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by Arjun
17 Aug 2017 07:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Neutering & defeating Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Chinese brats brandishing super cars is typical china man pussy footing behaviour. Engine revving outside the Indian embassy? These fried rice munnas behave exactly like their mohtarmas - flashing expensive brands as a display of power. They cannot think beyond money especially the second gens in S...
by Arjun
25 Jul 2017 17:17
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Autos Thread -2
Replies: 703
Views: 259599

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

This Gadkari guy seems to be a classic Luddite. Saw a report in today's Al-Hundi where he pompously declared that "We wont allow driverless cars in India as it will lead to job losses" . He claimed that 55 Lakhs (i.e. 5.5 million ) drivers will be needed in India. Think of it. An entire p...
by Arjun
24 Jul 2017 19:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Pulikeshi wrote: India is blessed with CHIPAK {Please to use this instead of CPEC}
Indeed !

Is that why hype on Chabahar has become subdued in recent times ? Perhaps somebody in GOI realized it would be much more fun blowing CHIPAK and $50 Bn to smithereens than look for boring alternatives to the port.
by Arjun
22 Jul 2017 11:58
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2238
Views: 457124

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Two Indian Gold medallists - but neither representing India ! Iran continues to do well...while India is behind even countries like Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and Mexico ! The govt needs to take this up at a national scale and start some program to entice the best to take this on...it is becoming an e...
by Arjun
22 Jul 2017 07:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

That the Dokalam faceoff was somehow connected to CPEC / BRI has been broached by SSridhar on this forum sometime back... If that is indeed the case - what should the Indian response be ? There can be no question of India acquiescing to any Chinese initiative on territory that India claims and there...
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 15:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: OBOR, Chinese Strategy and Implications
Replies: 995
Views: 266854

Re: OBOR, Chinese Strategy and Implications

Pakistan is where OBOR hits the road So China wants to escape the Malacca Straits choke point by building in territory that is claimed by India and right next to Indian army haunts & in terrorist dominated Pakistan ? What kind of retarded strategy is that ??? Don't they understand the risks ?
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 14:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Probe the Indian resolve Now, Pakistan has become a Chinese province (or 'protectorate' according to how one sees it). The CPEC is the template for and the most critical component of OBOR, for the success of both land and sea corridors. Xi has staked personally on this. China wants Gwadar badly and...
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 12:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Arjun-ji, pardon me for my previous language, but every country has its strengths and weaknesses. When competing whether in business, sports or geo-politics, why would you ever play to your opponent's strengths? Cheen's strengths are its economy and its industry. Its weakness is its SYRE non-warrio...
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 11:46
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Racial inferiority? Are fvcking you daft? This has nothing to do with race. Calm down, Chola ! If it has nothing to do with race, then you may want to stop using that term in your posts to convey how far they are ahead. Looks like you meant to say, you would rather not leave the future to a country...
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 11:14
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

No, rather not leave our future to a race with their strengths. While I am in synch with your immediate recommendations, my concern is that it seems to arise from a sense of racial inferiority that is completely unfounded in data ! The best unbiased setting for judging the relative merits of the tw...
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 10:19
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Forget it, the gap will continue to widen in absolute terms in our lifetime even in the best case. This is the perfect opportunity to go to war with overwhelming advantages. But the gap will continue to narrow in relative terms going forward. And relative rather than absolute I would think is the m...
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 09:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

It will happen as long as the lizard is left in peace to just build and build and scheme and build. That is its core strengths. They are most powerful when given time and space. Well, there's a way to quantify how they are doing on their 'core strength'. That quantification is called GDP growth.......
by Arjun
21 Jul 2017 08:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

It won't be perceived well by the locals- the SE Asians and its pretty simple to see why. Your understanding of SE Asia seems superficial...The only reason the term may not fly with SE Asians is that it is too closely associated with the mainland part of the region. See the comments in this blog fo...
by Arjun
20 Jul 2017 18:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

