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by Agasthi
14 Mar 2022 10:33
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 771425

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

This could actually be a nice way of dealing with the Pakis. Give one slap, say sorry, wait two weeks, give one more slap... :rotfl: :lol: We have come a long way since the Sharm el Sheikh, the dossier days and the Pathankot probes, haven't we? Ever since the surgical strikes and then Balakot (this...
by Agasthi
27 Jan 2022 04:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
Replies: 1237
Views: 380628

Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact

Some thoughts following Lavanya's martyrdom. When I heard the news I was surprised that this is still happening. I thought it was only my school in Chennai that did these sort of things and that was in the 90's. That incident brought back memories of I and other Hindu students had to go through. Eve...
by Agasthi
27 Jan 2022 04:22
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy 73 - Republic Day 2022!!
Replies: 23
Views: 8588

Re: Happy 73 - Republic Day 2022!!

Happy 73rd Republic day!! The air visuals were amazing! Q: Looking at the images of the war memorial, all the names are inscribed in English. Can't the courtesy be extended to indian languages? The name of the fallen soldier could have been inscribed in three languages, the mother tongue, Hindi and ...
by Agasthi
26 Oct 2021 06:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1736173

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

I have a slightly different theory. Since the Uri payback in 2016 (and multiple paybacks since then on the LoC - the LoC was hot until the ceasefire and there were reports that parts of the LoC has changed), Doklam in 2017, Balakot in early 2019, J&k becoming an integral part of the union of Ind...
by Agasthi
11 Jul 2021 17:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472943

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Our knowledge of English gives us a window to look into the white man's world but is also a problem. We who are part of the indian english speaking subset don't seem to care about French, German or Spanish sources but English Propaganda gets our goat. Comments section see a lot of angst from indians...
by Agasthi
09 Sep 2020 19:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1736173

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Can we leave that speculation about the picture behind? It is likely pre-Galwan according to Gokhale. If the PLA doesn't have competent personnel in place, it soon will as the situation is becoming more serious. It is better to assume they are competent. Irrespective of when the pic was taken. I wo...
by Agasthi
30 Apr 2020 07:31
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079494

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Recently, I ran into a certified Commie of the "The Hindu" variety. Heard the usual blah blah. However, was surprised that despite being a commie, is quite casteist and maintains private worship and rituals (was apologetic by saying that he still offers worship and has a puja altar at home...
by Agasthi
03 Mar 2020 13:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079494

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Was just googling Kapil Mishra and it appears that he was with AAP until very recently and won from Karawal Nagar in 2015 and switched to BJP in 2019 and lost in the assembly election concluded recently. Could he be a manchurian candidate? Suspect his motives. He makes his move and as if on cue, rio...
by Agasthi
21 Dec 2019 04:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319809

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Looks like this is the last card that has been dealt with. The student card and other cards has been playing for so many years with no results other than in the editorial of ‘The Hindu’ the Hiranykashipu of Mount Road :mrgreen: . The speed with which this government has moved in just ‘6 months’ has ...
by Agasthi
29 Nov 2019 18:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 6664
Views: 1319809

Re: 2019 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Even Modiji seems to be happy with Uddhav becoming CM.... he definitely did not like the way DF played to hang on to power! https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-congratulates-uddhav-thackeray-confident-he-will-work-diligently-2140356 Moving forward all regional parties will have a say in nationa...
by Agasthi
15 Nov 2019 06:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454231

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

I understand why mono-faiths hate hindus, but why are commies selective in their ire? From my reading of history, fascist movements of the mono-faiths persecute commies with zeal. Nothing like that amongst hindus or hindutwadis. I've not been able to find any instances on the net where hindus as a r...
by Agasthi
26 May 2019 09:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454231

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

As a famous dialogue from a famous Tamil comedian “it’s all common in politics”. There was tremendous anger against the DMK in 2014 and they lost all. At the height of JJ’s corruption aftermath she lost her Bagrur assembly seat in 1996. All will be forgotten and forgiven with the right strategy by 2...
by Agasthi
24 May 2019 22:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 454231

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

Many great points above with respect to TN. The Anti-BJP/Modi propaganda via SM was tremendous and the initial goodwill that TN had for Modi seems to have evaporated with Demonitisation and GST. TN is dominated by medium and small business enterprises and apparently suffered greatly in this time. Th...
by Agasthi
18 Apr 2019 20:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
Replies: 6200
Views: 1119133

Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion

Cast my vote along with rest of the family. It was peaceful in south chennai constituency. So far in my circle, it was ADMK or Kamalahassan. Mum is a traditional DMK supporter and very religious and despite the recent Veeramani drama on Hindu gods was not enough to sway her. Each party will retain i...
by Agasthi
16 Apr 2019 00:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
Replies: 6200
Views: 1119133

Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion

The 'TN always gives decisive mandates' argument is a conclusion upon which an understanding is being built. It may be empirically common, but there are exceptions: TN Lok Sabha electoral map Two elections (1999 and 2009) saw a fractured result, defined as the other party winning at least 10 LS sea...
by Agasthi
14 Apr 2019 21:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
Replies: 6200
Views: 1119133

Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion

It is debatable if DMK is winning. TN is given to sweeps and if it ends up where DMk ends up having slightly more seats than ADMk then that’s not ‘winning’ in TN. All the mosques and churches have asked to vote for the ‘sun’. It now boils down to caste, middle class and undecided voters. The undecid...
by Agasthi
14 Apr 2019 19:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion
Replies: 6200
Views: 1119133

Re: 2019 General Elections News and Discussion

Agree, I’m here in chennai to put my vote. Dinakaran is of little consequence, DMK is trying hard to prop him to cut into ADMK votes. The fear here in TN was expressed in cartoon in ‘The Hindu’ recently, where the two leaves symbol sprout a lotus and soon the lotus becomes bigger than two leaves. Th...
by Agasthi
22 Mar 2019 05:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion
Replies: 5107
Views: 1367885

Re: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion

Since that PAF attempt on IA, LOC has been very hot and usually we see reports of paki DGMO calling after a few days of being roasted. However I haven’t seen any so far and there are YouTube videos of fire exchange and blackouts on paki side that have been posted which are 2-3 weeks old in the secto...
by Agasthi
17 Mar 2019 15:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
Replies: 3095
Views: 765281

Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016

Check out the numerous indian made autos in Jalalabad compared to other cities in Afghanistan. Looks like out aid was quite targeted and must have went in creating tremendous number of assets on that porous border. No wonder our intelligence on Balakot was 0.0009m CEP! https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
by Agasthi
01 Mar 2019 17:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pro-Terrorist Articles and Authors
Replies: 32
Views: 8340

Re: Pro-Terrorist Articles and Authors

V Sudarshan - writing on foreign policy and diplomacy for a number of years first as Foreign Editor of The Pioneer and subsequently for Outlook then Indian Express and now the Hindu. Not sure if he is an idiot, an useful idiot or a defeatist or a combination of all the above. A collection of his ar...
by Agasthi
26 Feb 2019 19:20
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Forces Strikes Pakistan Terrorist Camps
Replies: 2210
Views: 383939

Re: Indian Air Forces Strikes Pakistan along with Ground Assault

This is an astounding feat not just by the Armed Forces but also by the GOI. And that too in TFTA style bombing. Namo Namah! I can only visualize the aircraft strike package to look like something out of a Harry Potter movie. Death Eaters (Mirage) the attackers while Dementors (Su-30 mki) lie in wai...
by Agasthi
18 Feb 2019 20:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
Replies: 831
Views: 226431

Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards

If the title of this thread actually becomes true, I would suggest something that has been tried before and apply a few things learnt from the 'Raj' days. The armed forces should move into the badlands and hold the countryside in a permanent state of war. Avoid the urban cesspools but lay siege to t...
by Agasthi
23 Apr 2018 10:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

Agasthi, that statement needs to be blasted out on Twitter. Kindly do the honours and let us know your handle, or let shiv do it... and we'll all retweet the bytes out of it... Beautifully worded. Two Tweets (Not Two teats) https://twitter.com/bennedose/status/988233223539900416 https://twitter.com...
by Agasthi
23 Apr 2018 04:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

I'm not on Twitter, please feel free to use the post or modify it as well! I just found it odd that highly educated people like geneticists don't seem much different from a Mayawati or Ramadoss of PMK. At least to me there seems to be intense focus on getting gene samples from Brahmins or SC/ST's. A...
by Agasthi
22 Apr 2018 19:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

I'm no expert but IMHO, any genetic study that seeks to establish indian ancestry is flawed when they seek gene samples by caste. The agenda has already been decided and all is left is to cherry pick data and force fitting the data to seek the pre-decided result. Aryan supremacy has just donned a la...
by Agasthi
06 Feb 2018 08:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1737869

