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by KrishG
05 Jan 2012 01:23
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
Replies: 6544
Views: 32735

Re: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread

I'm trying to gain around 15 kgs of muscle mass since I am grossly underweight for my height (5'8 and 52 kg). I'm a strict lacto-veggie so no flesh or eggs for me. So, is high fat intake (ghee) good for healthy weight gain ? I'm also planning add a lot of Soya beans (and dals in general) to my diet....
by KrishG
04 Jan 2012 00:53
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Discussion on Indian Epics, Texts, Treatises & Kathas
Replies: 4574
Views: 566319

Re: Discussion on Indian Epics, Texts, Treatises & Kathas

Whatever happens on Earth definitely can be experienced or visualized by man. One need to have Maya (miracle) nor Eternal feeling on Earth concepts to realize God feelings (or a sense of universal understanding). Unless, there is a disjoint in thought where they expect maya (meaning some power exte...
by KrishG
24 Dec 2011 00:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamic bomb is the Hindoo bomb: Two nation theory dead LOL
Replies: 74
Views: 11816

Re: Islamic bomb is the Hindoo bomb: Two nation theory dead

Anujan wrote:Who reads playboy? I get all my information from Savita Bhabhi
+1 :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
by KrishG
28 Nov 2011 00:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 293526

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

blind faith to quran is not bad,like any hindu can have blind faith to gita. no religion teaches fundamentalism.no religion preaches terrorism. if someone follows a religion it makes that person good.what we see in muslims these days or for that matter some hindus ( godhra, and bari demolisher type...
by KrishG
28 Nov 2011 00:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 293526

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

What you are prescribing is prescription for communal riots, and not acceptable. Our problem is a certain interpretation of Islam, mainly the Paki variety radical fundamentalist Islam, but not the Islam or muslims who peacefully co-exitence with the rest, and I am guessing that there are a whole lo...
by KrishG
14 Nov 2011 00:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201
Replies: 477
Views: 48261

Re: Discussion: slavery, genetic history of South/Central As

The discussion of slavery, genetics has been concentrated on area occupied by present day Pakistan. But, large parts of Afghanistan where as much part of India as were areas in present day Pakistan. Afghanistan, which was the first area of India to be run over by the Islamic hordes, served the same ...
by KrishG
07 Nov 2011 22:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

Hey friends! i want some clarification on indian manned space program:- 1)some news agency are saying that Indian govt has given the green signal for the manned space program where as others are saying that govt has yet to approve it.So what is the present status? 2) Wikipedia says that the third p...
by KrishG
20 Oct 2011 21:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

Its interesting that French is buying Soyuz launcher for launching satellite inspite of having its own Ariane launch vehical. Wonder if we could cut out a similar deal with France to launch satellites via PSLV , perhaps as part of some offsets ? The only active Ariane family vehicle is the Ariane-5...
by KrishG
17 Oct 2011 21:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

Going by the date of the launch and a reference to the GSLV failure, I think that ISRO has customers lined up for its GSLV launch in 2012. "I think that ISRO has customers lined up for its GSLV launch in 2012." If true, that means they are very confident of a successful launch. No. There ...
by KrishG
12 Oct 2011 23:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

Incidentally, The earlier stages appear to have overperformed slightly and the 4th stage ignition was @ about T+1100 sec instead of planned T+1154. The launch is totally self controlled automation loop.. still 54 seconds is a very big difference. Is it possible that the system found conditions for ...
by KrishG
30 Sep 2011 20:23
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

"what they're doing is setting up the facilities to do so, if those are needed at some time in the future." Not to nitpick, Vinit, but from the article, it does like the actual facilities are already established. Or is the Indian/DDM inaccurate on this score? You know what, I do remember ...
by KrishG
13 Sep 2011 21:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

And we are ahead of japan.... japan has not launched any re-entry capsule...we should be 4th behaind unkil, russia and Oirope... They have as a matter of fact. They have done it long before India did it. The Japanese have a better space capabilities compared to even China. But, their space program ...
by KrishG
27 Aug 2011 15:34
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Mass Rapid Transit in India
Replies: 1494
Views: 302129

