Bharat Rakshak

kshirin

I really dont understand their strategy of weakening Karzai ulness its to appease the TSP thugs. I see no one else who benefits from weakening Karzai. As I said before Karzai has stitched a coalition of Pashtuns, Tajiks and Hazaras. And given half a chance can bring in stability. To me it looks lik...

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Lalmohan 7/7 changed British perceptions on their friendly next door Pakistani neighbour. That would have been the incentive to support several seminars on Balochistan iin London, considering that pre-Partition they were thinking of the tribal areas + Balochistan as an alternative to formation of P...

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Businessmen have even worse stories to narrate, in private. Everyone agrees that a big one (9+ on Richter scale) is coming, just dont know when. While I wish our PRC people well, and there are lots of them that are nice and good, the commie state that is trying to put down or control India through ...

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US supports Dalai Lama visit to Indian state Definitely this will be put Chinese strategists at Beijing in dilemma. As Avram saab told, better to India to accelerate Agni-3 testing and induction. And shoot from our shoulder while they hide safely behind us! They should not preach what they cannot p...

kshirin

You guys are something. And thanks also for the book recommendations. Some of my best epiphanies have been triggered by BRF. Ramanaji I do not yet understand the way of going about it and it sounds like only geniuses can play this particular game -but I am going to try to learn since it may lead to ...

kshirin

Must get this book. I would also be interested in recommendtaions for a good guide for scenario planning and decision making, especially in these days when so many game changing strategies are being unveiled.

kshirin

Many thanks Ramana ji, for taking the trouble, I shall follow these up. Maxwell's book is very disturbing, I suppose the original sin on our side was relinquishing any claim to Tibet, but it is easy to pass judgement in retro.

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It would be good to have a discussion on Neville Maxwell's book, and the Henderson report for that matter, except no one has seen it except thru second hand accounts. One usually does write books when affiliated to some academic institution or the other. One thing saddens me, no Indian explorer ever...

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I can't find any discussion on Kerry Lugar and any conclusions about its final shape after the browbeating by the Pukis and the explanatory memo on this august forum . Can anyone guide me please?

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One MOD person was saying they are fed up with attitude of army brass just picking off foreign weapons off shelves instead of focusing on building them in India. One cannot say who is at fault, when there is a war you do need the best you can lay your hands on, but that is no excuse for not building...

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...AS far as Iranian-Indo relations are concerned,if we do not clinch the pipeline deal with Iran,it is going to be China which wins by default.It appears that with the good doctor in charge,enamoured of "western medicine",India is going to score another infamous own goal with Iran,where ...

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We're missing the action, other countries are making up, we will be left out in the cold, I was watching Gurcharan Das on the Big Fight trying to say something sensible while all the uninformed hawks were gabbling. Why should we object if the Chinese build our infrastructure for example, and earn a ...

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Let us not jump too hastily to conclusions - was not the goal of universal disarmament our original contribution to the debate on N arms? I still think that we just need to play our cards right to be on the right side of the winning side. Obama's initiative for the de-escalation of nuclear tensions ...

kshirin

Just read the oil thread and your comments. Apart from pure self interest, there were voices in the pre election Obama camp advocating a rapprochement with Russia, which may also be why the US is indulging Russia by restarting the START talks. I had the privilege many moons ago, before Obama got ele...

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Philip thanks for noticing my post, I will look up the oil thread. It is important to have a global canvas nowadays to understand the various tradeoffs. Russia should have greater weightage in our policy, lest Biden's prophecy comes true and Chinese takeover of Siberia become a fait accompli. German...

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RayC I loved that picture. Philip I would like to add one more item to your analysis - Obama's decision to pull out missiles from Poland and CR means elimination of a major road block in relations with Russia. Better US-Russia relations, though historically going against the grain of balance of powe...

kshirin

Thanks Rahul ji, I will try to improve my computer literacy skills, I used to reduce the font because I wanted to take up less space, but will try to follow these rules.

kshirin

I too saw a snippet on Stratfor referring to an Intel meeting between Indian and Chinese agencies on Uighur. Sudden pushback on China - US action in WTO and announcement will meet Dalai Lama. Interesting. DELETED. Posting complete news items without links violates copyright. also, reduced font size...

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I am worried. Last time this happened, I mean China's annoyance with the Dalai Lama, whom the Chinese accused of being behind the unrest in Tibet, and this time their paranoia may induce them to link the imposition of duties by the US on Chinese tyres, with us, we got hit by terrorists several times...

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I too saw a snippet on Stratfor referring to an Intel meeting between Indian and Chinese agencies on Uighur. Sudden pushback on China - US action in WTO and announcement will meet Dalai Lama. Interesting. DELETED. Posting complete news items without links violates copyright. also, reduced font size ...

