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by EswarPrakash
10 Mar 2022 15:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388515

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022

Pratyush wrote: Dilbu please help.
That will be a confusing anti-jinx there Pratyushji. It will be a jinx for the Dienasty which will be antithetical to anti-jinx for BJP.
by EswarPrakash
01 Jul 2021 12:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472915

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

@m_sainiji - We are probably going OT with the discussions on OSS. I am sure we can pick it up in a different thread. For the context of the thread, I wholeheartedly support going away from absolute and proven offenders like Google / Facebook / Twitter to alternatives such as DDG and Brave. The prim...
by EswarPrakash
01 Jul 2021 02:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472915

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Not that any of the above matters or prove anything but we should really be careful of thinking that any free product is ever truly free or cares about our privacy. Don't even want to go into details about DDG search engine but unless and until we have our own domestic Indian alternatives, privacy ...
by EswarPrakash
30 Jun 2021 19:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472915

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Issue is I missed the http s URL should be https://duckduckgo.com/ i tried before - http://www.duckduckgo.com redirection is triggering with out S(May be Redirection should happen if http got used, its not happened) Brave has a feature which forcefully takes from http to https. A tiny little featur...
by EswarPrakash
30 Jun 2021 18:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472915

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Guys, What is this duckduckgo.. :D I tried "www.duckduckgo.com" getting the below output "Your requested URL has been blocked as per the directions received from Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. Please contact administrator for more information. " Just mach...
by EswarPrakash
30 Jun 2021 12:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472915

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

I've been using DuckDuckGo for 3-4 years and it is 70% as good as google in terms of search results. Don't see as many ads as google though. Additionally, google search results, atleast the first page are all full of sponsored and heavily manipulated low quality pages. With duckduckgo, you can just...
by EswarPrakash
27 Apr 2021 20:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707246

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Sonugn wrote:
Please see below. You might need to call & check them individually.


https://ibb.co/dpJnQg3
Thank you!
by EswarPrakash
27 Apr 2021 20:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707246

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Brilliant app - Covrelief made by IITD Alumni which provides live tracking of vacant hospital beds in your city, oxygen availability, plasma, videos by renowned doctors, etc. https://covidrelief.glideapp.io/ Hope it helps Thank you! Great resource. Have shared it out to my folks in India. The perso...
by EswarPrakash
27 Apr 2021 12:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707246

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

I am not on Twitter, but one of my wife's cousins is down with COVID in Kochi. What would be the best way to see if I can arrange a hospital bed for her? I checked the COVID resource page, and don't see a way to do any searches.
by EswarPrakash
26 Apr 2021 16:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083617

Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2

^ Thanks for sharing your experience. I am assuming you're in a Massa university. Each one has to make a decision on their own, but if its possible, go ahead with your project anyway and refer to our Nyaya system. Force them to point out why they have a problem with it. The worst form of censorship...
by EswarPrakash
26 Apr 2021 13:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083617

Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2

1) Lets define "mainstream". If you need a pat on the back from Western Academia, forget it. It'll never come I can vouch for this. I was writing some assignment paper for Masters in the field of AI and was looking to refer to Nyaya sutras for establishing trust propagation and provenance...
by EswarPrakash
15 Apr 2021 13:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625659

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Paul wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHJvcjReFI

Dine and Dashing.....I thought this only happened in IIIrd world countries.
Seems endemic there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNlBNGwB6rk
by EswarPrakash
13 Apr 2021 12:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083617

Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2

EashwarPrakash: if you want the exact chronology of the oldest Sanskrit layers (which is Vedic Sanskrit) and work forward from there, please read Srikant Talageri's book. The best one would be "Rig Veda and Avesta: the final evidence". Its also available online. He has systematically clas...
by EswarPrakash
12 Apr 2021 22:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083617

Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2

There must've definitely been a proto-Sanskrit, which would have been close to PIE, since India is the Indo-European homeland. Panini comes much later. He recognized various dialects of Sanskrit, Prakrit etc and codified their grammar EaswarPrakashji, there is no half-Sanskrit ... Vedic Sanskrit pr...
by EswarPrakash
12 Apr 2021 14:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083617

Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2

3) This is key: the Sumerian texts for musical instruments (that have been borrowed from Sanskrit), are attested to have a date of circa 2600 BCE. Sumerian language itself died out around 1800 - 2000 BCE. So, this means that Sanskrit itself is older than 2000 BCE and quite possibly older than 2600 ...
by EswarPrakash
15 Feb 2021 01:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782740

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

darshan wrote:
Couldn't be more relevant as an answer to the kind of defeatist attitude displayed in the post right before this.
by EswarPrakash
10 Jan 2021 15:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472915

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

OK...checked out Tooter. I am not on Twitter (don't have an account...don't plan on creating one) and follow selected people (<10) in offline/not logged in mode and it seems like that can't happen @Tooter. As of now, it is a no-go as a platform for me. Perhaps in future, they will introduce feature...
by EswarPrakash
02 Jun 2020 23:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079436

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

https://twitter.com/SqueaksMedia Squeaks @SqueaksMedia Official Twitter Account of Squeaks Media. Squeaks: Powerpacked Integrated Social Media. (For help on how to use the product: @SqueaksHelp ) India Flag of Indiasqueaks.inJoined April 2020 Would be interesting to know where they host their servi...
by EswarPrakash
14 Jan 2020 22:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079436

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

sir he has already issued a retraction / clarification. https://twitter.com/MicrosoftIndia/status/1216790874639589376 he mentioned that every country has a right to define its immigration policies. Looks like buzzfeed tried to spin it as something else. Half hearted, assinine and heavily retracted....
by EswarPrakash
26 Dec 2019 19:17
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4767
Views: 1447543

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

Gurus, Something strange happened when I booked a ticket through IRCTC using my phoren card from UQ. Not sure what to make of it. I had given my UQ phone number to ensure that my bank knows it was not a fraad transaction. I got a call from someone in "Mumbai" (because it had a Mumbai numbe...
by EswarPrakash
13 Dec 2019 04:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

IndraD wrote:exit polls indicate a clear majority for conservatives with 86 seats. Labour punished for blocking Brexit and then not letting fresh election happen?
For me it was anyone but Corbyn
by EswarPrakash
18 Oct 2019 14:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

@ArjunPandit - Can we find someplace in midlands? Not Brumy, since it is a mini Pakistan, unless you fancy a pincer movement deep into Paki territory?
by EswarPrakash
18 Oct 2019 01:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

.many years back when I was in noi yaark...the room was that quiet that i could hear the noise of my table clock..thats the height of loneliness..thats when i fell in love with arnab..when major gaurav arya and arnab were slaying asiya andrabi and shehla bhatt gang...i used to turn on arnab just to...
by EswarPrakash
17 Oct 2019 23:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

ArjunPandit wrote:should we have a brf jirga in al bartania?preferably after diwali or around xmas time..
Count me in, if I am not in India then.
by EswarPrakash
16 Oct 2019 14:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Ram Janmbhoomi Verdict: News and Discussion
Replies: 1043
Views: 189149

Re: The Ram Janmbhoomi Verdict: News and Discussion

Karthik S wrote:People from TN, is santhome really built on Kapaleeswarar temple? People are talking about it in twitter in the light of babri case.
There is a massive beautiful temple for Kapaleeshwarar near Mandaveli in Chennai. No evidence of temple demolitions by Xtians (yet)
by EswarPrakash
03 Oct 2019 22:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

A single TV Licence covers all of the following in a single property: TV sets computers laptops tablets mobile phones any other device that can receive a TV signal You do not need a TV Licence to watch: non-BBC programmes on online catch-up services videos or DVDs clips on websites like YouTube clo...
by EswarPrakash
03 Oct 2019 01:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

