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by Lisa
31 May 2026 18:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4348
Views: 1614714

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7fan5eVyo

India’s Bangladesh Migrant Crackdown: Families Forced Back at Border | West Bengal Deportation Drive

Apparently, the Indian Government is to blame for Beedies going home!
by Lisa
30 May 2026 13:10
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry
Replies: 650
Views: 504326

Re: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry

I wrote this almost 2 months ago in Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/2019458363495456894 First 20 mins or so. If you agree then how does India get there? We need to make the generational leap. Added now. Musk is proposing 500-1000 TW of power in space. If I am not mistaken,...
by Lisa
26 May 2026 00:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion
Replies: 193
Views: 119446

Re: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion

Jis, only safe place is deep blue ocean. The Southern Indian Ocean is ideal but we must have missies with sufficient range to do the necessary, from there. Panda can map all he wants in Bay Of Bengal but will lack the capacity to do the same in the Southern Indian Ocean simply due to both available ...
by Lisa
25 May 2026 19:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion
Replies: 193
Views: 119446

Re: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion

Manish_Pji, Agreed. Contraction of CEP and utility of Nuclear overpressure means that no base is really immune from assault. Even in Iran, limitations of underground facilities is evident. As long as access is denied, everything preserved inside a said tunnel is useless. Its really buried in more th...
by Lisa
25 May 2026 10:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion
Replies: 193
Views: 119446

Re: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion

Vayutuvanji, Thank you. I have followed underground base construction for some time and remain convinced that they are sitting targets. The base in Hainan was discussed in detail in Janes when it went live but I am struggling to find a link of an "underwater opening" for this or any other ...
by Lisa
24 May 2026 17:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion
Replies: 193
Views: 119446

Re: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion

Now i wonder if she is safer at a relatively open base, where she can be hit from the air or from long range missiles, or would she be safer if she were hidden away inside a closed underground base which can be only be accessed from underwater opening via a fixed path ... thereby exposing the attac...
by Lisa
20 May 2026 00:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1047315

Re: Iran News and Discussions

Ji, its not your fault. Typical peacefuls attitude. Scream and shout all day long, death to so and so but when so and so pay them a visit, start screaming and shouting. its so unfair, its so unfair! They have threatened the Israelis almost every day of their lives and now that the gloves are off, th...
by Lisa
19 May 2026 21:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1047315

Re: Iran News and Discussions

Ji, Do you have a reference for your claim of hafta?
by Lisa
19 May 2026 20:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1047315

Re: Iran News and Discussions

^ Has anyone got a reference of even one payment being collected from anyone for anything?

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/04/23 ... -estimate/

How much will they be charging and for how long to collect even a break-even point?
by Lisa
19 May 2026 13:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion
Replies: 193
Views: 119446

Re: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion

https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/mi ... apability/

Deepening deterrence: India’s expanding SSBN capability
by Lisa
18 May 2026 20:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9429
Views: 4572207

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Long term, Atmanirbhar Bharat of Energy will have to occur. Solar, battery and ethanol will have to ramped up. Ethanol, just like in Brazil and Solar by law, ie everyone should be forced to deploy.
by Lisa
16 May 2026 20:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indus Water Treaty
Replies: 3443
Views: 1159604

Re: Indus Water Treaty

https://theprint.in/diplomacy/indus-waters-treaty-in-abeyance-india-rejects-latest-arbitration-award-as-null-void/2933147/ Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, India rejects latest arbitration award as ‘null & void’ :D "Jaiswal added: “India has never recognised the establishment of this so-cal...
by Lisa
16 May 2026 14:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Just because the chinese think so, does not make it true. Optics matter a lot to the Chinese. Ji, I am not criticising you or aiming this post at you. China is a great deal of smoke and mirror. Sindoor, Venezuela and Iran prove this. They have good PR and this leads to sales and creates a reputatio...
by Lisa
16 May 2026 14:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

drnayar wrote: 16 May 2026 06:34 https://archive.ph/iVtlP

In pageantry and politics, China summit yields Xi’s goal — equal footing with U.S.
Just because the chinese think so, does not make it true.
by Lisa
15 May 2026 18:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1044
Views: 232379

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

https://x.com/MeghUpdates/status/2055267092774183213 "In Kolkata’s Rajabazar during Friday prayers, Muslims demanded to offer namaz on the roads like before despite the recent ban. Police stepped in with lathis, and the crowd quickly realized the government had changed, after which they dispers...
by Lisa
12 May 2026 00:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4906
Views: 1486720

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Washington Post on Narendra Modi!

