Bharat Rakshak

KL Dubey

nasheed is a self serving ahole, who expects and demands that India help him get his testimonials out of the fire. He may be all that - like I said, this isn't about 'helping Nasheed'. There are likely many things going on that we don't know about. Let us wait and see what happens in the next few d...

KL Dubey

The goremint (NDA versus UPA) makes a large difference which is obvious to all except an oblivious (or stubborn) few: https://thewire.in/222646/i-dont-expect-to-see-confrontation-from-india-and-china-on-maldives-former-president-nasheed/ Though ranged against Yameen today, New Delhi has remained a b...

KL Dubey

The Wikipedia page on Assumption island, Seychelles, has this: Assumption Island has a small village, with about 20 people, on the sheltered western side, surrounded by Casuarina trees. An abandoned coconut palm plantation is just south of it. The island has a construction camp with about 50 people...

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KL Dubey

The lessons are indeed there for India, but I think the NDA goremint is trying to pick up the pieces after 10 years of UPA. I think there is a thought out strategy that is playing out behind the scenes. At the very least we can expect a more robust response and strategy from NaMo sarkar. Imagine if ...

KL Dubey

^^^ onlee chaiwallas pakoda making brother’s sixth wife removed whispered in my ear as I sat eating paan on a sunny beach in Seychelles :mrgreen: On a related topic, as I understand our Seychelles base on Assumption island is pretty well along in terms of infrastructure. As for the two Mauritian is...

KL Dubey

I am telling you modi is new socialist nehru. Few takers for that one here, I think. Modi is going about his planned rallies, foreign visits, etc with zero mention of Maldives. Not even a tweet from him NOR any minister. Swaraj, Sitaraman, VK Singh et al all silent. It looks like they are under &qu...

KL Dubey

Meanwhile, according to the opposition guy Nasheed, the Chinese have already "grabbed" 17 islands in the Maldives: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nasheed-calls-for-international-convention-to-deal-with-chinese-land-grab-in-maldives-says-ex-is-fighters-embedded-in-army...

KL Dubey

KL Dubey, I think its the latter. India doesn't appear to use military option as its like the US invading Grenada. A sledge hammer to swat a gnat. However China wants India to use force as that will destroy the bonhomie after the 10 ASEAN leaders at R Day as guests. And reemergence of regional bull...

KL Dubey

Let's not jump to conclusions yet. Either Yameen and his Chinese friends planned these shenanigans to take place just when all the key folks on the Indian side were travelling (unlikely in my opinion), or India has formulated a policy that involves "no talking till you reinstate democracy"...

KL Dubey

pushkar.bhat wrote:Twitter is reporting that airport electricity is now cut off. Faithful of the YAG regime have been squeaking about defending the country since morning.

Can you please post the twitter source ?

KL Dubey

Abdulla Yameen reveals his true colors very clearly: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/on-crisis-at-home-maldives-sends-envoys-to-friendly-nations-not-india-1810025 If this is not enough, I don't know what else we are waiting for. The world is watching to see if India acts decisively. I read on "...

KL Dubey

Well, that time is here again. A small IOR nation in trouble and explicitly asking for Indian help. I hope we do not screw up this time. Last thing we need is to go there, do the cleanup job, and foolishly hand the keys back to whoever imbecile is available, like Rajiv Gaandee did. What is needed in...

KL Dubey

^^How do you know the above words are proper nouns? My assertion is that they are not. As an example, it is already seen in the Veda that "sindhu" is not a proper noun. Please tell me why you think the other words found in association with "sindhu" are proper nouns. I am not argu...

KL Dubey

Yaska has arguments against this point of view that the words in the Veda have no meaning. I never knew there was a point of view in India that claimed "the words in the Veda have no meaning". I said, the "meanings" of the words in the Veda are yet unknown and are not the same a...

KL Dubey

1. What is the meaning of the word Haraxavati? In whatever language you want to pick... since Haraxavati is the original its meaning should stand on its own merits in language as well in contextual usage. We can ignore how it got changed from Haraxavati to Saraswathi for this discussion. I would al...

KL Dubey

Regarding the "meanings" of words such as sarasvati, sindhu etc. There seems a lot of confusion. 1) The Indians found that the words in the Veda could be derived using a system of roots, stems, and modifications that employ a set of rules ("grammar"). Using these, the Indians had...

KL Dubey

Is there an identification of all the rivers in the Nadistuti (RV X.75.5-6)? No. There is no word called "nadistuti" in the Veda, this is just a title given to the sukta. The words in the sukta have been used as river names in N/NW India, although they do not have any such meaning in the ...

KL Dubey

UlanBatori wrote: There goes THAT GetRichQuick role model and inspiration.

Well, there's Creflo Dollar on da south side of town. As da name indicates, he wuz born to be rich...."as mandated by Gawd".

KL Dubey

... At the core the Vedas are an exploration of the universe by introspection and meditation and arrive at a "grand unified" explanation of the entire universe as the product of a consciousness that creates it. There exist some seriously scholarly works in English (that read like mumbojum...

