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by Rudradev
17 Jun 2022 22:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

The one critical messaging fault with all these BJP GOI initiatives has been failing to take the general public into confidence ahead of time. Modi is (even now) loved by the masses. What set him apart from the old breed of Netas, in the first place, was the perception of his having a 'common touch'...
by Rudradev
17 Jun 2022 08:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1899
Views: 519050

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Folks, This whole method of "getting other Twitter users to support the restoration of a suspended user by popular demand" never works. Ever. Twitter is not a government that will have to seek your votes in future. They are not a service that people pay for. And as a monopoly, they have no...
by Rudradev
17 Jun 2022 02:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1899
Views: 519050

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Suspended permanently? No surprise. Same thing happened to my handle @Indosphere in 2019. Went through the appeals process, but no use.
by Rudradev
17 Jun 2022 02:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

In the MSM, certain minorities do not murder free speaking Hindus , there cannot be love jihad in India, Hindu men can marry minority women and retain their Hindu religion. It’s hardly ambiguous. The agenda is transparent. The only question is why? https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=...
by Rudradev
17 Jun 2022 01:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Have you all noticed something? If you monitor Western mainstream media, you can hardly have missed it. After CAA/Shaheen Bagh, Agro-Pimp Protests, etc... there was a plethora of propaganda pieces across NPR, NY Times, WaPo, etc. which distorted (and often fabricated) facts to create a narrative of ...
by Rudradev
15 Jun 2022 21:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Article 356 exists for the purpose of central intervention when a state is not able to maintain law & order. Similarly Emergency provisions of the constitution are there for defending the country against external and internal threats. Congress wrecked both these tools by abusing them for partis...
by Rudradev
15 Jun 2022 00:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

One more thing-- I'm not a lawyer, so any input from legal eagles here would be much appreciated on this. Can BJP (with its 300 seat majority) pass a law that allows for emergency intervention by central law-enforcement in states, without necessarily going through the whole rigmarole of dismissing ...
by Rudradev
14 Jun 2022 23:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8805
Views: 2479796

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

I don't think we have fully understood the new dimension of how Islamism is being used as a proxy against India by certain Western interests. From the 1940s until 2000s, the numero uno Islamist proxy of the Western Deep State against India was Pakistan. As we all know. From 1947-48 until 1971, the P...
by Rudradev
14 Jun 2022 22:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 1960
Views: 564189

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Vadivel wrote:Iran's GDP per capita when adjusted by PPP was $1.436 trillion in 2021.
Meaning every Iranian is a trillionaire in USD??? :shock: :D
by Rudradev
14 Jun 2022 22:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

One more thing-- I'm not a lawyer, so any input from legal eagles here would be much appreciated on this. Can BJP (with its 300 seat majority) pass a law that allows for emergency intervention by central law-enforcement in states, without necessarily going through the whole rigmarole of dismissing t...
by Rudradev
14 Jun 2022 22:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

These measures are all fine but they are going after the symptoms, not the cause. The fact is: to organize and incite these riots, Maulvis are a key node between the inputs (financiers, politicians) and the output (rioters). Financiers and politicians are hopefully being pursued in their own ways, t...
by Rudradev
14 Jun 2022 21:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

India is on firmer ground with demolition than the Civil Asset Forfeiture model of the US. CAF involves assets that at least in nominal terms are 'legally' owned by the person(s) of interest... so a court order etc. has to be involved in order to implement it. Demolition is targeting assets which we...
by Rudradev
13 Jun 2022 20:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1899
Views: 519050

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

URGENT India/Hindus have ONE USCIRF commissioner on our side. You may not expect it, but he is the Reverend Jonny Moore (confirmed from well-placed sources). He has tweeted in support of Hindus and against calls for Hindu Genocide by maulvis of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Hinduphobes are howling in fury at...
by Rudradev
13 Jun 2022 20:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8805
Views: 2479796

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

URGENT India/Hindus have ONE USCIRF commissioner on our side. You may not expect it, but he is the Reverend Jonny Moore (confirmed from well-placed sources). He has tweeted in support of Hindus and against calls for Hindu Genocide by maulvis of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Hinduphobes are howling in fury at...
by Rudradev
13 Jun 2022 20:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

