fast, powerful and deadly..its hard to predict where namo strikes next.

Prime Minister Modi's telephone conversation with Premier Li was his first with a foreign Head of Government after taking over as Prime Minister of India.
Rahul Kanwal @rahulkanwal 31m
18-hour power cuts cripple Uttar Pradesh as locals allege they are being punished for voting for @narendramodi #CentreStage 10pm
Same thing is happening in Maharashtra. A maid from Baramati was complaining Pawars have turned off water and electricity supply because their village did not vote for them.pankajs wrote:Rahul Kanwal @rahulkanwal 31m
18-hour power cuts cripple Uttar Pradesh as locals allege they are being punished for voting for @narendramodi #CentreStage 10pm
ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi "bullied" his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif over terrorism at their first meeting, a writer in a Pakistani newspaper said Thursday.
Jalees Hazir said in The Nation that Modi not "only bullied him over terrorism and (the) Mumbai attack but also showed him the way forward ... brushing issues of importance to Pakistan ... under the carpet.
"The irony is that though he might not be able to say it in so many words, this also seems to be our prime minister's lopsided blueprint for peace with India," said Hazir, a freelance columnist.
A day after he took oath as India's prime minister, Modi held bilateral meetings with Sharif and leaders of other SAARC nations and Mauritius who attended his swearing in ceremony.
Pakistani officials said the Modi-Sharif meeting went off very well.
Hazir said: "Our prime minister's platitudes about peace and cooperation seemed more than a bit out of place in the face of the thorny issues highlighted by the Indian side. Had he been invited to be lectured by the new prime minister of India?
"Actually, it was Modi's harsh lecturing of a guest which was in bad taste..."
"The prime minister's desire for friendly ties with India is all very well but it obviously takes two to tango. And anyone following Modi's campaign should have known that he was in no mood to dance."
Narendra Modi has been welcomed to the US after swearing-in as the Prime Minister of India, despite previous differences with the country. But there is another person in his Council of Ministers-Dr Jitendra Singh who shares the same fate. Right from the Amarnath row to being the leading voice against Article 370.Singh, a diabetologist, took early retirement from the Government Medical College, Jammu to join politics actively. He was at the forefront of controversy for his remark against Article 370. Singh's brother, Devendra Singh Rana, was on the other side of the Jammu debate. He is presently the provincial president of National Conference for Jammu and one of the most reliable associates of Omar Abdullah. Jitendra Singh, however, came to the political frame when he became the spokesperson of Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SAAS) that agitated for the restoration of forest land to the board. The 2008 Amarnath land agitation witnessed a divided Jammu and Kashmir, which went in favour and against the transfer of 39.88 hectares of forest land to the Board.According to DNA, the protests were rooted in the then chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's decision to transfer the land to the board and then retract. THis is when Singh joined politics actively. But his stint with SASB led to the denial of a US visa when he was to travel to Washington as a member of an eight-member BJP delegation to attend an interactive meet organised by International Republican Institute and the Republican Party in June 2011. However, senior BJP members have a completely different view of him. Leela Karan Sharma, former convenor of SASB, said,"Even when he was a doctor, he used to write articles in newspapers. Therefore he became the spokesman of the Board. He used to address press conferences and participate in discussions in TV debates."Fayaz Ahmad Bhat from BJP unit in Kashmir said,"It is matter of pride that an intelligent man like Jitendra Singh has been given an important position at the Centre, which will help boost the development scenario of J&K."An advisor to the BJP state president Hari Om said,"Article 370 is in our manifesto. I think Omar sahib has lost his way when he says if Article 370 goes, then the state will secede from India."
Supratik wrote:AbhiJ wrote:
Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has acquired a controlling stake in media group Network18 and its subsidiary TV18 for Rs 4,000 crore. The acquisition has been formally concluded through Independent Media Trust (IMT), in which RIL is the sole beneficiary.Mukesh bhai is an INC crony but is on good terms with Modi. Remains to be seen how this pans out specially for husband-wife team.This suite includes In.com, IBNLive.com, Moneycontrol.com, Firstpost.com, Cricketnext.in, Homeshop18.com, Bookmyshow.com; the broadcast channels include Colors, CNN IBN, CNBC TV18, IBN7, CNBC Awaaz.
abhijitm wrote:I think Cong lost 1/3rd of the battle when Ambanis sided with Modi before the election. History aside they are now firmly behind BJP this time. IMO.