KL Dubey

In fact, the septic tank is very unhygienic but we can't avoid in an urban set-up. In the West, septic tanks are rarely installed in urban areas, so they are not unavoidable. I do agree a good sewage system should be the primary means. In the rural areas, developing a proper sewage system will take...

KL Dubey

Lol where do you think yours is going everyday? At least in a farm it gets decomposed. The millions that get into the sewage system and contaminate urban groundwater is a much bigger concern. That's the problem. There should be dedicated system for carrying sewage from houses and offices to the tre...

KL Dubey

Back in our farm, I will always poop out in the fields and wash bum in the running water nearby - even if I had access to the Indian style toilet. Elsewhere I will hold, unless I have diarrhea or something and it just cannot be helped. Wut ? :eek: Isn't this exactly the kind of unhygienic behavior ...

KL Dubey

a wise warrior plans for the needle and the lance both - ancient cambodian saying. A wise warrior will use his lance when needled - ancient Vedic saying (Rig Veda MLCMXXXVI) Ancient Indian saying - "don't listen to ancient sayings of other countries." :D (I think there was a similar Bruce...

KL Dubey

These moves would result in a few million people losing their jobs in the steel and coal sectors, and put severe pressure on trade unions controlled by the Communist Party. China said last year 1.8 million jobs will be eliminated during the process of industrial restructuring, but has managed to cu...

KL Dubey

Looks like SriJoy has fawked this thread too. BTW Sarasvati as referred in the Rgveda is not a river but represents some other kind of physical object. Howevah, there was certainly a riva in NW India that took its name from the Rgvedic sound Sarasvati.

KL Dubey

Which Countries Have The Most And Least Confidence In Their Governments?

By the way, the corresponding figure for India in 2013 was 55%.

KL Dubey

Yagnasri wrote:If NM does not meet Monkey then it is better. But I think the programme is already finalised.

I can already see dem headlines...."Narendra meets Vanarendra"

KL Dubey

^^^Prem, this has nothing to do with India or India-US relations.

KL Dubey

Wonderful achievement by the fine folks at ISRO. We are now in the heavy hitters club. A new space age dawns for Bharat.

KL Dubey

Monsoon rayne tracka: A lotta different kinda maps/info.

http://www.imd.gov.in/pages/monsoon_main.php

She lookin' good so far! Dat sweet necta already raynin' down on KL and TN.

KL Dubey

Also, there is a HUGELY misconception . Trump *cannot* pull out until 2020 - it takes 4 years to "pull out" of the Paris Accord. So, there is a chance IF Trump gets defeated in 2020 that the next President may decide to carry on with the Paris Accord. Your statements are highly misleading...

KL Dubey

I may be wrong, but the Paris Accord is about providing a plan to achieve the goal. Not commitments. That was the early stage culminating in COP21 (Dec 2015). After almost a year of country ratifications it came into force in Nov 2016 as a binding commitment at the level of a treaty with an account...

KL Dubey

India Leads on Climate Action as Trump Exits Paris Agreement Minister Piyush Goyal, India’s minister with independent charge for power, coal, mining and renewable energy, has repeatedly re-affirmed India’s commitment to fighting climate change: "Clean energy is not something that we are workin...

KL Dubey

In India we pay over Rs. 7/unit for power when it should be no more than 70 paise/unit. 70 paise/unit electricity nationwide is a pipe dream in your lifetime or mine. India is currently about average among the G-20 economies in electricity tariffs if PPP is accounted for - we could do somewhat bett...

KL Dubey

^^^You are mistaking climate change and environmental pollution. Two different things. I hope India can now pull out of the Paris Accord nonsense too. No reason to constrain the economy. India needs lots of cheap electricity and transportation fuel. It need not come at the cost of the environment. ...

KL Dubey

^^ b) While e-cars are 'environmentally friendly' when you drive them, they are very, very dirty to produce. Just look at the process required to make e-batteries and that is the equivalent of 100,000 kms worth of gasoline emissions ! So the e-car is nothing more than 'NIMBY-ism' at its worst- it d...

KL Dubey

Well, Little Britain has a last chance to reform itself next week in the general election. It seems the acts of terrorism will likely strengthen the chances of Trisha Mai's party which has promised to reduce "net immigration to zero". That would ideally mean throw Pawkees out and bring oth...

KL Dubey

Where does India get all the remittances from? Here is the latest diaspora update from MEA. There are now 30 million Indians abroad - the largest diaspora. NRI is non-resident Indian, while PIO are people of Indian origin i.e. those who are permanent residents or citizens . USA now has nearly 4.5 m...

KL Dubey

Singha wrote:Looks ariane5ish now.

But more like Ariane 4 in terms of payload capacity (4 tons to GTO), yes ?

Ariane 5 pushes 7-11 tons into GTO.

I think PSLV is equivalent to Ariane 1, whereas GSLV Mk I and II are similar to Ariane 2/3.

We catchin' up!

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