Bharat Rakshak

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Good post, Sri. But I do have extreme difficulty with your calling a 5th generation dynast as an 'anti establishment rank outsider'. RG is pretty much the embodiment of the establishment and sycophantic feudalism in India. Arjun Ji, I disagree with you here. His claim to the throne is because of es...

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^^^ My take is that after Rajiv, Indira and JLN he is the only leader to have nationwide acceptability. That's what scares people. Strong center with almost near majority for only one guy at the helm is what everyone is opposing. This is the disruptive idea which everyone in current system is shocke...

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I don't prefer Rahul as a candidate nor the PM. But I do prefer all leaders do not make this a photo-ops session. The Army is doing, once again, a brilliant job. Evacuating 1000s from such inaccessible regions that it is mind boggling. As one reads the names of the places from maps, one almost is p...

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We should be net exporter.

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Indian Rupee going the Paki Rupee way, we can only thank our economist prime Minister for that. Rupee hits all-time low of 59.94, sensex dips below 19,000 level Its actually because of strengthening of dollar (against many currencies not just Rs) on the news that US Federal Reserve is going to tape...

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it will be interesting now to see how many states are going for 3 way fight. how many states are polarized and within them how many have bjp / inc as main contenders.

JDU split was well thought out. Now the one who gains from above analysis is behind all this. NK is no fool in cloud castle.

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Mamata Banerjee is delusional like Nitesh Kumar. In the last elections, her party won because of consolidation of anti leftist and muslim votes. INC and TMC fought together. This time, INC will contest alone splitting the vote. Leftists will win big in a three way contests. Nitesh is completely dis...

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Only after Advani episode they have turned up the heat. Why? Because only then did they truly understand the unassailable position in which Modi was. It became clear to the whole world that Advani was politically impotent. So they could not hide any longer behind "PM candidature still open&quo...

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There is enough anger against Nitish -- if he is hell bent on committing suicide, people should lend him a gun. Sanku Ji. It will be fool hardy to think that Nitish is suicidal. He has done a lot of good work and people in Bihar recognize it. If JDU quits NDA and Joins INC then it's a 3 way battle ...

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The thinking behind 'Fedral Block' is to have a common bargaining power from eastern states, who have similar socio economic conditions. It can work for the good of these states. If an argument is made for Bihar to be declared as a special case same could easily be made for WB and Orrisa. It has a p...

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How about moving away from Advani a bit? Assuming that NM will be BJP's PM candidate, who would be the face of Congress? Rahul? MMS? Chiddu? Chidambram most probably. He is considered articulate and razor sharp. I look forward for clash. Also remember he will have a whole system + Seculars + Media ...

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If Namo survives this. This will be an end of any internal challenges to him from within BJP. Earlier I had posted that even if BJP under Namo comes to power it will only be for 1 term, but may be rethinking this. Namo is so fundamentally changing the rules of the game that all previous alignments a...

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The Parliamentary Board takes the call and elects the chairman of the campaign committee. Modi had the majority support in the Parliamentary Board. So they elected Modi. LK Advani couldn't get his way, as he did not have the majority. So what is the big sulk and resignations about? Modi won fair an...

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If this is the case then all this Goa hullaballoo was really for nought. Pranav Ji campaign committee decided the ticket distribution. Largely the Election committee (always headed by Party chief) goes by campaign committee decisions. These 'nitty-gritty' involves budget allocation of each constitu...

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After reading the reactions, I think LK did the right thing by quitting. But his resignation letter was designed to hurt BJP where it hurts more. 'If you do not decide to go my way, then I quit. Is it I or NM... choose?'. Does he think the if NM is removed then NM will remain in the party?

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Sad. The fall from grace could have been avoided. Almost a shakespearen tragedy or leaf out of Mario Puzo's classic? Don Vito was smart enough to understand the end of his own era but Michael took too long. I have a feeling that LK's proxy men would have conveyed the message to RNS before the announ...

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Rupee depreciating is good news. At current level of inflation CAD the current value should be above 60.

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chetak wrote: Wasn't Anant kumar fairly prominent in Modi's talegaon rally yesterday?? Rats always are the first to desert a sinking ship.

His days in spotlight are numbered. In one of the TV footage I saw him going near to NM to congratulate him but NM didn't even turn and acknowledge him.

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ISHRAT-LET LINK INPUT TRUE: IB In a fresh twist to the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, a top Intelligence Bureau (IB) official has told the CBI that his input on Ishrat's link to Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) was genuine. The 1979 batch IPS officer, Rajinder Kumar, now a special director-rank officer in the...

