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by sanjaykumar
05 Oct 2023 03:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5642
Views: 1630582

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

I shall file that factoid away for later use.
by sanjaykumar
05 Oct 2023 02:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5642
Views: 1630582

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

John Paul’s Edited is very good.

Doesn’t indri refer to the familiar name for Richard?
by sanjaykumar
04 Oct 2023 19:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5642
Views: 1630582

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

I used to find west panjab education and cognitive values remarkable and was tempted to ascribe it to consanguinity.

After learning of some of the type of people in east panjab, I am no longer sure if the diagnosis.
by sanjaykumar
30 Sep 2023 19:39
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1030
Views: 703774

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

The dood speaks better Hindustani than I do.

Multilingualism in southern India is of a different order than in Western Europe and northern India. Those regions have largely recently divergent languages with a substratum of Latin/Old German or Prakrit respectively.
by sanjaykumar
30 Sep 2023 19:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1342732

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

I do not know enough about the type of people referenced but I do know they won’t convert or give their daughters in marriage to Muslims.

What is the psychology at work here? This is a serious question, please no flippancy.
by sanjaykumar
30 Sep 2023 03:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 424
Views: 225737

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

I don’t think there is anything deep in this. This is an administration that applauds a mass killer of Jews and Roma, in parliament. Because they are too naive to do a background check. Hell a European who was a young man in the war. The first thing one asks is ‘whose side were you on?” I do not thi...
by sanjaykumar
30 Sep 2023 03:38
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8446
Views: 3030500

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Err….please read the posts before making recommendations.
by sanjaykumar
28 Sep 2023 05:58
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8446
Views: 3030500

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Not ethanol directly as biofuel but as feedstock for H2 gas. Why go through Ethanol for that? Use CH4 (from anearobic digestion of waste biomass) and get H by steam forming. That is the cheapest H we can get. H from H2O is expensive by a multiplicative factor, as per my reading and talking to peopl...
by sanjaykumar
28 Sep 2023 05:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8802
Views: 2475244

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Even Americans don’t listen to her, why publicise her rantings? Western validation? That is why India’s response to Trudeau’s credible allegations has been so dismissive. They are breaking out of the old paradigm. They probably decided to treat Canada with some measure of patience. Let some place li...
by sanjaykumar
26 Sep 2023 08:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Hmm….what can we expect from India when it is the third largest economy? One hopes it continues its benign engagement with most of the world. This Canada affair I believe can lead to clearing the air and much closer relations. Canada has some smart liberal people. I would not make unnecessary antago...
by sanjaykumar
26 Sep 2023 00:26
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8446
Views: 3030500

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Not ethanol directly as biofuel but as feedstock for H2 gas.
by sanjaykumar
25 Sep 2023 23:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1342732

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

There are a half dozen articles on India in today’s Dawn. All related to India being beastly to Pakistan. In psychiatry it’s called ideas of reference.

I believe they think India went to the moon to moon Pakistan.

( please look up the idiom, those in India).
by sanjaykumar
25 Sep 2023 22:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I think this visa curtailment has forced the silent Sikh majority to declare themselves. There is a lot of traffic back and forth. With property family and marriage ties stronger than most expatriate communities, they will put pressure to better relations. They may not do so openly as they are alway...
by sanjaykumar
25 Sep 2023 22:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8446
Views: 3030500

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

EtoH may be too precious to export. If and when a hydrogen economy comes on stream.
by sanjaykumar
24 Sep 2023 08:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8802
Views: 2475244

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Perhaps it’s the snowflake in me but ageism is as funny as sexism or racism.
This may be satire but Impaired cognition is a tragedy for any human.
by sanjaykumar
23 Sep 2023 04:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

That’s a significant trial balloon by the senator.

There is already much intel sharing. India has deep assets in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It has significant elint/sigint and space recon assets.

Such a relationship would have been unimaginable 30 years ago. Not bad.
by sanjaykumar
22 Sep 2023 07:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

One must be careful not to cut off the nose to spite the face. The killing of Sukhdool is unlikely to be random or coincidental. It almost seems like a taunt. There are Khalistanis out there sweating like a 'oar in church. The law and order situation is also being questioned. It seems India may be w...
by sanjaykumar
22 Sep 2023 07:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I believe it was Lawrence Bishnoi who put out a ‘press statement’ claiming Sukhdool’s murder.


This bishnoi is most interesting.
by sanjaykumar
22 Sep 2023 01:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

That’s a great background on this national politician jagmeet Singh and how he came to the NDP office. How many NDP left when he was elected by his caste members ?
by sanjaykumar
21 Sep 2023 19:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1342732

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Ode patt dikhay aa?

