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by Virupaksha
23 Sep 2014 13:01
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Telugu States' News and Discussion
Replies: 2477
Views: 174856

Re: Telugu States' News and Discussion

I mentioned it myself that the dam was planned before AP was formed. There was no AP doesn't mean there was no lobbying with the center or underhandedness by Andhraites. It is well known even before KCR that the site of the dam was shifted. ah, get off it. was there no lobbying by hyderabad? Oh ya,...
by Virupaksha
23 Sep 2014 12:45
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Telugu States' News and Discussion
Replies: 2477
Views: 174856

Re: Telugu States' News and Discussion

hanumandu, Dont get taken in by trs rhetoric. The building of Nagarjuna sagar dam, note building not design, not proposal - but building was started in 1955 - more than one full year before andhra state and hyderabad state were merged. So there was no "andhra" domination at that time. Look...
by Virupaksha
21 Sep 2014 09:04
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: J&K News and Discussion-2011
Replies: 3989
Views: 587010

Re: J&K News and Discussion-2011

We may have out gripes with Dileep Padgaonkar, but here is an eminently sensible and rational analysis by him on the situation in J&K post floods. People like me can scream all day on what a bunch of bigoted, pompous, ungrateful, traitors the KMs are, and there is no doubt about this, but short...
by Virupaksha
19 Sep 2014 11:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion
Replies: 3947
Views: 471568

Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion

Virupaksha: in cases like these the lawyers take 50% of the award mobley. Losing party pays the lawyer expenses. If they don't win the lawyer forgoes her charges. A little like sweat equity in that if there is windfall they a big multiple of their hourly. If not, oh well you win some and you lose s...
by Virupaksha
19 Sep 2014 11:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion
Replies: 3947
Views: 471568

Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion

bit disappointed that they didnt win the whole 1.5m and instead settled for peanuts. I sometimes wonder this Batra guy is mutu. his job is to represent the victims cause and right and not worry about "enhancing" bilateral relationship. what a joker. they should have hired a proper america...
by Virupaksha
10 Sep 2014 12:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2308463

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

The issue is 1914 shimla accord is not recognised by China, thus officially chinese recognise absolutely no border with India except for having voluntary withdrawal line both in eastern and western sectors.
by Virupaksha
31 Aug 2014 20:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 693602

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Did any one predict that the US was actually funding only and only the fundoos in Syria - now known as IS? Oh yes, more than 10 people more than a year ago right on this thread and its various incarnations. Guess who took the opposite view. Some also said that "assad fall" was within a wee...
by Virupaksha
30 Aug 2014 23:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

Europe is talking more and tougher sanctions. Russia is likely to move closer to Asia once and for all if the Russian elite has any brains. Also Putin is gonna/should intervene in Ukraine. Europeons can do no more than sanctions anyway. Why lose both money and Ukraine? they cant. their location of ...
by Virupaksha
26 Aug 2014 11:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: J&K News and Discussion-2011
Replies: 3989
Views: 587010

Re: J&K News and Discussion-2011

Neshant wrote:I'm wondering who or what's holding up the Pakistani economy?

Is it the US?

In theory, they should have collapsed a long time ago.
even crumbling economies need a push from outside. Rome didnt burn because Nero was fiddling, it burnt because the germans attacked it.

the nukes protect it.
by Virupaksha
21 Aug 2014 15:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 19 Jul 2014
Replies: 2846
Views: 312385

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 19 Jul

I am wondering if we are reading the Indian Govts decision to cancel the talks wrongly. Is it to help Nawaz from Im the Dim's challenge. We all know Dim's views on kashmir. With the talks cancelled and the envoy's continuing to meet Hurriyat, Dim cant accuse Nawaz of sacrificing kashmir and shout &q...
by Virupaksha
21 Aug 2014 10:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Western Universalism - what's the big deal?
Replies: 2995
Views: 402388

Re: Western Universalism - what's the big deal?

