Bharat Rakshak

Shiv-ji, Peregrine-ji: Regarding Chipanda's interest in Gwadar - do enlighten me (sincere ask - not rhetorical!). Is there any reason to think KKHighway and all the publicly promised heaven of 5 star hotels, ityadi to Pakis is everything? Given the supposedly rich natural resources in Balochistan, d...

The US asst sec for Trade - Nina is vising India in a week and she is expected to meet SS and NM. Why such top Indian leaders are meeting a low level scum from US. No protocal what so ever??? There is nothing wrong in head of state meeting special representatives who carry a specific message from t...

Latest on Karakoram Highway: http://tribune.com.pk/story/711242/attabad-lake-teardrop-miracle/ Given the recent engineering feats of Chipanda, I wouldn't be suprised if both the highway and the port become fully operational in a few years. There may be some loss of lives due to landslides in the hi...

Regarding us commenting on sherry's looks, I am reminded of a Mark Twain quote.

Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you experience.

Chetak - you were only partly right when you say the section of activists in Tamil Nadu who are the most vocal are of a specific religious persuasion. Some of them are Hindus and some are atheists (like Vaiko) whose family members are generally Hindus. Part of the reason is that Sri Lankan refugees ...

The key issue in Sri Lanka is not creation of a separate country. Sri Lankan issue is a result of state sponsored discrimination against Tamil due to Singhala Chauvinism. What many here dont recognize is that in Srilanka there is almost a militant version of Buddism propogated and Hindus are conside...

Myanmar leadership should have been invited as one of the neighbors with whom we share very long and porous border. I was disappointed by the non-inclusion of Burma, took it as a signal that North East is yet to get the sufficient mind share it deserves in Delhi. Mostly our NE states are considered ...

Obama visiting Modi and greeting him on his inauguration will be a big signal. US made an ill advised move egged on by fringe fundamentalist lunatics (both US and Indian) that insulted a Billion Indians by accusing and condemning Modi when there was no evidence of any proof what so ever. Even bigger...

UB-ji, I take that you are some one in corridors of power in our diplomacy circles. Hope you can help change the passive, reactive and self defeating (in parts not fully) foreign policy we seem to have, especially with a new strong and culturally sensitive leadership about to assume office. Some rea...

Schinnas, you need to realize that India and the US do not have any natural unity or alignment of political philosophy or principle. Not even at the claimed level of superficial panaceas. What do we hear? That India and the US are both "democracies", both committed to "freedom",...

I do not consider the Judeo Christian values as the underpinning of US civilization. What represents US civilization is a passion for individual freedom and an inquisitive adventurous spirit with a quest for Truth via external means. In some ways, guilt inducing Christian mores are not fully consis...

Capt. Gopinath and Shazia Ilmi quit AAP.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections ... 22414.aspx

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To support my theory of meeting point between US and Indian civilization, I do not consider the Judeo Christian values as the underpinning of US civilization. What represents US civilization is a passion for individual freedom and an inquisitive adventurous spirit with a quest for Truth via external...

Garshan, Culturally Brits did lot of damage to India including making English as the language of choice of educated Indians and destroying our Indic school systems. We are yet to come out of that cultural subjugation. US for sure follows an imperialistic approach, especially of the economic kind. Su...

America is too young to be called a civilization. It is a land belonging to someone that was occupied by someone else. The population is largely non-indigenous. However, it has great qualities that we should admire and learn from. Why this China is the evil empire and USA pre-eminent civilization t...

I grant you that the tamil guys may have their grievances but to constantly undermine national interest for petty, personal and political expediency is really pathetic. amma included. Leave the sinhala alone. They did right to polish off the ltte. No one else would have had the guts to do what they...

Yes. Apparently Kashmiri Pandits are to be resettled in J&K at full India Govt. expense. That's a good first step. Maybe announced immediately following the swearing in ceremony. In addition to resettling Pandits in Kashmir, important to abolish Article 370. Everywhere in the world, migration o...

I am actually concerned with the quality of discussion in this thread. Makes one wonder if active BRF members have a good handle on current US thinking. Are we sure we threw out our cold-war tinted glasses? schinnas - you have committed a blunder here by including the above rhetorical sentences. Th...

3. "when the US has recognized its mistakes and wants to move on". Wrong. There has been no "recognition of mistakes" nor any willingess to step back from atrocious arrogance. Where is the "recognition of mistakes" in the Khobragade extortion scam? Where is the "r...

I am impressed with the bold move by Modi-ji to invite all SAARC head of states for his swearing in ceremony. Granted we don't have an ideal neighborhood. We have to deal with snakes like NS and war criminals like Rajapakse. However, we cannot wait indefinitely for a perfect environment and move ahe...

The four horsemen reference in FT refers to the apocalypse of the single world power and not in a Biblical sense. While there is a need to reassert India's independence given the submission of previous government and the condescending attitude of US, vast majority of US policy makers are not crusade...

If you could pick the first five countries Modi should visit as part of building up the geo-political and economic agendas, what will they be? My opinion (not in any particular order): Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Japan and Afghanistan. Why would you think India's PM should first visit a country wh...

Pakistan's Water Broke Pakistan's water crisis now at par with terrorism: report MALSIMABAD: Pakistan’s water crisis is now at par with terrorism in terms of being an existential threat to the country’s security.... On the subject of trans-boundary water sharing, a majority of interviewees felt tha...

and more importantly these AMRAAM equipped F-16 can spoil many of IAF attack sorties. Two mangoes in one stone! US gets to pacify Puki blackmailers before they withdraw from Af-Pak while salvaging some H&D. Equally important, scare IAF to buy Uncle's hardware at exorbitant prices. Beautiful but...

Raja Ram wrote:Imploding Islamic Terror Infested Area called Pakistan - IITIAP

Like this. Minor play on this name to make it little shorter:

Imploding Islamic Terror Area of Pakistan (IITAP)

The first three months are critical for the new government as it takes that much time for the cabinet and officials to settle into their roles and prepare for various contingency plans w.r.to. TSP and its agents. That makes that period vulnerable time for GoI to prevent and/or handle attacks. Howeve...

vinayak-ji, UB-ji: India's biggest lobbying power is our affluent and well educated NRI community in USA. Most of the NRI community - especially the first generation immigrants and vast number of IT folks that are there on temp visas want to do something for their motherland, but dont have easier av...

I am trying to figure out how automated is this whole process, and how foolproof the ID. Now - the machine is an EVM. - the proof of ID is an electronic chip in a card (Aadhar) - there is no way for the polling aphsar to verify that the voter has not voted elsewhere, except by putting the ink on hi...

I found the foreign policy section of BJP manifesto to be interesting. A clear call for forming new alliances with multiple world powers in an India first policy. Both sides have some levers they can use especially if India gets a strong leader like NaMo with majority. It will be interesting to see ...

If Pakistan calls itself the United Federation of Pakistan people will believe it. Why not point out that Pakistan is a fragmented nation of four provinces? Why should a name hurt anyone? We are not trying to overturn history by saying it. Why not call it "Disunited Provinces of Pakistan"...

This flight was too close to the border with the enemy probably in an area claimed by the enemy has his. Villagers who witnessed the last moments of the airplane claim that it exploded in the air. What does the esteemed board members think of this? Is there a possibility of enemy action behind this?...