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Just trying to get my head across as to who are not too enthusiastic about Modi's elevation and perhaps who may be expressing this by not attending BJP's National Executive Meeting in Goa 7-9 June, 2013! LK Advani - He has his chance didn't deliver. Wants another chance. Also miffed at the way in l...

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^^^ I think Mr Advani is not coming because he is bound to be booed at the meeting. It's a face saver.

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Per one of my close friend from Patna, they are very strong Modi supporters and they want BJP to go alone in case Nitish doesn't budge to Modi. Last time Laloo went to their locality and started speech saying "you guys will not vote to us anyway...". Muppalla Ji. Your friend is absolutely...

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He is cow belt Dhimmi and face of "Kayasthas" in BJP. May be he can't assemble 1000 people but can do lot of damage by invoking "Kayastha" honour, in case he decides to play dirty. Being a 'Kayastha' that too from eastern UP I can safely say, Yashwant Sinha is no leader of Kayas...

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As for the Chinese, my view is that they'll lose around $1-1.5 trillion of their forex holdings no matter what they do. That's just too much hoarded nominal holdings to effectively manage. The far east Financial Times edition a couple of days ago reported how NO one wanted to head the CIC, which is...

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And ends at Hongqiao station in Shanghai, which is pretty close to the core of the city. Some of the smaller cities in between intentionally built their stations further out, because they're trying to build a new urban district. But by and large, it's incredibly convenient. Heech Ji, First off I re...

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No deal was struck with China to end Ladakh face off: Sources "The governments of India and China have agreed to restore status quo along Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Western Sector as it existed prior to April 15. Flag meetings have been held to work out modalities and to confirm the arran...

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The latest incident in Chinese and Pakistan border do raise some difficult questions on the morale of the IA. As some posters have pointed out above, it does seem bizarre that 40 odd soldiers track into the territory 19 kms and pitch tents and our army responds by escalating issue to the political m...

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As the each in Staff College in Wellington and wise words of a British General: "If Chinese have the initiative they are formidable. If we have the initiative they are confused and disorganized." The chinese army historically has shown sheer lack of improvisation on the battle field. My ta...

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CT Alert: could it be that chinese are in a fix now? i read somewhere that soon the 40 odd pla soldiers will run out of ration. And it is PLA that is seeking flag meeting now. Khurshid was even requested by chinese to prepone his visit, but GOI refused any high level political contact till 9th. by t...

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I am sticking my neck out here but I will say it anyways. Can we please stop casting people like Nitish, Mulayam, Mayawati and others as anti national, paid scrooges etc... Indian politician is a complex entity but they are not traitors. Everyone acts in their own self interest politically, it might...

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So you agree, that so far there is no wave. That is fine, at least there is some common ground. The question is, does BJP risk everything in projecting Modi in the hope that there will be a wave, or does it play conservatively in the fear that all or nothing is not a good gamble? I think the answer...

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I intend to keep posting in a civil manner about how I see the reality of the world on the issues of interest to me. Thank you so much. If you have anything meaningful to discuss on the topic, barring me, kindly go ahead. Sanku Ji, please don't take it personally. You are right though!!! May be NAM...

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Sanku ji. I like Advani Ji and Sushma Ji and Arun Ji. I also like Shivraj Ji and Raman Ji. But what to do I like Modi Ji more, you see. Kasam se, if Modi Ji was in Congress I will vote congress.

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Gus wrote:paki taliban is the first one to say they did not do it. nobody else has said they did not do it.

Chor ki dadi mein tinka.... I find it amusing that why would they come out and deny this? Someone asked them?

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If Advani is named as PM. Modi will not campaign. Period. Thats what I hear. If no one is named, then Modi would like to have a say in ticket distribution. BJP top brass and many committees in state are openly trying to get in touch with Modi's campaign managers to work out ticket distribution. This...

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Any of you guys involved in the Bitcoin thing? Interesting concept mathematically and technically, but some quarters are swearing by it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin

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I don't think Indian families even super rich ones prefer American Boarding schools. There are excellent ones in India (IPSC system) and of course Indians will easily make the biggest country outside british nobility contributing to british private schools like Eton and Winchester.

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jamwal wrote:A friend is going to attend Canton fair and will spend 1-2 days in Hong Kong as well. Anything worth buying there ?

Mangkok and Stanley will be interesting for him in hong kong... Ask him to bargain hard.

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I can tell you this. No one accept BJP wants polls in summers.

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For me the take away is thus: 1) Rahul says, the system is broken and we need to change it, NM says the system is alright, it can deliver it needs leadership. Interestingly Rahul is part of system and NM a rank outsider. 2) NM strategy is working. He is forcing Rahul to play on his pitch. Strategica...

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