with seats from each state.IMO the ord...
by A_Gupta
11 May 2024 03:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wish list for Modi 3.0 administration
Replies: 23
Views: 3391

Re: Wish list for Modi 3.0 administration

India needs a lot of effective politicians and administrators, not just in the centre but also in all of the states. Good leadership is also a scarce resource. Is is worthwhile to have a thread to accumulate the names, not just of the well-known stars, but others that have shown huge potential? In r...
by A_Gupta
11 May 2024 03:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

PM Modi interview with NTV: https://youtu.be/7uPCQq-Tng8?si=9yqkfuAR_gu-7WKa In the first few minutes he says the elections are more a matter of chemistry than of arithmetic. Later he says that he believes his electoral success is based on support from women. (Haha, how many women on BRF? No wonder ...
by A_Gupta
11 May 2024 02:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8488
Views: 3088252

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

In 2023, the top five recipient countries for remittances inflows among LMICs in current USD were India (125 billion), Mexico (67 billion), China (50 billion), the Philippines (40 billion), and Egypt (24 billion) (ibid.). India has been the largest recipient of remittances since 2008 (ibid.). https...
by A_Gupta
10 May 2024 22:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4489
Views: 1375301

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Perhaps more terrifying than their terrorists is the rubbish in their minds.
"....showcasing its rugged terrain and craters in exquisite detail..." - a moderately powerful binoculars or camera lens from Earth does better.
by A_Gupta
10 May 2024 19:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

It's official. We have a 2 tiered system of justice. How can you say that? :D The Supreme Court, in its Supremeness, declared thus: "The Supreme Court, while granting Mr Kejriwal bail till June 1, said that elections are an important part of a democracy and this ruling will not raise questions...
by A_Gupta
10 May 2024 11:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1980
Views: 492418

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

How the accused in the Nijjar case got their Canadian visas - basically the Canadians grant visas without doing any checks - the first story here: https://youtu.be/uePJLuS3QTw?si=ZBqfMfpvBNmI9DN3 google transcript: on this Wednesday night new details about how two accused Hitmen entered Canada how t...
by A_Gupta
10 May 2024 10:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

My take is that PM Modi was speaking in Telangana, where the Congress-led state government has recently signed MoUs with Adani for 12,400 crores of projects; and he was asking whether Rahul Gandhi who usually constantly accuses PM Modi of crony capitalism, bringing up Ambani-Adani all the time, has ...
by A_Gupta
09 May 2024 18:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Global Media Watch
Replies: 137
Views: 45575

Re: Global Media Watch

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-modi-skips-election-kashmir-critics-dispute-integration-claims-2024-05-09/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi is criss-crossing India in a marathon election campaign but, for the first time since 1996, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not contesting i...
by A_Gupta
09 May 2024 17:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views
Replies: 155
Views: 57916

Re: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views

Uttarakanda, 80-81, - Gita Press English translation contains this: {Context is that the sage is watching the child Rama and is suddenly struck by the doubt as to why He is indulging in childish play; at which point Sri Rama grants him an experience} "The earth with its multitudinous rivers, oc...
by A_Gupta
09 May 2024 02:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7553
Views: 1775760

Re: Understanding the US - Again

ast month, the Pomona College economist Gary N. Smith calculated that the number of tenured and tenure-track professors at his school declined from 1990 to 2022, while the number of administrators nearly sextupled in that period. “Happily, there is a simple solution,” Smith wrote in a droll Washing...
by A_Gupta
08 May 2024 17:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8956
Views: 2603949

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

The strange thing is the video, the Indian Express, etc., are recycling an event from January 30th, and reported back then, as something new on May 7th. The only “fresh” info that I gathered, that I had had before from Google translate of Czech media, is that there is no timeframe for a decision. So...
by A_Gupta
07 May 2024 22:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

The events in Surat and Indore have nothing to do with the local voters, but with machinations of the local BJP leaders. If talking facts furthers the narrative of electoral autocracy, that is just too bad. You are blaming the reporter rather than the perpetrators and are promoting a cancel culture....
by A_Gupta
07 May 2024 17:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

Pratyush wrote: 07 May 2024 09:55
Remember the narrative that India is a an electoral autocracy?

