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by kiranA
03 May 2021 20:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707172

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Nothing to do with Parsi or anything but I lost all respect for Adar Poonawallah when he mocked Bharat Biotech Covaxin as "pure water". It showed him as an arrogant twit who most likely has a racist contempt for Indian developed products. It is especially galling when you compare Adar with...
by kiranA
06 Jan 2021 02:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782441

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Again what is the need to lash out against Telugu community like this. And why immediately jump to BJP as solution. I despise BJP but i was as shocked as anyone at headless statue of Sri Rama. As a Telugu person one can be extremely proud of their contribution to hindu dharma. In fact I would wager ...
by kiranA
05 Jan 2021 10:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454198

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

I have looked at the pictures of the Broken Swamy at the Ramateertham Shrine. Heartbreak is not the emotion I feel right now. Its pure, unadulterated, blinding RAGE . I had to spend all afternoon pacifying a crying SHQ, who wouldn't stop crying looking at the broken swamy and the hearbroken express...
by kiranA
11 Dec 2020 06:41
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079375

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

^Above post of KiranA is mostly rhetoric and only value one can get out of above is that there should be less of babu clerk class and more of entrepreneurial class . One can apply the same rhetoric to a soldier, police, trader, doctor and everyone else outside of the babu clerk set. . No, you misse...
by kiranA
11 Dec 2020 05:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079375

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

The average salary of a clerk in India (the lowest govt position in govt of India) is Rs 360,000 or about 30,000. https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Salaries/india-clerk-salary-SRCH_IL.0,5_IN115_KO6,11.htm . Corporate lowest salary average is also roughly around the same. For that salary the govt clerk goe...
by kiranA
06 Dec 2020 17:22
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079375

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Somepeople made good points about inequality in states w.r.t farm income. But then messed up everything by blaming Punjabi farmers for it. I said it before and i think Mansingh too explained in "social contract" - it was not Punjabi farmer who put a gun to Delhi and got all the benefits. I...
by kiranA
05 Dec 2020 12:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079375

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Here is your answer: Now in this mahaul where a farmer was screwed around by bureaucrat, trader, ruler etc the only thing he could solidly depend on was his land and his skill to grow his crops. This created what appears to be an irrational love or desire to cling on to land but makes sense if seen...
by kiranA
04 Dec 2020 04:55
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079375

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

There are two major issues to consider. 1) The general mindset of indian farmer and his relation to land 2) Specific problem in Punjab/Haryana Now the first one. Farming in india is not just some economic profession to be given lectures on profit/msp etc but it is also a caste - it varies by state b...
by kiranA
30 Dec 2019 12:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454198

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

This thread was always about bashing non-brahmin south indians and their "notorious" casteism apparently. Where there is hinduism there will be casteism. Apart from that obvious observation at least the past bashing was tolerable as it used to come from Telugu people themselves. But perha...
by kiranA
30 Dec 2019 04:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454198

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

Most of casteism issues in AP stem from land disputes and they can be converted into caste discrimination due to SC/ST laws as it is political tool also. There may be some pockets of places it can be genuine/"brahminical" discrimination for historical reasons. But by and large "brahm...
by kiranA
24 Dec 2019 05:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319734

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

One instructive thing to notice is the almost complete absence of protests in AP. Some people think there are barely any muslims in AP. That's totally untrue in Rayalaseema districts the percentages go up to 30s - you are talking about bengal level demographics here. Then what is the reason here ? e...
by kiranA
20 Dec 2019 10:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319734

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

From what I gather the movement exploded like this due to DP handling of Jamia protest where they broke in to library and smoke bombed students not even protesting. These visuals broadcast everywhere and many students including those IIT and IIM felt govt crossed the line. THis is a complete failure...
by kiranA
14 Dec 2019 22:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319734

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

https://i.imgur.com/M47VCGV.png PAPPU started his rants on Savarkar and Sonia Sena crapping in their pants but can't do any thing It is very instructive how people see their nationalism vs how delhi(including both BJP and congress)/rss/ jinnah see nationalism. People identify their own based on lan...
by kiranA
13 Dec 2019 21:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319734

