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by S_Madhukar
03 Nov 2025 05:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 8032
Views: 2971339

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Karachi should have lots of coconut? They should switch to coconut gravies with tamarind, clearly onion tomato is too expensive! :((
by S_Madhukar
03 Nov 2025 05:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
Replies: 1944
Views: 584739

Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion

^^ Go to Nepal and these same people abuse Indian and Indians. Had a bad experience during my visits to Nepal. But the same people have no problem in freeloading in India. The problem is unrestricted access -- India being a dharamshala for everyone in the neighborhood, and everyone free to come and...
by S_Madhukar
03 Nov 2025 05:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4902
Views: 1177912

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

A_Gupta wrote: 02 Nov 2025 09:46 One strategic reason to test is to provoke Pakistan to test so that a clearer picture of Pakistan's nuke situation emerges.
Before that we need some dedicated ISR assets to track them. Personally I would rather that they are not left with any and if they do let Cuba or Mexico also test some !
by S_Madhukar
03 Nov 2025 05:26
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6833
Views: 2146963

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Congrats to the ladies, well deserved ! Indian kids of the future will now be able to play cricket with both Dad and Mom… Save your windows !
:lol:
by S_Madhukar
01 Nov 2025 16:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4177
Views: 1203949

Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)

All these Hinduphobic problems will go away once we get back to peak economy and tech. Suddenly even Germans and Malays will come running explaining how they have Indian ancestry just like these engagement seekers on YT or consultants and think tankers who want to lobby on our behalf :lol:
by S_Madhukar
31 Oct 2025 07:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2799
Views: 1561723

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

So gurus who has replaced the Mig-21 in the interceptor role now? Is it Tejas or Mig29 ? If Tejas will it be Mk1 always or Mk2 in the future? Or will it be a CATs warrior ? Or do we need(dream) of a Mach3+ jet these days?
by S_Madhukar
31 Oct 2025 07:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6617
Views: 2522042

Re: Internal Security Watch

I hope GoI realised that even after trade deals etc BIF won’t relent. I recall once WTO got Cheen in, in a few years they purged a lot of their assets internally. Why are we missing out on the money trail for these judges etc. Italy has a separate Financial police force (obviously to get a grip on m...
by S_Madhukar
31 Oct 2025 06:41
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4999
Views: 2200820

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

Euston-Milton Keynes yes will remind us of what we can achieve but it uses advanced signaling too. The 2 separate fast tracks where Tilting Pendolino trains do 220kmph+ while on the 2 slow tracks you have the Electrostar trains like VB that can do 130kmph+ easily. Both are EMU. Don’t think any locom...
by S_Madhukar
31 Oct 2025 06:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4902
Views: 1177912

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

Sorry but I was wondering if Tho is so great and not as abundant in other countries, have others tried to make it in N reactions? I know that would be super expensive but wanted to throw the gauntlet.. Also how does it compare to Fusion economics … should we also double our efforts there or let the ...
by S_Madhukar
28 Oct 2025 09:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
Replies: 833
Views: 572894

Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses

It is funny how despite political turmoil they have upgraded their bases in 5 years while with so called stability we make the most of that time to discuss some more. Plus they need space to park their ever growing aircraft collection! It’s a different story if their pilots are trained well but won’...
by S_Madhukar
26 Oct 2025 02:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4000
Views: 1377807

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Should follow with soya and corn imports. Some meat free meals will help cool the restive mullahs and Taco will finally get some wins ! :lol:
by S_Madhukar
26 Oct 2025 01:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6345
Views: 2526117

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

I once attended an online RE seminar in Singapore. Lot of Singaporeans(as does Sino) buy in the UK because they know it is a rigged game against buyers as there is no appetite to build more. The newer investors are moving to the North... Manchester etc buying new build flats only to rent them out. R...
by S_Madhukar
26 Oct 2025 01:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6345
Views: 2526117

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

UK house sizes are closer to Hong Kong than Europe and forget about US/Australia. Plus remember 6 months of winter with no sunshine and 3 months of summer with some sunshine if lucky. Don't be fooled by movies and serials that show Indian summer sunshine, that is like 20% of the time in summer. Mayb...
by S_Madhukar
24 Oct 2025 17:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3142
Views: 1040146

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

https://x.com/ssaratht/status/1980971295450800637 @ssaratht Christmas says hello https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G33S5JZXsAAONuw?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G33S5JWXQAEHQFi?format=jpg&name=small https://x.com/TheBluePen25/status/1980523428273902052 @TheBluePen25 No civiliz...
by S_Madhukar
24 Oct 2025 17:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3142
Views: 1040146

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

I will be very wary of Orangeman … in his buffoonery he masks a certain evil persona that was hidden in the 1st term. With his health condition and poisonous coterie around and the alphabet soup of agencies free to do anything anywhere until we reach a certain reset PM must be very careful. Even aft...
by S_Madhukar
23 Oct 2025 14:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2109
Views: 6927551

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Engine will be gifted by Yanks or does HAL already have an alternate ready ? Have they not learnt from their earlier bidding experiences? This sounds like electric buses being exported to Africa - sounds nice until you see vintages still running in Indian cities. Wear your Pajamas and then gift some...
by S_Madhukar
23 Oct 2025 14:22
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2135
Views: 612756

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

All i can say is that we need to buckle up against Cheeni threat … they will have 10x to throw at us and one of them will unfortunately have your name on it. Freebies for civilians should be matched by budgets for forces
by S_Madhukar
23 Oct 2025 05:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2135
Views: 612756

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Def talks has some more detail on individual pilot medals and citations - 3 of them are AF kids ! All i can say is that on the first night we conducted ops equivalent to Yankee terms of “Mig Alley” and I has visions of that movie “ Flight of the Intruder” although Vietnam was ages ago! Even subseque...
by S_Madhukar
22 Oct 2025 21:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3142
Views: 1040146

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

<r><QUOTE author="sanjayc" post_id="2663040" time="1761104674" user_id="29649"><s>[quote=sanjayc post_id=2663040 time=1761104674 user_id=29649]</s> Times of India today has dedicated full 4 pages on anti-Diwali coverage. They are targetting every angle, from light pollution to sound pollution to air...
by S_Madhukar
22 Oct 2025 04:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Tradition, Culture, Religion & Law in Indian Society
Replies: 790
Views: 460940

Re: Tradition, Culture, Religion & Law in Indian Society

Pankaj Dhir, who played Karan in the epic, sadly passed away last week. May he attain moksha Indeed! I recall in an interview it was his idea to not blink when delivering his lines when playing Karna. Also he got this role because he refused to shave his moustache when he was being offered Arjun/Br...
by S_Madhukar
22 Oct 2025 04:43
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6833
Views: 2146963

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

We lost a few well known actors recently- Pankaj Dhir who played Karna in BR Chopra’s Mahabharata and legendary Asraniji who played so many characters. Om Shanti !
by S_Madhukar
22 Oct 2025 04:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
Replies: 3032
Views: 1102123

Re: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion

Pardon my ignorance but have we started using FPV Drones in such cordon and search operations, might be good, where once the Cordon is formed, the Drones go.in for the kill I am no expert on tactics, but I have been listening to a number of current and former soldiers that have operated in the Vall...
by S_Madhukar
22 Oct 2025 03:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6345
Views: 2526117

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Reform will polish off whatever little is left of the UK economy by selling off prime assets to private entities. Never trust a City boy to be able to do anything else with the economy
by S_Madhukar
22 Oct 2025 03:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3142
Views: 1040146

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Crackers were never part of original Diwali celebrations, it was lights of diyas. So linking anyone asking for them to be controlled as anti-religion is not right. The word is “controlled” not “banned” . I dont like crackers going on at ungodly hours and i dont like azaan either on loudspeakers. An...
by S_Madhukar
21 Oct 2025 20:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3142
Views: 1040146

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

कौन है यह लोग कहां से आते हैं यह https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3yP1yyXQAAykSo?format=jpg&name=large such scum as these will never yap on id, xmas, or new year Looking at chaps like these no wonder NaMo can’t sleep at night. His G20 Bakchodi has gone too far and is looking for some $$ jobs.
by S_Madhukar
21 Oct 2025 02:06
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
Replies: 183
Views: 123685

