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by Bart S
20 May 2023 23:11
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8412
Views: 2876117

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Finshots has a good take (fairly neutral) on the LRS tax deduction: https://finshots.in/archive/understanding-tcs-on-credit-card-transactions/ The Ken (which mainly covers tech business/venture cap/startup industries and has a fair following among those in that space), had this interesting take/in t...
by Bart S
20 May 2023 22:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185038

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Apparently the Pakis tried to put together a toolkit, that then got leaked, and basically consists of a long rant rife with pinglish language spelling and grammar. :lol: From Gaurav Arya; please share this widely per his request towards the end of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6KQFrGeW...
by Bart S
20 May 2023 16:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India's G20 Presidency 2023
Replies: 193
Views: 43110

Re: India's G20 Presidency 2023

Good news, China and TSP to "boycott" G20 meetings at J&K - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/19/china-to-boycott-g20-meeting-in-kashmir TSP is not part of the G20 and IIRC not even in the list of 40 largest economies, let alone 20. So where does the question of them boycotting it...
by Bart S
20 May 2023 03:15
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8412
Views: 2876117

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Guess it was a warning shot across the bows @ANI 7:09 PM · May 19, 2023 Any payments by an individual using their international Debit or Credit cards upto Rs 7 lakhs per financial year will be excluded from the LRS limits and hence, will not attract any (TCS) Tax Collected at Source: Govt of India ...
by Bart S
20 May 2023 03:04
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8412
Views: 2876117

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

It is virtually impossible to have an Indian credit card without a PAN card, which is also the identifier for tax returns (and having being linked to Aadhar, has been cleaned up significantly in terms of duplicate PANs etc). Also, the Income Tax authorities can easily track all credit card transacti...
by Bart S
19 May 2023 23:12
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8412
Views: 2876117

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

This notebandi is going to affect big black money transactions heavily. Holders of such large denomination notes who did not know about this in advance are going to be screwed. Nobody will accept their Rs2000 notes now. How will ISI harvest their narco-money? How will they bomb the upcoming G-20 Su...
by Bart S
19 May 2023 21:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2231423

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

What he said above was equally inane and patronizing and cleverly misrepresents things to make it all look like India's fault and paints the picture that India is an unreliable partner.
by Bart S
19 May 2023 20:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8412
Views: 2876117

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Demonetization! DeMo 2.0 from NaMo! Nothing of the sort is happening, just a routine phase-out of a particular currency note (one that the RBI has stopped printing a long time ago) and an exercise that RBI does from time to time. Modi Lands in Hiroshima! Drops Hiroshima Bomb on Opposition Netas! :r...
by Bart S
11 May 2023 23:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185038

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Looks like Laal Topi was on his way for Ghazwa-E-Hind when the Youthiyas dragged him out of his car and subjected him to Ghazwa-Behind :rotfl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXKekTABWQ
by Bart S
23 Apr 2023 13:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact
Replies: 482
Views: 113932

Re: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact

Just as a counterpoint: of the 5 who attained veer-gati in the Poonch terror attack, most were Sikhs. In at least 1 instance, the father attained Veer-gati in Kargil and his son, now in Poonch. The family gave their country their all. I saw videos of their families and none of them seem to be the l...
by Bart S
21 Apr 2023 17:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185038

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

There is no need to leave the SCO. We can simply rescind his invitation citing exceptional circumstances. State that we will not provide him any security or protocol. I think we recently rescinded the invitation to some low-level SCO delegation from Pakistan citing incorrect map of India or some suc...
by Bart S
21 Apr 2023 16:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185038

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Guys, please don't worry about junior Zardari. Let him crap all over India. Makes no difference. Use his crapping as an excuse to speak bilaterally with the clowns. Sorry, but this is pathetic, defeatist thinking. You are saying that you will invite your obnoxious neighbor to take a dump on your do...
by Bart S
12 Apr 2023 01:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4767
Views: 1447556

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

^Thanks, explanation makes sense.

I was just a bit surprised since MAS and CBE are fairly established metros whereas trains between somewhat less populated locations got 16-car trainsets. It's probably going to be a work in progress, with GOI and IR tweaking their rollout.
by Bart S
11 Apr 2023 22:15
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4767
Views: 1447556

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

Does anybody know why the MAS - CBE Vande Bharat is only an 8-car trainset vs the typical 16?
by Bart S
11 Apr 2023 20:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Something that is puzzling: white and Sikh girls groomed. But not Hindu girls? Are the social/ familial firewalls more effective? My guess is that the number of Sikhs in the same social strata as Pakis (thanks in no small measure due to concentration of Khalistanis, whose behavior and repressivenes...
by Bart S
03 Apr 2023 20:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

https://www.opindia.com/2023/04/pakistani-journalist-arzoo-kazmi-regrets-grandfathers-decision-to-migrate-from-india/ ‘Watt laga di dada ji’: Pakistani journalist Arzoo Kazmi regrets grandfather’s decision to migrate from India Gentle jirga members who can speak native Pashtun and pure Islamic Urdu...
by Bart S
28 Mar 2023 17:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

From - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/11/kashmir-tensions-spill-over-to-britain-pakistani-indian-communities Of the 1.1 million British Pakistanis, more than one million originate from the part of Kashmir governed by Pakistan. That is a mind boggling number - so Pak drove out PoK Kashmi...
by Bart S
28 Mar 2023 17:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

From - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/11/kashmir-tensions-spill-over-to-britain-pakistani-indian-communities Of the 1.1 million British Pakistanis, more than one million originate from the part of Kashmir governed by Pakistan. That is a mind boggling number - so Pak drove out PoK Kashmi...
by Bart S
26 Mar 2023 03:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Many of the Sikh rowdies have been identified as Indian citizens living in UK. While factually correct, this kind of labeling is not helpful, and plays into the Khalistani's own propaganda where they have usurped the entire Sikh identity and positioned themselves as representing all Sikhs. Please c...
by Bart S
24 Mar 2023 19:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773169

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

Looks like they polled exclusively woke/INC/anti-national crowd for that happiness index, in which case it is wholly accurate for that population, though wrongly attributed to the country as a whole.
by Bart S
24 Mar 2023 19:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Replies: 927
Views: 417043

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021

IDRW should be banned here just like the Paki forums.
by Bart S
23 Mar 2023 18:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773169

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rahul-gandhi-convicted-by-surat-court-for-why-all-thieves-modi-remark-in-2019-101679549902480.html Pappu is convicted in the defamation case now. A defamation case BTW is a criminal offense. Which means Pappu cannot hold elected office. Probably he knew it ...
by Bart S
23 Mar 2023 02:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact
Replies: 482
Views: 113932

Re: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact

Came across this link via Coupta's regurgitated video today. You can't get Khalistan through military movement: Jagat Singh Chouhan Jagjit Singh Chohan, self-styled president of the Khalistan government in exile, has for years been the most prominent international face of Sikh separatism. https://ww...
by Bart S
22 Mar 2023 14:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Good. Now shut down the British Council and any other organizations that go beyond the brief of diplomatic presence.
by Bart S
21 Mar 2023 21:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

I am sorry but I am naïve. What the issue with default? Default would be best for them (and hence not something that we want either) and their benefactors. The Paki army is against default because it means their gravy train drying up due to the inability to get easy loans and the financial reform m...
by Bart S
21 Mar 2023 03:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Time to leave the commonwealth.
by Bart S
20 Mar 2023 17:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Maintain strict reciprocity, withdraw any security given to the British diplomatic facilities that exceeds what is provided to the Indian facilities. I am sure that there are any number of issues that can legitimately be causes for protest against a murderous colonial power, in it's biggest erstwhil...
by Bart S
20 Mar 2023 16:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185038

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Moeed Pirzada fella used to work for PTV and Dunya news Apparently it is the Jernails who are against the true Khilafat in Pakistan PTI supporters have started talking openly this way. They are being emboldened because the rank and file of the Khakhis seem to be with them. Pak army does not tolerat...
by Bart S
20 Mar 2023 16:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

What ejjactly were the paquis thinking with their toes when they pissed off the Sauds? Like sardar khush hoga, sabahshi dega? Thinking? Inbreeding + Islam + Pakistan Studies + Entitled Feudal Mindset = powerful psychadelic that renders them incapable of any strategic thinking or execution. All that...
by Bart S
14 Mar 2023 15:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

^How is their GDP growing in US$ terms even as their currency has depreciated by a huge amount?
by Bart S
07 Mar 2023 16:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

sanjaykumar wrote:I did not know Benny was also thinking of youth bulges. Well….actually that’s all he thought about.
He did a 'Youth in Asia/Euthanasia' skit (as did a lot of other famous comedians but I can't find it on YouTube now.
by Bart S
07 Mar 2023 15:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185038

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqGTM9mVVu0

RSS- a fundamentalist, fascist organisation has captured all of India's institutions: Rahul Gandhi
Source of the Pakistanis narrative that they keep parroting.
by Bart S
07 Mar 2023 05:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

sanjaykumar wrote:The solution for Pakistan is youth in Asia.
Ah, good old Benny Hill :D
by Bart S
07 Mar 2023 01:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185038

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

^^^ here is one of her Podcasts apparently one of the ways elite families climb the social ladder is by getting their daughters married to a Gernails son. ex: Gen Bajwas daughter in law https://thenewsmen.co.in/world/mahnoor-sabir-gen-bajwas-daughterinlaw-became-a-billionaire-days-before-her-marria...
by Bart S
04 Mar 2023 20:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6203
Views: 1639270

Re: Internal Security Watch

Please stop posting fake news, rumors and bullshit on BRF, just because it is being spread by BIF type elements on social media. All of the videos and rumours being spread have been proven to be fake and there are no such attacks on migrant workers going on in TN. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...
by Bart S
04 Mar 2023 00:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Pakistan needs to first accept that they are the “ Conqured and not the Conquerers” Some occasional voices are realizing it and speaking out (example of Javed Chaudhry in the video below), but most of the population remains delusional and is kept that way by the feudal elites. https://twitter.com/a...
by Bart S
03 Mar 2023 23:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Cash-strapped Pakistan suffers a downgrade in debt rating from Moody's
Moody shud rejine
by Bart S
21 Feb 2023 19:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119119

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

This whole BS about instability in Pakistan being bad for India is just amplification of Paki RAPE blackmail. Sure, there will be some fallout on India, but it is really going to be worse than a strong Pakistan flush with western money and influence that we had to deal with all these years?