URGENT India/Hindus have ONE USCIRF commissioner on our side. You may not expect it, but he is the Reverend Jonny Moore (confirmed from well-placed sources). He has tweeted in support of Hindus and against calls for Hindu Genocide by maulvis of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Hinduphobes are howling in fury at...
by Rudradev
13 Jun 2022 20:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Hindu orgs could create pressure on govt to change curicula. Government needs political incentive and democratic cover to make big changes. One issue is that-- outside the Sangh and its affiliates-- there are NO Hindu orgs doing anything on a more-than-micro-local scale. At first sight, Isha Founda...
by Rudradev
13 Jun 2022 09:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

KLNM: The timeline of events in this case is not that straightforward. According to Abhijit Iyer Mitra, the suspension of Nupur Sharma by BJP came a day BEFORE the first of the OIC nations-- Muslim Brotherhood HQ Qatar-- lodged its official protest. Still not a great look for BJP (if they were going...
by Rudradev
12 Jun 2022 06:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Australia News and Discussion
Replies: 2271
Views: 494737

Re: India-Australia News and Discussion

Sign this please. https://www.change.org/p/it-s-time-to-support-multicultural-leaders-in-wyndham?signed=true Our Hindu sister in Wyndham, Australia -- Councillor Sahana Ramesh-- is being targeted by Islamists & Leftists for her attendance at a program where BJP MP Tejasvi Surya was the speaker. ...
by Rudradev
11 Jun 2022 11:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

There is a video on Twitter where a constable is pleading to his boss over a cell phone call about stone pelting. Literally the constable is crying...it is not a pleasant thing to hear..I'm not sure if one should feel sorry or indifferent to the police infrastructure...it seems like the state admin...
by Rudradev
11 Jun 2022 01:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

[ This is not possible in India or by Indian citizens because of the current legal framework restricting free speech. Whether something is a fact or not is besides the point, long as it disturbs public order or gives offence to some group. . Very true-- and consider what it means for our claims to ...
by Rudradev
11 Jun 2022 00:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

I am suspicious of the video of the "cop" pleading. What he is saying does not match what is seen on the camera. He also says his mobile was broken in the stone pelting-- then who is the one taking the video? You cannot see the "cop" who is supposed to be speaking on the phone, a...
by Rudradev
10 Jun 2022 21:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 966563

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Read this article for an insight into US factional thinking on the Ukraine conflict. https://www.russiamatters.org/node/27728 Debate: Kissinger vs. Soros on Russia’s War in Ukraine June 09, 2022 Never thought I'd see the day when an inveterate scumbag like Henry Kissinger stood in opposition to an e...
by Rudradev
10 Jun 2022 00:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Maj. Gaurav Arya has a reasonably balanced take on the whole ME episode. In his view this is a Muslim Brotherhood initiative, triggered via a deliberate propaganda campaign from Al Jazeera. He also urges the GOI to create a similar portal with the reach of Al Jazeera (an arm of the Qatari govt) to a...
by Rudradev
09 Jun 2022 20:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

1. German foreign minister comes to TSP and tries to internationalize Kashmir issue (after a gap of at least a decade) ... 3.News that TSP maybe out of grey list (news from today) ... Prediction - TSP will get IMF loan now. Very important points... the Kashmir jihad cause being embraced by Germany ...
by Rudradev
09 Jun 2022 01:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

I would like to remind folks of something. IPC 295A, a legitimization of Blasphemy Law, exists in India's legal tradition ONLY as a special concession to the 'special community' of Shantidoots . It is no different from other special concessions like Triple Talaq, multiple wives, 5X daily road blocka...
by Rudradev
09 Jun 2022 01:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Personally, I think the only long-term solution to this is 1) Get rid of 295A and 135A. Let anyone say anything they want about the religious figures of any community. No FIRs, no police or legal actions for "offended religious sentiments". 2) Meanwhile, improve implementation of the rule ...
by Rudradev
09 Jun 2022 00:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

