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by sajo
22 Jan 2024 15:07
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views
Replies: 144
Views: 36220

Re: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views

X-posting. Yesterday I took a small ride in one of the more "traditional" parts of my city, typically known as "Gaothan.." (roughly translated as the village portion of the now developed suburb, still resembling pretty much the old village center). The atmosphere was electric ! T...
by sajo
22 Jan 2024 14:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773127

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

Yesterday I took a small ride in one of the more "traditional" parts of my city, typically known as "Gaothan.." (roughly translated as the village portion of the now developed suburb, still resembling pretty much the old village center). The atmosphere was electric ! The enthusia...
by sajo
02 Jan 2024 20:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6203
Views: 1639121

Re: Internal Security Watch

Truckers' fears 'misplaced', only those trying to escape hit-and-runs without informing cops to face new law's brunt Another 'toolkit' operation seems to be getting kick started. Truckers now want lenient punishment in hit & run cases :roll:. As usual the truckers from Punjab are involved here ...
by sajo
02 Jan 2024 20:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773127

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

Another 'farmer protest' (v2.0) getting lined up, this time by the truck drivers . Their demand lenient punishment when they do hit & run. :roll: This cannot be a coincidence. https://thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/story-3-4.jpg https://thedailyguardian.com/rahul-gandhi-gives-e...
by sajo
06 Nov 2023 11:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773127

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

The situation in Maharashtra is likely to worsen due to the Maratha agitation. This is an IED that has been laid cleverly by pawarful people and will require deft handling by Fadnavis and Shinde. The agitation is led by Jarange who by his own machinations and assurances has left himself with no spa...
by sajo
25 Sep 2023 15:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773127

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

https://www.news18.com/movies/ex-bjp-politician-nupur-sharma-hails-vivek-agnihotris-the-vaccine-war-the-film-is-very-beautiful-8591168.html I forwarded a picture from this event yesterday in of my friends' WA group (non-political), with just the caption "First Public appearance". Was pleas...
by sajo
21 Sep 2023 17:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773127

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

what moron would carry on his head, a suitcase with wheels, even if it just for a silly photo op couldn't his low IQ hanger's on get him a suitcase without wheels or are they also the "wharton" wizards or "cambridge" cabal, clique with no clue as to ground realities Question rem...
by sajo
21 Sep 2023 15:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests_2
Replies: 633
Views: 238874

Re: Indian Interests_2

^^ No. 33 Sukhdool Singh has been disposed off today right ?
Are all of the photos In Kanneda ? Most photos seem to have been taken in custody, not sure if they have been released after being arrested in India. If so, how come they managed to get passports issued ? Wait, dont want to know. :(
by sajo
21 Sep 2023 14:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406640

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Not sure how much it affects the "Friendly" diaspora. Would they lean on the government enough to attempt a reconciliation ? Why the quotes Sajo'ji? What are you alluding? Let me say a couple of things about the "diaspora", they work hard and lean on the government of the day. A...
by sajo
21 Sep 2023 12:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406640

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

That's the idea. No more students to Kanada. Last checked Indians were second largest number of overseas students. ~250k or rather 2,50,000 Indian students in Canada. https://www.statista.com/statistics/555132/top-10-origin-countries-of-international-students-at-years-end-canada/ It seems the numbe...
by sajo
21 Sep 2023 12:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406640

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

India Suspends visa to Canadians. https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/india-suspends-visa-services-for-canadians-amid-heightened-tensions-101695274291842.html Not sure how much it affects the "Friendly" diaspora. Would they lean on the government enough to attempt a reconciliation ?...
by sajo
08 May 2023 20:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion
Replies: 1140
Views: 255269

Re: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion

Folks,pranams, is the NE safe for traveling/tourists this week ? Any chance of the Manipur violence spilling over to neighbouring states of Tripura, Meghalaya ? I read about a sporadic incident here and there in Shillong. News from mainstream sources is not very clear about how much of a powder keg ...
by sajo
05 May 2023 11:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6203
Views: 1639121

Re: Internal Security Watch

^^^^^ Manipur govt issues shoot at sight orders as violence escala .. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/imphal/manipur-violence-army-stages-flag-march-curfew-in-eight-districts-mobile-internet-suspended-for-five-days/articleshow/99975468.cms The images and videos posted on twitter do not pai...
by sajo
27 Mar 2023 17:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6203
Views: 1639121

