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- 25 Jun 2014 17:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr 2014
- Replies: 2852
- Views: 285441
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr
I don't consider the Pathans brave people. I consider them a cowardly clan. These tribes easily succumbed to Islam the primary reason being fear. They succumbed next to greener Islamists, primary reason being fear. Then they succumbed to the Taliban, primary reason being fear. And if ISIS marches al...
- 25 Jun 2014 17:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 12577
- Views: 1347514
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
When we deal with Arabs, we must never forget their instincts. This is what happened a few hundred years ago..26/11 kind redux: Versova is originally a small fishing village of the Kolis, situated to the north of the old Mumbai city.The original name of the village is "Vesave", which deriv...
- 25 Jun 2014 02:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis
- Replies: 4002
- Views: 457217
Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis
^Have been saying this for decades. It's all in the doctrine. Why put the blame on radicals on Islamic Mullahs or Imams? Why not understand what makes the Imam/ Mullah itself teach what he teaches? Once we arrive at that simple logic, we also arrive at the fundamental doctrines of Islam. Once we (as...
- 25 Jun 2014 02:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr 2014
- Replies: 2852
- Views: 285441
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr
Sometimes while driving through NH8 Delhi -Gurgaon i see planes coming in to land just above the highway. I see this in several cities across India the the world. And i always thought it is so easy for someone to get away with a few shots, and some places may be a RPG would be enough to down the AC....
- 24 Jun 2014 02:20
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Namo is getting top Actors of Bollywood to possibly change the kind of movies they make to mould and entertain at a higher level than the LCD of public opinion and of using Bollywood as a tool to get tourism and form cross cultural long term impact. All with a purpose with the countries interests in...
- 22 Jun 2014 02:30
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army History Thread
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 530229
Re: Indian Army History Thread
Something most of us here knew, but this is from NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/world/asia/a-largely-indian-victory-in-world-war-ii-mostly-forgotten-in-india.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimesworld&_r=0 KOHIMA, India — Soldiers died by the dozens, by the hundreds and then by...
- 21 Jun 2014 19:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr 2014
- Replies: 2852
- Views: 285441
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr
Listen to a Paki having his ass ripped open from here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... uls#t=4149 LOL, that is called 'tearing a new one'. Must say that burst from C. Fair is the finest retort i have come across from an American on the K issue particularly the Paki stand and mindless cl...
- 20 Jun 2014 12:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis
- Replies: 4002
- Views: 457217
Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis
Itjihad is one of the schools of Sunni jurisprudence: 'reasoning' through Jihad and independent of any school of thought and requires taking the 'rational' analogies from the Hadith and Koran. It also thus gives a free hand for the Mullah Omars, Timur, Al Baghdadi's, Aurangzebs' to function. Lets no...
- 19 Jun 2014 16:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Managing Chinese Threat
- Replies: 5192
- Views: 737453
Re: Managing Chinese Threat
Managing the Chinese threat also requires one to buy anything but a cheap Chinese knock off of a smart phone. May our Govt and IB make a note of this:
Knock Offs ship data back to China
Knock Offs ship data back to China
- 18 Jun 2014 03:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 12577
- Views: 1347514
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
Funny ban considering that more Muslims there are joining Jihadi groups in Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia than are volunteering for the Army reserves.Isis terror group to be banned in Britain
- 18 Jun 2014 01:12
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 12577
- Views: 1347514
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
While a charter outlining an antiquated interpretation of Sharia was being disseminated in Mosul, #SykesPicotOver trended on jihadist Twitter feeds. From the point of view of Iraq's jihadist celebrities, the 1916 borders drawn in secret by British and French imperialists represented by Sir Mark Syk...
- 17 Jun 2014 23:34
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
To comprehend the difference leaders like Modi, Patel on one hand make versus the 'good' administrators kinds is that of vision and statesmanship. The 'good' administrators implement and play effectively on existing mandates, tweaking here and there with some alacrity to confirm. The visionary OTOH ...
