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by panduranghari
05 Nov 2013 20:04
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Mangalyaan: ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission
Replies: 2760
Views: 402409

Re: Mangalyaan : ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission

It all started with this. Just wow. Well done ISRO.

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by panduranghari
04 Nov 2013 14:18
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

We need to separate Ladhak/ Leh from Kashmir first. People of Ladhak and Leh don't want to be part of the Kashmiri state. If we can grant Telangana, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh why not give the right to the people of Ladhak. It is the largest geographical area in J&K. NM should work on these lines. ...
by panduranghari
03 Nov 2013 01:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy Diwali!
Replies: 39
Views: 6199

Re: Happy Diwali!

Happy deepawali
by panduranghari
02 Nov 2013 14:51
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Kumar Ketkar meets Modi-Eyes Sudhindra Kulkarni's role in Team Modi Veteran Marathi journalist and staunch Gandhi family loyalist Kumar Ketkar is in a mood to shift his age old loyalty,sources from Mumbai BJP claims. Ardent supporter of Sonia Gandhi and aggressive RSS and Modi basher Kumar Ketkar,s...
by panduranghari
01 Nov 2013 22:58
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Inder Sharma wrote:PVNR needs to be appropriated by the Right
I hope it happens.
by panduranghari
01 Nov 2013 14:14
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

It will be a great challenge in front of a hindu leaders of next 3-4 decades to find a point of covergence between the offensive and reformist hindutva. Does it really need convergence? Sanatana Dharma automatically makes that happen, provided everyone is following the 'Dharma'? I dunno but I am ce...
by panduranghari
01 Nov 2013 13:33
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

^^^ As Atri ji says Modi is wielding the Savarkarite stream of Indian nationalist thought. Savarkar will eventually make an appearance in his speeches. He knows however the time for doing so is not now.
by panduranghari
01 Nov 2013 01:19
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Muppalla wrote:These surveys are money earners. They release state by state one day at a time. In 4 months time they will say after !@#@!#@ event congress is improving and they will give different numbers. All these surveys are also part of campaign form congress.
+72
by panduranghari
01 Nov 2013 01:16
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

The two sets of bars at the bottom show interesting trends: INC's seats are decreasing and BJP's seats are increasing with time. Unless things change drastically in favor of INC in the next few months, this trend will likely continue, giving a clear lead to BJP and decimate INC. IMO. Not so soon Sa...
by panduranghari
31 Oct 2013 18:42
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Discussion on Indian Epics, Texts, Treatises & Kathas
Replies: 4574
Views: 525445

Re: Discussion on Indian Epics, Texts, Treatises & Kathas

^ Very nice. Watching it right now. Would have been good if there were subtitles. Even without subtitles, much can be understood. Here is classic (1936) on Sant Tukarama. I must have watched this 'n' (n tends to infinity) times and it literally grows on you, more you watch.. This one is with subtit...
by panduranghari
31 Oct 2013 18:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Patna Blasts : 27 Oct 2013 (News and Discussion)
Replies: 367
Views: 40481

Re: Patna Blasts : 27 Oct 2013 (News and Discussion)

Rudradev wrote:BREAKING: Patna blasts suspect ESCAPES FROM NIA CUSTODY outside jailhouse in Darbhanga, BIHAR. NiKu making sure that incriminating evidence flies the coop.
HE has escaped with some specific instructions.
by panduranghari
31 Oct 2013 18:14
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 654142

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

TSJones wrote:
He bought our ancestral property in 1927 for rs 5. It was a princely sum then.
Just as I thought. When the brits were in charge there wasn't very much currency in circulation. The poor suffered.
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by panduranghari
31 Oct 2013 13:24
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

a sleepy beach village on karnataka coast named murudeshwara has become a tourist attraction due to the worlds biggest Shiva statue perched on a hill beside the sea. a local builder group has financed it all - statue, new temple, hotel, hospital, colleges.....these things have a good impact on the ...
by panduranghari
31 Oct 2013 00:50
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

