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by arindam
10 Feb 2014 18:57
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

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Maharashtra BJP objects Meghna Patel's photoshoot to support Narendra Modi
by arindam
31 Dec 2013 23:51
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

2014 is now NaMo vs rest. you decide on which side you are. (from twitter) :twisted:
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 23:36
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

cross posted from NaMo thread. Centre Right India How do you solve a problem like Kejriwal? At the end of this post I had cautioned about the remote possibility of Kejriwal playing spoilsports. Well with the Delhi elections the possibility just got less remote. The surprising turn of events culminat...
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 23:36
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Cross posted from NaMo thread. Why AAP’s Delhi water charade is careless populism Delhi has a serious water problem. But the problem is not that consumers pay too much for water. It's the fact that consumers receive too little of a vital resource, not more than two hours a day even in the most afflu...
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 23:19
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

^^ ++1 NaMo stuff in NaMo thread and rest in election thread makes sense.
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 23:04
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

For the mods. Please decide and give us one thread. :) (a humble request) On a different note, may be it's only me, but it is becoming difficult to track the statewide election and NaMo vs dynasty thread because of the constant assault of kalasnikhov phenomenon in both the threads simultaneously. As...
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 17:04
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Beginning of Nehruvian socialism 2.0 Just in from NDTV breaking news: 20 Kiloliters of free water per month from Jan 1. Decision to be reviewed after 3 months. NDTV is going gaga with the big red flashing headline "AAP keeps promise". :evil: AAP government gives 20 kilo litre free water pe...
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 16:29
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

^^ +1 Pranav. Very well articulated. A public figure speaking truth to power (the present establishment) is an event so rare, it boggles the mind. NM's rise (and thatof the BJP and RSS in general) has that one element strongly backing them - a leadership unapologetic about its Indic roots. <snip> P...
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 02:27
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

arindam ji, AAP crowds are not analysts or historians. They too are people enchanted by ideas presented in a simple way - anti-establishment, anti-corruption, and building up Arvind Kejriwal as the deliverer of that vision, and channelizer of that anger. AAP has used the anger against the establish...
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 01:10
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Folks - this is just my anecdotal experience, so YMMW. My best experience with converting people to NaMo is with the line that a vote for NaMo is a vote for stability and growth, and every vote against him will increase instability. Point out that voting AAP simply means that they are increasing in...
by arindam
30 Dec 2013 00:54
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Whats yours? Data is clear, AAP took 6 times as many Congi votes as BJP in Delhi. All survey (and anecdotal) evidence suggests a big chunk of AAP voters prefer NaMo at center. Janta gives decisive mandates. Maybe AAP is a Lok Sabha force in 2019 and works differently, but not in 2014. So Congress i...
by arindam
29 Dec 2013 23:47
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

People like me who are shivering in my dhotis know that AAP will not win any substantial number of seats. They may at best win 10 seats. But those are seats which Namo would have won if not for them. They will get exposed eventually and the party will die or merge with the congress but before doing...
by arindam
29 Dec 2013 22:29
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

folks, no need to increase BP or dhoti shiver. Trust NaMo. He is where he is for a reason. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” - Helen Kellar. :) This blog is tracking day to day performance of aam-admi-party : AAP Chronicles Delhi Jal Board Chief transferred by Arvind Kejriwal for ...
by arindam
28 Dec 2013 19:44
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Modi to hold huge rally in Kolkata With a view to strike it big in the 2014 general elections in West Bengal, the BJP has decided to bring its star campaigner and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to hold a massive rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. Modi would hold a rally at Brigade...
by arindam
15 Dec 2013 22:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Delhi Case Follow-up thread
Replies: 1287
Views: 138187

Re: Delhi Case Follow-up thread

Everything's wrong with Delhi Police. Two other rape cases on Dec 16 that were never reported Almost three hours after the Delhi Police got to know of the brutal assault on the 16/12 gang rape case victim and her male friend, they were also informed of another gang rape of a woman in a moving bus in...
by arindam
15 Dec 2013 13:19
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Saurav Ganguly has declined BJP ticket. OK, his decision. I respect it. BUt sala, yeah, did expect more from the man who was never too shy to wear his thoughts on his sleeve. Even I expected him to accept but I had my doubts. It's one thing wearing his thoughts on his sleeve in the cricket field an...
by arindam
15 Dec 2013 01:28
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Just be willing to prove that BJP is not a bunch of right wing nut jobs who will ban alcohol, shutdown clubs or beat up couples on Valentine's Day. Just how many people do you know beaten up by the BJP for any reason? A colleague of mine was heckled by BJP workers who was out with his girlfriend(wi...
by arindam
14 Dec 2013 18:56
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Not sure true or false. Modi offered Ganguly(dada) to be Sports Minister if BJP comes to power. http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/530119/20131214/sourav-ganguly-bjp-narendra-modi-sports-minister.htm http://www.indianexpress.com/news/modi-offers-sourav-ganguly-ls-poll-ticket-assures-sports-ministry-i...
by arindam
08 Dec 2013 21:39
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Mods, can we please have a separate thread for tracking the hollow AAP-Tards promises and their anti-national antics like Batla House, Kashmir etc. It would be good source of reference till 2014. The writings on the wall, <35 or the 'youth' are being taken for a ride by the Arab Spring financiers. ...
by arindam
08 Dec 2013 21:04
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 2037785

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Mods, can we please have a separate thread for tracking the hollow AAP-Tards promises and their anti-national antics like Batla House, Kashmir etc. It would be good source of reference till 2014. The writings on the wall, <35 or the 'youth' are being taken for a ride by the Arab Spring financiers.
by arindam
01 Oct 2013 23:25
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

what does this US stooge mean by "people like" ? http://i.imgur.com/BRlTJJx.jpg As expected declined to resign despite the humiliation. He, truly, is an anatomical outlier. Thinking out loud but it really gives a creep when PM in his official capacity issues press statement with such a lo...
by arindam
29 Sep 2013 15:53
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