There are spiritual movements from some mathas in some towns which propagate vegetarinism. I know of a BC family which became vegetarian. I know of many non-brahmin families which are vegetarian. Also non veg of west =/ non veg of india. Indians generally eat non-veg along with rice or an added tast...
by Virupaksha
20 Aug 2014 17:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 693602

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

There is more to this than meets the eye. They knew exactly which of the 12 vehicles in the convoy to open up and grab the documents. Reading carefully, it looks like the decision on which car to use must have been made just as they left the hotel, so somewhere there should have been a phone call o...
by Virupaksha
20 Aug 2014 11:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 19 Jul 2014
Replies: 2846
Views: 312385

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 19 Jul

Do Pathans really have no role in today's Pakistan. Are they just reserved to being mujra artists at convenience of pakjabi army. It's a big comedown for the Abdali-lets who once terrorized Punjab. They always have been right from mahabharat times. It is indus and upper gangetic valley which has be...
by Virupaksha
20 Aug 2014 10:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

RSoami wrote:Luhansk has been falling forever. So has Donetsk. It is likely going to take at least another week before any of that happens if it happens at all.
it seems like a "assad fall" redux.

I wonder what would be ISIS equivalent?
by Virupaksha
20 Aug 2014 10:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 693602

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

One would need both. To contain the jihadi problem in india it is of utmost importance that the Gulf states are destroyed/destabilized. Unfortunately due to our oil dependence on these countries and instability will severely affect us. India's trade figures with the gulf states are huge. It would b...
by Virupaksha
19 Aug 2014 19:52
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Telugu States' News and Discussion
Replies: 2477
Views: 174856

Re: Telugu States' News and Discussion

i filled out the survey. Frankly, it did not have any details by which one's nativity can be determined (except through cross checking with aadhar). I have objections to questions about caste and bank account numbers. I skipped them. They collected the property id details. There is a lot of apprehen...
by Virupaksha
15 Aug 2014 14:01
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
Replies: 3978
Views: 472727

Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013

no, the graph shows the jumpoff started for china in 1980 and from 1990 it was bulldozing.
whereas the jumpoff for india started in 1990 with 2000 as the start of bulldozing. It also shows a plateauing for India at 2010.

the 1970-90 were the lost decades to india.
by Virupaksha
14 Aug 2014 20:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
Replies: 2500
Views: 543135

Re: Indian Foreign Policy

So, in your opinion, the 1 billion credit line that Modi recently promised Nepal to spend on projects of 'their choice' - is this an ill-adviced move? No, I didnt say that being a sugar daddy is wrong. :wink: I said that the doctrine of non-reciprocity is only non-reciprocal in a short span of time...
by Virupaksha
14 Aug 2014 15:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
Replies: 2500
Views: 543135

Re: Indian Foreign Policy

From my point of view, The doctrine of non-reciprocity is inherently nonsense. In normal terms, without using some funda, all it means is that India is a sugar daddy. Even they want something in return. The doctrine inherently assumes reciprocity over a period of time. It says, I am doing you a favo...
by Virupaksha
22 Jul 2014 18:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

What actual evidence has massa put out so far? Surely they know that their say so does not carry weight anymore... they have a billion brainwashed indoctrinated sheep behind them and the largest military might, who cares nonsensical things like proof? the western public are starved for an enemy. Th...
by Virupaksha
22 Jul 2014 17:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

For them, common sense means sheep who have been conditioned for decades to hate russia reflexively through the longest running indoctrination machine.
by Virupaksha
20 Jul 2014 23:47
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 669235

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

This is really going OT but here it goes, we should have a target of having minimum 30% of all of our additional electricity generation capacity being added every year by Renewables, i.e. solar, bio gas, wind, tidal and if possible geo-thermal. 30% by nuclear and the remaining by hydrocarbon and so...
by Virupaksha
20 Jul 2014 18:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

I an Satya-yug man only, but hai Allah! Will they go to such elaborate and complex lengths, take so much risk (one of their fighters might itself have taken the SAM hit), to commit such a grave sin, all to get a propagandu advantage? US launched vietnam war and got 60000 of its soldiers killed by h...
by Virupaksha
20 Jul 2014 17:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

using the keep it simple principle, two crashes of same type of planes operated by same operator. Instead of the outlandish propaganda being dealt out from the west

Is there a problem in the boeing 777-200ER which is being exasperated by faults in malaysian maintainance?
by Virupaksha
20 Jul 2014 17:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