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

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_Civilizations "In Huntington's view, East Asian Sinic civilization is culturally asserting itself and its values relative to the West due to its rapid economic growth. Specifically, he believes that China's goals are to reassert itself as t...
by Agasthi
31 Jan 2018 17:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1737869

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

Thanks guys for your comments, a range of emotions on those views! These views along with the derisive language employed by chinese media and the racist videos lends credence that these views are fairly widespread and given the top-down nature of chinese polity, these views are sure to be held at th...
by Agasthi
31 Jan 2018 08:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1737869

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

seems outrageous, doesn't it. However, many of the mainlanders seem to have this view, don't know how prevalent this view is. A taiwanese colleague who is also a mandarin teacher translated some of these views from online and said this is what they think of you.
by Agasthi
31 Jan 2018 05:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1737869

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

For China, India is a challenger because in terms of size, civilization and potential, there is simply no other country that can come anywhere near PRC. That makes China worried. China feels that if India joins the Quad (which it already has), then China's work to lord over India would double. Firs...
by Agasthi
30 Jan 2018 05:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1737869

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

I for one wish China realizes that India is no enemy. India can be a threat but it is for them to convert that to an opportunity. An India that is on its team will accelerate the demise of the western powers after all we have more in common with them than the west. After a 1000 years, a non-monothei...
by Agasthi
19 Jan 2018 09:46
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
Replies: 5116
Views: 1844392

Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017

In the lecture given by Sivathanu Pillai (@46.23), the map of India superimposed on google earth? seems to be missing POK and Aksai Chin.
by Agasthi
05 Jan 2018 08:01
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8412
Views: 2876298

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Noticed (at least to the extent that I'm aware of) that a number of big stores in the past 2 months carry a lot of wares from India in Sydney. At Ikea, a significant number of items were 'Made in India' and were of very good quality especially crockery items. At other stores, similar stuff, although...
by Agasthi
05 Jan 2018 07:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dna-and-aryan-debate-why-articles-hindu-indus-are-missing-larger-point-74201 by Nadika Nadja, seems to be an archeology student, however her linkedin profile says she is a script writer and activist. More on her/him: About Nadika: I am Nadika, and I am a writer ...
by Agasthi
19 Sep 2017 06:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

Think about it: 1. If Sarada was the only thing dating Indian history, then, see, all of a sudden, around five additional centuries turn up. It may even be as much as the 660 or so years that Vedveer Arya postulates. 2. Why does Vedveer Arya need his 660 years or so? It is required because of the c...
by Agasthi
18 Jul 2017 13:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

And George isn't one? Aren't there n number of scientists who have a vested interest in peddling BS, conning governments and people? You realize, if you could prove the data for Big Bang is wrong, you'd automatically collect a nobel prize ?! We are talking about Physics here. Big Bang. Not some neb...
by Agasthi
18 Jul 2017 13:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

Couldn't care less if he is a juggler or a priest. He is a PhD in Physics, talking about physics. Automatically out-ranks a guy with zero physics education talking about physics. Would i prefer an atheist physicist ?ofcourse i would. but a christian priest who is a phD in Physics decisively outrank...
by Agasthi
18 Jul 2017 12:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

Maybe 1 in a thousand. Rest are all con-artists, promising things or claiming things they cannot prove or deliver on. Same with every religion, because whether you are a Christian minister faith-healing or hindu swami, there is a vested interest in peddling BS, conning people and making money off o...
by Agasthi
18 Jul 2017 12:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

If Swami Nityananda had proposed this, what would have been the outcome? How do these theories with empirically evidence suffer constant challenges from other scientists if they are so factual. Are these scientist not to be taken seriously? Quite a few it appears. Apologies to the moderator, please...
by Agasthi
18 Jul 2017 12:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

Georges lemaitre is a professor of physics. Swami Nityananda is not. So why would i listen to Nityananda over Lemaitre ? since when does being the right or wrong religion override professional qualifications ?! Do you know how science works ? You have empirical evidence, you come up with a theory t...
by Agasthi
18 Jul 2017 07:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Replies: 5459
Views: 1083653

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

Yes, Big Bang, but also many other -- human origins (single point out of Africa), mathematics, Again, Big Bang is empirically emphatic. So is human origination from Africa. to challenge these, is to challenge empirical evidence on the basis of faith alone, with zero evidence to support a counter-ar...