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Stephen Cohen talks about "Irrelevance of India's military power".

http://acdis.illinois.edu/students/cour ... ndia.html/

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Thanks SBajwa. I will get Khushwant Singh's book.

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Cross posting from Copenhagen thread Now Der Spigel blames India and China for the failed Copenhagen summit. There is a video of the secret recordings during the actual negotiations. It seems they expect Europeans will come up with a draft and everyone will accept it. They are surprised when India a...

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Now Der Spigel blames India and China for the failed Copenhagen summit. There is a video of the secret recordings during the actual negotiations. It seems they expect Europeans will come up with a draft and everyone will accept it. They are surprised when India and China don't. Imagine the frustrati...

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SBajwa, Any good book on Sikh history from 1700s. I am looking for Indian authors such as RC Mazumdar, Jadunath sarkar type authors. Especially interested in rise of Sikh power third battle of Panipat.

Thanks.

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This is a question for Suraj and other experts. I went to IMF latest database and found these projections for BRI for GDP at current prices till 2015. I was a little surprised to see that they show the least amount of growth for India among the three. That does not make sense to me because of the th...

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Can a country where 10% of the population speak English (most of those who speak English as second language) hold together by English alone? What kind of stupid analysis is that? Most Indians from various parts of India speak Hindi when they get together with some exceptions of course. Even when the...

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Shyam Saran's lecture at NMF. Great read. Has to be read in full. http://www.maritimeindia.org/pdfs/TheGeoploticalConsequences.pdf Geopolitical Consequences of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis - A Reassessment after One Year In my view, the US effort to co-opt China in its recovery strategy,...

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SSridhar, The only solution to the mischief Pakistan is doing is to give them a sound thrashing either by covert or overt means. Even that will give a temporary respite since they will be back to their ways after the effect of the jhapad wears off. This should be known to everyone except the WKK. Th...

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Sanjay Baru's first statement is wrong. Yusuf raza Gilani does not hold the key to South Asia's future. It is Kiyani who holds the key. Also, there was a report by IMF couple of days ago that India is integrating economically with the rest of Asia. So economically integrating would South Asia is not...

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I doubt if there is any deep , chankiyaan policy towards Pakistan. The main thrust of both NDA and UPA govt was/is to rely on US and the so called international community to mount pressure on Pakistan to stop terrorism against India. Now US is relying on Pakistan to get itself out of the Afghan situ...

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India's GDP is close to $1.5 trillion (from Economist World in 2010). Nominal GDP growth this year would be at least 12%. So India is adding 180 billion dollars to its GDP this year. Pakistan's GDP is 170 billion dollars. if it grows by say 6% nominal it will be a 180 billion dollar economy. So you ...

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To keep things in perspective, India is adding close to Pakistan's GDP every year. India has to take steps to check the terror emanating out of Pakistan, otherwise it is clear where they stand. India's economic growth will accelerate while Pakistan will be stuck in 2-4% range.

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Apologies if the link was posted earlier.

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/cha.htm

Naval Warfare in ancient India

By Prithwis Chandra Chakravarti

The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol.4, No.4 1930.12, pp.645-664

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jambudvipa, what sort of things do you forsee happening in the coming decade. Btw, didn't the Marathas deal with the enemies with the same amount of guile that the enemies possesed. Shivaji was quite a cunning man. While Rajputs held on to their ancient values of warfighting like not attacking at ni...

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When Bharat Verma spoke about Chinese attacking India, some folks laughed at him. Now Brajesh Mishra talks regularly about China Pak joint attack on India. Nightmare 2012: Chinese Special Forces cut off Siliguri corridor Bharat Verma http://sify.com/news/Nightmare-2012-Chinese-Special-Forces-take-Si...

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By itself India is not a threat but as a collective group BRIC could mount a challenge in the future. But as everyone know they are politically not cohesive and I do not think they intend to challenge the US. One of the geopolitical goals of US is not to let Russia China and India come together. Of ...

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Obama will be present for the President's funeral in Poland. geopolitically speaking, no matter how much Russia uses its charm on Poland, the basic geography of the region is such that Poland will always be wary of Russia. regardless of whether the "imperialist" Americans do anything, thi...

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Hertitage foundation dispels the myths of BRIC becoming a challenge to the US. The point is that the very fact such articles are being written show that they are concerned. Busting the Brazil/Russia/India/China (BRIC) Myth of Challenging U.S. Global Leadership At the BRIC summit, China’s Hu Jintao, ...

