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- 06 Jun 2024 08:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 57454
Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
There seems to exist a parallel network of information dissemination. Almost every anti-BJP guy is upto date with whatever bs cong+ peddles. They even predicted less than 250 seats for BJP. That's interesting. One of my college friends precisely predicted 240 seats for BJP. He was correct on KA and...
- 06 Jun 2024 08:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 57454
Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/partywiseresult-S01.htm AP assembly polling percentages: TDP - 45.60% YSRCP - 39.37% BJP - 2.83% INC - 1.72% Others - 8.53% JSP does have its own vote share but it's under others. Given BJP got 8 seats and JSP 21 seats, JSP must be around 2.5 times BJP...
- 06 Jun 2024 06:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 57454
Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
"Deans" - ^^Interesting insights. What was the MNREGA and rural distress situation in Bihar and MP, where NDA did well ? Similar to Eastern UP or much better ? Providing the context would be more convincing. To me, the wipeout in Eastern UP is because of poor election management. Surround...
- 06 Jun 2024 05:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 57454
Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
I think they, like many right wing YT channels, created a echo chamber where they mostly talk among themselves and repeat, validate, support each others data. Opposing ideas, pointers, opinions are not entertained. Maybe it influenced them not to look at some ground level realities. It works the ot...
- 06 Jun 2024 05:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 57454
Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Yup its States where Voting % is down which has caused some concerns, heat wave combined with complacency, but wow the Muslim population of India has shown real determination while the general population has been very laid back. I'm a data guy, so expect to see a lot of posts like this: The overall...
- 06 Jun 2024 04:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 57454
Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
The astrologer PVNR seems like a nice guy, I watched a few of his videos, he was quite confident predicting 300+ for BJP and 350-380 for NDA. He should simply say he got it wrong and go back, redo the math and improve instead of giving some tortuous and unconvincing explanations. Cyrano Saar, the a...
- 06 Jun 2024 04:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 57454
Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Connected with few relatives in UP Caste based politics & voting Agniveer is bad scheme because people look at army to give jobs Bad ticket distribution Modi became pretty arrogant so some opposition will keep him in check Degree of complacency in BJP But mainly caste based voting did BJP. No m...
- 15 May 2024 05:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 2037
- Views: 512379
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Sanman Saar, can you flesh out your idea of how and what is achieved when india and Canada shuts down their embassies especially when India initiates it? Canada is needling and if India responds to it by shutting down the embassies what are the repurcussions? India is already delivering a lesson to...
- 15 May 2024 05:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 2037
- Views: 512379
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Sanman Saar, can you flesh out your idea of how and what is achieved when india and Canada shuts down their embassies especially when India initiates it? Canada is needling and if India responds to it by shutting down the embassies what are the repurcussions? I think India should put a strong squee...
- 08 May 2024 13:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 2037
- Views: 512379
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
OK, thanks for the background. So it turns out you are a Canadian living in Canada, "munching snacks" at a terrorist-sponsored rally, and then writing long posts on what India should be doing to protect its interests, including how it should deal with USA, Canada, et al, close down the em...
- 08 May 2024 12:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
- Replies: 323
- Views: 126378
Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
Sanman Saar, I think you are going off on a tangent with one or two pieces of info. It wasn't just the American support to jihadis that caused 9/11, but the rampant radicalization that went unchecked after the afghan war with soviets that was continued with Pakistan training and Saudi money. Most o...
- 08 May 2024 10:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
- Replies: 323
- Views: 126378
Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9M2aHN3F5I Just like American support for AfPak jihadis boomeranged by causing 9/11, likewise Netanyahu's support for the Hamas jihadis boomeranged by causing Oct 7. He knows this, and is trying escape accountability for his own shortsightedness, by heaping destruct...
- 10 Apr 2024 14:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 1668
- Views: 327792
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
One more post about Andhra and the utterly inexplicable behavior of BJP central leadership. Perhaps some sharp BRFites can confirm why this alliance has been forged w/ TDP, as I still do not get this, as it seemingly looks like self-destructive behavior. Some context+points: - TDP is just a periyar...
- 03 Apr 2024 07:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Achievement Tracking - Modi 2.0 Govt - No Discussions
- Replies: 1317
- Views: 828074
Re: Achievement Tracking - Modi 2.0 Govt - No Discussions
Development between 2014-2024 1. GDP - $4.1 Trillion -more than Doubled 15. Digital Transactions- 76.1% from 4% 16. IITs - 23 from 16 17. IIMs - 25 from 13 18. Khadi Sales - 6.69 Lac Cr - Tripled ...... 54. Khadi Sales -6000 Cr - Increased by 6 times 55. Village Industries Sales - 128000 Cr - Incre...
