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Varoon Shekhar

He was way before all these folks and in his time Inda was under occupation for over 900 years. No question, but it is that dismissive tone he had, in his reference to science in India. Nobody now will accept the idea that India was a land purely of art, religion and philosophy. With no science or ...

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Spengler didn't think much of India's scientific achievements, if he was even aware of them. He was impressed by Indian art. People like Elst, Frawley, Armstrong , Gauthier et al, are much more balanced and holistic in their awareness and appreciation of India

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On a brighter note the CBC webpage (CBC.com followed by " India" in the search function), has articles about recycling of Canadian waste plastic in India. I didn't realise Canada was sending such waste to India. At least some of it is turned into useful tissue for Indian use.

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In 35 odd years, not one single individual, who could be conceivably labelled an " Indian agent" has ever been uncovered and apprehended by law enforcement or Canadian security. Almost all these accusations are merely a case of Sikhs projecting their own fratricide and insecurity onto Indi...

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^^^ That, unfortunately, rings very true. The Air India terrorist bombing, doesn't invoke much empathy or affinity, considering the majority of victims were Canadian citizens, many of them born in Canada. It is rarely a reference point when the issue of terrorism is brought up. The Canadian media an...

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And Canada did not know about him, so what, he is a useful tool for West Europe and all countries that make NATO, the naivety on this forum is unbelievable. As of today we have very little leverage. Many Indians do not understand the world yet. Indians should be able to see through the solicitude a...

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What is the present composition of POJK.. I'm not sure of the various ethnicities, but there is not a single, solitary Hindu in that whole area i.e Mirpur, Bhimbar, Kotli, Muzzafarabad, Gilgit and Skardu. Which is simply astounding, even allowing for the violence and migration of 1947-48. Needless t...

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One of those killed in the truck attack is of Indian origin. In another unrelated incident, an Indian student was killed by a Brazilian roommate

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For the record, it is not me that came up with the 'undamaged shaft= failure of S-1 device" :) It's people like this https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/v-sudarshan/2009/oct/03/the-real-pokhran-story-93465.html Do I( we) want to believe him? Definitely not. But it would be nice to...

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vsunder, one last( from me for absolute certain) point. A repeated observation/criticism that was made, was that the shaft for the S-1 test, was totally undamaged. The only effect( going by these critics) is that the concrete casing that had been used to seal the shaft, was blown off. And thereby pr...

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There shouldn't be this obsession( among many Indians) of going to the US, and getting a visa for that. Particularly in light of all the violence in the US with guns and mass shootings. But there is. It benefits the US industry and helps Indian foreign currency reserves through repatriation. It is ...

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Whether we are Indira Gandhi supporters or fierce critics of her, that float by Sikh extremists in Brampton is absolutely disgusting. How can the Canadian government, or Ontario government, accept this? Even the excuse of 'right wing Hindu nationalist majoritarian BJP government" blah blah yada...

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There shouldn't be this obsession( among many Indians) of going to the US, and getting a visa for that. Particularly in light of all the violence in the US with guns and mass shootings.

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Thanks for that excellent, detailed info, V.Sunder. When the big uproar about the 'failure' of the Indian tests was announced in the fall of 2009, one of the absolute worst( if not the worst) reporter of this news was the Globe and Mail of Canada. The article basically said that the nuclear tests to...

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Right. Is it safe to say, though, that the boosted fission trigger of the thermonuclear device worked very well, flawlessly? There are knowledgeable commentators who are certain that the S-1 fusion bomb fizzled( or even didn't ignite at all) but that the primary went off superbly

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^^^
Thanks, makes sense. So the sixth untested device was a thermonuclear one, not a sub-kiloton or boosted fission.

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What were the legitimate criticisms made by the total fizzle group led by Santhanam, and what were the equally good points made to counter them, by Kakodar et al. Or should we not revisit that debate.

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"To add / summarize : Magnetic levitating reaction wheels, also known as maglev reaction wheels, are a type of attitude control device used in spacecraft to control and maintain the orientation (or attitude) of the spacecraft. Traditional reaction wheels use mechanical bearings to spin a flywhe...

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^^^ Wrt to SRO launch of its advanced navigation satellite GSLV-F12 and NVS-01.. I think Rahulm and others may have mentioned it.. For the first time, an indigenously developed rubidium atomic clock has been used as the scientists earlier opted for imported ones India is strengthening its navigatio...

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^^^ A bit of trepidation for this launch/mission, sure I'm not the only one! ...more so than with the larger GSLV Mk 3. It's because of the history of the GSLV Mk2, 2 failures and one abort at the last minute. ISRO would have made the necessary adjustments, and the likelihood of success is high. Sti...

