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by Vriksh
17 May 2015 12:07
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2310543

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Diligence typically beats Intelligence. I have read or observed first hand in Massa is that the East Asian Ethos (Chinese, Koreans and Japanese) engenders extreme diligence as well as rewards/channelizes intelligence. Germany also has the same ethos. There is an admirable nimbleness of thought in Ch...
by Vriksh
07 May 2015 02:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: China Watch Thread-I
Replies: 815
Views: 185175

Re: China Watch Thread-I

An interesting take on "fearlessness/recklessness" of Chinese Login is required to view the link below Quora Post on Chinese Recklessness Excerpts: Many years ago when I first visited China I saw a woman with two bags full of groceries absent mindedly about to cross the road while a gigant...
by Vriksh
14 Apr 2015 08:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 1 Feb 2015
Replies: 2849
Views: 358946

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 1 Feb 2

The ME great game will be played by 3 entities: Anglo-Saxon Christians (USA,UK, parts of NATO) etc, Han Chinese, Islamic Turko-Persians (loosely Pakistan, Turkey, Iran). Russia could be a referee mediating all players and sometimes playing in parts or providing equipment. Historically India has not ...
by Vriksh
14 Apr 2015 07:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 1 Feb 2015
Replies: 2849
Views: 358946

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 1 Feb 2

KLNMurthy nothing prevents this eventuality. It will happen when Chinese influence in world affairs starts eclipsing US power. My estimate about 5 years or so.
by Vriksh
14 Apr 2015 07:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 1 Feb 2015
Replies: 2849
Views: 358946

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 1 Feb 2

China, Pakistan and Turkey will be net winners in the conflict in the M.E. I am willing to bet that a Pakistani actor : Hafeez or even Parvez Musharraf type will soon be the joint custodian of the two mosques within the next decade. I will not be surprised if after entering Yemen (does not matter wh...
by Vriksh
13 Apr 2015 21:26
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: BRF 15 years. let us look back.
Replies: 194
Views: 86469

Re: BRF 15 years. let us look back.

My first post from 2003 on the LCA while I was a talib in madrassa. Wasted a lot of time at BR, and it is probably one of the reasons for R2I. Was a poster/lurker before in 1998 but lost those in forum resets. Remember NSN network reportage quite vividly. http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.p...
by Vriksh
13 Apr 2015 07:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Nations and Empires that Grew on Genocide and Slavery
Replies: 204
Views: 34632

Re: Nations and Empires that Grew on Genocide and Slavery

Apparently in the history of China genocide was common as the dynasties changed. Records mentions that when the Ming dynasty overthrew the predominantly Mongol Yuan dynasty all male mongols taller than a wagon wheel where executed and all male mongols shorter than the wagon wheel were castrated (Min...
by Vriksh
08 Apr 2015 10:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Railways Thread
Replies: 3937
Views: 741024

Re: Indian Railways Thread

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/DU-students-harness-wind-energy-produced-by-Metro-trains/articleshow/46811637.cms?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=toimobile&utm_medium=referral I thought a similar concept was investigated by Indian Railways(someone sent a letter to PMO) and fou...
by Vriksh
28 Mar 2015 07:31
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2310543

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Visa on arrival for Chinese Citizens coming to India.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/in ... rival.html
by Vriksh
28 Mar 2015 07:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: PRC Economy - New Reflections : Dec 15 2011
Replies: 3942
Views: 581633

Re: PRC Economy - New Reflections : Dec 15 2011

Visa on arrival facility to Chinese citizens for entry into India. Nothing on Indian MSM yet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/in ... rival.html
by Vriksh
21 Mar 2015 18:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: PRC Economy - New Reflections : Dec 15 2011
Replies: 3942
Views: 581633

Re: PRC Economy - New Reflections : Dec 15 2011

how many years of average local income for an average local house in 1st/2nd/3rd tier city in China.
by Vriksh
20 Mar 2015 17:36
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Health Care Sector
Replies: 1211
Views: 238527

Re: Indian Health Care Sector

Recently I have been working on applications development for a solid phase non toxic, reusable (but expensive) industrial absorbent that is extremely good at picking up hydrophobic/ non polar / oleophillic molecules as compared to polar, hydrophillic compounds. It can potentially absorb molecules li...
by Vriksh
15 Mar 2015 21:47
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian investments thread
Replies: 441
Views: 87614

