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Kashi wrote:Madam Unfair's uncanny ability to change colours would put a Chameleon to shame.

She's best kept at two arms length.

NRao wrote:AP ji,

With all due respect, I happen to think that Modi has rewritten the book on logic.

All that stuff about Pakistan and (Afghan) Taliban (and what is this about Syria, Russia and Turkey? Here? In this convo?) is all Mithya.

I mean anyone who wants to believe in that narrative is OK to follow it, but, honestly, it does not apply here. IMHO of course. Modi has given the rest a choice India or Pakistan. Your chal (that of other nations).

And, that is how it should be.

And what is this story about UK-US wanting Pakistan to counter the spread of communism. You give the Americans and the English too much credit and our people too little.

menon s wrote:Hajam Sethi--a friday times Editorial..

Unfortunately, the Miltablishment is at its wits end. Having put all its eggs in Imran Khan’s flaky basket and approved his decimation of the opposition and gagging of the media, it has left itself with few allies or options in the event of a strategic or tactical mishap, when Mr Khan will have to be scapegoated. The longer it takes to realise this unfolding crisis of National Power, the more problematic the solution will be when it explodes.

https://www.thefridaytimes.com/crisis-o ... nal-power/

Next time someone tells you that #Kashmir is under curfew, show them this video at Dal Gate in Srinagar. Liars need to be shown the truth. Some journalists as well lying through their teeth. Restrictions are surely in place but there is no curfew. People eager to celebrate Eid.

A_Gupta wrote:Arun.Prabhu asked

And what is this story about UK-US wanting Pakistan to counter the spread of communism. You give the Americans and the English too much credit and our people too little.

There is a bunch of British secret papers published just in 2018.
Towards a Ceasefire in Kashmir, British Official Reports from South Asia, 18 September – 31 December 1948
edited by L. Carter.

Bear with me, this is a little long, even though I'm try to keep the excerpts short. It is relevant to the question above.

Harsh Gupta मधुसूदन
@harshmadhusudan

First The Hindu completely distorts the actual speech completely.

Then Scroll quotes Hindu.

Then a Pakistani journalist quotes Scroll.

Mission accomplished.

PS: This is how Indian medieval history has also been written by our communist intellectuals and fellow “historians”.
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विनोद शर्मा
@vinod_sharma

No use trying to educate
@rahulgandhi
Khattar ji. His mind has been so poisoned by his alien tutors and handlers, and so addled by smoking illegal stuff, that the word 'RSS' invokes in him emotions of the kind that the word 'Kafir' does in secular Professor Haifz Saeed.
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Manohar Lal
@mlkhattar
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Dear @RahulGandhi ji, at least at your level, you shouldn’t react on distorted news. I’m attaching the video of what I actually said, and In what context - this will give you clarity of mind. (link: https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/ ... 7470189568) twitter.com/RahulGandhi/st…

@barbarindian

It actually underlines what we call journalism is in reality #FakeNews factory. Social media did not light this fire, headline magic by MSM did. Shame on you.

Shekhar Gupta
@ShekharGupta

The full video clip of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar underlines the perils of igniting social media outrages before facts are clear. What he said & clearly meant is contrary to what it’s been construed to mean...

Former Indian Minister Arif Khan @amkindia51 narrates how revoking #Article370 will empower the people of J & K . Don't be hoodwinked by the radical left, writes @PriyaaKulkarni2. Kashmiris should listen to their well wishers.

https://twitter.com/TarekFatah/status/1159287561677918208

barkha dutt
@BDUTT
Article 370- What Do Kashmiris Think? Most Common refrain I found was: "They Have taken away our Taaj (Crown)"- Another said: "You want Land, not people". But I not the signs of an immediate eruption. Real test after Eid and may be a very slow burn

chetak wrote:twitter

watch video

Former Indian Minister Arif Khan @amkindia51 narrates how revoking #Article370 will empower the people of J & K . Don't be hoodwinked by the radical left, writes @PriyaaKulkarni2. Kashmiris should listen to their well wishers.

https://twitter.com/TarekFatah/status/1159287561677918208

Arun.prabhu wrote:So the English looked out for themselves. And Nehru was an incompetent ass wrt military affairs. Both these facts aren’t exactly surprises. The man who provoked the Chinese on the border without building up forces of things went south and who listened to sycophants rather than actual competent officers did not bother to listen to his officers immediately after independence and did not trust his own intelligence or perhaps there was a failure of intelligence.

vijayk wrote:Hope after hope ... hope some big riots happen and I can brag. If this passes off peacefully, Modi has too much credibility

barkha dutt
@BDUTT
Article 370- What Do Kashmiris Think? Most Common refrain I found was: "They Have taken away our Taaj (Crown)"- Another said: "You want Land, not people". But I not the signs of an immediate eruption. Real test after Eid and may be a very slow burn

Arun.prabhu wrote:With all due respect, NRao, I'm not the one enamored of a narrative or denying reality. If Afghanistan becomes an Indian satrapy or client state after American exit, I'll eat crow, but I don't think they will. Time will tell.

