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by Rudradev
14 Oct 2022 19:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4307
Views: 1184687

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Rousing welcome given to Paki Begging Minister in USA. Yawn - Finance Minister Ishaq Dar heckled at airport in Washington Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday was heckled by unidentified people at the Dulles International Airport in Washington DC after he landed in the US capital ahead of importa...
by Rudradev
13 Oct 2022 19:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Non-Western Worldview
Replies: 1097
Views: 198967

Re: Non-Western Worldview

That's because the idiots in western Europe and USA didn't leave Russia with any choice but to become an imperial power again. Talk about doing everything to make your worst fears come true due to your own actions. Nobody can be "forced" to become an imperial power. Russia always was an i...
by Rudradev
13 Oct 2022 19:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1343743

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

MUST-READ Article by friend of India, Michael Rubin. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pakistan%E2%80%99s-worst-nightmare-indian-kashmir-thrives-205316 Pakistan’s Worst Nightmare: Indian Kashmir Thrives October 12, 2022 Please click the link and read it on the site -- the more clicks the URL r...
by Rudradev
07 Oct 2022 21:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

^^i believed that Hindu contributions to humankind’s intellectual culture were overlooked. They are in fact suppressed. I would like to see Indian launch a movement to call Arab numerals what the arabs call them. They call them Hindu numerals. Put Panini’s epigrammatic a not equal to a On stamps. I...
by Rudradev
05 Oct 2022 01:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4307
Views: 1184687

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

@TahaSSiddiqui Just found out that "Pakistani delegates were served coffee, cookies and water" while meeting American counterparts at the US State Department. And "immediately after the meeting with @BBhuttoZardari , @SecBlinken was hosting a dinner for @DrSJaishankar "... Oh my...
by Rudradev
04 Oct 2022 21:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
Replies: 277
Views: 83785

Re: Let us Understand the Chinese - II

ft article https://archive.ph/vL0b4 The male beauty rebellion in China ... “Korea, in particular, was ahead of the curve for the ‘effeminate men’ craze  . . . It is not just a case of showing up any more with a ‘Made in Korea’ sticker on the back. But it is like this with just about every category,...
by Rudradev
04 Oct 2022 20:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Here. Understand the real reason why Afghanistan was abandoned to the Taliban by the US last year. https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/10/the-taliban-are-planning-their-move-on-central-asia/ The Taliban Are Planning Their Move On Central Asia Michael Rubin October 3rd 2022 The whole point of the US-Tal...
by Rudradev
18 Aug 2022 02:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6203
Views: 1638643

Re: Internal Security Watch

Dilbu wrote:
The security breach took place at about 7:30 an on February 16 when a man from Bengaluru attempted to drive his car into the high-security house of Doval in central Delhi.
Bissful man?

Doesn't seem like the kind of thing a Tam Brahm techie would do.
by Rudradev
17 Aug 2022 16:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
Replies: 3095
Views: 765207

Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016

^^Confirms that "ISIS-K" is nothing but the B Team of the Paki-ISI-controlled faction of Taliban.
by Rudradev
02 Aug 2022 22:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

It's a good idea to game these things through in one's mind before prescribing measures that should have been taken. Understand that when COVID happened, the BIFs were salivating . A lethal pandemic, the likes of which had never occurred in living human memory... with the potential to take crores of...
by Rudradev
31 Jul 2022 17:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

I can't believe that seasoned BRF-ites don't see through the Space Cadet that the INC IT cell has planted here. Now, it seems Ajit Doval should receive brickbats for not doing enough for Hindoooooooj. OK. I'm just watching with bemusement to see just how far the Admins are willing to let this sh!t go.
by Rudradev
31 Jul 2022 16:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472857

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

[img...]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYmkSBaUcAEpHIf?format=jpg&name=large[/img] The Jihadi/BIF war is on every from ... Look at the list of orgs (Jihadis/Soros funded/Missionaries and Indian commies) Hindus for Human Rights ?!!! :eek: :shock: https://www.ahouseofcards.net/tag/hindusforhumanrigh...
by Rudradev
26 Jul 2022 08:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations
Replies: 1462
Views: 443750

