I would like to participate too. I want to help out by calling to people in and around secunderabad (hyderabad is a done deal for razakars).Prem Kumar wrote:Fred-ji: emailed you about the Bihar volunteer. Can you plz let me know if my suggestion works? Otherwise, have to think of something else. Thanks
Ramana: we use multiple sources. Sometimes its from the BJP office - it could be Modi supporters or just a list of young voters. If we dont get numbers from BJP, we use JustDial.com, which is a pretty amazing site. You can pick, say India --> Farrukhabad--> Search for say "sweet shops". It will give you a list of businesses with phone numbers. Then, its time so start callingramana wrote:Prem Kumar, Those lists you are handing out are they already committed folks or is it cold calling the voters? If its the later then Frederic and others can tally the yeses and nos to have your own big sample survey?
Thank you very much sir. I just sent you an email. Can you please reply?rajsunder wrote:I would like to participate too. I want to help out by calling to people in and around secunderabad (hyderabad is a done deal for razakars).Prem Kumar wrote:Fred-ji: emailed you about the Bihar volunteer. Can you plz let me know if my suggestion works? Otherwise, have to think of something else. Thanks
Sent the reply. can you please remove my email id from your post.Prem Kumar wrote:
Thank you very much sir. I just sent you an email. Can you please reply?
Ramana, don't know what to say.ramana wrote:A request to those who do the calls to keep a running tab of ha ya na for Modi.And post in the GJP thread.
)People like shiv v don't have a feel for professional leadership, anx tend to regard it from a distance with fear and loathing.Arjun wrote:The Grade-A moron that Shiv Vishwathan is - he would have termed Steve Jobs as a Pol Pot
Modii has said plainly that if he goes around being vindictive, there will be no time for his development agenda. I believe him.Arun Menon wrote:^Probably hoping for a sympathetic ear and a helping hand on judgment day. She should know better than to make an enemy of Modi. She has no hope in hell, and I for one will enjoy her burning at the stake.
I did that with people who said, hindi me boliye...Suraj wrote:Why are people worried about the fluency of language ? That is just nuts. Even if you can converse in broken language, do so. You're not auditioning for a newscaster's role here. Recipients don't expect the callers to speak in a clipped tone like a newscaster either. It's your enthusiasm that matters. They will think 'Modi is so popular, even some guy from yooess with broken Hindi/Urdu is calling me to encourage me to vote for him. He must be really good'.
Keeping the mindshare level dialed up is critical here for the purpose of accomplishing the wave effect - marginal increase in voteshare benefits the challenger. That's why the incumbent is trying to do the opposite by asking beebul to turn off the TV.
Some impression >> no impression . At this point, this is a get out the vote exercise. Quality is not really at a premium; quantity is. The official campaign so far has already generated tremendous interest. If someone needs deep convincing now, it's probably not worth doing anything more than urging them to go out and vote, and thank them for the time.RamaY wrote:I did that with people who said, hindi me boliye...
But imagine if a Old City mother/Ayesha wanted to know why/how Modi is good, I would miss the opportunity to make a lasting impression.
Singha wrote:posting it here for more eyeballs and because returning the country to high growth trend is Namo's mission.
looks like UPA thugs did the job well.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/business- ... 10326.aspx
9% growth a pipedream for India, 6.5% more likely: Crisil
HT Correspondent , Hindustan Times New Delhi, April 20, 2014
First Published: 23:57 IST(20/4/2014) | Last Updated: 00:05 IST(21/4/2014)
There is an even chance that the Indian economy will grow at an annualised average rate of 6.5% over the next five years, credit rating and research firm Crisil said in a report on Sunday, signalling that the country’s slowdown is stickier than earlier believed.
The slower expansion will affect job creation and job prospects, while on the other hand, weak income will affect the sales of a range of goods — from cars to two-wheelers, from houses to cement and steel.
Crisil warned that unless pressing policy and implementation issues are addressed, even sustaining this (6.5%) growth would be difficult.
The Indian economy’s average annual expansion of 6.7% during the past five years (2009-14 and Crisil’s forecasts suggest the economy’s a steep turnaround wasn’t likely anytime soon.
"With 6.5% average GDP growth, non-farm employment over this period will at best grow by 37 million," Crisil said in a report titled "Of Growth and Missed Opportunities".
"This means an additional 14 million (people) will be forced to either depend on low-productivity agriculture or remain unemployed," it said.
By 2019, more than 51 million people would be seeking employment.
"Given insufficient job opportunities, labour force will not be able to migrate to the higher-wage, more- productive industry and services sectors," the report pointed out.
Elevated prices have hurt family budgets, as companies are offering meagre salary hikes and are holding back expansion and hiring. Besides, high inflation has prompted the RBI to raise lending rates.
Households putting off spending are early warning signals for the onset of an economy-wide squeeze.
According to the Crisil report, sales of consumer items such as cars and televisions "have taken a huge beating in the last 2-3 years" .
"The high growth phase won’t return soon-not in the next five years at least," the report said.
India’s economy has now recorded five successive quarter of sub-5% growth, and appears set to clock the second consecutive year of annual growth of below 5%, the first time in 25 years.
India’s economy grew by 4.5% in 2012-13, the worst in a decade.
