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by milindc
20 Oct 2011 09:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

The Lift Irrigation of Deccan Plateau while a great vision, shouldn't be attempted in this energy deficient environment. We don't even have enough electricity to light up homes 24x7. Have you done any calculation on the energy costs of this endeavour and the resultant productivity gained from it. F...
by milindc
19 Oct 2011 22:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

^ vnadendla garu, We need to see the issue holistically. Perhaps we should demand coastal farmers to come up with ideas to use less water to get the same harvest. I was talking about distributing the water for all three regions of AP. Aren't we interested in having equal per-capita allocation of na...
by milindc
19 Oct 2011 08:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

Creation of a separate Telangana with Hyd as its unconditional and unfettered capital is a viable solution. This does not mean a state created out of hate by T-folks rather a state to protect from intentional and institutional hate by A folks. This a big difference. Now, if there is indeed some alt...
by milindc
17 Oct 2011 08:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

I don't understand why there is so much emotion and fighting on BRF about Telangana now. :-? After all, states have been divided in India before. Some state divisions that I remember were: If the fight is about the Capital then, except in the case of Chandigarh, new states ended shifting capitals o...
by milindc
14 Oct 2011 18:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Sep 22, 2011
Replies: 2846
Views: 285793

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Sep 22, 20

Altair wrote:IPL says no to Pakistani players
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Where is the news, Sir?
by milindc
27 Sep 2011 08:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Sep 22, 2011
Replies: 2846
Views: 285793

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Sep 22, 20

Sen. Kirk on Morning Joe discussing US military aid to Pakistan and India's role in Afghanistan

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upA_jCWQiz8[/youtube]
by milindc
25 Sep 2011 04:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indus Water Treaty
Replies: 3257
Views: 739431

Re: Indus Water Treaty

Guddu wrote:Dont know if this is accurate, but OOska news has a different take
http://www.ooskanews.com/southern-easte ... am-project
This is from before
by milindc
25 Sep 2011 04:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

negi wrote:If there is a place to see a big chip on shoulder of folks on BRF this is the place to be . :rotfl: ; if you guys despise the so called T-vadis so much then I would say Godspeed to the Telangana movement, you have only vindicated their stand.
Typical, now going on a tangent..
by milindc
25 Sep 2011 00:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indus Water Treaty
Replies: 3257
Views: 739431

Re: Indus Water Treaty

Paki media claiming that Court of Arbitration has stopped construction of Kishenganga dam

http://goo.gl/Xf0qG
by milindc
24 Sep 2011 23:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

What kind of reasoning is this ? When was it last that people were displaced after creation of a new state ? These are strawman arguments. Constitutionally no one can displace anyone from his legal residence in India, how hard is that to understand ? MNS has been asking for similar stuff in Mumbai ...
by milindc
24 Sep 2011 18:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

Btw a simple pointed question to the one's living in Hyderabad ; what difference does it make if Hyderabad falls in AP or Telangana ? All the investments in Hyderabad come from either Andhra folks or NRIs. With the fear of removing settlers from Hyderabad, we fear that Hyderabad will turn into anot...
by milindc
18 Sep 2011 18:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

right now, the % that flows into Coastal is higher. I have been searching for "official" stats here, but can't find them. the high flow into these areas is one of the reasons why flooding is a major threat into some coastal areas. even if T gets only 50%, once it becomes the law that T ge...
by milindc
28 Jun 2011 12:25
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 472793

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

It looks like 2 billion in 1954 is equivalent to 16 billion, not 80 or 160 billion. Not sure where you are getting this number from, it sounded unrealistically high, so I checked. http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl Both give a multiplicative value of between. 8...
by milindc
27 Jun 2011 22:25
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 472793

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

^^^^ Seriously, lets not derail this important thread with uber-comprehension debate
by milindc
13 Jun 2011 14:45
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Jan Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare, and Baba Ramdev
Replies: 3955
Views: 581781

Re: The Jan Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare, and Baba Ramdev

The concern of subversion of the system has quite frankly, only got amplified by the events of the last 6 months. It is therefore good for India that this debate on Lokpal and the potential for subversion of institutions is happening now as opposed to sometime in the past when the threat was not so...
by milindc
02 Jun 2011 01:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 472793

