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by Dumal
05 Feb 2024 18:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773225

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

On the point of Sanskrit, IMO, we should resist the temptation to give any undue role for it as a language. It has an incredibly complicated grammar that will at best make it accessible only to highly educated circles. Even the phonetics will make it hard for less trained tongues, let alone the gram...
by Dumal
27 Sep 2023 14:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406671

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Brantford Police Service, says officers are looking into the report of the offensive billboard What? :shock: What do they have to investigate? What's so offensive? I thought freedom of expression was supreme in Canadastan! :roll: They didn't flinch when a tableau of an elected Indian PM's assassina...
by Dumal
23 Sep 2023 12:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406671

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

and here is the amriki "friend" weighing in, and exactly whose "friend" the amrkis are has always been a matter of futile debate Deeply concerned about allegations raised by PM Trudeau against India: Antony Blinken The quote shown does not include this but Blinken also used the ...
by Dumal
21 Sep 2023 12:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406671

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

India Suspends visa to Canadians. Also , Cananda would likely reciprocate in a few hours. That may be what we wanted to happen. And to induce that, we may have had to suspend our services first! :) I wonder if the visa season for the incoming fall season is already almost over. Otherwise, that woul...
by Dumal
04 Sep 2023 11:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543223

Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions

Vikram soft-landed again! https://twitter.com/isro/status/1698570 ... 5l6mg&s=19

Did we know this was planned? Wow! What a nice surprise. :D :D :D
by Dumal
04 Sep 2023 11:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773225

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

The Stalin sicon is a Cristian. He declared his faith last year. The father and son duo can perhaps target this lady first in their grand plan to destory Sanatana Dharma . I am not sure if they see sanatana dharma and the practice of today's Hinduism together and as integral to each other. I think,...
by Dumal
02 Sep 2023 19:18
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Aditya-L1 (आदित्य -L1): Launch and Discussions
Replies: 119
Views: 31564

Re: Aditya-L1 (आदित्य -L1): Launch and Discussions

Did anyone notice what looked like a sonic boom within seconds of liftoff. The vapour cone or what looked more like a ring was visible and I thought I heard some booms at the same time as well. If it was a sonic boom, is it common with these type of launches or was it anything special today due to t...
by Dumal
31 Jul 2023 19:28
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4767
Views: 1447625

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

Ashokk wrote: 31 Jul 2023 18:23 Video
8) Interesting. Looks like it only picks up stuff from within a foot of the tracks. Perhaps something more can be done in a future iteration
by Dumal
31 Jul 2023 17:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4767
Views: 1447625

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

How clean are the railway facilities overall? What about the tracks? Have they cleaned up the garbage and litter? or is it still pervasive and people still litter and leave garbage out on the tracks? On this point, unfortunately there has been no change and litter only continues to pile up more and...
by Dumal
31 Mar 2023 10:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773225

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

Still doesn't add up quite! Does that mean the govts there can tell the courts how to interpret the laws, that too differentially? That just defeats the purpose. In India govt appoints CEC but that doesn't mean the CEC is not independent! ^ Part of the reason is that many countries (Germany in this ...
by Dumal
09 Feb 2023 17:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119212

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Vadivel wrote: I acted :rotfl: :rotfl:
Nice one! :wink: :wink:
by Dumal
10 Jan 2023 07:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119212

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Apparently they have $9B of pledges. Everyone is celebrating https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-chief-calls-massive-investments-pakistan-recovery-2023-01-09/ Donors exceed Pakistan goal with pledge of more than $9 bln for flood recovery There's the high! Wait for the low... In 3 months t...
by Dumal
25 Sep 2022 21:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1287
Views: 318643

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

My take is even if there is a power grab, CCP will have managed it such that, for example Xi is kept on a tight leash but basically faking it as the supreme leader for another year or so, and when most of the world loses interest in it, quietly give way to a new leader under the garb of ill-health e...
by Dumal
02 Jul 2022 15:03
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Bharat Rakshak Celebrates 25 Years!
Replies: 75
Views: 66503

Re: Bharat Rakshak Celebrates 25 Years!

