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by AdityaVM
23 Feb 2023 10:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2925855

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

1 hour 45 minutes. Gloves have come off. Majja time. IMO, not yet a pole, but no longer an emerging pole. uXKnm5Gzfjk At 1: 27:00 in the podcast, while mentioning about khalistani attacks on temples in Canada and Australia, Smita Prakash tried to do equal-equal by saying " There were attacks o...
by AdityaVM
15 Jun 2022 11:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Agnipath (Tour of Duty): News & Discussion
Replies: 396
Views: 46933

Re: Agnipath (Tour of Duty): News & Discussion

I think seeing this through the lens of purely operational aspect of the Armed Forces and Financial aspects of the pension bill is not right. The pension bill is unsustainable. Period. We cannot increase the Defence Budget more because, then it would be a true Zero Sum game between spending more on ...
by AdityaVM
08 May 2022 04:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1782
Views: 606896

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

Vayutuvan wrote:
Cyrano wrote:BBBW
WHat is the full form? Googling yielded unintended hits.
:rotfl: :rotfl:

It's Build Back Better World, also known as B3W star.
by AdityaVM
10 Apr 2022 14:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8767
Views: 2386929

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Folks please focus on thread title and not bring in Greeks and Persians. Ramana garu, Namaskaram. Happy Ramanavami to all. I was thinking of writing how each from #1 to #5 interacts with the world in the following format. 1. Objectives they want to achieve. 2. Threats they face from each correspond...
by AdityaVM
10 Apr 2022 12:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8767
Views: 2386929

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Folks please focus on thread title and not bring in Greeks and Persians. Ramana garu, Namaskaram. Happy Ramanavami to all. I was thinking of writing how each from #1 to #5 interacts with the world in the following format. 1. Objectives they want to achieve. 2. Threats they face from each correspond...
by AdityaVM
14 Sep 2021 09:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2925855

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Searching for Hindutva in Google, with your location as India throws up an Ad by "Hindus for Human rights " website definition of Hindutva as the first result. Which summarizes Hindutva as The Hindutva movement has been described as a variant of "right-wing extremism" and as &quo...
by AdityaVM
27 Jul 2021 13:46
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Banks & Financial System
Replies: 246
Views: 71566

Re: Indian Banks & Financial System

Saar, I am one of those much reviled Officials in a PSB. What Yagnasri garu is saying is true, only an order of magnitude worse. Officers fresh out of probation with no experience or expertise in anything but passbook printing are given assignments as branch manager in and are then pressed to sancti...
by AdityaVM
11 Jun 2021 19:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1898
Views: 500451

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

I just had an interesting ad pop up when I was watching the Puki whines on their news channels complied by some enthusiasts on youtube ( like we used to see on the Pakistani Media Watch thread. What happened to that thread anyway?) The ad was some song called Drilla 84 or something. Full Khalistani ...
by AdityaVM
21 Apr 2021 22:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2925855

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

TTD committee "Declares" Anjanadri in Tirumala as Lord Hanuman's Birthplace.. https://swarajyamag.com/insta/ttd-appointed-committee-of-scholars-establish-anjanadri-of-tirumala-hills-as-birthplace-of-lord-hanuman I have a strong suspicion regarding the "motive " of the TTD behind ...
by AdityaVM
05 Apr 2021 08:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2925855

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Where is the information on why and who approved such loans? Were the bank operators also charged for approving loans? Retirement cancelled? ED looking into bank officials? Time and time we see this NPA related news but no information on bank officials who signed off on it and their present living ...
by AdityaVM
04 Feb 2021 20:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2925855

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Another update. May I request the mods to make a sticky post so that we may all be able to see at a glance who are worthy of our support and people may add to it. While we are about it, perhaps somebody can compile a separate list of anti-national journalists and websites/news outlets? We can have ...
by AdityaVM
28 Jan 2021 08:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2925855

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

X-posting from India US Thread ACTION ALERT: Hello all. Amazon Prime has a documentary series "Kashmir: The Story" that's produced by TimesNow Television. It's not perfect but it's a rare case of OUR side of the Kashmir conflict getting some air-time in the US media market (as opposed to ...
by AdityaVM
02 Jan 2021 18:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Replies: 1964
Views: 467417

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

I have looked at the pictures of the Broken Swamy at the Ramateertham Shrine. Heartbreak is not the emotion I feel right now. Its pure, unadulterated, blinding RAGE. I had to spend all afternoon pacifying a crying SHQ, who wouldn't stop crying looking at the broken swamy and the hearbroken expressio...
by AdityaVM
19 Dec 2020 23:03
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2148774