If we take the NDA rule as an (the only) example of how the BJP would rule.. i think they will lay off massive fiscal boondoggles. Having said that, they do need to engage in some populism (achilles heel of NDA which didnt do it) to avoid a repeat of the previous elections, where many voters in ind...
by panduranghari
30 Oct 2013 23:40
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

bhargava wrote:Image
That image personifies JLN well. The foot soldier of the west. Just like the foot soldiers who under the direction of the jernail uses the bettering ram.
by panduranghari
30 Oct 2013 19:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Patna Blasts : 27 Oct 2013 (News and Discussion)
Replies: 367
Views: 40481

Re: Patna Blasts : 27 Oct 2013 (News and Discussion)

Brihaspati wrote:The agenda has been so firmly set that NM wil be severely constrained to deviate much from it.
Is there no hope then? Also if agenda is set, I believe its the foreigners who have set this agenda?
by panduranghari
30 Oct 2013 16:52
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Interests
Replies: 6458
Views: 841981

Re: Indian Interests

Please move if inappropriate. Hindu funeral pyres causing global warming Holy smoke from Hindu funeral pyres, Muslim cemeteries (??) and Buddhist temples accounts for almost a quarter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming on the Indian subcontinent and the melting of the Himalayan glacie...
by panduranghari
30 Oct 2013 16:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Managing Chinese Threat
Replies: 5192
Views: 737213

Re: Managing Chinese Threat

Chinese are already behaving like they are big boys. When will India develop such a spine?
by panduranghari
30 Oct 2013 16:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1537228

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/29/us-will-reportedly-hit-infosys-with-record-fine-for-immigration-violations/ US will reportedly hit Infosys with record fine for immigration violations How much of this posturing is to placate the right wing neo cons AND Hispanics? In June, the Senate, domi...
by panduranghari
30 Oct 2013 15:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamic Britain & The Compromised Western Civilization
Replies: 309
Views: 37056

Re: Islamic Britain & The Compromised Western Civilization

Given the fact that the football hooligans will far outnumber the jihadis for the forseeable future it would be stupid to treat them as a markedly lesser threat to the social fabric. Especially when that sort of thing in the 1980s played no small role in strengthening Islamist recruiting in the 199...
by panduranghari
30 Oct 2013 13:26
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 654142

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

I made my first purchase in 2004 and have been buying consistently since. Would you be unhappy if the dollar denominated price of gold falls to $200 per oz? Do you think about your wealth as so much dollars or rupees or do you count the ounces? Do you think that it is a typical western thinking to s...
by panduranghari
29 Oct 2013 23:36
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Not true. Patel accepted Gandhiji's lead all the time. My CT is once "one man, one vote' was decided MKG chose JLN as he would get to be the leader eventually. And don't forget ganga-jamni culture was solidly behind their own. My complaint is C.R.Rajagopalachari's valuable skills were left to ...
by panduranghari
29 Oct 2013 20:27
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

^^ link link (A) Protection and nurturing of our Vedic civilisation and culture 1. Give the armed forces a free hand to protect our country and its frontiers 2. Restore the status of the armed forces in the nation’s administrative framework and give the soldiers their financial dues 3. Recognise wit...
by panduranghari
29 Oct 2013 20:05
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

suryag wrote:venkaiah naidu looks all skinny anything wrong with his health?
Venkaiah after listening to many Modi speeches got the gist of the argument - Shape up or Ship out. :D

I hope he is in good health.
by panduranghari
29 Oct 2013 19:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 654142

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Neshant he is saying exactly what I was harping on. Gold as a store of value. Currency for day to day trade. In this situation gold is very very valuable. Gold...get you some. Its a store of wealth only if you buy it at below its long term market price. What its long term market price will be depen...
by panduranghari
29 Oct 2013 02:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India and Japan: News and Discussion
Replies: 2129
Views: 382309