What is puzzling to me is there is no reported evidence of fumes in the sky for missile attack. If it is missile attack, how can this plane crashed in one piece as shown in photos/videos? It would have blown into pieces in the sky and pieces burnt/remaining are spreas across very large geographical...
by Virupaksha
20 Jul 2014 15:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

Except for the heavy propaganda machinery of US, I have zero absolute zero evidence of russian or ukranian freedom fighter involvement. My bet is on and there is absolutely no evidence to contradict that the ukranian clique trying to do a repeat of what the US did during the vietnam war, the tolkin ...
by Virupaksha
18 Jul 2014 20:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 429137

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

The Ukrainians and Russians receive money from overflight agreements that went in to place after the former USSR broke up. Restricted airspace was opened up in return for fees. Both the Russians and Ukrainians are irresponsible for not issuing a NOTAM earlier out of greed. How come the russians bec...
by Virupaksha
17 Jul 2014 01:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1380178

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

"Peaceful" palestinians can have a neighbor hood watch to make sure no attacks on israel come from their neighborhoods.
by Virupaksha
15 Jul 2014 21:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1380178

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Dilbu wrote:Ramana sir you know I have no love lost for Hamas but somehow this policy of not caring for civilian casualities just do not feel right.
and what is the alternative??
by Virupaksha
15 Jul 2014 20:56
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Telugu States' News and Discussion
Replies: 2477
Views: 174856

Re: Telugu States' News and Discussion

Why is CBN focusing some much on IT again especially in a port city like Vizag? Andhra has all potential to be a manufacturing hub or am I just reading selective news? to promote manufacturing requires putting actual money for infrastructure and resources. IT requires more of human resources than p...
by Virupaksha
15 Jul 2014 19:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1380178

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Philip,

The aim of hamas is to provoke israel such attacks and then cry wolf.

Should we really care about those wolf cries?


If the tables were turned, how many israelis would have hamas killed?
by Virupaksha
04 Jul 2014 09:38
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4131966

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

SanjayC wrote:
KJoishy wrote:I see NaMo has no arms cross pose this time. :)
I sent PM a tweet not to do this because it is taken as arrogance in some cultures. Hope he read it. :mrgreen:
Why should he care, in Indian culture its not.
by Virupaksha
03 Jul 2014 18:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Railways Thread
Replies: 3937
Views: 740352

Re: Indian Railways Thread

1. head on collision accidents can be prevented on uni-directional tracks (operation wise) 2. uni-directional tracks improves efficiency and cost of operations. 3. they also improve service operations and routing 4. dedicated single track goods line further help remove all road-blocks and improve s...
by Virupaksha
03 Jul 2014 17:51
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1368303

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

Any solution as long as 0 public tax money is spent. let the airlines sink or rise on their own, why should ANY public money be spent on what less than 0.01% of India uses, when the construction of airports itself is very costly for tax payers. Rupee to rupee, spending them on rail or road gives muc...
by Virupaksha
03 Jul 2014 16:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1380178

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Saudi Arabia sends 30,000 troops to Iraq border- excerpts Saudi Arabia has announced it is sending 30,000 soldiers to monitor the border with Iraq, amid fears over the spread of Islamic State The southern border with Saudi Arabia, which regards itself as vulnerable to the threat of jihadism, is mor...
by Virupaksha
03 Jul 2014 09:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1579702

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Honorary paleface,Uncle T aka B.H.O'Bomber,will undoubtedly speak with the proverbial forked tongue.Our PM must listen to what is not spoken ,listen between the words,to understand his host's true intentions. Basically Obama will lie through his teeth and do taqqiya and for hearing those lies and s...
by Virupaksha
03 Jul 2014 08:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1579702

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Philip wrote:To understand a potential friend or enemy firsthand!
really does any one think that Obama will not put on taqqiya but will bare his fangs and double tongue :roll:
by Virupaksha
03 Jul 2014 08:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1380178

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

What the jews were up against is beyond compare. This is what a papal edict which still stands today inspite of its so called reform states Since it is completely senseless and inappropriate to be in a situation where Christian piety allows the Jews (whose guilt—all of their own doing—has condemned ...
by Virupaksha
03 Jul 2014 08:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1579702

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Why should Modi even visit?

Except for pomp and show and satisfying xyz's ego, is there a tangible reason for using tens of crores of rupees on such a visit?