Re: Indian investments thread

Yallah Kenop-uddin I thought this was Burkha forum. BTW have we interacted somewhere before? Interesting reading that Yahoo group.
by Vriksh
15 Mar 2015 12:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian investments thread
Replies: 441
Views: 87614

Re: Indian investments thread

kenop, what you say is very interesting. Can you point out why such concepts will not be successful. I find that in the 2000m+ Altitude the winds are fairly constant in direction and velocity. The technical problem of being able to pipe down the power is to be solved. My Basic reading into the philo...
by Vriksh
14 Mar 2015 12:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: PRC Economy - New Reflections : Dec 15 2011
Replies: 3942
Views: 581633

Re: PRC Economy - New Reflections : Dec 15 2011

Consider his highness Liu == online PRC ambassador/embassy/PR firm posted to republic of BR :) (RBR)
by Vriksh
24 Feb 2015 10:13
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
Replies: 3978
Views: 473597

Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013

That Mckinsey Link is eye opening. http://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/dotcom/Insights/Financial%20Services/Private%20equity%20in%20India/SVGZIPMoVestPrivate%20equity%20in%20Indiaex2.ashx?mw=510 In every segment Chinese private sector appears larger than Indian Private sector in numbers by a sc...
by Vriksh
21 Feb 2015 11:30
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Urban Development and Public Policy Discussion
Replies: 523
Views: 160269

Re: Indian Urban Development and Public Policy Discussion

Real estate is ridiculously expensive (due to poor land laws, opaque property rights and slow legal system). In India it takes 8 years average household salary to buy a house, compare this with approximately 2-3 years of average household salary for a market like USA. Most people spend far too much ...
by Vriksh
12 Feb 2015 20:57
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Solar energy in India
Replies: 1113
Views: 238012

Re: Solar energy in India

Is it more cost effective to create a high temperature solar salt melt system @800C and produce electricity using the temperature differential and associated thermodynamic efficiency than high efficiency solar cells?
by Vriksh
27 Jan 2015 10:18
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Manufacturing Sector
Replies: 681
Views: 577812

Re: Indian Manufacturing Sector

I am looking for someone with expertise in setting up a hardware startup. We have a technology that creates better thin film/touch screen displays among other things. Essentially it is an engineered replacement for ITO.
by Vriksh
23 Jan 2015 20:42
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
Replies: 3978
Views: 473597

Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013

Anyone with interests in waste plastic to fuel technologies? Vriksh, Look up Thermal Depolymerization. Quite depressing outlook judging from the wikipedia entries. Looks like many technology companies have become bankrupt. Are there any success stories in area of waste plastics to fuel in terms of ...
by Vriksh
23 Jan 2015 08:30
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
Replies: 3978
Views: 473597

Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013

Anyone with interests in waste plastic to fuel technologies?
by Vriksh
01 Dec 2014 09:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - August 9, 2014
Replies: 1128
Views: 222698

Re: China Military Watch - August 9, 2014

Is that easy to swap engines from WS10 to WS15 or even AL 31 to WS 10 or does that involve a very large amount of reintegration work. What are the technical difficulties expected? Given the fact that the J20 is bigger as compared to Su-30 and is powered by the same engines, does that not put the J20...
by Vriksh
26 Nov 2014 07:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: US strike options on TSP
Replies: 2412
Views: 254991

Re: Understanding the US-2

9 whites and 3 blacks on Grand Jury. Any reason why it was not more equitable. I thought the 2 sides had vetoes on jury selection and it would be more like 50-50 given the fact that the incident took place in an area which was majority black.
by Vriksh
24 Nov 2014 10:30
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
Replies: 3978
Views: 473597

Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013

My understanding is that in Chit funds you have to bid for the pot. If you are a debtor to the chit fund then you cannot bid. Typically the bid means you pay the rest of the guys "the interest" when you take the money upfront. Example there are 12 ppl (12 month chits) in a given chit fund ...
by Vriksh
18 Nov 2014 22:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Technolgies useful for Indian problems
Replies: 748
Views: 256942

Re: Technologies useful for Indian problems

Your email address Vivek? I will email you offline
by Vriksh
16 Nov 2014 07:13
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Technolgies useful for Indian problems
Replies: 748
Views: 256942

