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- 15 Sep 2009 22:44
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-China News and Discussion
- Replies: 2386
- Views: 425066
Re: India-China News and Discussions
Indian Army seeks lifting of border patrol restrictions (TibetanReview.net, Sep15, 2009) With Chinese border incursions becoming ever more frequent and aggressive, the Indian Army is pushing for a rethink on its own patrolling restrictions in certain “sensitive areas” of the Line of Actual Control ...
- 14 Sep 2009 00:16
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 2843
- Views: 561426
Re: Internal Security Watch
Chopper talk amid search for hostages Helipads coming up in Palamau, Chatra Ranchi, Sept. 11: Jharkhand will soon initiate a pilot project to build helipads at police stations in Palamau and Chatra districts to regain strategic advantage in the fight against Maoists who have so far managed to use t...
- 12 Sep 2009 19:53
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 2843
- Views: 561426
Re: Internal Security Watch
India's first anti-terror armoured vehicle unveiled
http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/ ... veiled.htm
http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/ ... veiled.htm
- 08 Sep 2009 21:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
But sanjay, why not just call ourselves sanatana dharmi and leave it at that? There is a universalist unitarian church, many people may misunderstand you. But sanjay, why not just call ourselves sanatana dharmi and leave it at that?There is a universalist unitarian church, many people may misunders...
- 08 Sep 2009 21:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
I am a pagan and I feel no shame in calling myself one. Better to call ourselves as "universalists" which is the true character of Hinduism. Why accept a label that is nothing but a contemptuous alien word tied to the geography of ancient Rome? Our religion is universalism -- acceptance a...
- 06 Sep 2009 00:18
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-China News and Discussion
- Replies: 2386
- Views: 425066
Re: India-China News and Discussions
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx ... 61&t=1&c=4Is China itching to wage war on India?
Far Eastern Economic Review[Saturday, September 05, 2009 23:08]
India's Growing China Angst
By Brahma Chellaney
- 04 Sep 2009 03:12
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Thread on YSR :The man, his mission, his demise and legacy
- Replies: 900
- Views: 4784
Re: Internal Security Watch
So there are US sympathisers for Naxals who are shipping them knowhow. There are no US sympathisers who are shipping Naxals know-how and military manuals. It is the US government itself which is doing this. Why do you think they were in a hurry to open a consulate in Hyderabad? Naxals and Maoists o...
- 04 Sep 2009 02:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Discussion on Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah
- Replies: 404
- Views: 61405
Re: Discussion on Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah
Whatever his faults,JLN did not demonise Hindus. He had nothing but contempt for Hinduism which he blamed for keeping India poor and backward. He wanted to get rid of it and create a new Renaissance Man. He walked out in the middle of a function organized by Rama Krishna Mission in Kolkatta, callin...
- 03 Sep 2009 11:00
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Thread on YSR :The man, his mission, his demise and legacy
- Replies: 900
- Views: 4784
Re: Internal Security Watch
It is bad to talk about a dead person, but somehow i am feeling a lot of relief now that YSR is gone. With no powerful opposition in the state, this is the only thing which could have prevented the land of Satavahana's, Kakateeya's and Vijayanagara from turning into a full pledged EJ state. Agree 1...
- 03 Sep 2009 10:59
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Thread on YSR :The man, his mission, his demise and legacy
- Replies: 900
- Views: 4784
Re: Internal Security Watch
YSR and all others in the chopper confirmed dead. Bodies found.
- 03 Sep 2009 00:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
Read Gandhi: A Sublime Failure by S.S. Gill.
http://www.amazon.com/Gandhi-Sublime-Fa ... 8129100932
Very well researched. It opened my eyes.
http://www.amazon.com/Gandhi-Sublime-Fa ... 8129100932
Very well researched. It opened my eyes.
- 02 Sep 2009 22:46
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Thread on YSR :The man, his mission, his demise and legacy
- Replies: 900
- Views: 4784
Re: Internal Security Watch
the NSA accepted to Times Now that the US Dept of Defence has been asked for help,
What is this fetish for running to the US for everything? Why is such help never asked from Russia? UPA seems to be Americans running india by proxy.
- 02 Sep 2009 19:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
It is to the entity that is called the Nation that the oath is taken, and the Govt being the custodian, it becomes incumbent to take orders and instruction from such govts. You have to distinguish between oath to a free country whose government represents the aspirations and free will of the people...