Narendra Modi keeps running circles around his critics

https://archive.md/p4IAS
by Lisa
08 May 2026 18:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1044
Views: 232379

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

No doubt that an offence has taken place but who was robbed. Congress was going to steal the money anyway, so is the thief complaining that the money was stolen by the wrong thief? How a fake ‘Rahul Gandhi secretary’ swindled crores from Congress leaders across states https://www.hindustantimes.com/...
by Lisa
05 May 2026 21:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1044
Views: 232379

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

chetak wrote: 05 May 2026 20:21
just boot her out. enough of her nakra :mrgreen:
Chetakji,

No need to boot out. She is no longer a member. She should not be let in
by Lisa
04 May 2026 00:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4906
Views: 1486720

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Let's be honest. If you were meeting and advising Pappu, would you want it known that he is acting on YOUR advice. :oops: What sort of marketing strategy would that be? Amongst my client list is......... and here are the results! Very interesting thread https://x.com/mujifren/status/205098063935331...
by Lisa
03 May 2026 21:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4906
Views: 1486720

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

https://x.com/i/status/2050875704741670995 @mujifren So this guy after spilling raita in Nicobar mid-election has now secretly ran away to Muscat, Oman Who is he meeting? Why the secrecy? Why Leader of Opposition doesn't publicize his frequent foreign visit? Let's be honest. If you were meeting and...
by Lisa
02 May 2026 19:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)
Replies: 344
Views: 289538

Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

chetak wrote: 02 May 2026 17:24

and then rhere is this little matter........ :mrgreen:


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Is RTI applicable to such and agreement?
by Lisa
02 May 2026 16:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 2212
Views: 1910303

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

^ The author appears to have only ONE article to her name.
by Lisa
01 May 2026 09:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

A_Gupta wrote: 01 May 2026 02:53 Lastly, US can withdraw its aid. That is its right.
Finally, you concede the point!
by Lisa
01 May 2026 02:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

If Zambia wants the aid Zambia will do as it is told. Period.

I do not need AI to make an argument. I can speak for myself.
by Lisa
01 May 2026 01:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

"Attaching conditions to what started as humanitarian aid is unacceptable." Really, Zambian recipients are going to dictate terms to corn huskers in the mid-west how to spend their money! More accurately, Zambian ministers are going to steal and privately sell medicines intended for poor a...
by Lisa
30 Apr 2026 22:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Agree 100%. Zambia has every right to spend its own money however it wishes. India a perfect "Partner". Now China, that a different matter, AK47 notwithstanding. :D America, aid with strings, don't want don't take. Simple. Zambia can buy its own HIV drugs and if necessary the same Zambian ...
by Lisa
30 Apr 2026 21:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

This discussion began with Zambia and its feeling that stealing American Aid was OK. It is you that has brought in PL480, now Indian Railways and even Pukistan. So lets just cut to the chase, the original post. One question at a time. Does the American Government reserve the right to determine how i...
by Lisa
30 Apr 2026 18:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

^^Nobody is asking Zambia to buy anything. This is aid. It is FREE OF CHARGE! If Zambia wants to spend its own money buying pharmaceuticals or making factories it is free to do so. With regards to PL480, let me answer by firstly posting an article, https://libcom.org/article/zambian-miners-kill-supe...
by Lisa
30 Apr 2026 15:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

If there is any further interest in background information on amrikis and africa, one recommends a book that exposes what the amrikis actually did in africa. The cheen are fast learners and quick innovators White Malice : The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa by Susan Williams My chess te...
by Lisa
30 Apr 2026 13:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Chetakji, Situation in this case is regretfully more complex. American diplomats were regularly buying Free American Medicines in pharmacies all over Zambia. Zambian government was repeatedly asked to stop this leakage and in effect declined as the correct pockets were being lined by this corruption...
by Lisa
30 Apr 2026 13:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13226
Views: 3984798

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Ji aid was cut virtually halved last year, https://foreignassistance.gov/cd/zambia/2026/obligations/0 Furthermore, why does the narrative presume that American taxpayers are responsible for Zambian patients and not the Chinese who are currently asset stripping Zambia? If the Chinese want the copper ...
by Lisa
29 Apr 2026 18:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
Replies: 1214
Views: 463044

Re: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion

uddu wrote: 29 Apr 2026 07:36 Carney Stuns Trump With Massive Economic Plan With India, China: 'We Re-Engaging With Global Giants'

Stuns! Yeah sure. Canada has a trade surplus of $170 billion with the US. The US will be crying all the way to the bank.
by Lisa
28 Apr 2026 23:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6511
Views: 2797751

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

^^Vayutuvanji, At the beginning of this discussion, everyone was clearly told by the Speaker, https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-04-20/debates/70E90E48-B5A1-4DE0-B84B-88EFEFC4C192/SecurityVetting#contribution-EB4FCD22-D8F7-4E63-B614-DE95D4C65A05 "Although certain criticisms may be made ...
by Lisa
25 Apr 2026 17:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6511
Views: 2797751

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Ji, respectfully, £40 million is not twice £5 million. Even that £5 million to be shared out.
by Lisa
25 Apr 2026 16:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6511
Views: 2797751

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Record funding to protect faith communities Government announces a record £73.4 million in funding in 2026 to 2027 for protective security at Jewish, Muslim, and other faith sites. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/record-funding-to-protect-faith-communities "Up to £73.4 million in funding wil...
by Lisa
24 Apr 2026 18:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1047315

Re: Iran News and Discussions

^^^ No one has seen him nor has he appeared in public. Secondly, another round of selection of Grand Ayotullah is very bad f9or optics. This not only distorts the narrartive but also hampers the neogiating power. IRGC is probably running the show!! Hence even the OM tweeted as much before extending...
by Lisa
22 Apr 2026 23:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 882
Views: 130966

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

For those who are interested in the Budapest Memorandum, "In 2013, the government of Belarus complained that American sanctions against it were in breach of Article 3 of the Memorandum. The US government responded that its sanctions were targeted at combating human rights violations and other i...