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

So the home minister turned assam in to anothe kashmir. But this time it is linguistic hindus who are on the march . "The heads of Satras, the Vaishnavite socio-cultural centres of Assam, hit the streets on Friday demanding repeal of the amended Citizenship Act and urged people to hoist black f...
by kiranA
28 Sep 2019 05:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454198

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

kiranA I see you are upto your old tricks again. It was precisely the North vs South nonsense and sterotyping and pouring vitriol which you have wholeheartedly indulged in here which got the previous thread in trouble. Be advised that if you continue in this vein you are looking at a permanent ban....
by kiranA
27 Sep 2019 10:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454198

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

Simply because it rings true. What will a telugu brahmin with his elderly parents from kakinada do in a show with a hindi speaker and has dhoklas for snacks. They simply cant head for the exit soon enough. So "Hindi speaker" (nevermind that NaMo's native tongue is Gujarati not Hindi) plus...
by kiranA
27 Sep 2019 09:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454198

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

All these weird discussions dont reflect the numerous complexities on ground. I asked a telugu brahmin recently whether he is going to "howdy modi" in texas - he guffawed and said "who will go to that gujju show ". I said arent BJP supposed to be close to your samajika vargam (c...
by kiranA
27 Sep 2019 08:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454198

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

This discussion again!!! This discussion was the one which locked out the entire political discussion forum once. Nobody is sincere in these discussions and its all cloak and dagger. One major grievance thought which feeds in to this discussion is that regional parties especially south indian region...
by kiranA
02 Sep 2019 05:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Regarding Q1 GDP numbers, here's the official CSO report (PDF) for reference. Comments: * The sharp slowdown is almost entirely in one economic sector - manufacturing. See Statement 1. the real growth in manufacturing was just 0.6% in Q1 vs 12% in the same quarter a year ago. Agriculture is down fr...
by kiranA
08 Apr 2019 07:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
Replies: 6200
Views: 1119094

Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion

Completely asinine post, exposing posters bigotry, regional divisiveness, and attacks on Indian unity deleted.
by kiranA
20 Jan 2019 11:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
Replies: 2419
Views: 445469

Re: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala

The constitution grants us right to (peacefully) assemble and protest. Thousands who took part in the 'nama japa yatra' and 'ayyappa jyothi' are charged with police case. Now.. what is that called? Remember. These were 100% peaceful assembly at locations that did not have prohibitory orders. No one...
by kiranA
20 Jan 2019 11:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
Replies: 2419
Views: 445469

Re: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala

When performing puja, my grandpa would take a bath, wear fresh clothes, and then totally avoid contact with anybody (even the closest family members) till he was finished. None of us were allowed to even approach him, let alone touch him, and we would get summarily shooed away if we even accidental...
by kiranA
20 Jan 2019 03:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
Replies: 2419
Views: 445469

Re: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala

Now for (my) personal opinions: 1. I am not happy about what happened in the SC. At the end of the day, post-mortem review suggests that the lawyers representing those who insisted on denying women of a certain age group access, did an incompetent job of articulating the issues. The other side argu...
by kiranA
02 Dec 2018 04:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
Replies: 7884
Views: 1401786

Re: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy

Demonetization has been a failure by the stated objectives of the govt which bought up demon , namely - elimination of black money and a one time bonanza for treasury ( Govts own attorney in Supreme Court made the claim they expect lakhs of crores of bonanza). It didn't happen . There are no two opi...
by kiranA
12 Nov 2018 23:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625571

Re: Understanding the US - Again

CNN suing WHOTUS I don't know about the "laid hand on InternHouri" claim, but the guy was bloody obnoxious; made my skin crawl seeing him KEEP ON ranting after he had been given more than enough time to do his :(( . Trump said several times, there are other people who want to ask question...
by kiranA
08 Nov 2018 05:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625571

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Wow. Thx Shameek. He is the boss at Just Iss. On cue. Rosenstein and Muller sure to follow. Muller is too straight-backed to say "No indictments" and surrender peacefully. Realistically it is a race now between DT firing him and him filing indictments, hence the hurry for the "reques...
by kiranA
07 Oct 2018 09:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625571

