A trip down Bharat-Rakshak memory lane.....

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Post by Sanjay Joshi »

No, thats nandand who is Nandan Dharwadker. I am still cut up at the guy. In school, instead of working on our project, he spent time working on the BR page. :D
Originally posted by CPrakash:
nandan

so you are the Nandan Dharwarkar mentioned in the origins page? Cool, this thread has turned out to be a reunion meet!
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Post by jayam »

Years do go fast...I remember visiting the individual sites before BR was formed...
miss the old BR forum & "chetan" posts
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Post by bala »

I visited BR for the missile news mainly and then discovered the forum.

Does anyone remember appan who derided DOO (Desi Oracle Operators)
Narayan and appan had a very interesting exchange of views.
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nandand and nandan are the same ..me , i just changed the way my name appears a while back..
and hey , we did make an A in the class...:-)
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Post by Roop »

Does anyone remember appan who derided DOO (Desi Oracle Operators)
Narayan and appan had a very interesting exchange of views.
You bet! How can any of us forget the infamous Appam (and his miserable soul-brother Kamban)?

While we're on this nostalgia trip, it's a pity Fahim and Salman no longer hang around here.
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Post by Rudra »

gayatri srinivasan - probably BRs first full-time
lady member. Mudy is still around I think. cant
think of any other ladies who managed to stick
around.

then there was Jaime who Calvin ragged and chased
out ...N^3 pleaded for clemency which was denied.
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Post by Roop »

I think Mudy still participates here, but Gayatri hasn't been here since the the end of the Kargil War, as far as I can tell. Badar too has been MIA for a while. I notice Imtiaz has popped up again in HICAF.

BTW, what do you guys think was the most fiery, disruptive discussion on BR (i.e. which generated the most bad blood among members)? IMO it was either the whole Sri Lanka series of threads, or the various religous arguments.
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Post by Rudra »

who can forget that master orator S.Coltsfoot ?

imo the most fractious discussions were on religious lines. Dsingh with his speeches on "fetish secularists" and Narayanan laying into him.
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Where is Avram?
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Post by Sanjay Joshi »

We have, among Indians:

Hindus: Whole lot of us
Muslims: Imtiaz Ahmed, Riza Zaman and who else?
Sikhs: ??
Christians: George J, ?
Jews: ?
Buddhists: ?

Wah, we are pretty all encompassing. :)

We also have:

Americans: Mike, ??
Pakis: ??
Chinese: CTang, ?

Any more?
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Post by shiv »

Originally posted by SanjayJ:


Any more?
Yes Sanjay.

me

Indian.

Add that to your list. I'm Indian.
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Post by Kuttan »

And I'm Alien.
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Post by Div »

There are numerous members who have gone awol...a quick glance at the Kargil Archive brings back many memories.

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=11&DaysPrune=
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Post by Anurag »

Originally posted by narayanan:
And I'm Alien.
Rofl!
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Post by Guest »

Where are simon ? siharan ? vedanta ? faheem ?
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Post by Guest »

When I first visited Bharat Rakshak in 1998, I remember seeing a Nuclear Section. But I cant see them in the web archive. Am I imagining it?
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Post by Umrao »

gayatri came back on the forum very briefly after Kargil, atleast to narrate he great experince of flying Maharaja style (Air India)!!
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Post by merlin »

There used to be a guy called Shiv Mahalingam who used to post in the old BR forum. Some really neat posts on the LCA. And another guy called Rajiv something (I forgot his last name). Good info on Radars.

Wonder where Chetan has gone.
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Post by rajkumar »

Originally posted by SanjayJ:
We have, among Indians:

Hindus: Whole lot of us
Muslims: Imtiaz Ahmed, Riza Zaman and who else?
Sikhs: ??
Christians: George J, ?
Jews: ?
Buddhists: ?

Wah, we are pretty all encompassing. :)

We also have:

Americans: Mike, ??
Pakis: ??
Chinese: CTang, ?

Any more?
Please add non of the above to the list of religions.
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Post by shiv »

Originally posted by merlin:

Wonder where Chetan has gone.
I think Narayanan is Chetan.
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Post by Kapil »

Hi,
i dont think N is Chetan

Merlin,long time..i was gonna post your name:)
mail me at kapil@bharat-rakshak.com pls asap

cheers
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Post by Rajeev »

Where are simon ? siharan ? vedanta ? faheem ?