The article in Global Times is correct. Hindu Nationalism will not tolerate Han expansionism, and if that means war so be it.
by Arjun
20 Jul 2017 14:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

What nonsense ! Indochina is a very legit term for mainland SE Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indochina
by Arjun
19 Jul 2017 08:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

amit wrote:I personally am coming to the conclusion that China badly miscalculated at Doklam.
True that...there are a number of cards that India has that have barely been used. We just need the right excuse to get them out into the open...and this includes trade, CPEC and Tibet to mention a few.
by Arjun
19 Jul 2017 08:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

GDP? US:Russia is 10:1. Did that stop Russians from going into Georgia, Syria? US:Vietnam in 1970 was 80:1. We know who came out victorious there. None of these posed an existential threat to the other - except in the case of Vietnam who expectedly won because their stakes were much higher. Also, a...
by Arjun
19 Jul 2017 07:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

One other point to remember is that the China: India GDP multiple is at its peak right now at 5:1, and therefore this is the one point in history where China has the maximum strength relative to India. 40 or 50 years ago it was almost 1:1. Also looking into the future, all economists are agreed that...
by Arjun
17 Jul 2017 23:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

rsingh wrote:Getting news that Chinese fired rocket at indian position and there are many casualties.
Bakistani media: 158 Indian Jawan died.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/paki ... 04444.html
by Arjun
16 Jul 2017 12:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Doklam plateau is of much greater importance to India than it is to China, this fact I'm sure the Chinese leaders understand full well. Perhaps. But looking at things from India's standpoint, the Chinese don't seem to have much of a handle on reality to be honest. I mean they plan to invest $50 Bn ...
by Arjun
16 Jul 2017 11:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5641
Views: 1627533

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Oh, Ok then. Its a matter of due process... But as a philosophy India should definitely have an anti-illegal migration stance and be public about it.
by Arjun
16 Jul 2017 10:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5641
Views: 1627533

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/illegal-indians-student-visas-the-dark-side-of-india-uk-ties/story-UBzN4hCWzp8wJecTHQb0TO.html Don't know why India has a problem in taking illegal migrants back...India's stance as a nation should be staunchly in opposition to illegal migration anywhere. Bul...
by Arjun
16 Jul 2017 10:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

@SriKumar +1000, we all know what needs to be done. However, does anybody think that India will initiate hostilities ?. IMHO, odds of India initiating hostilities, 10 %, odds of cheeni initiating hostilities 40 %, 50 %chance of a diplomatic solution. What do others think on the likelihood of confli...
by Arjun
13 Jul 2017 04:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-Israel: News and Discussion
Replies: 2559
Views: 476468

Re: Indo-Israel: News and Discussion

due to lack of conditionality India/Modi more mature relationship with Israel even then greatest ally/friend usa from commentary...... http://www.melaniephillips.com/1289-2/ The good lady is a little too hyperbolic I fear, bringing about caste difference of Modi and what not... The bedrock of the r...
by Arjun
02 Jul 2017 06:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5641
Views: 1627533

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Majoritarian excess is usually considered more dangerous. A typically Commie sentiment that is as retarded as all of their other views. Commies have always been against the cultural majority. Any taking of law into own hands by any party - whether minority or majority is dangerous and needs to be d...
by Arjun
02 Jul 2017 06:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5641
Views: 1627533

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

This isn't about numbers only, also perception. To give you an example of the shoe being on the other foot After attacks, Indian immigrants reconsider the American dream Being an Indian in Trump's America Indians are finding themselves besieged in Trump's America India shocked after national's kill...
by Arjun
30 Jun 2017 17:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5641
Views: 1627533

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170629/jsp/frontpage/story_159294.jsp 63 incidents, 28 deaths over three years in a country of 125 crores and they want special attention from the PM and make it into a cause célèbre. Sudeepj, how many deaths in your view justifies the PM's attention? On a per capita...
by Arjun
05 Apr 2017 22:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Interests
Replies: 6458
Views: 838392

