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- 24 Feb 2007 23:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 532015
Actually the very first steps towards economic reforms started after IG's 1980 victory, and RG substantially increased it....... Rajiv was probably the first politician who was ideologically oriented towards liberalization in both economic and social aspects, but his inexperience held him hostage to...
- 19 Feb 2007 21:23
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Urban Development and Public Policy Discussion
- Replies: 523
- Views: 156999
GD, the Constitution does have a list which the States can levy income tax on, primarily agriculture, but no state has taken that step. But quibbles aside, I think what we really need is a MASSIVE overhaul of the way we govern ourselves- 1. Local govt looking after all local needs, and with financia...
- 19 Feb 2007 05:22
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Urban Development and Public Policy Discussion
- Replies: 523
- Views: 156999
A simple fix is to disallow slums voting rights, no legal residence no legal vote. Who is going to bell the cat? Err....... thats not exactly what I meant, in fact quite the opposite. Slums are an outcome of our lopsided economic development, not a cause Once we get locally responsive government, a...
- 19 Feb 2007 02:08
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Urban Development and Public Policy Discussion
- Replies: 523
- Views: 156999
The problem in urban (and even rural) development, IMVVHO, is not resources or lack thereof, it is the colonial governance structure we have continued with. Ideally, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai should not be state capitals, just centres of industry which they have alrady become. Given o...
- 14 Feb 2007 01:57
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Developments in Indian Agriculture
- Replies: 106
- Views: 40309
Not sure if this the right thread, but here goes: Does anyone know the TOTAL per capita fresh water availability in India, and how it compares to the ROW? What I am looking for is how much we get if we look at rainfall+rivers+ groundwater in terms of availability, how much of it we can actually capt...
- 17 Jan 2007 01:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Higher Education: How to create more Phds in India?
- Replies: 120
- Views: 34697
- 05 Jan 2007 04:34
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India-US Nuclear Deal continued
- Replies: 285
- Views: 88329
Dept of Official Languages?? :rotfl: :rotfl: But seriously, not sure how different you and Vijay J were, both emphasized the same point that empannelment does not indicate any right, what he was saying was that traditionally supercession that has not led to any public whining in the past... Okay-wok...
- 06 Dec 2006 21:51
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Strategic Implications of India's ABM Test
- Replies: 322
- Views: 119261
I am not sure if ABM or anything we do in the will change Pukestan- even if Mush's mush is mush, so what? Democrazy in Pukistan still does not change their anti-India DNA........ the solution to the Pubes is not so easy, and in fact may perhaps get worse for some time- see below IMVVHO, this changes...
- 30 Nov 2006 01:49
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: India tests Prithvi based ABM-2
- Replies: 324
- Views: 108066
- 10 Nov 2006 03:23
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: First Use of Nuclear Weapons
- Replies: 303
- Views: 114496
Vijay J, Maybe I am the dumb one here (as usual), but what causes me REAL unease are the two assumptions I sense in your comments: 1. That jehadis are separate from PA.... I think the general consensus is that the two are only only as separate as changing uniform into mufti 2. That global nuclear di...
- 02 Nov 2006 03:50
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: First Use of Nuclear Weapons
- Replies: 303
- Views: 114496
At least to me, the idea that we are lowering the threshhold with Pubistan is laughable.... all their actions would suggest that they (and the Chinese) are crossing every previously perceived red line- 1. Attack on Parliament 2. Threatening Bangalore (and by implication the IT industry) 3. Opening 3...
- 01 Nov 2006 23:44
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: First Use of Nuclear Weapons
- Replies: 303
- Views: 114496
- 28 May 2006 14:52
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
Kgoan, read it......... thanks a ton for that. Amazing article, never expected something so lucid from an American thinktank. Well, some parts of it clearly seem to have been accepted by the Bush Administration, but some clearly have not- witness the attempts by the still flourishing Ayatollahs to c...
- 27 May 2006 18:24
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
- 26 May 2006 13:25
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
- 25 May 2006 20:59
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
- 25 May 2006 20:53
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
Sure, deterrence. But in a world where there are multiple poles of nuclear weapons, MAD between two-only will not have the deterrence stability of the previous MAD More critically, the difference is this- the previous MAD depended on only strictly controllable actions, whereas here, a declration of ...
- 25 May 2006 20:52
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
- 25 May 2006 20:48
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
It will make the Chinese think very long and hard about letting their proxy Pakistan do a JDAM on India knowing what the consequences could be. Ahh....... so we all place our faith on MAD, in fact let us try to increase the threat levels all around. Yup, sure, very good idea I find it ironical that...
- 25 May 2006 20:41
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
- 25 May 2006 20:32
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
There is a difference between inaction and SAYING nothing. I am advocating the latter, not the former. Please do read carefully :lol: As for my reasoning- 1. let us assume that India has lots of weapons, lots of delivery systems contained in a viable triad (which is the find jingo hope). 2. Now let ...
- 25 May 2006 20:15
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 131493
- 08 May 2006 14:17
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: NRI Investment in India and R2I Financial Concerns
- Replies: 208
- Views: 71123
- 19 Apr 2006 23:10
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Battles of India: Critical Analysis
- Replies: 133
- Views: 108243