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- 20 Mar 2014 21:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
- Replies: 3102
- Views: 330970
Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Looks like the plane is lost for ever and it is known to the insiders. So the big insurance co has started paying compensations. WSJ reports. Insurer Allianz Pays Compensation to Malaysia Airlines Lead Insurer Begins Paying Out on Flight MH370 Oleh Friedrich Geiger FRANKFURT—Allianz SE has started t...
- 19 Mar 2014 01:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
- Replies: 4026
- Views: 416621
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
^^^^
It's coming....
NaMo
It's coming....
NaMo
- 18 Mar 2014 09:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Re: US strike options on TSP
- Replies: 2412
- Views: 247392
Re: Understanding the US-2
Israel’s War on American Universities By Chris Hedges March 17, 2014 - The banning of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Northeastern University in Boston on March 7, along with a university threat of disciplinary measures against some of its members, replicates sanctions being imposed agai...
- 11 Mar 2014 09:27
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
About the Hooghly seat in West Bengal: 1. BJP doesn't have a chance to win the seat, but even if it shows a strong third position, or by any miracle, comes second then it will create an earthquake in West Bengal. Hooghly, a semi-rural/semi-urban seat is a hot one. Till three years ago it was CPM's p...
- 06 Mar 2014 10:36
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Bengal roster is out, and the political wind is changing..... musclemen/Goondas are out, intellectuals/'Bong-babus' are in. All the political parties are fielding respected citizens. Lot of doctors and doctorates are on the list. By the way, in deep south, amma is ready to dump the left bros http://...
- 05 Mar 2014 09:36
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
I just realized swami vivekanda and namo share their first name. and while the first was from rmk mission, the second wanted to join there too. Singha-Saar, this matter has been dealt with in details by Kolkata newspapers. NaMo's first name ('Narendra') was given by his parents after Swami Vivekana...
- 27 Feb 2014 23:37
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
So when NaMo wins, will have have to give Paswan a Cabinet position? If not, will he keep blackmailing the Government? Will he demand more and more reservations to poor poor minorities? I think NaMo is playing with fire here. As long as it is a quid pro quo, he is in trouble with this. That's why B...
- 27 Feb 2014 11:26
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Chirag looks like junior bachhan, no?
- 25 Feb 2014 22:39
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
So BJP now has joined the appeasement bandwagon. What a shame. I wished I had not contributed to their PM fund. I want refund and I will be cheering as they keep on loosing their vote share from here on. Third front and UPA looks much better now. What a shame Why is it that people always consider 1...
- 24 Feb 2014 09:56
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Paswan and Udit raj joining BJP shouldn't cause any concern. 1. NaMo knows how to neutralize the dissenting voices. Before he took the national plunge he had to face much closer and bitter oppositions in Gujarat within the state unit. Moreover, if NaMo comes to power, the leashes will be firmly in A...
- 23 Feb 2014 12:42
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Absolutely, i loved it. he was very very clear. Bangladeshi muslims will be sent back to where they belong , bangladeshi hindus will be accommodated. You cant be clearer than this. Sir, all of this is pre-election rhetoric is easy to say. While accomodating BD Hindus in India is doable, it may not ...
- 23 Feb 2014 12:35
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Namo rally in Silchar, in Barak valley (South Assam) was attended by 2lakh+ people breaking all previous records. he got a massive support from people.....
State BJP is ecstatic
State BJP is ecstatic
- 22 Feb 2014 19:21
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
- 22 Feb 2014 18:49
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Well one data point. Usually politicians (state level ones) are the first to realise the head wind and jump. I hope nothing bad is happening, but last week Tara kant Jha, a veteran BJP leader quit BJP to join JD(U). Now we have 3% drop!! Related?? saar, may be it is other way around. Jha may have r...
- 21 Feb 2014 11:39
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Supratik-dada, your statement below appears to be mixed with uncertainty. the illegal immigration has been taking place unabated for the last twenty years. Some left politicians were/are notorious for encouraging this. late forward Block leader and left front minister Kalimuddin Shams was notorious ...
- 21 Feb 2014 08:52
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Bengal will again be divided. The assertiveness of the muslims have started and on the rise as with there appeasement. Just wait for another 20 years. It will become like J&K with a hindu majority area, a muslim majority area and a gurkha area. I have kept my exit route to US open for that day....
- 21 Feb 2014 03:29
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Earlier Didi learned a good lesson for supporting NDA. Left used it to full advantage in 2006 against her. ABP Group also used it then to criticize her. So she is not going to make that mistake....so she is trying to maintain a distance from NaMo. After the recent state elections in NE states, Didi ...
- 21 Feb 2014 03:14
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Didi is a street fighter. Except the last 3-4 years, she lacked a politician's acumen. She was too straightforward. She enjoyed a massive support in rural areas, but still couldn't master enough strength in terms of seats in 2006 state election. When TMC broke away from INC, she received ABP Group's...
- 21 Feb 2014 02:54
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Didi , a good street fighter, couldn't dislodge the left from Bengal for several reasons due to one solid reason; that is - she didn't enjoy the backing of ABP Group. She could have dislodged left back in 2006, but her fate didn't favor her. After Jyoti basu stepped down and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya t...
- 21 Feb 2014 02:41
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
One of the most influential media group in Bharat is the ABP group which owns the most powerful Bengali daily 'Anandabazar Patrika', English daily 'The Telegraph', women's periodical 'Sananda', literary magazine 'Desh', and a host of other publications including kids' magazine also. ABP doesn't flex...
- 21 Feb 2014 02:24
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
The Sachar committee report showed that while Bengal has a high % of minorities, their representation in the state govt jobs is a paltry 2.5%. On the other hand, in Gujarat, where the minorities constitute about 9%, they occupy about 6% of the state govt jobs. This simple fact made the minorities si...