Re: Technologies useful for Indian problems

I have been working on an Idea for Urban transit system that allows personal (podded) rapid transport. Key features are that the system is vertically stackable, low footprint and promises to be cheaper than existing urban transit solutions. Need collaborators to flesh it out and get an alpha prototy...
by Vriksh
16 Nov 2014 06:57
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Technolgies useful for Indian problems
Replies: 748
Views: 256942

Re: Technologies useful for Indian problems

x-posted from Vivek Rao Modi thread I think BTW, I had a chat with Survey General of GSI. He has a budget for 2000 crores to build a sensor network to achieve some of the goals such as smarty city or water system. I will make a post in Technologies Useful for India thread. Please make contributions ...
by Vriksh
11 Nov 2014 09:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2310543

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Is it possible for the Average Zhou to invest in India directly rather than through Chinese government banking system and vice versa? How can we make this possible?
by Vriksh
10 Nov 2014 06:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 669907

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Actually the only real currency is human effort. Everything else is measuring this even Gold. Question is how can we objectively measure and allocate value or human/other effort which can then be traded across borders and time. For eg An Einstein/Ramanujam's human effort for discovering relativity/...
by Vriksh
09 Nov 2014 14:35
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 669907

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Actually the only real currency is human effort. Everything else is measuring this even Gold. Question is how can we objectively measure and allocate value or human/other effort which can then be traded across borders and time. For eg An Einstein/Ramanujam's human effort for discovering relativity/n...
by Vriksh
09 Nov 2014 13:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Technolgies useful for Indian problems
Replies: 748
Views: 256942

Re: Technologies useful for Indian problems

So essentially Libelium allows deployment of solutions quickly and reduces time to market and understandably there is a premium. BTW has anyone used Libelium solutions anywhere and how easy or difficult is it to develop similar solutions using Arduino/Raspberry assuming we get some very good say 10 ...
by Vriksh
08 Nov 2014 09:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Bharatiya - Identity, Vision, Agenda, Proposition
Replies: 2738
Views: 376121

Re: The Bharatiya - Identity, Vision, Agenda, Proposition

x-posted from Western Universalism Thread. I have met Dharampal as a boy in 1993. Good to know that his ideas have started coming out in the mainstream. Dharampal along with other like minded people had started a foundation called Patriotic People Oriented Science and Technology (PPST) based out of ...
by Vriksh
07 Nov 2014 09:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Western Universalism - what's the big deal?
Replies: 2995
Views: 403009

Re: Western Universalism - what's the big deal?

I have met Dharampal as a boy in 1993. Good to know that his ideas have started coming out in the mainstream. Dharampal along with other like minded people had started a foundation called Patriotic People Oriented Science and Technology (PPST) based out of Chennai. PPST then organized 3 massive Cong...
by Vriksh
07 Nov 2014 07:28
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Technolgies useful for Indian problems
Replies: 748
Views: 256942

Re: Technologies useful for Indian problems

Vivek are you saying that libelium is better than implementations in arduino or raspberry pi. If so why? I see libelous has many case studies for smart cities. However the impression I got by talking to people was that it is possible to make similar or better using cots arduino.
by Vriksh
04 Nov 2014 04:47
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Technolgies useful for Indian problems
Replies: 748
Views: 256942

Re: Technologies useful for Indian problems

http://www.libelium.com/top_50_iot_sensor_applications_ranking/ .... snipped ... Anyone who has used Libelium stuff here. I have started some hobby projects using Arduino and Raspberry Pi to understand a few things however after checking out Libelium I am wondering if it worth the time and effort. ...
by Vriksh
29 Oct 2014 16:17
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Health Care Sector
Replies: 1211
Views: 238527

Re: Indian Health Care Sector

Seeing chatter on my whatsapp regards Ebola in Delhi Area. Some cases found in Apollo Hospital, Delhi Metro Hospital and Faridabad as per some unverified source. Any confirmation from official sources??
by Vriksh
24 Oct 2014 15:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6214
Views: 1900497

Re: Internal Security Watch

Any links for Bengali Muzzafarnagar mosque AK47 firing?
by Vriksh
14 Oct 2014 10:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2310543

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

I have the opposite conclusion. I think that India is being setup for a beating in the near future by a combination of acts of omission and commission orchestrated by PRC, USA, OIC with Pakistan, ISIS, Terror etc being the visible part of the game of poker. Fundamentally India civilization is the on...