Vedanta was banned , Sunil ( Saini) used to have memorable fights with him :)

Also I remember Captain Arthur(???) from pt 5270 , I think it was lazarus rajpoot in another incarnation !
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Merlin,

I think you may be confusing with another poster with the rather uncommon name of **** Mahalingam, who used to make some very sane and unknowledgeable posts on various issues. He is still registered but does not participate.

Plus, N is not Chetan. That's certain. Chetan has disappeared as far as recognisable posting is concerned, I think.

BTW, Merlin long time no see on the forum.
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Plus I miss Faheem, whose insights into Pak society were something else but as I recall he used to travel a lot and maybe he does not have the time. What happened to Riza? Dude is busy with his education :D I guess.
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Post by Rudra »

nishant berlia.
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Post by shiv »

No No No,

Narayanan is definitely Chetan. ;)
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Post by Surya »

Coltsfoot has been recalled to the Vavuniya jungles to rescript Prabhakaran's foray into politics.
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I sent an email to Chetan. But that email does not work anymore.
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What did this "Chetan" do to deserve such horror? :eek:
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Post by shiv »

Originally posted by narayanan:
What did this "Chetan" do to deserve such horror? :eek:
Heh heh

Just a deep inside knowledge of various things.

Of course, Johann could be Chetan too. Or ramana or Arun S
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<I>>>Merlin,

I think you may be confusing with another poster with the rather uncommon name of **** Mahalingam, who used to make some very sane and unknowledgeable posts on various issues. He is still registered but does not participate. </I>

Actually I still have a printout of the LCA issue from the old forum (way back in 1997 I think) where the good posts are by this chap. There were a few gems in that old forum, sadly now missing.

<I>>> Plus, N is not Chetan. That's certain. Chetan has disappeared as far as recognisable posting is concerned, I think.</I>

Yeah, more's the pity. Chetan, I remember, had mentioned that we had thermonuclear capability and Tim had laughed at that. Politely, of course. And this was before the May 1998 tests. Time proved who was right :D

<I>>> BTW, Merlin long time no see on the forum.</I>

You noticed! Kidding. Just been a bit busy these days. How are things with you?
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Post by JE Menon »

Shiv,

Come to think of it, hoo nose, N could be Chetan. Or, of course, I could be Chetan.

Merlin,

Am surviving. Will TRY to make it to Bangi this year as well. Maybe we could get together for another lunch, this time on me! What say Doc?
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Originally posted by JE Menon:
Shiv,

Maybe we could get together for another lunch, this time on me! What say Doc?
Right on!
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Post by Kuttan »

Hey, if people are giving out free lunches .. might this be some time in August, by any chance?

Also, Admins! (That means ALL you Admins!!) Please read your e-mail, get your fine brains together, and send me some thoughtful answers to the question/ request I sent you yesterday. Preferably through e-mail.

Sorry to disappoint people here. I have no idea who Chetan is, and considering that he appears to be knowledgeable about thermonukes etc., it does not appear to be a smart idea to claim that I am Chetan :(
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N, I haven't received any mail from you - either via the admins address, the yahoo address or via my personal address which you know. Just doublechecked now.

As for the free lunch... trying to be there in Aug.-Sep. if I can get the bloody scheduling right.
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haven't received any mail from you
:eek: Wonder where it went, because it sure has not bounced yet :eek:

That IS serious.. please check e-mail now and let me know if it came through this time.

Then again, maybe my boss's server is being used again by Paki toddlers in Poland or Lithuania to host streaming XXX movies, because e-mail has been nearly absent this weekend.

Further discussions re: free lunches through e-mail.
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Post by JE Menon »

Got it. So it definitely went elsewhere 1st time. :(
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"Yeah, more's the pity. Chetan, I remember, had mentioned that we had thermonuclear capability and Tim had laughed at that. Politely, of course. And this was before the May 1998 tests. Time proved who was right"

In addition I think Brig. Niranjan singh also said that India's devices were superior to china's
he went on to say that US was helping China thru various dual technologies to build Nuke Subs and better ICBMs. IIRC
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Post by Babui »

GD - 'aahluwalia' or Ankur Ahluwalia is very much a lurker on BR but hardly posts anymore. I was in email touch with him re a BR meet in the NE. Gayatri has posted 2-3 times on BR HICAF in response to some threads so she probably checks BR frequently.
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