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If you see a convoy of a VVIP these days in India,it outnumbers by a factor of a hundred what a head of a developed country like Britain for example travel with.Just as British MPs said that they would pay for their inflated "expenses" after being caught out,so too Krishna's statement tha...

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[quote="sukhdeo"] Totally agree. India would be waaaay... up there if not for Babus - look at our lost decades because of licence raj - and all the poverty one sees now is a direct legacy of that LR! Look at this (sorry if posted before): HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/01/02/OPINION/02DAS.HTM...

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The Pakistani government could be looking at a special autonomous status for the Northern Areas and POK - same as Indian Kashmir. With this Pakistani hard-liners could argue that they had acquired more territory but it would also result in more rights and development for Kashmiris on the other side ...

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[quote="SSridhar"]Northern Areas will be renamed Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilani
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Last year I had met a rep from a western think tank who had suggested that constitutionally Pakistan should elevate the Pak side of Kashmir to the same level as our side.

kshirin

[edited for bandwidth. ramana] I have started it but will be too busy to read it fast as I am engaged in another more interesting project. The style is ponderous but if he had not gone overboad to praise Jinnah and lump Patel in the same category as Panditji, he may not have been expelled. I just me...

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[quote="Manny"][quote="karthik"]All this is good to read theoretically but if you go to the US, they cant even pronounce your name let alone know about your philosophy, they are really quite ignorant about other cultures. Its very far fetched to imagine that they would lean towa...

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One cannot generalise, I don't think good Indians should or have any inferiroity complex. But a real problem is lack of real community feeling (no one is responsible for making our communities more livable, they leave it to Govt), and an absence of let's do it mentality. We talk and talk (I don't me...

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The Chinese capacity for mischief is unparalleled.Let's examine why this particular Chinese sh*tworm was allowed to publish his diatribe against India. The Chinese will never allow such an article to be printed,with such potential explosive content,if it has not received sanction from the highest l...

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The Indian bureaucracy needs to learn how to get things done - our non governmental sectors have shown great successes, India can narrow the gap with China if the leadership qualities on display in India are given full rein. Meanwhile, let us learn from everyone's good points and catch up fast while...

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I am just beginning to wonder - are our bureaucrats well informed about Pakistan? I am beginning to feel that there is something completely dysfunctional about the way Pakistan is handled by India. Our politicians have ad hoc reactions and do not seem to base their judgements on either a deep study...

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I seem to recall reading that on the penultimate day of the NSG approval (In Sept 2008), we also pulled the Chinese out of bed at 2 am- can someone corroborate that?

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Found this exciting article on WSJ & thought it was worth sharing. Looks like the Chinese juggernaut is not so much of an irresistable force. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124647192463381625.html Thanks for posting this, i was unable to download it. BTW where is the Russia-Pak defence relatio...

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[quote="Airavat"]For this thread an excellent book is The Shadow of the Great Game by Narendra Singh Sarila. Many of our BRF members have read this amazing book including Shiv and Johann. The summary of this book is that the British administration in India allied with the Muslim League to...

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They should let the airline fold if it cannot compete, I read a good analysis which said private airlines will happily fill in, which is probably why the airline unions havent gone on strike yet and only threatened to do so (after PP's press conference on TV - moneycontrol has the entire session) no...

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If you analyse the positions the Left in the West have traditionally taken on Kashmir and complex issues they do not understand, Miliband should come as no surprise. The Neocons were not that bad for us and at least initiated a line of thinking emphasising commonality of values with India which made...

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US seems to be getting closer to us. US in talks with India for providing missile defence: Report Press Trust of India Thursday, January 08, 2009, (London) As part of their overall strategic partnership, the US and India are engaged in talks over sale of missile shield systems to help New Delhi face...

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And now PM! Loud and clear! Address by Prime Minister at CM's Conference 06/01/2009 “We last met to discuss internal security issues in December 2007, a little over a year ago. The twelve months that have passed since then have been a difficult period for us. The security situation has, if anything,...

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On MEA website, has this been posted already? The Foreign Secretary has given some hard hitting answers, debunked the joint terror mechanism and said there is no distinction between state and non state actors. Bravo! Briefing by Foreign Secretary on Mumbai Terror Attack 05/01/2009 (1800 hours on 5 J...

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I have been watching the serial "24" DVDs, I hope Bollywood comes up with a serial like that - India provides both more realistic background and credible plot scenarios, since West has managed to banish terrorism further east (towards us in fact), they do not suffer from the problem any lo...

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I am not very sure about Russia either, given the short sighted US policy of alienating them, saw an article in which an analyst was saying it wasn't such a bad thing for the action to be focused away from their borders, to the South, keeping the Americans bogged down. Was crowing a bit about how la...

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