Re: Internal Security Watch

X-Posting from the Punjab thread. ndia has requested the Nepal government not to allow fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who is believed to be hiding in Nepal, to flee to a third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian passport or any other fake passport, a media report ...
by sajo
27 Mar 2023 17:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact
Replies: 482
Views: 113929

Re: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact

Reports that Amritpal is hiding in Nepal. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amritpal-singh-hiding-in-nepal-officials-seek-nepal-help-101679910889725.html "The esteemed ministry is requested to inform the Department of Immigration not to permit Amritpal Singh to travel through Nepal for ...
by sajo
16 Mar 2023 11:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184906

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://im.rediff.com/news/2023/mar/15pakistan1.jpg https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Imran-Khan-Pakistan-protests-2.jpg?impolicy=website&width=550&height=300 https://images.cnbctv18.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Imran-Khan-Pakistan-protests-7.jpg?impolicy=website&...
by sajo
03 Mar 2023 10:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388509

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023

https://twitter.com/Shail_CFO/status/1631190621888344066 Can anyone from Pune comment? So BJP lost Kasba seat in Pune while won one in PCMC. Pune voters have shown a lot of maturity in rejecting pervert strategy if BJP whereby they look at Pune only as a vote gathering slave town. Votes and taxes f...
by sajo
02 Mar 2023 12:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388509

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023

Bypolls do not relate to full elections. Agreed, they dont... but if BhaJaPa is not able to retain a resolutely Hindu majority seat it was winning for the past 35 years in Pune, and barely scraping past in Chinchawad (where any other BJP candidate other than deceased MLA Laxman Jagtap's wife would ...
by sajo
02 Mar 2023 11:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388509

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023

MH trends...chinchwad BJP candidate is leading comfortably now. Kasba peth close contest <1000 vote margin. MH news channels are showing a massive lead of 6500 votes for the Kasba INC candidate. Things do not look good at all for the BJP in the 2024 assembly elections. Just 3 rounds left for counti...
by sajo
02 Mar 2023 11:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388509

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023

Dilbu wrote:BJP will lose onlee :(( :(( :((
Thanks for Showing up Dilbu saar !
by sajo
02 Mar 2023 11:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388509

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023

MH Assembly Bypolls - BJP likely losing the Kasba Peth (Old Pune) seat , considered an "extremely safe" seat since 1978, when Aravind Lele won on a Janata Party ticket. Last 6 Elections were all won by the BJP. I suspect demographic change in Old Pune, have been suspecting since long. Dev...
by sajo
06 Feb 2023 15:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119058

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

According to data released recently by the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BEOE), some 832,339 Pakistanis left the country in 2022 in an attempt to secure a better future. The number of immigrants in 2022 is significantly higher than the 288,280 having left in 2021. In 2015, however, ...
by sajo
30 Jan 2023 18:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625637

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Have people watched the video of Tyre Nichols getting murdered by Memphis police officers? It was a proper lynching done by police who institutionally think are above the law. There was no humanity present there. Note that it wasn’t just the police: the EMTs who arrived offered no aid for 15 mins. ...
by sajo
09 Dec 2022 20:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive
Replies: 757
Views: 312832

Re: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive

Sirji The present dispensation had ample time to review files Unless of course the files were destroyed in accidental fire Not saying its connected onlee. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fire-at-mumbai-mantralaya-kills-three-chars-vital-files/articleshow/14326078.cms I shudder to think of...
by sajo
27 Oct 2022 20:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Indians shouldn't be so eager to obtain visas to the US or UK et al, and less to ultimately immigrate. India is developing faster than just about any other country in the world! Why not stay in India and partake of that growth and development. It sort of looks unsavoury, if not pathetic, to see Ind...
by sajo
04 Jul 2022 20:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

NDA Govt. reducing VAT on Fuel in MH ... Good move ... Looter MVA gang has been screwing people from all sides I was eagerly awaiting this news.. Hopefully would put less pressure on the mango man, especially since urban areas have seen an explosion in gig jobs, mostly involving delivery using thei...
by sajo
04 Jul 2022 20:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119058