The positives that BRF has brought on, for which I am thankful, aside, I just hate seeing the vitriol, knee-jerk reactions, short-sighted rants for the 24, 48, 72 hrs, and sometimes into weeks everytime something terrible happens - a bad election result, a Pulwama-like setback, Udaipur, etc. As some...
by Dumal
01 Jul 2022 17:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

https://twitter.com/Iyervval/status/1542786398779887618?s=20&t=9H2nfc-sepBPUDt6SPIiPw Guess who elevated Suryakant to the Supreme Court? Our divine prime minister Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Kalki Bhagawan in 2018, despite serious charges of tax evasion & corruption. So much for na khaoonga na “kha...
by Dumal
03 Mar 2022 17:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3954
Views: 707251

Re: Indian Education System

Folks, please see below a thread of tweets I https://twitter.com/Dumal48726499?t=Oi5_mxoq9HzUayZEtNKqOw&s=09 put out regarding the conflict in date that IISc, for their KVPY exam, and CMI for their entrance exam, have picked. Both exams can potentially lead school students to pursue a small numb...
by Dumal
19 Nov 2021 18:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Read on twitter PM Modi saying "whatever I did was for the farmers. What I am doing is for the country". If this was indeed stated as such, clearly there must have been conditions much worse than just the continuing protests that forced his hands.
by Dumal
19 Nov 2021 15:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

I think there is China angle to reduce internal friction. Moreover there is possibility of more disturbances. We got preview in Maharashtra. Maybe. Kartarpur corridor opening, farm law repeal,etc. Could be majorly about Punjab election politics and peripheraly the UP election. Could this see Amarin...
by Dumal
18 Nov 2021 17:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Werent they demanding MSP for the stubble itself? So government collects from each field and they get money for it? There have been some machinary designed to yank out the stubble and buying these is one of the solutions. The question is farmers, especially the smaller ones don't want to or can't i...
by Dumal
18 Nov 2021 16:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

stubble burning Not an expert at this, but having had similar doubts, the clarity I got from reading about the details are this: It is not about the straw. As much of the "stem" that can be sliced down by their harvesting machines will be cut off and removed from the fields alongwith the ...
by Dumal
09 Nov 2021 21:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 771459

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

1FIh9n8iMOg Worst example of candle kissing wokeism. Most Dangerous ''businessmen" who under the garb of 'doing business for mutual benefits' advocates. .... .... This Marwari businessmen has visited Pakistan 14 times, and for someone who is Mumbai based is using typical urdu words more comfor...
by Dumal
15 Sep 2021 20:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

I hope he doesn't mean that women should be employed to prop up old men like Gandhi was then. Women as cabinet ministers of defence, finance, etc and the largest number of women ministers now vs the lone dynastic women PM then... That is progress not the other way around! there seems to be no end to...
by Dumal
15 Mar 2021 20:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707363

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Got Covaxin today in Chennai at Omandurar Hospital Med College. None of the private hospitals or the smaller Corporation Health centers had Covaxin. They only have Covishield. Only the larger GH's have the option for getting Covaxin in Chennai, apparently. The process was quite straightforward and e...
by Dumal
24 Feb 2021 10:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
Replies: 1447
Views: 304772

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

Over in TN/Pondicherry, the elections are expected to be announced next week and held by the end of April. This month saw a ton of action. Two Pondy MLAs of INC quit and talk of joining BJP. A few more quit as well and the CM/cabinet had to resign. An old breakaway faction from the INC, NRC is part ...
by Dumal
24 Feb 2021 07:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

It is beyond doubt there are foreign governments ,intelligence agencies and islamic terror groups behind them but yet the US govt seems perfectly ok with them operating out of their country. One should always remember 26/11 Re. The latest from current US dispensation not just tolerating but really ...
by Dumal
20 Feb 2021 18:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2783176

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Actually, an old member of BRF, Mr. Rahul Mehta has proposed a legislation for this: https://bit.ly/37OwOGb (google drive pdf link) Still reading the doc but a couple of points of disagreement. ... I mean do we really need to discuss why this is such a bad idea? Voting through SMS or an app? or wor...
by Dumal
17 Feb 2021 00:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

