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- 26 Feb 2021 00:29
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 5620
- Views: 673099
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
If they really wanted to troll they should have named it Trump Stadium
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- 26 Feb 2021 00:12
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
- Replies: 2402
- Views: 613365
Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
---X Posting from NaPak End Game thread--- Can India resist the Ghar Jamai act ? I've been following Paki media on and off for a while, it quite accurately reflects Pak's establishment's mind and mood. It is usually filled with rabid anti-India and Anti-Modi/Hindutva/RSS rhetoric which keeps repeati...
- 26 Feb 2021 00:05
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
- Replies: 585
- Views: 106751
Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
Can India resist the Ghar Jamai act ? I've been following Paki media on and off for a while, it quite accurately reflects Pak's establishment's mind and mood. It is usually filled with rabid anti-India and Anti-Modi/Hindutva/RSS rhetoric which keeps repeating across a range of topics: - News storie...
- 23 Feb 2021 17:23
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Interests_2
- Replies: 148
- Views: 34328
Re: Indian Interests_2
Thank you for the pointers & links !
- 22 Feb 2021 16:54
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Interests_2
- Replies: 148
- Views: 34328
Re: Indian Interests_2
Right Sudarshan ji, that was my point. Agree about AIT dump by Nehru in Discovery of India. I had read it many years ago, have it somewhere still. Thanks Rudradev, will read Majumdar and N Sastri's works. Another history area I'd like to read about is how Indian culture spread through South East Asi...
- 22 Feb 2021 16:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Right across the Kailash range where we occupied the heights is our Chushul base. Any movement by the Chinese from Moldo to get closer to Spangur lake or gap can be effectively detected and countered by rapid troop mobilisation from Chushul as well as artillery. Refer to the maps and you will see th...
- 21 Feb 2021 16:57
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Interests_2
- Replies: 148
- Views: 34328
Re: Indian Interests_2
Foreign travellers recounts of India are indeed quite interesting since they offer a comparative perspective of how India was at that time, as seen through alien eyes. I've loved reading "Veyi Padagalu" in Telugu by Viswanatha Sathyanarayana garu, which describes Andhra society of the 19th...
- 21 Feb 2021 16:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
- Replies: 528
- Views: 138596
Re: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
Realistic confidence displayed by our scientist in the interview makes me full of confident realism that our aeronautic industry has taken off towards future success with these programs.
- 21 Feb 2021 15:54
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
- Replies: 585
- Views: 106751
Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
Markers of NaPaki end game: 1. Runaway food and essential commodities inflation 2. Infighting in Pak Army, with 2nd military coup to depose a Jarnail on top of a 1st military coup where the said Jarnail has taken over after dismissing a civilian govt 3. Jihadi Mullah led popular uprising against Arm...
- 20 Feb 2021 15:23
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2348
- Views: 208521
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Congress in deep financial crisis, sending out SOS https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/congress-in-deep-financial-crisis-sends-out-sos/articleshow/81122496.cms Looks like PM funds taken away and scam money drying up has starved them. Time for Sonia to open the family coffers in Swiss for the p...
- 20 Feb 2021 01:07
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Interests_2
- Replies: 148
- Views: 34328
Re: Indian Interests_2
A funny concept that seems to have fallen by the wayside - thankfully - is "Frugal Innovation" also called "Glorifying Jugaad". A few years ago I had a student from a prestigious international management institute near Paris call on me seeking to do an internship/project on the t...
- 20 Feb 2021 00:30
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Logical conclusion was already given by Col. Babu's men. China unable to move on.
- 20 Feb 2021 00:05
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2348
- Views: 208521
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Link-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/world/europe/france-universities-culture-wars.html Heating Up Culture Wars, France to Scour Universities for Ideas That ‘Corrupt Society’ PARIS — Stepping up its attacks on social science theories that it says threaten France, the French government announced ...
- 19 Feb 2021 16:52
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
- Replies: 3765
- Views: 738952
Re: J&K Union Territory-2019
Militant opens fire at Bargulla near Shiv Shakti sweet shop killing 2 policemen. CCTV footage reveals militant's face. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jk-militants-open-fire-police-shot-dead-srinagar-7195637/ To coincide with EU envoys visit, to bring back bloodshed in Kashmir image.
- 18 Feb 2021 16:01
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
- 18 Feb 2021 15:37
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1127
- Views: 281323
Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
https://twitter.com/IndiaHistorypic/status/1360835034198937603?s=20 ---> 1964: Production of first indigenous Vijayanta tanks at Avadi, Tamil Nadu. As evidenced in a video report few pages earlier in this thread, the Avadi factory heritage structure has been preserved in a manner that would make AS...
- 17 Feb 2021 01:22
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Non-Western Worldview
- Replies: 1047
- Views: 120951
Re: Non-Western Worldview
Chinese media warfare is dump money, corrupt, honey trap, blackmail to control the media actors. And play aggrieved victim at the slightest sleight and try to ruin those who don't fall in line one way or other.
Not our usual style.
Not our usual style.
- 17 Feb 2021 01:15
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
My opinion: CCP miscalculated on NaMo Govt, PLA misunderestimated IA and got stalemated, nutfreezed. The cost of continuing the standoff in terms of men, equipment, money and morale was becoming untenable. Escalating into a 2 front war by pulling in Pakis was not realisable either. Pak Army got scar...
- 17 Feb 2021 00:14
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Non-Western Worldview
- Replies: 1047
- Views: 120951
Re: Non-Western Worldview
Most people I come across are not trying to antagonise me, but if they were, I'd reply on similar lines as well 