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

I say, why need any other book, when you have THE BOOK. Replace syllabus of everything with Asmani Kitaab onlee. One school, one book, AoA. Paper shortage hits Pakistan, millions of students likely to be without books during the next academic year https://www.opindia.com/2022/06/pakistan-paper-stude...
by sajo
21 Jun 2022 11:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184906

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

This is absolutely brutal : Karachi, Jun 21: In a case of gross medical negligence, the staff of a rural health centre in Pakistan's Sindh province severed the head of a newborn baby and left it inside the mother's womb, leaving the 32-year-old Hindu woman in a life-threatening situation. https://ww...
by sajo
21 Jun 2022 11:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Looks like resort politics in Maharashtra. If the MVA Government would be toppled or not remains to be seen. Not that I have high hope of that happening, the MVA knows how to wield brutal force to coerce the rebels and go to whatever level that are needed to retain power.
by sajo
08 Jun 2022 22:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Dev Fadnavis is eroding whatever support base he had garnered during this tenure as CM, or MH BJP still harbours hope of an alliance with NCP. BJP leader and former CM Devendra Fadnavis sought action against the actor*. “The comment is unwarranted and highly derogatory for a senior leader like the N...
by sajo
08 Jun 2022 21:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact
Replies: 482
Views: 113929

Re: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact

Very odd set of characters. Moosewala murder https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1534539459941011456?t=dJ5aZD4CXrHlX3PiE56fVA&s=19 Those folks from MH were guns for hire ? OR is it more sinister than that ? If it was an unknown "Shooter" they wanted, UP admittedly still offers a larger tal...
by sajo
08 Apr 2022 23:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707211

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

How is the scheduling handled? Is this still via the COWIN app? I logged in and couldn't find any way to register. Yes, it would be via cowin. From my parents' experience, you would not see any slots until you come closer to your 9 month elapse date. Post that atleast the seniors received a text me...
by sajo
08 Apr 2022 22:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707211

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

^^Any guidelines have been issued by GoI for adults who got Covid during Omicron wave? Do eligible adults have to wait for 90 days before getting 3rd booster shot? I believe this guideline of waiting upto 90 days was not revised during the Omicron wave (even though other guidelines like isolation d...
by sajo
07 Apr 2022 20:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Those highly cringeworthy, cheesy youtube channels get millions of views and just add to another stream of income to these already multi-crorepati IAS/IPS officers. They go around with a camera crew barging into offices, businesses displaying their abuse of "power" and trying to be real l...
by sajo
07 Apr 2022 19:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2231224

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Have they activated their Rakhi Sawant brigade against India already ? https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-lawmaker-urges-biden-to-act-on-anti-muslim-discrimination-in-india/2557129 I think given our history, gullibility of the population, tight social media grip, a large Shantidoot population read...
by sajo
07 Apr 2022 19:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Whats with IAS officers and their youtube videos on their personal channels? I seem to be getting a lot of recos these days about them. Not posting links as do not want to give them more hits. They seem to be followed by a dedicated media/camera crew everywhere, (or atleast at photo-worthy/story wor...
by sajo
24 Mar 2022 19:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

AAP will like locusts wipe Punjab clean and then move on to Haryana etc among the Hindi belt. Hum to aap ko free denge ji lekin Mudi nahi deta ji formula. Great ROI for the Unkil deep assets all funding now local only jee. So is there no hope of a sustained Hindu/Indic revival ? Genuine question. f...
by sajo
24 Mar 2022 17:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

This was very predictable and in fact I said it earlier. The next step is asking for some sort of special status. Both will not happen. The third stage will be AAP going to town on how Hindu fundamentalist BJP and hindus hate Sikhs and all issues are due to Hindu centre rejecting Sikh demands. This...
by sajo
22 Mar 2022 11:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782614

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

As was watching the KF, could not understand why not one fought back. The death was certain, so why not take a fighting chance? 1000 years of oppression in one way or the other and Hindus still think God will protect. A very valid point. Bane of Hindus ? Or due to lack of unity ? Are most Hindus fi...
by sajo
17 Mar 2022 17:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388509

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022

the three musketeers or the three stooges none of them willing to shoulder any responsibility for the debacle https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNfy-qFUYAgyI8x?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Is it just me or has Sidhu gained tremendous weight in recent times? Buckling under the weight of expectations and ...