Re: Mass Rapid Transit in India

Bangalore Metro

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by KrishG
21 Aug 2011 16:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1382960

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Egypt to withdraw Israel envoy over Sinai shootings The question is who is calling the shots on Egypt's Israel policy. Most of the core leadership of the army (which used to call shots and still does) has remained the same even after Mubarak's era. Is the Egyptian military pulling a Pakistan by esc...
by KrishG
20 Aug 2011 20:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Nature Conservation in India News & Discussion
Replies: 807
Views: 181075

Re: Nature Conservation in India News & Discussion

Revised cost estimates for Project Tiger The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved an upward revision of the cost estimates for the ongoing centrally sponsored scheme of Project Tiger (PT) during the Xlth plan period from Rs.650 crore to Rs.1216.86 crore of central assistance. The up...
by KrishG
15 Aug 2011 20:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy Independence Day!
Replies: 48
Views: 9053

Re: Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day to everyone!
by KrishG
02 Aug 2011 02:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Camera and Photography Thread -III
Replies: 4098
Views: 45781

Re: Camera and Photography Thread -III

Hey guys, i'm a noob in photography. I wanted to know how to take photos of sunset/sunrise/very bright object with everything else (environment) appearing black. Like this for example:
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Thanks in advance.
by KrishG
23 Jul 2011 20:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3950
Views: 1311873

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

L&T displayed a model of a prospective corvette design during the DefExpo-10. The pic is from jamwalji's blog. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dc2Wx4jR9F8/S36maSCsc1I/AAAAAAAABLk/Atd5uHqsYvQ/s320/CIMG2858.JPG Bigger image: Link I think I can faintly make out the displacement of 1000 tons and speed of ...
by KrishG
22 Jul 2011 22:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
Replies: 1806
Views: 418157

Re: India-EU News & Analysis

A_Gupta wrote:Raw footage of second Oslo explosion (via @colinfreeze)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbCCR3YK ... e=youtu.be
Video seems to be fake.
by KrishG
22 Jul 2011 20:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
Replies: 1806
Views: 418157

Re: India-EU News & Analysis

Twitter tells us : "Norwegian prosecutors on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against Mullah Krekar, founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam," The main reason could be Norway being a member of NATO. The Nordic countries generally do not have the same amount of security as oth...
by KrishG
18 Jul 2011 19:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

Nice article from the Hindu. Really, there are 3 GSLV projects going on simultaneously, the Mark 1, Mark2 and Mark 3. Success should come to one of these vehicles soon. What is the next PSLV launch, of Megatrophique or RISAT-1? Mk-1 is history. All future launches of GSLV will be Mk-2. Mk-III is co...
by KrishG
17 Jul 2011 15:02
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 489958

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

Continues here: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2005/08/abritishjihadistparttwo/ Taseer: What does it take to join the enemy? Butt: To support them. The Japanese only have 500 troops in Iraq; as a result they’ve declared war on Islam. China from day one has been testing its nuclear missiles in th...
by KrishG
15 Jul 2011 22:50
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

apparently neither the launch vehicle nor the satellites were insured... is this a norm..? Yes. No company insures satellite launches on Indian launch vehicles (PSLV, GSLV). But, launches of Indian satellites on Ariane-5 for example are insured. It's shared by GOI and Allianz insurance iirc. A priv...
by KrishG
15 Jul 2011 16:33
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

Satellite has separated from the upper stage!!

Kudos to ISRO! :D

The Geo-synchronous transfer operations should begin within a week or so
by KrishG
15 Jul 2011 01:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Solar energy in India
Replies: 1113
Views: 238135

Re: Solar energy in India

Seems like one of that silly DDM's type story, where absurd (or highly exaggerated) claims are made without the full facts in the hope that some will be fooled. According to story, bleach is there just to keep water free of algae, and practically speaking, bottle does not do anything more than diff...
by KrishG
14 Jul 2011 21:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Member created artwork-Geo-Political Cartoons etc..
Replies: 61
Views: 11777

Re: Member created artwork-Geo-Political Cartoons etc..

