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by O Vijay
03 Jul 2003 04:14
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Kaushal garu, aayanni pattinchikopote, vellipotaremo?
by O Vijay
30 Jun 2003 18:29
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Redstone with Devnagri script found in Ayodhya Press Trust of India Ayodhya, June 27: A carved redstone piece with inscriptions in Devnagri script was taken out from one of the trenches on Friday during the excavation undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India to find out if a temple existed ...
by O Vijay
25 Jun 2003 19:38
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Off topic but this guy discovered a way to take detailed scans of the underground without digging. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/6142893.htm ''I was stunned when I saw this,'' Carr said. ``He produces what appears to be an X-ray movie of what's below the ground. It's like the great...
by O Vijay
17 Jun 2003 07:20
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Very instructive on how the "well respected" news media works. First lie, then repeat the lie as many times as possible ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2992414.stm Last Updated: Sunday, 15 June, 2003, 18:04 GMT 19:04 UK More time for Ayodhya dig Archaeologists excavating a ...
by O Vijay
17 Jun 2003 07:14
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Just for comparison, see this report posted on the very next day. It is dorky but is not out and out bald face lies like the foreign dorky media. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=18011 Not much temple proof: ASI AGENCIES[ THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2003 05:59:29 AM ] ...
by O Vijay
17 Jun 2003 06:53
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Interesting that the foreign media is claiming something that none of the DDM (as of June 11) have claimed: "Dig finds No Sign of Temple in Ayodhya". This is a far more definitive claim than what our DDM tried to spin few days before ... ie no proof in 15 of the trenches dug as Kaushal has...
by O Vijay
10 Jun 2003 23:30
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/02032204.htm Pillar found in Ayodhya digs Ayodhya, June 3. (PTI): A three-feet-long piece of a pillar In blackstone was today found during excavation being carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid site h...
by O Vijay
05 Jun 2003 03:46
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Acharya, in addition to the passage you quoted, look at these jems: When I went to India the first time, in 1963, a knowledgeable friend said to me, "You will come back loving them or despising them." After four more visits, the last in 1965 -- a total of over eight months of purposeful tr...
by O Vijay
05 Jun 2003 02:29
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Interesting to read this 1965 article about India. Some of the cures proscribed were tried and found to be successful such as TV and the development of the nuclear weapons.

Strong Medicine for India
by Leland Hazard

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/65dec/medicine.htm
by O Vijay
04 Jun 2003 02:08
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Here is a study which has the specificity required: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v72n2/024476/brief/024476.abstract.html H, L, and R2 are the major Indian Y-chromosomal haplogroups that occur both in castes and in tribal populations and are rarely found outside the subcontine...
by O Vijay
03 Jun 2003 23:41
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Sudharshan, it depends on which Russians and which East Asians the samples were taken from.

"Average" values are only an indication and many models can be fitted to the data. Specificity is the key to interpreting this data.
by O Vijay
03 Jun 2003 22:00
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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HH, thanks for trying to reason this out with me. First of all, do you agree with my previous observation? But I will point out that one should not use "average" as a comparison because the very effect of averaging tends to normalize the data thus washing out any interesting trends which m...
by O Vijay
03 Jun 2003 21:21
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Ashok, can you please point out other links which go against my assertion that Brahmins are more closely related to ST, SC and OBCs rather than other FCs or Europeans. I am uncomfortable with the ideas propogated by outsiders and swallowed whole by some Indians that they are different than rest of t...
by O Vijay
03 Jun 2003 18:00
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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HH, I meant to say "twin lies about Brahmins" not "twin lies of Brahmins". I know there is a big difference between the two sentences, so I going to edit my earlier post. Thanks for pointing it out. I think Kaushal understood what I meant to say.

Vijay
by O Vijay
03 Jun 2003 01:16
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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Kaushalgaru, check out following web site. http://www.racearchives.com/calc/haplo_profiles.asp?dbname=aluInsertions&popid=23 Notice how Brahmins are closely related to Madiga and Mala whereas the Vysya are more closely related to the Northern Europeans. http://www.racearchives.com/calc/haplo_pro...
by O Vijay
29 May 2003 18:51
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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IMO, the "current era" aka, CE is a misnomer and does injustice to civilizations such as the Chinese and Indian which can trace their past well into antiquity. I would suggest using following terms. 12003 CCE = 2003 AD where CCE = "Current Civilization Era" if one wants to refer ...
by O Vijay
24 May 2003 02:15
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Indian History Discussions - III
Replies: 176
Views: 87484

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While reading the contents posted in the newdharma site, I came across following terms somewhere on the internet (and I lost track of): Sanathana Dharma Buddha Dharma Jaina Dharma Can there be such thing as Sikh Dharma, Islam Dharma and Christ Dharma? Or even atheist Dharma? If so, why can't all peo...
by O Vijay
04 Feb 2003 20:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Time to rethink NFU
Replies: 235
Views: 99629

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Lets do a N^3 on Micheal Krepon. I am going to post some quotes of Krepon from the past. Krepon's take on release of Nuclear Draft Doctrine Michael Krepon, president of the Henry L. Stimson Center, a Washington-based research organization, said the document failed to say whether India would keep its...
by O Vijay
04 Feb 2003 20:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Time to rethink NFU
Replies: 235
Views: 99629

Re: Time to rethink NFU

Spinster, I agree. Check out following two quotes: Conversely, for most Pakistani military leaders India is mostly talk and little action, whose inherent weaknesses lie just beneath the surface of a growing economy. if Krepon knows that the Pakis think like this, then why did he trash India's nuclea...
by O Vijay
03 Feb 2003 21:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Time to rethink NFU
Replies: 235
Views: 99629

Re: Time to rethink NFU

Regarding chemical weapon usage by Pakistan, read the following reports: 1. CSIS 2. FAS It is widely believed in India that Pakistan used chemical weapons against Indian soldiers in Siachen in 1987. Reportedly when Pakistan used chemical weapons in Siachen against Indian troops there was panic in th...
by O Vijay
31 Oct 2002 07:19
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: 40,000 year old paintings found near Delhi
Replies: 39
Views: 35508

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Acharya, I am hoping Narayan_L will give his instant analysis...I can't wait that long for the Frontlie's expose.
by O Vijay
31 Oct 2002 06:25
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: 40,000 year old paintings found near Delhi
Replies: 39
Views: 35508

Re: 40,000 year old paintings found near Delhi

Victor, when I looked at the painting, first thing which came into my mind is that its describing a battle field. Rahul, how sure are the archeologists regarding the date? If its 40,000 yrs old, that would the oldest cave paintings in the world. They are suspiously well preserved for their antiquity...
by O Vijay
11 Dec 1999 01:53
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Chagai tests and the PU sample
Replies: 20
Views: 10070

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Ramana, nice analysis and congrats on your 1001 post. Couple of questions:<P>1) Is the Cox report a fallout of the suspected Chinese proliferation? IOW, did Nawaj spill the beans to Uncle Sam? And the Uncle does not want the Chinese to know that they know what the Chinese are doing? If so, how would...