- 02 Sep 2009 10:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
The Indian Army in India is not obeying the British officers. This was the real reason for British withdrawl from India. Netaji's INA was responsible for this. I was reading Sarila's book on independence. He cites many instances where Indian soldiers shot british officers in the back while fighting...
- 01 Sep 2009 21:18
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 2843
- Views: 561426
Re: Internal Security Watch
It is the US State Deptt. at work. Individual American companies don't matter -- all recieve instructions about what to do.Wikipedia does a Google
- 01 Sep 2009 21:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Capitulation at Sharm el Sheikh
- Replies: 523
- Views: 80217
Re: Capitulation at Sharm el Sheikh
Krishna is both a lightweight and a dandy. He reputedly designs his own clothes and is obsessive about them as well as his carefully coiffed looks. Oh God, we barely managed to get rid of one dandy from the home ministry, and now another dandy has moved into another ministry. Is there some tailorin...
- 01 Sep 2009 20:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Capitulation at Sharm el Sheikh
- Replies: 523
- Views: 80217
Re: Capitulation at Sharm el Sheikh
At this point, Singh made a big mistake which is haunting him now. Instead of seizing the initiative and telling the two foreign secretaries what to put into the statement, Singh left it to Gilani to define the contents of the statement, How nice! We have a prime minister who outsources the draftin...
- 01 Sep 2009 18:14
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-US News and Discussion
- Replies: 2539
- Views: 438129
Re: India-US News and Discussion
Here it is:I'm sure you are aware of "Impressing the Whites" by Richard Crasta.
http://www.richardcrasta.com/impressing_the_whites.htm
- 01 Sep 2009 14:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion
- Replies: 3770
- Views: 620902
Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion
Regardless of the merits or demerits of the case, it is hilarious to see the Goras so quickly start their award business and their Indian media stooges instantly start blaring the news like a loud speaker. Jailed Lankan journalist receives prestigious awards Tamil journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam ...
- 01 Sep 2009 13:49
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Artillery Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3882
- Views: 821669
Re: Artillery Discussion Thread
Babur invaded India , defeated Ibrahim and the main architect of his victory was the artillery Ibrahim Lodhi was a vassal of the Rajputs. The real war for control of north India was fought between Babar and Rana Sanga. You will notice that all invaders -- from Ghori to Babar to British -- actually ...
- 01 Sep 2009 13:37
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
We were tired men,” India’s first Prime Minister said in 1960, “and we were getting on in years too. Few of us could stand the prospect of going to prison again Well if they were tired, that was their problem. These old faggots should have made way for younger hot-blooded men who were energetic and...
- 31 Aug 2009 02:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
NDTV is a whore of US, fully paid for by Uncle Sam. It is an anti-national, anti-Hindu propaganda medium, regardles of its liberal airs, sophisticated English accents and news anchors who look like they have just landed in India from New York. Its discussions are carefully contrived set-ups with the...
- 29 Aug 2009 21:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Myanmar news and discussion
- Replies: 641
- Views: 550339
Re: India-Myanmar news and discussion
What considerations did America take into account when it supported the Taliban rule in Afghanistan before 9/11?These are the considerations America takes into account because it is forced to!
- 29 Aug 2009 11:17
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-China News and Discussion
- Replies: 2386
- Views: 425066
Re: India-China News and Discussions
why did Buddhism start let alone establish itself in the Indian subcontinent? It wasn't because Gautam Buddha saw crippled beggars when he ventured outside the palace walls, it was because of the hard-power and hierarchy of cast system imposed "order" and "harmony" How old do yo...
- 29 Aug 2009 01:12
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
Read about Jinnah; the guy was on a power trip and was shall we say impressionable. He was repeatedly dissed by Nehru, who is the most intransigent (or shall I saw dumb "only farsighted") chacha I've known. In early thirties, Jinnah had left India and settled for good in London, content o...
- 28 Aug 2009 00:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
Grave worship is not Islamic at all. In Saudi Arabia, the ruling regime even razed the grave of Prophet's mother and built a car park over it instead. Taliban routinely kills Muslims worshipping graves. These grave worshipping faithful are not faithful at all.