Every such instance furthers this narrative. It will be used to attack the credibility of the election results.
So far Surat, Indore and Gandhinagar.

Puri is entirely different.
by A_Gupta
07 May 2024 09:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

What is the real story behind the allegations that opposing candidates were pressured to withdraw from Gandhinagar, reducing the opposition to Amit Shah?
by A_Gupta
07 May 2024 04:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

^^^ PM Modi was asked - my translation and paraphrase : Question: now there is a pride among Hindus where before they were diffident that being Hindu was to be communal - was this your plan and intention all along? PM Modi: This is the very purpose of my life. But I would be doing a wrong thing if I...
by A_Gupta
06 May 2024 18:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8956
Views: 2603949

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

This could fit in many threads: EAM Jaishankar talks Canada's gang wars, political hitjobs & all things 'Anti-India' | ET Roundtable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cf5tBuZxgA&t=628 Transcript portion relevant to India-US relations: {Biden's "economy faltering because of xenophobia}: n...
by A_Gupta
06 May 2024 17:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8956
Views: 2603949

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

> Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre bowed down to Khalistani leaders Do you have a link handy? (Clearly I missed seeing/reading about this.) Here you go. Trudeau, and also Poilievre appeared at a Khalsa Day event where Khalistan slogans were being shouted. That event took place a week ago, last ...
by A_Gupta
06 May 2024 05:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
Replies: 2083
Views: 532673

Re: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj

Watching this elderly Pakistani say that China, India are progressing because they are following the ayats of the Quran, while Pakistan is not.
by A_Gupta
06 May 2024 04:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8956
Views: 2603949

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

> Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre bowed down to Khalistani leaders
Do you have a link handy? (Clearly I missed seeing/reading about this.)
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 20:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1980
Views: 492418

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

"Miller said students who come to Canada must be here to study" -- so if some of the alleged killers of Nijjar came in on student visas, and were not even enrolled to study, no doubt this is a RAW ki saajish.
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 20:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8956
Views: 2603949

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

^^^ Just help make sure Trudeau loses the next election and a Canadian conservative government that can make a course correction for Canada is elected.
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 18:07
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8488
Views: 3088252

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Wondering why we "should" move millions of rural people out of agriculture and into factories/service jobs in polluted congested cities.... At a minimum, they have to have some other income generating activities whether at home or elsewhere. There is a fixed quantity of arable land. It ha...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 09:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8956
Views: 2603949

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

This is worth a read: Israel lost control of the ‘narrative’ to Left academics. India must not go the same way Israel is paying a heavy price today for ignoring the vicious propaganda unleashed by academic cabals in the West. India runs the same risk unless it takes the battle of words forward. http...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 08:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1008
Views: 225433

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

My new dhoti-shiver - in the time between the Lok Sabha elections and next state assembly elections, the southern regional parties, perceiving a danger from the BJP to their local domination, will cultivate the seeds of division - language issues, North vs South, and so on, in order to preserve thei...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 05:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4489
Views: 1375301

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://english.metrovaartha.com/news/crime/gujarat-cops-arrest-maulvi-unearth-plan-to-kill-hindu-leader#:~:text=Surat%20%7C%20A%20man%20was%20arrested,connivance%20with%20his%20handlers%20from Surat | A man was arrested in Surat in Gujarat on Saturday for allegedly planning to murder the leader of ...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 04:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1980
Views: 492418

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

> That able-ness didn't seem to help Kulbhushan Jadav, and now Nikhil Gupta.

a. You can't win everything and b. what's holding up Nikhil Gupta's extradition from Czechia?