Re: Indian Interests

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 018664.cms

Result of this ''survey' suggests that on average every Muslim in India has two Hindus who count him / her as a close friend. That's an amazingly high figure !!
by Arjun
04 Apr 2017 13:34
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2268101

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Kiren Rijiju wrote:We respect Beijing's 'One-China' policy and we expect China to reciprocate
Hmm...even better would have been to say that we respect the One-China policy as long as they respect One-India.
by Arjun
03 Apr 2017 10:43
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Interests
Replies: 6458
Views: 838392

Re: Indian Interests

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/being-bjp-lite-will-result-in-congress-zero-shashi-tharoor/articleshow/57980912.cms And my perspective is that intolerance is un-Hindu The smarter question to ask and where there are no easy answers is - would the Congress tolerate the intolerant? Should Hin...
by Arjun
30 Mar 2017 21:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions III
Replies: 3964
Views: 886847

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions III

Ramana garu, I guess its a perception thing. The Subject isn't demonizing. I would agree that perhaps it was a bad reference website with listings of Indian Americans. We cant sweep things under the rug either while many might be generalizing and living under the false impression that we are squeak...
by Arjun
25 Mar 2017 22:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions III
Replies: 3964
Views: 886847

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions III

Indian citizens are being physically assaulted and murdered at a higher rate than the general population Any data on this ? Murder rate in the US is 5 per 100K - which should translate to around 200 murders of Indian Americans every year, if we assume the community is on par with others. The husban...
by Arjun
24 Mar 2017 21:23
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
Replies: 3962
Views: 624126

Re: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013

he spent a little bit of time in saudi but that may or may not be significant he spent time in prison, that could be more significant except that it was a long time ago emerging picture is of a misfit disturbed man too old for teenage rage but still not stable chances are that he was mentally ill a...
by Arjun
24 Mar 2017 07:03
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
Replies: 3962
Views: 624126

Re: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013

I wonder what the numbers for India are. Share of Muslims in jail bigger than in the population, show NCRB data In Maharashtra and TN - which are known for their efficient police forces - Muslims are incarcerated at rates 3 times their population percentage...in line with global trends. Bihar, UP, ...
by Arjun
23 Mar 2017 13:04
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions III
Replies: 3964
Views: 886847

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions III

One initiative that seems to be just what the doctor ordered in the current clime:

New platform seeks to unify Hindus in U.S.
by Arjun
23 Mar 2017 09:03
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions III
Replies: 3964
Views: 886847

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions III

At least the US policy makes way more sense than the erstwhile UPA policy of pushing homegrown carriers to bankruptcy and feasting ghoulishly on the carcasses
by Arjun
17 Mar 2017 19:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - March 17, 2017
Replies: 2850
Views: 676674

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - March 17, 2017

^Agree. At a time when India needs to be even more aggressive on PoK given CPEC - this new GOI formulation seems questionable.
by Arjun
17 Mar 2017 09:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Understanding US thread-III
Replies: 3131
Views: 605631

Re: Understanding US thread-III

The full report released a few days back, which is referenced above:

http://nfap.com/wp-content/uploads/2017 ... h-2017.pdf
by Arjun
17 Mar 2017 09:02
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Understanding US thread-III
Replies: 3131
Views: 605631

Re: Understanding US thread-III

In the context of the H1-B debate: America's Top High School Science Students Are the Children of Immigrants The organization found that 33 of the 40 finalists of the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search--the leading science competition for U.S. high school students, run by the Society for Science &...
by Arjun
13 Mar 2017 20:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions III
Replies: 3964
Views: 886847

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions III

Trust this dork woman to loosely throw around the racism accusation ! What Spicer likely meant with some degree of sarcasm is that the US is a great country to allow idiots like her with piss-poor etiquette into the country. Morover, this retort was after being provoked and his privacy invaded repea...