Re: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations

No worries, NRao garu. Apologies if my response seemed harsh, I did not intend it to.
by Rudradev
25 Jul 2022 23:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Sir, it is up to you, since only you can control whatever standing you have. I myself would not use a source unless I can verify its credibility to the maximum extent possible. I have seen the credibility of many otherwise good people threatened, or destroyed, because of even a small amount of carel...
by Rudradev
25 Jul 2022 22:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations
Replies: 1462
Views: 443750

Re: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations

Putting soap-opera conspiracy theories aside, Michael Rubin is one of the few consistent friends India has in the American media and think-tank establishment. As a member of the Middle East Forum, Rubin has done a lot to uncover Turkish-Pakistani influence campaigns and Muslim Brotherhood propagand...
by Rudradev
25 Jul 2022 22:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

This so-called book is unattested, unverifiable nonsense. That may be very well be what they think of Indians and Hindus in reality, but the particular quotes attributed to CIA persons in this book are completely made up. . That might well be , but how are you so sure that they are completely made ...
by Rudradev
25 Jul 2022 20:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations
Replies: 1462
Views: 443750

Re: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations

Can Turkey Afford Its Military ? That "article" is written by Dr. ( :) ) Michael Rubin, a very close associate of Fred Kagan and a member of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Fred is the brother-in-law of none other than the very colorful Victoria Nuland, yes, the Victoria who is t...
by Rudradev
23 Jul 2022 10:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

This so-called book is unattested, unverifiable nonsense. That may be very well be what they think of Indians and Hindus in reality, but the particular quotes attributed to CIA persons in this book are completely made up. So don't waste your outrage. And more importantly don't use rubbish like this ...
by Rudradev
23 Jul 2022 10:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Serious question. In the collegium by which judges are appointed in India, is there a system of caste-based reservation? If not, why not? It is the law of the land in every other government institution, from govt-funded schools & universities to govt hospitals & PSUs to all the civil services.
by Rudradev
20 Jul 2022 21:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1287
Views: 318496

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

This is an article in which the author (an American) reviews recent reports about the Chinese surveillance state and warns that the American response has been to construct a similar surveillance state apparatus at home. https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2022/07/06/we_must_prevent_a_china-style...
by Rudradev
15 Jul 2022 22:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Ro Khanna is a crook. He engaged in a lot of gratuitous virtue-signaling and Hindutva-bashing at the time of CAA and Agro-Brokers agitations. Now that he wants Indian American $$ for his November 22 campaign, he is suddenly positioning himself as the great saviour of India from CATSAA sanctions (som...
by Rudradev
15 Jul 2022 19:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Ro Khanna is playing both sides as always. During the CAA and Agro-Dalal Riots, he was on the forefront of the Modi-bashing brigade, citing his ancestor Vidyalankar who was apparently a "freedom fighter" and loudly lamenting the danger to secularism and democracy in India. Now he wants Ind...
by Rudradev
14 Jul 2022 00:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

The problem is not classical vs contemporary. The problem is that they believe they OWN Sanskrit. And that we, its ethnic and cultural inheritors, should not have any right to use or modify it because we are Ignorant Nun-Raping Mosque-Smashing Hindutvavadis.
by Rudradev
13 Jul 2022 23:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625392

Re: Understanding the US - Again

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/murder-or-self-defense-new-video-shows-nyc-bodega-worker-stab-man-inside-nyc-shop/3765929/ This helps understand why Latinos and Asians, particularly from the working class and small-business owner class, are moving towards the Republican party even in "Blu...
by Rudradev
13 Jul 2022 06:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1509931

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Wow! I had studiously avoided watching RRR upto this point, because I was sure it'd be some long, plotless waste of spectacle that would make me regret the 3-odd hours spent.

