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- 28 Jun 2016 12:55
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 619773
Re: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
^^ The Chinese would have hosed off all technology by now through a variety of ways if they owned these companies.
- 26 Jun 2016 20:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II
- Replies: 4037
- Views: 493798
Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II
thirty years ago we were ahead of PRC in most economic measures. Anyway, quite an achievement to have our backsides handed to us 50 years ago by a country that was "behind us in most economic measures" That was due to Nehru's juvenile delusions, and not any particular superiority of Chine...
- 26 Jun 2016 17:06
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Artillery: News & Discussion
- Replies: 4811
- Views: 1332332
Re: Artillery Discussion Thread
I think helicopter lift of the M 777 will be useful for quick deployment or rearranging their deployment when the situation is tense and breakout of hostilities is imminent, but shots have not been fired yet. They can also be quickly dropped a distance behind our troops to give them fire support wit...
- 25 Jun 2016 11:53
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 619773
Re: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
By the way, with respect to India and China, I think the Anglo-Americans are up to their old tricks. I think they want to engineer war between both countries as a way of eliminating them as rivals to the West. That's why there must not be any compromise regarding CISMOA. If that is the case., then ...
- 23 Jun 2016 07:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Interests (09-08-2014)
- Replies: 661
- Views: 105344
Re: Indian Interests (09-08-2014)
This is the nonsense the above article is peddling: "The idea that people have some rights just because they are human, and entirely irrespective of merit, certainly isn’t derived from observation of the world. It arose out of Christianity, no matter how much." How can human rights be crea...
- 17 Jun 2016 18:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Re: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 416
- Views: 66534
Re: J&K News and Discussion-2015
^^^ This logic needs to be extended further. If Hindus have to survive long-term, Bangladesh and Pakistan need to be captured again and full transfer of population done -- the unfinished agenda of partition. Short of a civil war inside India (that will be a reality in another 50 years), this is the ...
- 07 May 2016 19:55
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4780
- Views: 1519940
Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Yes. They get side seats - one each.
- 07 May 2016 19:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4780
- Views: 1519940
Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
If RAC is not confirmed, then you get a seat, not a berth.saip wrote:Then I found out the meaning of RAC (reserved against cancellation0. Railways sell two tickets for each berth against this quota. In our compartment 10 tickets were issued against 5 berths most of them to Delhi.
- 05 May 2016 14:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6210
- Views: 1752651
Re: Internal Security Watch
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/nonviolent-movement-stifled-in-bastar-bela-bhatia/article8511377.ece Looks like the more atrocious the accusation, the more likely the Chindu will print it The rapes have been systematically organised. The security forces in large numbers enter the ...
- 29 Apr 2016 10:09
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4780
- Views: 1519940
Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Yes, it is, which is why IR is moving away from slip coaches where possible. Shunting and assembling coaches in a 24 coach rake with passengers inside is a very time consuming process, and most junctions are busy enough to not have the spare track capacity for all this shunting. This is where perha...
- 08 Apr 2016 19:42
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765896
Re: Indian Education System
The article says it is annual fee
- 07 Apr 2016 19:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Re: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 416
- Views: 66534
Re: J&K News and Discussion-2015
Just finished reading an excellent book - A Long Dream of Home (The Persecution, Exodus and Exile of Kashmiri Pandits) by Siddhartha Gigoo & Varad Sharma Eye opening (for me) first person accounts of what the Kashmiri Pandit population experienced. A must read! Bought it after your recommendati...
- 07 Apr 2016 16:19
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765896
Re: Indian Education System
One more EJ route are ICSE schools. We shouldn't have two national boards. The govt has no control over ICSE syllabus. The two boards should be merged. The popularity of ICSE among schools is dropping like a brick. Dozens of schools each year drop ICSE for CBSE or opt for international boards. CBSE...
- 30 Mar 2016 20:33
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 4035
- Views: 705690
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
I am open to export Tejas, BrahMos & Akash: Parrikar
http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/ind ... s-1.956493
http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/ind ... s-1.956493
- 30 Mar 2016 13:39
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765896
Re: Indian Education System
@Raja ram-ji, There are several other Dharmic groups that are expanding their footprint in education. All Hindu spiritual leaders from Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji to Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev to Mata Amritanandamayi have elaborate school systems to universities (in case of Sri Sri and Mata Amritanandamayi)....