Hnair and jambudvipa, Can you draw a broken brick wall and scraggly black cat (labelled TSP) on the wall caterwauling "Cashmere!"? Inspiration from Shiv's post: http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=1123101#p1123101 http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/195/3/a/the_real_pakist...
by KrishG
13 Jul 2011 20:46
Forum: Terrorism Archive
Topic: Serial Blasts in Mumbai
Replies: 1252
Views: 485861

Re: Serial Blasts in Mumbai

A few days I ago I made a post (can't locate it now) that went something like this Why has there been a decrease in the number of terror attacks? The possibilities are 1. Aman ki tamasha is working 2. US is paying Pakistan not to attack 3. Pakistan has had change of heart I think No 2 above is corr...
by KrishG
12 Jul 2011 15:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 489958

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

It's official submission from a porki ," In the middle of nowhere, deaf , dumb and blind as the heirs of a great civilisation plunged into complete darkness. We are raped into silence by defenders of faith, murdered by religious zealots, and flogged in public by puritans. Whether there is a li...
by KrishG
10 Jul 2011 21:12
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

I am still confused on (I am not dhoti shivering here) the man mission to moon. Wouldn't it be better we jumpstart to robots and send them wherever we want. The khans have advanced on this, and after the last manned space mission , the new robonaut is really taking shape fast and we might have hund...
by KrishG
09 Jul 2011 01:14
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 489958

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

What Pakistan and Southern Sudan have in common Once, Pakistan was a new country too. Our fundamental reason for independence was the same – being outnumbered by a majority in United India , we thought we would be denied religious freedom and basic rights. Since independence however, religious mino...
by KrishG
27 Jun 2011 15:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread
Replies: 3918
Views: 935347

Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread

http://trishul-trident.blogspot.com/2011/04/arjun-mk2-mbt-emerges.html Respondents to the CVRDE included Finland-based Wartsila (offering its V8X-1500 1,500hp hyperbar diesel engine coupled with either SESM of France’s ESM-500 transmission or US-based Detroit Diesel Allison’s X-1100-3B transmission...
by KrishG
23 Jun 2011 22:09
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions
Replies: 3947
Views: 1027921

Re: LCA News and Discussions

Mk-2 model's undercarriage.

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Mk-1 model's undercarriage

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by KrishG
13 Jun 2011 22:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Jan Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare, and Baba Ramdev
Replies: 3955
Views: 594075

Re: The Jan Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare, and Baba Ramdev

Can posters post material about the members given in the list of the NAC - that is supposed to be an interface to "civil society" - and discuss their ideological profile, past overt positions on issues. We should have a good idea of what the government may have in mind as a definition of ...
by KrishG
06 Jun 2011 00:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread
Replies: 3918
Views: 935347

Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread

Finally, A Glimpse Of MBT Arjun In Army Service http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2e_iR3aSLT0/Teud0MwI7uI/AAAAAAAANO4/nhDR0nwp7zI/s1600/3.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LIb3YI2QGzk/Teudzy0LgsI/AAAAAAAANOw/sYdmviyOiHc/s1600/2.JPG http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ch9mWEajYFU/Teudziu1wrI/AAAAAAAANOo/Sna7mjxrpeE/s1600...
by KrishG
03 Jun 2011 23:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

Makes sense, but this begs a question, aren't these pretty obvious? why didn't ISRO do this in the first place? should we lose two missions and multiple sats to do this? That might have been true for a development flight like D3 but the argument doesn't necessarily hold for operational flights like...
by KrishG
02 Jun 2011 23:03
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3961
Views: 840379

Re: Indian Education System

Singha wrote: are 100% of seats in the NITs given via AIEEE now and the state quotas abolished (ofcourse reservation is there).
50% of the seats are still reserved for students of that particular state.
by KrishG
02 Jun 2011 01:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

I would like to read that FAC report if it comes out. How can GSLV suffer two flight failures and nothing be wrong with it? And if so why schedule launches from abroad? The problem IMHO is the constant tinkering that has been done to GSLV while it is yet to become a fully matured system. It's diffe...
by KrishG
02 Jun 2011 00:04
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 980958

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

No design deficiency in GSLV, says Failure Analysis Committee A failure analysis committee has given the thumbs up to India's Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle saying no design deficiency has been found despite the two failures it suffered last year raising serious concern over its reliabili...