Bharat Rakshak

Ashok Sarraff

30 dead in Ankara blast

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... 300184.cms

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Benis in Texas:

Sharafat Khan has lived in his front yard for six months after wife kicked him to the curb

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morn ... -the-curb/#

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Lots of technical problems! The organizer's could've done much better. MC's should always be prepared with some stock fillers for such moments. I hope the speech goes smoothly!

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News in Marathi newspaper Sakal: Tirupati to train Dalit priests. http://online4.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5332036879128695681&SectionId=28&SectionName=ताज्या%20बातम्या&NewsDate=20150924&Provider=-&NewsTitle=तिरुपतीला%20आता%20दलित%20पुजारी This should be taken up as a na...

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Quick progress on Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway: E&Y appointed consultants

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ind ... 082973.cms

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That's nothing new. The chief minister (kaptaan party) said so in the assembly!! Way back in 2013 http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-24104-Khattaks-remarks-on-minority-rights-trigger-social-media-debate Right, nothing new, but the point is to make use of it to put the enemy on the backfoot, a...

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Ultimately, South Asia won the war and we should feel proud about it.

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Cross-posting for the benefit of Pakistani readers. Modi Effect: PoK residents want to join India http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/mod ... 66243.html Chairman of the Anjuman Minhaj-e-Rasool, Moulana Syed Athar Hussain Dehlavi, who recently toured PoK said that people residing in the region want t...

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Can someone point out any discussion on the consequences for Indian Interests of the differences in decadal growth rates of Muslim (23%) and Hindu (16%) population? The growth rate of Muslim population is a whopping 1.5 times than that of the Hindus! (Please don't get diverted by the secular headlin...

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I don't understand why are we spending so much time on this episode. Things will continue as before. Pakistan will keep training terrorists and attacks on civilians will continue. Their is no permanent solution to this disease.

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What was the role of Hamid Gul in supporting Dawood and then protecting him after the Mumbai blasts? In one of his speeches The Invincible Pigeon said, "Dawood ka to purana hisab chukana hai" . I wonder whether there's score settling going on. Overall, lots of surprising things have happen...

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He and other 'integrationists' should go a step backward and say that allowing entry of Islam to India was the biggest mistake. If that Original mistake had not taken place, other 'mistakes' would not have occurred too.

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The problem with MJ Akbar's (as apparent in his talk) is that he continues to see the repeated Islamic invasions of India in neutral, if not positive, tone. He like, Javed Akhtar and Tarek Fateh, still harps about the alleged "syncretic, Ganga-Jamuni" culture. This view completely negates ...

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Parrikar said that we will act against terrorists.
Pakistan protests (although Parrikar did not name Pakistan directly).
Thus Pakistan finally acknowledges that it is a terrorist country.

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Bit of a left-handed compliment by him here, though: Asked whether he was satisfied with the Tejas' performance, the defence minister replied he was "satisfied to a certain level". Now, what does that mean, and what are the causes of his dissatisfaction beyond that "certain level&quo...

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I just watched Parrikar's IBN7/DD interview. He is clear that Rafale is not a replacement for MIG 21 (as we all know). But he also said that Tejas IS a replacement for MiG 21 OR another single-engine aircraft can be a replacement for MiG 21. So my reading is that MiG 21s will be replaced by another ...

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^That's absolutely correct. They have given up any hope for Pakistan's future. Most believe that disintegration of the country is imminent and that it may cease to exist in the foreseeable future.

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^Through my interactions with Pakistanis, I have realized that Kashmir is only the first step. They truly believe that India was once ruled by Muslims (i.e., the country was owned by Muslims), and the British illegally deposed Muslims from that ruling position, and hence after the British left, the ...

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It is continuation of the Peaceful Smugglers reporting tactics. Please ignore.

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I think, the argument is that Indian forces should have let the peaceful terrorists pass because the arms etc. were not meant for India. In other words, like always, Indians persecute peaceful people so very unfairly.

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^i second that. The Tarek Fatah interview is worth sharing with mango men at large.

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Just an observation, at the time when India launches ATV and GSLV mark-3, Pakistan, well...

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Reddit needs BRF experts' guidance:

http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfi ... ople_in_a/

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At least in Presidential letters care should be taken to write 'grateful' instead of 'greateful.'

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Hmm guys, 9 skeleton, or was it 3, makes an invasion and a massacre!! I am sure, the new history will point out that lack of cut skeleton shows that Aryans were in fact loved and welcomed and Dravidian had forgone their own culture and women (how later age religion of peace spread, the native oppre...

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^Yes, there may be some truth to the idea. Rama and Krishna, the two primary heros of ancient India were both of dark complexion and Ravana was an (Aryan) Brahmin. So following the AIT, it was more like a Dravidian invasion rather than an Aryan one. Alternatively, we are all Dravidians from North to...

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^Yes, fanne ji, that's the True History. Also in their tribal mumbo-jumbo called Vedas, the White Aryans, also mentioned flora and fauna found in their native Central Asian homeland. Examples from Central Asia mentioned in Vedas include, Pipal tree, Dharbha grass, Gaura deer, Simha, Hastin, Chakrava...

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"Russians are miffed at our diversification drive wrt weapons. They are courting our rival to make us feel jealous. Theek his let them try that gambit." Seriously, this is not some dating game, though you make it sound like one. Money talks. Russia's economy is being placed under pressure...

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Murugan ji,

I don't have a Facebook account, but my email is my first name DOT my last name at Jeemail.com. Please note two r's and two f's in the last name. TIA.

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Can someone guide me on how to obtain a copy of "The Indus Dictionary" by Sue Sullivan. Looks like an interesting book that proposes Sanskrit as the language used in the Indus seals but its not available on Amazon at present. TIA.

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Year-wise Indian Population Pyramid. Looks relevant to this thread.

http://populationpyramid.net/india/2015/

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Year-wise Population Pyramid of China.

http://populationpyramid.net/china/2015/

Looks relevant to understanding pulls and pressures on the Chinese decision-making in years to come.

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^I have tried to do that in my wanderings. The standard answer is, the whole earth belongs to Allah and hence India also belongs to Islam and its followers, so why should they leave. It is us Indians that have encroached upon their rightful territory/resources, according to the Allah-centric view.

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Ajit Doval, this section should be listened to for about 10-12 minutes. http://youtu.be/DuSNC7qZwi0?t=42m30s His take on how the British perceived various Muslim strategic threats, and their strategic response is very interesting. The British had the first jihadis fight against Ranjit Singh and get...

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I guess one broad issue we need to consider regarding the buy/no-buy debate is whether we are equipped to face a (defensive) two-front war for the next say 10 to 20 years given the technological and numerical trajectories of respective military forces? It seems we will possibly have (or can plan to ...

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I may be wrong (and thanks for correcting me in that case) but the following link says Har Har Mahadev. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_unit_mottoes_by_country Again, my point is we should link the origin, honour, and traditions to our own ancient warriors more directly - battle cries ...

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Har Har Mahadev, saheb. I am suggesting a more direct reference to Shivaji's battalions and war history. That is go beyond the British regimental history and link more directly with our military traditions. And mixed units worked in ancient times too. E.g., lots of Marathas worked for Nizamshahi and...

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^I guess if references to past acclaims are important (and indeed they are important), the reference should be to the exploits of Shivaji, Peshwas, Samudragupta, Cholas, Maharana Pratap and other such warriors from our history. Our soldiers are more likely to be motivated by this association rather ...

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^My only hope is that for betterment and development of India, someone deep in PMO is working on eradication of the virus afflicting some Indians (and Sooth Asians).

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