Nothing is bigger than Hasina.
by sanjaykumar
21 Sep 2023 19:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

This thread moves fast! I see the US as winning in this spat. The day may not be far off when Hindus take their education and wealth and apply for refugee status in the US. That ain’t even funny but there are shades of Uganda developing. I also think this is the moment when India has chosen to burni...
by sanjaykumar
21 Sep 2023 08:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

He seems to have travelled on documents of convenience. Likely issued by Canada. I will have to review an interesting write up. But the veracity is always in question. The information could only have been fed by Indian intelligence. It is floating around, I will post it if I find it. Intelligence ag...
by sanjaykumar
21 Sep 2023 08:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

India examines Indian diaspora documents minutely. The are not hesitant to reject anyone with an unhealthy interest in panjab.

Even people who feel they would not have an issue.
by sanjaykumar
21 Sep 2023 05:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Not really. This will likely make people rally around Modi and the flag.

The answer lies in the Trudeau’s electoral calculus. Perhaps Sikhs are revolting.
by sanjaykumar
21 Sep 2023 01:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Not being interested in politics, I am amazed at how unpopular Trudeau is in Canada. This affair is focussing more attention on certain elements in the Sikh community, the usual teensie weenie numbers. I am surprised at the vitriolic views being put on social media. The Sikh vote is already being us...
by sanjaykumar
20 Sep 2023 01:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

That is indeed a more sophisticated commentary on this episode. Couldn’t open the Globe and Mail article. As far as I know, the GoI doesn’t operate with such sanctions, at least in democracies. I certainly hope they don’t. And it is true that dozens have been killed in Sikh on Sikh violence on Canad...
by sanjaykumar
19 Sep 2023 07:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Could someone summarise the Nijjer affair. There are too many getting lead poisoning, hard to keep track.
by sanjaykumar
16 Sep 2023 19:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1880
Views: 466823

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I don’t think this type of humanitarian concern needs to be escalated. There are many aboriginals who believe the Canadian state and its police forces are occupying powers. Does India want to use this to score debating points and screen for history of employment? Khalistanis have discredited the gen...
by sanjaykumar
12 Sep 2023 04:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3959
Views: 787749

Re: Indian Education System

A reading of Goethe’s Faust will put to rest the low IQ debate of arts vs sciences.

The reading itself is challenging. I never got around to what it was all about!
by sanjaykumar
12 Sep 2023 01:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
Replies: 553
Views: 220691

Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses

No body pulled the wool over anybody’s eyes. Recall the stellar IQ results of Chinese students. They were from a few select schools in Beijing. Who conspired with the Chinese to widely disseminate those results? Any fool could tell that there was a dearth of treated potable water and sanitation faci...
by sanjaykumar
11 Sep 2023 22:25
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3959
Views: 787749

Re: Indian Education System

There is a surprising amount of ‘creativity’ in science publications. Recent data that is available is public ally shows fraud is not only uncommon but maybe rampant. There is also inadvertent poor quality material that causes problems for subsequent workers in the field. I have certainly spent time...
by sanjaykumar
11 Sep 2023 06:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3959
Views: 787749

Re: Indian Education System

Just to clarify. I did not publish that paper.
by sanjaykumar
11 Sep 2023 01:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India's G20 Presidency 2023
Replies: 193
Views: 46053

Re: India's G20 Presidency 2023

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... lims-india

I am impressed with the Muslim outrage industry’s indefatigablity. Every time you see them, they have flames shooting out of their a$$.
by sanjaykumar
11 Sep 2023 01:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3959
Views: 787749

Re: Indian Education System

Let’s not use too broad a brush. The PhDs with the highest IQs may in fact be those in philosophy. I have seen duds in stem and medicine to be not overly impressed by any PhD or MD appellation. And how to rate IQs? Someone does a good job regurgitating a semester’s worth of orbital mechanics. Anothe...
by sanjaykumar
10 Sep 2023 08:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India's G20 Presidency 2023
Replies: 193
Views: 46053

Re: India's G20 Presidency 2023

This fellow at Yale might do better to introspect on the role of Yale and its founder in the slave trade. Or perhaps that little human rights issue has been resolved to his satisfaction
by sanjaykumar
10 Sep 2023 01:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: BRICS: News and Discussion
Replies: 375
Views: 67811

Re: BRICS: News and Discussion

Again the fact that Rishi can greet another ‘Rishi’ thus, is highly significant. Try that in Pakistan or even the US.

Let us acknowledge impressively progressively societies where we find them.
by sanjaykumar
10 Sep 2023 00:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
Replies: 1237
Views: 418633

Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact

Why would that matter? It is a minor point.

There is no historicity of their god.

The only difference between worshipping an abrahamic god and worshipping a cow is that the cow is real.