From a foreign investors’ darling to an economy characterised by policy flip-flops, the Indian economy’s turnabout has been as rapid as the heady 9%-plus growth it clocked during 2004-2008.
My convictions are well known on forumPrem Kumar wrote:Agree with Suraj: language shouldnt be a barrier, especially if the difference is just in the dialect. One of the volunteers spoke to Bangalore voters in his broken Kannada. Of course, if you dont know the language at all, then it wont work (I reached a few Kannada speakers like that)
Anyway, RamaY ji has been doing a stellar job of campaigning. Looks like his relatives circle can easily fill a small town!
BRAVO!!RamaY wrote:He was shy at first but after much harassment/teasing he did that and everyone agreed Abki Bar Modi Sarkar!
+1Rahul M wrote:Suraj, I don't think the ANI lady's article is at the same level as the DC one. she seems to be sarcastic while making those comments and IIRC has been quite pro-modi in her tweet a/c.
^LokeshC wrote:The other thing I am expecting IF Modi comes to power (I have my reasons to believe it will be difficult for it to happen), is that the news traders who depend on western money will turn into 'fault-finding-zombies' and 'fault-amplifying-zombies'.
For example if some two bit BJP guy said something remotely communal or remotely supporting Indics, it will be amplified and then resonated all over the western Media which will then be used to claim how yeeeevil Modi is and how the west should plan his destruction.
Modi's team should watch out proactively for these Gungadeen house slaving zombies.
Who? Let me know here or via DM on teetar. I would troll them to the edge of being suspended from guutuurgoo. @pudharipatilSidd wrote:There are some RW posters on Twitter(you know who they are) some of them masquerading as psephologist or friends of psephologist s who for some reason have deep hatred of Brahmins and do not let go of any chance of portraying them as Mir Jaffers of the Hindu community.
True, but there is another trick up West's sleeve, and its called 'Journalistic Phreedom', 'Phree Speech' etc etc. There has to be a concerted effort to discredit all these clowns and their associated handlers in the west. They are a part and parcel of the neo-colonial structure.Lilo wrote:^LokeshC wrote:The other thing I am expecting IF Modi comes to power (I have my reasons to believe it will be difficult for it to happen), is that the news traders who depend on western money will turn into 'fault-finding-zombies' and 'fault-amplifying-zombies'.
For example if some two bit BJP guy said something remotely communal or remotely supporting Indics, it will be amplified and then resonated all over the western Media which will then be used to claim how yeeeevil Modi is and how the west should plan his destruction.
Modi's team should watch out proactively for these Gungadeen house slaving zombies.
Which is why Tejpal public Crucifixion is all the more important - hope parikkar govt leaves nothing to chance.
His fate should become an example for all "fault-amplifying-zombies" to remember. Further hope the story(in Gossipguru) of IB investigating Presstitutes for their paki links turn up some thing concrete to tar and feather a few.
Best defence is offense.
RamaY-ji: 1000 pranams! You are hard-core!RamaY wrote: My convictions are well known on forum
Yesterdin I called my childhood friend (elections there are on May7) and he was in a marriage party. I made him stand up and tell everyone that his childhood friend from West requested all of them to vote for Modi/TDP combine...
He was shy at first but after much harassment/teasing he did that and everyone agreed Abki Bar Modi Sarkar!
I did something similar with my relatives and called about 4 families, but half the buggers didn't even vote. You may need a follow up call on the eve of election day.RamaY wrote:
Yesterdin I called my childhood friend (elections there are on May7) and he was in a marriage party. I made him stand up and tell everyone that his childhood friend from West requested all of them to vote for Modi/TDP combine...
He was shy at first but after much harassment/teasing he did that and everyone agreed Abki Bar Modi Sarkar!
LokeshC wrote: True, but there is another trick up West's sleeve, and its called 'Journalistic Phreedom', 'Phree Speech' etc etc. There has to be a concerted effort to discredit all these clowns and their associated handlers in the west. They are a part and parcel of the neo-colonial structure.
Media "Freedom"(including the throwing open of Media for FDI) of Vajpayee era was a CBM for Massa - methinks part of package deal(which includes individuals like jassu mithai , Brajesh Mishra etc) for letting NDA form govt (i.e gather allies) in 1999.Frederic wrote:LokeshC wrote: True, but there is another trick up West's sleeve, and its called 'Journalistic Phreedom', 'Phree Speech' etc etc. There has to be a concerted effort to discredit all these clowns and their associated handlers in the west. They are a part and parcel of the neo-colonial structure.
Fellow jingos,
There are umpteen ways recalcitrant news traders could be brought in line if the gobermint is willing. I will leave it at that. These JaiChands can't start running to their maai-baaps in Videsh everytime they get pinched. Only overt, egregious stuff can be peddled as "persecution" and "curbing of presstitude phreedom". Lots of covert pressure points if you just have the will to pinch.
In fact, one of my pet peeves of VajPayee reign is that they were too lenient on this sphere. They just let the Barking Mutts run amok, totally uncontrolled, either through naivete or sheer incompetence. The signs were a plenty. Say for example during the IC814 - Rupin Katyal murder episode. That was a wake-up call for BJP about the presstitudes running rabid. They ignored it and to some extent, paid the price.