Re: India and Japan: News and Discussion

What does Japan have to complain about? They have one of the most prosperous societies in the world and their country was completely rebuilt up due to no small part of America aid. They are a strong military power due to its navy and airforce. Sure Japan lost some territory so did Germany and the A...
by panduranghari
28 Oct 2013 21:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitical thread
Replies: 3955
Views: 607809

Re: Geopolitical thread

The last line is wise words but when the locals ally with outside powers to gain dominiance over other locals its colonialism redux. This is exactly how the British EIC came ot meddle in India. If you take the long view the Greater Muddle East fracturing along religious and ethnic lines is to break...
by panduranghari
28 Oct 2013 20:00
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 654142

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Sandeep Jaitley on the "new" Austrian School of Economics. I'm not for the gold standard per say but I have to listen to this again before I understand what he's really saying. Not all of it sunk into my brain the first time. AmHxEcP_aRc Neshant he is saying exactly what I was harping on....
by panduranghari
28 Oct 2013 15:03
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Look at the crook Shivam Vij ‏@DilliDurAst 13h If political parties can engineer riots and fake encounters for electoral gain, I don't see why they can't do small bomb blasts. Lends credibility to argument that Rajiv and Indira were murdered by the family. Perhaps Rahul is on target or he will be b...
by panduranghari
27 Oct 2013 17:51
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Despite the Modinama series..i still get the impression that Madhu is somewhat a Jholawala kinds. Once a jholwala always a jholwala. A very close friend who is a jholwala says it as it is- bite the bullet to become a jholwala or take a bullet for not biting the bullet. This guy is otherwise quite n...
by panduranghari
26 Oct 2013 04:09
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

ramana wrote:Modi is the "simha swapana" for the DIE and hence their angst.
Simha swapna? Ramana Saar please tell us more.
by panduranghari
24 Oct 2013 13:01
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

So I think it is the Macaulayite Indian's issues with articulation and awe at Western literary work and perhaps even insufficient knowledge of his own Bharatiya Sanskritic classicism that turns him into a rebel. These people are limited in number and in reality do not matter. yes they are everywher...
by panduranghari
24 Oct 2013 12:45
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

NaMo is bringing in a much needed "Evangelical streak" among Hindus.. :) I am glad.. this should translate into actual Hindu evangelism. Will be useful in the process of assimilation in future.. :) Those in their 20s, 30s and 40s should remember this streak and sharpen it.. mata is going ...
by panduranghari
24 Oct 2013 02:03
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 654142

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Credit is an economy multiplier. Just because poorly regulated speculators and political zealots abuse it does not mean that credit is bad. In fact, it can be a wonderful thing that technology springs forth from. Farmers use it to leverage their crops so that they don't starve all winter. Corporati...
by panduranghari
23 Oct 2013 18:06
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

14:32 Live! Rahul invokes Rajiv, Indira in Raj rally: I played with grandmother's assassins : Rahul Gandhi's gets emotional at the rally in Churu, Rajasthan. Says he understands the pain of loss. "I have faced this twice, they killed my grandmother and my father, they might kill me too. But I'...
by panduranghari
23 Oct 2013 13:05
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 654142

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

^^ Neshant
many +1's

The problem is this information is all in public domain. Call it cognitive dissonance or willful ignorance. But it defies belief that people will listen to financial pundits.
by panduranghari
22 Oct 2013 15:41
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 654142

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

TSJones wrote:You can buy and hold gold now but that is not good enough for you. :)
At a high enough price there is more than enough gold to go around.
by panduranghari
22 Oct 2013 01:46
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4006743

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

SRT won't campaign for congress. He is to nationalistic to be drawn into this dirt. If he does he is putting his credibility on line. To what end? To help congress? When the winds of change are blowing, does SRT have no sense to see this? Or does he think he can bat this way to 272 seats? SRT will b...