Jarita wrote:abhijitm wrote:I think Cong lost 1/3rd of the battle when Ambanis sided with Modi before the election. History aside they are now firmly behind BJP this time. IMO.
Is that a good influence?
I had read on the J&K thread that they were the key drivers behind the Indo Pak peace talks. They are very short term moolah motivated and frankly have shown no fealty to the nation. Unlike the Rockefellers and Rothies there is no nation building. The big industrial houses of the west really contributed to local society and economy as so businesses houses like Tatas, Birlas etc.
Ambanis seem to be quite extractive
Well, It's all relative...The Birlas, Jindals, Bajajs have been much worse. I think the Ambanis will turn out good.ramana wrote:its time to chart the House of Ambani in another thread....
When Bharat Karnad briefed the Dhirubhai and his sons in 1990s about need for a Indian think tank, Mukesh piped in "Khya Fiaida hain?" Now he sets up ORF with US backing!!!!
BTW the movie Guru is quite accurate in portrayal.
In 2004 the Congress got 10-15 seats more than BJP. Anil Ambani arm twisted Mulayam Singh to support the UPA to form the government.
In Radia tapes, Mukesh says" Congress aapni dhukan hain!" and now he, his wife and his brother and his wife are seen prominently in the swearing in ceremony of NaMo.
Is this true? Shows how lopsided diplomatic VISA policies could be 'internationally'. Even bluff masters who claim to cure cancer in religious way are given VISA to India. But not SASB.But his stint with SASB led to the denial of a US visa when he was to travel to Washington as a member of an eight-member BJP delegation to attend an interactive meet organised by International Republican Institute and the Republican Party in June 2011.
Ramana gaaru,ramana wrote:BJB were under Indian control and now in deep decline.
Two have hafeem origins.
Ambanis are under Rockefeller control.
Tatas are under Rothschild control.
And under hafeem origins.
ramana wrote:Baba, hafeem is opium.
EIC is opium processing entity.
Just follow Bji's posts in this forum.
May be he had one. It was possibly signed PP Sonia Gandhi. PP stands for Pankaj Pachauri.negi wrote:Gentlemards yesterday I actually went to PMO website and wrote to the PM, I got a response with signature reading "Narendra Modi". I realize this is auto generated reply but I wanted to know did MMS too have one ?
+1johneeG wrote: It seems to me that Modi is testing Madhu aunty and she is failing. It seems to be a loyalty test and she seems to fairing badly. Madhu aunty should have atleast waited for some more time for the rewards and then launched attacks if they didn't come. Now that she has launched attacks, Modi may not be in mood to give her rewards. I think Madhu aunty should do some downhill sking and then wait for sometime. I think she'll get her rewards within an year if she can downhill ski now. But if she continues on this path, then soon she'll part ways with Modi. (Remember that Smruthi also was a Modi opponent once and later down-hill skied. So, there is no shame in down-hill skiing).
BTW, was Madhu aunty expecting HRD ministry or some type of accommodation in HRD ministry?
Oh Got it Thanks! What Googlified by Hafeem word, thought some new Dubai connection name...ramana wrote:Baba, hafeem is opium.
EIC is opium processing entity.
Just follow Bji's posts in this forum.
US is a country run by two entities: (1) Traders trying to sell products to the whole world by hook or by crook, and (2) Jesus freaks running church empires and looking to harvest souls (paying customers) among heathens worldwide. All its policies exist only to serve the interests of these two groups. It will continue to target all leaders articulating Hindu interests to make the work of Jesus freaks easier.vishvak wrote:Is this true? Shows how lopsided diplomatic VISA policies could be 'internationally'. Even bluff masters who claim to cure cancer in religious way are given VISA to India. But not SASB.But his stint with SASB led to the denial of a US visa when he was to travel to Washington as a member of an eight-member BJP delegation to attend an interactive meet organised by International Republican Institute and the Republican Party in June 2011.
What is the issue of USA against SASB? Are USA citizens, the most fair the world over, against consolidation by Kashmiri Hindus in particular and Hindus in general?