NRao wrote:AP ji,

With all due respect, I happen to think that Modi has rewritten the book on logic.

All that stuff about Pakistan and (Afghan) Taliban (and what is this about Syria, Russia and Turkey? Here? In this convo?) is all Mithya.

I mean anyone who wants to believe in that narrative is OK to follow it, but, honestly, it does not apply here. IMHO of course. Modi has given the rest a choice India or Pakistan. Your chal (that of other nations).

And, that is how it should be.

A_Gupta wrote:

Arun.prabhu wrote:So the English looked out for themselves. And Nehru was an incompetent ass wrt military affairs. Both these facts aren’t exactly surprises. The man who provoked the Chinese on the border without building up forces of things went south and who listened to sycophants rather than actual competent officers did not bother to listen to his officers immediately after independence and did not trust his own intelligence or perhaps there was a failure of intelligence.

Well, it would be a difficult political decision to the Kashmir war into Punjab. I think also strategic clarity - whether India wanted to decimate Pakistan or not - was not there.

NRao wrote:

Arun.prabhu wrote:With all due respect, NRao, I'm not the one enamored of a narrative or denying reality. If Afghanistan becomes an Indian satrapy or client state after American exit, I'll eat crow, but I don't think they will. Time will tell.

That is not my understanding of what Modi is saying..

I think what Modi has told (already - not a thought or some nebulous stuff) everyone is, make a choice: India (or include India) and India will do her best to contribute. Else India has her own interests and she will chase those interests. And, let the chips fall ..............

So, in the case of A'sthan, I do not think Modi is thinking in terms of our A'sthan. I happen to think he is fine with not including India in that convo. BUT, what he is saying is that there will be repercussions (based on what happens) and India will deal with those with Indian interests in mind.

And, in Modi's mind, no Indian will eat or need to eat crow. That others can do if they want.

अर्ध-सन्यासी (Half Hermit)
@bababanaras
New stocks in godown under emergency purchase power. Thank you my dear friend. #PB500A1 #M85

Long live friendship.

vijayk wrote:

UlanBatori wrote:Beloveds!!! Don't waste time here. See Reuters fB page pls ...

In 1981, Donald Trump revealed his view on life when he told People magazine, "Man is the most vicious of all animals, and life is a series of battles ending in victory or defeat. You can't just let people make a sucker of you." Trump, who shared similar sentiments as recently as last November, holds a dim view of humanity -- and this is reflected in both his compulsive effort to create conflicts and his brutish politics. It also seems to be spreading, at home and abroad, like a virus that generates fevers of fear and hatred.

Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, ended the autonomy of the Muslim-majority state of Kashmir on Monday by revoking its constitutionally guaranteed special status. This move ends a 70-year agreement that protected Kashmiris and made the border region with a hostile Pakistan more stable. In Foreign Policy, an expert on Kashmir notes that Modi is acting on Hindu nationalist dreams.

menon s wrote:Hajam Sethi--a friday times Editorial..

Unfortunately, the Miltablishment is at its wits end. Having put all its eggs in Imran Khan’s flaky basket and approved his decimation of the opposition and gagging of the media, it has left itself with few allies or options in the event of a strategic or tactical mishap, when Mr Khan will have to be scapegoated. The longer it takes to realise this unfolding crisis of National Power, the more problematic the solution will be when it explodes.

https://www.thefridaytimes.com/crisis-o ... nal-power/

The Miltablishment is desperate to cement the status quo with India while it focusses on resolving Afghanistan to its advantage and enabling an “honourable” exit for the US. But Mr Modi has thrown a spanner in the works.

Public disquiet over Miltablishment policies regarding India and the US, suspicions that perhaps some other secret deal to “sell-out” on Kashmir has also been struck with Washington, coupled with rising anger over IMF sponsored economic policies, is a powder keg. The Opposition and media have already been hounded to the wall and are looking for an opportunity to stick the knife. The country is bitterly divided at home and isolated abroad. India’s leaders sense this as a particularly weak moment for Pakistan and are aiming to exploit it fully.