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- 25 Aug 2021 08:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: What Makes Pakistan tick? Discussion thread
- Replies: 158
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Re: What Makes Pakistan tick? Discussion thread
- 25 Aug 2021 01:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: What Makes Pakistan tick? Discussion thread
- Replies: 158
- Views: 31823
Re: What Makes Pakistan tick? Discussion thread
Can you repost this sentence again, ramana ji. It is not clear.ramana wrote:Keeping Afghanistan together out if reach keeps Pakistan on road to disintegration.
- 24 Sep 2017 16:43
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
Ideally, we should do away with subsidizing colleges wholesale and politicians distributing the pie - and move to a mechanism of aids, grants, zero/low percent govt loans etc for deserving students who scored admissions but cannot pay for fees. But that will never take on as it will be portrayed as...
- 20 Sep 2017 20:14
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Mass Rapid Transit in India
- Replies: 1494
- Views: 300493
Re: Mass Rapid Transit in India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/hc-refuses-to-permit-metro-3-work-at-night/articleshow/60756421.cms MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Tuesday declined to pass a "blanket'' order allowing Metro III authorities to transport construction material, heavy machinery and debris at night, no...
- 14 Sep 2017 13:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8977
- Views: 2612944
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449983/debbie-wasserman-schultz-pakistani-computer-guys-more-bank-fraud There’s more than bank fraud going on here. In Washington, it’s never about what they tell you it’s about. So take this to the bank: The case of Imran Awan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s myste...
- 14 Sep 2017 13:14
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - June 20, 2017
- Replies: 2847
- Views: 657219
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - June 20, 2017
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449983/debbie-wasserman-schultz-pakistani-computer-guys-more-bank-fraud There’s more than bank fraud going on here. In Washington, it’s never about what they tell you it’s about. So take this to the bank: The case of Imran Awan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s myste...
- 13 Sep 2017 20:55
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
csubash saar has a point.The comfort zone of TN students is being disturbed.
Beyond that,I think TN students will rise to the occassion.
Beyond that,I think TN students will rise to the occassion.
- 08 Sep 2017 14:07
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4794
- Views: 1560159
- 08 Sep 2017 11:57
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
prasannasimha ji,
thank you for the response.
thank you for the response.
- 08 Sep 2017 11:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
I hope learned mullahs dont mind this distraction. Subhash Kak @subhashkak1 Zoroastrians call their original land Airyana Vaeja and the Sanskrit texts call it Aryavarta. http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroas ... avaeja.htm … The names Eire (Ireland) and Iran are from Arya, which remembers the ori...
- 07 Sep 2017 22:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/TN-accounts-for-45-of-growth-in-education-loans/articleshow/54023611.cms Tamil Nadu has generated 45% of all incre mental education loans between FY13 and FY15. Of the total loan growth of Rs 6,597 crore in these two years, loans in Tamil N...
- 07 Sep 2017 22:14
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
putnanja ji,
How is KA reacting to NEET? Are the students/institutions confident about facing the new exam?
How is KA reacting to NEET? Are the students/institutions confident about facing the new exam?
- 07 Sep 2017 22:10
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq5qjr Is an abnormally high GER in higher education as in TN necessarily a good thing? I recently came across a blogpost where the author argues that it's good thing. You can read the post here: http://hawkeyeview.blogspot.in/2017/09/tamil-nadus-upper-funnel-educa...
- 07 Sep 2017 22:10
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
http://hawkeyeview.blogspot.in/2017/09/tamil-nadus-upper-funnel-education.html Tamil Nadu has one of the best education strategies in the country. Let me start with an analogy that will help you appreciate this. Imagine you are an e-commerce website owner. You have a webpage (like amazon.com or fli...
- 07 Sep 2017 15:14
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
My refer to RB,Stan,GD,Prof PV Indiresan is not mere appeal to authority. There is a world beyond entrance exams. Also Prof PVIndiresan was former Director IITM.He was very much in support of entrance exams and merit.Infact he spoke out against mindless govt interference.I quoted him for something e...
- 07 Sep 2017 13:51
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
Lilo ji,
My last word on this already in the earlier post.
My last word on this already in the earlier post.
With all this,there is no doubt a national test is the order of the day for middle class/poorer people applying/writing hundred tests.
- 07 Sep 2017 13:13
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
In US,great corporations and phianthropists have donated billions of dollars to pvt universities.In India,people become famous and make money after starting colleges. No national entrance test increases no of seats or quota policy. With all this,there is no doubt a national test is the order of the ...
- 07 Sep 2017 10:03
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
In this very thread there are very good discussions by GD,RB,Stan,Bade,ramana ji on JEE etc. ramana ji says that IITs are about problem solving.Stan said that JEE/IIT model was too unique to last.Stan by his own admission in the forum is from IITM. England had Tripos/ICS exams.They discontinued Trip...
- 07 Sep 2017 09:55
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
Lilo ji, There is only politics in the admissions issue and nothing else. In the real world we take into account the fears and anxieties. TN is an extreme case but other states too have these anxieties. Really I dont have much to say because it comes down to identity issues. There are three substant...
- 07 Sep 2017 09:17
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
OT When ppl like JP Gandhi become "educationist" then that is the issue. When Briturds came,brahmanas of a certain type(good karma/vaasanas)took off.That created envy/bitterness among some non brahmanas in TN.This was fuelled by briturds who threw ghee into the fire. Because some brahmanas...
- 05 Sep 2017 21:38
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/explained-why-india-can-do-without-neet In this article will try to plug what I consider to be the main information gaps in the NEET debate. Let’s try a Q&A format. How many seats for MBBS in India? The rough stats are as follows. India has about 50,000 medical sea...
- 05 Sep 2017 21:06
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 833993
Re: Indian Education System
https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/please-spare-us-india-does-not-need-a-national-testing-service The government recently announced the creation of a centralised testing body, the National Testing Service (NTS), to conduct national level entrance examinations for engineering, management and medical prog...
- 01 Sep 2017 11:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive News from the USA
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 459825
- 26 Aug 2017 17:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive News from the USA
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 459825
Re: Positive News from the USA
The land of the free and brave where cops are working 24/7 to protect the honest,Gawd fearing patriotic whites. PhoenixNewTimesVerified account We've been covering Joe Arpaio for more than 20 years. Here's a couple of things you should know about him... 1/many https://twitter.com/phoenixnewtimes/st...
- 21 Aug 2017 20:30
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - June 20, 2017
- Replies: 2847
- Views: 657219
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - June 20, 2017
IT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence Federal authorities are investigating whether sensitive data was stolen from congressional offices by several Pakistani-American tech staffers and sold to Pakistani or Russian intelligence, knowledgeable sources say.What starte...
- 19 Aug 2017 13:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Latest Chinese boast: should we shiver or die laughing?
- Replies: 1451
- Views: 354801
Re: Latest Chinese boast: should we shiver or die laughing?
Do not know whether appropriate.Mods,del if inappropriate.
- 18 Jul 2017 17:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Seven No-Trump @macgupta123
How to read the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata (PDF)
http://www.presocratics.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/5.-Vishwa1.pdf
How to read the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata (PDF)
http://www.presocratics.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/5.-Vishwa1.pdf
- 12 Jul 2017 21:12
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
https://mahaperiyavaa.blog/2012/10/26/rare-photo-of-isayanur-paati-kasi/ This photograph was taken at the time of bhikshapradana to the panchagoudiya yatis at varanasi ( October 1934). I have seen a similar photo of Kanchi periyava(who was a bastion of orthodoxy in TN) with panchadravida sanyasis a...
- 12 Jul 2017 20:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Nilesh Oak ji,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancha-Dravida
There are claims in this article that the references are found in Kalhana,Skanda Purana,maratha era records.