- 13 Mar 2024 07:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4519
- Views: 1401531
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Last time around, the performance of Pakistan cricket team improved considerably after training with the army. Running became more methodical and faster. Sorry Anujan saar, your research is not quite complete..... it was the real threat by the paki army instructors, of a second circumcision, and th...
- 02 Mar 2024 00:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Design your own fighter
- Replies: 555
- Views: 124124
Re: Design your own fighter
Manish_P Saar, While this is a good story to tell and root for, there is still a long way to go. It is "still" a model with some hovering capacity. He will need to get an engine and required weights to take off and fly safely and a whole hog of tests later to follow ... I know that well, ...
- 24 Feb 2024 01:32
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Design your own fighter
- Replies: 555
- Views: 124124
Re: Design your own fighter
While forumites like me discuss how to design our fighters, this salt-of-the-earth rural school dropout designed his own helicopter and is working on building it! (Apologies I don't know where to put this inspirational story) AMAZING! The Class 9 Dropout Who Is Building Helicopters - article by Air...
- 17 Feb 2024 02:08
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 2242
- Views: 614582
Re: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
This is not a war movie - but the a very good movie around terror attack plot is - Thuppakki in tamil - can watch it anytime! V_Raman Saar, the same movie was remade in Bollywood with Akshay Kumar as Holiday i believe. It would be difficult to make these kind of films now with the main theme being ...
- 27 Dec 2023 12:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
- Replies: 68
- Views: 20955
Re: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Ramana Saar, there is one more actor that is probably missing in your analysis atleast for the MV Sai Baba and MV Chem Pluto attacks. Iran probably knows that any missteps from it will result in the US bombing it just like Iraq and they are waiting for an opportunity to bomb Iran. So when they say t...
- 27 Dec 2023 02:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
- Replies: 1252
- Views: 456530
Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
And the passage also doesn't deal with the behavior of the new christian overlords behavior with respect to their previous pagan beliefs. If that weren't the case we wouldn't have wide spread destruction of previous pagan places of worship. let me preface by saying that the article is from a christ...
- 20 Dec 2023 08:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
- Replies: 1252
- Views: 456530
Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-societies-find-religion/ Prince Vladimir I of Kiev is a fratricide, a rapist, a drunk, and a heathen. Still, he has his moments of quiet contemplation. During one such mood, Vladimir begins to question his pagan faith. He sends ten wise men to investigate...
- 14 Dec 2023 06:40
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8519
- Views: 3120176
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Cost is about Rs 1-1.3 lakhs depending on the exact type and the battery (acid versus lithium). Public sector banks like Punjab Natl Bank offer e-rickshaw financing: https://www.pnbindia.in/downloadprocess.aspx?fid=/dKuPBIWDClMiTNEg8vpAw== Not sure if they are "loan sharks". The above doc...
- 06 Dec 2023 11:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Why We Need Pokhran-3
- Replies: 113
- Views: 28951
Re: Why We Need Pokhran-3
Sanman Saar, I don't think having a megaton nuclear bomb is not going to change the current pin pricks by Pakis or the Chinese. Reason being we are more measured in our response and not mouth off like the pakis in the studios. We have enough material to deter pakis from a full blown war, but it has...
- 06 Dec 2023 10:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 423100
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
The aftermath 1. congress has a full majority of its own. people hoping that congress will break will be disappointed. 2. The recent drama of the congress leadership before it eventually went to Revanth Reddy was due to the fact that after the results were declared Revanth tried to take the governor...
- 06 Dec 2023 09:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 423100
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Another journalist of nationalist bent Raka Sudhakar (he had read PM Modi's speech into telugu during the recent telangana campaign). Raka Sudhakar has a Sangh background and worked in Assam and is well versed than most telugu jounalists when it comes to the affairs of the northeast. he had a discus...
- 06 Dec 2023 09:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 423100
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Now that the elections are done for telangana, I would like to post what i have come across before this thread is locked. there is youtube based channel called "Nationalist Hub" (it is run by a journalist Sai Krishna who is a nationalist, went to Kashmir before abrogation of article370 and...
- 06 Dec 2023 08:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 423100
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Looks like Vasundhara Raje put up 40 independents reducing BJP seats b at least by 15-20 vijay ji, its a game that she has played since long 7-8 of those independents may have won she is also the one who kept gehlot's ship steady vijayk Saar/ Chetak Saar, In one of Jaipur dialogues discussion it wa...