- 17 Feb 2021 00:07
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
- Replies: 1997
- Views: 296503
Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Perhaps Kiran Bedi will get a different/better posting. There were all kinds of speculation when J&K Lt Guv changed last year as well.
- 16 Feb 2021 23:57
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Non-Western Worldview
- Replies: 1047
- Views: 120951
Re: Non-Western Worldview
I found that asking questions to clarify question/statement the premises behind the question quickly deflates these holier than thou types. For example, a conversation would go like this: Q: Why is there so much caste discrimination in India? Response: What do you know of caste system? Q: I mean peo...
- 16 Feb 2021 22:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1127
- Views: 281323
Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Even if enemy drops torpedos, Arjun Mark 1A will resist. The chassis is actually carved out of single block of hard monolith granite like Khajuraho temples. The torpedo will just bounce off Arjun like Gabbar & Co bounced off Sholay hill in Ramanagara.



- 16 Feb 2021 18:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1127
- Views: 281323
Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Saw the report on Aurjun Mark 1A. Looks like the Army put every possible feature they could think of into GSQRs. Usually such "to moon & back" requirements are given it is expected that the supplier will fail to produce the unobtainium demanded. CVRDE has ended up producing the behemot...
- 16 Feb 2021 15:19
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2348
- Views: 208521
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Initially I gave Disha Ravi some benefit of doubt. Following the Delhi Police's press conference yesterday where they have shared a bunch of details to counter the "innocent 21 year old student arrested since the Govt is panicking" narrative, and her own admission that she did edit the too...
- 16 Feb 2021 14:29
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8644
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
gpurewal seems to have disappeared, went back to the land of pure ?! LoL
- 15 Feb 2021 00:20
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 449
- Views: 42623
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
Signal similarly asks me to re-authenticate with a NIP passwd very frequently. Not sure why such repeated authentications are needed.
- 15 Feb 2021 00:12
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 801626
Re: Understanding the US - Again
ok ! sorry about that
- 14 Feb 2021 23:22
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2348
- Views: 208521
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
After all the investigation Govt could find just one 21 yr old Indian woman? Her story does look like a starry eyed head in the clouds young female - there are thousands of them in India, may be in our own families - who did something woke, similar or worse things were done by so many people with no...
- 14 Feb 2021 14:38
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: US and PRC relationship & India
- Replies: 2017
- Views: 220527
Re: US and PRC relationship & India
“Accept that for the foreseeable future the United States and China will have incompatible political systems and two fundamentally opposed concepts about the sources of political legitimacy and how best to organize societies;” Just confirms that US has abandoned all intent of seeing democracy in Ch...
- 14 Feb 2021 13:30
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
- Replies: 534
- Views: 117234
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
Fantastic pix !
- 13 Feb 2021 15:08
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8644
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
gpurewal, Turdeau has done immense damage to India-Canada ties with his antics during his last India visit on top of carrying a known Khalistani sympathiser in his entourage. He rightly deserves criticism for being unable to see the India beyond Punjab. His entire India view seems to be conditioned ...
- 13 Feb 2021 14:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Raja_m, Thats is a plausible theory from a military perspective. Going by the recent budget, Navy has the least outlay as it has been for many years. Coming to the disengagement agreement at Pangog-Tso, it seems IA will not go beyond Finger 3, and PLA will stay at Sirijap and not come down beyond F8...
- 13 Feb 2021 02:49
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2348
- Views: 208521
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Mind is like milk. Once it curdles needs a miracle to undo. Experiential realisation cannot be taught (by definition) or compensated for with a ritual like dunking in water. Thats why there is no conversion process in Hinduism. Ghar Wapasi only works for those rare adults whose mind hasn't curdled a...
- 13 Feb 2021 01:52
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 801626
Re: Understanding the US - Again
Gents, take your traffic woes and crash videos elsewhere, there are tons of places for that.
Dhanyavaad !
Dhanyavaad !
- 13 Feb 2021 01:47
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2348
- Views: 208521
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
AshishA, The piskology behind Hindu hatred IMO boils down to this: The Hindus have figured out that there are no absolutes, that all Reality is in fact Maya and are able to deal with it and thrive in it. The non-Indic faiths need absolutes to exist. When they see a Hindu and realise what that Hindu ...
- 13 Feb 2021 01:29
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 449
- Views: 42623
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
Twitter vs India that logic applies backwards too. twitter cannot delete/deplatform folks without a court order. Err not exactly. Twitter seems to say, just because the order comes from a democratically elected govt, it doesn't automatically mean such demand is as per that country's laws. They are ...
- 12 Feb 2021 17:29
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8644
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Turdeau obviously won't tell how he got some sense knocked into him by NaMo
Expecting EAM SJ and Doval getting visibly active on Canadian matters soon.

Expecting EAM SJ and Doval getting visibly active on Canadian matters soon.
- 12 Feb 2021 15:33
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Inexplicable aggression and inexplicable rollback (if thats what it really is now) by the Chinese. I don't like inexplicables in geopolitics, especially regarding expansionist China. There is something more than meets the eye here. Not discernible what it is. There is no victory here, the Chinese ag...
- 12 Feb 2021 02:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
- 12 Feb 2021 01:52
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3472
- Views: 706019
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Note the discussion on Point 3 of RM's statement from 25:00 onwards: