Bharat Rakshak

Varoon Shekhar

Muslims in the West or India never call for reforms in Pakistan to secure minority rights, they call for reforms in the west and India to secure minority privileges. Indians and white Christians need to face this reality and demand reciprocity and accountability. Exactly, but at least they are will...

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The New Zealand incident was bad, but where were these same marchers and mourners, when non-Moslems were slaughtered in various places, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nigeria et al? There were at least 3 horrific killings of Coptic Christians in Egypt, the publicity given to the condemnations a...

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https://www.republicworld.com/the-debate

Is this one better? It goes into more detail

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https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/to- ... 2019-03-06

Has this been posted here? Official confirmation, if it was needed at all. Good explanation by Shiv Aroor

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^ Whoa, that's pretty categorical and extreme sounding. All the locals? There are Kashmiri Moslems who are in the Congress, BJP, CPI, Awami League and National Conference( opportunistic perhaps, but moderate) . I do know that more than 1,000 NC workers have been murdered by terrorists in the last 29...

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Any further information about the Chakoti and Muzzafarabad attacks?

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https://www.news18.com/shows/epicentre.html Discussion on Balakot and BJP vs Congress as well. At 8:02, excellent stuff from Pathikrit Payne( strategic analyst, first time hearing). Does a great job in clearing any doubts about mission, refers to Spike missile, its effect, takes a good swipe at NY T...

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Hmmm, about 30 terrorist scum dead, good. Ulan Batori any remarks about this casualty figure? I would love to believe your higher figures, and they could still be correct. Just needs some independent corroboration.

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https://thewire.in/security/balakot-air ... ite-images

Any comments and counters to this?

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Ashok Swain, Twitter articles aggressively questioning whether the IAF struck anything worthwhile. And of course, he has many Pakistanis, and anti-Modi posters, fully agreeing with him.

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Can anyone provide a list/chronicle of army/police/paramilitary actions over the last 15-20 years, where large numbers of militants and terrorists were killed. I know there are many. Unfortunately, I have recently seen lists of incidents( like https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jammu-and-kashmir-...

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Abhinandan is back in India, India Today and ANI have reported.

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Sidharth Bhatia, in the Wire: https://thewire.in/media/indian-tv-medias-blatant-endorsement-of-hyper-nationalism-is-shameful ‘Pakistan’s Propaganda Busted’, was the screaming headline on top of the TV screen as the anchor interviewed a retired Air Chief Marshall who analysed the downing of an IAF ai...

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^^^ Well written. While some of the accosting of Kashmiris is uncalled for( though understandable given the environment) , what do those hyper-ventilating Indian media persons make of this disgusting Kashmiri elite? Had they been accosted in the rest of India or within the state of J&K, would th...

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One hopes Indian TV channels don't have a flurry( or any preferably) of Pakistani guests being asked where was Pakistan's AF, when will they retaliate, what can we expect etc. No need for that. India should just do what it feels is right, and continue doing it if necessary or desirable. And taunting...

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^you will of course watch each and every show which states this (Trump prevails over Modi), equal equal and update us. Sigh. Sometimes it's good to hear a devil's advocate, if only to keep Indians on their toes, and remind them that the status quo is at least a possibility, and also not acceptable!...

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^ It's something India should have done a long time ago. What seems to keep India from taking these measures is naive idealism, plus some equally naive idea of reaching out to Pakistan's 'civil society'. Where has that gotten India? The civil society in Pakistan is overrated, and essentially powerle...

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When can we reasonably expect a statement or confirmation, that the fourth stage orbiting experiment is successful, and that the satellite Kalamsat is working and beaming signals/information?

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Still waiting for that commissioning of the PFBR, it's 2019. Yah, can't believe there are people advocating India give up its nuclear capability including Arihant. What are these commentators' position on China? Do they strongly request China to do the same? Because India is not only thinking of Pak...

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https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/saankhya-labs-launches-first-made-in-india-chipset/article25843180.ece Sounds good! But language lacks clarity, is this chip produced in India, or by Samsung. The word "also" confuses. It's certainly designed in India, that much is certain! Is...