- 21 Feb 2014 02:11
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Some ground realities in Bengal: minorities constitute about 30% of the population, and 35% of the registered voters. Hence Didi is playing the pro-minority card blindly - obviously disregarding all the minority hooliganism against majority members that is going on in rural Bengal. (I just heard tha...
- 20 Feb 2014 04:06
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Didi will not touch any front with a 20 ft pole that has the left parties in it.
Also, Anna always needs a hand-towel to propagate his political views. Didi now comes handy after Kejri ran away.
Also, Anna always needs a hand-towel to propagate his political views. Didi now comes handy after Kejri ran away.
- 17 Feb 2014 22:22
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Watch out for HAF. Though it has a lot of Hindutva elements, it is being remote controlled by SD which in the past has given generous funds. (Typical of SD - giving money to all groups and using them selectively when the time is right.) HAF has been activated again by the SD so that lawmakers can be...
- 17 Feb 2014 22:02
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Overall popularity percentage of a party means very little actually in terms of seats. One needs to look at seat by seat popularity, compute the standard error (based on sample sizes) then calculate the probability of winning a seat. I'm sure the pollsters in each party are busy doing the calculatio...
- 13 Feb 2014 23:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 9599
- Views: 1208254
Re: Internal Security Watch
I know that zone well. From what I have been told - this version is closer to the truth. The police are in anyway under an unwritten instruction to protect Muslim leadership at any cost. The CPI(M) as I predicted has been losing its mid-level leadership steadily - and especially the more criminal t...
- 13 Feb 2014 22:25
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
BJP has room to grow in Karnataka, Jharkhand, Assam and Kerala. TN and WB are same - regional parties are too entrenched. Also, the C-Vote poll doesn't say how close the winning/losing margins are, statistical errors need to be taken into consideration. me think that the field is too wild to specula...
- 10 Feb 2014 09:47
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Intelligence and National Security Discussion
- Replies: 979
- Views: 245226
- 05 Feb 2014 23:10
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Narendra Modi will hold 12 rallies in NE by may!!! This is huge Wish one rally by NaMo in Tripura too. This is a state with two MP seats which is up for grabbing. Has a lot of ground sympathy for BJP, but at the time of balloting people think that BJP may not win, so don't waste the vote. There is ...
- 05 Feb 2014 23:00
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
^^^^
Further clarification:
That 50-50 figure is based on who are using bong language in their household currently, irrespective of the family origin.
Further clarification:
That 50-50 figure is based on who are using bong language in their household currently, irrespective of the family origin.
- 05 Feb 2014 22:58
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
What was the Bengali non-Bengali distribution in the kolkata crowd? BJP is hampered in urban areas by its limitation to mostly non-Bengalis. In greater Kolkata it is about 50-50 now, I mean bengalee speaking vs. non-bengalee speaking people. But many of those non-bongs who are living there for two ...
- 05 Feb 2014 21:10
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 3997264
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
It was a massive rally, and went beyond Rahul Sinha's expectations. Surely they left no stone unturned to bring people from all corners of the state. Earlier, TMC controlled bus union issued a whip to all private busowners not to rent out vehicles to BJP and CPM rallies (a copy of that letter has be...
- 05 Feb 2014 20:48
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Intelligence and National Security Discussion
- Replies: 979
- Views: 245226
- 31 Jan 2014 00:26
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Discussion on Indian Epics, Texts, Treatises & Kathas
- Replies: 4574
- Views: 523687
- 31 Jan 2014 00:22
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
- Replies: 20717
- Views: 2032169
Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Kind of concur with svenkat's assessment of NDA getting about 10 sets in TN. Had a long talk with my buddy from TN with his ears to the ground. BJP has tied-up with MDMK (or, MDMK has tied up with BJP). If PMK also joins NDA then 10 sets is a sure bet. As far as Aamma is concerned, she is keeping he...
- 30 Jan 2014 08:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitical thread
- Replies: 3955
- Views: 606483
Re: Geopolitical thread
... meanwhile, the EJs are in full swing to convert nepal (part of the SD's greater plan) 01/28/2014 15:13 NEPAL Nepali radio programmes about the life of Jesus bring Hindus to Christianity by Christopher Sharma Catholics launched a programme in 2013 to great success. Dozens of letters from both adu...
- 27 Jan 2014 23:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
- Replies: 14521
- Views: 1533970
Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Where is the proof that Sangeeta was from Kerala? She might have been from somewhere in the north, but married to Richard from Kerala. Her Hindi writing (assuming it was hers), though fluent, does indicate that she made efforts to write it.....(isolated letters, instead of continuously connected let...
- 27 Jan 2014 02:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 2752
- Views: 539337
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Good analysis why chacha was supporting BNP+Jamaat, and China signalled a departure from the past:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140126/j ... uV5wdLnZH1
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140126/j ... uV5wdLnZH1
- 25 Jan 2014 00:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
- Replies: 14521
- Views: 1533970
Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
The Shockingly Low Salaries of Professional Cheerleaders http://finance.yahoo.com/news/shockingly-low-salaries-professional-cheerleaders-130000752.html The Raiderettes’ lawyer, who is demanding tens of thousands of dollars in back-pay, said the cheerleaders make only $1,250 a year, or less than $5 ...
- 24 Jan 2014 08:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
- Replies: 14521
- Views: 1533970
Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
So his own karma has caught up with snob Dinesh D'Souza..... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/nyregion/dinesh-dsouza-is-charged-with-using-straw-donors-to-give-to-a-campaign.html?hpw&rref=nyregion&_r=0 ....how pathetically D'Souza's "aamrikaan dream" is coming to an end. He epitom...