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It appears as if US is doing a lot of ahsaan in giving India access to the Headley. US professes to be partner of India in fighting terror. It has an extradition treaty. This guy has accepted that he was invloved in a terror attack in India. India had given FBI access to Kasab. It flows naturally th...

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B Raman on Obama and India US relatioship. Similar to what I was saying about looking at the actions and not sweet talk. That's why the CR piece in TOI seemed like spin to show all is well. Also suits PMO since they are seen as the biggest backers of pro US policies. http://www.southasiaanalysis.org...

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The largest recipient is World Vision which I believe is active in Kandhamal Orissa. World vision is also connected with the "The Family" which was exposed in a book by Jeff Sharlet last year.

http://www.amazon.com/Family-Secret-Fun ... 0060559799

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This article shows the huge amounts of money being pumped into India by foreign missionaries. Presents MHA numbers. Do foreign contributions to India impact security? http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/apr/13/slide-show-1-do-foreign-contributions-to-india-impact-security.htm The inflow of fo...

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One has to wait and see what happens before getting too excited. The same thing had happened in Nov: India was very concerned going into the meeting and came out reassured. After that there were a lot of things that happened that India felt were against its interests. So one has to wait and look at ...

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The significant effort at NSG was done by the previous administration not this one.

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Dinner in Nov and Chai biskoot in April. MMS visit upgraded to a structured meeting. Indians should be overjoyed by this. http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/09/obama-may-hold-mini-summit-with-dr-singh.htm All is well, Obama to tell PM United States President Obama [ Images ] will host Prime Mini...

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Obama's India Problem Author: Evan A. Feigenbaum, Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia http://www.cfr.org/publication/21862/obamas_india_problem.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fregion_issue_brief Disagreements loom, particularly on the Obama administration's Afghanistan-Pakista...

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Somehow I get the feeling that the Indian side is going gaga over the FM's trip to China but the Chinese side seems to be quiet as usual. For example FS saying that we complained and the Chinese listened attentively is hardly inspiring. http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/07/china-willing-to-narr...

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Exactly, a lot is said in the article. Terror has to end and what not. Experience has shown us to keep our expectations low. This is what B Raman had referred to Congress policy under Indira and Rajiv. Talk-talk, hit -hit. That means you keep talking and keep hitting. I am not sure what prevents don...

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This I believe is a significant article in that it tries to explain what MMS is trying to do. Since MMS govt is receiving a lot of flak even within the Congress recently for his foreign policy, this article might be a way for MMS to communicate his ideas. There is talk of covert action. Rising Above...

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I would guess Pakistan decided after it came to know about India's dates. That way it will get media attention of India Pak tension and create a case for US to intervene.

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This report has been released to coincide with Indian FM's visit to China. Is there a connection?

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a_kumar, great posts.

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In the last video I posted, he talks about the Indian economy in 2009 feb and it sounds very unbalanced. When the US and Europe is having negative growth, even 5% is good. Any amateur can see that. While no one knows whether his long term prediction on India will be true or not, his analysis of curr...

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George Friedman of Stratfor fame has written a book called Next 100 years. His conclusions are interesting: fragmentation of China and decline of Russia, rise of Japan, rise of Turkey, Poland and Mexico. In these videos he talks about the book. He does not have good things to say about India. Same o...

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Nobody denies that Marathas did commit atrocities. They committed a lot of atrocities, that is well documented by Jadunath Sarkar's books but as far as I know they were not killing/torturing people to change their religion. Which is what Tipu Sultan seemed to have been doing. That's what some people...

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Dude, what do you mean by biased. Not written by a European? The following link has quotes from original accounts from Europeans. I do not want to quote them there. Tipu's atrocities on Hindus are pretty well known. http://www.merinews.com/article/making-a-secular-hero-out-of-tipu-sultan/15795059.sh...

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There is no need to lower the bar so much in 18th century. There were multiple Muslim rulers who treated their Hindu subjects reasonably well. Even the Mughals prior to Aurangzeb were not excessively hostile to Hindus. Shuja ud Daulah had protected Hindu civilians from Abdali's people after the thir...

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BM and B Raman talk about China. http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/03/chinas-positioning-on-the-border-is-very-aggressive.htm 'China's positioning on the border is very aggressive' China and Pakistan are coordinating effectively with each other to keep India [ Images ] engaged in South Asia, be...

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Arati Jerath on India US relations http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SUMMER-CHILL-What-will-bring-US-and-India-together-again/articleshow/5756582.cms SUMMER CHILL: What will bring US and India together again? The slowdown has manifested itself quite clearly after the government shelved two fo...

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