- 17 Jun 2014 01:56
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Apart from his Hindi, Rajnath is a very very ordinary kind of leader. Lacks developmental vision, planning and much more. Left to himself he will do a bad job in the Home Ministry. But then, i think Modi exerting on Secretary appointments indicate he will be observing these Ministries much more clos...
- 17 Jun 2014 01:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 12577
- Views: 1347514
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
And for a change i think i completely agree with Tony Blair. The ME and Islamic world will have to ultimately look at it's own dynamics to realize why these killings, hatred, murders and literal Islamist militant takeovers take place.
- 17 Jun 2014 01:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 12577
- Views: 1347514
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
ISIS executions: Saw several pictures of Iraqi soldiers, hands unbound walking to their graves, lying down and getting shot. Wonder why when they knew death is certain, lie down without a fight. Puzzles me a bit.
- 15 Jun 2014 19:17
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
That pic is of Padmasambhava who got Buddhism to Tibet. A Brahmin from present day Swat. Many Westerners are surprised when i tell them every major Buddhist canon was propagated by Brahmins.
- 15 Jun 2014 11:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 12577
- Views: 1347514
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
Situation report Iraq, gives a good overview:
- 08 Jun 2014 16:33
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
In the age of instantaneity, or what the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman calls ‘liquid modernity’, the solid bonds of human relationships, You unwashed illiterate fanatic Sanghi Hindoo Kufr, if you couldn't understand what this farticle really means, at least have some respect for this name dropped Gora...
- 08 Jun 2014 16:13
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Interests
- Replies: 6458
- Views: 842783
Re: Indian Interests
^Could it be the poorer and more fertile of the IM population declare less their actual populations and birth rates? So when specific studies take place on fertility and child mortality their figures are impressive?
- 06 Jun 2014 02:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr 2014
- Replies: 2852
- Views: 285441
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr
Just simply Brilliant!!!These Pakistanis have their heads in so deep they can do a colonoscopy without benefit of an endoscope.
- 05 Jun 2014 18:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr 2014
- Replies: 2852
- Views: 285441
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr
Ram ji, the eagerness and propensity to please and appease transcends the simplest basic common sense. One's culture, history, philosophy, uniqueness can all be thrown into the dustbin amidst the carnival of appeasement.
- 05 Jun 2014 18:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 533405
Re: Indian Foreign Policy
So Modi has decided to make Bhutan the first country he will visit. Personally have been exhorting that the PM redevelop the worn Dharmic strands with Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet in my blog and several tweets on this. My latest one on Bhutan was just last week:
- 05 Jun 2014 17:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr 2014
- Replies: 2852
- Views: 285441
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 21 Apr
I wish, as a Pakistani and a political analyst, that the Indian Prime Minister had asked his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, to prepare for a permanent “No War Pact” with Pakistan. I wish Modi had proposed a “No military or political hostilities” MOU between the two nations. I wish Modi had re...
- 30 May 2014 01:35
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Swamy Aiyer in his TOI blog says the liquidity crisis has been wiped out in the last few days. Even DLF has been able to mop up 520 crores from available liquidity. HE says the problem may be of a bubble if not tackled properly, but liquidity is no longer an issue. And if this is true, an i do belei...
- 28 May 2014 13:30
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Shankar ji, not so fast. Look at this report from the UPA time. You'll see the confusion that Modi has been trying to also clear in reducing ministries. Do read this report, so typical of the confusion prevailing in the last decades (this is from just a couple of months back): It has yet to decide w...
- 28 May 2014 12:17
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Modi was clear what he wanted Human Resource development to focus on in his speeches. Development of mass employable skillsets. Welders, technicians, electricians, refrigeration mechanics, services sectors training and so on, the ITI grads and not IIT ones. For too much time HRD honchos focussed on ...
