Bharat Rakshak

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Good equipment is not the issue here. Endless hardware type multiplication.

more variety = more maintenance, training, supply chain and logistics challenges.

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I think Modi's hand of friendship to Xi was genuine. Chinese aggression in Ladhak was a surprise for Modi, MEA, NSA everyone, more due to its timing - coming after Dokhlam and right in the middle of the Covid pandemic, than the fact that the Chinese would do it. The big question is why our military ...

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Aww, if there are more and more cards, we can expect loyalty programs, miles & points, silver/gold/platinum/diamond status races - there is a whole new branch of the economy right there...

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Our nrighbour PMs are trying to out do each other on who can be the wackiest

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Looks like IA wants to have as much variety in its stores as Walmart !

May be they want to get into the business of posting youtube review videos and make some money for the nation instead of wasting it.

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This is a hilarious dhulai by Palki Sharma. Dimran & co have really gone nuts!

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Unless there is a national database of citizen AND births, naturalisations, deaths are reliably updated (call it NRC/NPR or whatever), any Govt scheme can be pilfered by the usual gangs. Until then, requiring personal appearance and verification of identity & eligibility through Adhaar/PAN/Govt ...

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pankajs, India is no Tajikistan. China has its greedy ambitions, but they can't go about it in the same way with every neighbour. The point I'm making is collusion between Pakis and Chinese regarding Indian territory of J&K. The Pakis have a compulsive need for it and the Chinese have an obsessi...

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I saw the online discussion in which EAM Jaishankar made those remarks, and I don't agree with the comments above. Being jingoistic is fine on BRF. The EAM was speaking as a diplomat. India is playing a good cop - bad cop routine. We need to chill.

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If you look that the recent updated political map of Pak released by Dimkhan's govt, it claims large parts of J&K and Ladakh as its own territory, excepting Aksai Chin which China already controls. This could very well be due to a realisation by Pak that post abrogation of Art 370, it has no cha...

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Encouraging internal consumption will only work partially since the money to spend is fuelled by export revenue, even if the Chinese have a much higher rate of savings than the west. Real estate is a big driver of GDP in growing/developing economies and is a good indicator of consumption trends. Con...

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If anything, the poll shows that people massively TRUST Modi's ABILITY and SINCERITY to make the right decisions in different spheres, its less about this specific policy or that particular stance. It should only boost the confidence of the PM to be decisive in his approach, and not worry about any ...

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People perceive the Modi Govt at the Centre to be, in general : - Scams & scandals free - Low on nepotism and influence peddling - Having some sense of responsibility and accountability - Greater degree of fairness than previous Govts. - and Terrorist attack/threat free Plus the Covid crisis has...

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Good post DavidD. There is growing support in Europe for the idea of de-growth, and public sentiment is slowly building in favour of a non-GDP driven view of the economy, one that produces and consumes not just "more" but "the same or less" more responsibly, more locally, generat...

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We need to post some positive news in this thread about improvements happening in J&K UT as well. There is quite a lot of uninformed junta screaming that 1 year has passed and nothing has changed, which is not true.

For example:

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How much of DT's anti-China stance is election stunt and how much is from a genuine realisation in his administration of the threat China poses I wonder !

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XPosting from India's foreign policy thread, in response to EAM Dr S Jishankar's recent article in the press India and the emerging world: The impact on the global order of China’s rise will be visible over the next generation With all due respect to EAM Jaishankar whom I like a lot, I think he is w...

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With all due respect to EAM Jaishankar whom I like a lot, I think he is wrong in his analysis of China, in a fundamental way. They have certainly increased the size of their economy, pulled 100s of millions of Chinese out of poverty, by becoming the sweat shop for a developed world that thrives on d...

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Amber ji, Mukhi ji, my condolences to you and your families. Thank you for sharing despite the circumstances. I'm getting more and more worried about my parents in Hyd, especially my father who is 76, with heart conditions, diabetes, and some respiratory difficulties. The only thing they can count o...

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Relax, the Pakis are just lamenting "IyyIyyOoo J&K" as they wake up from wet dreams.

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Apart from the areas of cooperation posted above, US will send a clear message to China that even thinking of nuke options tactical or otherwise on India will result in appropriate US response on top of India's own second strike, effectively taking out that rung of the escalation ladder. Unkil will ...

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Reminds me of the petrol from plastic lady a few years ago...

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This is no victory. The pendulum will swing back. We should be ready for that.

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What is Xi and the CCP most afraid of ? The clue lies in Document No 9 , which warns of the following: 1. Constitutional democracy, which includes such tenants as multi-party systems, the separation of powers, general elections, and judicial independence; 2. Universal values, a notion contrary to Ma...

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Its perhaps time to move from feet on the ground surveillance to a mix of patrols and an array of remotely operated devices such as image/IR/movement detectors, drones, helis and satellites. They can also better look across into the enemy territory to see whats happening several 10s to 100s of kms a...

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The photos posted earlier on this thread indicating tunnels etc. The Chinese know very clearly their supply chain weaknesses across the border. I would expect them to continue building huge interconnected subterranean spaces to store supplies, troops, tanks etc. Has been done before. And the Chinese...

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If there is so much difference between Indian & Chinese statements, then how much the future Chinese actions will correspond to the Indian side's understanding and expectations is anybody's guess.

More rough waters ahead.

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I think you are right SSridhar. My bad.

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Chinese FM Wang Yi is holding talks with NSA Ajit Doval, bypassing EAM S Jaishankar who would be his normal counterpart. A cheap tactic to create division within our establishment, but what he may not have realised is that the Indian side works as a team, and Doval is a way more harder nut to crack ...

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Other channels are also reporting citing "sources" that PLA has pulled back by 2Kms in Galwan valley and IA doing likewise after verification that all structures erected have been pulled down.

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1) Take back at least some part of Aksai Chin to reestablish our firm claim (if unable to take all of AC) 2) Take back Manasarovar and establish a buffer 3) Occupy a 2K - 10K sq km area to establish Tibetan Government in Exile. That would require nothing short of a comprehensive defeat of the PLA. ...

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I think if India stops insisting on restoring status quo ante in Panang Tso Finger 4 to Finger 8 area, China is ready to back off and claim victory showing the China map and symbols they drew on the ground as proof of the victory. Objectively speaking it would be one, not withstanding the tactical a...

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India had a 48h window after the June 15th clashes to retaliate in Galwan and other areas in Ladakh. Any such action during this period could have been justified as "punitive" and "preemptive" against an aggressor who broke the agreed rules of disengagement and instigated violenc...

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Thanks for your posts vsundar. A bit sad to see the steam era of IR come to an end, they have a charm that cannot be replaced.

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

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And why not the same helmet to go into space while we are at it?

Its like buying a 8mm to 500mm zoom lens. Wont be good at anything.

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kirpalbasra ji, welcome to the forum

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