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

today is goa liberation day. ...... ofcourse several more articles/videos also can be found from people like shefali vaidya, francois gautier (also the museum of whom i had the good fortune of visiting atleast twice), etc. Your two articles are basically rubbish. A Jewish author, who has a novel to...
by AdityaVM
15 Oct 2020 12:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
Replies: 1237
Views: 404828

Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact

Just wanted to mention a sort of Weird and disturbing thing that happened to me today. Today morning when I was in Office I received a call from an unknown number. When I lifted the phone the caller told me he was from an organisation in Mumbai, doing a survey on the Psychological effects of covid-1...
by AdityaVM
03 Sep 2020 13:38
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1580865

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

I have been browsing some cheen chat forums in mandarin and using Google translate to make sense of what they were saying when this gem of a thread popped out . https://ibb.co/r6B6chY https://ibb.co/j5bbPYN The idiots think they can steamroll Indian army and occupy all of northeast upto the Indian O...
by AdityaVM
11 Aug 2020 14:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7488
Views: 1705037

Re: Understanding the US - Again

I don't understand this "victors define morality" thing. Japanese had their rape parties in Nanking, unit 731, bayonetting little kids etc and they still refuse to educate their children about those. Yet they have the guts to ask others to "shun nuclear weapons", "peace&quo...
by AdityaVM
05 Aug 2020 11:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Ram Janmbhoomi Post-SCI Verdict: News and Discussion
Replies: 520
Views: 129093

Re: Ram Janmbhoomi Post-SCI Verdict: News and Discussion

To be honest I never thought we would see this day. At least not in my lifetime. This is a momentous occasion. This is the first step our civilization taking towards slowly recovering what we lost. Jai Shri Ram. I can't express how triumphant I am feeling today. I remember my sheer outrage and frust...
by AdityaVM
30 Jul 2020 21:58
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1580865

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

Please read the deterrence thread. What you're suggesting is basic Indian nuclear doctrine. Nuclear weapons are not meant for warfighting but for ensuring state survival and there has been a lot of discussion over nuclear strategy if it comes to the worst. They are useful for deterrence and little ...
by AdityaVM
30 Jul 2020 21:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Deterrence
Replies: 5130
Views: 901979

Re: Deterrence

X-post from Border security thread. Please read the deterrence thread. What you're suggesting is basic Indian nuclear doctrine. Nuclear weapons are not meant for warfighting but for ensuring state survival and there has been a lot of discussion over nuclear strategy if it comes to the worst. They ar...
by AdityaVM
13 Jul 2020 12:47
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2298606

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

Saar, I have a question for the gurus here. Based on the below article, Dr. V. K. Saraswat says that Agni-V can launch mini-satellites on demand. https://www.deccanherald.com/content/243544/agni-v-can-launch-mini.html “Agni V can be used to launch mini-satellites in low earth orbits in a theatre bat...
by AdityaVM
13 Jul 2020 12:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1775793

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

Vegetables aren’t as calorie dense as cereal or meat but are significant to a balanced diet . You need to question your assumptions regarding self sufficiency in food - Indians remain quite malnourished and are not getting the balanced set of macronutrients they need in their diet. In any case this...
by AdityaVM
13 Jul 2020 11:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1775793

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

Suraj ji, since this is going OT, I'll stop with this post. What I have trouble understanding is - their population is only slightly larger than India's; they produce more than India in most food items; the average Chinese isn't much bigger than the average Indian (i.e., per capita, they don't eat ...
by AdityaVM
12 Jul 2020 19:06
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1580865

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

Part 2 of the Post on the thought process behind recent Chinese, behaviour and what can we gleam from the same. It is my opinion that before we analyse the thought process of the Chinese in the recent incident, we need to first understand what is their “default” mentality. What are the primary motiv...
by AdityaVM
11 Jul 2020 00:23
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1580865

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

Ramana and others, I would be interested in what you think of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds4sQ4npYDY This is a YT link to a Paki TV show discussing these events (India-China clash in Ladakh). The fellow talking is Dr. Shahid Masood (SM), who I think is well-known to us BRFites. The thing...
by AdityaVM
07 Jul 2020 13:22
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1580865

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

Pranams to all gurus here. Been a lurker since 2007. Just joined the legendary forum for all patriots. I have grown up reading this forum and using it to guide myself on many issues. It is my guru. Without it I might be just another WKK candle kisser. Coming to the discussion here, I am really looki...