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by saumitra_j
22 Mar 2007 08:39
Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
Topic: Religion Thread 3
Replies: 338
Views: 132551

Shivji, On the political front do you think there is an alternative? If BJP/RSS are crap, what is the alternative at the moment? Sorry but fact of the matter is that BJP as a party had the right sort of ideas but until they used the Ram Janmabhoomi movement nobody would vote for them. It may be easy...
by saumitra_j
17 Mar 2007 06:58
Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
Topic: Religion Thread 2
Replies: 327
Views: 1236172

I think one of the answers for all the questions being raised in this tread is to bring back Amar Chitra Katha/Chandamama type comics - I find it apalling that most young kids I know have never heard of these :( One of the best rendition of Ramayan that I have seen was the cartoon VCD that was creat...
by saumitra_j
16 Mar 2007 08:55
Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
Topic: Religion Thread 2
Replies: 327
Views: 1236172

One of the things that I hold against RSS is their utter failure in not creating a single news paper of repute - Tarun Bharat is for dyed in the wool Sanghi and sorry but it is no match for the other more advanced news paper despite them being complete DDM on defense matters. And yes, I agree with S...
by saumitra_j
16 Mar 2007 07:33
Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
Topic: Religion Thread 2
Replies: 327
Views: 1236172

Someone please tell them, if anyone thinks they are doing good and need to move out of a state of intellectual calcification. Shivji, absolutely well put - their intellectual cacification as you call it is mot juste and that is precisly why the Sangh has never attracted me beyond a point. However F...
by saumitra_j
15 Mar 2007 07:49
Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
Topic: Religion Thread 1
Replies: 342
Views: 133844

To my IQ of 90 it sounds as though these people are selling snake oil. What is good about Hindusism that I should cherish? What makes the BJP or RSS right? Shivji just to quote an example of what RSS does in which I have been personally involved: In Pune, there are these slums without any amenity t...
by saumitra_j
30 Nov 2006 11:17
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: India tests Prithvi based ABM-2
Replies: 324
Views: 110043

There we go again ... classic un adulterated drivel....... With due respect, I might not be knowing them as a person and I might not be having that technical knowledge about BM program. If you don't know please don't voice your opinion as a fact and keep quiet.... I hope you are aware...."If yo...
by saumitra_j
20 Nov 2006 18:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1433
Views: 414416

i do sometimes think that our attitude has become too defensive... we used to have the dch vs. gandhi debates.. should look at the "panduranga" as the third alternative.. :) All very well for those who don't fight real wars. Have you noticed how many policemen it takes to capture just ONE...
by saumitra_j
20 Nov 2006 16:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1433
Views: 414416

why screw the poor chap for his views?
In his views, army top brass is incompetent and doesn't care for its people; In his views, army should forgotten its military objectives and instead revenged Saurabh Kalia instead - and that is what is being opposed by everyone.
by saumitra_j
30 Jul 2006 11:30
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
Replies: 325
Views: 189270

Definitely not - I guess it would have been logical for the IAF to think of it (napalm only) , but the Govt kept them on a leash. Its really sad - why Napalm, why didn't the GOI think about gassing the scums out of their holes - if they were not a regular Army as claimed by the Pukes, then the Gene...
by saumitra_j
31 Dec 2005 15:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3375
Views: 920265

In 2005 the IAF also managed to eliminate crashes of the MiG-32BN, widely thought to be one of the riskiest jets to fly.
DDM strikes again - can't somebody do some basic proof reading before such articles get shown to the world? :shock:
by saumitra_j
28 Dec 2005 03:35
Forum: Military History Archive
Topic: Lessons of 1962 War for a possible new Sino-India conflict
Replies: 222
Views: 136479

Hi All, Pardon my naievity here but I am not quite able to comprehend why some of us are advocating offensive actions against China. AFAIK, Indian Army has always trained with a defensive mindset vis a vis the Chinese and given the record of our political/miltary set up, I am not too sure that we wo...
by saumitra_j
25 Dec 2005 16:49
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - Part IV
Replies: 312
Views: 234579

Hi Shankar, Fantastic writing, but here's some information that you might find intersting vis a vis US Special Forces: I was just reading William Fowler's book on SAS "Behind Enemy Lines" and the main thing for the the SAS was to sneak in undetected and obviously in very small numbers (4 p...