- 28 May 2014 00:11
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
OK this man has done all of this in the last 24 hours...including hold a full scale SAARC type meet!!
Anything else that you think YOU could have done better?
Anything else that you think YOU could have done better?
- 27 May 2014 19:15
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Few people noticed that Mr Lobsang Sangay had been invited and attended Modi's swearing in ceremony! This is a very significant event and Tibetans round the world are extremely pleased. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BopPaJRIgAAs2Me.jpg http://tibet.net/2014/05/27/sikyong-attends-swearing-in-ceremony-o...
- 24 May 2014 14:22
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
And some so-called expert was suggesting that Badhmash was coming despite the opposition and therefore Modi must gift him something to strengthen him. WOW! Just cannot stand the MSM anymore. But any idea who this imbecilic retard is? Frankly however this is the logic that is hardwired into the pseu...
- 23 May 2014 15:31
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Interests
- Replies: 6458
- Views: 842783
Re: Indian Interests
SHall we track this here?
The first thing that strikes me how are people irresponsible enough to give priceless artifacts to Editors of National Dailies?????? Who should be answering this idiocy? Some one needs to hurt for this shame.
The first thing that strikes me how are people irresponsible enough to give priceless artifacts to Editors of National Dailies?????? Who should be answering this idiocy? Some one needs to hurt for this shame.
- 22 May 2014 11:55
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
I recommend strongly no Chicken or Mutton Biryani vagra for South Asian delegates. Pure Vegetarian Sattvic food on the table Modi ji.
- 21 May 2014 22:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 533405
Re: Indian Foreign Policy
Sridhar Ji, 'our interests' is a very very generic term. To those that complied with vigor with 'non interference in internal affairs' it was also in India's so called interests. In India's 'interests' they thus didn't pursue Lt Kalia's case etc.
- 21 May 2014 19:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 533405
Re: Indian Foreign Policy
Nehruvian edifices of foreign policy that has been institutionalized must crumble. Foremost is the Principle of Non Interference in affairs of others. This is a useless chain we have put on ourselves thanks to Nehru. It has never prevented anyone from interfering in Kashmir, NE, Arunachal or anywher...
- 20 May 2014 19:54
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
All this talk makes me really wonder, if all this is so feasible, why was it not done earlier? Institutionalization of Nehruvian bureaucratic controls. Files pushed endlessly, land acquisition made tough, cuts and commissions bottom to top culture make projects time consuming, too slow, and too exp...
- 20 May 2014 19:46
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
If suddenly your student achieves something that you wanted to achieve all your life, there is going to be some bitterness in teacher. Ultimately, the teacher will learn to rise above it but it will take time. I think Modi understand this and therefore, tolerates it and continues to respect him. Go...
- 20 May 2014 15:53
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
I watched Modi's speech first and THEN went back to see LKA reference to Modi. LKAji's "kripa" & "pranaam" to Modi, must have hurt severely. I tried to imagine my father saying this to me, and then no wonder there were tears. I would agree with Atriji's interpretation, keepi...
- 20 May 2014 01:13
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: General Elections 2014 : RESULTS thread
- Replies: 4038
- Views: 226883
Re: General Elections 2014 : RESULTS thread
My predictions vs actual scores statewise LS 2014:
- 19 May 2014 23:21
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Ramana Ji not yet but was thinking doing that.harbans did you do a state by state comparison of election results with your spreadsheet?
- 19 May 2014 23:03
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4008123
- 19 May 2014 01:00
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: General Elections 2014 : RESULTS thread
- Replies: 4038
- Views: 226883
Re: General Elections 2014 : RESULTS thread
David B. Cohen @DavidBCohen1 3m Modi's win was a rejection not only of the dynasty but of the colonial Brits, who tried to teach Hindus to be ashamed of their culture. A trickle of Foreign journo's and leaders have started understanding the view points of the Dharmics makes solid sense. Slowly but...