Re: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion

I think we need more ECM and ECCM vehicles mixed up with tank platoons. That should be the way - if not some kind of low flying sentry drones that can keep sweeping the vicinity of drones like minesweepers. May be they will be part of engineering arms ?
by S_Madhukar
16 Oct 2025 15:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3142
Views: 1040146

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Question - am I alone in both feeling optimistic about India as well as simultaneously feeling that no matter how fast India goes, it is not fast enough? That happens sir because our population still sometimes gives you only 240 seats. We get these backwards pulling governments like the current Kar...
by S_Madhukar
16 Oct 2025 15:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2135
Views: 612756

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

I think we are caught between Buddha, Gandhi and Kalki avatar. We want to attract investments while providing stable supply chains and be seen as nice boys. What we need is our own TV channel where our view points are presented online and no holds barred discussions can take place. That won’t happen...
by S_Madhukar
14 Oct 2025 05:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2135
Views: 612756

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

The shameless part is how the AQ Khan network was able to proliferate to Libya, NoKo etc giving US the target list of Axis of Evil who they would hit and make money for their MIC. A game perfectly setup for the world to be fooled and that was possible because of unipolarity and institutional capture...
by S_Madhukar
13 Oct 2025 17:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5780
Views: 2492468

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

RE: Contiguous Neighhbour Afghanistan. Reminds me of a joke on YT. British guy says Netherlands is amazing they don’t have potholes on their roads. A Dutch guy says not just potholes we don’t even have a word for that in Dutch. Another Dutch joins in and says there is actually word for pothole in Du...
by S_Madhukar
13 Oct 2025 17:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5780
Views: 2492468

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

kancha wrote, the reason this short clip of the Army Chief piqued my interest was the fact that he wasn’t the first one or the only one from the highest echelons speaking thus. In fact, the first such instance was Prime Minister himself when he promised the Navy their dues in next round! What has f...
by S_Madhukar
10 Oct 2025 22:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11533
Views: 3317703

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Apparently India was also asked to ensure no rare earths from China ends up in US when we buy Chinese rare earths

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tec ... 413565.cms
by S_Madhukar
10 Oct 2025 04:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6345
Views: 2526117

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

A new £350 million deal with India will support hundreds of jobs in Northern Ireland and supply India, a key strategic partner, with air defence missiles and launchers. The contract is set to deliver UK-manufactured Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) built in Belfast to the Indian Army, deliverin...
by S_Madhukar
10 Oct 2025 02:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6345
Views: 2526117

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Manish_P wrote: 09 Oct 2025 19:17 Full circle. The IAF to work on training the RAF

Image next will be maintenance- fixing F-35s :rotfl:
by S_Madhukar
08 Oct 2025 05:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12597
Views: 4246470

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Agreed that India is tying up either on economic or cultural ties with as many countries as possible. There is no record of any country helping us always - not Russia not Israel. Gulf has been pseudo-Pak in the past, SEA pseudo-Cheen. We are not driving anyone away either. However we need to step on...
by S_Madhukar
06 Oct 2025 02:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2135
Views: 612756

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Bakis must already be making IAF crash videos using Sora2 etc. we are doomed already :lol:
by S_Madhukar
06 Oct 2025 02:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12597
Views: 4246470

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

gakakkad wrote: 06 Oct 2025 02:42 ^ nitpick , Abe wasn't founding father .
Corrected :mrgreen:
by S_Madhukar
06 Oct 2025 02:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12597
Views: 4246470

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Looking at how Xian SoKo workers were recently harassed - they gave US everything - that US demands of us - yet see the Raj style humiliation they went thru. This should open our eyes to the ugliness of that country that has not improved spiritually in the last 300 years. Wonder what founding father...
by S_Madhukar
29 Sep 2025 17:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12597
Views: 4246470

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

People should watch the David Mamet play (it's also a movie) "Glengarry Glen Ross". It's about salesmen for a NY real estate scheme. Gives a solid impression about what types of people & culture dominate Trump's inner circle. Of note, they complain bitterly (and with many racist slurs...
by S_Madhukar
29 Sep 2025 13:45
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6833
Views: 2146963

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Exactly so was there no BCCI or ICC officials that could present the trophy and medals and complete the formalities? Considering the antics already? Presence of mind lacking in BCCI babudom I think

Bakis of course as Major Arya would say Beizzati itni hi jitni Mehsoos na ho :((