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Here's one- in Bhavabhuti's play "Malati and Madhava" a Buddhist nun Kamandaki, living in a Buddhist convent, acts as a go between to bring the two main characters( both Hindu) together. A Hindu dramatist saw nothing unusual in portraying a Buddhist in a positive way. It speaks of peaceful...

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Thanks. Someone on another forum seemed quite concerned that there has been no further perigee raising after this one. I suppose ISRO is not announcing every manoeuvre as it's happening. We'll learn of the changes in the days ahead.

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Any issue with the perigee raising of GSAT-7A?

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There's a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, which will make its landfall in the next 1-2 days. Would this impact the GSLV Mark2/GSAT-7A launch?
Oh and has anyone noticed:-) that the GSLV Mark 2 will use the new upgraded cryogenic stage, the C-15?

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^ Interesting- notice how critics and opponents, are only too willing to accuse Hindus and Hinduism of "absorbing"( if not eliminating) other independent religions like Buddhism and Jainism, and putatively of Sikhism! But what did Buddhism do in actuality in South-East Asia and Sri Lanka. ...

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"This is not so much about the PAST, as it is about the FUTURE, and there are many advantages to studying this part of India's past. Do posters here not see this?" If you are specifically referring to Hindu-Buddhist relations, there won't be a problem. Hindus have no issue in self-identifi...

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Probably the Indian government, as a sop to overseas Punjabis, and also as part of the peace and healing process in Punjab, took many people off the banned, no-entry list. Atwal was one of those. Given the seriousness of their crimes, it's arguable whether they should have. But highly unlikely to be...

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Fa-Hien came into India anytime between 390-405 CE, the ruler at the time was Chandragupta Vikramaditya, a Hindu. That could not have escaped his attention. If Buddhists suffered any disabilities, the reigning king and his ministry would have implemented them, at the least excused them. Nalanda Univ...

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https://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-f11-gsat-7a-mission

https://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-f11-gsat-7 ... launch-kit

Nice info, press kit, pics of upcoming GSLV Mark 2/GSAT 7A mission on December 19.

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when can we expect an image from that new camera, the GSHR camera, onboard the GSAT-29?

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Thanks for the update! One suspected things were going well with the satellite, but it's nice to receive confirmation!

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Any update on the GSAT-11? Wouldn't there have been at least one orbit manoeuvre performed from the ground stations in India, by now? Or not necessarily? It has been over 24 hours. Hope everything with the satellite is fine.

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It's necessary to see a tabulation of the casualties in terror attacks and terror affected areas. Not only for J&K, but for the Northeast, and the Naxal infested areas. Thanks for this information.

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Will this be the first time they have two launches within a month? Nope, in 2017, the GSLV Mark 2 was launched on May 5th, and the Mark 3 on June 5th. Less than 3 weeks after that, the PSLV was launched on June 23. Earlier this year, the GSLV Mark 2 ( with the ill fated GSAT 6A) went up on March 29...

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^^^ Is that ever a beautiful picture of the GSLV Mark 3. Is the SVAB now fully commissioned( colour scheme issue aside :-)) because there has been no official statement. The vehicle has more propellant loading in the core first stage and the cryogenic stage. The strap-on lengths have been increased ...

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https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-m ... 29-mission

ISRO has put up some information about the launch. A lift off on Wednesday will be subject to weather conditions. Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal.

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The HTT 40 began the most awaited phase of the Spin Test by successfully entering in to two turn spin and subsequently recovering with the appropriate controls. Two test pilots undertook the first ever spin entry testing today at around 1.30 pm. Very good- It would be nice to see a detailed article...

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^ There wasn't a single mention of aid to India, among the hundreds of displayed comments. There were remarks like "India=scam", "Nuke them", "Use the money( from the fraud) to build toilets", and so on. The CRA( Canadian Revenue Agency) tax scam was big news in Canada....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cwcyLvoMps Guys, by now everyone has heard of the CRA tax scam in Canada. The fraudsters were traced to India. Pretty serious swindle! But look at the comments to the CBC story. Some nasty stuff. Many of them are Paks and Chinese, but the majority seem to be Caucasia...

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Good video, is that Shekhar Gupta speaking so effusively and positively about an Indian defense achievement? Quite rare! Is really upbeat, mentions private sector contribution, and Russian help, without exaggerating it.

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