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by Amitayus
01 Aug 2008 16:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Red Menace
Replies: 3748
Views: 551312

Re: The Red Menace

Good news and bad news. Surjeet is dead but Arjun is recovering http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/002200808011140.htm I think this kind of tongue-in-cheek comment is uncalled for and is in extremely bad taste. Even if in case of political difference, rejoicing at the death of a person who incidental...
by Amitayus
24 Jul 2008 11:02
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 2843
Views: 533730

Re: Internal Security Watch

yesterday night TIMES-NOW TV was broadcasting a interview with that noble bearded scholar known as Syed Salahuddin, ceo of lashkar-e-taiba and hiding in TSP. He is the CEO of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and his actual name is Mohammed Yusuf Shah. Most probably he is from Sopore. His roots is in Jamaat e Isl...
by Amitayus
23 Jul 2008 14:19
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)
Replies: 2768
Views: 562796

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)

My wish list for immediate reforms.. 1. Disinvestment of BSNL (sent to cold storage due to left opposition) 2. Reforms of obsolete labour laws esp. Trade Union Act 1926 and Industrial Disputes Act 1947. 3. Pension Bill to reduce the burden on the Govt. and a great step towards fiscal management. But...
by Amitayus
16 Jul 2008 16:12
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)
Replies: 2768
Views: 562796

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)

Thank you Vina. I basically go for fundamentally strong scripts. So I have abhored trading stocks like Ispat, RNRL, IFCI in spite of all the hoopla. Only one thing is boggling my mind. At what level shall I think of making an average? If the nuke deal fails, no doubt the market will further go down....
by Amitayus
16 Jul 2008 15:03
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)
Replies: 2768
Views: 562796

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)

For those of us who shopped at 16,000-17,000 level :shock:
SAIL @ 237, NTPC @ 250, LnT @ 3200, DLF @ 630, Mundra @ 995

Not even penny left to buy tissue papers for wiping the tears

:(( :(( :((
by Amitayus
16 Jul 2008 14:54
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Tourism: News & Discussion
Replies: 379
Views: 122776

Re: Indian Tourism: News & Discussion

Singha wrote: pity the Ahoms didnt bring that cuisine when they hopped over into
India in 1228. who here doesnt like chicken tikka in thai yellow curry ? confess! repent!
But nothing like the chital fish (Ahoms pronounce it as 'seetal') of Brahmaputra. Simply out of the world.
by Amitayus
10 Jul 2008 12:45
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 247794

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Note that Buddhadev Bhattacharya – who’s by no means a dove – has come out more than once in indirect support of the nuclear deal. You even had the Power Minister in West Bengal – off hand I forget his name – making an astonishing statement some months ago in the State Assembly in West Bengal to th...
by Amitayus
10 Jul 2008 11:32
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 247794

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

I have one question, simply from cost-benefit angle. Two days ago, Prakash Karat said in an interview in CNN-IBN that after the operationalization of the deal, nuclear power which is now 3% of the total power generation will be 6% by 2016 and maximum 8-9% by 2020 or so. For that India needs to spend...
by Amitayus
23 Jun 2008 15:10
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)
Replies: 2768
Views: 562796

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)

Tata Steel has been using sintered fines for a long while now. Their captive mines used to produce quite a bit of it. The thing is that ores from places like Goa, which gets exported are the 2nd quality ores, with basically less iron ore content. From what I remember, the really high quality iron o...
by Amitayus
23 Jun 2008 13:15
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)
Replies: 2768
Views: 562796

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)

Effectively we export the ore we cannot efficiently process. Of course, it might be an option to invest in technology that enables us to process such ore. However, this is a capital and resource intesive area, while we still do not have our story straight as far as being able to faciliate rapid 'ol...
by Amitayus
06 Jun 2008 12:08
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Boot out the old and bring in new blood?
Replies: 164
Views: 60859

My 2 paisa worth rhona-dhona. I have been posting in BRF from 1999 and seen the yesteryears, I sometimes really lament the quality of discussions. As Shiv said, the 'dar-ul-jingo' brigade's sheer intolerance and disdain to any poster who differ with them is mind boggling. Most of the times, their sc...
by Amitayus
23 May 2008 16:58
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6030
Views: 1213935

That is all fine, but I am wondering why after so much shouting over the roof for the last 2-3 years, they have become so mute? Why no blood curdling war cry from AK Gopalan Bhawan? I am just guessing, what is the deal? Has Praful Patel threatened to stop Kolkata airport's modernization or withdraw ...
by Amitayus
23 May 2008 16:23
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6030
Views: 1213935

I am bit perplexed with the left unions like AAEI's' response. It is clear as daylight that HAL and the NTR airport would be closed for good. After such a fierce agitation, why this deafening silence now? Or has there been any under-the- table settlement?
by Amitayus
19 May 2008 11:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Red Menace
Replies: 3748
Views: 551312

wtf, so much violence for just an panchayat election. in karn'taka assembly elections are being held and there is no such violence. At present there is a lot of funds coming to Panchayat especially due to NREGS (100 days work) and Bharat Nirman programme. The people at the grass root level (Gram Pa...
by Amitayus
14 May 2008 16:50
Forum: Terrorism Archive
Topic: Jaipur Blasts
Replies: 356
Views: 113424

[quote="MuthuswamyM"]This is Moorthy Muthuswamy.

Essentially, there is an enemy “armyâ€
by Amitayus
29 Nov 2007 22:43
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Tackling Islamic Extremism in India
Replies: 320
Views: 96574

On May 27, 2006 , the Pakistani government authorities worked in tandem with a local jeweler to fully demolish the ancient Krishna temple in the Rang Mahal area of Lahore city so a commercial plaza could be built in its place. With its destruction, there remains no trace of any Hindu temple in the ...
by Amitayus
29 Nov 2007 21:28
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Tackling Islamic Extremism in India
Replies: 320
Views: 96574

Surinder, a quick note, afaik, no Islamic country offers Haj subsidy simply because it is un-Islamic. Even Pakistan had to stop it after ruling from Lahore High Court. Regarding destruction of non-Muslim place of worship, I don't know whether any major place of worship was destroyed post-1947 and a ...