- 29 Nov 2023 01:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Why We Need Pokhran-3
- Replies: 113
- Views: 28951
Re: Why We Need Pokhran-3
Did they!? Do you mean Mumbai attack!? Even if we had Tzar bomba, nothing would have changed! Do you mean Galwan!? I suggest you read what had happened in the past, starting from Doklam conflict and how BRO's road building efforts made China start the conflict and I have a strong feeling that Manip...
- 29 Nov 2023 00:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 9033
- Views: 2634603
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
There has been no posting from Rudradev Saar for many days. his points on American local politics and preparing ground for the targeting of the NDA govt led by Narendra Modi is coming to pass using various NGO's, terror alias while the democratic party is trying to play both sides in the conflict. H...
- 29 Nov 2023 00:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
- Replies: 4384
- Views: 1502966
Re: J&K Union Territory-2019
With local area dominance how come we are losing our highly trained soldiers. Does it mean that these terrorists have a higher level of training and equipment than our armed forces. It speaks to poor tactics and strategies being used. While we lost 4 most highly trained best equipped soldiers poten...
- 22 Nov 2023 01:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 423100
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
The issue for KCR is that he always promises something with elections in mind and after elections are won it is put on a back burner. After 2014 elections with KCR who went back on his words that he will merge his party into Congress if new telangana is given and also make a dalit guy CM when fight...
- 15 Nov 2023 08:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 423100
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
CBN and TDP have been branded as Andhra party so much so that nobody wants to be seen embracing TDP openly (which is probably one of the reasons why TPCC chief Revanth Reddy who was Telangana TDP chief before jumping into Congress didn't utter anything during CBN's recent arrest). Atleast Kishan Re...
- 08 Nov 2023 09:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
- Replies: 1718
- Views: 423100
Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
now that all lists have been declared in rj, the following is the mood on the ground... based on the discussion of journalists: 4. tg with tdp boycotting, brs is winning by all metrics, with inc as close second, bjp is a distant third even after the tie-up with pawan kalyan's party, wrong call to f...
- 19 Oct 2023 09:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 873991
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Let me make it clear, I am a Bihari Brahmin. The people who are Anti Modi, were all Brahmins and Bhumihars. All are well educated and well travelled. In different walks of life. Such as corporate sector, education, self employed, etc. They are not able to understand that someone who is not fit to b...
- 19 Oct 2023 09:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 873991
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
venkat_KV, Bandi Sanjay took BJP from 3->25+. BJP needs more adherents to cross the finish line. As I said its a relay race. IN TN the early generation BJP leaders (Tamilsai, H. Raja et al) kept the BJP presence alive till Annamalai arrived on the scene. BTW what do you make of K.V. Reddy's (ex-Mun...
- 19 Oct 2023 01:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4802
- Views: 1570431
Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Chetak ji, due to single line nature of line, it has severely affected the timings of all the trains passing through this corridor. Imagine, even TVC rajdhani suffers badly due to this section so much so that average delay it accumulates between Mangalore Jn and Vasai road goes up from 80 mins to 1...
- 06 Oct 2023 07:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 873991
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Something on the lines of what Annamalai is doing, adapted to TS context Cyrano ji, Quoting Suresh Kochattil who is kind of pro-BJP, Bandi Sanjay did a lot, but what he essentially didn't do, was what sunk him to an extent. Bandi Sanjay is a fighter and will get down in the streets to match muscle ...
- 06 Oct 2023 06:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 873991
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Defintely Bandi Sanjay removal was a mess up . There were a lot of issues with Bandi ... His son became an issue but Bandi was very strong against KCR even though he uses very unsophisticated language. Most folks from TG used to compare KTR and Bandi. BJP cared too much on these complaints. Now BJP...
- 01 Oct 2023 11:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 873991
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
BJP lost 3-5% votes in all their strongholds [north Karnataka, central Karnataka and coastal Karnataka], but not sure this is due to Lingayat votes mass shifting. This is standard for Karnataka - anti-incumbency causes 3-5% votes shifting the other way. As I see, there was no mass shifting of Linga...
- 17 Sep 2023 06:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 873991
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
G20 Summit 2023: Check out the dinner menu at Bharat Mandapam for G20 delegates. [img...]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F5lqeasXgAAJ9TD?format=jpg&name=large[/img] (Please don't jump on me but this menu is uninspired and unappetizing, IMHO. I know how millets taste - all kinds of milletts. There a...