I have seen these accounts in 'magazines'/books published by orthodox people and bought/read by similar people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancha-Dravida
There are claims in this article that the references are found in Kalhana,Skanda Purana,maratha era records.
I have seen these accounts in 'magazines'/books published by orthodox people and bought/read by similar people.
- 12 Jul 2017 18:52
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Primus ji, 1)You are right about the afghan-pakjabi relationship. 2)The brahmana gotras are in general named after the mantra drshtaas/rishis of vedas.Is that the case in your community?This is really tangential to the general tenor of my post.The 'exclusivism' of the said community need not be link...
- 11 Jul 2017 22:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
shiv ji, I dont know why you brought the reference to chauvinism.Something is very old and documented does not mean that the documented stuff is great.even if it is great,much water has flown since then. The intervening period cannot be wished away.We are what we are today though knowing our past is...
- 11 Jul 2017 22:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
RDs ancestors are from TN,i think though i am not sure.Dravid is a marathi speaking .Some deshastha smarthas have this surname,not all.
Interestengly dravida,andhra,karnata,gurjara and maharashtra are the five 'sub sects' of pancha dravida.Dravida has a generic and particular meaning here.
Interestengly dravida,andhra,karnata,gurjara and maharashtra are the five 'sub sects' of pancha dravida.Dravida has a generic and particular meaning here.
- 11 Jul 2017 22:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
OT Alert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada A possibly more definite reference to Kannada is found in the 'Charition Mime' ascribed to the late 1st to early 2nd century CE.[41][42] The farce, written by an unknown author, is concerned with a Greek lady named Charition who has been stranded on the...
- 11 Jul 2017 21:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
OT alert shiv ji, I believe you did a convincing job of trashing the claims of Old Persian/Avesta language and demolishing it as nothing but corrupted samskrtam. I wonder why you think Tamizh is closer to Haale kannada than it is to Old Tamizh.I believe Haale itself is a relatively modern term -a co...
- 11 Jul 2017 11:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Sayana's veda bhasyas were the basis of goras translation of veda.Sayana considers Yajur Veda as the heart of Veda.For Veda was not a book to be studied in reading rooms,but to traditional brahmanas,Veda was to be lived by brahmanas and doing yagnas was the svadharma of brahmanas. One can then argue...
- 11 Jul 2017 10:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Some random thoughts on Aryan themes in Indian polity. 1)The people of southern TN are darkest while Cashmeres are fairest.The skin colour becomes darker towards south and east. 2)THe aryan-dravidan meme is strongest in TN.East Bengali peasants converted to Islam.The majority of Hindus in East Benga...
- 10 Jul 2017 23:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Amarnath Yatris killed in terror attack. Allahoakbar
- Replies: 434
- Views: 85725
Re: Amarnath Yatris killed in terror attack. Allahoakbar
NaMo has to get necessary support in Rajya Sabha.But I think he will start making moves once presidential elections are over.
- 10 Jul 2017 23:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Amarnath Yatris killed in terror attack. Allahoakbar
- Replies: 434
- Views: 85725
Re: Amarnath Yatris killed in terror attack. Allahoakbar
REPEAL ART 370.
Kashmir will become an atoot and abhinna anga of Hindustan.
Kashmir will become an atoot and abhinna anga of Hindustan.
- 08 Jul 2017 17:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1163494
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
TM ji,That Ganga should be mispronounced to Ganges (since it is the holiest of the holy rivers for the Hindus) and not say the Narmada is not an accident.
OT nitpick.Angrez were equal oppurtunity offenders.Narmada was called Nerbudda by them.
- 08 Jul 2017 12:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up
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- Views: 610172
Re: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up
J Gopikrishnan
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Rs.2 + collapsing the Aircel-Maxis probe was the value of this Spice Jet deal
@jgopikrishnan70
Rs.2 + collapsing the Aircel-Maxis probe was the value of this Spice Jet deal