Read two books by Amitav Ghosh: Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke. These are historical fiction set in the milieu of 19th century opium trade by EIC to China.johneeG wrote:ramana wrote:Baba, hafeem is opium.
EIC is opium processing entity.
Just follow Bji's posts in this forum.![]()
Ramana gaaru, I was hoping you would point to some material which I could read up to know more on this topic. I have read Bji's posts but they are sort of cryptic. Is there no detailed reading material? I thought you would know, so asking you.
Source: http://www.amitavghosh.com/interviews.html#gpm1_3There are many curious parallels between the situation in the early 19th century and now. Then as now the western world had a huge trade deficit in relation to China. This was why the British East India Company started exporting opium to China on a large scale – with catastrophic consequences for that country. Eventually of course the British went to war against China in the name of Free Trade - even though the main commodity that they were exporting, opium, was produced under a state monopoly in the Bengal Presidency!
No one who has looked at the history of that period can doubt that some Western powers would go to any lengths to preserve their economic supremacy – but of course they cannot today resort to quite the same means that they did in the 1830s and 1840s. What they are doing instead is that they are ratcheting up the rhetoric about ‘Free Trade’ ‘Liberalization’ etc. The Western powers have chosen to forget that this rhetoric was first deployed in defence of opium – but if there is any country that is well-placed to remember this fact it is China. So they are quite rightly completely dismissive of this rhetoric.
In India on the other hand a large section of the political elite has also become fervently evangelical about ‘Free Trade’. This is possible perhaps because India has largely forgotten its own involvement in the opium trade. This is true even of historians.
I know of several historians who have written about other agricultural commodities like sugarcane, cotton etc. Yet opium, which according to one scholar, may have accounted for as much as half the wealth that accrued to the colonial government, has received very little attention. Only one contemporary Indian historian has written about this subject - Amar Farooqui. His work is outstanding but he has concentrated, understandably, on only one aspect of this gigantic subject - that is the opium trade in Western India. But the bulk of the opium produced in India in the early 19th century came from the East - from Bihar. Very few historians have dealt with this subject in any detail. Why? One can only speculate. One possible reason is that the writing of Indian history is still heavily influenced, through patronage and other means, by British institutions, which clearly have no interest into delving into this aspect of the past. Indians equally, for reasons of shame or guilt or whatever, prefer not to dwell on this. Amar Farooqui once told me that he'd been trying for years to interest his research students in this subject but they just would not touch it. Contemporary India has developed a vision of itself as straitlaced, spiritual etc. and we've chosen to forget that much of modern India was actually built on this drug. Amar Farooqui for example, has shown in his book, Bombay: Opium City that Bombay probably would not exist but for opium.
As for similarities between past and present there were clear parallelisms between the Iraq war and the Opium War, most of all in the discourses that surround them. There is all this evangelical stuff, this assumed piety: ‘we are doing good for the world’. But beneath that there is the most horrific violence, the most horrific avarice and greed. I was writing the novel at a time when this kind of capitalist ideology was absolutely in its ascendant, where it was thought that the market was God. Within this context, it just baffled me that people could not see that for Free Traders, the first major testing ground was opium. All of that has been erased from memory.
As per Forbes, Ambani wealth went up by 3.2 Billion in a week with Modi's win. He was the biggest gainer of wealth amobng billionaires of the world.ramana wrote:e="Jarita"]abhijitm wrote:I think Cong lost 1/3rd of the battle when Ambanis sided with Modi before the election. History aside they are now firmly behind BJP this time. IMO.When Bharat Karnad briefed the Dhirubhai and his sons in 1990s about need for a Indian think tank, Mukesh piped in "Khya Fiaida hain?" Now he sets up ORF with US backing!!!!BTW the movie Guru is quite accurate in portrayal.InIn Radia tapes, Mukesh says" Congress aapni dhukan hain!" and now he, his wife and his brother and his wife are seen prominently in the swearing in ceremony of NaMo.
Please read about Rockefillers & Rothies first.Jarita wrote:Unlike the Rockefellers and Rothies there is no nation building. The big industrial houses of the west really contributed to local society and economy as so businesses houses like Tatas, Birlas etc.
Ambanis seem to be quite extractive