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

Gagan wrote:Guys this is Priceless:
Javed Akhtar explains things to a Pakistani on Dawn News.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN-D-_-Z98U
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMets71aQgg
on
Javed Akhtar is a BRFite. :D
No sir, he calls RSS as fascist organization.
by milindc
01 Jun 2011 09:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Telangana Monitor
Replies: 5661
Views: 787692

Re: Telangana Monitor

^^^ AP is gone....expect a solid 30% population to be Christian by 2020. expect a Church and liberal images of Christ and the Cross all over Hyderabad and major towns. the Hindu images like Om and Swastika will be taken down b/c they are too communal. YSR family is an open front for Christianity. t...
by milindc
30 May 2011 12:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 454950

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

rajanb wrote:I don't know why Karan Thapar was so kind to Sharyar Khan?

He should have roasted him. The most boring (yawn) programme I ever watched.
Wasn't Karan Thapar friend with someone from Pakistan who he introduced to LK Advani
by milindc
29 May 2011 23:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Part 2
Replies: 3977
Views: 864088

Re: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Par

http://progressiverealist.org/blogpost/strategic-logic-india-s-fighter-deal Indian strategists simply do not see the problem that way. Several important problems have come to the surface – firstly, that the F-16IN and F/A-18 Super Hornet are older airframes, closer to the end of their technological ...
by milindc
29 May 2011 22:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 454950

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

Again boring day today. So another set of videos. Paki-US relaitonship and furture - Discusion in Qaid-e-azam university. Panelists Hamid Gul, Pervez hoodbhoy. Amreeka ka kya karein Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7YYUFXyLkM Starting from 13:00 , the guy participated in strategic dialogue w...
by milindc
27 May 2011 18:19
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 454950

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

I think people should be cautious about how they criticize her. Some of the comments have been very personal and demeaning. Given her age, it is very likely that we will be seeing a lot of her in the coming decades. No point in rubbing her in the wrong way too much. Be persistent and to the point. ...
by milindc
23 May 2011 03:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 454950

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

Anujan wrote:The yahoos probably were in armed forces uniform. If they could sneak in to the base, they probably could get uniforms too. Expect a few to get their 72 from friendly fire.
It is an inside job !!
by milindc
05 May 2011 01:34
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan
Replies: 2848
Views: 426181

Re: Breaking News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan

The cousins (or siblings) protecting Osama had fake identity cards American officials have described the owners as "brothers", and neighbours recalled seeing a pair of men, possibly ethnic Pashtuns from the rugged western frontier, who largely kept to themselves. Their names were reported ...
by milindc
29 Apr 2011 22:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon and Rafale for MMRCA shortlist
Replies: 1324
Views: 289335

Re: India selects Typhoon and Rafale for MMRCA shortlist

ramana wrote:Rakesh, Gagan and RahulM, Think of the H&D effect on TSP Fizzilya when they find out even advanced versions of their crown jewel trucks were not down selected.
Already Fizzilya is issuing RFP ...

RFP for darker shade of brown
by milindc
28 Apr 2011 15:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon and Rafale for MMRCA shortlist
Replies: 1324
Views: 289335

Re: India selects Typhoon and Rafale for MMRCA shortlist

Milind ... 17 years ago ... I considered myself a king of the flame wars on the first generation of Usenet groups out there. With the benefit of age, and on account of having been burnt on a couple of occasions, I have come to realise that if I believe in something, and I know it to be the truth, t...
by milindc
28 Apr 2011 13:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Red Menace
Replies: 3761
Views: 583571

Re: The Red Menace

3. The fact that AP, with a police-to-population ratio lower than C'garh, and a per-capita expdt on police substantially lower than C'garh, does so much better with its anti-inurgency campaign isnt a question of quality of execution, but of differential perfidies! Yes, please compare the 40+ years ...
by milindc
28 Apr 2011 13:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Red Menace
Replies: 3761
Views: 583571

Re: The Red Menace

SC is talking about the recruitment of Special Police Officers and not Salwa Judum . The SPOs recruitment was done legally using Center provided funds. Milind-ji, in C'garh the lines between SPO, Salwa Judum, Koya commandos are blurred, extremely blurred in fact...Koya commandos for example are sup...
by milindc
28 Apr 2011 12:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon and Rafale for MMRCA shortlist
Replies: 1324
Views: 289335