+1 gakakkad Having watched almost all of Modi's speeches available in utube, I always had this feeling that BRF and Modi is in synch. :) Kudos to all the contributors and BRF as a whole. Pranaam to all the garus.. :) Selling poverty? He does get material from the Internet Hindus :-) a lot of his ide...
by arindam
28 Sep 2013 09:32
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

http://i.imgur.com/AJZGVAL.png If Namo is so busy touching Advani's feet that he cannot crack the whip and put his house in order, then that can be legitimately held against him. Reverence for elder is an age old Bharatiya custom. Equating that to imagined inaction from anyone's part, speaks volume...
by arindam
25 Sep 2013 17:29
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

A new Idea of India from NitiCentral. A new idea of India Lord Meghnad Desai has at last come round. It is interesting to see him discuss and endorse the need to offer space to an alternate idea of India. In fact, he is getting around to the view that there are other ideas of India and a challenge t...
by arindam
24 Sep 2013 21:51
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

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BJP has opposed the ordinance and Akhilesh is busy blaming others.

BJP slams government over ordinance on convicted lawmakers: Will oppose such a step, govt should explain its hurry

Akhilesh Yadav to CNN-IBN: All the riots that have happened in UP are done by the BJP and BSP.
by arindam
23 Sep 2013 10:24
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

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Chiddu with "mine is bigger" statistics and lots of garbage. MSM is going gaga over this. :evil: If there was a golden period of growth, it was the five year period under UPA 1 : Finance Minister Chidambaram The two worst years since the turn of the century were 2000-01 (4.3%) and 2002-03(...
by arindam
21 Sep 2013 15:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Aug 21, 2013
Replies: 2841
Views: 284976

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Aug 21, 2013

Found this in FB, quite few of them are popular twitter feeds collected by various sites. "PMLn >>>> , (N)asty League has taken 660bln loan from IMF in just 100 days, they are record breaker of PPP , who took 550bln in 60 months...talk about "Fast & Furious 6" as this is 6th time ...
by arindam
14 Sep 2013 17:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Delhi Case Follow-up thread
Replies: 1287
Views: 138187

Re: Delhi Case Follow-up thread

^^ Law is blind and Indian criminal justice system is lethargic too! :) Another long article, worth reading in entirety. A few nuggets from there. India's willing executioners No doubt, these men are guilty of various crimes, but mostly they have been awarded the death penalty because J died. Becaus...
by arindam
14 Sep 2013 15:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Delhi Case Follow-up thread
Replies: 1287
Views: 138187

Re: Delhi Case Follow-up thread

While we all wish for the death of the rapists/criminals, the article in Hindu below provides some contrary view. Crimes death cant wish away In 1988, Paramount Pictures released a powerful, moving courtroom drama based on the trial, held five years earlier, for the brutal gang rape of an American w...
by arindam
01 Jul 2013 02:16
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Discussion on Indian Epics, Texts, Treatises & Kathas
Replies: 4574
Views: 526318

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

Rules are complicated. Am not sure how it works. The rules explained in depth. http://kreedaakaushalya.blogspot.in/2009/06/how-to-play-pagade.html Pagade is the national board game of India. This race game is known by numerous names in different part of the vast country. It is called as Pagade (Kan...
by arindam
19 Jun 2013 18:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
Replies: 8372
Views: 1066924

Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth

Not sure where to post, but isn't the similarity a bit uncanny? A character from Malayalum folklore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naranath_Bhranthan The most famous facet of Naranath Branthan's life is his apparently eccentric habit of rolling big stones up the hill and letting them roll down back ...
by arindam
08 May 2013 09:23
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4009588

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/i-am-narendra-modi-s-wife Found this article to be hidden away in "Assembly election 2012" thread. It is from 2009 and as per the article, Modi is an authoritarian, patriarch demon, who has kept his own wife in house arrest. Well, that is what...
by arindam
30 Dec 2012 08:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Solutions to Making India a Safer Place
Replies: 627
Views: 59511

Re: Solutions to Making India a Safer Place

It is high time the intellectuals of our country takes a reality check and give a thought or two on gender equality/inequality! Their absence of comment on this glaringly visible disparity is quite conspicuous. It is also the responsibility of media to highlight this thought and build a national con...
by arindam
30 Dec 2012 08:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Delhi Rape Victim Dies-Express your outrage.
Replies: 980
Views: 93443

Re: Delhi Rape Victim Dies-Express your outrage.

It is high time the intellectuals of our country takes a reality check and give a thought or two on gender equality! Their absence of comment on this glaringly visible disparity is quite conspicuous. It is also the responsibility of media to highlight this thought and build a national consensus thro...
by arindam
29 Aug 2010 01:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: People's Republic of China Nov 22, 2009
Replies: 3245
Views: 563629

Re: People's Republic of China Nov 22, 2009

This is in today's TOI.... Beijing removed Indian maps from Expo, back in July Beijing's refusal to give a visa to an Army general because he commanded troops in J&K may have hurt relations but China betrayed signs it was hardening its approach to India in July . That was when officers of China'...
by arindam
28 Aug 2010 03:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: People's Republic of China Nov 22, 2009
Replies: 3245
Views: 563629

Re: People's Republic of China Nov 22, 2009

X-posting from china military watch... Tit for tat...... Visa row: India reads out riot act to Chinese envoy http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Visa-row-India-reads-out-riot-act-to-Chinese-envoy/articleshow/6447854.cms India summoned the Chinese ambassador on Friday and has refused to allow vi...