- 26 Mar 2016 20:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6210
- Views: 1752651
Re: Internal Security Watch
Allahabad: Tutor kills Hindu student after he refuses to join ISIS
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/c ... -isis.html
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/c ... -isis.html
- 23 Mar 2016 23:39
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 4035
- Views: 705690
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
Khalsa, I agree , if indeed this officer was assassinated then God help us. Actually God helps those who helps themselves. I am shocked to see this. What a fine officer - Sword of Honour, Gunnery course dagger, DSSC and now this ? I think we all must do something about this. Perhaps write to the PM...
- 21 Mar 2016 20:42
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 4035
- Views: 705690
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
LCA Tejas 'missed' target during Iron Fist 2016, says IAF official
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/lca-t ... 19386.html
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/lca-t ... 19386.html
- 20 Mar 2016 18:33
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 4035
- Views: 705690
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
IAF should stop cribbing about LCA Tejas
The fighter aircraft may not be the best, but is the best we can afford.
http://www.dailyo.in/politics/tejas-i-l ... /9604.html
The fighter aircraft may not be the best, but is the best we can afford.
http://www.dailyo.in/politics/tejas-i-l ... /9604.html
- 14 Mar 2016 07:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 529360
Re: Indian Foreign Policy
She is confusing internal democracy with external foreign policy. And too many metaphors and allusions. What does she really want to say? It's just woolly headed verbiage in the mould of Nehru, and even after reading a 1000 words essay, one is never sure what the goofball was trying to say. These a...
- 22 Nov 2015 10:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Re: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 416
- Views: 66534
Re: J&K News and Discussion-2015
The curse of Nehru on India.Government of India due to political rivalry between the then Prime Minister of India and the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir State, did not send army though at that time the Indian Army was stationed at Jhanghar which was at a distance of only 20 miles from Mirpur
- 15 Nov 2015 20:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Re: The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc)
- Replies: 795
- Views: 93373
Re: Terrorist Attack in Paris
Sleeping gas is too slow. Powerful nerve agents have issues as moscow theater showed. Omon unit went in and killed the women suicide bombers sitting among hostages with head shots but the nerve gas went feral to the cluck clucking of the west at backward russia They forgot to switch off the gas aft...
- 27 Oct 2015 20:48
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 4035
- Views: 705690
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
India Offers Lanka LCA Tejas To Counter Pakistan’s JF-17 India has offered to Sri Lanka its Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to counter Pakistan’s earlier bid to sell to the island nation its JF-17 fighters developed in collaboration with China, the Colombo-based Sunday Observer says. https://ww...
- 12 Oct 2015 07:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Saudi Arabia and its impact on Indian security
- Replies: 499
- Views: 105702
Re: Saudi Arabia and its impact on Indian security
This lady whose arm was cut went to Saudi only three months back to work as maidhabal wrote:those are maids who went a long time back. Since past few years single women are not given emigration clearance to ME for non white coller/nursing visa.
- 11 Oct 2015 20:09
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: States News and Discussions
- Replies: 1154
- Views: 266569
Re: States News and Discussions
Came across an interesting blog by an amateur historian with an interesting article on W.Bengal. How did Bengal Lose its Pole Position in India? Never went into depths of why my home state ended up so badly. Insightful. The analysis doesn't hold. Bengal was still among the most industrialized and d...
- 11 Oct 2015 12:49
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 3979
- Views: 530412
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
The LCA is a direct descendant of the Folland Gnat by way of the MiG-21. A MiG-21 replacement, to be smaller than even the MiG-21 (as Gnat replacement was the original plan of the IAF which became the LCA program) but with capabilities picked up from the IAF experience of the MiG-29 (AI radar+ BVR+...