Re: MRCA News and Discussion - March 2011

hehe, you're always on the dot, Sir! Expect Durkha Butt to beat her err... drums and claim the process was rigged. Oh boy, unless they give her an "escorted" tour of Paris or Frankfurt/Madrid/the mother nation - Italy, there's going to be a lot of crying and yelling about the IAF's real c...
by milindc
27 Apr 2011 17:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Red Menace
Replies: 3761
Views: 583571

Re: The Red Menace

How dare the Government Tribals into the Police force?? In false case of Police custodian death in SC, 2 Policemen died in a premedidated Ambush by Naxals why in the process of producing the so called dead person. THe Naxals seem to have a lot of Money for well oiled lawyers in the SUpreme Court an...
by milindc
25 Apr 2011 21:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up
Replies: 4139
Views: 600574

Re: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up

RamaY wrote:^ Grownup children are considered not part of the family. On the other hand charging Ammal == charging MK
...

Looks like each family has to sacrifice an apple. Who in Royal family is expendable?
Robert Vadra
by milindc
21 Apr 2011 00:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up
Replies: 4139
Views: 600574

Re: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up

Pranav wrote:Another salvo from the dirty tricks department steered away:

Shanti Bhushan defends land controversy - http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsP ... 00411g.php
Application form for the scheme , anyone can apply based on the conditions. http://goo.gl/GJNbB
by milindc
09 Apr 2011 23:41
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Jan Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare, and Baba Ramdev
Replies: 3955
Views: 581781

Re: Anna Hazare and Lokpal Bill

Problem with movements is that you never know when it slips out of your control and takes life of its own. Even if INC or someone else has sponsored or taken over this movement, the risk of letting wolves taste the blood of victory can come back to haunt. My surprise is with the speed with which An...
by milindc
08 Apr 2011 11:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 9599
Views: 1212780

Re: Internal Security Watch

You are lying again... You didn't read it before spouting your opinion Check this http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5389&p=1000875#p1000875 You might want to comprehend the context of a comment before shooting off..I dont intend gettinginto a slanging match - it adds no v...
by milindc
06 Apr 2011 10:33
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2011
Replies: 2858
Views: 469838

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2

Just make an Employment VISA form for just Pakistanis who want to work in India. In that have questions like 1) In times of either peace or war have you ever been involved in, or suspected of involvement in, war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide? Yes/No 2) Have you ever, by any means or m...
by milindc
06 Apr 2011 09:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2011
Replies: 2858
Views: 469838

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2

Just make an Employment VISA form for just Pakistanis who want to work in India. In that have questions like 1) In times of either peace or war have you ever been involved in, or suspected of involvement in, war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide? Yes/No 2) Have you ever, by any means or me...
by milindc
05 Apr 2011 11:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2011
Replies: 2858
Views: 469838

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2

Afridi was portrayed by WKK/NDTV clowns as 'Gracious', 'Good Sportsman' after his post-match speech at Mohali. Then his impromptu 'Why hate India?' presser after he landed in Pakistan gave the WKK/NDTV brigade multiple orgasms. They went overboard and started 'Cricket Diplomacy' has worked propagand...
by milindc
02 Apr 2011 13:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 9599
Views: 1212780

Re: Internal Security Watch

Stan-ji 2. Re binayak sen, I had taken the trouble of reading the (Hindi) judgement and background that had come out in copious detail before criticising the judgement. And a lot people have done so as well. Let's see what the high court has to say. You are lying again... You didn't read it before ...
by milindc
01 Apr 2011 11:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2011
Replies: 2858
Views: 469838

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2

I have followed Ayaz Amir for more than a decade now..I remember his articles on Kargil...Unfortunately, selective quotes can display a different meaning to what was being sought to be conveyed in the full article.. Please do read the so called SELECTIVE QUOTES from http://grandtrunkroad.wordpress....
by milindc
31 Mar 2011 18:36
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: The Cricket World Cup Thread
Replies: 8255
Views: 921184

Re: The Cricket Thread

saip wrote:
ajit_tr wrote:has anyone noticed sonia gandhi clapping and raising the victory fist in air after last wicket of misbah fell?
And she looked genuinely happy too.
She also did the Afridi style celebration
by milindc
30 Mar 2011 23:28
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: The Cricket World Cup Thread
Replies: 8255
Views: 921184

Re: The Cricket Thread

HariSeldon, As promised we had a Diwali today... AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!