I live in the UQ and am SERIOUSLY thinking of cancelling my TV license. I don't watch BBC live or BBC iPlayer anymore. Only watch streaming services like Netflix and Amazon. Most of the TV license goes to BBC and I am no more willing to pay them money to them. I would recommend people take a real l...
by EswarPrakash
02 Oct 2019 15:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

ArjunPandit wrote:i hope you know the conditions entail that you dont watch any live program...
Yes. Read through it all.
by EswarPrakash
02 Oct 2019 14:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510013

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

I live in the UQ and am SERIOUSLY thinking of cancelling my TV license. I don't watch BBC live or BBC iPlayer anymore. Only watch streaming services like Netflix and Amazon. Most of the TV license goes to BBC and I am no more willing to pay them money to them. I would recommend people take a real lo...
by EswarPrakash
22 Sep 2019 23:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2231343

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Modi on Trump's popularity. :rotfl:

Was that brilliant, or was that brilliant!
by EswarPrakash
22 Sep 2019 22:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2231343

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Sitar guy playing 'saare jahaan se acchha', amazing handiwork, the dancer is of course clueless as to what's going on. Yeah what's with that dancer? She strikes up a pose thinking the piece is done, and then finds she has to twirl some more because the piece is still going on. Is she ABCD? Korean
by EswarPrakash
08 Sep 2019 12:05
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayan-2 Mission
Replies: 2278
Views: 545419

Re: Chandrayan-2 Mission

Simple question. Simulating lander on earth is one aspect which ISRO must have done. However, without an actual flight testing on earth you are taking a lot of risk. Now I dont know if ISRO has done it or not. If software was to blame, what kind of testing should have been done to avoid sensor inpu...
by EswarPrakash
07 Sep 2019 21:36
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayan-2 Mission
Replies: 2278
Views: 545419

Re: Chandrayan-2 Mission

When Rama asked for the moon

I could not stop myself from writing what I felt
by EswarPrakash
01 Sep 2019 15:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319767

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

I really hope so. Hope to see the Art 370 avatar of Modi rather than his Parliament-bowing, Constitution-kissing version! IMHO this is a very important part of his persona and people's perception of him. I strongly believe this love for our constitution is ingrained in him. This primarily means tha...
by EswarPrakash
27 Aug 2019 15:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319767

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

This is a strange one ... Watch the embedded video and try guessing the nationality of the reported who asked the last question. You guess is as good as mine. https://twitter.com/airassault71/status/1166251678279929856 Wolfpack @airassault71 Who is the female journalist who asked Trump whether he w...
by EswarPrakash
20 Aug 2019 06:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayan-2 Mission
Replies: 2278
Views: 545419

Re: Chandrayan-2 Mission

... Snip ... From what we see in the above post .. Sivan explains that it is not a simple soft descent... It is an intelligent deciding engine working on several ' if not this then ' algorithms. From the first "trailer" video released by ISRO, I thought there was a bit of visual mapping a...
by EswarPrakash
12 Aug 2019 11:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1344195

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Shiv had a fav file: intellectual masturbation. That is where I would file that (again, with all due respect - nothing against you). After some thinking, I am in the Ajit Doval camp - not even in the Modi or Shah camp. I happen to think the brain behind all this is Doval Saheb. His (Doval's) thinki...
by EswarPrakash
10 Aug 2019 21:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
Replies: 632
Views: 131381

Re: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories

UlanBatori wrote:Beloveds!!! Don't waste time here. See Reuters fB page pls ... :mrgreen:
I think I saw a glimpse of N^3 there? Is it our N^3?
by EswarPrakash
08 Aug 2019 17:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories
Replies: 632
Views: 131381

Re: Articles 370 and 35A Repealed, J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories

Abhibhushan wrote:Pakistan Minister of Railways Declares permanent cessation of Samjhaota Express with immediate effect.
AoA!