- 27 Aug 2009 02:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
So BRF is against eradication/suppression of any ideology. Does it apply to Maoism and other such ideologies? If my to-be-registered-religion “JingBangJabaraha” calls for certain intolerant practices towards non-believers, will I still be allowed to safe-guard my religious beliefs? The problem here...
- 26 Aug 2009 22:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
He never put his money where his mouth was. There was a huge chasm between his speeches and his actual actions. He was merely a speech artist.One thing's for sure. Pandit Nehru liked to talk big. He just wasn't much of a walk the walker and the devil, if you will, was in the details.
- 24 Aug 2009 00:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: A look back at the partition
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 279980
Re: A look back at the partition
Good officers were there and cannot be disputed in the BIA. But the way the Indian army was split and majority of the Muslim officers went to Pakistan betrays that ML was in contact with them and they had plans if the partitions had not worked out. Many Indian INC leaders recognized this fact and t...
- 23 Aug 2009 23:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Discussion on Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah
- Replies: 404
- Views: 61405
Re: Discussion on Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah
He talks how the Brits realized that post 1857 the Muslims joined the rebellion LATER, when they hopped on the bandwagon to try and get back to the past or that vehicle and then used the existing fault lines to keep the Hindu India down ( he claims 1857 was planned and spearheaded by High caste hin...
- 23 Aug 2009 02:08
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Aviation
- Replies: 3926
- Views: 1274128
Re: Indian Military Aviation
Indo-Russia to ink transport aircraft JV pact in Sep.
http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/storyS ... D=livenews
http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/storyS ... D=livenews
- 23 Aug 2009 02:04
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Army: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3966
- Views: 1246948
Re: Indian Army Discussion
City firms to roll out anti-bomb robot for Army soon
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/City- ... oon/505338
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/City- ... oon/505338
- 23 Aug 2009 02:02
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3520
- Views: 845142
Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread
First batch of armoured ambulances rolled out
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article7118.ece
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article7118.ece
- 21 Aug 2009 02:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Discussion on Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah
- Replies: 404
- Views: 61405
Re: Discussion on Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah
It is also most illustrative that this list by Indian Express does not list books banned to preserve Muslim "sentiments" but all books banned to preserve "Hindu" sentiments. Indian Engish-language journalists are notorious for their intellectual dishonesty and prostituting their...
- 19 Aug 2009 01:36
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-US News and Discussion
- Replies: 2539
- Views: 438129
Re: India-US News and Discussion
Most Indians have embraced the South Asian label quite well now. Well, all I can say is "lambs to the slaughter." It is humiliating to find average Indians so woolly headed and gullible like innocent babies. It is amazing how other more shrewd races manage to fool and decieve them again a...
- 19 Aug 2009 01:14
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-US News and Discussion
- Replies: 2539
- Views: 438129
Re: India-US News and Discussion
This "South Asian" thingie has its origins in US think-tanks. Be very careful of it. It is meant to denationalize Indians and benefit Pakistanis. All these "south Asia TV" and "South Asia forums" and "South Asia Times" and "South Asia cultural festivals&q...
- 18 Aug 2009 10:55
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-China News and Discussion
- Replies: 2386
- Views: 425066
Re: India-China News and Discussions
I am appalled by the misunderstanding and hostility toward Chinese culture in this topic. India and china are two great old civilizations and both suffered greatly from western colonization during past two centuries and shouldn’t be any reason for two countries to help each other and live peacefull...
- 18 Aug 2009 01:27
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
- Replies: 3938
- Views: 1481042
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
Indian Aircraft Carrier Back in Service in a Month
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i= ... =ASI&s=SEA
Navy likely to get new diesel submarines
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Navy- ... nes/503168
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i= ... =ASI&s=SEA
Navy likely to get new diesel submarines
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Navy- ... nes/503168
- 18 Aug 2009 01:21
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
- Replies: 3260
- Views: 894777
Re: MRCA News and Discussion
Flight trials of F/A-18 Super Hornet begin
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=ji ... rnet_begin
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=ji ... rnet_begin
- 17 Aug 2009 17:11
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Should we discontinue EVMs?
- Replies: 2401
- Views: 437412
Re: Should we discontinue EVMs?
What has been suggested to EC is for the EVM to print a small ballot (the size of a postage stamp) with no time stamp that carries the symbol of the chosen party. It has to be dropped into a ballot box placed next to the EVM. That is all. When there is a dispute, the paper ballots will be counted to...