For a minute, let's keep aside the veracity of what Nupur Sharma said, and just look at just the fact that she said it (when, where, and in what capacity). It may be a fully correct and accurate thing to say of its own virtue. That is just not the issue here. A National Spokesperson of BJP is entrus...
by Rudradev
08 Jun 2022 00:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

We keep going in circles stating the obvious - why GoI did not do something about (fill in BIF activity of your choice). Yes, we all know and agree that GoI hasn't been ruthless. But have we paused to consider if there is some reason for this? This is clearly a nationalist govt (hopefully no one di...
by Rudradev
06 Jun 2022 20:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4147
Views: 884416

Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)

^^ That's actually not the case. In the US at least, GOI works through civil society groups (that I won't name here) who run media awareness and political influence campaigns over issues like Hindu genocide in BD & Afghanistan, abductions and forced conversions of Hindu girls in Pakistan, reclai...
by Rudradev
06 Jun 2022 03:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

You can't boycott 15 organizations/corporations effectively. Not enough people will boycott all of them to be effective.

Select one, target it relentlessly, and make an example.
by Rudradev
06 Jun 2022 01:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Fanne ji, external rationalizations are always there. And will always be found. But they don't change certain fundamental realities about the type of society, economy, and overall political dispensation that exists in India. The fact is, it's much easier to say you are outraged than to act on the ou...
by Rudradev
06 Jun 2022 01:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Just one example. Let's say enough people are agitated about Nupur Sharma to make a difference. So, go ahead and organize a mass protest in private business and government offices across the country. On Wednesday, at 11 AM, everyone will shut down their workstations and stop working for 5 minutes. I...
by Rudradev
06 Jun 2022 01:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

We need a cold hard look at the reality of India's political situation. The BJP/Modi Sarkar will NOT solve all the grievances of Hindus, and will NOT fulfill all the aspirations of Hindus, beyond a point. Why should they? If they solve everything and fulfill everything, will enough Hindus continue t...
by Rudradev
04 Jun 2022 01:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8805
Views: 2479796

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

IMPORTANT REQUEST Does anyone here work at or know someone who works at Google? Does anyone know about the incident referred to here? https://nationworldnews.com/googles-plan-to-talk-about-caste-bias-caused-division-and-rancor/ A Hindu org I work with has asked me to help write a rebuttal, but firs...
by Rudradev
03 Jun 2022 09:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8805
Views: 2479796

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

IMPORTANT REQUEST Does anyone here work at or know someone who works at Google? Does anyone know about the incident referred to here? https://nationworldnews.com/googles-plan-to-talk-about-caste-bias-caused-division-and-rancor/ A Hindu org I work with has asked me to help write a rebuttal, but first...
by Rudradev
03 Jun 2022 02:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3028595

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Agreed, what is the value of such knowledge?
by Rudradev
03 Jun 2022 02:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Quad News and Discussion- June 2021
Replies: 377
Views: 99239

Re: Quad News and Discussion- June 2021

No doubt about it. The US' commitment to "global world order" is nothing but high-falutin' shorthand for saying they are determined to preserve everything about the world as it is today. That includes a Kashmir that is partially under illegal occupation by China and Pakistan, and in which ...
by Rudradev
03 Jun 2022 00:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Quad News and Discussion- June 2021
Replies: 377
Views: 99239

Re: Quad News and Discussion- June 2021

I have a question about this. Wasn't Pakistan a treaty ally of the US? Twice over in fact, with CENTO and SEATO. Did those guarantees expire? Other than 1971 there was never a direct move by GOTUS to militarily intervene on Pakistan's behalf during a war with India. doesn't satellite imagery and CO...
by Rudradev
02 Jun 2022 23:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion
Replies: 1140
Views: 266209

Re: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion

Paul ji, is economic opportunity the primary motivation for Bangladeshi migration into India? Yes, improving Bangladesh's standard of living will mitigate that as a factor. But it will do nothing to address the very substantial % of migration that is driven by Ghazwa ideology. Many in Bangladesh wan...
by Rudradev
02 Jun 2022 23:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Quad News and Discussion- June 2021
Replies: 377
Views: 99239

Re: Quad News and Discussion- June 2021

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