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Oh yes, the names are all Indian. But aren't Mihir and Pratyush essentially Cray supercomputers( again, perhaps not). Airawat is very likely to be Indian developed.

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Is Airawat Indian? I'm pretty sure "Mihir" and "Pratyush" are not( I stand to be corrected).

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First info and pics of GSLV Mk 2 and NVS-01 are up. Nice to know the satellite weighs in at 2232kg! I for one was concerned that the capacity of the GSLV Mk2 would be greatly underutilised with another 1425kg IRNSS satellite! :) First use of indigenous atomic clock. https://www.isro.gov.in/GSLV_F12_...

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Former MIss World Manushi Chhillar named Estee Lauder brand ambassador

https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/l ... dor-590656

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One thing these ba*st*rds evaluating press freedom will not do, is give very specific examples of why press freedom is more in Myanmar and Afghanistan, than in India. And also cite people's views from those countries about their own media. If large numbers of people in Myanmar and Afghanistan state ...

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Eagerly awaiting news of the success of this payload! Just to clarify, this is an experimental payload in the spent 4th stage that is also in orbit. This 4th stage is called PSLV Orbital Experimental Module or POEM and it carries 7 payloads for testing and validation. Another interesting thing is t...

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gakakkad wrote:one of the highlights of this launch was the Bellatrix hall effect ion thruster for positioning the satellite . Bellatrix is a desi startup with a young founder.. congratulations to them...

Eagerly awaiting news of the success of this payload!

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Yes. For some reason he doesn't get much credit here on BRF. And that's a pity. Yes it is. Here is a group of recent videos from his Infinity Foundation, where he deals with the issue of caste and the machinations of Western academia( specifically Harvard). https://www.youtube.com/@RajivMalhotraOff...

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^
Awful, first the elected head of the Oxford Student Union, and now the general secretary of the LSE.

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I'm also not sure what the end goal is with this test program. First I'd heard ISRO would make a reusable upper stage to deploy satellites up to half-ton payload, and then return back for landing. Now I see people saying that India will build a large manned vehicle. The story keeps changing. Our me...

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ISRO's reusable launch vehicle test successful! https://www.isro.gov.in/Reusable_launch_vehicle_autonomous_landing_mission.html April 02, 2023 ISRO successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Ch...

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Whoa, thanks for alerting me, I was about to send that information to a whole bunch of people, and at least one other forum, treating it as a done deal It would be a great idea to control immigration to Canada, and of course terrorist infiltration back into India. There is an absolutely ridiculous s...

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Lisa, is this done? The Indian consulates in Canada( Toronto, Vancouver) are going to close?

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Sanman, I don't think you are imagining things. It's only a question of how contrived/planned it is. Way back in 2004-2005, when India's IT and call centre services were just burgeoning, there was a Chinese origin journalist at the CBC covering business news. She made a very cursory comment about th...

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Yes Kancha, the ba*ta*ds in Canada and the Sikh/Khalistani agitators must never be allowed to forget the worst terrorist attack at the time. Keep raising it over and over again. Repeatedly bring up the competence( or lack thereof) and callousness of the RCMP and ISIS.

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My point was that Canada's political establishment are either stunningly naive, or (more likely) dishonestly complicit. Maybe both. Indo-Canadian deaths from terrorism are an inconvenience they'd prefer to ignore or wish away. Canada's left-leaning NDP have no qualms about electing a smiling sectar...

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That is a totally discredited( if it were ever really credited) 'theory'. No one buys it now. Also, a tiny little detail- did these supposed Indian agents also attempt to bomb the Air-India/CP air flight over the Pacific Ocean? Was Inderjit Singh Reyat, who fabricated the timer for the bomb that eve...

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^ Exactly. And it wasn't Hindus who blew up an Air India jet in 1985( flight 182) and nearly destroyed another one over the Pacific. This was the worst terror attack involving an airliner before the World Trade Centre destruction in Sept/2001. I have already responded to her( Chandrima Chakraborty) ...

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Michael Pilsbury at the India Today conclave. Once a big China fan, he's awakened to the threat of the middle kingdom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0GrQMCNLjk

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sir but ......why praise lavishly gora award? We haven't forgotten slum dog besdies natu natu is a mediocre song jmho! will they ever award Ilayaraja who is beyond scrutiny? All these days (after the Harrison of Beatles, Shakti, and Ravi Shankar era), our youngsters had been dancing to their tune (...

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