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Kiran, The Lynch Mob's characteristic is that they arrogate all duties of the prosecutor, defense, judge, jury, jailer and executioner to themselves, assume that they know more than anyone else, and jump to conclusions, wrong more than right] . Do you have any actual instances ? Ms Ford asked for F...
by kiranA
07 Oct 2018 03:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625571

Re: Understanding the US - Again

I noticed nothing happened to Langbert Patience, patience. As Millah Khan the co-terrorist said to M. Al lory the chief terrorist in "Fauj 10 phrom Dera Navarone Khan": Give it time. Let Nature take her course. The guy is walking dead in any academic job. And hain, Nature IS doing her jaa...
by kiranA
06 Oct 2018 09:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625571

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Meanwhile in Amerika: Red Storm Rising Langbert wrote in his blog that the Senate committee hearing last week at which Ford and Kavanaugh testified was a travesty and that the Democratic Party has become "a party of tutu-wearing pansies, totalitarian sissies who lack virility, a sense of decen...
by kiranA
19 Sep 2018 08:35
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

I'll point this out again - the center's tax is a fixed rupee amount per liter - Rs 19.48 per litre of excise duty on petrol and Rs 15.33 per litre on diesel. With the current price of petrol, the center's share is still Rs.19.48 - the rest is the remaining three variables. The center's share does ...
by kiranA
18 Sep 2018 21:42
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

The lions share of the taxes on petrol are STATE taxes, not central ones, and the state-imposed rate varies significantly from state to state. It's the states that do not want a fixed tax rate on petrol across states - which will of course be pushed down to the lower level possible nationwide. Note...
by kiranA
01 Sep 2018 09:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Deleted . Poster banned for a week for trolling.
by kiranA
26 Aug 2018 23:35
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

In 1993-94, the household sector accounts for 81.8 % of gross domestic savings of the country. (source: http://www.mospi.gov.in/136-saving-and-capital-formation ) In 2011-12, the household sector saved 20,037 billion rupees, and the gross domestic savings was 27,653 billion rupees. (source: https:/...
by kiranA
26 Aug 2018 06:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

It is an unfortunate reality that Indan household savings are locked in relatively unproductive assets such as real estate and gold. This is due to lack of trust (often justified) in Indian corporate and government sector including finance industry. This is common in other developing countries too w...
by kiranA
26 Aug 2018 01:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

There was no error - partial or full. While household savings are expressed as proportion of GDP the article was also talking about rate of increase of household savings in the very first point of the article. Household savings growth rate (year over year - not as proportion of gdp) was increasing o...
by kiranA
25 Aug 2018 23:11
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: PRC Economy - New Reflections : April 20 2015
Replies: 1351
Views: 348637

Re: PRC Economy - New Reflections : April 20 2015

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-consumption/in-chinas-debt-laden-xiamen-real-estate-boom-chokes-consumption-idUSKBN1KF0R6 In China's debt-laden Xiamen, real estate boom chokes consumption in India a family with 10 k monthly income first of all will not get loan for 30 lac unless in...
by kiranA
24 Jun 2018 02:42
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

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by kiranA
24 Jun 2018 01:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

KiranA, enough of your trolling. The data listed earlier is from OECD, from where a link was presented. Next nonsensical post from you earns a summary ban. Your data for service exports is from RBI. I did not contest the data but i was bringing an insight often missed. When people see service expor...
by kiranA
23 Jun 2018 19:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875794

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

It seems RBI has already published March 2018 services trade data : $16.8 billion in exports . So full 2017-18 services exports were 175 + 16.8 , or ~$192 billion . Holy crap. Current fiscal has also started off strongly, with $17.5 billion, an all time high and the first time we've had services ex...
by kiranA
10 Jun 2018 20:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1737773

Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)

Regarding non-basmati rice exports folks should note that GoI ban on such exports was lifted only in 2009 and restrictions remain to this date. GoI followed a policy of export promotion and market making for basmati rice fattening wallets of farmers in Punjab and north and an outright ban on other r...