- 10 Oct 2015 08:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Saudi Arabia and its impact on Indian security
- Replies: 499
- Views: 105702
Re: Saudi Arabia and its impact on Indian security
This trend of our women going to Middle East to do menial jobs has to end -- no nurses, no maids, no baby sitters
- 07 Oct 2015 20:08
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 3979
- Views: 530412
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
He is plain dead wrong. LCA is a replacement to Mig-21 genre of aircraft which are also short legged. No one is saying LCA is a Rafale replacement. He is misusing his position as an aerospace expert to spin nonsense. Only Indians can blabber such nonsense about indigenous defence products in foreig...
- 23 Sep 2015 07:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
- Replies: 1747
- Views: 406232
Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
^^ The reason is that Nepali politicians don't fear India. While the carrot is there, the stick is missing. In addition, India has already given so many freedoms to Nepalis in India, they think India has no further advantage to offer them. They are openly contemptuous of India because of this. There...
- 22 Sep 2015 08:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
- Replies: 4147
- Views: 872003
Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-20
^^ I am beginning to understand why so many controls were imposed on women by Hindus during Muslim rule despite this being the land of Khajuraho.
- 21 Sep 2015 21:47
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765896
Re: Indian Education System
^^^ Restricting supply is an old Babu trick to increase the importance of their jobs. AICTCE should just set minimum standards, and leave the rest to market forces.
- 20 Sep 2015 19:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 347393
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,
Another desi enamored by paki hospitality http://www.dawn.com/news/1208023/arriving-in-pakistan-on-august-15-an-indian-recounts-his-visit The guy is an idiot, drawing conclusions about the entire society from trivial personal encounters. With a smile of the immigration lady in black hijab, his perc...
- 20 Sep 2015 17:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6210
- Views: 1752651
Re: Internal Security Watch
These NGOs are created to create revolution inside India. All the anti India secular groups were nurtured in West for the last 40 years and they have put the seeds in these NGOs so that they can carryout the agenda. This revolution was planned for a long time and social changes were monitored for t...
- 22 Aug 2015 19:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Re: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 416
- Views: 66534
Re: J&K News and Discussion-2015
Islamists see this kind of talk as weakness and mark these type of people as a low-hanging fruit for conquest.SSridhar wrote:Commenting on the talks, Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, who was appointed advisor to Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed, said: “Under any circumstances, it is better to talk than fight.”[/url]
- 16 Aug 2015 17:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10, 2015
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 347884
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10,
^^^ Jihadis in Pakistan can be paid by Indian intelligence to bump off inconvenient politicians / bureaucrats / undesirables. It is a good strategy if Doval considers it. Jihadis can do anything for money.
- 12 Aug 2015 21:45
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
- Replies: 1820
- Views: 568661
Re: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
Is there any sense in not considering buying a reliable and affordable piece of firang eqpt. which can easily be supported at home,that comes in far cheaper than a desi product? The whole money paid for buying "expensive" home-grown products circulates in the Indian economy, not in the ec...
- 05 Aug 2015 23:36
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
- Replies: 1820
- Views: 568661
Re: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
In contrast, this is how the navy does it: Indian Navy Chalks Out 15-Year Plan for Indigenisation Aiming for total indigenisation, the Indian Navy on Monday released a plan that includes list of equipment to be made in the country in the next 15 years. It takes into account the Maritime Perspective ...
- 05 Aug 2015 21:14
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
- Replies: 1820
- Views: 568661
Re: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
Modi needs to crack the whip on generals and discipline them. They are being absolutely facetious and frivolous with their juvenile wish lists and deliberate shifting of goal posts to ensure an Indian tank never materializes. The seriousness expected from the army in these kind of matters is totally...
- 05 Aug 2015 20:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Achievement Tracking - Modi 2.0 Govt - No Discussions
- Replies: 1313
- Views: 738845
Re: Achievement tracking - Modi Govt. No discussions
India received $19.78 billion FDI from nations visited by Narendra Modi in FY15
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... aign=cppst
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... aign=cppst
- 01 Aug 2015 14:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attack
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 132435
Re: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attac
Thanks for the translations folks - the problem line was this one Yeh sulah ki shakal ko sanvarate rahe, jeetane ke baad baazi harte rahe "They kept grooming the appearance of reconciliation, and kept losing the game even after victory" Sulah = reconciliation, arrive at a mutual understan...