But now I hear that it's pi$$ed off the Brishits, I'm definitely watching it! :D
by Rudradev
12 Jul 2022 20:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
Replies: 3095
Views: 765207

Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016

US-Paki Stink Tanker Rona Dhona: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/2022-07-11/indias-gamble-afghanistan India’s Gamble in Afghanistan The Promise and Peril of Rapprochement With the Taliban By Tricia Bacon and Asfandyar Mir July 11, 2022 ... But in recent weeks, Taliban officials h...
by Rudradev
09 Jul 2022 09:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

On the question of Hindu Interests. There are 3 aims that BJP historically identified as core Indian and unapologetically Hindu interests. It incorporated them into its political platform in the 1990s, has held on to them consistently, and has worked with slow deliberate diligence towards realising ...
by Rudradev
07 Jul 2022 08:13
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Bharat Rakshak Celebrates 25 Years!
Replies: 75
Views: 66498

Re: Bharat Rakshak Celebrates 25 Years!

Happy Birthday BRF!
by Rudradev
28 Jun 2022 23:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

US-based folks, please click the link and sign the form letter to email your Congressional Representative. https://cohna.org/oppose-hres1196/ Urging you to Oppose Hinduphobic and Biased House Resolution 1196 As a resident of your district and a supporter of the Coalition of Hindus of North America ...
by Rudradev
25 Jun 2022 14:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625392

Re: Understanding the US - Again

The only importance of this anti-abortion decision to India is that it gives us another stick to beat the pompous holier-than-thou americans with when they decide to lecture us about human rights the next time. Other than that just sit back and watch the insanity. There will be more crazy decisions...
by Rudradev
25 Jun 2022 06:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625392

Re: Understanding the US - Again

This is a Christo-fascist Jihad. Not only was Roe v Wade overturned today, but another SC ruling required states to make school vouchers (i.e, taxpayer funded aid) available to Christian 'educational' institutions. So much for 'states rights' which are so often cited when convenient. And welcome to ...
by Rudradev
23 Jun 2022 23:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1895
Views: 472857

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

I HAVE RETURNED TO TWITTER

@Doreswami108

BRF-ites on Twitter, please follow me so I can follow your handles in turn.
by Rudradev
20 Jun 2022 23:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

^^ If the above is directed at me, please note that I have NOT used "complete transfer of Muslim population" to mischaracterize those that criticize the BJP. I have listed it among many options. Hindu Rashtra? Complete transfer of Muslim population to Pakistan? Muslims can stay in India bu...
by Rudradev
20 Jun 2022 22:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

THAT's what it takes to get a mass of people behind a movement. An agenda, a plan, and a roadmap to get there. The Hindus complaining about Modi/BJP have NONE of these three things. They just have an emotional response. I would really like to know what the concrete agenda is: Hindu Rashtra? Complet...
by Rudradev
20 Jun 2022 21:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

I have a theory on this....NM is representation of a leading wave of the coming hard tilt to the right. The example of the 1905 revolution in Tsarist Russia comes to mind which brought Socialist Kerensky to power which in turn led to the hard left Bolshevik revolution in 1917 and we all know what h...
by Rudradev
20 Jun 2022 21:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

(In case you are a US-based NRI thinking that mass-level violence and brigandage by Muslims is only a problem for Indian Hindus).
by Rudradev
20 Jun 2022 21:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230357

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

https://twitter.com/HinduAmerican/status/1538285380444864513 #Alert: Multiple reports from NJ, PA & NY temples of groups of females entering during off-hours, masquerading as devotees or curious visitors. They then attempt to enter sanctum, encircle priest/staff, threaten & brandish knives. ...
by Rudradev
18 Jun 2022 04:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Equations are changing. An attempt is being done to create a perception similar to 2004, where all allies backed off. Equations are always changing. How many times has Nitish Kumar skipped in and out of the NDA (or threatened to)? How about the Shiv Sena? I'm not sure of the relevance of 2004 and a...
by Rudradev
18 Jun 2022 03:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2781998

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

@Rudradev and others: What do you think is the underlying cause behind not using Modi as a spokesman-resource to the public to explain these reforms ahead of time? I can think of three broad reasons, though there may be others. 1) Modi himself. As a principle of allocating his time/energy/focus, he...