In Pondicherry, INC with the the outside support of DMK has been in power over the past 4+ yrs but has been a massive struggle for the ruling disposition to make a ton of money and do all the usual shenanigans due to the presence of Kiran Bedi who maintained a tight hold on the day to day governance...
by Dumal
13 Feb 2021 21:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

#islam Tamil Nadu: Political party behind beef fests issues threats to Marwari community for funding BJP, asks them to leave the state https://www.opindia.com/2021/02/marwari-community-threatened-in-tamil-nadu-asked-to-leave-the-state/ ... According to the reports, the pamphlet issued by a Tiruchi ...
by Dumal
13 Feb 2021 15:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406671

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Regarding the lack of punishment against the perpetrators of that, most vile and dastardly bombing of Air India, the Canadian Justice System dropped the ball, big time. Not the government, but the justice system, as it is a completely independent body in our system of government. I may be wrong but...
by Dumal
10 Feb 2021 19:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472953

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Yagnasri wrote:10. All of the above.

The attacks are Koo are yet to start. It is only start.
Probably already started... https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/135 ... 35808?s=19
by Dumal
02 Feb 2021 12:03
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: India Budget 2021 News and Discussion
Replies: 89
Views: 17293

Re: India Budget 2021 News and Discussion

Hmm, this is going to get a lot of brickbats, including from moi... Budget 2021: Political hot potato Employees Provident Fund now taxable - TNIE NEW DELHI: Hidden in the fine print of the budget is a shocker for salaried people – interest on employees contribution to provident fund beyond Rs 2.5 l...
by Dumal
16 Jan 2021 21:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

Agree with the scenarios you are painting. If the BIF ecosystem thrives because of the political system, the "secular" constitutional and judicial cover and the support from the divisive local and regional politicians, isn't the way to defend against them consist of reducing the space for ...
by Dumal
16 Jan 2021 18:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

I almost wish that there was a Vito Corleone like move that BJP can make to give an offer that DMK can't refuse and the two ally, leaving out INC and the commies et al. BJP will bring 3% to DMK and take away 25% minority votes. Why would DMK take any offer from BJP? Of course! It can't make sense b...
by Dumal
16 Jan 2021 13:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

what next BJP should ally with TMC, ideologically INC DMK TMC CPI M go together. It is better to loose elections than to have anything with DMK. If you see down the level, DMK cadre is Christians(Chruches in TN are with INC) + Muslim + Rationalists Hindu haters, AIDMK core is more Hindu and identif...
by Dumal
15 Jan 2021 22:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

The headwinds are clearly on ADMK and it would require a miracle to get re-elected. I almost wish that there was a Vito Corleone like move that BJP can make to give an offer that DMK can't refuse and the two ally, leaving out INC and the commies et al. That way DMK's rule can be under a short leash...
by Dumal
15 Jan 2021 16:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

Dumal Can you guesstimate the % voteshares of these groups? So, this coming election may be very tricky for BJP to manoeuvre and come out with some positives. On the ADMK side, there is the threat of confusion due to Sasikala and family getting active and also partisan sabotage by Ramadoss and fami...
by Dumal
14 Jan 2021 17:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454240

Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread

How is TN BJP doing? I don't follow BJP or for that matter any of the political parties in depth. So this is only based on superficial observations. I think the new local leaders like Murugan, Annamalai and others have been very effective and vocal without making any faux pas that was very common w...
by Dumal
02 Sep 2020 16:28
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524137

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

India will gain nothing from its border aggression ... China has reiterated that both sides should respect the Line of Actual Control and solve their border dispute through talks... China has also made it clear that the border dispute should not have a negative impact on the engagement between the ...
by Dumal
29 Jul 2020 13:01
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524137

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

How the army taught the Chinese a lesson But the writer and editors should exercise extra care in getting the names right. In addition, I found it appalling that the writer implies that the soldiers have a right to take videos and freely share those with the world and that the evil government tramp...
by Dumal
29 Jul 2020 12:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3299
Views: 552996

Re: Iran News and Discussions

If the timing of the BM launches was intentionally related to the stopover of our Rafales, it could have been instigated by China to show that they have allies that can play a role. A very simple and straightforward message? Interesting moves, if that was the case!